Enjoy!
re: RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS:
Here's one you won't want to miss ...
This Labor Day Weekend, Rich Appel is counting down The Top 100 One Hit Wonders ...
Here's all the info:
The Top 100 One-Hit Wonders counts down this Labor Day weekend on WRNJ's "The Rest Of The Week With Rich Appel," Saturday 6 am - 1 pm and Sunday 10 am - 3 pm.
Stream at: http://wrnjradio.com/streaming.
The list covers one-hitters - as in, artists who sang lead on only one top 40 hit nationally - from the mid-1950s through the 1990s. (We figure any act with only one hit since 2000 still has another shot.)
Rich
Sounds like fun! (I guested on Rich's show a few months back and played some of MY favorite One Hit Wonders from the '60's and '70's ... but this should be quite a collection.
To help kick it off, here's Chicago's own Ides Of March ... and THEIR "One Hit Wonder" song ... (and no, I don't mean "Vehicle"!!!) kk
With the latest installment of our ''Hard-To-Find 45's on CD'' series, Eric Records tackles a broad topic - love songs. After all, most songs are love songs - all about wanting it, finding it, losing it, and every step in between. And, we've got that covered, from John Denver's heartfelt tribute to his wife, ''Annie's Song,'' to Ronnie Dyson's frank discussion of bedroom politics, ''(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?''
What makes Hard-To-Find 45's on CD Vol. 13: The Love Album really special, though, isn't the love part, it's the hard-to-find part. Sure, these are all love songs, and nearly all of them were Top 20 hits. But, trying to find these on any other CD collection is like trying to find a date at 10 o'clock on a Saturday night - not easy, and very expensive!
No less than six of these songs are making their CD debut in one form or another! Two of them - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' ''Winners And Losers'' (1975) and ''Do What You Wanna Do'' by Five Flights Up (1970) have never appeared on CD in any form, anywhere. Others, like The Avant-Garde's pop-psych paean ''Naturally Stoned'' (1968), make their stereo debut. (By the way, guess who was in The Avant-Garde? Future game show host Chuck Woolery!)
Like all of Eric's ''Hard-To-Find'' series, this volume embraces the marvelously eclectic nature of popular music. Its 19 tracks cover more than a decade of prime-time pop, from the swooning ''Love Me With All Your Heart'' by the Ray Charles Singers (1964) to Roger Whittaker's poignant ballad, ''The Last Farewell'' (1975). Included in that span is one of the most sought-after love songs of all time - Paul Stookey's ''Wedding Song (There Is Love)'' - in its original hit version.
But nowhere, however, is that eclecticism more apparent than in a foursome of songs expressing love for God - all unexpected Top 20 smashes in an arena not known for its reverence. We have famed songwriter Kris Kristofferson's quietly awestruck ''Why Me,'' the Edwin Hawkins Singers' ecstatic ''Oh Happy Day,'' and Miguel Rios's ''A Song Of Joy'' (1970), based on the climatic final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (making its U.S CD debut, by the way...). And then there's the most unexpected hit single of all time: ''Amazing Grace'' by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (1972), which forced teenagers coast-to-coast to listen to bagpipes - and like it!
Hard-To-Find 45's on CD Vol. 13: The Love Album is built from original single versions on original master tapes, painstakingly engineered for crisp, vibrant, stereo sound. Like its companion volume, Hard-To-Find 45's on CD Vol. 14: 70s & 80s Pop Classics, it includes a detailed, illustrated 12-page booklet by well-known music author Greg Adams. Available now for pre-order through Amazon. CD will be released Sept. 18th.
Tom Cuddy
I've got every CD in this series ... they make for a GREAT collection ... so I can't wait to add this one to the shelf. More information (and complete track listings for both Volume 13 and Volume 14) can be found at the Amazon links below:
Click here: Amazon.com: Hard To Find 45s On CD Volume 14 (70s & 80s Pop Classics): Various Artists: Music
Now we've got to get some of our Forgotten Hits Partners together and put out a series of FH CD's ... man, think of the song titles WE could come up with!!! We'd fill twenty volumes overnight! (kk)
Some great choices on there, to be sure ... and we've featured a few of these over the years. (Actually, I'd love to see somebody do a full-encompassing, all-label Greatest Hits CD of Andy Kim's original recordings ... they have been sorely missing for FAR too long from circulation.
I was beginning to think that I was the only one that remembered "Do What You Wanna Do" by Five Flights Up, a GREAT soul classic reminiscent of The Stylistics, who wouldn't start charting on their own for another year or two. I've featured it a few times before in Forgotten Hits and always gotten a good reaction ... so we'll run it again with the caveat that I can't WAIT to replace my worn-out 45 version with a new, pristine version off this brand new CD release! (kk)
We told you the other day that WCBS-FM would be counting down The Top 500 Fan Favorites this Labor Day Weekend ... and even forewarned you about the songs that'll be landing in The Top 20.
Now, thanks to Forgotten Hits Reader Frank B, we bring you the play-by-play of the countdown thus far:
Kent ...
Countdown started at 6:00 AM (Eastern):
500 = I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations
499 = A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
498 = Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
497 = Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
496 = Upside Down = Diana Ross
I say 500, 499 and 498 should be higher up on the list. I say 497 and 496 should be off the list.
I was thinking of sending you an e-mail - after each
song, so we could discuss it. L o L !!
Frank B.
Now we've got to get some of our Forgotten Hits Partners together and put out a series of FH CD's ... man, think of the song titles WE could come up with!!! We'd fill twenty volumes overnight! (kk)
Like you, I’m a fan of Bill Buster’s
Eric releases. Last year I sent him a wish list of songs I was hoping he would track
down and release on CD. I noticed, happily, a couple of them are going to be on
the forthcoming release. Here was the list I sent
him:
Stars on 45
"Medley." It was # 1 in 1981. It has been released in an extended version on CD,
but I have never seen it available in the original 45 RPM / radio
version.
My Sweet Lady
by Cliff DeYoung. It made it to # 17 in
1974.
Baby Face by
Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corp. # 14 in
1975
Do What You
Wanna Do by Five Flights Up. # 37 in
1970
I.O.U. by Jimmy
Dean. # 35 in 1976. I have found many re-recorded versions on CD, but never the
original.
Seattle by Perry Como
(TV theme from "Here Coms the Brides") # 38 in 1969. This has appeared on CD
once in its entirety, but it is rare.
The Thought of
Loving You by Crystal Mansion. # 84 in
1968.
Be My Baby by
Andy Kim. # 17 in 1970
96 Tears by
Question Mark & the Mysterians. I have only seen re-recorded versions on
CD.
What Am I
Crying For by Dennis Yost & the Classics IV. #39 in 1972. Has only been
available on CD by Australia's Raven
Records.
A Song of Joy
by Miguel Rios. # 14 in 1970. Never available on
CD.
The Morning of
Our Lives by Arkade. # 60 in 1971. Group featured Austin
Roberts.
Baby, Hang Up
the Phone by Carl Graves. #50 in 1974.
Always
Something There To Remind Me by RB Greaves. #27 in 1970. Have never seen on any
U.S. CD
compilation.
I was beginning to think that I was the only one that remembered "Do What You Wanna Do" by Five Flights Up, a GREAT soul classic reminiscent of The Stylistics, who wouldn't start charting on their own for another year or two. I've featured it a few times before in Forgotten Hits and always gotten a good reaction ... so we'll run it again with the caveat that I can't WAIT to replace my worn-out 45 version with a new, pristine version off this brand new CD release! (kk)
We told you the other day that WCBS-FM would be counting down The Top 500 Fan Favorites this Labor Day Weekend ... and even forewarned you about the songs that'll be landing in The Top 20.
Now, thanks to Forgotten Hits Reader Frank B, we bring you the play-by-play of the countdown thus far:
Kent ...
Countdown started at 6:00 AM (Eastern):
500 = I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations
499 = A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
498 = Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
497 = Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
496 = Upside Down = Diana Ross
I say 500, 499 and 498 should be higher up on the list. I say 497 and 496 should be off the list.
I was thinking of sending you an e-mail - after each
song, so we could discuss it. L o L !!
Frank B.
Word is that John Fogerty is doing a duets album now, too. Scheduled for release in late winter / early spring, 2013, Fogerty teams up with everyone from The Foo Fighters to Kid Rock to Jennifer Hudson to Bob Seger to country superstars like Alan Jackson, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert. Titled "Wrote A Song For Everyone", Fogerty redoes some of his favorite Creedence tracks (as well as a few of his solo hits) in new duet fashion. Should make for an interesting release. (kk)
The Rolling Stones ... Charlie is my Darling - Ireland 1965 World Premiere ... September 29 at 7:00 PM ... The 50th New York Film Festival
ABKCO Films and the 50th New York Film Festival are proud to join in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Rolling Stones by announcing the World Premiere of The Rolling Stones Charlie is my Darling - Ireland 1965 on Saturday, September 29th at 7:00 PM. An encore screening of the film will take place on Wednesday, October 3rd at 8:30 PM. Both screenings are scheduled for the Walter Reade Theatre.
What was once rumor is now fact as ABKCO Films presents a meticulously restored and fully-realized version of this first-ever, legendary but never released film. Shot on a quick tour of Ireland just weeks after the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” hit # 1 on the charts and became the international anthem for a generation, The Rolling Stones Charlie is my Darling - Ireland 1965 is an intimate, behind-the-scenes diary of life on the road with the young Stones. It features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the band and documents the early frenzy of their fans and the riots the band’s appearances inspired.
Charlie is my Darling is a rediscovered letter from a lost world. It has long been a holy grail of rock fans, surfacing in bits and pieces and tantalizing but frustratingly un-synched fragments. The band is shown traveling through the Irish countryside by train; dashing from cabs to cramped, basement dressing rooms through screaming hordes of fans. Motel rooms host impromptu songwriting sessions and familiar classics are heard in their infancy as riff and lyric are united.
This new 2012 version of the film with added never-before-seen footage was directed and restored by director Mick Gochanour and producer Robin Klein, the GRAMMY® Award winning team that brought the classic The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus to the screen. Charlie is my Darling’s dramatic and stunning concert footage – including electrifying performances of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “The Last Time” and “Time Is On My Side” – shows the band developing its musical style by blending blues, R&B and rock-n-roll riffs, and captures the spark about to combust into The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. Candid, off-the-cuff interviews are juxtaposed with revealing, comical scenes of the band goofing on one another as well as unsuspecting outsiders, and offers an unmatched look inside the day-to-day life of the Stones.
Originally directed by pioneering filmmaker Peter Whitehead and produced by Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham, Charlie is my Darling is the lost preamble to a life captured on screen. Like no other band, the Rolling Stones repeatedly put themselves under the microscope, allowing the greatest filmmakers of our era – including Jean-Luc Godard, the Maysles, Robert Frank, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Hal Ashby and Martin Scorsese – inside their world. Charlie is my Darling is the invaluable frame: the unseen story of the band becoming the legend.
ABKCO Films will be making a major announcement regarding a nationally televised Broadcast Premiere in the next few weeks and has set Tuesday November 6th as the commercial retail release date for The Rolling Stones Charlie is my Darling – Ireland 1965, the director’s cut, the producer’s cut and this new 2012 version will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and as part of a Super Deluxe Box Set.
Walter Reade Theater165 West 65th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam, upper level)
Monday – Friday: 12:30 p.m. – 15 minutes after the start of the last screening of the day.
Saturday and Sunday: 30 minutes prior to start of first screening of the day - 15 minutes after start of last screening of the day.
212.875.5601
Monday – Friday: 12:30 p.m. – 15 minutes after the start of the last screening of the day.
Saturday and Sunday: 30 minutes prior to start of first screening of the day - 15 minutes after start of last screening of the day.
212.875.5601
Bob Merlis / MFH
323.962.6887
Malt Shop Memories Cruise: October 27 - November 3, 2012
Departing Fort Lauderdale, FL on Holland American Eurodam
To: Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos, San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
Starring: Dion, Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love, The Original Drifters, The Duprees, Sonny Turner (The Platters), Carl Gardner’s Coasters, The Chiffons, The Tymes, The Marvelettes, The Encounters, Gino Monopoli and Comedian David Brenner
And here's another "Cruisin'" option ... featuring our buddies Paul Revere and the Raiders ...
Join Paul Revere and the Raiders in this year's Concerts At Sea Cruise ... January 20 - 27, 2013
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Princess Cays, Bahamas
St. Maarten
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
Join Paul Revere and the Raiders in this year's Concerts At Sea Cruise ... January 20 - 27, 2013
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Princess Cays, Bahamas
St. Maarten
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
Also on the bill: Chubby Checker, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mitch Ryder and more.
More details here:
Speaking of Chubby Checker, I met Forgotten Hits Reader Bob Rush (Dr. Robert) last weekend when he was in Chicago for a chiropractic seminar. Bob has been instrumental in getting several '60's bands back together, coming onboard as a musical director and then rebuilding the sound of the band. (We first met him when he resurrected The Rip Chords ... he's currently working with The Dovells, one of the premier Cameo / Parkway bands.)
I told him that he ought to approach Jody Klein about doing a full-blown Cameo / Parkway Artists tour ... think about it ... The Dovells, The Orlons, Dee Dee Sharp, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, The Tymes, Charlie Gracie ... there are any of these acts still performing today ... and while you probably couldn't call it the "Bandstand" Tour (for obvious legal reasons), with the support of somebody like Klein (who now controls the complete Cameo / Parkway catalog), a tour like this could be good for business for all parties concerned.
I sent the same suggestion to Jody ... and to Bob Merlis, who represents a lot of his affairs ... stay tuned to see if anything ever comes of this. (kk)
Dear Kent
Thank you for your email. The PBS Special and the tour while great ideas, have all been discussed when we started the re-release of the Cameo-Parkway catalog but for one reason or another, nothing ever came to fruition.
We are committed to bringing this great music to the public and hope that we are doing so with our Cameo-Parkway series.
Best
jhk
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Jody Klein
CEO 85 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10003 P: 212.399.0322 F: 212.849.9122 E: jklein@Abkco.com |
Hi Kent,
Saturday night we had an opportunity to see the "Happy Together Tour 2012" at the Ho Chunk Casino in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. It truly was a blast from the past with Flo and Eddie of the Turtles, the Grassroots, the Buckinghams, Micky Dolenz, and Gary Puckett. Of course they played all their best-known hits. They were all songs that I was familiar with, but not being as savvy as you and most of your readers, I really didn’t know that these guys did some of those songs. I didn’t even know that Flo and Eddie were two of the founding members of the Turtles.
They all sounded just as I remembered them from 50 years ago except Gary Puckett. He was one of my all-time favorite artists. But when he sang "Young Girl", and "This Girl is a Woman Now" it took me a minute to actually realize what he was singing. It seemed like he was trying to jazz them up or stylize them too much. Maybe it’s just that he’s sung them so many times, that he’s tired of the way they were originally recorded.
None of them looked quite the way I remembered them, but then again, neither do I. They all had a lot of energy and except for five minutes, it was nonstop rocking for two hours and 45 minutes. They all came back on at the end and did a short clip of one of their songs. The show was sold out and of course most of the crowd was 60+. I wonder if seeing me and two others in our group in wheelchairs made them realize just how old their fan base is getting. LOL Each group got a standing ovation and the entire cast got another standing ovation at the end.
The songs they sang weren’t Forgotten Hits, but it was a lot different hearing them performed live. Memories, memories, memories . . .
Mark Bertram
Mark Bertram
We've seen this show numerous times over the years and it's ALWAYS a good time ... and believe me, these guys are well aware of the age of most of their audience ... although I've got to say that from the shows I've seen, the fans seem to range from 6 to 60 ... each new generation discovers and falls in love with this music. SO many hits ... so many great songs! Heck, ten years ago I remember Mark Volman thanking security ... for helping to keep the wheelchairs from rolling up and hitting the stage ... so they have fun laughing right along with us.
Too bad about Gary Puckett ... his set has been the most consistent disappointment during this year's tour. He tends to over-sing every one of his hits. The guy still has a great set of pipes ... why not just sing the hits the best you can instead of trying to blow the doors off on every song? The fans want faithful representations of these hits ... we know 'em by heart and love 'em to death. We've heard from more fans this year than ever before regarding their disappointment ... and we've tried to get the point across in our column ... but he seems determined to just oversell each and every performance. Too bad ... 'cause the guy REALLY can sing!
That being said, you're not going to fine a better line-up of stars on one stage. Glad you got to see it ... it sounds like you had a great time! (kk)
re: MORE ON MICKY:
MICKY DOLENZ LIVE AT BB KING’S ...
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 – RECORDING A LIVE ALBUM OF SHOW
NEW YORK (Aug. 27, 2012) – MICKY DOLENZ and his band will make a rare New York City appearance, at B.B. King’s on Friday, October 19; and, the show will be recorded for a new live album to be released later this year.
Dolenz, who as part of the legendary Monkees – who will re-group with the surviving members, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork for a series of shows this November – has sold in excess of 65 million records, will have his next solo album, Remember, released on September 25.
If all that weren’t enough, Dolenz will appear in a series of performances of Hairspray marking the 25th anniversary of the original film, in Indianapolis and Baltimore; where he will essay the role of Wilbur Turnblad. He had appeared in London’s West End in 2010 reprising the same role as well as a U.K.-national tour the following year.
Hairspray: In Concert! Will additionally star filmmaker, writer, and artist John Waters as the narrator. Waters of course created and directed Hairspray, the popular cult comedy hit in 1988.
Says Dolenz, "I love B.B. Kings! It's an incredible place to play and I can't wait to record my live album at this legendary venue."
Friday, October 10
B.B. King’s
237 West 42th St.
New York, NY 10036
Show time: 7:30
212.997.4144
And here's a brief interview with Micky about the hit television series "Breaking Bad" using his Monkees' hit "Goin' Down" on a recent episode ... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/breaking-bad-monkees-song-micky-dolenz-goin-down-365717
From the article:
Dolenz is a fan of the AMC series, and for that reason, he says he’s “a little torn” about the song’s use in the scene. “ ’Goin’ Down' has nothing to do with drugs, obviously,” he tells THR. “And I certainly don't condone meth -- that is nasty stuff that kills a lot of people and ruins a lot of lives. ... On the other hand, I like the TV show, it's very well-made. … And no, I didn't make a penny.”
Read more at the link above. (kk)
re: COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION HERE:
For the Elvis Presley "completist" ... this is your chance to own a pair of The King's dirty drawers!!!
re: CLIP OF THE WEEK:
Got this from FH Reader Frank B ... are you ready for your fifteen minutes of fame???
Kent ...
You say you want to be famous. One problem - You have no talent.
You shouldn't let that stop you.
Frank B.
You shouldn't let that stop you.
Frank B.
More this weekend as we're able ... OMG ... is summer REALLY over?!?!?!
