60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
4/16/65 – The Hollies perform their first US concert at The Paramount Theatre in New York
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Also on 4/16, actors Jon Cryer and Martin Lawrence are born
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Tuesday This And That
Here is a slightly longer edit of the NME event, before the editing began, so it's a shade over two hours:
Bob Frable
No additional music here - just a little more talking - and the presentation of a couple of the awards -
But it IS in pretty good quality ...
So you can check out this "expanded" version if you prefer.
Thanks, Bob (kk)
Kudos, CB (which stands for Concert Baccalaureate) … and thank you for asking Kent about the 1965 NME awards show. Now we are clear, and we know Who (NO, they were not in attendance) appeared. Through the years I have heard anecdotes from the performers in attendance but never knew Who (NO ... remember, they were not there) had been included and Who (they were NOT present) were absent.
Shelley
More on Lenny Welch from Tom Cuddy …
Lenny Welch was Asbury Park's first
music hitmaker in the rock 'n' roll era.
Source: Asbury Park Press
https://search.app/WbAkESg2Kjf8S7dC6
Lenny Welch’s records on the Kapp label tended to chart higher on New York radio station WMCA's survey than they did nationally, including most of Lenny Welch's Kapp singles:
Darling Take Me Back: #3 WMCA /
#39 RW
Two Different Worlds: #13 WMCA / #47 RW
Run To My Lovin' Arms: #28 WMCA / #85 RW
Rags To Riches: #21 WMCA / #85 CB
Please Help Me I'm Falling: #33 WMCA / --
The Right To Cry: #30 WMCA / #128 BB
– Randy Price
Wild Wayne ran a tribute to Johnny Tillotson on Sunday night. It included an interview that Johnny did on July 30th, 2006. (This Interview Was Taped Just Before Johnny Was Going To Appear At Bowzer's Show.)
Johnny Came From Jacksonville, Florida.
1958 = First Recording: "I'M YOUR MAN" / "DREAMY EYES"
He Was Mostly Influenced By Country Music.
Johnny Wrote "IT KEEPS RIGHT ON HURTIN'" With Buck Owens In Mind. Archie Bleyer Told Johnny He Should Record It Himself. In 1962, It Became A Big Hit For Him. It Has Since Been
Recorded By 100 Others, Including Elvis.
In 1960, Johnny recorded "POETRY IN MOTION." It Became His Biggest Hit.
Johnny Appeared In Two Movies He Didn't Want To Talk About ... "THE FAT SPY" & "JUST FOR FUN."
1963 = "TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS," Written By John D. Loudermilk. It Was His First Recording For MGM.
His Version Of "HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER" Got Him A Grammy Nomination.
Johnny Tillotson Had 28 Hits Between 1958 & 1965.
FRANK B.
Scroll back to our April 3rd post to see The Johnny Tillotson Hit List. He had a WHOLE bunch of 'em!!! (kk)
From Timmy ...
Neil Young with Joan Baez, April 12th, 2025 ...
He also sent me this ... for, in his words, "the finger file" ...
And, speaking of cool pictures ...
Happy 62nd Birthday 🎊🎂! to Julian Lennon arriving at a trendy spot on Sunset and leaving The Roxbury Club.
Jim Roup
And a few more from Jim's extensive photo collection ...
Happy Birthday 🎁🎂!!! to Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, seen here with Michael Bolton at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica. Also born this day, April 10th, is the Oscar winning late actor Omar Sharif and remembering Harry Morgan of TV shows M.A.S.H. and Dragnet also a great 1950's show called "December Bride".
Wait ... there's more!!!
Happy Birthday April 12th🎈 🎂 to David Letterman, seen here with Florence Henderson.
Also born on April 12th ... gone but not forgotten ...
My old school mate David Cassidy at a street fair ... he was with baby son, Beau.
Funnyman Gilbert Gottfried, who died on April 12th, at Bar One, and Tiny Tim performing in a small club on Hollywood Blvd.
Check out a new Micky Dolenz interview below from Creative Loafing, prior to his Clearwater, FL concert …
kk ...
ON THE SCENE AT COUSIN BRUCIE's ROCK & ROLL PARTY --
We Just Finished Talking To Eddie Holman.
He Moved From Virginia To Brooklyn Early In Life (I Like Him Already!)
Every Week At The Apollo Theatre In New York They Had An Amateur Night.
Eddie Won First Prize When He Was 10 Years Old. DJ Jocko Was The MC.
The Prize Was Given To Him By Frankie Lymon & Teenagers.
His Big Hit Came In 1969, "HEY THERE LONELY GIRL"
It Was Originally A 1963 Hit For Ruby & Romantics As "HEY THERE LONELY BOY"
His Wife Of 58 Years, Shelia, Died Last October. She Forced Him To Record "LONELY GIRL.." Eddie Didn't Like It. Shelia Told Him That Song Would Take Care Of Them For The Rest Of Their Lives,
Eddie Will Be Touring England In June.
Cousin Brucie Also Reported That Nino Tempo Died on 4/12 (90 Years Old)
He Was One Half Of The Brother And Sister Duo From Niagra Falls, New York, Nino Tempo & April Stevens. (April Passed Away in 2023.)
Their Biggest Hits Were "DEEP PURPLE" & "WHISPERING."
FB
In addition to recording a couple of hit records with his sister, Nino was also able to keep busy in the studio thanks to his sax-playing skills and as such, appeared on a number of hit records as a session musician. (He also charted a solo single, "Sister James," which went to #40 (#53 in Billboard) in 1973.
Nino and April had a total of four Top 40 National Hits ... the two you mentioned were their biggest ("Deep Purple" topped the charts in 1963. "Whispering" was their follow-up hit and it reached #9 in Music Vendor in early 1964.) They also scored with "Stardust" #22, 1964) and "All Strung Out" (#25, 1966) kk
Kent,
In today's FH you mentioned the Beaver Brown Band, International Beaver Day, and even had a post from Brenda Beaver. It reminded me of a record that came out in 1958 by a group called the Beavers. The song was SACK DRESS on Capitol. It did make our weekly survey. Came out about the same time as NO CHEMISE PLEASE by Gerry Granahan.
Larry
You are probably the ONLY person who read our beaver tribute and thought of a song!
But since you did, I will tell you that “Sack Dress” charted in Music Vendor only and reached #68 (kk)
Here’s one to watch again …
John Cafferty told me last week to tell me that if you look closely at the three girl back-up singers in the live shots, you’ll see Ben E. King right up there with them, singing along! That’s right … Mr. Stand By Me … singing backup with The Beaver Brown Band on their 1985 Top 20 Hit “C.I.T.Y.” (kk)
I wish we could have been at The Cutting Room CD Launch Party last week ...
But they did send me an update and some pictures to share ...
JOHN CAFFERTY AT NYC'S CUTTING ROOM CELBRATING THE RELEASE OF SOUND OF WAVES
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown band played an SRO show
Thursday night (4/10) at The Cutting Room in NYC in celebration of their new
album SOUND OF WAVES.
Cafferty
and the band played all their favorites as well as a sampling of tracks
from the new album which is officially out April 11th on Moonstone Music.
Seen
in the mix were: CBS FM's Race Taylor and Dave Stewart; Steve Leeds;
Q1043's Maria Milito; Jonathan Clarke; Marc Coppola; Ken Dashow; WOR's
Tom Cuddy; Dan Zelinski; Billboard's Thom Duffy; and David Salidor.
Photos (BY REFLECTIONS/JEFF SMITH)
1: Q1043's Maria Milito; John Cafferty; Q1043's Ken Dashow; Q1043's Marc Coppola; and Tom Cuddy
2: Cutting Room's Susan Hathaway; John Cafferty; and Cutting Room's Steve Walter
3: John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown band onstage
A brief review of the show ...
https://t2conline.com/the-glorious-corner-719/
From Noise 11 ...
Chaka Khan To Release Album Recorded With Prince
In 1984 Chaka Khan had a hit with the Prince song ‘I Feel For You.’ What you might not know is that in 1998, Chaka Khan recorded a complete album with Prince but it was never released … until now.
The Chaka Khan and Prince album is called ‘Come 2 My House.’ Chaka Khan told The Guardian, “We worked on a lot of songs, and they’re all going to be on a CD I’m soon to release – there’s a lot of red tape that’s been in the way, but we’ve cleared it. It’s him and me and (bassist) Larry Graham, together.”
In 1995, Chaka Khan performed with Prince at Wembley Arena in London.
Prince’s ‘I Feel For You’ was the title track from Chaka’s 1984 album. The Prince version was on his 1979 self-titled album.
Another new release of note ...
kk ...
Patsy Cline's Lost Recordings are being released 60 Years After Her Death On "RECORD STORE DAY."
48 Recordings on a 2-LP Set ...
"IMAGINE THAT: THE LOST RECORDINGS ( 1954 - 1963 )
FB
Fifty dates have now been announced for this year's Happy Together Tour.
The Turtles (well, Ron Dante of The Archies and Mark Volman of The Turtles anyway) are once again the headliners, of course. Mark Lindsay had to drop out this year (and, as we saw last week, is moving to Hawaii!) ... but the other artists participating in 2025 include The Cowsills, The Vogues, Little Anthony, Jay and the Americans and Mark Lindsay's replacement, long-time Happy Together tour veteran Gary Puckett.
Check it out if you can ... with fifty dates, it is likely coming soon to a theater near you!!! (kk)
Happy Together 2025 Tour
May 29th – Melbourne, FL – Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts
May 30th – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 31st – Biloxi, MS – IP Casino Resort and Spa
June 1st – Oxford, AL – Oxford Performing Arts Centre
June 4th – Daytona Beach, FL – Peabody Auditorium
June 5th – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
June 6th – Hiawassee, GA – Anderson Music Hall
June 7th – Myrtle Beach, SC – Carolina Opry Theater
June 8th and June 10th – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
June 11th – Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Center
June 12th – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
June 13th – Atlantic City, NJ – Ocean Casino Resort
June 14th – Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
June 15th – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
June 17th – Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus
June 18th – Stamford, CT – The Palace Theatre
June 19th – Red Bank, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at Count Basie Center for the Arts
June 20th – Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre
June 21st – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Centre
June 22nd – Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium
July 10th – Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
July 11th – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay
July 12th – Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort & Casino
July 13th – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
July 15th – Sacramento, CA – Cal Expo
July 17th – Anaheim, CA – City National Grove of Anaheim
July 18th – Scottsdale, AZ – Talking Stick Resort
July 19th – Las Vegas, NV – The Smith Center
July 20th – Prescott Valley, AZ – Findlay Toyota Center
July 30th – Lynne, MA – Lynn Auditorium
July 31st – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
August 1st – Staten Island, NY – St. George Theatre
August 2nd – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
August 3rd – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
August 7th – Northfield, OH – MGM Northfield Park
August 12th – Owensboro, KY – RiverPark Center
August 14th and 15th – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Performing Arts Center
August 17th – Wabash, IN – Honeywell Center
August 20th – Effingham, IL – Effingham Performance Center
August 21st – St. Charles, MO – Family Arena
August 22nd – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Center For the Performing Arts
August 23rd – Riverside, IA – Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
August 25th – Saint Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
August 27th – Lima, OH – Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center
August 28th – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
August 29th – New Buffalo, MI – Silver Creek Event Center at Four Winds New Buffalo
August 30th – Wisconsin Dells, WI – Crystal Grand Music Theatre
August 31st – Appleton, WI – Fox Cities Performing Arts Centre
https://happytogethertour.com/lineup/
Also going back out on tour ...
Todd Rundgren ...
Todd Rundgren Announces “Still Me, (Still We)” 2025 Tour
(tickets are on sale now)
Legendary producer/songwriter/guitarist Todd Rundgren announces that he will be embarking on a tour across the United States! Entitled “Still Me, (Still We),” this tour acts as an extension to the last leg of Todd’s “Me/We” Tour from last year. Says Todd, “The show is kind of a story with a message. Even though a year has passed, I still think the story needs to be told.” The tour commences June 21st at the Park Theatre in Cranston, Rhode Island, and ends July 27th at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Todd’s band for the Still Me, (Still We) tour will feature Gil Assayas (Keys), Bruce McDaniel (Guitar), Prairie Prince (Drums), Bobby Strickland (Horns) and Kasim Sulton (Bass).
TODD RUNDGREN “STILL ME, (STILL WE)” TOUR
June 21 – Park Theatre – Cranston, RI
June 22 – Cary Hall – Lexington, MA
June 25 – Memorial Hall – Plymouth, MA
June 26 – Twilight Series – Pennsauken, NJ
June 28 – Syracuse Jazz Festival – Syracuse, NY
June 29 – The Egg – Albany, NY
July 2 – Count Basie Center – Red Bank, NJ
July 3 – Artpark – Niagara Falls, NY
July 5 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY
July 6 – Bearsville Theater – Woodstock, NY
July 8 – Andrew J Brady Center – Cincinnati, OH
July 9 – Bell's Beer Garden – Kalamazoo, MI
July 11 – Riverside Casino and Golf Resort – Riverside, IA
July 13 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
July 15 – Sweetwater Pavilion – Ft Wayne, IN
July 16 – Pantages Theater – Minneapolis, MN
July 19 – The Agora – Cleveland, OH
July 20 – Capital One Hall – Tysons, VA
July 22 – Wilson Center at Cape Fear College – Wilmington, NC
July 24 – Knight Theater – Charlotte, NC
July 25 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
July 27 – The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
ABOUT TODD RUNDGREN:
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rundgren began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and front The Nazz, the quintessential `60's psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut offering, the legendary Runt. But it was 1972's seminal Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, that catapulted Todd into the superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously dub him 'Rock's New Wunderkind.' It was followed by such landmark LPs as The Hermit of Mink Hollow and the above mentioned A Wizard, A True Star, as well as such hit singles as I Saw The Light, Hello It's Me, Can We Still Be Friends and Bang The Drum.
In 1974, Todd formed Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (renamed and reconfigured in 1976 as Utopia), an entirely new approach to the concept of interactive musicianship, and embarked on an extensive round of touring and recording. Standout Utopia offerings included Oops! Wrong Planet, Adventures in Utopia, and Oblivion. Along the way, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia combined technical virtuosity and creative passion to create music that initially, for millions, defined the term "progressive rock”, and subsequently, as Utopia, the term “powerpop.”
Rundgren's myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, Badfinger and Hall And Oates. Rounding out his reputation as rock's Renaissance Man, Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp's 1989 Off-Broadway production of Joe Orton's Up Against It (the screenplay commissioned by The Beatles for what was meant to have been their third motion picture). He also has composed the music for the hit film Dumb and Dumber, as well as a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.
In 2009 Rundgren performed his iconic 1973 album A Wizard, A True Star in concert in its entirety for the first time ever, and several years later did the same with a double bill: Todd & Healing. He has toured with Ringo Starr as an erstwhile member of the All-Starr Band since 1989 and continues to perform with symphony orchestras, both domestically and internationally. In 2018, he toured North America with original Utopians Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for the first time in 33 years. After the release of his long-awaited autobiography The Individualist, he spearheaded the world’s first hybrid concert/book tour highlighting music across his 50-plus-year career.
In 2017 on successive weekends, he was awarded honorary doctorates from both the Berklee School of Music and DePauw University.
In 1998, Todd debuted his new PatroNet technology which, for the first time, allowed fans of a musical artist to subscribe directly to the artist’s musical output via the Internet. This caps a long history of groundbreaking early multimedia "firsts," including:
•1978: The first interactive television concert, broadcast live
over the Warner/QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio (the home audience chose each
song in real time during the concert by voting via QUBE’s 2-way operating
system)
•1978: The first live nationally broadcast stereo radio rock concert (by
microwave), linking 40 cities around the country
•1979: The opening of Utopia Video Studios, a multi-million dollar
state-of-the-art facility. The first project produced by Todd there is Gustav
Holst’s The Planets, commissioned by RCA Selecta Vision as the first
demonstration software for their new videodisc format
•1980: Creation of the first color graphics tablet, which was licensed to Apple
and commercially released as The Utopia Graphics Tablet
•1981: Time Heals, the first music video to utilize state-of-the-art
compositing of live action and computer graphics (produced and directed by
Todd), becomes the eighth video to be played during the launch of MTV on August
1, 1981
•1982: The first live national cablecast of a rock concert (on the USA
Network), simulcast in stereo to over 120 radio stations
•1982: The first two commercially released music videos, one of which was
nominated for the first-ever Grammy awarded for “Best Short Form Video” in 1983
•1992: The first commercially available music downloads via CompuServe
•1993: The release of “No World Order”, the world’s first interactive record
album on CD-i
•1994: The release of “The Individualist”, the world’s first full-length
Enhanced CD
•1994: The world’s first interactive concert tour
•1998: Launches PatroNet, the world’s first direct artist subscription service
-- predicts that someday "music will be sold by the pound"
•2016: The production of the world's first full length concert shot with
multiple Virtual Reality 360º cameras
•2021: Spearheaded the “Clearly Human” virtual concert tour, featuring 25
live-streamed performances geo-fenced and tailored to a different US city each
night
From Timmy ...
A countdown of The Top 100 Records of 1968 ...
(this one'll take you about five hours to listen to!)
You'll hear some pretty rare ones on this program ... definitely reflecting the regional hits on CKLW.
And, since the countdown doesn't actually feature the #1 Song Of The Year, Timmy also sent along this classic clip ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2c81ThCbMY
See, we’re not the only ones fascinated with this album cover …
Look at this entire full page piece from the Long Beach Press Telegram sent in by FH Reader Nick Frankart … I'm absolutely amazed that the newspaper would devote this much space to a 60 year old story … (but then again maybe THEY really like this photo, too!!!)
Pretty thorough piece! Kudos to Jeff Goertzen on a job well done! (kk)
Glad you got the hard copy of the article today, Kent. I always remember this famous cover, which was in my
parents’ record collection when I was growing up. It was nice to know
that there was some pretty cool MUSIC inside, once you managed to get
beyond that famous cover!
All the best,
Nick
P.S. EVERYONE likes the cover!
I have heard from SO many people over the years whose parents owned this record. I wish there was a way to determine how many of those copies were purchased by their DADS rather than their Moms! (lol)
Truth is, Herb Alpert was selling boatloads of albums back then ... this one here sold something like six million copies when it was first released ... kinda like the whipped cream on top, I guess! (kk)
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