But we've selected a few things that we definitely wanted to cover, kicking off with a few recent passings. The end result is an absolutely GINORMOUS SUNDAY COMMENTS PAGE. (Guess you could say we're making up for lost time!!!)
And hey ... what fun would it be ... scrambling to put this all together at 1:00 in the morning ... if Blogger wasn't still messing will all my font sizes and spacing?!?!? (Jeez, it's like we never left!)
Read on:
re: CLIP(s) OF THE
WEEK:
This in from FH Reader Frank B ...
as HIS tribute to the recently-departed Andy Rooney:
Banned in the 50's ... now considered one of rock and roll's most
important songs.
Courtesy of SONY Music Entertainment.
R.I.P., Andy Rooney
Frank B
We also lost Smokin' Joe Frazier during that period of time (I saw
all three of his fights with Muhammad Ali back in the day!) ... and since Frank
B. sent us another cool "R.I.P. Joe Frazier" link ... and since I just happened
to come across this AWESOME Richard Pryor clip when reviewing some of my Ed
Sullivan DVD's ... I figured this would be one definitely worth running!
Kent ...
R.I.P. Smokin' Joe Frazier.
re: OTHER RECENT
PASSINGS:
Mark "Moogy" Klingman - Died 11-15-2011 in New York, NY, U.S. -
Cancer ( Rock ) Born 9-7-1950 - Keyboardist - (He did, "Making The Rounds At
Midnight" and "Me And Richard" and also co-wrote Bette Midler's, "(You've Got To
Have) Friends") - Was a member of The Living Few (They did, "Let 'Em Cry"),
Glitterhouse, The Peaceniks and Utopia
(They did, "Freak Parade" and "The Ikon") - Worked with Jimmy James And The Blue
Flames, Chuck Berry, Carly Simon, Shawn Colvin, Cindy Lauper, Irene Cara, Andy
Kaufman, Thelma Houston, Buzzy Linhart, Bo Diddley and Bob Dylan - Produced
Music From Free Creek - His songs have been recorded by Johnny Winter, Eric
Clapton, Barry Manilow and Todd Rundgren.
Here's an interesting site if you're not aware of: www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com
Ken
Voss
From R.I.P. Renfield:
Paul Vance remembers calling his
friend and fellow songwriter Lee Pockriss more than 50 years ago to share the
lyrics of a song he had just written: "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot
Bikini."
"Lee, I said, 'I have an idea'," he
recalled Friday. "He went crazy. By the time he got to my office he had 90
percent of the tune written."
The song, which was recorded by
16-year-old teen idol Brian Hyland, surged to No. 1 on the Billboard charts in
August 1960 and has been pop culture staple ever since.
Pockriss, who wrote
other hit songs for an eager, youthful post-World War II generation, died in
Connecticut this week after a long illness. He was 87. His wife, Sonja Pockriss, confirmed his death on Friday. She said
he died at home in Bridgewater on Tuesday.
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow
Polka Dot Bikini" — about a shy young woman in a skimpy bathing suit — has been
used in such movies as "Sister Act 2" and "Revenge of the Nerds II" and was more
recently revived in a yogurt commercial.
Pockriss, who also
worked in musical theater, co-wrote several songs with Vance, including "Catch a
Falling Star" in 1957. Vance, 82, said Pockriss did
an excellent job on their collaborations.
"He was a very talented composer, a
great composer, the opposite of me," he told The Associated Press on Friday. "He
knew music inside out. I don't know one note of music."
Vance was erroneously reported as
dead five years ago because of the death of an Ormond Beach, Fla., man who had
falsely claimed to have written "Itsy Bitsy" under the name Paul Vance. The real
Vance was able to prove that it was he, not Paul Van Valkenburgh, who had
written the song.
Vance, who lives in Boca Raton,
Fla., said Pockriss also worked in musical theater and wrote the music for the
1963 Broadway show "Tovarich," for which Vivien Leigh won the Tony Award for
best actress in a musical.
Pockriss was born in
Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 20, 1924, his wife said. He
served as a cryptographer, writing in code to guide Army Air Force planes over
the Pacific during World War II, she said. Pockriss studied musicology at New
York University with the modernist composer Stefan Wolpe, she
said.
Sonja Pockriss said her husband was
versatile, broadening his formal education in music with an ability to
improvise. That talent was in demand for live TV in the 1950s and `60s and
helped him land gigs on top programs starring Jack Paar, Milton Berle and Martha
Raye, she said.
"He ran from one studio to
another," his wife said.
I remember several people on the
list being quite upset about the erroneous reporting of Paul Vance's death a few
years back. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini" was MY First 45,
purchased on the old (and now quite collectible) Leader record label before Kapp
Records picked it up. (In fact, according to Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles
book, the single charted on Leader for the first seven weeks of its 15 week
chart life ... and that includes peaking at #1!!!) The B-Side of that hit,
"Don't Dilly Dally, Sally", is another one of my all-time favorite B-Sides ...
'cause I played the heck out of it back then ... as my ONLY 45!!!
(lol)
Our FH Buddy Ron Dante recently
re-recorded "Itsy Bitsy" for an LP and a television commercial ... and worked
with both Vance and Pockriss going back to his early Detergents days and their
Top 20 Parody Hit "Leader Of The Laundromat". (kk)
Andrea True, who recorded the 1976
disco hit “More, More More” (#4) and three charted follow-ups, including “N.Y.,
You Got Me Dancing” (#27 - 77), died November 7 in Woodstock, New York, where
she lived. Her obituary lists her age as 68, though biographies had always
listed her as being born in 1952. No cause of death was given. Born Andrea Marie
Truden in Nashville, she moved to New York and became an actress, appearing in
small parts in films like “The Way We Were” and “40 Carats.” Far more successful
was her work in hardcore adult films -- she reportedly made more than 50 in her
career. Age eventually ended her film career and vocal cord surgery ended her
singing career after three albums and she retired from the spotlight in the
‘80s.
-- Ron Smith
Have you seen the list of the 15
top-earning dead celebrities?
http://wcbsfm.radio.com/2011/10/28/the-15-top-earning-dead-celebrities-photos/#photo-1Isn't
it depressing that each one on this list makes more one year dead, than we do in
an entire lifetime working ?
Frank B.
Frank B.
re: SICK BAY:
We saw reports last week of Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees being
hospitalized for liver cancer ... and George Michael (Wham) hospitalized with
pneumonia. Wishing a speedy recovery to two of our favorite artists.
(kk)
re: A FEW MORE COOL
VIDEOS:
THIS one really made the rounds
while we were gone ... but it's SO good we're sharing it again
anyway!!!
Jimmy Fallon doing Jim
Morrison.
Frank B.
Frank B.
Frannie and I amused ourselves with a few other clips these past few weeks, too!
(In between watching dozens and
dozens and dozens of Ed Sullivan clips of course!!!) kk
Frannie found a GREAT live performance of MY all-time favorite Osmonds Brothers song:
And we drove Paige CRAZY playing THIS one from The Captain and Tennille!!!
Click here: Captain & Tennille MUSKRAT LOVE - YouTube
Kent,
I ran across this and had meant to send
long ago. I believe Preston Ritter is an FH member from the Electric Prunes,
correct? Here's a nice slice of silliness for him and all to enjoy. The Prunes
were on the Mike Douglas show in 1967 and performed "I Had Too Much To Dream
(Last Night)" and "Get Me To The World On Time" on the show. In between songs,
Mike converses with the guys and mentions that Preston has a good selling book,
"67 Backbeats"!! Wish I had a copy! Pretty cool. I had no memory about this
book until I copied this off my tape. Anyway, it's pretty funny as Barbara
Feldon ("Agent 99" on "Get Smart") gets to try her hand as a "Prunette", trying
to impersonate Preston's drumming style over the Prunes as they perform.
Hilarious!!
Clark Besch
We ran the video for this a while back ...
in fact, if I'm not mistaken it was Preston himself who sent it in! VERY funny
stuff looking back ... and still a career highlight for the band after all these
years! Enjoy! (kk)
Here's the Original (Reunited) Byrds with Bob Dylan and John Jorgenson at the Concert for Roy Orbison, with "He Was a Friend of Mine", a heartfelt tribute about the demise of President John F. Kennedy on that fateful day back in 1963.
At the time, I was a freshman at Regis
High School in Denver. We were on a lunch break when the news broke and I was
devastated and numb, as we all were. What a SAD time in American
History.
This is an outstanding tribute to our
murdered President.
Bill Cody
Hey Kent,
You’ve probably seen this before, but I sent it
because of the short Monkees medley they start out
with.
Eddie Burke
Orange, CT
VERY cool clip for all our Monkees / Boyce and
Hart fans out there. In fact, our series spotlighting "The Music Of Tommy Boyce
and Bobby Hart" is still one of our most popular. You can check them out here
(kk):
And, speaking of videos ...
Hi Kent,
I'm very pleased to announce that there's a new Video
Page that is part of my "Ronnie Allen Theater" in the Jersey Girls Sing website.
I would appreciate it very much if you can share this with your
readers.
I call it "Ronnie's Video Page." The address is:
http://www.jerseygirlssing.com/RonnieVideoPage.html .
Although my name is attached to it, it's really a
collaborate effort between myself and the two Jersey Girls, namely Denise Ferri
and Bernadette Carroll. One of the them (I won't say which one) suggested
several videos that are now a part of the Page.
Each time you visit the Page you will have a new
experience! Five 50s or 60s oldies or oldies-related embedded performance videos
randomly selected by the computer pop up. On a subsequent visit you will get a
different set of five. You never know what will show up! (Some will repeat of
course.) You can choose to play all of the five that come up, some of the five
or none of the five. Pressing the F5 function key (in most environments) will
bring up a new set of five. And yes, the "full screen" option is available for
any video that you choose to play.
Your feedback is most welcome and we invite you to
suggest videos for us to include. We will publicly give credit to you if you are
the first to suggest something and we use it and will even link to your website
if you own or are affiliated with one that you would like
mentioned.
Ronnie
re: AND DON'T MISS:
Premiering on Thanksgiving Night on CMT was an
EXCELLENT version of their CROSSROADS Series ... this time pairing Sting with
Country Crooner Vince Gill. BOTH artists are in TOP FORM and this is one of
those musical events that you can watch again and again. The biggest hits of
both artists are fully explored with an incredibly tight back up band. Check
your listings ... you don't want to miss this one! (Sting quips that the duo had so much fun filming this "Crossroads" installment that they may actually team up for a tour next year ... billing themselves as "The Self-Righteous Brothers"!!!) kk
re: DON'TCHA JUST LOVE IT?!?!?:
I was listening to KJZY earlier this morning. The "dj"
announced Jimmy Cliff's "I Can See Clearly Now" as being about the Jamaican
bobsled team.
No, the Jimmy Cliff song was heard in the movie "Cool
Runnings." The movie is about the Jamaican bobsled team, but the song isn't. The
song is about anyone who has experienced adversity in his/her life but has
overcome it. Geez!
Dave Barry
On the OTHER hand, some of the TRUE stories are
especially interesting to hear after all this time:
Perhaps this is well known, but not to me, until last night. I heard an excellent interview with Jimmy Webb, on an overnight show called "Red-Eye Radio," during which Webb said that he'd written the song "MacArthur Park" for the Association. I'd never have guessed that.
Gopher
-- submitted by Frank
B.
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re: ROCK AND ROLL ROOTS
CD's:
Normally by now we would have already been bragging
about the WONDERFUL time we had at this year's Rock And Roll Roots CD Party.
However, we were sad to receive the official word from Bob Stroud at WDRV that
the series of Rock And Roll Roots CD's that have become such a part of our lives
here in Chicago for the past ten years just ain't-a-gonna-be this year ...
here's the complete scoop:
Rock 'n Roll Roots CD Series ... Unlucky
#13.
Right before we were to start work on this year's Rock 'n Roll Roots CD, Volume 13, we received word that Borders was filing for bankruptcy. Borders was our main partner and the home for the CD release parties for the past 10 years. Needless to say that their financial situation directly affected the progress of Volume 13.
Our sales staff scrambled to find a suitable substitute for Borders, but to make a long story short, the economic slump that has affected all of us basically sunk Volume 13. Everything possible was done to try and secure a partner and a home for our annual charity event, but it was just not to be this year. I'm sorry announce that for the time being, the Rock 'n Roll Roots CD series is on hiatus. I'm quite aware of how important this CD and event has been to the thousands of you who have supported it over the past 12 years. Believe me when I say that this has been my "baby" and it's tough to let it go this year. It's too early to tell what the future (next year) may hold, but if it's at all possible to pull off, we'll do it with the same vigor and dedication that has been the trademark of the past 12 Volumes. Thank you for understanding and thank you for your undying support these past dozen years.
Right before we were to start work on this year's Rock 'n Roll Roots CD, Volume 13, we received word that Borders was filing for bankruptcy. Borders was our main partner and the home for the CD release parties for the past 10 years. Needless to say that their financial situation directly affected the progress of Volume 13.
Our sales staff scrambled to find a suitable substitute for Borders, but to make a long story short, the economic slump that has affected all of us basically sunk Volume 13. Everything possible was done to try and secure a partner and a home for our annual charity event, but it was just not to be this year. I'm sorry announce that for the time being, the Rock 'n Roll Roots CD series is on hiatus. I'm quite aware of how important this CD and event has been to the thousands of you who have supported it over the past 12 years. Believe me when I say that this has been my "baby" and it's tough to let it go this year. It's too early to tell what the future (next year) may hold, but if it's at all possible to pull off, we'll do it with the same vigor and dedication that has been the trademark of the past 12 Volumes. Thank you for understanding and thank you for your undying support these past dozen years.
-- Bob Stroud
The release parties and
performances by our local heroes was certainly something that we looked forward
to every November ... and it's sad to see it slip away this year. But I believe
that a new home ... and a new sponsor ... WILL be found for this much-loved,
much-appreciated series in time for next year ... and we'll keep you posted as
this develops. Meanwhile, thanks for all the great memories thus far. (Hey, we
hated to see Borders close, too ... that was our book store of choice for ALL
our literary needs!!!) kk
re: HAPPY
THANKSGIVING:
Kent ...
Just heard this on the radio:
Micky Dolenz = BBQ's his Turkey.
Bob Seger = Deep Fry's his Turkey.
Keep this information on file, until you decide to write your celebrity
cookbook.
Frank B.
Frank B.
My guess is that Ron Smith has already been compiling
this information for YEARS!!! (kk)
Kent ...
The "I's" have it.
"Indian Reservation" + "Islands In The Stream" + "It's Still Rock And Roll
To Me."
Pleasant surprise: Big Jay Sorenson is in town to help us count em
down.
Thanksgiving Day and Friday - Big Jay filling in, 10 AM to 3 PM shift.
Thanksgiving Day and Friday - Big Jay filling in, 10 AM to 3 PM shift.
If it was up to me, I'd sign him up for permanent duty.
He's great.
Frank B.
He's great.
Frank B.
So start a letter-writing campaign to the station ...
jeez, with as much press as you've given WCBS-FM in OUR pages, it would seem to
me that they must owe you SOMETHING!!! (lol)
Hey, WE'D love to see Big Jay back on the airwaves
permanently, too ... and I know HE'd love the idea as well. Start calling and
writing the station and let them know how much you enjoy his broadcasts. You
never know!!! (kk)
Real photos we took of the church where the Alice's Restaurant / Thanksgiving
Dinner occurred in '65 ... and the railroad tracks. Too late to share with
others but thought I'd send them on just for fun. (I guess only hardcore music
geeks track down the scene of events mentioned in songs)
I am thankful for the finest, most thoroughly researched resource for music fans the world over: Forgotten Hits.
Thank you, sir.
I am thankful for the finest, most thoroughly researched resource for music fans the world over: Forgotten Hits.
Thank you, sir.
David Lewis
re: SMiLE:
And now that the release date is FINALLY here, we're
finding LOTS of press about the long-awaited release of The Beach Boys' "SMiLE"
album. Renown Music Historian (and FH Reader) Harvey Kubernik does a GREAT
interview with Brian Wilson right here:
Meanwhile, David Beard (of Endless Summer Quarterly and
Beach Boys Examiner) tells us there will be ALL kinds of special press
surrounding this hot new release ... including:
a SMiLE Sessions television special airing on The Early
Show on CBS November 1st (the official US release date), a 4.5 Star Review in
Rolling Stone Magazine and a special ten-part web series running on YouTube.
And that's just the beginning ... promotion for this hot, new release is
expected to be HUGE!!! (kk)
re: OTHER COOL NEW
RELEASES:
CHARLIE GRACIE received a special LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENTAWARD from
Philadelphia Row Home Magazine on November 3rd ... and 500-plus attended a
black-tie event held at "VIE" in Center City Philadelphia to help
celebrate!
The Philly Rocker -- just back from a
month-long tour of ITALY, ENGLAND and WALES -- was honored as PHILLY' GLOBAL
MUSIC AMBASSADOR! His new ABKCO CD: "For The Love of Charlie!" with AL KOOPER,
GRAHAM NASH, PETER NOONE and more was just released in the USA on NOV.
8th!
Guests to this special event
included dozens of the city's business and restaurant owners, members of the
Phila. Eagles -- including Quarterback Michael Vick -- musicians such as Soul
singer Bunny Sigler and Actor Leo Rossi were among them. CHARLIE, Baseball Hall
of Fame Sportswriter, BILL CONLIN and Community Activist BOB HENON all appear on
the cover of the November issue! MANY THANKS to all who attended and to
President and publisher
DORETTE ROTA JACKSON and Vice
President DAWN RHOADES on the success of a fabulous event!
It seems like we've been talking about Charlie
Gracie's new album FOREVER now ... but the record FINALLY hit the streets last
week.
Here's the "official" press release from our FH
Buddy Bob Merlis:
FOR THE LOVE OF
CHARLIE --
NEW MUSIC FROM ROCK PIONEER CHARLIE GRACIE OUT THIS
WEEK FROM ABKCO RECORDS
Charlie Gracie, the legendary Philadelphia-born and
raised first generation rock ‘n’ roller whose 1957 hit “Butterfly” helped launch
the fabled Cameo Records label, has never stopped recording and touring over the
course of the past seven decades. On November 8, ABKCO Records released "For
The Love of Charlie", Gracie’s first album of new material in over ten years. The album
release, both on CD and digitally, follows a string of tour dates in
the UK (plus one festival
performance in Italy)
where Gracie's popularity has long endured. His admitted and enthusiastic
admirers include Paul McCartney, who famously covered “Fabulous”, Charlie’s
follow-up to “Butterfly”, fellow Beatle George Harrison as well as Eric Clapton,
Jeff Beck and Van Morrison (who had Charlie tour with him in recent
years).
Ten of the twelve tracks on the new album by the 75-year-old
Rockabilly Hall of Famer were produced by Al Kooper who has been a fan of
Charlie’s since his days as a member of The Royal Teens (“Short Shorts”). Also
lending some “love” to the project is Graham Nash, who sings on the new album as
does Peter Noone of the Herman’s Hermits, who named Charlie as one of the most
important influences on his musical
career.
Of note is the fact that the album’s packaging
includes a Cameo-Parkway logo, the label having been acquired by ABKCO in the
late 1960s. It’s the first appearance of the trademark on an album of new
material in over 40 years. Gracie’s original hit recordings for the label have
been collected on ABKCO’s The Best of Charlie Gracie
1956-1958, which has been
a consistent best seller since its release five years
ago.
Al Kooper, the producer / performer whose own
career extends back to his early guitar playing teens and includes his work as a
member of the Blues Project, founder of Blood, Sweat & Tears and the
producer who discovered and recorded Lynyrd Skynyrd, has long been a huge
Charlie Gracie fan. Kooper commented, “Charlie was a big part of my growing up
in terms of influence on me in my rockabilly period that came after my doo wop
phase”. A couple of years ago, Kooper was
approached by producer Quentin Jones with whom he's since become very friendly.
Jones asked him to contribute to a new Charlie Gracie album and, thereafter,
sent the tracks to Kooper who noted, “All I wanted to do is make it sound as
good as it could; my set-up was more accommodating than Quentin’s. I
totally understood the idiom and, in fact, play in a rockabilly trio every now
and then though ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Fabulous’ aren’t in the repertoire because
there are some things you can't touch”.
As the recording evolved, other players including
Conan O’Brien bandleader Jimmy Vivino contributed to the work-in-progress.
Charlie was touched by the efforts of Kooper, Jones, Vivino and the others who
worked on the album, stating, “I am so honored and grateful to have such an
extraordinary group of artists contributing their enormous talents to this
album. It is as much a testament to my peers, the pioneers of rock and roll who
helped lay the foundation, as it is to me. Just the same, none of us really knew
our music would evolve and have the kind of influence it’s had on successive
generations. To those musicians who continue to honor us through their
recognition, I am eternally grateful!”
Graham
Nash recalls the night many years ago when Charlie
played in his native Manchester. “We had been
waiting for many weeks for the show. It was a great night of this 'new music'
and was enjoyed by all who were there. It raised and strengthened my spirits to
know that I was not wrong when I sought out, strived for and finally loved this
feeling, this desire, to make music, to communicate through music... to get it
out...” He would, of course, go on to co-found the Hollies and, later Crosby,
Stills & Nash and returned the favor to his original inspiration by
providing backing vocals on “Rock 'N' Roll
Heaven."
For The Love of Charlie
- Track Listing /
Credits:
1.
All I Wanna Do Is Love You (Charlie
Gracie)
Lead Guitar - Quentin
Jones
Backing Vocals - Peter
Noone
All other instruments - Al
Kooper
2. My
Hummingbird (Rick Bell)
Guitars -
Quentin Jones, Al Kooper, Charlie
Gracie
Guitar Solo –
Jimmy Vivino
Drums - Jay
Sorrentino
Pedal Steel, Piano, Organ,
Bass, Handclaps - Al Kooper
Backing Vocals - Al Kooper,
Charlie Gracie Sr., Charlie Gracie Jr, Ralph
Miller
3.
Back To Philadelphia (Quentin
Jones)
Rhythm Guitars - Quentin
Jones, Al Kooper
Drums - Jay
Sorrentino
Organ - Ralph
Miller
Backup Vocals, Marimba,
Piano, Horns, Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Tambourine, Congas - Al
Kooper
4.
Sweet Marie (Quentin Jones)
Rhythm Guitar & Lead
Guitar - Quentin Jones
(center)
Drums - Jay
Sorrentino
Shaker - Quentin
Jones
Sax - Kenneth
McCoy
Trumpet- Robin
Church
Rhythm Guitar (left, very
“Keef”), Keyboards, Horn Arrangements, Bass, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitars - Al
Kooper
Backup Vocals - Amy Banks,
Sam "Lugar" Rawhauser
5.
And Now I Win (Quentin Jones)
Electric Guitars - Quentin
Jones, Al Kooper
Drums, Bass, Acoustic
Guitars, Mandolin, Keyboards, Pedal Steel, Musette, Harmonica, Percussion - Al
Kooper
Backing Vocals - Ralph
Miller, Al Kooper
6.
School Days (Cobb-Edwards; adapted by Louis
Jordan)
Lead Slide Guitar - Jimmy
Vivino
Rhythm Guitars - Charlie
Gracie, Al Kooper
Wacka Wacka Guitar - Dave
Roberts
Horns - Ken McCoy, Robin
Church
Drums - Tommy
Leanza
Bass, Keyboards, Acoustic
Guitars - Al Kooper
Backup Vocals - Ralph
Miller, Charlie Gracie Sr., Charlie Gracie Jr., Quentin
Jones
7. I
Don't Know Why (Quentin
Jones)
Arpeggio Guitar, Bass -
Quentin Jones
Drums - Dave
Ferrara
Baritone Guitar, Acoustic
Guitars, Electric Lead Guitars, Keyboards, Horns, Strings, Percussion - Al
Kooper
Backup Vocals - Ralph
Miller
8.
Dance My Blues Away
(Accardi-McDonnell)
Guitars -
Charlie Gracie
Lead Guitar -
Jimmy Vivino
Organ Solo - Al
Kooper
Drums - Steve
Patton
Bass - Quentin
Jones
Horns, Keyboards, Tambourine
&“Landlord” - Al Kooper
Backup Vocals - Charlie
Gracie Sr., Charlie Gracie Jr., Quentin
Jones
9. On
The Way To Cape May (Maurice
Nugent)
Rhythm Guitars - Charlie
Gracie, Al Kooper
Banjo - Charlie
Gracie
Drums - Steve
Patton
Bass, Tuba, Clarinet, Pedal
Steel, Mandolin, Castanets, Musette, Keyboards - Al
Kooper
Backup Vocals - Charlie
Gracie Sr., Charlie Gracie Jr Quentin, Ashlee & Caroline
Jones
10.
Everybody Rockin' (Knockin' Themselves Out) (Quentin
Jones)
Lead Guitar - Eddie
Angel
Rhythm Guitars - Quentin
Jones, Al Kooper
Drums - Dave
Ferrara
Piano, Organ, Cowbell,
Percussion - Al Kooper
Group Vocals, Handclaps
- Charlie Gracie Sr., Charlie Gracie Jr., Quentin
Jones
11.
Rock 'N' Roll Heaven (Charlie
Gracie)
Rhythm Guitars - Charlie
Gracie
Lead Guitar & Hammond B3
Organ - Craig Ross
Keyboards - Ralph
Miller
Bass - Tony
Breit
Drums - Tommy
Leanza
Backup Vocals – Graham
Nash
12.
Rock 'N' Roll Party (Ace
Filippini)
Lead Guitar and Bass -
Quentin Jones
Drums - Dennis
Diken
Rhythm guitar - Mike
Fisher
Backing vocals - Ace
Filipini
Tracks 1-10 Produced &
Arranged by Al Kooper / Co-Produced by Quentin
Jones
Basic Tracks engineered by
Quentin Jones
All Other Engineering -
"Magic" Dave Roberts
Mixed & Mastered by Al
Kooper & "Magic" Dave
Roberts
Tracks 11-12 Produced by
Quentin Jones & Tom "T-Bone" Edmonds
Arranged by Quentin
Jones
Basic Tracks engineered by
Quentin Jones
Overdubs engineered by Tom
"T-Bone" Edmonds
Mixed by Tom
"T-Bone" Edmonds
Mastered by Joe Yannece
Amazon link to purchase:
I know several folks on the list have started
collecting the new "Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties" CDs. The
series promised to compile EVERY instrumental that made Billboard's Hot 100 List
during the decade. Volume One has been out for several months now and features
81 instrumental hits! I asked FH Readers and Contributor Randy Price when we
might expect the 1961 volume ... and here's what he had to
say:
Kent,
We're working on the 1961 volume of the Instrumental Hits CDs now. I believe it's scheduled to be released in February. There were 86 instrumentals that peaked on the Hot 100 during that year, the most of any year. This set, as did the first one, will feature some first-time stereo tracks, in addition to top-notch mastering throughout.
We're working on the 1961 volume of the Instrumental Hits CDs now. I believe it's scheduled to be released in February. There were 86 instrumentals that peaked on the Hot 100 during that year, the most of any year. This set, as did the first one, will feature some first-time stereo tracks, in addition to top-notch mastering throughout.
--
Randy
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STUFF:
Kent:
Kent:
Freddy
"Boom Boom" Cannon, pictured here backstage at a NYC concert last weekend that
was hosted by Elegants lead singer Vito "Little Star" Picone, received some
terrific news recently. The Rolling Stones, on Nov. 21st, are releasing an
updated edition of one of their most successful albums ever, 1978’s “Some
Girls.” On the special deluxe edition the Stones are including some bonus cuts
that were recorded back in the 70s, but never released. One of those extras is
their version of Freddy’s 1959 smash. “Tallahassee Lassie.”
As many Stones fans know, Mick Jagger has been quoted in interviews
over the years as saying that Freddy’s “Tallahassee Lassie” inspired them to write
“Brown Sugar.”
-- Tom Cuddy
Freddy Cannon on left, with Vito Picone of the Elegants.
(A Forgotten Hits exclusive photo!)
Mick Jagger discussed this track (a bonus track on the new "Some Girls" CD release) for MOJO Magazine:
"This is a song made famous by Freddy Cannon. The
original version we did at the time of Some Girls sounds like it was
recorded in a wind tunnel. It now sounds like we're coming towards the end of
the tunnel. Quite funky. I left it alone. Didn't do anything new, except add
some handclaps - which is very close the feel of the
original."
-- Mick Jagger
Kent ...
In some photos, I think Wayne Cochran looks like
Conway Twitty.
I just re-read your Bobby Fuller Story. It
said the insurance policy wasn't paid off. If it was suicide and not murder,
what reason would the insurance company have not to pay?
Frank B.
I don't think ANY
insurance company pays off on a suicide ... I believe that's standard practice.
By the same token if Bobby's handlers had heavy insurance policies riding on
their young star, I would think that THEY wouldn't collect either ... if a
murder was ruled a suicide. (kk)
I got this from Wild Wayne ... more on the
strange case of Bobby Fuller.
Frank B.
Kent,
Years ago I read in one of my books
that Johnny & the Hurricanes' SHEBA was the 'A'
side of the record in some markets. Here in OKC, DOWN YONDER was the 'A'
side of the record ... though to be honest with you,
that record was one of the few that I actually turned over and played the 'B' side. I liked SHEBA but I liked DOWN
YONDER better.
Larry Neal
Since we've seen so many similarities
between your Oklahoma City charts and our charts here in Chicago lately, I
looked this one up, too. This single pre-dates WLS switching to Top 40 ... but
on the old WJJD / Top Tunes Of Greater Chicagoland chart, it shows "Down Yonder"
as the charting side ... eventually peaking at #27. Seems to be a lot of love
and affection for "Sheba", however! (kk)
I see a Bobster likes "Sheba", too! Cool!
One of those eerie feeling songs for me, like, why do I know this tune!? Feature
that song, KK, when you get a chance!
Best,
John
Best,
John
Will do!
(kk)
Three more Wrecking
Crew screenings scheduled so far before the end of the year ... hoping you can
join us at one of these near you:
November 29th - Camelot Theatre / 2300
East Baristo Road / Palm Springs, CA
December 10th - Pepperland Music / 850
Tustin Street / Orange, CA
December 15th - Regent Theatre /
Arlington, MA
We've given an awful lot of press to The
Wrecking Crew (especially lately) ... and, over the past few years, featured
some "fly on the wall" memories of Vic Flick, one of Great Britain's top session
guitarists ... and now comes word from FH Reader Carl Wiser (of Songfacts.com) tells us about ANOTHER great session man!
(kk)
Hi Kent.
I've always been fascinated with the
session musicians responsible for so many of the hits, and we recently contacted
one of the top New York studio guitarists of the '60s: Ralph Casale. This was a
time when 3-4 songs would get cranked out in a single session, so his work is on
hundreds of tunes. A few stories he had to tell:
- Coming up with the guitar line on "Happy
Together"
- His thundering solo on "Lightnin'
Strikes"
- The "chicks" sound on "A Lover's
Concerto"
- The song he didn't think had a chance,
but became a big hit (he didn't think this actress could actually
sing)
- How a Frank Sinatra or Johnny Mathis
session would typically run
Ralph had some great photos to share as
well - folks were better dressed back then.
Here's the link to his
interview:
http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/ralph_casale_-_session_pro/Be Well,
Carl Wiser
Songfacts.com
Thanx for the Smokey
interview and thanx to Smokey and Motown for so many hours of listening joy ...
his words were very moving. He is, to me, one of the musical geniuses of our
lifetime ... and here he gives credit to the other Motown artists ... his grace
is another of his lovely qualities ... it WAS a great collaboration. Motown is
a genre all its own ... and one of my favorites ... their music was magic.
There are some very recognizable songwriters and Smokey is one of them. Bill
Anderson is another and Kris Kris is a third.
Pttibg
Just letting you know that I've added the
Larry Bright story to my Tide Records site:http://tiderecordsstory.weebly.com/the-larry-bright-story.html
Gary E. Myers / MusicGem
http://www.music-gem.com/index.html
Gary E. Myers / MusicGem
http://www.music-gem.com/index.html
Kent ...
If I had to name one person who was the biggest influence on me I’d have to say it was my late friend Neil Bogart, who not only had a great ear for a hit record … but he also knew how to turn it into one! Everybody who knew Neil has a story to tell about him, I’d like to share a couple of mine. http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/many-brief-encounters-with-neil-bogart/
With the world in turmoil, I want to revisit a musical milestone in our lives, “WE ARE THE WORLD”, whose message is more relevant today than it was when it was originally released. http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/original-we-are-the-world-revisited/
Regards,
Artie Wayne
I CHECKED OUT THE VIDEO OF KATHY YOUNG'S IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE FROM PITTSBURGH IN 2010 SINCE I WAS THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE MY FLASHES GOING OFF NEAR THE END OF THE SONG. YES, KATHY IS STILL VERY MUCH A HOTTIE (SHE'S A TRUE CALIFORNIA GIRL - VERY HEALTH CONSCIOUS) AND EXTREMELY NICE TO BOOT. SHE ALSO HAS A CHAD AND JEREMY CONNECTION THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING STORY FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. THERE WERE OTHER HOTEL LOBBY SING-A-LONGS GOING ON THAT NITE INCLUDING BARRY MCGUIRE.
MICHAEL G BUSH
Would love to hear about Kathy's Chad and Jeremy connection ... enlighten us please!!!
And, speaking of Elvis ... see if you guys can make any sense out of THIS one!!! (lol)
Kent;
Newspaper, cartoon editorialists, are the number one CHARACATURE, artists of their areas.
To me, these ELVIS "IMPERSONATERS?????" are, Elvis CHARACTURISTS and the sooner THAT fad dies, the better.
To me, there are darned FEW, men, or women, who can / could sound, like Elvis and only a couple who can / could match both, the sound and movements.
I figure that for sure, Elvis worked with choreographers, on movie sets so that the camera knew
where he was going to go, etc., but they likely allowed that because of how the beat moved Elvis, they had to just give him guidelines.
WAS????????????????? he ever given stage movements lessons??????? or was he soooooooooooooooo oh-riginal, NO choreographer could, INVENT, what he did 1954 - 56.
What brand of music were the three songs from LOVE ME TENDER, besides the title song, which had rhythm but, not move, beat. How he moved on the stage, doing the outdoor scene, with the musicians in back.
Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/entertainment/expert-says-recording-found-in-Michigan-is-unreleased-elvis-presley-song#ixzz1dYXzlexk
re: THE DOORS:
If I had to name one person who was the biggest influence on me I’d have to say it was my late friend Neil Bogart, who not only had a great ear for a hit record … but he also knew how to turn it into one! Everybody who knew Neil has a story to tell about him, I’d like to share a couple of mine. http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/many-brief-encounters-with-neil-bogart/
With the world in turmoil, I want to revisit a musical milestone in our lives, “WE ARE THE WORLD”, whose message is more relevant today than it was when it was originally released. http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/original-we-are-the-world-revisited/
Regards,
Artie Wayne
I CHECKED OUT THE VIDEO OF KATHY YOUNG'S IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE FROM PITTSBURGH IN 2010 SINCE I WAS THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE MY FLASHES GOING OFF NEAR THE END OF THE SONG. YES, KATHY IS STILL VERY MUCH A HOTTIE (SHE'S A TRUE CALIFORNIA GIRL - VERY HEALTH CONSCIOUS) AND EXTREMELY NICE TO BOOT. SHE ALSO HAS A CHAD AND JEREMY CONNECTION THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING STORY FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. THERE WERE OTHER HOTEL LOBBY SING-A-LONGS GOING ON THAT NITE INCLUDING BARRY MCGUIRE.
MICHAEL G BUSH
Would love to hear about Kathy's Chad and Jeremy connection ... enlighten us please!!!
Thanks,
Mike!
kk
kk
MFQ's Henry Diltz and Cyrus Faryar
of The Group with No Name, both Monterey Pop veterans, asked that I spread the
news about their rare local show before they go on a third tour in Japan.
Formed in 1960 and still together. I have interviewed
the band members at length.
Hipsters and even music historians will
never do the math and realize the roles all these guys played in developing the
musical sound of Los Angeles.
MFQ were once managed by Herb Cohen,
booked by Benny Shapiro and produced by Jim Dickson two years before the Byrds
were formed. They opened for Lenny Bruce three times.
Member Cyrus Faryar played on some very
seminal records in Hollywood, including Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" and
Firesign Theater. Jerry Yester produced the debut Tom Waits' album and the
second and third Tim Buckley LP's and had a stint in the Association. He was
also a session player on Bob Lind's "Elusive Butterfly." Chip Douglas
produced many recording sessions on the second and third Monkees' albums, and
was a member of the Turtles, while also arranging and producing "Happy
Together." Henry Diltz in 1966 became Henry Diltz the photographer. They sang
the theme song for "The Big TNT Show" produced by Phil Spector, the rock event
held on Sunset Blvd.
Harvey Kubernik
Unfortunately we got this too late to let
anybody know about it ... but The Modern Folk Quartet (MFQ) did a special "One
Night Only" gig at The Oyster House in Studio City, California, on Sunday Night,
October 30th. VERY cool to know these guys are still out there doing it!
(Everybody knows Henry Diltz as the world-renown photographer ... but WE got to
see him sit in and perform with America a couple of years ago when they filmed
their "Soundstage" television special. Diltz took the photos that eventually
became some of America's earliest album covers. (kk)
We hear a lot about indulgent rock stars and other
celebrity boneheads. I would like to put the spotlight on a handful of real
music business pros who donated their time and talents on Veterans Day to
perform at the first annual "James River Jam" in Williamsburg, VA. Some of
these artists flew cross country and donated their weekend so we could rehearse,
do a full dress rehearsal and then put on a three hour show in challenging
weather conditions.
Big props to:
DON FELDER
JD SOUTHER
JOE DON ROONEY
JOHN OATES
MICKY DOLENZ
SAM BUSH
JERRY EUBANKS
Special thanks to JEFF FOSKETT who had the Herculean
task of assembling the band to provide back up and vocals for almost 30
songs.
The James River Jam is the creation of the CEO of the
Orion Air Group / Tempus Jets, Scott Terry. Along with his close associate,
Indy 500 winner, Danny Sullivan, they conceived of the event to give back to the
community largely made up of military families. There are scholarships and
support for the families that have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It's a remarkable commitment in these times of corporate indifference to find a
company
who believes in supporting our military and their
community.
It was my honor to work with all of these great talents.
Here's hoping we have a James River Jam II next year.
Thanks,
Chip Rachlin, producer
re: ELVIS:
A friend of mine is in
the process of recording and promoting a CD on a concept called “Kingtinuing.”
What would it been like if Elvis never died … an impersonator singing songs
Elvis MIGHT have recorded.
Tom
Interesting concept
... keep us posted! (kk)
And, speaking of Elvis ... see if you guys can make any sense out of THIS one!!! (lol)
Kent;
Newspaper, cartoon editorialists, are the number one CHARACATURE, artists of their areas.
To me, these ELVIS "IMPERSONATERS?????" are, Elvis CHARACTURISTS and the sooner THAT fad dies, the better.
To me, there are darned FEW, men, or women, who can / could sound, like Elvis and only a couple who can / could match both, the sound and movements.
I figure that for sure, Elvis worked with choreographers, on movie sets so that the camera knew
where he was going to go, etc., but they likely allowed that because of how the beat moved Elvis, they had to just give him guidelines.
WAS????????????????? he ever given stage movements lessons??????? or was he soooooooooooooooo oh-riginal, NO choreographer could, INVENT, what he did 1954 - 56.
What brand of music were the three songs from LOVE ME TENDER, besides the title song, which had rhythm but, not move, beat. How he moved on the stage, doing the outdoor scene, with the musicians in back.
Closest, guy I have
seen and heard do ELVIS has been Britain's SHAKIN STEVEN. THANKFULLY, the
only way he DRESSES up is to put on some semi-jazzy clothes. But his moves are
very much Elvis.
Three / four years
back, I bought the three DVD set, Elvis' Ed Sullivan shows. Guess back
THEN, that was considered terrible behavior. BUT it was only on the last of the
three broadcasts that the camera was on him from above the
waist.
NOT ASKIN' for any
names but it seems I'm the only CANADIAN writing you.
In downtown TORONTO on
University Avenue is Sick Children's Hospital. In order to build a part of it,
they had to tear down a house that Gladys Smith was BORN IN. Changed her name
when she got to HOLLYWOOD ... after that, they called her MARY
PICKFORD.
Robert Black
"OUT"
I
can't say for sure how many Canadian Readers we have ... but it seems to me that
we've heard from at least twenty of them over time. Truth is, proportionally,
very few people take the time to write ... we see visitors checking in from all
over the world but rarely "hear" from any of them. (Meanwhile, we've found
Forgotten Hits translated into at least a dozen other languages and then run on
other websites in foreign countries ... so who knows how many people are
actually reading my gibberish!!!)
Always enjoy your letters, Robert ... it's brings out the kid in
me, trying to decipher all the secret codes!!! (lol) Seriously, thanks for
writing! (kk)
And how about this??? A newly discovered, unknown Elvis
recording??? Personally, I'm finding all of this a bit hard to believe (and
this isn't the first time a story like this has surfaced, only to be proven
false later.) But this was one of the big music stories last
week:
Local expert says recording found in Michigan attic contains an unreleased Elvis Presley song
(WXYZ) - Have you ever heard the 1976 Elvis song “Living to Love You”? Probably not. That’s because the unreleased tune apparently sat in a Michigan attic for years before being authenticated by a local audio expert.
Forensic audio expert Ed Primeau tells 7 Action News that the recording found its way to him after being discovered in the family home of the song’s original copyright holder.
That man, Albert Leigh, had produced the
song around 1976, but it was never released. He passed away. A recording and
accompanying documentation would later be discovered by family members in west
Michigan. They uncovered a reel-to-reel recording and a cassette tape which
contained multiple versions of the song.
Primeau provided 7 Action news with a clip of the song and believes “Living to Love You” was recorded by Elvis Presley at a studio in Detroit.
"There's only one person who sounds like Elvis," said Primeau. "It's definitely Elvis Presley.' The audio expert used spectrum analysis to compare the voice of Elvis on known recordings to those on the recently discovered tape. He says it is indeed The King.
He says he was given three versions of the song to analyze. They were compared to other Elvis songs that were produced around the same time in 1976.
Primeau provided 7 Action news with a clip of the song and believes “Living to Love You” was recorded by Elvis Presley at a studio in Detroit.
"There's only one person who sounds like Elvis," said Primeau. "It's definitely Elvis Presley.' The audio expert used spectrum analysis to compare the voice of Elvis on known recordings to those on the recently discovered tape. He says it is indeed The King.
He says he was given three versions of the song to analyze. They were compared to other Elvis songs that were produced around the same time in 1976.
re: THE BEATLES:
Kent ...
Last weekend was a Beatles #1 weekend in
the WCBS-FM Hall-of-Fame.
The Beatles had 27 # 1 Hits. Three of them
were one-word titles. Can you name them?
Frank B.
Frank B.
And a couple of other Beatles-related
stories that have been making the rounds ...
Big story last week about one of John
Lennon's teeth selling for over $31,000!!!
All I can say is ... BEST TOOTH FAIRY
EVER!!!!!
Kent ...
I only got a $1 for my tooth.
Frank B.
Frank B.
Inflation??? Wonder
if they fall out again in old age if we're allowed to "double-dip" and collect
again?!?!? (kk)
This has been in all the papers: The other
summer, Paul McCartney, on tour in Detroit, was dismayed to learn the Steinway
grand piano in Motown's museum wasn't playable; he offered to have it shipped to
Steinway's factory to be restored, and that's going to happen this
week!
-- BOB FRABLE
Yep, 'tis true, 'tis true ... and, it
sounds like it's going to happen. Got this from FH Reader Frank B. (by way of
Ron Smith's oldiesmusic.com
website):
Sir Paul McCartney has organized restoration work on a
piano used by several Motown legends after he tried to play the instrument
during a trip to the record label's museum.
The former Beatle wanted to show off his musical skills
on the 1877 Steinway grand piano during a visit to the Motown Historical Museum
in Michigan over the summer after finding out it had been played by the likes of
Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder.
Officials advised him the piano was no longer in working
order, so he offered to help get the historical piece restored to its former
glory.
The museum's CEO Audley Smith, Jr. tells The Detroit
News, "He was disappointed when we told him it didn't play."
McCartney then got in touch with restorers at Steinway
& Sons, who have promised to fix the instrument.
A spokesperson for the company says, "Steinway &
Sons is honoured to restore the historic Steinway piano that was used by such
legends as Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder - and to do so in the
very same New York factory where it was originally built in 1877.
 |
"We're especially proud, as an American company, to help
the Motown Museum in preserving the legacy of the Motown Record Company, whose
artists and albums played such a vital role in one of the great eras of American
music."
re: THE MONKEES:
A stage musical based on the music of the
1960s pop group The Monkees will premiere at the Manchester Opera House in March
according to BBC. MONKEE BUSINESS will then move to other UK
cities.
The musical will feature hits including
"I'm A Believer," "Hey, Hey We're The Monkees" and "Daydream Believer." The
original band members will not appear in the musical. Instead, it will feature a
cast of 20 acting out a "madcap Austin Powers-style plot," according to
producers. Howard
Panter, joint chief executive of
Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns the Manchester Opera House, said:
"Manchester is the ideal place for the original creative process necessary for
developing large-scale new musicals like Monkee Business.
"It is a city with a great foundation in
music with knowledgeable and sophisticated audiences who love and understand
fantastic musical theatre."
After its premiere, MONKEE BUSINESS will
tour to Glasgow and Sunderland in April.
-- submitted by Clark Besch
Who would have ever thought?!?!
(kk)
Kent ...
Have you ever heard of this show? "Circus
Boy". It's an old show that's on Sunday mornings here in New York. Noah Beery,
Jr. plays Joey the Clown. Micky Dolenz plays Corky, the kid who takes care of
the baby elephant. Does that name sound familiar?
Frank B.
Frank B.
Yes, we've covered
this several times in the past ... including a receipt excerpt from Micky's
biography talking about having to die his hair blond for the program!!! Search
our website and this one should pop up! (kk)
Dear Friends and Fans of our Favorite
Group,
Gary Pig Gold's feature on the
Monkees' series DVDs is now totally Up at the Rock and Roll Report.
Here is its url, for all of your Reading, reprinting, re-posting, quoting from and/or Linking to,
one and all ... http://rockandrollreport.com/pigshit-much-more-of-the-monkees/
Here is its url, for all of your Reading, reprinting, re-posting, quoting from and/or Linking to,
one and all ... http://rockandrollreport.com/pigshit-much-more-of-the-monkees/
And, for a current interview with Peter
Tork (courtesy of Jeremy Roberts), be sure to check out this link:
re: THE DOORS:
LAUNCH "THE YEAR OF THE DOORS" WITH THE
ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF THEIR
L.A. WOMAN ALBUM AND
NEW DVD/BLU-RAY "MR. MOJO RISIN'" THE STORY OF L.A. WOMAN JANUARY 24,
2012
(NCLUDES THE DEBUT OF "She Smells So Nice,"
A NEWLY-DISCOVERED ORIGINAL SONG
FROM THE L.A. WOMAN
SESSIONS)
Fans of iconic rock
band THE DOORS are in for something special. The
group's final album -- 1971's L.A. WOMAN
-- with the signature hits "L.A. Woman," "Love Her Madly" and
"Riders On The Storm" -- is being celebrated with a special two-CD release from
Rhino and a behind-the-scenes DVD / Blu-ray from Eagle Rock
Entertainment.
The L.A.
WOMAN 40th anniversary edition (Rhino 2-CD) features a
never-before-heard song, "She Smells So Nice," which captures the band --
organist RAY MANZAREK, guitarist ROBBY
KRIEGER, drummer JOHN DENSMORE and late singer
JIM MORRISON -- joyfully barreling through a full-throttle
original before segueing into the blues standard "Rock Me." As the song closes,
Morrison can be heard chanting, "Mr. Mojo Risin'" -- an anagram
of his name that was made famous during the bridge of "L.A. Woman."
Recently discovered by producer Bruce Botnick while reviewing the
L.A. WOMAN session tapes, a teaser clip of "She Smells
So Nice" can be heard here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-preview-newly-unearthed-doors-track-she-smells-so-nice-20111117
In addition to "She Smells So
Nice," the second disc of the L.A. WOMAN reissue
includes eight never-before-heard versions of songs from the album.
Alternate takes of "L.A. Woman," "Love Her Madly" and "Riders On The
Storm" offer a fresh view on this landmark album, which was the group's sixth
straight Top 10. The studio chatter between the songs is a
revelation, transporting listeners to The Doors Workshop: the West Hollywood
rehearsal space where they recorded the album with Botnick. One
segment in particular captures a fascinating moment of inspiration when
Morrison suggests they add the now-iconic thunderstorm sound
effects to the beginning of "Riders On The Storm." Rhino will also
release L.A. WOMAN: THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS, a double LP
featuring all of the previously unreleased material found on the CD collection
on three sides of vinyl, with the fourth side featuring a laser etching of the
original "Electric Woman" art originally included with the L.A.
WOMAN album.
"Mr. Mojo Risin':
The Story of L.A. Woman" (Eagle Rock Entertainment DVD /
Blu-ray) is told through new interviews with MANZAREK,
KRIEGER and DENSMORE as well as Elektra
Records founder JAC HOLZMAN, original manager BILL
SIDDONS, engineer / co-producer BRUCE BOTNICK and
others. The high-definition video also features live and studio
performances as well as rare archival photos. This fascinating
documentary contains rare footage of THE DOORSin the studio and
on stage. The documentary was made with the full involvement,
approval and cooperation of THE DOORS.
[Pre-book Order Date December 20, 2011, MSRP
$14.98 for DVD, $19.98 for Blu-ray].
"The Year of The
Doors" will be marked by other special releases, with details to
be announced soon.
L.A.
WOMAN marked THE DOORS' swan song, as
MORRISON would pass away a few months after its release. At the
time, Rolling Stone's Robert Meltzer called it "The Doors' greatest album ... A
landmark worthy of dancing in the streets (5/27/71)." The first
band to release eight consecutive platinum albums, THE DOORS
were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
2007.
And here comes word of a "Doors Reunion" ... of
sorts ...
November 09, 2011|By Steve
Knopper, Special to the Tribune
It's not quite the Doors, but
it is the music.
Band's guitarist, keyboardist
pair up on tour.
In the '50s, when 16-year-old
Ray Manzarek was studying classical piano in Chicago, he hit a wall. "I put that
to bed, thinking that this is a dead end for me: 'I don't play well enough to be
a concert pianist,'" he recalls.
So Manzarek shifted to
casually playing blues, basic jazz and rock 'n' roll, and concentrated more
heavily on his interest in film.
But as all fans of the Doors
know by now, Manzarek's career plans abruptly changed one day in 1965, after he
graduated from UCLA's film school. He happened to be walking on Los Angeles'
Venice Beach when he encountered Jim Morrison. "You know how odd the fates are.
You wind up pursuing your hobby as a life's work," Manzarek says by phone from a
tour stop with his old Doors bandmate, guitarist Robby Krieger, in Providence,
R.I. "We meet on the beach and decide to form a rock 'n' roll band; rather than
movies, we were going to play rock 'n' roll. And it turned out gosh-darned
well."
Manzarek's understatement is
shorthand for one of the most familiar rock-star mythologies of all time.
Morrison, the singer, poet and future shirtless sex symbol, hooked up with
Manzarek, Krieger and drummer John Densmore; together they created an
improvisational, bluesy, jazz-influenced rock band responsible for some of the
most distinctive hits of the '60s, including "Light My Fire," "Break On
Through," "L.A. Woman" and "Roadhouse Blues." Although he was more aggressive
than, say, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, Morrison embodied hippie
counterculture rebellion by getting arrested for (very allegedly) exposing
himself at a Miami concert in 1969. Then he pushed the Doors from band to legend
by dying of an apparent drug overdose in 1971.
As the focal point of the
Doors' music, and a keyboardist who supplies most of the band's distinctive bass
lines, the bespectacled Manzarek was one of rock's ultimate role players in the
'60s. Harvey Kubernik, a Doors aficionado and author of the recent "A Perfect
Haze: The Illustrated History of the Monterey International Pop Festival,"
believes this aspect of Manzarek's personality derives in part from his longtime
fandom of UCLA's basketball team. "When you are a team player, you can play on
many teams," he says. Adds Jim Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, which inducted the Doors in 1993: "Clearly, Jim Morrison was the
frontman and the dominant figure, but really the group's sound as we know it
would not have existed without Ray Manzarek."
Manzarek, 72, has put out
solo albums of varying quality over the years, but his strength is in finding
collaborators — he produced the Los Angeles punk band X's first two albums, and
he has worked with avant-garde composer Philip Glass, poet Michael McClure and
rockers Iggy Pop and Echo and the Bunnymen. Today, he's juggling two duets. His
album with guitarist Roy Rogers, this year's "Translucent Blues," is a
Doors-sounding blues-and-jazz interpretation of lyrics by the late Warren Zevon,
the late Jim Carroll and others; and he tours regularly with his old compatriot,
Krieger, playing Doors classics.
Rogers showed up one night in
2008 at a Manzarek solo gig near his home in Northern California. Rogers sat in,
and it worked. "The conversation boiled down to, 'Hey, that was good — let's do
it again!'" the keyboardist recalls.
Krieger, meanwhile, has been
willing to play the old stuff with Manzarek since 2002, and they're "extremely
comfortable" together after 46 years. "We know each other well; we know what
each other is going to play; we know the songs and we improvise," he says. "Hit
a groove last night that was ... my God! By the end of the show they had come
down to the front and I see these people pounding on the stage. We're doing
'L.A. Woman' and they're smashing their hands and fists in time on the stage.
What a trip."
The old Doors haven't always
been so compatible, however. (Densmore, thus far, has declined to take part in
the Manzarek-Krieger tour.) When Oliver Stone's movie "The Doors" came out in
1991, Manzarek ripped it as an exaggerated, overly serious caricature of
Morrison and the band, while Krieger spoke favorably of it in interviews. "Oh,
that's just in the past," Manzarek says. "I'll ask him about it today. Or I
might not ask him about it today. Then we'll get into a fight! I don't want to
get into a fight with Robby!"
Manzarek argues that "When
You're Strange," the band's 2010 documentary, with previously unreleased live
recordings and actor Johnny Depp reciting Morrison poems, was the antidote to
Stone's film. "It tells the story of the Doors," he says. "And guess who gets to
play Jim Morrison in this one — my God, it's actually Jim Morrison. You get the
story of the Doors, the chronological history of the Doors and you watch the
Doors themselves. These are not made-up incidents. ... You can have the
sensational Oliver Stone, with the crazed Jim Morrison, and then you can have
the Doors as they really are."
re: A CHART
MILESTONE:
Did you happen to catch this story in our brand new
"kk's corner" feature last week???
Now, besides checking every day for "Today's Forgotten
Hit" (running Monday - Friday in the upper right hand corner of the web page),
we've ALSO got "kk's corner" running in the LOWER right hand corner of the page
... typically featuring hot news releases about some of your favorite oldies
artists. THIS time, however, we saluted Taylor Swift for achieving a chart
milestone that puts her amongst the TOP SEVEN FEMALE RECORDING ARTISTS of the
Rock And Roll Era!!! Pretty amazing for a 22 year kid from Reading,
Pennsylvania ... especially a COUNTRY singer!!! Check out the company she's
keeping at the top of the list!!!
Wow! Who would have thought that 22 year old Taylor
Swift would achieve a milestone like this in such a short period of
time!
Last week, Swift placed her 42nd hit on the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles Chart ... in fact, she has THREE entries on the chart this week
in the Top 30! (Considering that she first hit the pop charts just five years
ago, this is an even MORE amazing feat. In all fairness, however, today's
charts are based on downloads rather than actual singles sales. Nowadays, you
can download EVERY track of your choosing from an album and those recorded sales
impact where a record places on the charts. Back in the glory days of rock and
roll, the record actually had to be released as a single and then sold in stores
... and folks had to go into the stores and buy them. And let's face it ...
artists weren't releasing six songs at the same time! Nevertheless, this is
still a pretty major accomplishment in what amounts to a five year whirlwind
career!)
This most recent accomplishment just pushed Taylor ahead
of Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston and Janet
Jackson in the run for most charted singles by a female vocalist! (It also
places her just two chart hits behind Mariah Carey, who recently passed Elvis
and is gaining on The Beatles for most #1 Hits on the pop charts!)
Swift's current chart hits include "If This Was a Movie"
(#10); "Ours" (#13) and "Superman" (#26). The tracks made their digital retail
debuts Nov. 8 after previously being available only on the deluxe CD version of
her "Speak Now" album at Target stores.
This achievement places Taylor Swift in SEVENTH PLACE
for most charted pop singles by a female artist, behind:
#1 - Aretha Franklin, 1961-98 (73)
#2 - Dionne Warwick, 1962-98 (56)
#3 - Madonna, 1983-2009 (55)
#4 - Connie Francis, 1958-69 (53)
#5 - Brenda Lee, 1959-73 (48)
#6 - Mariah Carey, 1990-2011 (44)
#2 - Dionne Warwick, 1962-98 (56)
#3 - Madonna, 1983-2009 (55)
#4 - Connie Francis, 1958-69 (53)
#5 - Brenda Lee, 1959-73 (48)
#6 - Mariah Carey, 1990-2011 (44)
That's some pretty impressive company!!!
(kk)
re: ALL-TIME GREATEST
GUITARISTS:
Rolling Stone Magazine has put together a list of The
Top 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time. As expected, Jimi Hendrix and Eric
Clapton topped the list (at #1 and #2 respectively).
Rounding out The Top Ten are:
Rounding out The Top Ten are:
#3 - Jimmy Page
#4 - Keith Richards
#5 - Jeff Beck
#6 - B.B. King
#7 - Chuck Berry
#8 - Eddie Van Halen
#9 - Duane Allman
#10 - Pete
Townshend
re: FIRST
45's:
Hi -
First 45 I bought was "Space Race" by
Billy Preston ... purchased it at an Alco Store in Concordia, Kansas, for 75
cents back in 1973.
The second and third 45's were purchased
for the same price at the same location later in the year 1973, on the same
day:
Just You 'N' Me by Chicago and Helen Wheels by Paul McCartney. It
was a blast to look through the new 45's, and there were usually a few of each
... and you would make sure you picked out the prime ones.
Douglas Rhine - 2011
I started buying all the records by Alvin and the Chipmunks in the early 1960's, along with "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by Allan Sherman. Then the Beatles hit when I was 14, and I had to buy all their singles (starting with "She Loves You"), then all the Dave Clark 5 singles. Finally I had to stop buying baseball cards and comic books so I could buy more records. Starting in January 1965, I would go downtown every Saturday and buy three or four 45's, starting with This Diamond Ring, You've Lost That Lovin Feelin, Keep Searchin and Tell Her No. I didn't stop until I had over 7,000 45's and they stopped making them. Fred
We still get two or three new "First 45's"
stories every week ... check out the website for some of our most recent
postings:
re: THE HAPPY TOGETHER AGAIN
TOUR, 2012:
I see that a few more dates have surfaced
on Pollstar since I contacted you last week with the original New Brunswick, NJ
date.
Tuesday, June 19th - Keswick Theatre /
Glenside, PA
Wednesday, June 20th - New Jersey State
Theatre / New Brunswick, NJ
Saturday, July 28th - Paramount Theatre /
Asbury Park, NJ
Friday, August 24th - Paramount Theatre /
Aurora, IL
Looks like the 2012 Happy Together Again
Tour is slowly shaping up. For whatever reason, Pollstar keeps listing The
Monkees on the bill when, in fact, it's just Micky Dolenz OF The Monkees. We
saw the 2011 show at The Paramount Theatre in Aurora and had a GREAT time. With
Micky and Gary Puckett back in the line up, this should prove to be another real
exciting show ... can't wait! (We're hoping to catch Gary Puckett here in
Chicago next month when he appears as part of Paul Revere and the Raiders'
Christmas Show at The Rosemont Theatre!) kk
re: A FEW MORE SULLIVAN
COMMENTS:
Hi Kent,
GREAT series on Ed Sullivan ... thanks for including Carl's comments; very interesting reading what Clark Besch wrote today as well. Happy Thanksgiving, Dawn Lee
Kent ...
The Ed Sullivan Project was great. What's
next?
How about "The Dean Martin Variety Show" ... or "The Andy Williams Variety Show" or " The Bobby Darin Variety Show."
What do you think?
Frank B.
I think we're about
"show-ed" out right now!!! (lol) The Ed Sullivan Piece was a one-of-a-kind
opportunity to present some behind-the-scenes insight, promote some GREAT video
compilations that our readers can enjoy at home ... and interview not only a
show-biz legend in Andrew Solt, but feature personal memories from many of the
artists who appeared on Ed's program. A win / win for EVERYBODY!!! But we're
headed back to the music now ... followed, hopefully by our annual Twelve Days
Of Christmas feature. (That being said, where's all the new Christmas music
this year?!?!? Artists ... promoters ... if you've got some NEW Christmas music
that you'd like to see us feature, drop us a line ... stat!!! Pretty slim
pickings so far for Christmas, 2011!!!) kk
Kent,
One of your readers, Mike Dugo,
asked you if you knew anything about a group called
The Black Sheep which appeared on Ed Sullivan in 1966. To be honest with you, I don't know anything about them except
this: They had the following record which made our
local top 40 radio station survey back in
1966:
IT'S MY MIND / ARTHUR with IT'S MY MIND
being the 'A' side here in OKC.
It was on Columbia records with the
'A' side being written by Dana Jones and the 'B' side
written by Jerry Riopell. Overall record was also produced by Jerry Riopell. The 'A' side of the record was 2:01 in length
and the 'B' side was 2:15 in
length.
Larry Neal
Interesting, as The Black Sheep never officially charted
nationally. (Although you'll find a group called The Black Sheep listed in Joel
Whitburn's "Top Pop Singles" Book, this is a DIFFERENT group ... of '90's
Rappers ... than the band Mike Dugo is talking about.) Mike does the awesome
60sgaragebands.com website where
obscure, local favorites like these guys often show up. The '60's group The
Black Sheep never had a chart record ... making it all that much more unusual
that they landed a spot on the prestigious Ed Sullivan Show. (Hmmm ... makes
you wonder if perhaps there was a little payola going on in the television side
of things, too!!! lol) kk
I want to thank you, Kent, for raising my
question about The Black Sheep with Andrew Solt. He provided great info so now,
of course, I'll see if I can track any of the members down!
It's very appreciated - and I'm greatly enjoying the Sullivan feature; Solt comes across as very likable and knowledgeable. Best, Mike Dugo
It was an absolute
pleasure speaking with Andrew for this very special series ... and he was most
helpful in getting us some answers to the questions raised by our readers along
the way. (And, let's face it ... he's got a GREAT product to market along the
way, too ... and it fits our readers to a "T" ... this is EXACTLY the kind of
stuff we go crazy for!!!) kk
Hello Kent,
Happy
Thanksgiving and Happy Anniversary! Wow! 12 years. Amazing!
I finally had a chance to check out your latest
installment. I saw the Friends Of Distinction clip and it said December 2, 1977.
I went on YouTube and watched the complete clip and it said 1970. I don't think
that clip is from 1977. Anyway, it was wonderful to see this terrific song
performed with a live vocal. It turns out that I play in a Senior (55 and over)
Softball league on Thursdays in Encino with Harry Elston, lead singer of Friends
Of Distinction. Has he ever checked in to your site? Otherwise, I will pass this
on to him. I play with Garry Marshall in this league. We just a won a
championship in August. Garry happens to be an outstanding pitcher and director.
Check out his new movie, New
Year's Eve, on December 9th. Also, Elliot Lurie, lead singer of Looking
Glass, plays in this league. I will let him know about your site. What an
incredibly small world it has become. Once again, thank you for the magic, music
and memories.
Cheers,
Gary
Strobl
The clip is definitely from 1970 ... the Sullivan show
went off the air in '71 so there's no way it could have been from '77 ... no
idea where that info came from!
We've never heard from any of the members of The
Friends of Distinction or Looking Glass so I would LOVE to include these guys as
some of the "go to" artists when we want to get accurate perspective on these
exciting music times. And, if they're still performing, Forgotten Hits is a
GREAT way to let fans know about any upcoming concerts or releases. (We
recently featured Looking Glass' OTHER big hit "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" in our
Today's Forgotten Hit segment! And I think The Friends Of Distinction's
performance of "Grazing In The Grass" is OUTSTANDING in that clip!)
The more artists willing to participate the better
... it is SO cool to get the insight from the folks who were actually
there.
Sounds like things are going really well for you
out on the coast ... I see your name pop up in all kinds of musical context ...
so congratulations to you, too! (kk)
Hi Kent:
I’ve been told that the
Rolling Stones DVD released from the Sullivan shows does NOT have their classic
1st appearance! Is that true? If so, that’s really pretty stupid!
Leaving off their 1st with “Time Is On My Side” & “Around &
Around”. Yikes!
Ken
Simply not true ... I've watched these
with my own two eyes!
Now you have to remember that these DVDs
were released in two different configurations ... a 4-Show Set and a 6-Show Set
... but I can ASSURE you that ALL of The Stones' appearances ARE included in the
6-show version ... and they're SPECTACULAR, especially the second DVD when The
Stones are fully confident of their place on the rock and roll landscape.
Beautifully filmed and restored ... and all in full color ... this is "can't
miss" stuff if you're a Rolling Stones fan. (The tracks you're referring to do
NOT appear on the 4-show version ... spring for the DELUXE edition ... you will
NOT be disappointed!) kk
By the way ...
The OTHER Forgotten Hits Website now has
our entire interview with Andrew Solt posted:
As well as the best of the Ed Sullivan
Memories shared during our series ...
From BOTH sides of the
screen!
Click here: Forgotten Hits - FORGOTTEN HITS REMEMBERS THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW ... From Both Sides Of The Screen
re: TODAY'S
FORGOTTEN HIT:
Kent,
To answer your question, yes, you were the
only one who thought that was Marie Osmond
on that song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I
Do".
Larry
Thank you for featuring "Be Thankful For
What You've Got" ... I love ... love ... love that song!
I was between babies in 1974 and my former
husband and I would go dancing. He wasn't much of a dancer so I would dance with
some very sharply dressed black men in the club ... with my husband's
approval. They were very smooth dancers and you just had to be to this
song.
Stacee
LOL ... I thought about saving this one for Thanksgiving
Day ... but it just fit so well in our Soul Street segment that I ran it there
instead ... now I can take a long weekend like everybody else! (lol)
kk
Kent,
I thought you might be interested to know that in
1967 Ray Charles' flip of HERE WE GO AGAIN, SOMEBODY
OUGHT TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT, made it to number one
here in OKC, not HERE WE GO AGAIN.
Larry
Kent,
I just want you to know
that those were good choices for FH for Monday. The Searchers also had another record in 1964 I liked, AIN'T THAT JUST
LIKE ME. I believe offhand that was recorded earlier
by the Coasters and of course was one of those
records which at the time was number one with every teacher in school who taught English.
Larry
I wonder ... when you hear "East, West" by Herman's Hermits ...
Does anyone else think of this as a Christmas, or at least a
winter,song? -- BOB FRABLE Well, it WAS a hit during the Winter of late '66 / early '67 ... or maybe it's that chiming bell??? (kk)
re: NEXT WEEK IN FORGOTTEN
HITS:
In celebration of our 13th Year, next week's
TODAY'S FORGOTTEN HIT selections will all be songs that we have recently heard on
terrestrial radio ... proof positive that the playlists HAVE been expanded to
include many of what ... even a YEAR ago ... we would have considered FORGOTTEN
HITS. I'm happy to report that radio is getting interesting again ... as more
and more "retired" songs are finding their way back on to the airwaves. (Gee,
what a GREAT concept ... who would have EVER have thought?!?!?)
Hey, we couldn't be happier ... let's all enjoy
the progress, shall we?
Also, THREE more installments of HELPING OUT OUR
READERS, posing (and solving) a few more musical mysteries along the
way.
And a review (or two or three ... or eight!) of a GREAT new
book, "A PERFECT HAZE: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP
FESTIVAL". Another "Must Have" for your music library, you won't find a more
beautiful and informative tribute to this landmark concert.
re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
US!:
Kent,
Bravo for your 12th
Anniversary!
Phil
Kent ...
Happy Anniversary.
The Ed Sullivan Series is the
latest example of the great work you do.
I've heard that the Ed Sullivan
Series is right up there with your best work ... like the Bobby Darin Series, for
example.
Of course I wouldn't know, since
I've never seen the Bobby Darin Series. LoL
Happy Anniversary.
Here is Dedication #1.
Happy
Anniversary Dedication #2.
Only song I can think of with
12 in the title.
Besides The
Twelve Days Of Christmas, you mean???
Maybe 2012 it
will FINALLY see the light of day again.
(Trying to
build anticipation ... you know, like The Beach Boys' "SMiLE" album finally
coming out 44 years later!!!) kk
Kent,
Just a short note congratulating
you on your 12th anniversary of FH.
As it is often, the
first record that came to my mind was Johnny Mathis'
1957 hit TWELVETH OF NEVER. Good series done on Ed
Sullivan.
Larry
Looks like you and Frank B were similarly
inspired! (lol) Thanks, all! (kk)
Kent -
Happy Holidays!
Thank you for your love of The
Music & The Musicmakers!
Be Well -
Dennis Tufano
Hey Kent:
Congrats on your anniversary! Well Done!
Ken
Wow! Twelve Years!
And it just keeps getting better and better.
Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us lucky readers!
Dan
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Happy Birthday Forgotten
Hits!
Thank you for 12 Wonderful
Years!
As one of the
people who were on your original mailings, I wanted
to make sure that you know that you're appreciated.
You've grown so much
and I'm very proud of you and what you've
accomplished ...
Sev
Congratulations and I hope
Forgotten Hits goes on forever!
Danny
Kent, Congratulations on the anniversary of your start. I am VERY glad someone suggested I visit your site. Shelley J. Sweet-Tufano
I was just thinking of Paul
Wibier this afternoon. I don't recall what triggered the thought of "Wild In The
Streets", but I think I'm going to make another run at Paul via email, hoping
he'll agree to an interview. I wonder if he'd talk to us if Mike Curb emailed
him.
David Lewis
I kinda
doubt it. If you recall, Curb shared his memories of "Shape Of Things To Come"
with us last year and they were sketchy at best. (Davie Allan had to convince
him that he did NOT play on the single!) I think we've gone as far with this as
we're ever going to go ... but it's still nice to salute Max Frost and the
Troopers every now and then since they were our very first Forgotten Hit.
(We've heard this song a bit more often on the radio these past few years ...
and deservedly so ... it was, after all a Top 20 Hit. We've even heard a few
oldies bands perform this one live recently! (kk)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING KENT!
Just a note to say how much I dig --->
FORGOTTEN HITS !!! ...
I LOOOVE `THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
...
Only place I ever heard it played was on
WXRT Chicago ... & now Frank E Lee is the only guy who ever still plays
it there ...
I appreciate all your hard work
putting the blog together !!!
Gail
Had to wish you a happy anniversary. I
don't get to read the website as much as I used to read the email newsletters
but I do on occasion and I enjoy your work immensely.
Keep it up. I've sent all my old radio
buddies your way. And I HAVE asked you questions about songs in the past and you
have come up with answers. Thank you.
Buck
Lam
Kent ...
Happy Anniversary Dedication #3.
How about going back to
1999 and printing one story for each year of "Forgotten Hits" existence
?
Frank B.
While that IS kind of a cool idea, it
would probably take me longer to sort THAT out than it would to repost the Bobby
Darin Series!!! Besides, the best of the best is on the other Forgotten Hits
website anyway! (kk)
Cool, congrats!!!
Here's a pic from the San Diego Street Fair on 9-25-11  Happy Holidays, Davie Allan
Kent,
I celebrated Forgotten Hits' 12th
birthday this evening by listening to Clark Besch's WONDERFUL November '67 WCFL
air check with Ron Britain ("Helloooo, my tu-lu babes!") and the Birthday Bird
and "Out Of The Blue" and Chris Montez' long-ago Sony ad!!!! Clark and Kent,
you truly are Supermen and you are national treasures!!! Thanks so much again
Clark for posting it -- if you have the actual Great Debate I'd love to hear
that too!!! (Of course and obviously, I'll be rooting for Every Father's
Teenage Son -- a terrific rejoinder to Lundberg's uptight 'tude.)
Congratulations on 12 years, and lots of love!
--
Bobster!
Remember when you were
going to quit doing this? Can you imagine??
Happy anniversary, you're
amazing.
KW
Congratulations, Kent!
I remember when AOL was this new
thing ... a cool thing that enabled a few people from all across the US to talk
about the thing they loved ... the thing that kept them sane when things around
them were falling apart ... music. It has evolved into this revolution ... a
revolution to keep memories of good music alive. Thanks for being one of the
ringleaders!
Allan0318
Hey Kent
...
I hope you and all of the Forgotten Hits readers had a great
Thanksgiving! Ours was great.
Happy Birthday to Forgotten Hits!!!
Keep the hits and memories coming!!!!
Mitch Schecter / The Rip Chords
With great admiration for your dedication to Forgotten Hits, Kent.
The effort and time it must take
... WOW! - Happy 12th ...
John
Rook
CONGRATULATIONS ON TWELVE VERY INFORMATIVE AND FUN YEARS!
HERE'S TO MANY, MANY MORE!
YOU'RE A RARITY AND A TREASURE IN
THIS DAY & AGE ...
THANKS FOR KEEPING US ALL
ENTERTAINED & INFORMED ...
SO WHERE'S THE
PARTY????
MICHAEL G. BUSH
You know, we SHOULD throw a party!!! (How cool
would THAT be?!?!? And have a few of the artists on the list perform?!?!? Hmmm
... maybe for Lucky 13???)
kk
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