Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Weekend Comments (Part One)

TONS of comments again this week ...

So we're giving you a Double Dose this weekend.

So let's get it started!


re:  OOPS!:

Hello Kent,
Hey, whattsamattayou?  Who's doing the quality control?  A Million to One by the Jive Five linked to an MP3 by the Five Satins ??? (Sunday 25th post)
Oh well at least I'm still reading the posts! ha ha
Take Care,
Charlie
Sweet Dreams
Charlie Fraser
Oops! Sorry about that.  (Honestly, I wouldn't have known the difference ... not my area of expertise!  All I did was link to the clip Carrie sent me!)  But I DID ask her if she could help to explain or clarify the error  (if we'd made one.)  Here's what I got back:


I'm so sorry Kent. He is right. It is by the Five Satins and that's what I have on my Itunes too. I don't know why I said the Jive Five. My birthday was yesterday and I think I'm getting a case of CRS. lol
Carrie
No problem ... we just wanted to get the correction out there!  Thanks, Carrie!  (kk)


And another correction ... when talking about the song "Point Me In The Direction Of Albuquerque the other day, we misspelled songwriter Tony Romeo's name as "Romero" ... sorry about that!  (kk)
Clark Besch had the spelling of " ... Albuquerque"'s writer correct. It's Tony Romeo.
(For a long time I couldn't get "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" out of my head after playing Ronnie Allen's interview of Louuuuuu Christie.)
-- BOB FRABLE



re:  THREE STARS ... THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED:
Clear Lake, Iowa, near where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a 1959 plane crash, will dedicate Three Stars Plaza in their honor October 13. In addition, the city will dedicate Ritchie Valens Drive and J.P. Richardson Avenue, contiguous to the existing Buddy Holly Place. Together they will triangulate the Surf Ballroom, where the trio played their last concert. Buddy Holly Place will rededicated with updated signs.
-- Ron Smith


re:  TOMMY ROE:
Of course Tommy Roe is one of those artists who have always been associated with the "sound" of Buddy Holly.  Tommy's been doing some great comeback appearances in Canada (after his big return to the stage at last year's Beat Expo put together by our FH Buddy Charles Rosenay.)

We're trying to help line up some dates for Tommy here Stateside ... personally, I think he'd make a GREAT addition to ANY oldies show line-up.  Here's more information if you're a promoter and you're interested in booking Tommy for one of your gigs!  (kk)

HI!

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23 TOP 100 HITS ... 11 TOP 40 ... 6 TOP 10!
(WROTE AND RECORDED MORE THAN ANY SOLO AMERICAN ARTIST IN 60S!)
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I'd love to work with you ... he's a draw for sure!
Check out this brand new video montage of new photos ... and a great lost classic tune of Tommy's recorded in the UK back in 1964!
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re:  PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS:
Kent ...  
Don't you think Paul Revere & Raiders should sing this song in all their shows?
Frank B.  
Click here: The Monotones - Ride of Paul Revere - YouTube 
Man, wouldn't THAT make for an awesome double bill??? Tommy Roe live in concert with Paul Revere and the Raiders?!?!?  Sounds like an ultra cool show to me!!!  (kk)
re:  THE ADDRISI BROTHERS:
Clark Besch recently mentioned the Addrisi Brothers.  Very talented as penners AND performers.  Not familiar with "Somebody Found Her" but it sounds like my "wheelhouse."  Can anyone post it?  I also wanted to mention that Kenny Young (if we're talking about the same guy) was a featured singer and writer with The San Francisco Earthquake -- "The March of the Jingle-Jangle People" -- a non-hit on Smash from about '69 or so, has a very Fifth Estate kind of sound and is one of my favorites by them.  Locally popular but never caught on nationally.  
Bobster
I'm a fan of The Addrisi Brothers, too ... especially like their early '70's non-hit "I Can Feel You" ... which was actually a Top 20 Record here in Chicago (despite only managing to "bubble under" in Billboard!)  Anybody got a copy of "Somebody Found Her" they can send in???  (kk)

re:  TOMMY JAMES:
We've been telling you for over a year now that this was gonna happen ... but who listens to us?!?!?  I guess now it's finally official.  (It MUST be if Frank B. found it on the WCBS-FM website!!!)  kk

Kent ...

Martin Scorsese strikes again.  Tommy James' book turns into a movie and a play.
Frank B.

http://wcbsfm.radio.com/2011/09/30/tommy-james-talks-to-dan-taylor-about-the-rascals-martin-scorsese-and-more/

re: RICK NELSON:
>>>Interesting interview with James Burton.  (Gary Theroux)


Wow where was it and when was it posted? Did I miss something in my old age? Honest to God I'd love to hear what James would have to say about his time with the Rickster!

Wild Bill


It's a GREAT interview.  And be sure to look for links within the article ... I think there were THREE parts if I remember correctly.  Good stuff!
kk



And from Ricky ... to Micky!!! 


re:  MORE MICKY:
Kent ...

Being fired by WCBS-FM, was a great career move.  If you remember, Micky was the morning DJ on the old WCBS-FM. He lost his job, when they switched to JACK-FM.  Like you said, Micky Dolenz is all over the place.
Frank B.

re:  SLY STONE:
>>>Earlier this year, Stone released an album of his hits re-recorded with other artists.

(WILLEM ALKEMA and REED TUCKER – New York Post)
I believe this CD (album) has already surfaced in the budget bin. Cute, but of no value to me.
Jersey John

It's always curious to me when these big name artists go back and recut their material.  It's rarely (if EVER) going to improve upon the original ... but some of these pairings would be pretty interesting.  (Sly Stone recording with Michael Jackson, for example ... some tracks of which may actually exist ... I would find VERY interesting ... and at least want to hear them for myself!)  kk

re:  THE SULLI-GULLI:
Dull to listen to, but would be ROFL to watch.
Shelley J. Sweet-Tufano

re:  CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL:
Nice round-up of the CCR story, and the comments are cool to read.  I wonder how many people reading this page are familiar with the Tom Fogerty solo albums?  They're actually pretty decent. The first suffers from lame production (the drums sound like plastic boxes) but things improve after that, and his Myopia album is one that I think all CCR fans would like and should hear.  Unfortunately only only his first, self-titled album made the album charts, and then only as high as #180, but I'd say he deserves a bit more attention today from the average CCR fan. 
- AJV
Thanks!  Our CCR piece is another one of our most popular articles and thousands and thousands of CCR fans have discovered it since we permanently posted it on the OTHER Forgotten Hits web page here:

And now that John Fogerty has gone on the record as saying that he "wouldn't rule out" a Creedence Clearwater Revival reunion, who KNOWS what the next chapter may be!!!  (I've always been a HUGE CCR Fan ... loved 'em from Day One ... and was just listening to the "Green River" and "Cosmo's Factory" CDs in the car the other day!  They STILL sound fresh today.  I've seen John Fogerty several times over the years ... but only managed to see Creedence live once ... and to this day I still believe it was the LOUDEST concert I've ever seen and heard ... to the point of complete discomfort ... you literally couldn't enjoy it (and I love EVERYTHING they ever did.)  The group was down to a trio by this point (1972) and I don't know if they were over-compensating or what ... but it was truly unlistenable.  (So guys, if you're all paying attention, you OWE me another show!!!  lol)  kk

re:  THE BEATLES:
Kent ...
Are you ready for the Beatles, before they were the Beatles?
To be released 11/8/11.
(I would've waited a couple of days ... 11/11/11).
Frank B.
Well, The Beatles already took advantage of 9-9-09 when they reissued their entire catalog (and The Rock Band game) ... but this isn't a Beatles release ... it's being put out by Time / Life, who normally doesn't release stuff to the general marketplace, so that's kinda cool.
Fact is, there's really nothing special about this release ... in fact, this is probably the 15th time they've marketed these same tracks.  (Let's face it ... only so many exist!) 
If you've never heard them, they're interesting from a historical perspective only ... "My Bonnie" actually hit the US charts (and THIS is the record that first prompted a Liverpool lad to wander into Brian Epstein's record store and ask for it because it was by a local band who just happened to be playing right up the street at The Cavern Club) ... but on everything other than two tracks (and one of those is an instrumental written by John Lennon and George Harrison, "Cry For A Shadow"), The Beatles are simply the back-up band ... all of the lead vocals are handled by Tony Sheridan.  The OTHER track (and a STAND-OUT track at that) however, (and one that we featured just a couple of weeks ago) is John Lennon's rip-roaring vocal on "Aint She Sweet", a raving rock-up of the old 1920's standard that The Beatles have their way with.  To this day, I still think it's one of John Lennon's best rock lead vocals, right up there with "Twist And Shout".  Those KEY tracks ... "My Bonnie", "Cry For A Shadow" and "Ain't She Sweet" ... all appear on the first Beatles Anthology CD, too.  Everything else is the kind of stuff you'll probably listen to once and then put away.
Far more interesting a release would be a legitimate, high-quality issue of The Beatles' Decca audition tapes.  These, too, have been circulating for decades in bootleg form ... (and a few found their way on to Anthology 1 as well) ... but a high-quality, detail-annotated edition would be a welcome edition to ANY Beatles collection (especially when one considers that Decca turned The Beatles down because "groups with guitars are on their way out"!!!)


re:  THE WEDDING SONG(s):
Kent,
Maybe it's the Brit in me, but I'm a real sucker, too, for Julie Rodgers' song "The Wedding".
Mike Ogilvie
Mississauga, ON
Canada 
Kent,
You probably will want to kill me before this is over. I just thought of a future wedding song you possibly could feature leading up to the two weddings you have planned. For the week of August 23, 1962, here in OKC, Bob Braun's recording of TIL DEATH DO US PART was number one (Decca).
Larry Neal

And let's not forget THE wedding song ... (which was actually just called "The Wedding Song") by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary fame!!!  Yep, there's a ton of them!!!  (kk)

Kent:
How about DOWN THE AISLE OF LOVE by The Quin-tones?
Or TO THE AISLE by The Five Satins?
Tal Hartsfeld


re:  BOBBY DARIN:
Kent ...
Here is an official document I'd like you to sign and return:
I , Kent Kotal, being of sound mind --- do promise to re-run my Bobby Darin Series by the end
of the year, 2012. If I fail to do this, I will fly to New York (at my own expense) and paint Frank's house (at my own expense).

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Please sign, notarize and return to me.
Frank B.
I love Kent's Bobby Darin stuff so much, maybe I'll come paint both your houses! 
(Subliminal hint: rerun Darin, rerun Darin, rerun Darin. Picture me on my knees ...please!!!
Jamie

By the way, this is the perfect companion to today's Forgotten Hits!  OOOOJ



Hi Kent!
On September 26th, what would have been my parents wedding anniversary, I dedicated this youtube (on facebook) in their memory.  The song choice was always a favorite of my Dad's. (see link below)
Fast forward to your "Darinlicious" blog today, and Jamie (Our Vegas Star Queen) writes to our Darin chat site the following: "This is the PERFECT companion piece to"  Kent's blogspot today.  Take a listen, Kent ... not the best quality but an interesting MIX ... and a coincidence! ...?  
By the way, did you check out ABC's new show Pan Am and how they used Mack the Knife?
Best,
Susan Schooley
Bobby's fans are out in full force today!!!  I love it! And this IS a pretty cool mix so thanks for sharing!  I didn't stick around long enough to hear "Mack The Knife" on Pan Am ... the show lost me within the first 20 minutes!!! (And I had such high hopes for it, too ... especially from a music perspective!)  kk


re: MICHAEL BUBLE:
While his music is good, there is one thing he said not that long ago that really turned me off. He defended artists lip syncing at concerts. I believe it came about with that whole Brittany Spears incident down in Australia. IMO no artist should ever lip sync, ever, in a concert. It is a fraud perpetrated on the audience, given what these top flight acts charge these days. I know that  several artists including Elton John hold a similar position.   
Scott Schultz

I hadn't heard about this ... and I can honestly say that most times I've seen Buble on TV, he HAS been performing live ... including ONE performance where I swear we thought he was drunk on his ass!!! (lol)  kk

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