tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888858261486252432024-03-13T08:56:27.668-05:00MUSIC JOURNALThis blogspot is an opportunity to share some information I've gathered over the years. Topics are mainly about 1950s and 60s music so far.
To see lists of past topics press the mark to the left of each month in the archive list. All posts don't fit on this page, so press "older posts" at the bottom.
As of July 25 I have renamed this blog from the former World Journal, which is now a separate blogspot.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-17808844439305034822016-01-31T06:06:00.000-06:002016-01-31T06:08:20.710-06:00The Murder Of Internet RadioJanuary 31, 2016<br />
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The Live365 internet radio network that I've been linking to from here is closing as of January 31, 2016. That's because of the royalties that are imposed by the US govt agency that works with artists and producers. They have been changed as of Jan.1.<br />
They smelled blood a few years ago when internet radio caught on, and pounced to bleed them. Administered by the usual government socialist types, I don't believe they had good judgement in setting the rates. They were not based on profit the stations made, but were blind flat rates.<br />
There's very little money in internet radio. Start with the fact that every single listener needs to be allotted that amount of bandwidth. You can laugh when you hear that the more listeners you have, the more you lose money.<br />
For a few years there was a plan where low-income broadcasters could pay just based on profit. People fought tooth and nail a few years ago just to get that concession. But ... there was an expiry date, and that is ended now.<br />
Stations are falling as you read.<br />
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GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-82976673175494627722015-07-06T04:24:00.000-05:002016-05-11T10:49:22.568-05:00Converting DVDs - some pointers(Updated May 11, 2016)<br />
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I haven't seen a single DVD ripping program in the world that can convert them correctly automatically.<br />
There are some points about the way DVDs are encoded onto the disc recording space that need to be known. <br />
The standard recording space is 720w x 480h pixels in the NTSC video system (North America). For PAL it's 720x576p. I'm dealing with NTSC. The first thing to realize is that it is NEVER coded in the correct shape on the disc. There is a formula, and the player knows how to interpret it and display in exactly the right way. You have never seen a DVD player make a mistake that way.<br />
However when it comes to computers, there are plenty of mistakes. The world of ripped DVDs on the web is a disaster area.<br />
Firstly, the individuals who write ripping programs don't know everything they need to know. Experts from the commercial DVD world would be needed to advise. I don't know all the formulas myself.<br />
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<b>Aspect ratio</b> means "SHAPE", the shape of the picture. AR 1.50 means width is 1.5 times the height. That happens to be the AR of 35mm film. That can also be written as 3:2.<br />
Widescreen TVs are 16:9, or AR 1.77. Old square TVs are 4:3 or 1.33. Old non-wide movies were AR 1.37. Cinemascope was AR 2.35. The formally correct way to write that is 2.35:1. The most common widescreen movies are AR 1.85.<br />
There are many variations in shape in the film and video world.<br />
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When coding onto a DVD, it either expands the width of narrow ARs, or squashes the width of wide movies. It also typically leaves black margins on either side which are not part of the picture.<br />
So you need to know those margins in each DVD so you can crop them out. Then you need to know the correct AR for converting the remaining image area. The AR is coded into the DVD specs and rippers can find that easily. The locations of side margins is something NOBODY has mastered. So you end up needing a conversion program that lets you see the DVD image first, then manually tell it how to crop.<br />
This is what rippers need to incorporate in programs. There is a format for giving the image area that looks like this example, for a 720x480 DVD: 8:0:704:480. I need some expert to tell us where this is found in a DVD.<br />
It means the left margin is 8p, width of image is 704p, leaving right margin of 8p. It is common to have 16p excess space on DVDs. The exact figures can vary a lot. The 2nd and 4th numbers mean height starts right at the top and goes all the way 480p.<br />
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Here are images of one movie recorded by someone from TV and made into a DVD. As displayed in VirtualDub the exact way it's coded onto the DVD, 720x480p NTSC. At about 1h50m the framing changes for the rest of the film, from one frame to the next.<br />
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This kind of change only happens occasionally.<br />
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<b>Programs</b> that let you view the image before conversion include VirtualDub and Fair Use Wizard. VD needs the mpeg2 plugin. For DVDs that are not protected, you open the DVD VIDEO folder and note the VOB sections that contain your target video. In VD use the open command with extended options, load the first VOB plus the others in the set. It will create one continuous video file. This will give you avi output with correct audio sync.<br />
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I'm calling on <b>writers</b> of ripping programs to learn the cropping specs and incorporate them. Then have an automatic feature where the user gives you a general instruction for size of output, and you rip it using the right cropping and AR. The user could tell you one of the dimensions like width.<br />
It is eminently unreasonable to ask every user to give you the exact dimensions WxH. It's also unreasonable to ask ordinary people to know things like target bitrates.<br />
I also say don't get messed up with requiring dimensions to be multiples of 16 or whatever, so that you produce the wrong shape like an illiterate SLOB. Or you could automatically pad borders with a margin if you insist.<br />
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What, you don't think this belongs in a Music Journal? Well just rip da soundtrack and shaddup.<br />
<br />GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-45006661047782372015-01-10T18:28:00.000-06:002017-12-07T05:22:48.327-06:00Teresa Brewer Coral singles Discography (1952-64)updated Feb.24, 2015<br />
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Coral US singles in time order.<br />
Billboard chart positions in brackets.<br />
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<b>1952:</b><br />
Sing Sing Sing / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/wi4kxfnvkmkizdw0a9tz" target="_blank">I Don't Care </a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/6f4y1g3v4la55i9bvv9lwphy5egwfm81" target="_blank">Lovin' Machine</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/99h0iuo7ieagtekrwhdiud727dh8prux" target="_blank">Noodlin' Rag</a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ghmm3o1t42sa3wakeplr" target="_blank">I Hear the Bluebells Ring</a> / Kisses On Paper<br />
Rhode Island Redhead / [Eileen Barton]<br />
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now (#25) / Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes<br />
Til I Waltz Again With You (#1) / Hello Bluebird<br />
<b>1953:</b><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/9iitsqyu2rrmbf17hbt2" target="_blank">Dancing With Someone</a> (#17) / Breaking In The Blues<br />
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (#23) / Too Much Mustard<br />
Ricochet (#2) / Too Young To Tango<br />
Bell Bottom Blues (#17) / Our Heartbreaking Waltz (#23)<br />
Baby, Baby, Baby (#12) / I Guess It Was You All The Time (solo)<br />
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Ebeneezer Scrooge<br />
Too Fat For The Chimney / I Just Can't Wait For Christmas <br />
<b>1954:</b><br />
Jilted (#6) / Le Grand Tour de l'Amour<br />
Skinnie Minnie (#22) / I Had Someone Else Before I Had You<br />
Au Revoir / Danger Signs<br />
Time / My Sweetie Went Away<br />
Let Me Go Lover (#6) / The Moon Is On Fire<br />
<b>1955:</b><br />
I Gotta Go Get My Baby (#19) / What More Is There To Say<br />
Pledging My Love (#17) / How Important Can It Be<br />
Tweedlee Dee / Rock Love (nonhit)<br />
Silver Dollar (#20) / I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight<br />
The Banjo's Back In Town (#15) / How To Be Very Very Popular<br />
Baby Be My Toy / So Doggone Lonely<br />
Shoot It Again (#66) / You're Telling Our Secrets<br />
<b>1956:</b><br />
A Good Man Is Hard To Find / It's Siesta Time<br />
A Tear Fell (#5) / Bo Weevil (#17)<br />
A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl (#7) / Goodbye John<br />
I Love Mickey (#87) / Keep Your Cotton-Pickin' Paddies Off My Baby<br />
Mutual Admiration Society (#21) / Crazy With Love (#73)<br />
<b>1957:</b><br />
How Lonely Can One Be / I'm Drowning My Sorrows <br />
Empty Arms (#13) / The Ricky-Tick Song<br />
Teardrops In My Heart (#64) / Lula Rock-a Hula <br />
It's The Same Old Jazz / Born To Love<br />
You Send Me (#8) / Would I Were<br />
Hush-a-Bye, Wink-a-Bye / Listen My Children [Christmas]<br />
<b>1958:</b><br />
Lost, A Little Puppy / Because Him Is A Baby [children's]<br />
There's Nothing As Lonesome As Saturday Night / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/jtjo3abegu8zhijg4tho" target="_blank">Whirlpool</a><br />
Saturday Dance / I Think The World Of You<br />
Pickle Up A Doodle (#99) / The Rain Falls On Everybody<br />
The Hula Hoop Song (#38) / So Shy<br />
The One Rose (#75) / Satellite<br />
Jingle Bell Rock / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/k84dcqs0bms4ho90m32t" target="_blank">I Like Christmas</a><br />
<b>1959:</b><br />
Heavenly Lover (#40) / Fair Weather Sweetheart<br />
Bye Bye Baby Goodbye / Chain Of Friendship<br />
Mexicali Rose / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/iozws34lckbfgal4vqm24sqwxnldq6ne" target="_blank">If You Like-a Me</a><br />
<b>1960:</b><br />
Peace Of Mind (#66) / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/lereuto9weqdd7654j2co3036j8p2noy" target="_blank">Venetian Sunset</a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/gd3lx3easkvk7938lche" target="_blank">How Do You Know It's Love</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/ou1ig35lg8q608pd66plcby7e1lmjhuf" target="_blank">If There Are Stars In My Eyes</a><br />
Anymore (#31) / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/9hitpr28yxydwod76hb8w71uimhszkoo" target="_blank">That Piano Man</a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/jjpjo2vlhxqb0wdth56i" target="_blank">Have You Ever Been Lonely</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/y9g7zza4sglpd3elxg4m9tb9nrn5t2qa" target="_blank">When Do You Love Me</a><br />
<b>1961:</b><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/5siu14ocsi7mvrvrr0d9" target="_blank">Whip-poor-will</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/5g91q4lesxxastd569zlern9jb77zxks" target="_blank">Older and Wiser</a><br />
Milord (#74) / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/zkmqmds8pcekyupxjgocawgt0symrvwt" target="_blank">I've Got My Fingers Crossed</a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ptpsda79g6lxh1f0sonr" target="_blank">Little Miss Belong To No One</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/72ldwvrv65815ewlomnx" target="_blank">Seashell</a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/l3ne119v8lyng77g10qr" target="_blank">Step Right Up</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/38lf850kwrwug5oi7i2p" target="_blank">Pretty Looking Boy</a><br />
<b>1962:</b><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/azrcvtn6cd3qyqi8g9gi52anai2wo404" target="_blank">Another</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/3rdw290y49nyv21k1jeyfs93dyy791ma" target="_blank">I Want You To Worry </a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/s9g9akptwm7rrvhkibr1" target="_blank">You Came A Long Way From St. Louis</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/1kkbkbic2cuj6aigp6r6lcpeoi4xd7lx" target="_blank">One Heart Less To Break</a><br />
<b>1964:</b><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/s/82984hkt3gh5w72hbkau" target="_blank">Cry Baby</a> / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/h5owfynhjj8jtz5a51b6" target="_blank">I Hear the Angels Singing</a><br />
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Highlighted titles can be heard by clicking.<br />
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There were also duets, reissues, EPs (Extended Play singles).<br />
The 65000 series was like oldies reissues, the Silver Star series.<br />
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<b>Find more</b> information at :<br />
Teresa Brewer Center - teresafans.org<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120393081672/">Facebook Fans of Teresa Brewer</a><br />
Rateyourmusic.com<br />
45cat.com<br />
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<br />GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-1144077126825061322014-11-10T21:40:00.000-06:002015-07-31T17:42:58.151-05:00What does music "mastering" mean?<br />
Updated July 31, 2015<br />
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If you buy reissue CDs of old music, or if you produce them, you see the marketing phrase
<b>"Digitally Remastered"</b>.<br />
WRONG.<br />
Ya don't know what mastering means.<br />
So stop filling this society with illiteracy.<br />
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The people at Rhino Records explained it very well:<br />
The core of the confusion comes from the base word itself, "master". In music, a
master is a tape that has been prepared to manufacture either a record, cassette, 8-track or CD. Over the past 50-odd years, however, the word "master" has been used to describe a number of different types of tape and as such has become a bit ubiquitous, particularly in advertising copy. <br />
In the simplest scenario, mastering historically meant taking the original tape that was used to record a recording session and then<br />
preparing it by applying various electronic processes (filtering, equalizing, echo, copying, etc.) to the tape. When the processing was completed - that is, when the producer thought he had gotten the best commercial sound possible - that processed copy or original became the <b>"MASTERTAPE"</b> or "master". This was then used to make the metal parts that eventually would "stamp out" 45 RPM (or 78 RPM) singles.<br />
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This processing was necessary in the early days, particularly when the record label was small and the recording studio and microphones primitive. The actual tape running during the session - which we refer to as the <b>"SESSION TAPE"</b> - was often out of balance with regard to volume levels, and had to be equalized and compressed to allow for correct cutting of the actual record grooves during manufacture and to compensate for faulty recording technique. It should be mentioned too that even 60 years ago, vocal performances were often brought from poor or mediocre to acceptable by way of electronic tinkering.<br />
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As <b>overdubbing</b> came into use in the 1960s, another stage was added to the mastering process. A "basic track" would be recorded first (usually the instrumentals); then, whatever was to be overdubbed (like the lead vocal or a special percussion instrument or sound effect) would be recorded and combined with that basic track tape to make a copy. That copy would<br />
then be processed and become the MASTER TAPE.<br />
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When LPs began to flourish in the late '50s and early '60s, another stage was added to the mastering process. Eager to release album product, many labels sought to gather up a number of their previous single releases to form an LP. To do this, they would go back to the MASTER TAPE for the various singles, and copy<br />
each one onto a (watch out!) "master compilation tape". This tape was then copied.. with processing to produce an "album master". Technological development meant more confusion in terminology. As cassettes and 8-track tapes became viable music carriers, special master tapes had to be prepared for each configuration. And what does a record company do in this case - they make another copy, a copy of an "album master" that is then re-sequenced for cassette or 8-track. These copies become "cassette masters' and "8-track masters". Masters, masters, masters.<br />
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The real dirty word in all of this is "copy". Every time a tape is copied, the resulting copy "loses" something from the original. It also gains distortion. ... If one company wanted to license a recording from another, they would not receive anything approaching the original SESSION tape; instead, they would receive yet another copy, a copy of a copy in effect. Considering the lack of importance attached to rock'n'roll in general by virtually all labels in the '50s and '60s, this practice of copying tapes ad nauseum coupled with a general sloppiness in tape archiving and the assumption that "one master is as good as another", had led us to the predicament we now find ourselves in when trying to produce quality reissues of this vintage material ... <br />
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When we talk about sloppiness in the record industry, we can go on for days. In the early pre-LP days, labels would often throw out or record over the original SESSION TAPES and just keep the MASTER. Sometimes they would just cut the actual 'take" chosen for mastering from the SESSION TAPE and splice it onto another reel (which leads to another confusing use of terminology ... the "take" chosen as best from a recording session is often called the <b>"master take"</b> or...can you guess...the "master"). Often that small piece of tape would be moved and removed to different album masters as time went on, making their location today nearly impossible to find. Sometimes the basic track can be found, but the overdubs necessary to reproduce the actual record may be lost. ...<br />
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"Remastered from the original tapes" sounds wonderful, but it can be misleading. All of the stages mentioned above can be considered "original tapes", and a number of different tapes can be considered the "original masters".<br />
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<u><b>CONCLUSIONS:</b></u><br />
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So for all you CD issuers, when you copy vinyl records to digital, ya ain't "remastering" nothin.<br />
You are making a copy that is based on the original masters, which is okay in its own way.<br />
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As for really remastering from the session tapes, I am not pleased with that. It usually does not sound as good as the original hits masters. To think that you can do a better job than the original people?<br />
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There is also the term "<b>remixing</b>". I wonder how much it's being misused. If you are just editing a copy, you sure are not remixing. <br />
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<b>Vinyl albums</b> in the digital era:<br />
They tend to be made from the digital masters. Old music is digitized from analog to make a CD. Then the doinks make the vinyl from the digital master instead of the analog. Vinyl buyers get no advantage over the CDs.<br />
If you are wondering ... analog music has all the sound in it, but digital loses much of it. 16-bit (CD) music is limited.<br />
The only hope is 32-bit floating point digital recording. That is not used commercially. GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-38199872704585625352013-08-28T22:27:00.001-05:002016-07-29T02:53:24.474-05:00Connie Francis - Behind the FameUpdated July 29, 2016<br />
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Connie Franconero grew up in New Jersey, of Italian heritage.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHPDRY9PzC8/Uh696YYs5KI/AAAAAAAAApM/9WisGnFVLJM/s1600/ConnieFrancis+Waltz+cvr+25%25;+120%25,sh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHPDRY9PzC8/Uh696YYs5KI/AAAAAAAAApM/9WisGnFVLJM/s400/ConnieFrancis+Waltz+cvr+25%25;+120%25,sh.jpg" width="193" /></a>In 1955 MGM gave Connie a contract for several singles. The first one was Freddy, which the MGM chief wanted as a gift for son Freddy's birthday. A pretty good song, but they say it was only played at the local park merry-go-round. The following singles had some good pop items, but not enough for hits. In 1957 Connie sang the voice of Tuesday Weld in the movie Rock Rock Rock for two songs, which became one of the singles. Really lame songs.<br />
After the 10th non-hit her father got serious and stepped in. He decided to choose the song Who's Sorry Now, which was a pop oldie. Finally she had a big hit and the rest is history.<br />
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From then on her father directed her recording career. In the earlier days they had been approached by mobsters, who said they could make her a star because they owned all the jukeboxes. Father turned it down. Now he seemed to have the golden touch in choosing records.<br />
Connie became interested in a relationship with Bobby Darin then. Father didn't approve and that was stopped. I don't know but possibly Bobby had mob connections. There's a lot of that.<br />
For her first movie Where the Boys Are in 1960 father approved only if there was nothing sexual for her. So Tuesday Weld did that stuff. Connie was not made up very attractive and was not presented as exciting. That improved in later films.<br />
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Now from 1958 to 1963 she was blessed by great pop-rock compositions by New York composers like Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. A lot of sentimental love songs with great harmony and melody.<br />
From 1963 the caliber of American songwriting started to wane and like everyone else she was having less success.<br />
That year she had a hit with In The Summer Of His Years, which was a tribute to President John F. Kennedy after his assasination. Strangely, that song is completely ignored since then. I think it's politics. Jews who mostly control the media want to suppress him.<br />
Some songs are overlooked because of the timing of her hits albums. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter came too late for her second hits album. However it did get included in the 15 Hits LP which covered her from the start. Other hits that came too late for the hits LPs were Blue Winter and Your Other Love.<br />
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Albums continued thru the 1960s along with some lesser hits.<br />
As time went on she had problems with marriage, and in 1974 she was raped in her hotel in Long Island after performing.<br />
In the late 60s she had plastic surgery to make her nose look less Italian and more American. She looked fine but it affected her vocal range negatively. Then a couple decades after that she had it again to somewhat revert her look, to where she is now.<br />
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Apparently she bought the copyrights to her recordings from MGM (or Polydor), which was having constant problems with repeated bankruptcies and ownership changes (also affecting the James Bond films). She does not tolerate unauthorized distribution, including posts on YouTube. If I could hear from her maybe I could present some samples here.<br />
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Connie still performs today. She was the best selling female artist in the world until Mariah Carey came.<br />
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Connie Francis on the Statler Brothers Show 1998:<br />
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GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-9730180323399213192013-07-26T19:17:00.000-05:002013-07-26T19:19:39.248-05:00The Hit Parade Hall Of Fame<br />
July 26, 2013<br />
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With the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame getting a lot of attention, 1950s Pop music wasn't getting enough. So John Rook decided to pay it tribute with a new Hall Of Fame organization. The first round of inductees was in 2007.<br />
It has been selecting Pop artists from all decades since then. The first year told the tale of what it was all about.<br />
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Inductees of 2007 were<br />
Pat Boone<br />
Patti Page <br />
Teresa Brewer<br />
Bobby Darin<br />
Bing Crosby<br />
Perry Como<br />
Nat King Cole<br />
Jimmy Clanton<br />
The Four Seasons<br />
Connie Francis<br />
Aretha Franklin<br />
Ricky Nelson<br />
Diana Ross<br />
Roy Orbison<br />
Paul Anka<br />
The Beatles<br />
Beach Boys<br />
Tony Bennett<br />
Dion<br />
Doris Day<br />
Fats Domino<br />
Neil Diamond<br />
Elvis Presley<br />
Johnnie Ray<br />
Neil Sedaka<br />
Chubby Checker<br />
Frank Sinatra<br />
Johnny Cash<br />
Ray Charles<br />
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John Harlan Rook was an American radio announcer and director going back to the 1960s.<br />
Here are links:<br />
<a href="http://hitparadehalloffame.com/" target="_blank">The Hit Parade HoF site</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Parade_Hall_of_Fame#Hit_Parade_Hall_of_Fame" target="_blank">The Wikipedia article</a> <br />
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This is an example of how the new wave of late 1960s hippie music displaced the former Pop and Rock and Roll music of the 1950s and early 1960s. Even Wikipedia refuses to have a separate article on the Hall, but buries it within the John Rook article. It took until 2007 to think of this, and it does not seem to be well known.<br />
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There is an element that disregards 1950s Pop. It favors jazz or punk or soul. It comes down to who controls the media the most.<br />
When Dick Clark was alive he worked to feature the classic music. He also organized the annual Peoples' Choice music awards show, which was a reaction to the otherwise leftist control of the media which shoved soul and jazz down everyone's throats.<br />
The radio music services don't have 1950s Pop channels.<br />
Somehow 1940s Pop becomes categorized as jazz too. <br />
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Each year nominees are named early in the year, and you the public can vote until the results are counted about 11 months later.<br />
So as The Democrats say, vote and vote often.<br />
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<br />GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-48166365835534723922013-01-01T22:53:00.000-06:002013-01-13T21:06:25.051-06:00À La Carte - Euro Girl Group (updated January 6)<br />
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In 1978 two then little-known German producers - a married couple Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann, employed by Hansa International (sub-label of Ariola-Eurodisc), developed the project of a female pop group. These girl-groups were especially popular in Europe in the late 70s. Among others those included Arabesque (Germany), Baccara (Spain), Maywood and Luv (both from the Netherlands). <br />
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The first single of A La Carte "When The Boys Come Home" (Ariola/Hansa 100 478-100) was released in March 1979. The song, performed by three attractive girls from London: Patsy Fuller, Julia and Elaine, gained popularity and the group was invited to the famous German TV-show "Musikladen" ("Music Shop"). The single had good sales, and in October a second catchy single was released "Doctor, Doctor (Help Me Please)" (Ariola/Hansa 101 080-100), with a new line-up: Patsy Fuller, Jeanny Renshaw, Denise Distelle. After that nobody dared to deny their reputation as the best dance girl-band. In 1980 one more replacement occurs: instead of Denise Distelle came Katie Humble. In March 1980 this line-up a launched new single - a cover of Manfred Mann's 60s super-hit "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Ariola/Hansa 101 677-100), in a short time followed by their first album - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Round" (LP: Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 202 143-320). <br />
The next single of A La Carte - "Ring Me, Honey" (Ariola/Hansa 102 429-100), was released in September 1980. <br />
In January 1981, after a change of two members, Jeanny Renshaw, Linda Daniels and Joy Martin released the new single "You Get Me On The Run" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 102 871-100). The lead vocals in the song were of Jeanny and Joy. The third girl, Linda Daniels, was needed only for the "phantom" presence of the third singer, the recent Denise Distelle. Then were issued 3 singles and the next album called "Viva" (LP: Ariola/Hansa/Coconut). "In the Summer Sun Of Greece" was released on a single (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 104 263-100) in April 1982 and its front cover shows one more change in the line-up: Kati Humble's comeback instead of the blue-eyed blonde Linda Daniels. This line-up existed until the group's splitting.<br />
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In July 1982 they released the single "Aha Tamoure" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 104 569-100) and the group's activity was summed up on the first compilation - "The Wonderful Hits Of A La Carte" (LP: Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 204 935-302). This album included nearly all the hits of A La Carte: "When The Boys Come Home", "In The Summer Sun Of Greece", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Aha Tamoure", "Viva Torero" and others.<br />
In January 1983 was released the single called "Radio" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 104 918-100). The two new songs were never issued on any LPs. <br />
The next album of the group "Rockin' Oldies" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 205 743-320) and new single "On The Top Old Smokie" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut 105 802-100) were released at the same time in September 1983. In 1984, the group launched the next single "Jimme Gimme Reggae" (Ariola/Hansa/Coconut). The title song was a new version of the one from the first album, and a completely new song - "Lightyears Away From Home" was on the back side. <br />
After that, A La Carte disappeared from the scene. Probably, it was the result of the birth of the new "lovely child" of their producers, Karin Hartmann and Tony Hendrik, the male trio Bad Boys Blue, launched in 1984 with "L.O.V.E. In My Car ". But maybe also because of decreasing demand in the music market for female acts and a corresponding increase for male ones. The attractive girl-groups were getting competition from male duos and trios like Modern Talking, Joy, London Boys, Silent Circle, Pet Shop Boys...<br />
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[This article is based on a defunct old GeoCities website in order to keep the information alive. The credits given were:<br />
Original Russian text by Alex (Invisible Man), with assistance of Marc Wiese.<br />
2004-2005 English translation by L.D.]<br />
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<b>Link:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.discostars80.com/alc/alc-e.htm#2" target="_blank">The World Of A La Carte</a> <br />
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<b>LINK:</b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://invisible-alex.narod.ru//wALaCarteE.htm" target="_NEW"></a></span></span></div>
GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-6603530689880549002012-05-22T03:41:00.000-05:002017-06-23T01:59:55.230-05:00BOBBY CURTOLA singles discography(Updated June 23, 2017)
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Canadian 1960s singles, produced by Basil and Dyer Hurdon.<br />
Tartan label<br />
1001 <a href="https://app.box.com/s/885bhodjshz0cvcpkr3n" target="_blank">Hand In Hand With You</a> with the Don Trio 1960<br />
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1002 My Love / Ever Near You<br />
1003 You Must Belong To Me / Deeper and Deeper 1961<br />
1004 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/91c483eb293c17d96d52">Call Me Baby</a> / It Started When You Stopped To Say Hello + the Dons<br />
1005 Don't You Sweetheart Me / My Heart's Tongue-tied w Anita Kerr Singers<br />
1006 I'll Never Be Alone Again / <a href="https://www.box.com/s/xnld59r276yxu8ipzno2" target="_blank">Hi-Tone</a> w Anita Kerr Singers<br />
1007 Hitchhiker / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/l93oosum4e0vukqxru9q" target="_blank">My Love</a> (rerecording) <br />
1008 Fortune Teller / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/w8xludldg7ixk4mnfddh" target="_blank">Johnny Take Your Time</a> (rerecording) <br />
1009 <a href="https://app.box.com/s/cxwz6rvp3xq423dqs096" target="_blank">You Must Belong To Me</a> (rerecording) / Nothing's the Same<br />
As Before 1962<br />
1010 I Cry and Cry / <a href="https://www.box.com/s/07238d41b30acb0e33c2">Big Time Spender</a><br />
1011 Aladdin / I Don't Want To Go On Without You<br />
1012 My Christmas Tree / Jingle Bells<br />
1013 Destination Love / Don't Stop Dreaming Of Me 1963<br />
1014 Gypsy Heart / I'm Sorry<br />
1015 Indian Giver / Hand In Hand (rerecording)<br />
1016 Three Rows Over / Dream Wishes<br />
1018 Move Over / They Say<br />
1019 Little Girl Blue / How'm I Gonna Tell You 1964<br />
1021 You're Not a Goody Goody / Far Away Heart<br />
1022 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/0a68afc306f7b456da64">As Long As I'm Sure Of You</a> / <a href="https://www.box.com/s/81be8dc6e79442ba0530">I'd Do Anything For You</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1024 Come Home Little Girl / Many Moons Ago</span><br />
1025 Alone and Lonely / You'll Be Falling In Love 1965<br />
1026 It's About Time / Paper Heart<br />
1027 Mean Woman Blues / Devil May Care Angel<br />
1028 Walking With My Angel / Midnight<br />
1029 Making Love / Donna<br />
1030 Forget Her / If All Goes Well<br />
1031 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/4ee76c2bf4584427dc80">While I'm Away</a> / Not Til Now 1966<br />
1032 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/b0342517942fb8d6561c">The Real Thing</a> / Suddenly You Came Along<br />
1033 Wildwood Days / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/q5fgv4ex6ugd1a905hpmkghevijf9jzc" target="_blank">Without Your Love</a><br />
1034 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKzA1BiSkU4" target="_blank">It's Not Funny Honey</a> / Tattletale Heart<br />
1035 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/85fc37559f2897eac5a3">Devil Lips (Kisses Of Fire)</a> / Give Me a Reason<br />
To Stay 1967<br />
1036 <a href="https://www.box.com/s/19d7463815a6e490e963">Quando Quando</a> / If All Goes Well<br />
1040 Footsteps / What Can I Do<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1041 Sandy / <a href="https://youtu.be/A4SWmBG1YDk?t=4m57s" target="_blank">Indian Love Call</a></span><br />
1043 Pretty Blue Eyes / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/i453uwg5nvouxqtg58pwxx8kczap91ph" target="_blank">Taking A Picture</a> 1968<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1044 <a href="https://app.box.com/s/mqc419kzs0aqi8pslvt5" target="_blank">Can't Help Falling In Love</a> / Step By Step</span><br />
1045 (unreleased?) Unless You Care / Taking A Picture <br />
1045 <a href="https://app.box.com/s/9bffg5ycrkqkh0e3tjfvu15059gwhluy" target="_blank">Mammy Blues</a> / Free To Carry On ? 1971<br />
1046 Gotta Give Love / My Christmas Tree<br />
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Tarton 54039 Have You Ever Really Been There / Lady With the Rose ?<br />
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With 1005 they started recording in Nashville, with Bill Justis arranging.<br />
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Highlighted titles are linked to online samples.<br />
Omitted numbers are mainly by other artists.<br />
I'm not sure about 1045a. 54039 was on a later resurrection of the Tartan label.<br />
See 45cat.com for more of his releases.<br />
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One song that's missing here is Mark My Word. Possibly that was 1020.<br />
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Songs I'd like to hear at the moment include: Step By Step, Unless You Care, and the first recordings of My Love, You Must Belong To Me.<br />
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Check out this video at <a href="https://youtu.be/SgQ5OBz8cCA" target="_blank">YouTube of Gypsy Heart [link]</a>. The dancing is synchronized with the song.<br />
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<b>Basil Hurdon and Dyer Hurdon </b>- songwriters and managers at Tartan Records of Canada:<br />
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<br />GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-78192925258220105132009-12-11T19:26:00.043-06:002019-06-05T00:05:20.362-05:00Teresa Brewer - early recordings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How her recording career started.<br />
Her birth name was Theresa Veronica Breuer. Her father was from Germany and her mother was from the Hungary-Romania area with ancestry in White Russia (Belarus). They lived in Toledo, Ohio, USA. Birth date May 7, 1931 (a girl:).<br />
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She quit school at the age of 16 in early 1948, and zipped off to New York for professional singing engagements, accompanied by her aunt. She was a hit in clubs as in the Latin Quarter. Soon an agent offered his service.<br />
At age 18 she was married, to Bill Monahan.<br />
In 1949 London Records, based in England, noticed and signed her.<br />
It took two unsuccessful singles before she hit with Music Music Music. 1949 into 1950 it became a #1 international million seller, while she was 18.<br />
Her permanent residence was just north of New York City, and she worked out of New York.<br />
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The singles I know of on <span style="font-weight: bold;">London</span>, with Billboard US chart positions and 78 numbers, were:<br />
1949- <a href="https://app.box.com/s/vn4juii9x3bidpfb5p1piwlw9ao546kp" target="_blank">When the Train Came In</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/p5kt5czm3z">A Man Wrote a Song</a> (511)<br />
- (duets with Bobby Wayne) Copper Canyon / Way Back Home (562) <br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/iaxno725rk"> - I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped</a> / <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8nxafUbYI">Old Man Mose</a> (563)<br />
1950- <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y6823rtcjl">Music M.M.</a> (#1) / Copenhagen (604)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/b5hhp4y4zv"> - Choo'n Gum</a> (#17) / <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38993193@N08/8544619722/" target="_blank">Honky Tonkin'</a> (678)<br />
- Punky Punkin' / Cincinnatti Dancing Pig (768)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xudbcfkgxu"> - Molasses Molasses</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/o8c9ffexp6">Grizzly Bear</a> (794)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/16y8p6ym7u"> - You've Got Me Crying Again</a> / He Can Come Back Any Time He Wants To .... (795)<br />
1951- <a href="https://app.box.com/s/x5j0rgyflo44mnmytira" target="_blank">The Thing</a> (#20) / <a href="https://app.box.com/s/nvyg457wcwccotn4v3d8ig8oc1lwmuua" target="_blank">I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest</a> (873)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8enzy7ke55"> - If You Want Some Lovin'</a> / I've Got the Craziest Feeling (967)<br />
- <a href="https://app.box.com/s/7n604e0n1ncjz7mkg4ysvndfty6qnhee" target="_blank">Lonesome Gal</a> / Counterfeit Kisses (970) <br />
- <a href="https://app.box.com/s/ommqoh47jzkgiza8g0scg3q8he69cgo7" target="_blank">Oceana Roll</a> / The Wang Wang Blues (1083)<br />
- If You Don't Marry Me / <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQDq1JVH4cQ" target="_blank">I Wish I Wuz</a> (1085) <br />
- Longing For You (#23) / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1s09xzysz1">Jazz Me Blues</a> (1086)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Coral</span> early singles:<br />
1951- 1. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/a57gj42tsv">Sing Sing Sing</a> / I Don't Care<br />
1952- 2. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5jDxcO-yA">Lovin' Machine</a> / Noodlin' Rag<br />
- 3. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhBuLDBvdNA">Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now</a> (#25) / <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtxO8r6Qyc">Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes</a><br />
- Til I Waltz Again With You (#1)<br />
1953 - Dancing With Someone (Longing For You) (#17)<br />
- Baby Baby Baby (#12) / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1mrh841gim6mxt6xvznr">I Guess It Was You All The Time (solo version)</a> _ _ (from her movie Those Redheads From Seattle)<br />
- a reissue single #65520 of Music Music Music (Coral rerecording) / Gonna Get Along wo Ya Now<br />
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There were other singles where she sang in duets and groups.<br />
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In 1951 Teresa filmed eight musical short films. Two were with the Firehouse Five Plus Two band - Music Music Music and Old Man Mose. Then there were Snader Telescriptions. These involved many artists and were used as television filler. She was backed by Jack Pleis and the Dixieland All-Stars on Music Music Music, Copenhagen, I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town, If You Want Some Lovin', Honky-Tonkin', and I've Got The Craziest Feeling. She was still on the London label at the time, aged 19.<br />
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The backing group in the Craziest Feeling film is the Dixieland All-Stars with Jack Pleis on piano, an arranger for record labels.<br />
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In her one movie role she played a showgirl in Those Redheads From Seattle in 1953.</div>
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It seems the hit of Music was processed and mastered at the time to change the sound.<br />
In 1976 London Records reissued 12 songs on the "World Of Teresa Brewer" LP. It has a London recording of Music that's about 20 seconds shorter with a different tone. Maybe they wanted to lower the pitch of the voice by slowing it down. I don't think they had tape at the time, so I don't know the method. The original master was apparently preserved by London and reissued here. Did they realize which edit they were reissuing? In other words the hit issue was slower and longer than what Teresa recorded. Or conversely, did Teresa want to speed up the song in the reissue?<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/bf5jakrob15m78oh6yx4" target="_blank">Music! Music! Music!</a> - master from World LP<br />
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Teresa first performed on a local radio show at age two, <br />
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singing Take Me Out To the Ball Game. At age 5 she became a regular performer in a travelling Major Bowes vaudeville show, and she toured with it around North America til 12. She also made a few appearances on Bowes' weekly radio show in New York. From age twelve she was a regular on the local Toledo radio show Pic and Pat. So she was no novice when she hit New York at age 16.<br />
Press here to hear her singing on Major Bowes radio: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8dcfbdahgj">Darktown Strutters' Ball</a>. This is found on the DVD The Original Amateur Hour hosted by Pat Boone.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Teresa's high school Yearbook entry 1947-48</span><br />
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Publicity photo in <b>New York</b> probably 1948.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Teresa's home</span> after marriage, in New Rochelle north of New York city.<br />
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Teresa in the mid-50s in a rare cheesecake pose (sometime before hair permanents).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">References:</span><br />
her fan site is at <a href="http://teresafans.org/teresa.html">teresafans.org</a><br />
Facebook Fans of Teresa Brewer GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-24109930002918747652009-02-27T18:42:00.007-06:002009-11-21T12:39:20.058-06:00Elvis Presley - The Rise and Decline and Comeback(updated November 21, 2009)<br /><br />In his hit period with RCA I see three phases. First before and during the army. Second from his army return to 1968. Third from his 1969 comeback til his supposed death in 1977.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Sb6rMoMiyyI/AAAAAAAAATU/r2c2QPKyrDc/s1600-h/Elvis+SFEv+portr+edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Sb6rMoMiyyI/AAAAAAAAATU/r2c2QPKyrDc/s320/Elvis+SFEv+portr+edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313872843780573986" border="0" /></a><br />What I call the decline started after 1965 and lasted til his comeback Christmas TV special in December 1968.<br />So there are two ways of looking at this - one by his 3 periods, and secondly by the ups and downs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">His first period</span> 1956 - 1959 was the raucous rockabilly, using his instrumental trio as backup. When he was drafted in 1958 RCA picked as many songs as they could for him to record and release while away. These were not the best songs, but kept him afloat, and were collected on his second Golden Hits LP. They ran out of these hit singles by summer 1959 and he was not on the charts until his return in April 1960.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The second phase</span> 1960 -1968.<br />In Europe he learned some classic European songs like O Sole Mio, and probably matured. On his return he asked the songwriters to adapt some of these for him. So O Sole Mio became It's Now Or Never, Torne a Sorrento became Surrender. Wooden Heart was from a German song.<br />No time was wasted when he returned. A couple of the songs debuted on the Top 40 immediately at #1. A couple others took a whole two weeks to reach #1.<br />Well the power of 1960 didn't quite continue in full force. I'd say he continued to have great original hits til the end of 1962 with "She's Not You". But even by 1961 they dropped to the level of "Feel So Bad", and people could sense this.<br />They were now using fuller arrangements at the Nashville scene. I suspect Boots Randolph was adding those great sax bits in the background, and maybe Floyd Cramer was in piano. These were his greatest productions, based on songs of the greatest writers like Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.<br />There were four great regular albums (non-movie) between 1960 and 1965 - Elvis Is Back, Something For Everybody, Potluck, and Elvis For Everyone.<br />By 1963 his singles started to lack that great originality, tho they were still fine - Return To Sender, One Broken Heart For Sale, Bossa Nova Baby ...<br />Now they fell back on recycling some previously recorded album songs like Such An Easy Question (from Potluck).<br />By now his last #1 was Good Luck Charm in 1962. In 1963 he had some top 10s, in 1964 no top tens. In 1965 came his last top 10 until 1969 - Crying In the Chapel at #3 (Billboard). There would be no more #1s until Suspicious Minds in 1969.<br />In an interview around 1970 Elvis said there was a problem finding great new rock&roll songs by then. RCA started wasting our time with singles like Puppet On a String, Love Letters, and Indescribably Blue. So 1966 - 1968 was the decline. They tried some rockers which were not good enough: Big Boss Man, US Male, Long-Legged Girl, Guitar Man, A Little Less Conversation. They hardly made the Top 40.<br />But there were also some gems in that period: You'll Be Mine, Judy, Come What May, Tell Me Why ... which deserve attention.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Comeback Special</span><br />So in 1968 Colonel Parker arranged a TV special. Instead of a Christmas theme, Elvis succeeded in making it a general rock&roll theme. He harked back to his early days, rocked in black leather, and had his original trio back.<br />The following singles were then geared to a new style, fitting the hippie era. There were the liberal themes decrying Negro poverty. Songs like In the Getto and Don't Cry Daddy probably caused the Detroit black riots, because they stirred up the feelings of guilt or bitterness. The music was not the same as the earlier era either.<br />I call this his third phase, and I relate it to the Second era of rock&roll. The first era was late 50s/early 60s. The second era being late 60s/early 70s. You know how it goes. Second era people don't recognize any music before the Beatles. Oldies start with the Beatles and Supremes, nothing earlier even exists.<br />So Elvis continued in this vein til 1977.<br />By the way I don't believe he died at that time. But it sounds like he died maybe a couple years ago. There was talk of Priscilla being left out of the inheritance.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-48258038214458030202009-01-12T18:21:00.010-06:002015-03-01T21:45:35.452-06:00Record-Rama Archives(updated March 1, 2015)<br />
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<b>Record-Rama</b> had been a record store in Pittsburg USA for a few decades. The proprietor Paul Mawhinney has collected the largest vinyl record archive in the world. Now the store is closed and he is trying to sell that archive.<br />
He wants to sell it as a whole collection and wants it preserved that way. His minimum price is $3 million. I say it's worth it. 1.5 million 45s dating from 1948, and a million LPs. This is not store stock, but saved copies of every record he ever dealt with. His aim was to have every single by every artist, and he published his list in his MusicMaster catalog. It probably contains every release by any favorite artist you can think of.<br />
I think the best use would be to make the records accessible to reissue companies and to broadcasters so that anything could be made available to listeners.<br />
He is at the same time clearing out what remains of his store stock. That is arranged thru his website and is a big-time proposition involving a minimum $5,000 purchase.<br />
His store was a mecca for collectors of obscure rare vinyl, and I hope this music will be preserved.<br />
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A video on this can be seen at the Vimeo site:<br />
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The first edition of the MusicMaster catalog in 1982 came in two volumes, one by title and one by artist. It illustrates what he had in the archive at that time. Click to view larger.<br />
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<b>Sale of the collection</b> <br />
The collection has been sold to a Brazilian buyer named Zero Freitas as of December 2012, who plans a museum. This has been announced by The New York Times, CNN Money, and others.<br />
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GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-86885483024141877082007-10-01T03:57:00.037-05:002019-01-20T16:05:54.185-06:00The Great Clyde McPhatter<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUDP05DBfMI/AAAAAAAAAeI/lPQZtWAUCQo/s1600/CM%2BCity%2BLP%2Bcrop.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a>(Updated January 20, 2019)<br />
Clyde's biggest pop hits were Lover's Question and Lover Please. He started as a lead singer in The Dominoes in the early 1950s, and then had his own Drifters group in 1954-55 on the Atlantic label. That made him huge. In 1955 after an army stint he went solo and stayed that way up to the 1970s, when he died in 1972.<br />
My interest is his solo work. He was on Atlantic in the late 50s, MGM in 59-60, Mercury 1960-65, and smaller labels after that when his success faded.<br />
His music had a glorious joy to it, and infectious melody and beat. A high tenor, he influenced many other such negro singers like Jackie Wilson and Dee Clark.<br />
There are some good reissue CDs now which I can recommend. For Atlantic, "Deep Sea Ball". For MGM and Mercury there is "Rockin' and Boppin'" on the Ring Of Stars label, available at Continental Records (gocontinental.com). At his wikipedia article there is an extensive list of his hits and singles.<br />
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Here is a 1962 single picture cover. It was sold recently by Times Square Records of New York and included the news clip of Clyde's death in 1972. Click the image to see it larger.<br />
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You won't find all his good stuff by any means, so here are some highlights which may be rare. Press a title to listen.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qdb0heapy4">Thirty Days</a> - 1956 - his fourth solo single, a rocker.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/uacavye46i">Come What May</a> - 1958 - what a joyful rendition. Recorded by Elvis in 1965.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y9r5xcaj2o">Lovey Dovey</a> - 1959 - the Clovers song, in a definitive uptempo style, later copied by Buddy Knox.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/onn4f183v8">Deep Sea Ball</a> - 1960 - a nonhit single after he had left Atlantic. In fact recorded in 1958 obviously inspired by Rockin Robin, written by Winfield Scott.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/na4h38r18q">Think Me A Kiss</a> - 1960 - medium hit<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xehv30tdcf">Whisper Softly</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2l2v828ezc">The Glory Of Love</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/anugb8ie6d">This Is Not Goodbye</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/mntve2rgd2">Ta Ta (Just Like a Baby)</a> - 1960 hit. Not remembered as much, maybe because the title TaTa means little, so I add the brackets to remind of the words. Written by Clyde and not intended as the hit side, it's a winner.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ekoz6sqy24">I'll Love You Til the Cows Come Home</a> -1961 nonhit. A neat R&B composition. Flip of "Tomorrow Is a-Comin", which I think was meant as the A-side.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/no03vr74sk">I Never Knew</a> - 1961 #17 R&B, #56 Pop.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1yn569l321">Happiness</a> - The type of song that to me defines Clyde. Flip of "I Never Knew".<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jtmh8bcafq">Deep In the Heart Of Harlem</a> - 1964 moderate hit.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/c86o9mfa58">Happy Good Times</a> - Flip of the Harlem single.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/6h8shpulkc">Three Rooms With Running Water</a> - I think the second best song on his "Songs Of the Big City" album of 1964. It would have been a good choice for a single.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ect669tqo5">Baby Baby</a> - 1964 single, from his album Live At The Apollo. This mono sounds better than the album stereo, where his voice in the middle is overpowered by the instruments on both sides. A rare nonhit single, his second-last on Mercury.<br />
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The second incarnation of The Drifters, 1955-59 without Clyde, often tried to use soundalike singers to recapture the McPhatter sound. There was David Baughan in 1954-55. There was Bobby Hendricks in 1958, singing on Drip Drop. In 1959 on the hit "(If You Cry) True Love True Love", everyone must have thought that lead Johnny Lee Williams was Clyde. If you can point out others make a comment. There were also separate individual singers. Listen to the comparisons:<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/364mtqtsq5">Honey Bee</a> - Drifters with David Baughan. Recorded ~1954 but released in 1961 on the back of Some Kind Of Wonderful.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/z5ne9p2ia5">(If You Cry) True Love True Love</a> - Drifters with Johnny Lee Williams<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/9d35h955jo">Drip Drop</a> - Drifters with Bobby Hendricks. #58 pop, uncharted R&B.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/z8xz778ont">Itchy Twitchy Feeling</a> - Bobby Hendricks 1958 solo hit after parting with The Drifters<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/36y9v798d0">Just Keep It Up</a> - 1959 solo hit by Dee Clark<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Brook Benton's influence</span><br />
Brook wrote Lover's Question. When Clyde started with Mercury he recorded some more of Brook's compositions. Here are a couple of obscure originals by Brook that you can compare with Clyde's. I have no evidence that Brook released these, maybe he sang them as demonstration discs. Will it surprise you to hear Brook singing Lover's Question?<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/haqv8mitmh">Lover's Question</a> by Brook<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/z6jq3hyhuq">You're For Me</a> by Brook<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ii25ku7sds">You're For Me</a> - Clyde's recording as an unsuccessful followup to Ta Ta. The flip was also written by Brook - I Just Want To Love You.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Clyde Otis</span> was usually Brook's co-writer.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Oliver </span>had been the guitarist for The Drifters and Clyde for a few years. In 1960 he and Clyde collaborated writing Ta Ta and some other songs for that album.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Belford Hendricks</span> was the arranger for many of these Mercury R&B records including Benton's. He was so good at arranging those strings, and adjusting them for an R&B sound. Check the sliding strings sound in Brook's Kiddio. In fact I've decided to give it to ya rat now, because it cries out for illustration. Blacks went crazy for it in mid-1960. It was US Billboard pop #7, and R&B #1 for nine weeks. Written by Benton and Otis. Check out the duet hits by Brook and Dinah Washington as other excellent examples - Baby You've Got What It Takes, and Rockin Good Way. There, that saves me from writing a separate article.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ejyoeuxsqp">Kiddio</a> by Brook Benton<br />
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MGM tried to cash in with a "Greatest Hits" LP too, all their own recordings. I've only ever come across this one copy.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RwJ-6ceIRyI/AAAAAAAAAIE/0PBcd3i2h9o/s1600-h/MGM+paste%3BB24.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116791669186381602" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RwJ-6ceIRyI/AAAAAAAAAIE/0PBcd3i2h9o/s400/MGM+paste%3BB24.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>His first album on MGM in 1959 was "Let's Start Over Again", containing only ballads and no hits. (click an image to see it larger)<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SXV7xCuLK4I/AAAAAAAAARk/VzOI5ziADss/s1600-h/McPh+MGM+Again+cvr+touch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293273019518233474" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SXV7xCuLK4I/AAAAAAAAARk/VzOI5ziADss/s320/McPh+MGM+Again+cvr+touch.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 235px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 233px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SXV8fd8mg4I/AAAAAAAAARs/eADIaeWwbDE/s1600-h/McPh+MGM+Again+back+25%25.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293273817100485506" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SXV8fd8mg4I/AAAAAAAAARs/eADIaeWwbDE/s320/McPh+MGM+Again+back+25%25.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 235px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 130px;" /></a><br />
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You'll never find it and it won't be reissued, so here's a link to the complete <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lbhmr09sfx">ALBUM</a>.<br />
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The 1963 Mercury Greatest Hits LP contained only Mercury recordings, but some were rerecordings of his 50s hits. Not all of these were hits of course.<br />
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Following a Ta Ta album in 1960, Mercury released an album a year including Lover Please in 1962. Golden Blues Hits (1961) was full of GREAT renditions of other hits. The little known Rhythm and Soul LP of 1963 included some unsuccessful singles at the time, and had a harder edge.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/0tbuyfpvg0">Raining In My Heart</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/l4qgk2i4eq">Honest I Do</a><br />
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Here's a link to the complete <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ukzjx9fk0s">Golden Blues</a> album.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RzP6Dscn64I/AAAAAAAAAIk/uB_qKeVIKXQ/s1600-h/R%2BSoul+LP+50%25%3Bpaste,col.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130719341882895234" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RzP6Dscn64I/AAAAAAAAAIk/uB_qKeVIKXQ/s400/R%2BSoul+LP+50%25%3Bpaste,col.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 277px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 322px;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/bqgxavnqtj">Hey Love</a><br />
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Link to the complete <a href="https://app.box.com/s/xqzqmk3mmx850w18767s" target="_blank">ALBUM</a><br />
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Lover Please LP . . . . . Live At The Apollo<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUILg7qG7gI/AAAAAAAAAeU/QzJ3XNF-TKU/s1600/CMcPh%2BLoverPlease%2Bcvr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567024749781380610" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUILg7qG7gI/AAAAAAAAAeU/QzJ3XNF-TKU/s320/CMcPh%2BLoverPlease%2Bcvr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 183px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 183px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUILoGohNDI/AAAAAAAAAec/9UjwrMxdd2s/s1600/CMcPh%2BApollo%2Bcvr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567024872986588210" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUILoGohNDI/AAAAAAAAAec/9UjwrMxdd2s/s320/CMcPh%2BApollo%2Bcvr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 189px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 184px;" /></a><br />
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Songs Of The Big City - 1964<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUDP05DBfMI/AAAAAAAAAeI/lPQZtWAUCQo/s1600/CM%2BCity%2BLP%2Bcrop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566677647003581634" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/TUDP05DBfMI/AAAAAAAAAeI/lPQZtWAUCQo/s400/CM%2BCity%2BLP%2Bcrop.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 380px;" /></a>Here's a link to sample the <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fjn4jy6p7s">ENTIRE ALBUM.</a><br />
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May I Sing For You was a 1962 Wing label LP mostly ballads.<br />
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After Mercury he recorded a couple years on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Amy label</span>, and that is on a CD titled "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues". Then he spent three years living in England, creating a following in the "northern soul" scene, which was the northeast section of England.<br />
Returning to the US, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Decca</span> records produced an album titled "Welcome Home" and two singles, which were not successful. You may never find that so here is some material.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/3ehpvmb4b0">I'll Belong To You</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xegt2jvt5b">Why Can't We Get Together</a><br />
Here's a link to hear the other 10 songs of the <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ukzxtgmqxh">COMPLETE ALBUM</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Clyde's son</span><br />
Clyde had a son with Ruth Brown out of wedlock ("Ron McPhatter"). He is now known and performing himself as Ronn David. His website is at myheartentertainment.com. Check his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiK8I52Wr_GbsMp21PKJJg" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-73997300576574831512007-09-12T20:27:00.011-05:002014-04-17T18:18:10.265-05:00Al Caiola and his Big Guitar(Updated April 17, 2014)
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Al Caiola is the pop guitarist who made hits of The Magnificent Seven and Bonanza themes in 1961. He had large orchestral backing from the United Artists label, and he adopted the style of Duane Eddy at the time - a twangy bass lead guitar sound. He was with UA thruout the 60s, releasing loads of records besides his hits. There was an import CD available from Australia at amazon titled "Bonanza - 1960-1969", which I can recommend.
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It's another one of those situations where you'll never find all his good stuff reissued. Here is a complete list of his UA singles for the record. Highlighted titles have audio samples.
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The Magnificent Seven / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/sk0x84chns">The Lonely Rebel</a> _ _ _ 1960
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Bonanza / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/p8yp1hx20p">Bounty Hunter</a> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 1961
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/io2c3oeydz">Autumn In Cheyenne</a> / Speak Low
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jgbuhpo0sg">Rollerama</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/mi1fj0u6fk">Stampede</a> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1962
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Experiment In Terror / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nebr54hzcu9npf26ha0o">Sergeants 3 March</a>
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fustjebrtf">Katusha</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/na53l1ukgw">Love Is Like Champagne</a>
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Guitar Boogie / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/z5c8jxipbxag88ly2855">Kalinka </a>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1963
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/p648ihzysj">Gunsmoke</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rca1n9lkpajdxslpaoh8">Ciao</a>
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Guns Of Navarone / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/oca8xcs01ebvbbjzlr7t">James Bond Theme</a>
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5qqxakq8rl">On the Trail</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7lv2fnk85u">Wheels West</a>
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Here Is Where I Belong / Sound Of Music ..............1968
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High Chaparral / Master Jack .................................1969
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There are some singles here that I'd still like to add to my collection.
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Samples: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ok3mf37c8f">Jezebel</a>, <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/k44eqxxohn">Two Guitars</a>, <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/98otlfii20">Big Guitar</a>
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Samples: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ttzo63cdlo">Tall Man</a>, <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/equzy00ncg">Gunslinger</a>, <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/l6ezkz98g4">The Deputy</a>
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See his wikipedia article for a list of his albums.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-8053155810206350902007-09-05T16:01:00.026-05:002020-10-19T19:08:11.310-05:00The Diamonds - rare recordings<p>(Updated Oct.19, 2020)<br />
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You know The Diamonds from their 1957 hit "Little Darlin'". There are a couple of CD compilations now which present a lot more. Many of their releases of course weren't hits, and won't be found in collections. For the record here is a list..<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Complete singles discography:</span><br />
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Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _/ <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/cm3et3c32c"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nip Sip</span></a> (Coral) 1955<br />
Smooch Me / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/c4zqnv67gg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Be My Lovin Baby</span></a> (Coral)<br />
Why Do Fools Fall In Love / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hx5zzr02hi">You Baby You</a> .. (Mercury...) 1956<br />
Church Bells May Ring / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fl3jt20bop">Little Girl Of Mine</a><br />
Love Love Love / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/vf2hofkkk5">Every Night About This Time</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.com/s/212u9vkv150qyjhhd5t3">Soft Summer Breeze</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pudlhigab4">Ka-Ding-Dong</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xn15l8vhsx">A Thousand Miles Away</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/a8z2q1pxa1">Every Minute Of the Day</a><br />
Little Darlin / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/clifaym1lj">Faithful and True</a> ...................................1957<br />
Words Of Love / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/x5nojcyn2l">Don't Say Goodbye</a><br />
Zip Zip / Oh How I Wish<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qtumak3l7f"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Passion Flower</span></a> .. (dj only) Merc #71194 .....1957<br />
Silhouettes / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1luytvtogy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daddy Cool</span></a><br />
The Stroll / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/l79akysl75">Land Of Beauty</a><br />
Straight Skirts / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/4atxujmxdl">Patsy</a> (uncertain)<br />
High Sign / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/paed0yov94">Don't Let Me Down (Chic-lets)</a> ................1958<br />
Kathy-O / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1gfulzozai"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Happy Years</span></a><br />
Walking Along / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/4fsc2k8s5q">Eternal Lovers</a><br />
She Say / From the Bottom Of My Heart ....................1959<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pyfmiavwwc">Gretchen</a> / A Mother's Love<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pco70fnpqy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sneaky Alligator</span></a> / Holding Your Hand<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/kx9nle6hmb"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Young In Years</span></a> / The Twenty-Second Day<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nc7exeqax7"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman Wolfman Frankenstein or Dracula</span></a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/e1rfyl6msg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Walkin' the Stroll</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hjzid62z8y"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Real True Love</span></a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/4oybwowpw8">Tell the Truth</a> ..................................1960<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qvky75hld2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Slave Girl</span></a> / The Pencil Song<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/347gjq5yu2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Crumble</span></a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/px8u5n2zo4">You'd Be Mine</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/s5faa1a1dg">You Short-Changed Me</a> / I Sho' Lawd Will (Merc 71782) ..1961<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/je2ux8m1jp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Munch</span></a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/f8gipy3wkg">Woomai-Ling</a><br />
One Summer Night / It's a Doggone Shame<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ve8f1yuoos">The Horizontal Lieutenant</a> / <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/60bzm0xld7"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Vanishing American</span></a> ...1962<br />
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Highlighted titles can be heard by pressing. It's probably your only chance to hear them.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">ALBUMS</span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SYhVE5LnxVI/AAAAAAAAAS0/MAdSZ9r9Gsc/s1600-h/LDarlin+LP+back+paste,touch.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298578504158790994" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SYhVE5LnxVI/AAAAAAAAAS0/MAdSZ9r9Gsc/s200/LDarlin+LP+back+paste,touch.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 296px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 279px;" /></a>Their greatest album was this 1959 Wing label compilation of 12 of their best rock&roll singles. Not fully a greatest hits album, it was very enjoyable, and features my favorite picture of them.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />The Diamonds' western album</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SVkqStBSr4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/GkXxfi8opbs/s1600-h/Diam+West+cvr+25%25+paste,+65%25.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285302138507014018" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SVkqStBSr4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/GkXxfi8opbs/s400/Diam+West+cvr+25%25+paste,+65%25.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 391px;" /></a>A very rare 1959 album you probably never even heard of. Twelve traditional western songs in standard arrangements with Pete Rugolo's orchestra. I found it at California Albums.<br />
Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8phddyniju">complete album</a>. Otherwise it will never be available, regardless of quality<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Their first album</span><br />
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In 1957 following their smash Little Darlin', this album contained all original songs without any hits. The song Zip Zip was then released as a single hit.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Here is a link to the other 11 songs of the complete <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/tm4g8mx43s">ALBUM</a>.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />The Diamonds Meet Pete Rugolo </span>album can be sampled <a href="http://www.box.com/shared/8phddyniju">HERE</a>.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />" The Diamonds 1970s " album</span><br />
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This is sometimes seen in their discographies. It was in 1971. Lead Dave Somerville was no longer there, but original member Mike Douglas was leading it. Under Douglas they were moving into the Blood Sweat And Tears style. Click any picture to see it larger.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://app.box.com/s/0971vyzw62nja46otu851kvhkm51tbjo" target="_blank">Sample the entire album.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> References:</span><br />
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The Diamonds CD that I would recommend is "The Diamonds Collection" on the Stardust label.<br />
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The official website for the original group:<br />
http://www.min7th.com/diamonds/<br />
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A new authorized website at www.thediamondsmusic.com is no longer available as of 2020.<br /></p>GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-42705126811070401442007-08-14T14:24:00.001-05:002007-11-01T21:50:44.341-05:00Nancy Sinatra and her BootsNancy Sinatra was one of the outstanding female singers of the late 1960s in the US, Frank's daughter of course. She's still going.<br />She had six Billboard US top 40 hits and more above that, plus duets with Lee Hazlewood and Frank.<br />These days she may sometimes be called a one-hit wonder because only Boots is remembered, but that's a typical today's error. That term is thrown around when people don't know enough, at singers who had more that one top 40. Besides, I say why does one national hit make a person a queer "wonder". It's a big accomplishment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rsb1raYX8gI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QKOirzwzs3I/s1600-h/myBoots+paste+25%25%3BIrf+B21,G-5,gam12,br-2,ct4,sat5.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rsb1raYX8gI/AAAAAAAAAGw/QKOirzwzs3I/s400/myBoots+paste+25%25%3BIrf+B21,G-5,gam12,br-2,ct4,sat5.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100033754208399874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are some musical questions and comparisons. Press a selection to hear it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These Boots Are Made For Walking</span> - #1 1966<br />Arranged by Billy Strange, like all her other hits, and written by Lee Hazlewood. The descending bass intro has made it famous. Lee used to be a radio dj and had experience at mastering and processing songs to sound best on radio. I'm not saying he did this, but here's an example of what analog AM radio did for this song. The album version sounds lame in comparison. Who can comment on what radio did? Digital versions today are even more lame. It shows that mastering method is more important than bitrate. Stereo sources here have been merged to mono.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/u2a5mmm0zy">Boots - radio recording</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/eil96p57jp">Boots - album recording</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday's Child</span> - #36 1966<br />One of those frank anguished songs of that era like "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian. By Hazlewood again. Too depressed for me, but well arranged. However, her hits album had a version which was not the hit single version. Can Warner Brothers/ Reprise explain why? That's a strange ripoff. Was there originally a different recording on an album? The hit version is the impressive one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/38q3r55ciz">Friday's Child - Greatest Hits version</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/golsmfbkhg">Friday's Child - hit single version</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You Only Live Twice</span> - #44 1967<br />The James Bond movie theme. The movie music was on the United Artists label. They rerecorded it for their own Reprise label and had it on the flip of Jackson, and it charted. I think the soundtrack song turns out more impressive.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ya6zbplht1">movie version</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1lslx9rap4">Reprise version</a>GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-2980488595295359182007-06-09T01:02:00.003-05:002018-09-04T23:24:49.168-05:00Name the Song?(Updated September 4, 2018)<br />
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Some music I've recorded off air in past years without identification. They're good enough to try to find out. Press any highlighted title to hear.<br />
Who, title, when, etc.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jmv4i0btq4">Strange Things Happen</a><br />
Is this Bobby Vinton? <b>UPDATE</b>: It's Johnny Tillotson from 1967~.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2. </span>?~<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/iagih1l75z">Love Is Gone</a>~?<br />
Maybe from the 80s. Could this be a tribute to Karen Carpenter? Maybe produced by her husband? Maybe in Canada?<br />
<b>ANSWER:</b> It's <span>Karen Marklinger of Winnipeg Canada in 1971. <u>Moment Of Love</u> from the album </span><span>Colours Of The Rainbow.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">3. </span><a href="https://www.box.com/s/fv82pxf4v3ogt9hinr0p">If I Found a New Girl</a> <br />
By who? Sounds like ~1959. <b>UPDATE</b>: This is by Little Caesar & The Consuls from 1963 in Canada. This is a revised edition.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">4. </span>There was also a mid-50s female R&B song with the line "Everybody made merry...and Mary got mad". I think about a Christmas party. UPDATE: It was "Christopher Columbus" by Dinah Washington in 1957.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">5.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/j4ie4x3dcu">Butterfly</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>instrumental.<br />
Which orchestra? This is the early 1970s international hit written by Danyel Gerard. From the beat I'd say German. It's not James Last, I checked his. This is a partial recording from Shaw Cable background music.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> I now know this is the Werner Muller orchestra with Bob Powels on trumpet. The LP Golden Trumpet.<br />
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6. <a href="https://app.box.com/s/2b2leyc8m2x42emi2vflqgq1n4xj2i0f" target="_blank">LAURA</a> - who is the singer etc. ANSWER: Eileen Farrell, US opera singer.<br />
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7. <a href="https://app.box.com/s/9twx0drsk7nhmp01o2qjn14axmlv9728" target="_blank">OUT OF THIS WORLD</a> - singer etc. <br />
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Press "comments" below to reply.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-63389997330873471502007-05-26T16:29:00.000-05:002007-12-21T02:26:19.155-06:00The Comedy of Ray Stevens(Updated December 21, 2007)<br /><br />Y'all probably know the songs Ahab the Arab and Guitarzan from the 1960s. What's worth checking out is a lot of his unknown obscurities that weren't hits. How do these titles sound: Rockin Teenage Mummies, Mr Baker the Undertaker, The Old English Surfer, Mary My Secretary. These were non-hit singles from the 1960s.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RsJL2iakgEI/AAAAAAAAAGo/AfTyteLHrYM/s1600-h/LP+paste+A4+25%25.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RsJL2iakgEI/AAAAAAAAAGo/AfTyteLHrYM/s400/LP+paste+A4+25%25.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098721128460091458" border="0" /></a><br />Ray started out at the beginning. Uhh, I mean in the late 50s. He tried some teen rock + roll ballads that weren't successful. He recorded a novelty song called Cholly Wolly Chang, about the Chinese inventing R&R. It wasn't a hit, and I don't even know if it was released as a single, but it appeared on some compilation LPs. The song was inspired by the hit Ling Ting Tong by the Five Keys.<br />In 1960 came a glimmer of success, with Sergeant Preston Of the Yukon. It was the first of his musical joke style records. It didn't chart but is found on some CDs now.<br />In 1961 he charted with, get this: Jeremiah Peabody's Polunsaturated Pleasant-Tasting Fast-Acting Green and Purple Pills. Based on the medicinal commercials that were heard on TV at the time. He was using a solid R&R beat as backup. Next was Scratch My Back. Then came his big breakthru with Ahab the Arab in 1962.<br />I know of three versions of Ahab: There's a long full version found on LPs; the single was shortened with the end cut; and there's a live version. Get this: when he went into Mercury studios to record Ahab he saw Clyde McPhatter recording in another room. He then changed the song words to call the camel Clyde.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RwEUsceIRuI/AAAAAAAAAHk/pA9wjzMMqqw/s1600-h/Humor+cvr+paste%3BIrf.B21,Sh2..bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RwEUsceIRuI/AAAAAAAAAHk/pA9wjzMMqqw/s400/Humor+cvr+paste%3BIrf.B21,Sh2..bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116393405458958050" border="0" /></a><br />Some of his singles are extremely rare and weren't on albums. You'd never find them, so here's a chance to hear samples. Press a title:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xmp9i0qt3y">Cholley Wolly Chang</a> (unknown origin)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ek7lkp5zh7">Rockin Teenage Mummies</a> (1965)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jysigor337">Mr. Baker the Undertaker</a> (1965)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ax5cjgbuzl">The Old English Surfer</a> (1965)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xyzxj4diyg">Mary My Secretary</a> (1967)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />And Furthermore ....</span><br /><br />Ray has kept recording to the present. Some are hard to find because all albums haven't been chosen for online purchasing, and they don't choose just individual songs.<br />In 1983 he had a good album titled "#1 With a Bullet". Here are two good samples:<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/giaczo1es0">The Sheik Of R&B </a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/vp82i3i4gs">The Pirate Song</a> - a takeoff on Laurel and Hardy, and on the British "Carry On" movie series. There is also a live version called The Gay Pirate Song, not as good as this original. And this one has been edited in some releases to eliminate a homosexual implication. Mine is complete.<br /><br />Then in this millenium he has given us:<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/u7tdza8ock">Osama Yo' Mama</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/c5ot3u2804">The New Battle Of New Orleans</a> - a takeoff on the chaos in NO after hurricane Katrina.<br /><br /><br />(posted September 2, 2007)GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-65653938880808124112007-05-20T23:54:00.002-05:002009-05-01T02:30:52.531-05:00Do you remember Jack Scott<span style="">(updated May 1, 2009)<br /><br /></span>The great Jack Scott, one of the original damn hard rockers of the late 50s.<br />His first hit was My True Love in 1958, a slow moody gem of a rock ballad. It went to #3, and is one of the basic classic oldies. Followed by With Your Love, #28, a similar style. Then Goodbye Baby, a #8, with a rousing B-side Save My Soul. With Goodbye Baby he established a style of a hypnotic repetitive medium rock beat which he used well the rest of his career.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RlE2o0OWoMI/AAAAAAAAAFo/v0ytJo84dao/s1600-h/cvr+25%25+crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 468px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RlE2o0OWoMI/AAAAAAAAAFo/v0ytJo84dao/s320/cvr+25%25+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066891130610032834" border="0" /></a><br />Jack was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, but moved to Detroit, USA at age ten. Both nations would like to lay claim to him. He has a strong following to this day, and reissues are not hard to find. It was a time when Conway Twitty was doing similar things in rock+roll. Elvis was in the army 1958-1960, and they helped fill the gap. It seems like when Elvis returned, these two singers stopped having big hits, as if they were no longer needed. Is that fate?<br />Some other notable Scott hits were The Way I Walk (#35 1959), What In the World's Come Over You (#5 1960), and Burning Bridges (#3 1960).<br />Jack did spend 1959 in the army, but single releases on the Carlton label continued, including the #78 I Never Felt Like This. It had a haunting ballad on the B-side, "Bella", a great example of that style.<br />In 1960 he was on the Top Rank label. At the same time as Conway Twitty he had a single of What Am I Living For, without charting...talk about similarities. Plus he made an album of that name, very rare but good rock+roll. Another rare LP was What In the World's Come Over you. I know someone who found it for $1 in a stack at a Goodwill thrift shop. The definition of jealousy.<br />There was an album titled "I Remember Hank Williams". I was disappointed that he concentrated on slow ballads, and it didn't work well for his style. But a great LP the next year was "The Spirit Moves Me". That collection of uptempo spirituals worked very well.<br />He switched to Capitol in 1961 and released there until 1963. Some had a country tendency, but he was never far from that rock style, at least putting some good ones on B-sides. Examples of these are Sad Story, Strange Desire, Grizzly Bear. In 1963 came Laugh and the World Laughs With You, a non-hit which was played in my area, which is on a par with From a Jack To a King by Ned Miller.<br />In 1963 he was on RCA's Groove label. Among others, there was a Christmas release of There's Trouble Brewing/ Jingle Bell Slide, plus another hypnotic rock song Wiggle On Out.<br />That was it for his rock fame, but he has never quit making appearances. In Winnipeg Canada, home of the famed Burton Cummings, Burton has insisted on inviting him to rock revival events there. Burton can't get him out of his head either.<br /><br /><br />Click to hear a sample:<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ba2l048o5o">Save My Soul</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/isfjc1kdms">Bella</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ged3m1xozz">Grizzly Bear</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/r84bo509h7">Laugh and the World Laughs With You</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/p17lhl20sy">Wiggle On Out</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Spirit Moves Me 1961 album</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SfbnaB_FhvI/AAAAAAAAATc/3sXcLWTCxf8/s1600-h/JScott+Spirit+cvr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 377px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SfbnaB_FhvI/AAAAAAAAATc/3sXcLWTCxf8/s400/JScott+Spirit+cvr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329701643435214578" border="0" /></a>This has to be one of the greatest gospel albums of the rock era, but it's so so obscure. It should be known. Sample the <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5eqzqaa6br">ENTIRE ALBUM here</a>. It's uptempo and compares with Elvis', but contains a few songs you've never heard. Click the cover image to see it larger.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-46587270321440510012007-04-26T13:34:00.002-05:002008-10-26T18:26:34.659-05:00Did you know Conway Twitty was a rockerBefore he started singing country in the mid-60s, he was one of the biggest rock stars. He had chart hits between 1958 and 1960, plus other good releases outside that.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RjE6ydrG0KI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/1SHOKr19eiE/s1600-h/Touch+25%25+%28Irf-gamma1.48,sat-2,ct-14,B21,G-18%29.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RjE6ydrG0KI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/1SHOKr19eiE/s320/Touch+25%25+%28Irf-gamma1.48,sat-2,ct-14,B21,G-18%29.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057888495147077794" border="0" /></a><br />Conway tried out with Sun Records around 1956 but wasn't accepted. While there he wrote and recorded "Rockhouse", later done by Orbison on Sun, and by Buddy Knox on an LP. His real name was Harold Jenkins, which he changed in 1957. Then he recorded 3 or 4 singles on Mercury, which were not successful.<br />It started in 1958 on MGM records when he wrote his first big hit, It's Only Make Believe, a #1. Followups were The Story Of My Love (#28), Hey Little Lucy (#87), Mona Lisa (#29), Danny Boy (#10), Lonely Blue Boy (#6), What Am I Living For (#26), Is a Bluebird Blue (#35), C'est Si Bon (#22) in 1960.<br />He rocked up some of those old standards, to the extent that some radio stations rebelled against his "desecration" of a song like Danny Boy. Now "Lonely Blue Boy", not to be confused with Paul Anka's Lonely Boy, was an altered version of a song Elvis Presley sang for King Creole named "Danny" (not "Danny Boy"), which was not included in the movie or released until recently. This was one of Conway's slower sexy style rock songs, which he was good at, similar to Elvis on his "Elvis Is Back" album. That style was also shown in Make Me Know You're Mine, flip of Story Of My Love, and others.<br />In fact I'd say that while sexy Elvis was in the army 1958 to 1960, and ran out out of prerecorded hits mid-1959, Conway played the role of a replacement during that time.<br />Look at Conway's cover portraits of the time and you see that same curled-lip demeanor. Jack Scott was another si<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rk4fqUOWoLI/AAAAAAAAAFg/Gonyuno7YvY/s1600-h/PC+50%25+crop%3BIrf.B24,G-2,br17,sat50..jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 264px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rk4fqUOWoLI/AAAAAAAAAFg/Gonyuno7YvY/s320/PC+50%25+crop%3BIrf.B24,G-2,br17,sat50..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066021442682265778" border="0" /></a>milar singer at the time.<br />By the end of 1960 Conway ran out of big hits even tho his MGM recordings continued til 1963, with some good collectables in that period. He was then in the category of "whatever happened to ..?". In 1961 his record of "A Million Teardrops" was played where I lived and got noticed, but didn't make the charts nationally for whatever reason...the gods and dj's only know.<br />Pictured is his 1961 LP "The Conway Twitty Touch" with a great portrait. In 1963 he released an album "R&B '63" with great renditions of classic hits, including a good version of Shirley + Lee's "Let the Good Times Roll". But it wasn't being noticed.<br />So let's pay attention again and not forget. Let's get those reissues going, play them all on oldies radio, not just It's Only Make Believe, and keep Conway Twitty on the rock and roll pedestal he belongs on.<br /><br />To hear a song sample press the title:<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/zjz5ayoypd"> A Million Teardrops</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/308sahii2e">Rockhouse</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/tpdtudnj07">Let the Good Times Roll</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7shmyfq88s">Make Me Know You're Mine</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i176s7lntc">Lonely Blue Boy</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/c274zoa7ce">Danny (Elvis)</a><br /><br />Do you know you can download any of these photos by right-clicking on them.<br /><br />Reference:<br />Here is a good website (non-English) with descriptions and samples of his hit singles:<br />http://www.die-rock-and-roll-ag.de/html/conway_twitty.htmlGeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-13094306562256500982007-03-20T23:01:00.001-05:002014-11-29T21:05:55.201-06:00Diane Ray wanted the lifeguard; Diane Renay wanted the sailor.(updated November 29, 2014)<br />
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"Please Don't Talk To the Lifeguard" was a #31 hit in 1963 for <b>Diane Ray</b> of North Carolina. It was one of the staples of 1960s oldies but is not common now. A great catchy tune. Diane followed it up with more singles, which were not hits. The album "The Exciting Years" collects some of these, but is very rare.<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/shared/1k6x3fv6yb" target="_blank">Just So Bobby Can See </a><br />
<a href="https://app.box.com/shared/t7130ten40" target="_blank">Tied Up With Mary</a><br />
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<b>Diane Renay</b> wanted the sailor. Born Renee Diane Kushner and working out of Philadelphia and produced by Bob Crewe, she hit big in 1964 with "Navy Blue", reaching #6. The followup was "Kiss Me Sailor", #29 nationally. Diane had a strong zesty voice<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RgC76tsyraI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Nl5vxqTqN7s/s1600-h/Renay+100%25.BMP" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/RgC76tsyraI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Nl5vxqTqN7s/s320/Renay+100%25.BMP" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044238200029228450" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 276px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 284px;" /></a><br />
and the songs were energetic.<br />
An album titled Navy Blue was<br />
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Bell Bottom Trousers, which<br />
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By the way, Bell-Bottom Trousers was a pop hit in 1945, and is based on an old sea shanty.<br />
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These two Dianes with the confusing names are good examples of the early 60s solo girl sound, along with Joanie Sommers, Leslie Gore and others. Then there were the "girl groups" like The Ronettes in addition. Those are other stories.<br />
Speaking of Joanie Sommers, you've got to hear her 1960 nonhit <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rhzx73fnc4">Ruby Duby Du</a> (press). <br />
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Song samples for Diane Renay:<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/s7xtpm9uz9">Bell-Bottom Trousers</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/gmikej0e49">Bell-Bottom Trousers by Connie Boswell</a> 1945 (edited)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/v0r36zkmsl">Bell-Bottom Trousers - part of the bawdy sea shanty</a>, sung by Oscar Brand<br />
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Diane Renay has her own website at: http://www.dianerenay.com<br />
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Anyone is welcome to leave comments - press comments below.GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-86514246355906668612007-03-18T16:17:00.002-05:002014-04-20T12:34:47.251-05:00The first Jay and the Americans(Updated April 20, 2014)<br />
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Jay and the Americans were one of the greatest groups of the 60s. The main lead singer was Jay Black. But in their first couple of years the lead was Jay Traynor. He sang on their first classic hit "She Cried" in 1962, and on the resulting album. Jay Black came in starting with "Only In America" and "Come a Little Bit Closer".<br />
Each of them was asked to use the name Jay. The real names were John Traynor and David Blatt. They were from the New York area.<br />
Jerry <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leiber </span>and Mike <span style="font-weight: bold;">Stoller </span>were the producers in the early years of The Americans. They had been working at Atlantic Records with The Drifters. When they left, they retained some rights to their productions. Only In America had been meant for The Drifters, and that recording exists, but was not released at the time. The instrumental backing was then used for The Americans' recording with Jay Black. Similarly, "Yes" was recorded by Ben E.King, and the backing track was reused for this terrific recording by Jay Traynor and the Americans. It was on the album, and also on a non-hit single in 1963, and it deserves more attention.<br />
The next Americans' album, Come A Little Bit Closer, contained songs by both Black and Traynor. At Jay Traynor's website he lists exactly which songs he sang.<br />
After about four singles, only one of which was a hit, Traynor left the group. He recorded some sol0 songs, most notably "I Rise I Fall" on the Coral label in 1964. It was not a hit, but is one of those that when you hear it, you say it could have been and should have been. You get mad at the radio stations for not playing it. The song was good enough for Johnny Tillotson to have a minor hit, and for Rick Nelson to include on his Decca "For You" album.<br />
Someone should reissue Jay's rendition.<br />
Jay Traynor is currently part of the East coast Tokens revival group, Jay Siegel and the Tokens.<br />
Jay had one of the best voices of that era, perfectly suited for the time, and made She Cried an irresistible treasure.<br />
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Here Jay Traynor is at the Coral recording studio in 1964.<br />
The flip side of this single was "How Sweet It Is",<br />
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The She Cried album with the original members, with Jay Traynor in the middle top.<br />
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To hear song samples press the title:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5l5iikmi1n">I Rise I Fall</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/regtllo9z3">How Sweet It Is</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/vda2nmifql">Yes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/9jd9z0a2j4">She Cried</a><br />
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John "Jay" Traynor died on January 2, 2014 and no longer has a website at: http://home.nycap.rr.com/jtraynor/index2.htm<br />
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When the brothers were drafted in 1962, it upset their career. In addition, the British invasion changed American tastes. In 1963 they had no hits. They had sporadic success in the US from 1964 on.<br />
But in my opinion, at that time they produced some of their most impressive music. There was the driving power of "The Price Of Love". There were the seductive chords of Torture and of Love Is Strange. Lovey Kravezit was a great song with a carnival beat. It was a takeoff on the female character in Dean Martin's Matt Helm movie. The Ferris Wheel was a great nonhit. On the Rock 'N Soul album there was an amazing arrangement of Dancing In the Street. The Power Of Love was powerful, but not on the charts.<br />
Some of the nonhits in 1963 that may be of interest to collectors include Don't Ask Me To Be Friends, Hello Amy, and Nancy's Minuet. Nancy's Minuet is a special one. Don Everly (the dark-haired) wrote it in 1961 inspired by Henry Mancini's Experiment In Terror. It imitates the haunting repetitive bass effect for a mysterious mood. Don was really taken by this, but it was not released until an insignificant single in 1963, and it wasn't the hit he wished for.<br />
The Everlys had more airplay in the mid-60s in Canada and England than the US. It's worth investigating these songs.<br />
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When The Everlys performed in Winnipeg, Canada in 1967,<br />
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_____________Photos copyright 2007 George Slivinsky<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rbn_egzOiPI/AAAAAAAAABU/sE_RyrxcUqs/s1600-h/horiz+MGI+crop.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024327758974454002" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/Rbn_egzOiPI/AAAAAAAAABU/sE_RyrxcUqs/s400/horiz+MGI+crop.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/adhuvaaa9v">The Price Of Love</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8do9lxl02d">Love Is Strange</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pl36virlkn">Dancing In the Street</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/34sjx6r9xr">Nancy's Minuet</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2baov33gqj">Lovey Kravezit</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y9vldnlt0u">(You Got) The Power Of Love</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.com/s/ogp0d1qm4ludp8byonar">Torture</a> (flip of Gone Gone Gone)<br />
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In 1961 Don Everly produced<br />
three singles on his new Calliope label that were not Everly vocals. He used the artist name Adrian Kimberly, and used an orchestra and chorus. Listen to the first one:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ze1401r6s4">Pomp and Circumstance</a> - #34 Billboard<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/3tvnweq880">Black Mountain Stomp</a> - flip side<br />
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In 1988 the brothers released a vocal of Don't Worry Baby sung together with The Beach Boys:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xbdif4jcww">Don't Worry Baby</a> - Capitol single<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Christmas album</span><br />
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The very rare 1962 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>album Christmas With the Everly Brothers.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div>
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Here's a link to hear the <a href="http://www.box.com/s/eyyanzj35zgc673s7j0l">COMPLETE ALBUM</a>.<br />
I have a second copy you could bid on in comments. It's very good mono.<br />
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A detailed list of their singles and albums can be found at Wikipedia:<br />
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Their fan club is at everlybrothers.com<br />
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_____GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-77985579650683822702007-01-26T04:02:00.032-06:002014-07-11T19:23:12.922-05:00Teresa Brewer in the 1960s and more.(Updated Sept.15, 2013)<br />
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In 1962 Teresa switched from the Coral label to Philips. It was past the prime of pop music and her hit-making. However she kept recording fantastic music on Philips, which doesn't get as much exposure as it deserves. She also had some of the greatest album cover portraits. Like Peggy Lee, I feel this period was her prime as a person.<br />
You should at least get to know her 1963 songs Second Hand Rose, He Understands Me, and She'll Never Love You Like I Do. All are on this Terrific Teresa LP. In 1967 she was still releasing great music on the LP Texas Leather and Mexican Lace, which included an amazing rendition of The Comancheros besides the great title song.<br />
In 1968 on the SSS label she recorded "Ride-a-Roo", about a novelty toy which started in England. It's an inflated balloon with ears, which you sat on and bounced. In the US it was called a SpaceHopper.<br />
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______________<span style="font-weight: bold;">Gold Country</span> - 1966 album____________<br />
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A fantastic rendition of I Love You Drops.<br />
Great versions of Ain't Had No Lovin, Baby,<br />
Another, Once a Day.<br />
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I've Got Rings On My Fingers, By the Light Of the Silvery Moon, Naughty Naughty Naughty, When I Lost You, Ma He's Making Eyes At Me, Shine On Harvest Moon, When You Wore a Tulip, Honeymoon, Last Night On the Back Porch, Be My Little Bumble Bee, There's Yes Yes In Your Eyes, Naughty 90s.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Greatest Hits</span> album on Philips 1962_____________________<br />
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The luscious lass rerecorded her Coral hits for this release.<br />
In addition there was the new recording The Ballad Of Lover's Hill, a beautiful dramatic Civil War ballad with a happy ending, issued as a single in 1962.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Teresa's Philips singles</span>_____________________________<br />
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<li>The Ballad Of Lover's Hill /Not Like a Sister _ _ _ _ _ _ 1962</li>
<li>She'll Never Love You Like I Do /The Thrill Is Gone _ _1963</li>
<li>Second Hand Rose /Stand-In</li>
<li>He Understands Me /Just Before We Say Goodbye</li>
<li>Come On In /Simple Things _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1964</li>
<li>Dern Ya (Dang Me) /<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hc57hvr9quf2opbjh4di">Mama Never Told Me</a></li>
<li>Goldfinger /<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qaljc02m46">Make Room For One More Fool</a> _ _ _ _ _ _ 1965</li>
<li>Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious /I've Grown Accustomed To His Face</li>
<li>Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart /What About Mine</li>
<li>Little Buddy /<a href="http://www.box.com/s/3arvncbpnspxq4uqhfeq">Little Bitty Grain Of Sand</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ks0z6jiqf8q5tzqye1he">Handle With Care</a>/<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ck3pzpadcbrhxi1y07bg">I Can't Remember Ever Loving You</a>_1966</li>
<li>Evil On Your Mind /Ain't Had No Loving _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1966</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Teresa's Philips albums</span>______________________________<br />
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<li>Teresa Brewer's Greatest Hits _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1962</li>
<li>Terrific Teresa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1963</li>
<li>Moments To Remember _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1964</li>
<li>Golden Hits Of 1964</li>
<li>Dear Heart, Goldfinger & Other Great Movie Songs _1965</li>
<li>Songs For Our Fighting Men _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1966</li>
<li><a href="https://app.box.com/s/nnmf8r0p7hswchieba8i" target="_blank">Gold Country</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.box.com/s/purolo0a2hemhq7ekkbg">Texas Leather and Mexican Lace</a> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1967</li>
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To hear song samples press the title:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/d9lkfpjzmr">Second Hand Rose</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/01cy98ijrv">He Understands Me</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5a3xpvteez">She'll Never Love You Like I Do</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nky1mlqbos">I Love You Drops</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/k2acqzhn61">The Comancheros</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qvwcnmjr48">Texas Leather and Mexican Lace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/of6feva7y8">Ballad Of Lover's Hill</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC:</span><br />
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Outside the 60s, this song was Teresa's crowning glory, her trademark. A #1 hit in 1950, she rerecorded it several times. You must get to know the other versions, while there's someone around to show you. I'm spelling the titles the way each label had it. Press the highlighted title to hear the sample.<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y6823rtcjl">Music! Music! Music!</a> - 1950 London label. This is the one you find on current compilation albums, the original. My sample is from old vinyl, and only for comparison.<br />
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2. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/t9rc2ofd2t">(Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music!</a> - Coral label recording for the 1955 album of that name.<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ceu9sm4m8u">Music, Music, Music </a>- Philips label for their 1962 Greatest Hits LP. This is a patented Nashville production.<br />
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4.<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i3mip7ka1u"> </a><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/i3mip7ka1u">Music, Music, Music </a>- Amsterdam label rock and roll style version (did you know?), for a single and 1973 album of that name, where there were several R&R style renditions. It was her then-husband Bob Thiele who operated that label.<br />
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5. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/d0067vazxz">Music, Music, Music</a><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/d0067vazxz"> </a>- 1974 RCA label rerecording, for an album The Best Of TB. Here is a definitive new rendition true to the original but more perfectly done. Notice how she has developed her technique in speaking the line "come on everybody...keep that old nickelodeon playing". It was later also released on an RCA single, and was included on other albums.<br />
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6. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rvdds8ajcl">Music, Music, Music </a>- 1976 Disco version on the Signature label. Yes. A single in a longer and short version.<br />
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The R&B group <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Sensations</span>, of Let Me In fame, did a rendition of this song in 1961. It did become a small hit, at #54. There aren't many others who have done it, since Teresa pretty well "owns" it. This leads us to some interesting confusion over voices. Some people think the lead singer of The Sensations was Sue Thompson. No, it was Yvonne Baker. Some people mistake Sue Thompson songs like Norman as being by Teresa Brewer. Passing time and lack of reference books creates many such errors now. With these similar voices, it's interesting how birds of a feather have come together in this. Hear a sample:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/120rue9ubd">Music Music Music - The Sensations</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">MORE MUSIC</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/rk1cxof8k0">I Wouldn't Dream Of It</a> - an amazing ballad from the Terrific Teresa album<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ojsmn8436r">Gonna Get Along Without You Now</a> (1964) - Philips rerecording of her 1952 Coral hit, which was the origin of this song.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pzfczy552a">Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2lbiik0wk8">Come On In</a> - 1964 single</div>
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/uz5ycmfjc9">Dern Ya</a> (Dang Me) - answer to Roger Miller.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ijeyb4e2vy">Hello Louis</a> (Hello Dolly)<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nxyill8mkl">A Hard Day's Night</a> - from the Movie themes LP<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/sx9kgcpfcz">Goldfinger</a> - with gunshot sound effects ("Violence Warning").<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/eh1r2guy3f">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious</a> - From Mary Poppins. Which part of this is hard to spell for ya huh? In a 1960s pop-rock style.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/imy1fs3z2q">Ballad of the Green Berets</a> - from the album Songs For Our Fighting Men.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1r8q8pnxet">Ride-a-Roo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/dkb29ils7l">Step To the Rear</a> - 1968 SSS International single.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/u7xyl4qpxa">Live a Little</a> - flip of Step To Rear, both from the musical "How Now Dow Jones".<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/yyeuaed2o9">Thoroughly Modern Millie</a> - 1967 ABC single. Performer listed as "Bob Thiele and his New Happy Times Orchestra featuring Teresa Brewer special guest star".<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/j0aj2zn4fb">Give Me Your Kisses</a> - she had one guest vocal on Bob Thiele's 1972 LP "Those Were the Days"<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/vqrzxj5jbd">Unliberated Woman</a> - 1975 Signature single. Lyrics are as good as you think, and the music comes off impressive.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ud4ltutamq">Tonight I Sleep Alone</a> - A 1977 single which got attention for frank sexual lyrics.<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/imm6mrxp7i">No Way Conway</a> - #68 in 1983. Yes it's a humorous play on Conway Twitty's name.<br />
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Her 1973 Amsterdam album with the rock theme.<br />
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I love this portrait.<br />
If you need to read the contents you can handle the image by clicking on it.<br />
Samples:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/sv5g1as49j">Music To the Man</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/b4e9kvmfa2">Late Night Movie</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/b1l4psi0a6">School Days</a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SqEuVRUvLyI/AAAAAAAAAT0/q8hD0ddNlPE/s1600-h/TB+InLondon+market+50%25+crop.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SqEuVRUvLyI/AAAAAAAAAT0/q8hD0ddNlPE/s320/TB+InLondon+market+50%25+crop.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377630373019594530" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 352px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 206px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xlttzpsdo4">Playground In My Mind</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/3inqiykjzp">Give Me Love</a><br />
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In 1973-74 Teresa and her new husband Bob Thiele recorded and produced some songs in England, mostly rock-flavored. Instrumental backing bands used had names like "Head Hands and Feet", and "Oily Rags".<br />
One production was a new recording by Jim Lowe of his 1956 hit Green Door. It wasn't a hit but I found one copy of it on planet Earth, so it should be known. Teresa contributes her voice in the background. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/aynl7co0i3">Press to listen</a>.<br />
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The second Amsterdam album that resulted was "Teresa Brewer In London With Oily Rags". Here's the toughest song from that one: <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8ica50o9in">Mama Sure Could Swing a Deal.</a><br />
A Teresa vocal that wasn't on any album was a 1974 rock version of the 1957 hit Bo Weevil, another rare single. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/t0uiz1h6fa">Hear it here</a>.<br />
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In 1956/57 Teresa released a rare Christmas album titled "<span style="font-weight: bold;">At Christmas Time</span>". It was later reissued as a CD named "Down the Holiday Trail". It is very suitable for children. Before each song she has some cute dialog with her three young daughters. Here's a link to the complete <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/83tlzz8onq">ALBUM</a>.<br />
Other Teresa Christmas links:<br />
<a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/wPLe_Jo/music/BSWcKVDm/teresa_brewer_i_saw_mommy_kissing_santa_claus/">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1953)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.veoh.com/videos/v14045875AeWjENqJ">All Teresa's 1950s Christmas singles</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />TERESA Disco</span><br />
In addition to the short disco single of Music MM under More Music above, here are other disco songs I know of. The 12" single had 4 and 6 minute versions. On her 1977 LP "Teresa Brewer's New Album" (Image Records #IM 306) there were four other disco selections.<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/0qiw4qem8s">Music MM</a> - 12" single 4 min<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/l1nvjlyck0">Music MM</a> - 12" 6 min<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7zkww2g8og">Moonglow</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lcl5cl144o">Hello Dolly</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/vu55h4ygcs">I've Got You Under My Skin</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hbkcorew48">Forever and Ever</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TERESA'S MOVIE </span>career was spectacular but brief. She was voted by Americans as most popular female singer, and was chosen to star in the 1953 musical "Those Redheads From Seattle". Then she chose to not continue with an acting career. Here is a screenshot from the preview of that movie:<br />
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Here's a link to see the full <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7pn6zr2egpsef9qnfupf">PREVIEW</a> for the movie.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Articles: </span>Go to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="https://www.box.com/s/185586cc0561a572d621" target="_blank">this LINK</a> to see or download some articles.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />In Memory</span><br />
Teresa died October 17, 2007 of an illness. In tribute, from Songs For Our Fighting Men:<br />
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<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ajiqo1x4cq">Til We Meet Again</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">References</span>______________________________________<br />
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Visit her official fansite at teresafans.org. You can see her complete discography, including contents of all albums. You can hear many of her songs.<br />
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allmusic.com is an encyclopedia of everyone's recordings.<br />
Wikipedia has many such articles.<br />
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Facebook Fans Of Teresa Brewer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/120393081672/%20%20" target="_blank">(link)</a> <br />
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___________________________________________________GeorgeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671728665005243060noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488885826148625243.post-10303702557451624132007-01-24T16:36:00.006-06:002014-08-23T19:56:00.423-05:00Jimmy Velvet and Jimmy Velvit - singers.<br />
(Updated August 23, 2014)<br />
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These were two separate rock and roll singers from the 1960s. They make a very interesting story. There has been confusion among record collectors for decades.<br />
Velvet is Jimmy Tennant, Velvit is James Mullins. They worked together in the early 60s, Tennant acting as manager for Mullins. Then they split due to disagreements.<br />
Mullins started everything by recording We Belong Together in Texas in 1961. He was noticed, and became part of a tour with Chuck Berry. When American Bandstand tried to find him they couldn't locate him. Tennant then took his place, using the show name Jimmy Velvet. From there Tennant (Velvet) became the celebrity, and Mullins (Velvit) faded. Velvet became championned by Dick Clark. His own rendition of We Belong Together became a minor national top 100 hit, as well as his recording of It's Almost Tomorrow.<br />
They are both still around and have kept doing occasional recording.<br />
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LEFT: JIMMY VELVET (TENNANT)<br />
RIGHT: JIMMY VELVIT (MULLINS)<br />
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Velvet 201 single from 1963. Sung by Tennant, copying both sides of Mullins' previous single:<br />
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Notice that the label is printed with the name VELVIT, and it appears that the I has been changed with a marker into E. You can right-click and view an image larger. These are newly arranged by Bill Justis, which was not the case with Mullins' record. This is a hopelessly rare record. He released this on his own label, which did not get enough distribution. Feel free to post any knowledge you have.<br />
When ABC-Paramount released his rendition nationally in 1963 as #10488, he put "History Of Love" on the other side, and never did I'm Gonna Try again.<br />
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Song samples:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lrs2dahsx6">We Belong Together by Jimmy Velvit (Mullins)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/l23olrj7ye">We Belong Together by Jimmy Velvet (Tennant)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/a983xyfysd">I'm Gonna Try by Mullins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/6pus9p19vs">I'm Gonna Try by Tennant</a><br />
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Here are some <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Velvet </span>biographical notes from his obscure 1973 album "Blue Velvet". At the time he was still recording and releasing on his own "Music City Records". To view it separately more clearly, click on it.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Velvit</span> biographical notes from a 2000 CD "The Original Jimmy Velvit - Rockin' With Velvit ...the 1960s" on the Seduction label, #SCD-102. It's a good one to get, if only it were available.<br />
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There's a certain amount of lying or misinformation in the hit claims. Neither one of them had a national #1 hit, only local. And only Tennant appeared on the Billboard top 100 - his We Belong Together was #75 in 1963 on the ABC-Paramount label, and It's Almost Tomorrow was #93 in 1965 on the Philips label.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Velvit's national releases</span><br />
After releasing some songs and having local Dallas hits on the Division label, MGM's Cub label released two of them nationally:<br />
Sometimes At Night /Look At Me ____1961 Cub #9100<br />
We Belong Together /I'm Gonna Try __1962 Cub #9105<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The James Velvet single</span><br />
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As if there wasn't enough confusion in this, Cub also released #9111 in 1962 by James Velvet. This was a completely different Motown negro singer. It contained Bouquet Of Flowers and When I Needed You.<br />
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Listen to samples of both sides:<br />
<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2jghzj2uhg">James Velvet - Bouquet Of Flowers, When I Needed You</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tennant and Mullins working together</span><br />
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Here's a clue on how they worked together in the early 1960s. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SUz4imGKPjI/AAAAAAAAAPA/RG25e-wbC34/s1600-h/Tennant+Velvit+poster+p110.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XVP-MeoR15E/SUz4imGKPjI/AAAAAAAAAPA/RG25e-wbC34/s400/Tennant+Velvit+poster+p110.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281869736224374322" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 332px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a>Tennant actually became quite involved in the music business, and set up his own booking agency in Dallas. This poster shows one of his productions, which included Jimmy Velvit. This would be Mullins singing, not Tennant, before Tennant started using the Velvet name. Soon after this his venture folded and he returned to Florida.<br />
Recording engineer Phil York of Dallas has the only photo of the two Jimmys together, in the recording studio. We could use more information on their involvement at the time. Tennant doesn't mention Mullins in his book "Inside the Dream".<br />
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