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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #25 on: May 03, 2017, 12:14:48 am »
I listened to more by this Esther Phillips, thanks for telling us about her, I did not really know about her.

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My pleasure, @TomSea. In 1950, at the age of 14, she had 7 top-10 hits on the R&B charts...

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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #26 on: May 03, 2017, 12:17:41 am »
Ellie Greenwich, that is good too.

She may not be a girl group but there are a number of girl groups I did not know about or barely, Velvelettes, some very good things and the Royalettes too, I think. For another day.

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« Reply #27 on: May 03, 2017, 12:29:19 am »
Ellie Greenwich, that is good too.

She may not be a girl group but there are a number of girl groups I did not know about or barely, Velvelettes, some very good things and the Royalettes too, I think. For another day.

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Since I like both groups, here are some of my favorites:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7Vpr4V6HM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awKSaYK8488


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlYIibIi3gY

The cover:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnvh_Tpfg1E

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« Reply #28 on: May 03, 2017, 04:19:16 am »
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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #29 on: May 03, 2017, 07:18:03 am »
Speaking of the classic girl-groups, when a girl-group legend teams up with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band,
the net result takes Billy Joel to school. (For the life of me I still can't figure why this one didn't get any chart
action and had to be withdrawn almost within a blink . . .)


Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band, "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #30 on: May 03, 2017, 11:36:39 am »
Birthdays today, James Brown, Peter Seeger, Frankie Valli. So, some important figures in pop music.  Bing Crosby too.

And John Richardson of the Rubettes who came out with this retro-soundiing hit:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qglQ0aiEGA0
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« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2017, 01:30:03 pm »
Later a hit for the Osmonds, here's one of Valli's lesser known solo hits.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnJR5MXo6Y
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« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2017, 02:15:01 pm »
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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #34 on: May 03, 2017, 03:06:13 pm »


"The question of who is right is a small one, indeed, beside the question of what is right."---Albert Jay Nock.

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« Reply #36 on: May 03, 2017, 06:31:50 pm »


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #37 on: May 03, 2017, 08:35:38 pm »
Two guys playing the blues without bashing and with a lot of swinging . . .


Ray Charles and Milt Jackson, "Bags of Blues"


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #38 on: May 03, 2017, 11:59:44 pm »
Nice cover of a song which I've posted by another artist.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBE0m__D10s

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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #39 on: May 04, 2017, 12:57:09 am »
I had a ferocious crush on this lady when I was growing up . . .


Astrud Gilberto, "I Had the Craziest Dream"


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2017, 05:30:22 am »
A 3 May birthday we almost forgot: John Lewis, pianist/composer/musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet:

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Fontessa

The Modern Jazz Quartet and Guests, Third Stream Music



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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2017, 07:34:06 am »
First, happy birthday to the late, great John Lewis---pianist, composer/music director for the Modern Jazz Quartet:

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Django

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Fontessa


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #42 on: May 04, 2017, 09:55:48 am »
Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937) is an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAy8gobq38


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I Think this is the right band stand on this one
Dick Dale – lead guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Ray Sambra – bass
Leon Russell – piano
Hal Blaine – drums
Jerry Brown – saxophone

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« Reply #43 on: May 04, 2017, 03:00:06 pm »
AKA "Meshuggena Beach Party" . . .


Dick Dale, "Hava Nagila"


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #44 on: May 04, 2017, 03:03:15 pm »
Other music birthdays today:

* Ed Cassidy (drummer, Spirit)
* Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpeter)
* Ron Carter (jazz bassist)
* Tyrone Davis (soul singer)
* Sharon Jones (soul singer)
* Randy Travis (country singer)
* Mike Dirnt (bassist, Green Day)


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #45 on: May 04, 2017, 03:05:21 pm »
Let it burn.

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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #46 on: May 04, 2017, 03:10:18 pm »
News from Alanis Morisette's camp regarding her former manager:

Isn't it moronic: Morissette manager sad over 'stupid' theft

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Alanis Morissette's meteoric rise to fame put her in need of someone who could
wisely invest her fortune for her future.

She thought she found that person in Jonathan Todd Schwartz, a money manager to the stars, who earned her
trust and assured her that her nest egg was secure and growing.

But even as she was repaying the favor by singing her hits at a benefit for a charity Schwartz founded, he was
pocketing royalties from her hit 1995 record "Jagged Little Pill" and other albums.

Schwartz was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison for embezzling more than $7 million from
Morissette and others after the singer made a pitch for a lengthy and severe sentence saying he stole more than
her money — he stole her dreams.

"He did this in a long, systematic, drawn-out and sinister manner," Morissette said, adding it would have
bankrupted her within three years had the thefts continued.

Schwartz, 47, who blamed his gambling addiction for the thefts, wept and apologized at the hearing, saying he
took full responsibility for his "stupid" behavior and would live in shame because of it.

"I will spend the rest of my life asking for forgiveness," he said in seeking less than a year in prison.

Prosecutors sought just over five years in prison, but U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said she thought Schwartz
deserved more time for the "sheer audaciousness of this conduct."

Gee noted that she has criticized federal sentencing guidelines as draconian, but said they weren't harsh
enough in this case. Schwartz's gambling addiction may explain the wire fraud and tax crimes, but didn't
excuse them, she said. She ordered him to pay $8.6 million in restitution.

Schwartz admitted stealing nearly $5 million from Morissette between May 2010 and January 2014 and more
than $2 million from five unnamed clients when he worked at GSO Business Management, a firm that touted
relationships with entertainers such as Katy Perry, 50 Cent and Tom Petty.


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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #47 on: May 04, 2017, 05:04:07 pm »
RIP Saxa (born Lionel Augustus Martin), co-founding saxophonist for the English Beat . . . passed away 3 May at 87.


The English Beat, "Mirror in the Bathroom"


The English Beat, "Can't Get Used to Losing You"



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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #48 on: May 04, 2017, 05:29:29 pm »
I like the Star Wars disco version.

Here is the version of "Can't get use to losing you" that was a hit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO_vKrVxGJM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFFSqZ8KBg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d24K6gAnuAY

I saw a parody on the last song where two guys dressed as women sang it. Kind of funny.

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Re: May Music Thread (All Days)
« Reply #49 on: May 04, 2017, 05:53:28 pm »
I like the Star Wars disco version.

You can have it. ;)

Here is the version of "Can't get use to losing you" that was a hit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO_vKrVxGJM
I always liked Andy Williams's version, but he didn't have Saxa. ;) (On the other hand, who'd have thunk Andy Williams
would yield up a reggae precursor, with a little help from Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman!)


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