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Post by Arielflies on Apr 4, 2019 13:59:46 GMT
I was a Junior in High School and flashing back. Loved Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh, I'm at Camp ……. This was also the era of the folk singers in dark coffee shops and Beatnics who dressed in black. I was in a group of friends who combined the two to sing "West Side Story" songs at a school Variety Show. Good Memories.
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Post by razorbacker on Apr 4, 2019 21:14:22 GMT
I was a Junior in High School and flashing back. Loved Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh, I'm at Camp ……. This was also the era of the folk singers in dark coffee shops and Beatnics who dressed in black. I was in a group of friends who combined the two to sing "West Side Story" songs at a school Variety Show. Good Memories. There are quite a few folk groups charting right now. They have surplanted the doo woppers but their time is also coming to a rapid close. The British Invasion and the emergence of Motown are getting their ducks in a row.
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Post by razorbacker on Apr 11, 2019 10:46:17 GMT
The week of August 17, 1963 had 13 brand new singles on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. That is a bit lower than usual, but the week had more Top 10 hits than usual. There were 4 Top 10’s on the Pop Chart & also 4 Top 10’s on the R&B Chart. Weekly totals usually don’t even come close to that. Here are a few of those singles, I’m sure they will bring back some memories. This song landed at #100 on the week: Cry Baby – Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters This song is pretty heavily associated with Janis Joplin I think, but here is the original version & the highest charting of what will eventually be 3 different versions of the song to chart. Janis stalls out at #42 when she releases it in 1971, Melissa Ethridge & Joss Stone see their version top out at #32 in 2005, but these folks get all the way to #4 on the Pop Chart & they spend 3 weeks at #1 on the R&B Chart. This was the 1st chart hit for these folks & it was written by Norman Meade (a pseudonym for Jerry Ragovoy) & Bert Russell. Garnet was an R&B vocalist from Ashland West Virginia. The Enchanters were Zola Pearnell, Sam Bell & Charles Boyer. They continue to hit both charts until 1966, but this was their biggest hit ever. Garnet gave up his music career when he became a born-again Christian, and in the 1980s found his calling ministering to lost souls as part of the New Jerusalem Prison Ministry. He later established the Bottom Line Revival Ministries, again ministering to prisoners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMs-NcuTJSgThis one debuted at #88: Mickey’s Monkey – The Miracles Smokey Robinson seems to be all over the place writing hit singles for everyone else, but he did not write this one. The song was written by Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland. It gets to #8 on the Pop Chart & #3 over on R&B. Recorded in the Motown studios with an intended "live party" feel, the song has Smokey start with the now-famous line: "Alright . . . Is everybody ready ?" followed by affirmative background shouts and applause. In addition to The Miracles' contribution, "Mickey's Monkey" also featured background vocals by Mary Wilson of The Supremes, famed Detroit Dee Jay "Jockey Jack" Gibson, Martha & The Vandellas, and members of The Temptations and The Marvelettes. The song became the 3rd million selling hit for the group. It also helped popularize the upcoming dance craze "The Monkey". www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlGn7uORYgThis one started at #80: Little Deuce Coupe – The Beach Boys This was the “B” side to Surfer Girl but it is going to chart pretty will all on its own. The song goes to #15 on the Hot 100 & #28 over on R&B. Brian Wilson had writing assistance on this one from Roger Christian. This was the first song Brian Wilson wrote with Roger Christian, who was a California DJ with an affinity for cars. Brian was very good with composition, but when it came to writing lyrics that would appeal to the youth of America, he needed some help. Roger Christian, and Brian’s early writing partner Gary Usher, gave him an insight into the California culture of surfing and cars that helped make the songs authentic. Roger Christian went on to write more car-inspired Beach Boys songs, including "Car Crazy Cutie" and "Cherry, Cherry Coupe," and he also helped write "Dead Man's Curve" for Jan & Dean. Mike Love sings lead vocals. Drummer Dennis Wilson was replaced on this record by session player & wrecking crew member Hal Blaine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g1HtpTonJIAnd this one at #71: Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector wrote this one together. The song stays on the chart for 12 weeks & lands at #6 on the Pop Chart & #8 over on R&B. This was their final Top 40 hit on the Pop Chart, but they will have a couple more over on R&B. Dolores "La La" Brooks is the only Crystal to perform on this song (she was just 15 at the time). Phil Spector recorded the group's first recordings in New York City, where they were from. When he relocated to Los Angeles, he had a group called The Blossoms (with Darlene Love singing lead) record the songs "He's A Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love," which he issued as being sung by The Crystals. On all subsequent Crystals recordings, Spector flew La La from New York to Los Angeles to perform the lead vocals, but the other Crystals never made the trip, as Spector preferred to use local backup singers. The instruments are courtesy of The Wrecking Crew. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_jOD2Fxvs
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Post by redsoxgirl on Apr 26, 2019 4:33:07 GMT
Hi Razorbacker-I want you to know I both appreciate and love this thread. I get so much joy out of your passion and dedication here. I'm younger , but I am a musician and I've love al kinds of music. You've created quite the trove here and I'm sorry the old threa isn't here. It's like you created this rockin' musical museum for us.
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Post by razorbacker on Apr 26, 2019 10:16:31 GMT
Hi Razorbacker-I want you to know I both appreciate and love this thread. I get so much joy out of your passion and dedication here. I'm younger , but I am a musician and I've love al kinds of music. You've created quite the trove here and I'm sorry the old threa isn't here. It's like you created this rockin' musical museum for us. Thank you. It's just about keeping the music alive 1 song at a time. I have found out so much I was not aware of in doing all this research, I'm just glad someone else finds it interesting.
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Post by razorbacker on Apr 26, 2019 11:42:30 GMT
Usually I like to keep these posts to just 1 or 2 songs, but as we get closer to The British Invasion (just 4 months from the date of this list) there seem to be more & more memorable singles being released. All of these songs charted for the 1st time on September 14, 1963. This 1st song, as you can see won a Grammy, which is a pretty long reach when you hear the songs that follow...that didn't win a Grammy! The song debuted at #94: Deep Purple – Nino Tempo & April Stevens (they were brother & sister) This song was written by Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish. It spends 15 weeks climbing the chart & finishes up with a 1 week stay at #1 coming in as the 19th biggest hit of the year. The song also hits #4 on the R&B Chart. This was the biggest hit for the duo & they won that year’s Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Record. The song goes back to the early 1930’s with the first recordings coming from some of the best big bands including Artie Shaw, Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo and Larry Clinton. Nino was supposed to sing the second chorus by himself, but he "blanked out," so April fed it to him line by line as the tape was rolling. A friend listening to the recording thought that April's "narration" would make "Deep Purple" a #1 record... but not Nino, initially - April took two months to convince him that the narration was OK. Ahmet Ertegun didn't like "Deep Purple," either - he mothballed it and released "Paradise" instead. "Paradise" stalled out at #126 on the Bubbling Under Chart. Nino demanded that Ahmet release "Deep Purple" as a single or release them from their contract from Atlantic Records. Ertegun agreed to the single release, stating that if "Deep Purple" didn't become a hit, his and April's contract would be terminated. One other thing, the upcoming rock group Deep Purple, took their name from this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCv3Uw2dvNgThis one began at #87: Please pay attention to guy playing the lead guitar part... Fools Rush In – Rick Nelson This song had previously hit the charts twice but here is the 3rd, final & most successful version. Rick goes to #12 on the Pop Chart & #24 over on R&B. Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer were the writers. The song goes back to the 1940’s with one of the more popular versions coming from Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. As always, Sinatra was very specific about his phrasing. He explained: "The story of the song is in the first four lines: 'Fools rush in where wise men never go, but wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?' But most fellows chop it up: 'Fools rush in (breath) where wise men never go (breath) but wise men never fall in love (breath) so how are they to know?' But if you do it that way, nobody follows the story." www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ibZUXvIJIAThis one started out at #86: The guy that played the lead in the song up above was James Burton. He was the long time guitar player for Rick. This is also James Burton in the white jacket behind Roy Orbison on stage. Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison Roy wrote this one with frequent collaborator Joe Melson. It was the 1st version of the song to chart & he gets it to #29 but he will be blown away by Linda Rondsatdt when she takes it to #3 in 1977. Roy also gets his version to #26 on the R&B Chart. Roy in an interview with the British paper NME, he said: "Take a song like 'Blue Bayou' for instance, that's simply a song about being on the road. And that is really a happy song. It probably sounds very strange to you for me to say that. The fellow's bound and determined to get back to where you sleep all day and the catfish play and the sailing boats and the girls and all that stuff. It's a beautiful thought. Now granted that it is a sad song, a lonely song, but it's a loneliness that precedes happiness. And I'm not sitting here trying to tell you that I don't sing lonely songs or anything like that." www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGB9cvWdn04This one debuted at #75: Donna The Prima Donna – Dion Dion & Ernie Maresca team up once again on the writing of another hit single. This one goes to #6 on the Pop Chart & #17 over on R&B. The song was produced by Robert Mersey and arranged by Dion. The backing group on the song is The Del-Satins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEzw4KB890And this one kicked it off at #67: Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right – Peter, Paul & Mary This song will chart twice with both versions hitting the Top 15. These folks have the 1st & bigger of the two as they will get to #9 while the Wonder Who (The 4 Seasons) will hit #12 with their version in 1965. These folk also hit #2 on the AC Chart. This was their 2nd single in a row to have been written by Bob Dylan. They will continue to hit both of these charts all through the decade of the 60’s with many Top 10 & Top 40 hits on each chart. On September 16, 2009, Mary Travers died at the age of 72, of complications from chemotherapy, following treatment for leukemia. It was the same year Peter, Paul and Mary were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSsvXaVa2UIt was a pretty nice week I think.
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Post by razorbacker on Apr 27, 2019 18:07:27 GMT
The biggest hit single of the year 1963 debuted on September 21, 1963. It started off at #65 & I just bet everyone remembers it! Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs This song gets a 5 weeks run at #1 & comes in as the biggest hit of the year. It will also go to #1 on the AC Chart, but it gets just 1 week at the top over there. Keith McCormak & Faye Voss wrote this one. Evidently Faye Voss was the aunt of Keith McCormack. According to Keith they wrote the song over breakfast one morning. The song was recorded in the Clovis New Mexico studios of Norman Petty who also produced the single. The distinctive whistling riff was made with a 1940s Hammond Solovox organ, which producer Norman Petty played on the record. The instrument was not practical to take on the road, so when the band played it live, they simulated it on guitar. Clovis New Mexico is the same studio that was home to such early stars as Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzjfGF6MiU
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Post by razorbacker on May 11, 2019 12:41:45 GMT
January 18, 1964 is the beginning of The British Invasion & when the 1st hit by The Beatles was heard n American shores. But in late 1963, there was so much good soul music coming out of Motown & other studios that we weren't without gresat stuff to listen too. These 3 songs all charted for the 1st time on October 19, 1963: This one started at #97: Can I Get A Witness – Marvin Gaye There will be two versions of this song to chart & both of them will hit the Top 40. Marvin has the 1st & bigger of the two as he goes to #22 on the Hot 100 & #3 over on R&B, while Lee Michaels gets the song to #39 in 1971. This was another in the growing line of songs written by Holland/Dozier/Holland. The Supremes added background vocals on this track along with the song's writers. The title is a phrase commonly used in black churches and has a very spiritual connotation: When the preacher asks, "Can I get a witness," he's asking the congregation for affirmation, often met with the response of "Amen!" This song helped popularize the phrase. All three members of the songwriting team had a background in gospel music. Dozier explained to NME in 1984: "That was the thing a lot of black people played; a lot of gospel music and a lot of classical. When I was coming up, my aunt played piano and my grandma instructed her what to sing in church since she was one of the church's directors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTb96zr9_wThis one debuted at #87: What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One – Mary Wells We are getting to the point in the calendar year where any song with any sort of longevity is going to hit the peak in 1964 & this is the 1st song released in 1963 to peak next year. The song stays around for 17 big weeks, but in all that time it is able to get only to #29 on the Pop Chart & #8 over on R&B. It won’t even hit peak position until February. The song was written by Smokey Robinson & he also produced the single. Mary was born into poverty to a single mother who was struggling to raise two other children in the poorest section of Detroit, Michigan. At four years old, she contracted spinal meningitis, which rendered her partially deaf and blind. Temporary paralysis forced her into a two-year convalescence in a hospital bed with little else to do except watch movie musicals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Da_LTzKy2IAnd this one kicked it off at #74: Hey Little Girl – Major Lance I have to admit to a lot of ignorance about how long & lasting the career of Curtis Mayfield was, but here is another single written by him. This one goes to #13 on the Pop Chart & #10 over on R&B. Major Lance is just getting started on his recording career. This was his 2nd chart hit, but his biggest hits are all in the future & he continues to have a presence as late as 1975. Major Lance should have been managed by Colonel Parker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HORp7U2fd8s
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Post by razorbacker on May 25, 2019 12:40:08 GMT
Here are 3 songs that debuted on the week of November 2, 1963. I'm pretty sure you will remember the 1st 2 & I suspect you may know the voice on the 3rd one, but if you knew her story you were better informed that I was: In My Room – The Beach Boys This was the 1st & bigger of the two versions of this song that will chart. It will hit #86 in 1969 for a group called Sagitarius, but the Beach Boys take it to #23 without crossing over. The song was written by Brian Wilson with assistance from Gary Usher. This was the “B” side to the single just below, but it has one honor the “A” side didn’t garner, this side is in the Grammy Hall Of Fame. Brian explained in 1990: "When Dennis, Carl and I lived in Hawthorne as kids, we all slept in the same room. One night I sang the song 'Ivory Tower' to them and they liked it. Then a couple of weeks later, I proceeded to teach them both how to sing the harmony parts to it. It took them a little while, but they finally learned it. We then sang this song night after night. It brought peace to us. When we recorded 'In My Room,' there was just Dennis, Carl and me on the first verse... and we sounded just like we did in our bedroom all those nights. This story has more meaning than ever since Dennis' death." Charles Manson, made repeated claims that The Beach Boys stole this song from him. In Manson's view, he wrote a song called "In My Cell" which was about how he feels peace with himself in his jail cell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-dWhYklqEBe True To Your School – The Beach Boys So now we get the “A” side & non Hall Of Fame side even though it charts higher than In My Room. Brian Wilson is given the lone writing credit. The song spends 12 weeks on the chart & ends up at #6 on the Pop Chart & this side will also cross over to the R&B Chart where it lands at #27. The Beach Boys' school was Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California, which is where Brian, Carl, Dennis and Al Jardine all went. Brian incorporated some of Hawthorne's fight song - "Scarlet and Gold" - into the middle eight of "Be True To Your School." The cheerleaders on the track, (chanting "Push 'em back! Push 'em back! Waaaaaay back!")were a girl group called The Honeys: sisters Marilyn and Diane Rovell, and cousin Ginger Blake. Brian and Marilyn got married in 1964 and had the daughters Carnie and Wendy, who later formed Wilson Phillips. Mike Love won a lawsuit in 1994 awarding him composer credit on this and 34 other Beach Boys songs. Brian was the only credited songwriter on the track until that time. The publishing rights to these songs were administered by Brian's father Murry, who Love claims often left him off the credits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sLDziV2hsWonderful Summer – Robin Ward This was the only charting single for Robin, but it is going to do really well. The song stays on the chart for 10 weeks & climbs to #14 on the Pop Chart & #23 over on R&B (her only hit there as well). Perry Botkin & Gil Garfield were the writers. Her real name was Jacqueline McDonnell, she was born in Hawaii & raised in Nebraska. Good grief! The things we don’t know about some of these people. Even though she is a 1 Hit Wonder, her career was not at all unsuccessful: In the early to mid-1960s Jackie was one of the singers on The Red Skelton Show and The Danny Kaye Show, and later, on The Carol Burnett Show. In the 1970s she sang on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. By her own estimate, her voice can be heard in "maybe 800" films. Among the notable are her voice dubbed as Natalie Wood singing Academy Award-nominated song "Sweetheart Tree" from movie The Great Race, as Wood in Inside Daisy Clover, and as Janet Leigh in An American Dream. Ward is the singing voice of Cindy Bear in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! and the Singer in Charlotte's Web. In 1965 movie Beach Blanket Bingo, Ward sings "New Love" and "Fly Boy", lip-synched by actor Linda Evans. She backed Barbra Streisand on "Stoney End". She also accompanied other major recording artists including Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Gordon Lightfoot, the Carpenters, Cass Elliot, and Joan Baez. She did broadcast recordings of musicals Hair, Grease, Annie, and Hello Dolly. And perhaps her longest running contribution might be The Partridge Family TV show and hit records, where she is heard but not seen or identified. Other than show star David Cassidy (and star Shirley Jones on a couple of songs), none of the actors participated in singing or playing the songs; on camera they lip-synced and pretended to play instruments while the soundtrack is actually recordings by session musicians. Ward was in the Ron Hicklin Singers vocal group, along with brothers John Bahler and Tom Bahler, and Ron Hicklin. With David Cassidy singing lead, this group did all the TV show performances and records credited to the Partridge Family (along with session instrumental musicians who became known as the Wrecking Crew). Since the public did not know who really created the many Partridge Family songs that became big hits, Robin again was anonymous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRdUB_ASTc
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 22, 2019 10:46:30 GMT
I have always been a fan of Southern Rock. In my opinion The Allman Brothers were the best American Rock band in history. But, before there were the Allmans, there was a struggling Duane Allman. He was trying to get some studio work as a session man when one day he was at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama. A fellow named Wilson Pickett was in town recording at the studios with the studio band that would become known as The Swampers. So, what did Duane do? He had the outrageous suggestion that Wilson do a cover of The Beatles Hey Jude. It was one of those eye rolling moments, but it turned out to be magic & what everyone calls the birth of the Southern Rock movement. Give this a listen as Wilson wails, Duane cuts loose on lead guitar & The Swampers get into a groove so tight you can't escape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8Q2PATVyI
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 22, 2019 10:55:02 GMT
And as long as I am on a Southern Rock & Duane Allman & The Swampers roll, here is just another great jam from that same group of people but this time they are backing Boz Scaggs on his very 1st album. The song is Loan Me A Dime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTFvAvsHC_Y
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Post by pikachu on Jun 23, 2019 23:48:33 GMT
I'm sorry I haven't been commenting on this thread. I have been reading it. I enjoy hearing about bands and the stories behind their songs. Thanks for your fascinating posts, razorbacker!
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Post by razorbacker on Jul 19, 2019 12:50:39 GMT
It has been awhile since I posted some of this stuff, but the musical timeline has progressed to the February 15, 1964. The British Invasion is really beginning to kick in. The Beatles have already released I Want To Hold You Hand which sits at #1, She Loves You #3, Please, Please Me #45, I Saw Her Standing There #54, & now we have My Bonnie, their 5th single in just 5 weeks of charting in the US. But the 2nd English artist in the form of Dusty Springfield has charted with her 1st single,I Only Want To Be With You which is at #27 & climbing. And, this week we get the 3rd of the big names charting with their 1st single. The flood gates have opened. These songs all charted on the same week. Not too bad. Glad All Over – The Dave Clark Five The debut single for these guys was written by Dave & lead singer Mike Smith. It hits #6 on the Pop Chart & has been installed in The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The band was from London & included group members Dave Clark on drums, Mike Smith lead vocals & keyboards, Lenny Davidson guitar, Denny Payton sax & Rick Huxley on bass. The engineer Adrian Kerridge developed a thumping drum sound for this track, which became known as the Tottenham sound. Tottenham is an area in North London, where Dave Clark came from. Dave said: "I knew that we needed a song with the thumps in. We had been playing dance halls and we were getting a great audience response to the stomping things we were doing." Mike Smith came across a song called "Glad All Over" by Carl Perkins and wrote a new song with the same title. Smith recalled, "We had lost out on 'Do You Love Me' to Brian Poole and so Dave thought we should do an original. He asked me to come up with something and I looked through my record collection for a suitable title." The song knocked The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" out of the top spot on the UK Charts. After The Beatles drew record ratings on the Ed Sullivan Show, the host was looking for the next British Invasion stars and found them in The Dave Clark Five. The band appeared on the show March 8, 1964, where they performed this song. This gave the band an audience in America and propelled the song up the charts; it reached its peak position of #6 on April 25. The Dave Clark Five were a favorite of Sullivan, who had them back on the show 11 more times (plus three re-airs and one show that featured film clips of the band). Getting them on the show the first time proved a challenge, however. The show wasn't broadcast in England, so Dave had never heard of it and turned down the offer. When Ed's producer called back offering a substantial payment, he convinced his bandmates to make the trip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EipdAjhImrcHere is perhaps the most out of the box #1 hit of the year. Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong This stays around for 19 weeks & it will spend a week at the top of the charts making it the 17th biggest hit of the year. It also gets 9 weeks at #1 on the AC Chart. The song is in the Grammy Hall Of Fame & it won Grammy’s for Song Of The Year & Pop Male Vocalist of the year. Jerry Herman wrote the song. He had not hit the Top 40 since 1956 & will not do so again until 1988…17 years after he passed away! This is the title song from the Tony Award-winning 1964 musical which featured Carol Channing in the lead role. Although the contemporary score was composed in its entirety by Jerry Herman, the play can be traced in one form or another as far back as 1835, in outline at least. In spite of the immediate success of the stage production, the song was released as a single only reluctantly. In its May 23, 1964 edition, the English music paper Melody Maker carried an article "HELLO DOLLY! The hit no one wanted," which included an interview with Louis Armstrong. Herein it was revealed that although the song had reached #1 in the US charts selling more than a million copies, no one wanted to record it. In retrospect, Satchmo was an obvious choice. This song eventually knocks The Beatles out of the top spot where they had resided for 14 weeks with 3 different songs. At 62 Louis became the oldest artist to top the charts www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYsFun, Fun, Fun – The Beach Boys Brian Wilson & Mike Love wrote this one & it goes to #5 while staying around for 11 weeks. The song was written by Brian with some of the lyrics by lead singer Mike Love, as he was much more attuned to teen culture than his cousin Brian. Mike Love said "I suggested that we write a song about a girl who borrows her dad's car and goes cruising, rather than to the library, 'like she told her old man, now.' So I came up with the concept and the lyrics, and Brian went in and recorded the track. And I even told him, it's got to start like a Chuck Berry song with a guitar lead intro, which Carl Wilson supplied. And so that's how that came to pass." Until some legal wrangling sorted out the songwriting credits in the '90s, this song was solely credited to Brian Wilson. As Love tells it, the reason he wasn't credited on this and some other Beach Boys songs he helped write was because Murry Wilson (father of band members Brian, Carl and Dennis), administrated the publishing rights and left him off the credits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5ttqc8iDw67) My Bonnie – The Beatles with Tony Sheridan Another week is upon us & another new single from The Beatles lands. The song goes to #26 while staying around for just 6 weeks. This song was originally recorded in Hamburg, Germany in 1961.The band was essentially the backing musicians for vocalist Tony Sheridan but after they hit it big the song was credited to them. The recording since it was made so early included drummer Pete Best & not Ringo. George plays lead guitar on the recording, but Tony handles the solo, which was later spliced in from a different take. The Beatles had performed with Tony at the Top Ten club in Hamburg. They came to the attention of German bandleader Bert Kaempfert, who suggested that they record some songs together. “We did a recording with Tony Sheridan, My Bonnie, for Bert Kaempfert, a band leader and producer. It was actually 'Tony Sheridan und die Beat Brothers'. They didn't like our name and said, 'Change to The Beat Brothers; this is more understandable for the German audience.' We went along with it – it was a record.” Paul McCartney The Beatles came to the attention of Brian Epstein when 18-year-old Raymond Jones came into his record store and asked for a copy of My Bonnie. He told Brian about The Beatles and how they played at The Cavern Club, which was near the store. “Brian heard that we were playing 200 yards away. So he came to the Cavern and the news got to us: 'Brian Epstein is in the audience – he might be a manager or a promoter. He is a grown-up, anyway.' It was Us and Grown-ups then.” Paul McCartney www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9YJO5k4GY
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Post by Arielflies on Jul 14, 2022 5:07:12 GMT
Adam + Queen - “Nessun Dorma” absolutely gorgeous!
“Nessun Dorma” is the final act in Puccini’s Turandot, an Italian opera that made its first appearance in 1926. Luciano Pavarotti, a well-known Italian opera singer, popularized the aria in 1990 after performing it at the World Cup. And now, Lambert brought “Nessun Dorma” back to its home country.
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Post by Arielflies on Jul 14, 2022 18:45:20 GMT
A quote from Adam Lambert that has now been inserted into the facebook post regarding the aria.
Nessun Dorma by Puccini from Bologna, Italy.
"During soundcheck, I started singing this song, which I had learned many many years ago as a teenager when I trained in Opera for a brief time.
We decided to put a piece of it into our set whilst in the ‘Opera’ house visual. I have always loved this melody. It coveys such triumph. 💛"
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Post by FannyMare on Jul 14, 2022 20:49:05 GMT
Adam + Queen - “Nessun Dorma” absolutely gorgeous!
“Nessun Dorma” is the final act in Puccini’s Turandot, an Italian opera that made its first appearance in 1926. Luciano Pavarotti, a well-known Italian opera singer, popularized the aria in 1990 after performing it at the World Cup. And now, Lambert brought “Nessun Dorma” back to its home country.
He's just amazing, he really is. ( sigh)
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