1915 Willie Dixon, American blues musician ("Hoochie Coochie Man"), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1995, DJ Wolfman Jack died of a heart attack. He was the master of ceremonies for the rock 'n' roll generation of the '60s on radio, and later on television during the '70s.
Wolfman Jack worked as a disc jockey from 1964 to 1966 for the (then) 250,000 watt radio station XERF (1570 AM) in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, just across the river from Del Rio, Texas, USA, which is among borders of Texas and Mexico. - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413125/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv_sm#trivia
1948, Born on this day, John Ford, The Strawbs, (1973 UK No.2 single 'Part Of The Union') Hudson Ford, (1973 UK No.8 single 'Pick Up The Pieces').
1952, Born on this day, Dan Aykroyd, actor, 'Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers, (1990 UK No.12 single 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love').http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVF5JYm4Lw
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1960, Born on this day, Ted Key, Housemartins, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Caravan Of Love').http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHi82upGLEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVF5JYm4Lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2ZsAOlvEM
He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Wilder_Jr.
On February 24, 1979, a van broadsided Wilder's car, paralyzing him from the neck down and hospitalizing him for a year.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Wilder went on to record other albums with the group and later began a gospel career, singing a cappella on the albums My Goal and One More Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkNPtIurfU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsaJ86Gc-i8
Excellent. Again, it might hit "corny" a bit but I like it.
Fare to Midland is all that I needThere you go, population me.
If I had fare to Midland, I'd take the first seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hrOJkOxX0The Cowsills actually did the original, used in the show's first season; a group known as the Ron Hicklin
Cowsills recorded this, someone else did the original. I've heard it. Just for the fireworks shows tonight.
Just some other stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6WIbx8ysE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOiZP8FS5Ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqeKV2UYq1Q
Makes me think of Pat Benatar, this one does too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47y5bo8wtqM
German version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE
@pookie18
Happy Birthday likewise to you for whenever your birthday is. I see it is listed up on the main page among other members.
@pookie18
Happy Birthday likewise to you for whenever your birthday is. I see it is listed up on the main page among other members.
Happy Birthday @pookie18
You know there's a fine if we sing it.
1947, Born on this day, John Holt, reggae singer and songwriter who first found fame as a member of the Paragons, before establishing himself as a solo artist. Holt penned 'The Tide Is High' made famous by Blondie. He died on 20th October 2014.
The Sharps would go on to another name change to become The Rivingtons, achieving fame with the single "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow".That is a fun little song, good video of them singing it on the Steve Allen show as well:
1937, Born on this day, saxophonist Howie Casey who was a member of Derry and the Seniors, the first rock and roll band from Liverpool to play clubs in Germany and later, as leader of the renamed Howie Casey and the Seniors, the first Liverpool group to record an LP. He later featured on several albums by Paul McCartney (Band on the Run, Wings at the Speed of Sound and Back to the Egg) and played live with Paul McCartney on the Wings Over the World tour. He also worked with Marc Bolan The Who, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN1Rm818Yu0
http://borntolisten.com/2017/07/14/july-14-the-late-american-folk-legend-woody-guthrie-was-born-in-1912/
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is “This Land Is Your Land.” Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence.
They taught us "This Land Is Your Land" in Parochial school. I think Dylan has at least one song referencing Woody in the title.It was on Dylan's first album, a song he wrote called "Song for Woody." (Dylan and Guthrie actually struck up a friendship
1973, A drunk driver killed Clarence White of The Byrds while he was loading equipment after a gig in Palmdale, California. White joined The Byrds in 1968, after the group had recorded 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' and 'Eight Miles High'.http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/
White died on July 14, 1973 after being struck by a drunk driver. The accident occurred shortly after 2 a.m., while he and his brother Roland were loading equipment into their car in Palmdale, California, following a spur-of-the-moment reunion gig of the Colonels. Especially shaken by his death was Gram Parsons, who would lead a singalong of "Farther Along" at the funeral service and conceive his final song before his own death, "In My Hour of Darkness", as a partial tribute to White.I know of that song:
I've heard a few songs from the band.
1987, Born on this day Dan Reynolds, American musician, best known as the frontman of the Las Vegas-based rock band Imagine Dragons.
Linda Ronstadt (rather than post her hits, prefer to post the originals):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s4KfO7xX-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJg7PpAqxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GDQrK2jo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ3nHiK-jR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2rU3W45wks
One can't argue with that. She also did this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSF2oLgyV5M
Written by Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, and Bobby Hart.
Dick Dale and his Del Tones live 1963 - Harmony Park Ballroom, Anaheim CA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale, 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SAxtf-RTg
Dick Dale, 2016 - Miserlou (Live on Jool’s Annual Hootenanny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMNUG_HSFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1gskj1VQR0a.k.a. "Meshuggena Beach Party" . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letH6jjVp7A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XmvTYCaJ0ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzuyR6GeXRg
I thought this Hindu-influenced music by Coltrane and by those others, was all very good, I guess, Townsend, Harrison, McGlauglin and Santana all had some music in that vein.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkeB60fYjEc
Originally recorded in 1964 but rejected by Motown's quality control, "Jimmy Mack'" was finally released in 1967 and became a worldwide hit and is now considered one of Motown's golden classics. This is the mono release version.Yes, and "Dancing is the street" is probably even a more popular song but I've always like the above a lot. Great opening to Jimmy Mack and all around. "Songwriter(s) Holland–Dozier–Holland"
Kenny, Dolly Announce Final Performance Together
https://www.voanews.com/a/last-duet-kenny-dolly-announce-final-performance-together/3949196.html
NASHVILLE, TENNESEE —
Two of country music's biggest stars, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, whose onstage chemistry spawned hit duets like "Islands in the Stream" and "Real Love," will be making their final performance together this year.
Rogers, who is retiring from touring, says his final performance with Parton will be part of an all-star farewell show to be held at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on October 25. The two have been performing together for more than 30 years since "Islands in the Stream," written by the Bee Gees, became a pop crossover platinum hit in 1983.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgR0g6WKvgk
More enjoyable....
Some birthdays today.
Kim Fowley, famed producer of the Runaways, Zappa, Beachboys and had something to do with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXUYUYRVJM
1941, Born on this day, George Clinton, (1994 UK No.22 single 'Bop Gun'), Parliament, Funkadelic, (1978 US No.16 album 'One Nation Under A Groove').http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nOHdUntyM
1977, Stiff Records released 'My Aim Is True' the debut album from Elvis Costello in the UK. The musicians who were featured on the album were uncredited on the original release (due to contractual difficulties), although the backing band was made up of members of the band Clover.
1963, The Beatles first US album, Introducing The Beatles was pressed by Vee-Jay Records, who thought they had obtained the legal rights from EMI affiliate, Trans-Global Records. When it was finally released in January, 1964, Capitol Records would hit Vee Jay with an injunction against manufacturing, distributing, advertising, or otherwise disposing of records by the Beatles. After a trial, Vee-Jay was allowed to release any Beatles records that they had masters of in any form until October 15th, 1964. After that time, they no longer had the right to issue any Beatles product.
1972, Bobby Ramirez drummer with Edger Winters White Trash was killed after becoming involved in a brawl in a Chicago bar. The fight started after comments were made about the length of his hair.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElQdOTrvzBA
1982, Survivor started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Eye Of The Tiger', taken from the film 'Rocky III'. Also No.1 in the UK. Survivor won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance for the song.
-Vivian Cash — First Wife of “I Walk the Line” Johnny Cash
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Until yesterday, I never knew, Vivian Cash, first wife of Johnny Cash existed. What a gorgeous woman. And those 4 beautiful daughters belong to Johnny and Vivian. You learn something new everyday. Talk about shocked!
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https://3chicspolitico.com/2017/07/21/vivian-cash-first-wife-of-i-walk-the-line-johnny-cash/
Vivian Cash, Johnny Cash's first wife.Vivian Liberto was a dark-featured, sexy looking woman of Italian, Dutch, and English background. Some time in 1966,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash
I never knew this, likewise, Patsy Cline, along with a number of other celebrities likely had some African-American heritage in her background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0J9cYRRaLs
I knew that he was previously married before June Carter Cash but not much else.
Her last name was "Liberto" and her uncle was a Priest; they lived in San Antonio; so perhaps she is part Italian?
Alan Whitehead, drummer for Marmalade:They were an excellent, very underrated band from Scotland. "Reflections of My Life" is their biggest hit and arguably their best, but they had a couple others.
Mark Ehmann, Who Played McCartney in Hard Night's Day for Two Decades, Dead at 55
Monday, July 24, 2017 at 1:02 p.m.
By Eric Grubbs
Mark Ehmann, a longtime member of the Beatles tribute act Hard Night’s Day, died Friday, July 21, in a hospital in Allen. He was 55.
On Friday, the band released a statement with a bevy of pictures documenting Ehmann’s tenure with the group. A memorial show is being organized.
“This was very unexpected,” drummer Doug Cox says. “None of us saw this coming.”
Although Ehmann was not an original member of Hard Night’s Day, he joined nine months after the group started in 1995. Ehmann filled the spot left vacant by founding member Tom Prejean, and had the right look. He played left-handed just like Paul McCartney.
Continued: http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/mark-ehmann-who-played-mccartney-in-beatles-tribute-band-for-two-decades-dead-at-55-9690752
Death Of Bobby Taylor, Motown Artist Who Championed Jackson 5
By Paul Sexton
July 23, 2017
Death Of Bobby Taylor, Motown Artist Who Championed Jackson 5
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Bobby Taylor, who with the interracial group the Vancouvers enjoyed late 1960s success on Motown, died yesterday (22 July). He was 83 and passed away in Hong Kong, where the Washington-born soul man had lived in recent years. He was also much-respected as the first producer and early champion of the Jackson 5.
Continued: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/death-bobby-taylor-motown-artist-championed-jackson-5
Country Singer, 25, Killed in UTV Crash After Playing at County Fair: She Was 'Such a Beautiful Soul'
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/country-singer-25-killed-in-utv-crash-after-playing-at-county-fair-she-was-such-a-beautiful-soul/ar-AAoK889?li=BBnbfcL&OCID=ansmsnnews11
1946, Born on this day, Jose Chepito Areas, percussionist, Santana, (1970 US No.4 single 'Black Magic Woman', 1977 UK No.11 single 'She's Not There').http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQUCYl-ocs
1951, Born on this day, Verdine White, bass, vocals, Earth Wind and Fire, (1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', 1981 UK No.3 single 'Let's Groove').http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu9a29UR2dU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwmUFxjloI
1941, Born on this day, Manuel Charlton, Nazareth, (1973 UK No.9 single 'Broken Down Angel', 1976 US No.8 single, 'Love Hurts').
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86X8Ema4908The original . . .
I watched a documentary on the JFK assassination and when they broke in on the radio per a historic recording of the event, this song was playing. I'm not sure if Elvis came out with his version by 1963 though he did sing it as well.
Obviously, a bit of an up and coming artist.
Abby Nicole (Uecker)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wurQm7Ol64U
The singer passed away at around 5:30 a.m. after authorities responded to a report of an injured woman about an hour earlier . . .
The singer passed away at around 5:30 a.m. after authorities responded to a report of an injured woman about an hour earlier . . .
. The Thayer County Sheriff's office said the incident occurred near the racetracks at the Thayer County Fairgrounds in Deshler, Neb., where she had performed over the weekend with her band, County Road.
http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2017/07/abby_nicole_dead_utv_crash_nebraska_country_singer.html
IT IS WELL WORTH THE WAIT, FOR ME.If you're a lady I could just kiss you for that!
If you're a lady I could just kiss you for that!
If you're a gentleman I could just wring your hand for that!
As I look upon you ladies, the men with you couldn't possibly be gentlemen. As a matter of fact,
as I look upon you ladies some of you ladies could be gentlemen. I feel it's safe to insult you now
----you've already paid for your tickets.---Groucho Marx.
Brilliant Marx @EasyAce I hope this answers your question on my sexuality and my AGE.At my age, I don't have time for a four-hour erection.
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I figure, speaking in general, some of this has to do with a girl I know but I may be wrong.I can remember loving both the Stones' single and the earlier single where they found the song
When I was about 20, I must have balled my eyes out over a girl, embarrassing to say, at that age, some guys hang themselves and all kinds of songs are written about broken hearts. Then, after that, I've been kind of able to get over it pretty quick.
But some girls might like to play some game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXpspbTFOk
"Sunny" is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."[1]
...
Hebb wrote the song in the 48 hours following a double tragedy on November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb's older brother Harold was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events and critically the loss of his older brother inspired the lyrics and tune. According to Hebb, he merely wrote the song as an expression of a preference for a "sunny" disposition over a "lousy" disposition following the murder of his brother.[2]
...
Many other artists have recorded versions of the song. Georgie Fame's and Cher's issues both charted in the UK Top 75 in 1966. Other covering artists include Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Shirley Bassey, Public Enemies, Richard Anthony, James Brown and Marva Whitney, Wes Montgomery, Robert Mitchum, the Classics IV, the Electric Flag, Jose Feliciano, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Earl Grant, Mary Wells, Paul Carrack, David Clayton-Thomas, Jamiroquai, Stanley Jordan, Marion Rung, Mina, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Mathis, Les McCann, Chris Montez, The Head Shop, Leonard Nimoy, Wilson Pickett, Los york's, Del Shannon, Nick Cave, Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass and Ray Brown, Dusty Springfield, Helge Schneider, War, Kathy Hampson's New Elastic Band, Ajico, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Twinset featuring Barnaby Weir, The Electric Flag, Terrorgruppe and The Walker Brothers.
Chilean singer Buddy Richard recorded the song in Spanish in 1964 with the title "Cielo" (meaning "darling" or "honey").
Serbian-Yugoslavian singer Bisera Veletanlić recorded a version in Serbo-Croatian in 1967.[6]
Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song on their 1967 debut album, Live! At Caesar's Palace.[7]
Luis Miguel recorded the song in Spanish for his 1987 album Soy Como Quiero Ser.
Frank Sinatra covered "Sunny" with Duke Ellington on their collaborative album, Francis A. & Edward K..
"Sunny" is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."[1]
...
Hebb wrote the song in the 48 hours following a double tragedy on November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb's older brother Harold was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events and critically the loss of his older brother inspired the lyrics and tune. According to Hebb, he merely wrote the song as an expression of a preference for a "sunny" disposition over a "lousy" disposition following the murder of his brother.[2]
...
Many other artists have recorded versions of the song. Georgie Fame's and Cher's issues both charted in the UK Top 75 in 1966. Other covering artists include Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Shirley Bassey, Public Enemies, Richard Anthony, James Brown and Marva Whitney, Wes Montgomery, Robert Mitchum, the Classics IV, the Electric Flag, Jose Feliciano, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Earl Grant, Mary Wells, Paul Carrack, David Clayton-Thomas, Jamiroquai, Stanley Jordan, Marion Rung, Mina, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Mathis, Les McCann, Chris Montez, The Head Shop, Leonard Nimoy, Wilson Pickett, Los york's, Del Shannon, Nick Cave, Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass and Ray Brown, Dusty Springfield, Helge Schneider, War, Kathy Hampson's New Elastic Band, Ajico, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Twinset featuring Barnaby Weir, The Electric Flag, Terrorgruppe and The Walker Brothers.
Chilean singer Buddy Richard recorded the song in Spanish in 1964 with the title "Cielo" (meaning "darling" or "honey").
Serbian-Yugoslavian singer Bisera Veletanlić recorded a version in Serbo-Croatian in 1967.[6]
Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song on their 1967 debut album, Live! At Caesar's Palace.[7]
Luis Miguel recorded the song in Spanish for his 1987 album Soy Como Quiero Ser.
Frank Sinatra covered "Sunny" with Duke Ellington on their collaborative album, Francis A. & Edward K..
All Music is welcomed.The Sinatra-Ellington version, from Francis A. & Edward K.:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born_today
http://www.onthisday.com/music/birthdays.php
Bobby Hebb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvYQxTXO3U
Born on the 26th of July.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(song)
All kinds of foreign versions of the song exist. Somewhat amazing.
Birthday related (cont.)I read her memoir, My Name is Love, in which she describes what it was really like working for Phil
Darlene Love (met her in 1993):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zQ_xCX6TA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TZciBpSeQo
I read her memoir, My Name is Love, in which she describes what it was really like working for Phil
Spector and her once-secret romance with Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, among other insights
into the 1960s/1970s music business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AryCp5b-j0M
Sincerely was co-written by Harvey & DJ Alan Freed@pookie18
@pookie18
No, "Sincerely" was written by Harvey Fuqua alone. Alan Freed never wrote one song in his entire life.
Like many in those years, unfortunately, Freed was one of those disc jockeys and other music business
people who got songwriting credits they didn't deserve in return for certain favours involving either
getting an artist's work played on the radio or getting an artist to record certain songs. In fact, Morris
Levy---arguably the single most corrupt man who ever had anything to do with the music industry---
also got songwriting credits, in his case regarding artists who recorded for his record labels. (He
created one, Roulette, and ended up owning a small ton of others that had once been created
by George Goldner but which Levy took over as payment for helping Goldner with a gambling
habit that rivaled that of Elvis Presley's manager Tom Parker.)
Freed also got a songwriting credit for Chuck Berry's first hit, "Maybelline," in the same way. (So
did Russ Fratto, a printer whose specialties included printing record labels and whose clients
included Chess Records; Fratto had made Chess a loan and giving him a songwriting credit on
the record probably enabled him to recoup the loan and how, since "Maybelline" went to number
one on the rhythm and blues charts and number five on the pop charts.)
Elvis Presley---who also never wrote a single song in his entire life, and could barely play a guitar while
he was at it---got a lot of songwriting credits on material he didn't write one note or syllable for,
including "Heartbreak Hotel" and several of the Otis Blackwell rhythm and blues songs he covered.
Blackwell, who was no shrinking violet, fatalistically accepted the arrangement since it enabled
him to pitch his songs to Presley; strangely enough, Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, who also got
to pitch songs to Elvis and wrote a film soundtrack or two for him, never had to worry about Elvis
getting a writing co-credit on their stuff. (Elvis was so fond of Lieber & Stoller's work---never
mind Parker often strong-arming them into certain things---that he once asked them to write him
a "pretty" R&B ballad, and they promptly came up with "Don't.")
Lieber & Stoller's association with Elvis Presley ended not over writing credits but publishing---
Tom Parker tried to force them to have their songs published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc., and
they balked. (Parker also fumed over "Don't," because Elvis asked for the song on his own
and Lieber & Stoller made a demo with a singer named Jesse Young to pitch the song to
Elvis; and, over Lieber & Stoller accepting a chance to write the music for a musical that was
to be based on Nelson Algren's A Walk on the Wild Side---Parker thought he'd bagged
exclusive providers in Lieber & Stoller, who didn't want to be exclusive to anyone. Little by
little, even before he maneuvered Elvis into the Army, Parker began showing it would be his
way or the highway when it came to Elvis Presley who, for whatever reasons, felt powerless
to stop Parker for a very long time.)
Thanks, @EasyAce!@pookie18
Payola, I guess...
http://www.henrystonemusic.com/chess-records-the-moonglows-and-alan-freed-or-how-to-influence-radio-play-and-make-money/
@pookie18
Excellent guess. It ruined Alan Freed, though Dick Clark managed to escape unscathed when he was shrewd
enough to divest himself of all his holdings in publishing companies before he was compelled to testify before
Congress. (The payola scandal of the time came on the heels of the quiz-show scandals.)
Lieber & Stoller managed to be straight shooters at a time when the music business was buried alive in the
payola types. That may be a compelling reason why they got to work directly with people like the Drifters,
whose career they practically resurrected after the group's manager fired what was left of the original
group and replaced them with the quintet who became the bigger hitmakers of 1959-64. Lieber & Stoller
would write them a few things and produce their records almost exclusively until 1963; apparently,
whenever they or another writing team pitched songs to them for the Drifters, if Mike Stoller liked what
he was hearing he'd go to another piano and play what eventually became the song's string arrangement.
He did it when a couple of kids named Gerry Goffin and Carole King met them and became friendly with
them, and offered them what became "Up on the Roof."
In 1964, Lieber & Stoller formed Red Bird Records with the aforementioned George Goldner. That label
and its Blue Cat subsidiary had several solid innings to play---innings such as the Dixie Cups' "Chapel of
Love" and the great Shadow Morton productions for the Shangri-Las, not to mention the Ad-Libs' last-
gasp-of-classic-R&B hit (produced by Lieber & Stoller) on Blue Cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obpojpIVUZ8
Goldner's gambling habit hastened Red Bird/Blue Cat's demise: he got in so deep to the Mafia that they
threatened to take the label over, compelling Lieber & Stoller to sell Goldner their take in the company
they founded for one dollar in 1966, just to be rid of him and Goldner to sell the label's valuable catalog
a year later, when he couldn't deliver any more hits for the labels without Lieber & Stoller, just to raise
the money to retire that particular round of his debts.
Lieber & Stoller were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. George Goldner was almost
forgotten outside music industry circles until the arrival in 2012 of The Boy From New York City, a
musical based on his life, and very short-lived at that. For the man whose first label, Rama, was formed
when Goldner caught onto black patrons visiting his Latin music-oriented nightclubs and decided to
record jazz and R&B---and cut the Crows' "Gee," arguably the first black R&B record to be bought up
in droves by white kids (which was spotted in Cleveland by a DJ named Alan Freed, who caught on
at once and began playing black R&B on his show and calling it "rock and roll")---Goldner proved
his own worst enemy. A pretty deep film could be made about him and his career; just do not
ask Clint Eastwood to do it!!
@EasyAce@pookie18
Love most of Leiber & Stoller's stuff!
When we saw Beautiful (re Carole King) on Broadway last year, I can't recall if Leiber & Stoller were mentioned, but I think that King & Goffin were credited with doing Up On The Roof for The Drifters.[/url]
They also showed Goffin's affair with a black singer, but I don't think they named her (Earl-Jean McCrea of The Cookies).
@EasyAce
Love most of Leiber & Stoller's stuff!
Lieber & Stoller's most unusual hit . . . and one of their last . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwLFHpMFZf0
My mother would bring home some of Peggy Lee's LPs. One of my mother's friends was Barney Ward who managed Peggy Lee at some point. Met Barney several times, but I was pretty young at the time & not much into music yet...My favourite cut from my favourite Peggy Lee album (leave it to Billy May to make flutes swing!)
I figure, speaking in general, some of this has to do with a girl I know but I may be wrong.
When I was about 20, I must have balled my eyes out over a girl, embarrassing to say, at that age,
QuoteFurther birthdays today include Erskine Hawkins, who originated one of Glenn Miller's subsequent hits:
@EasyAce
Really? I always thought Glenn Miller wrote his own songs.Quote. . . soul singer Dobie Gray . . .
The funniest music-related story I have is about Dobie Gray. I was driving cross-country for some reason in the early 70's,and listening to local AM stations on the car radio. One,in Chicago,I think,was interviewing Dobie Gray. The DJ asked him about his background,and what was the biggest change in his life since he found fame and fortune as a singer. Gray responded with "I notice the girls like me a lot more now than back when I worked in the factory making toilet seats.",just as deadpan and serious as a heart attack. I damn near ran off the road while laughing. There just wasn't no slipping ANYTHING past Dobie Gray,was there?
Cover of "Light My Fire", we know the original, on this day, the Doors' version started a 3 week run at number 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=947CVXtXNsk
Sorry, but nobody's beaten the original yet . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1l8T2Lcl0
Did anyone say any of these beat the original?I never said the others were bad. :)
Birthday related:He was a member of a pre-Jethro Tull group with Ian Anderson and John Evans. Evans came back into
If Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond played for the early Jethro Tull; about the first 7 albums, that's a matter for researchers, then, he played the prominent bass-line in "Nothing Is Easy"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Hammond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_xOl-I7Lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sySWQJABE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sySWQJABE)
I miss Warren, He wrote this after he learned of his prognosis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTKb-pgxGI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTKb-pgxGI)
Birthday Related, Roy Bargy, orchestra director, pianist. Also, orchestra director on the Jimmy Durante show: http://www.onthisday.com/music/birthdays.phpHe hired on with Durante during Durante's radio years, including the legendary Durante-Moore Show with
Richard Simmons would use this for one of his dancing to the oldies exercise videos. Nice catchy tune as well, imo.For Vanity Fare, I liked this one way better . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWdiroB3AU
For Vanity Fare, I liked this one way better . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hN9YRo7y1s
Strange things happen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzmCkEiQng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0N4nyYS5aA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ta9180-EM4Not half as strange as what happened to Red Buttons's career. He screwed himself out of television
The Stars on 45 rendition in post #1 for Gary Lewis and the Playboys, is not very good and the band needs to get their due. They had a number of good songs,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdbDeI8ksjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN4NHdvPbZM
Along with of course, "This diamond ring", "just my style" and "green grass".