Friday, September 13, 2024

THE FRIDAY (the 13th) FLASH

Boy, September has not been kind to our early rockers …

Right after the passing of Jimmy Gilmer, we heard about the death of Johnny Thunder, who hit The Top Five in early 1963 with “Loop De Loop.”  Although Johnny officially charted eleven more times, NONE of those records climbed any higher than #67 … and seven of them missed The Top 100 altogether.  He was 92  (kk)

Gilmer died just a week shy of his 84th birthday.  I was surprised to learn that it is believed that Jimmy recorded the most vocals ever at the small Clovis, New Mexico studio run by Norman Petty, home most famously to the early recordings of Buddy Holly and the Crickets.  Buddy Knox recorded “Party Doll” there … Roy Orbison traveled down to New Mexico to record his first chart hit, “Ooby Dooby.”  Others who laid down tracks there include The String-A-Longs, Sonny West, Sonny Curtis, Waylon Jennings and more.  (kk)

From Photographer Jim Roup …

Hi Kent –

Here is a photo of James Earl Jones, taken at Le' Dome on Sunset Blvd. 

Regards,

Jim

kk …

GOOD NEWS … BAD NEWS … GOOD MORNING …

BAD NEWS = "Screamin'" Scott Simon Died (Sha Na Na) 75 Years Old

GOOD NEWS = "I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU," The 1959 Hit For The Flamingos, Has Reached 100 MILLION STREAMS. 

(Does Anybody Know What The Royalties Are For Each Time Song Is Streamed?)

Back In 1959, It Was Jake & Zeke Carey's Group …

Today, Terry Johnson Is The Lead Singer.

FB

Also passing away this week, Frankie Beverly, leader of the funk band Maze.

Although they never had a Top 40 Pop Hit, the group scored nine Top Ten Hits on Billboard’s R&B Chart, including the #1’s “Back In Stride” (1985) and “Can’t Get Over You” (1989)   kk

Rock Star Jon Bon Jovi talked a woman down from jumping off a bridge in Nashville this week.

Bon Jovi was filming a music video for his new song “The People's House” when he noticed a woman had climbed over the guard rail on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.  She appeared ready to jump.  The whole incident was filmed as Jon went over to talk to her, calmed her down and even shared a hug.  He and one of his assistants then helped her back to safety until local police and fire officials arrived on the scene shortly thereafter.  (kk)

Rocker Dave Grohl made headlines this week for an altogether different reason with this Instagram post …

And Eric Clapton, a three-time Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee, voiced THIS opinion about the Rock Hall in a recent interview ...

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eric-clapton-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-frat-boys-club/?lh_aid=1113205&lh_cid=0guem09cq4&utm_campaign=eric_clapton_decries_rock_hall_of_fame_as_a_frat_boys_club&utm_medium=email&utm_source=letterhead&utm_term=ultimateclassicrock&di=ddf768841da68f055aa63e698484d676

Thursday brought a big Beatles release announcement ...

‘The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono’ Spotlights Seven Albums Released in America Between January 1964 and March 1965
180-gram Vinyl LPs, Analog Cut from the Original Mono Masters
Global release on November 22

 

As we know, Capitol Records pushed thru their own versions of Beatles albums during their inaugural year ... and they've all been collected to purchase either separately (other than the 2-disc "The Beatles Story" LP) or collectively as a boxed set ... all as vinyl LP's, offering you yet another way to buy the same things you've already owned several times over during the past sixty years!!!

(Hey I get it ... and there was a time when I absolutely would have jumped at this, even though I already purchased a complete set of US vinyl pressing when it was announced that from this point forward, especially in the CD/Digital Age, all Beatles albums would only be released in their British configurations.)

But still, this is a pretty impressive set ... and not outrageously priced either.

In fact, Bruce Spizer (who helped put this whole thing together, including writing special booklets to go with them) has his OWN special '64 deal going ... (or would that be $64???)

Check out some of his book specials:  https://www.beatle.net/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=7-beatles-early-us-albums-on-vinyl-again-89 

More here:  https://theseconddisc.com/2024/09/12/beatles-us-album-mono-reissues-box-set/

Will we still need them, will we still feed them (boatloads of cash) when it's been 60+ years since their first arrival on our shores, taking over the airwaves and ushering in a whole new era of rock music?  You betcha!  (kk)

Also coming ...

A deluxe, expanded version of Donna Summer's Greatest Hits ... "On The Radio" is being re-released with other hits beyond her Casablanca career, all featuring the original 7" single mixes.  (This one sounds like a winner ... but when I went to pre-order it Amazon kicked back a "We don't know if or when this item will be back in stock" message ... so be forewarned.  Maybe it's still just a little too early to place a pre-order.)

Still, it looks like a good one ... so put me down for a new release notice when it becomes available!  (kk)

https://theseconddisc.com/2024/09/12/donna-summer-on-the-radio-compilation-expanded/

NOTE:  You CAN order it thru Amazon's UK site ... so that's exactly what I did!  (kk)

And, if you're a Frank Sinatra fan, you may want to grab a copy of THIS one!!!  

https://theseconddisc.com/2024/09/12/frank-sinatra-la-is-my-lady-40th-anniversary-remix/

Here's Something I Thought You Might Appreciate!
I have never bought a Personalized Vanity Car License Plate.  Before!
A couple of weeks ago, Linda and I were talking about them and she said, "You know if you ever did, what a Fun Plate for you might be?"
I thought about what she said and I thought, well, this late in the game, "Why not?"
And so I did!
 

On the Air Everywhere!
Buell
Cool, Buell!!!
(which, in this case, could easily be what CB stands for!)
I've never had one either ...
But when I first started doing this back in 1999, everything went out as The60sShop, which was my old AOL screen name at the time.
I thought it would have been cool to have a license plate that read 60S SHOP ... which probably would have been readily available.
But we were leasing our cars at the time and you couldn't order anything custom if you didn't own the vehicle.  (I also noticed that that name drew a lot of attention from people who figured it MUST mean I owned a collectibles shop or something ... and they wanted to know "do you have" or "can you find" any variety of nostalgic items (which also would have been a pretty cool way to launch a business ... assuming, of course, that I could actually FIND all this stuff that people were looking for!  lol)
But I like it ... and it makes for a cool looking plate!  (kk) 

After yet another ridiculous pronouncement from former President Donald Trump during this week’s presidential debate, FH Reader Clark Besch wrote in to tell us that this claim was really nothing new …

So just where did this rumor come from about people in Springfield, Ohio, eating dogs and cats?  Well, when going thru surveys to list for my sale lists, I noticed this survey from this Dayton, Ohio Top 40 station WING a mere 25 miles from Springfield.  It seems this rumor may have actually started nearly 60 years ago, but leave it to the Trump gang to uncover it again!  GOOD WORK, Donald!  GOTTA BE TRUE, RIGHT?

Makes me wonder if YOU had anything to do with producing the later 1966 hit "They're Coming To Take Me Away, HaHa"?!?!

I am NOT Kamala Harris, but I approve this message.