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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Williams and Van Outen
From: Tom
2. Re: The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
From: Andrew Hickey
3. Re: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
From: Mikey
4. Re: Foreign language re-writes
From: Steve Crump
5. Re: The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
From: Mikey
6. Lesley Miller "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" at Musica
From: Tom
7. Re: Sending My Good Thoughts To You
From: Orion
8. Inner Dialogue
From: Paul Richards
9. British Remakes
From: Doc Rock
10. Re: Little Miss Dynamite
From: Phil Milstein
11. Pussy Cat's No Good
From: Patrick Rands
12. Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
From: Mac Joseph
13. The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
From: Chris Allen
14. Timi Yuro / Annette Funicello
From: Mick Patrick
15. Mello Cads Live This Friday
From: David Ponak
16. Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
From: Gary
17. Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
From: Bob Bailey
18. Re: Bobby Kenedy 1967 Wild Thing parody
From: Bob Bailey
19. Re: Little Miss Dynamite
From: James Botticelli
20. Late, as usual. Lulu, Linda
From: Alan Gordon
21. Re: Foreign language re-writes
From: David Bell
22. Re: Inner Dialogue
From: Art Longmire
23. Re: Sending My Good Thoughts To You
From: That Alan Gordon
24. Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
From: Tom Taber
25. Re: Simon & Garfunkel + The Everly Brothers
From: Mary S.
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:28:04 -0000
From: Tom
Subject: Williams and Van Outen
According to the website British Top 40 Hits, the duet between Andy
Williams and Van Outen of Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, hit number
23 on the UK top 40 chart on June 23, 2002. When I heard the
recording a few months ago, I assumed it was a new revival of the
song but I admit I don't know anything about the recording. I was
suprised to see it on the recent charts when I first saw it there.
Here is the link to the site:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.newton7/top40/
Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:58:18 +0100
From: Andrew Hickey
Subject: Re: The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
> Besides that, what is the 'East meets West' single with the two
> groups like? On paper, it would seem like a dynamite combination...
And on paper is where it should have stayed - it sounds exactly like
the dozen or so other flop non-album tracks the Beach Boys put out in
the 80s (Problem Child, California Dreaming, Rock & Roll To The
Rescue etc), just a tired, badly performed song about how great it
was back in those crazy 60s, with bad 80s production to boot...
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:52:44 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
AND lets not forget that The Lettermen had their biggest hit
with a medley of "Going Out Of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes off
Of You" in 1966. This huge hit kept them going for another 5
years on Capitol.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:48:05 -0000
From: Steve Crump
Subject: Re: Foreign language re-writes
Jeffery Kennedy:
> If you haven't heard them, Timi Yuro's Italian-language recordings
> are absolutely out of this world. And I'd love to hear Sandy
> Posey's Italian versions of "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl" someday.
Hi Jeff
I have one of Timi's Italian singles - and it's a killer. Did any of
those songs turn up later in English??
Other "foreign" tracks to watch out for......
Stasera No No No - Nino & April
Baci Baci Baci - The Sweet Inspirations
Dedicato All'Amore - Dionne Warwick
as well as tracks by:
Marianne Faithfull
Steve & Eydie
The Sorrows
Johnny Rivers
Gene McDaniels
Chad & Jeremy
and my favourite - Addio Mondo Crudele by Jimmy Darren
There was a CD releaase called "No Really They Sing In Italian",
which contained lots of interesting tracks including, I believe, Jody
Miller's version of Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te) which she sang at San
Remo in 1965. (has anyone heard it??)
Cheers
Steve
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:55:04 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
The Four Seasons' reply was the flip side of "Dawn"....."No
Surfing Today".
Mikey
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:52:37 -0000
From: Tom
Subject: Lesley Miller "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" at Musica
>From the MGM LP, "The Changing Times of Bob Dylan" by The Alan Lorber
Orchesta. Also released as a promo single credited to singer Lesley
Miller. Playing now at Musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
Thanks to Marcus for the track.
Tom
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:08:27 -0500
From: Orion
Subject: Re: Sending My Good Thoughts To You
Artie,
You have my deepest sympathy, I know the loss of a mother very
well. May Peace and Tranquility follow you in your journies.
Orion
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:41:24 EDT
From: Paul Richards
Subject: Inner Dialogue
Just got this LP through the post today. Wonderful weirdness, a bit
like a further out Free Design. Two girls (BJ Ward, Lynn Dolin) & a
guy (Gene Di Novi). Apparently Raquel Welch was a fan & managed to
get them on the Ed Sullivan show. Would love to see that clip! I
will post the title track to Musica, brilliant stuff, I thought it
would have had a CD re-issue by now. You can check out the whole LP at:
http://www.weirdsville.com/featured1.html.Dig">http://www.weirdsville.com/featured1.html
Dig that great cover too!
Paul R
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:24:26 -0400
From: Doc Rock
Subject: British Remakes
Mike Edwards:
> ("You're No Good" by the Swinging Blue Jeans) was one of the five best
> examples of a UK cover being better than the original US version. The
> others are:
> Dave Clark 5 - "Over And Over" (Bobby Day)
> Dave Clark 5 - "Do You Love Me" (Contours)
> Searchers - "Love Potion No. 9" (Clovers)
> Beatles - "Rock And Roll Music" (Chuck Berry)
Mike, surely you are being facetious!
Doc
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:13:57 +0000
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Little Miss Dynamite
Stuffed Animal wrote:
> Don't anybody miss Brenda Lee's wonderful autobiography! It's now
> available in paperback (which, if you're budget conscious like me,
> means you can finally buy a copy). An absolute joy to read! Just
> like a great-sounding country music album, it's got pathos, humor,
> sincerity, down-to-earth lyrics and plenty of heart. The part where
> Brenda and her husband draw the curtains in their home in order to
> light up some "joints" is a killer!
Hear, hear! I defy anyone to read "Little Miss Dynamite" and come away
not liking the person Brenda Lee -- not to mention not digging out all
of her records that you can find and spinning them again and again.
By the way, anyone have any of her Japanese-language recordings? I'd
like to consider including one of them on my "Foreign Tongue"
compilation. If so, contact me off-list.
Let's jump the broomstick,
--Phil M.
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:45:57 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Pussy Cat's No Good
Combining two different topics: Pussy Cat did a great version of
You're No Good in a French Ye-ye girl style, check it out when you
get a chance.
http://members.tripod.com/ye_ye_girls/artists/pussy_cat.html
:Patrick
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:08:51 -0000
From: Mac Joseph
Subject: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
Hey, Guys;
Got another off the wall question for the panel of experts. In 1967
somebody did a parody of Sen. Bobby Kennedy singing "Wild Thing"
Through my research, I found out later that the singer was a guy by
the name of "Bobby Pickett". So here is my question: Is this the same
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, from "Monster Mash" fame, or someone else. Or
was my research wrong.
Please advise
Thanks much in advance, guys for any help;
sincerely,
Mac Joseph
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:13:15 -0400
From: Chris Allen
Subject: The Beach Boys vs. the Four Seasons
> A question merely popped up while I was checking out David Leafs
> liner notes for the 'Surfer Girl' album. According to David, the Four
> Seasons 'would later respond in kind' to Brians challenging Frankie
> Valli-like falsetto tag at the fade of 'Surfer's Rule'. Does anyone
> here know what the Seasons' response consisted of? Was it a line in a
> song, or some sort of public statement or what?
>From David Leaf...
I think the Valli/Gaudio response to the 'Rag Doll' styled falsetto at the
end of 'Surfer's Rule' on the October 1963 'Surfer Girl' LP was a track on
the next Four Seasons LP 'Born To Wander' entitled 'No Surfin' Today' in
February 1964.
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:49:03 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Timi Yuro / Annette Funicello
Timi Yuro in Italian? Fantastic! There's one playing at
musica right now - "E Poi Verra' L'Autunno", her 1965 San
Remo Song Festival entry:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Talking of raven haired Italian/American heroines, can
anyone please direct me to a complete Annette Funicello
45 & LP Discography? Thanking you.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:44:49 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: Mello Cads Live This Friday
Mello Cads will be making a rare appearance at Spaceland this
Friday, October 24, on the bill with Richard Cheese & Lounge
Against The Machine. We'll be doing lots of new material and
perhaps there will be a surprise or two.
Please come!
Mello Cads (w/Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine)
Friday October 24, 09 :15 PM
Spaceland
1717 Silverlake Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Cover: $10.00
Also, our new CD, "Gentle Explosion", comes out 10/22 in Japan
on Philter records. To hear sound clips, click here:
http://www.philter.co.jp/ca_36.html
http://www.mellocads.com
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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:24:17 -0000
From: Gary
Subject: Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
Mac Joseph wrote:
> In 1967 somebody did a parody of Sen. Bobby Kennedy singing
> "Wild Thing". Through my research, I found out later that the
> singer was a guy by the name of "Bobby Pickett". So here is my
> question: Is this the same Bobby "Boris" Pickett, from "Monster
> Mash" fame, or someone else. Or was my research wrong?
No, it wasn't Bobby Pickett who did Sen. Bobby's "Wild Thing".
It was a comedy group called The Hardly Worth-It Players.
I have them doing it on video on The Hollywood Palace.
Gary
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:49:04 -0000
From: Bob Bailey
Subject: Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
Mac Joseph wrote:
> In 1967 somebody did a parody of Sen. Bobby Kennedy singing
> "Wild Thing"
While we're at it, anyone have an mp3 of this, as this will
be an addition to my Top 200 Hits of 1967.
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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:03:30 -0000
From: Bob Bailey
Subject: Re: Bobby Kenedy 1967 Wild Thing parody
As I remember, this was released by Senator Everett McKinley.
The B-side of this was a parody of Sen. Everett Dirksen from
Ill.
I believe you will find that the author of this record, Sen.
Everett McKinley, was a group of guys know as the Hardly
Worthit Players and the guy doing the Kennedy/Dirksen
impressions was Bill Minkin.
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:01:16 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Little Miss Dynamite
Phil Milstein wrote:
> Hear, hear! I defy anyone to read "Little Miss Dynamite"
> and come away not liking the person Brenda Lee -- not to
> mention not digging out all of her records that you can
> find and spinning them again and again.
To say nothing of seeing her...which I last did in '92 here
in Boston at the Berklee Performance Center, acoustically
desirable, where she turned in a breathtaking performance.
That lady can sing anything.
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:12:20 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Late, as usual. Lulu, Linda
>From JB:
> Why would anyone here have to "forgive" Lulu for her pop
> material...? ...she also has cred to handle the gritty stuff.
Amen, bro.
>From Chris A, re. Streisand, Nyro, and "The Ronstadt Law:
> ...as soon as you hear the originals you can never listen to
> the Ronstadt again.
Law, Schmlaw - sounds a little Ashcroftian for my taste (no
offence). As much as I have heard other friends and reviewers
say similar things, I have to vehemently disagree. I think
Linda is a world-class interpreter (as opposed to Babs, who,
in my humble opinion, is all melodramatic style and no balls...
great pipes though). I love Linda's interpretation of "Blue
Bayou," "You're No Good," "Desperado," "When Will I Be Loved,"
and, hmm... I'm looking at a list of her hits right here and
I can't find one that I don't like. Her version of "Tracks Of
My Tears" is nothing like Smokey's... and as hard as this is to
qualify sometimes, I think it's as good... (or, for those of you
who have a problem with my syntax,) I like it just as much.
This may be because I like the period that these and a lot of her
songs were released during, or maybe it's just that I think her
voice kicks ass. She has as big or bigger huevos than almost
anyone I can think of. And as my session-friends like to point
out that her pitch is a little odd, I love the way she stays
just two cents south of the actual note until she crescendos
right into dead-on pitch at the end of a phrase.
...And if you've never heard Linda Live... do yourself a favor
and find a video copy of the "Best Of The Muppets" with her very
live performances with a bunch of singing puppets.
...And as much as I like Cher's version, Linda kicks Cher's
cute-but-tucked behind with "The Shoop Shoop Song" (also live
on the Muppet show).
ribbit ribbit,
~albabe
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:14:05 EDT
From: David Bell
Subject: Re: Foreign language re-writes
I have that CD "No Really! They Sing In Italian." Compared to
the Dusty Springfield version, Jody Miller's rendition of "Io Che
Non Vivo (Senza Te)", Jody Miller's is about a mile behind in
terms of quality and vocal performance. IMHO, of course!
I have a tape of the 1965 San Remo contest which features Jody
Miller singing this song. Once again, her performance doesn't
impress me at all. Sorry. I prefer the Connie Francis song and
also Kiki Dee doing her best with the Italian language. My mama
would have found her accent amusing.
David.
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:47:20 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Re: Inner Dialogue
Paul Richards wrote:
> Just got this LP through the post today. Wonderful weirdness, a bit
> like a further out Free Design. Two girls (BJ Ward, Lynn Dolin) & a
> guy (Gene Di Novi). Apparently Raquel Welch was a fan & managed to
> get them on the Ed Sullivan show. Would love to see that clip! I
> will post the title track to Musica, brilliant stuff, I thought it
> would have had a CD re-issue by now. You can check out the whole LP at:
> http://www.weirdsville.com/featured1.html
This LP looks interesting. Thanks for pointing it out, I haven't
heard of it before but I definitely will snap it up if I ever find a
copy. I followed the link and enjoyed the Japanese review that was
posted...it got me to wondering-just what is "60's vapor-pop"?
Art
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:53:18 -0700 (MST)
From: That Alan Gordon
Subject: Re: Sending My Good Thoughts To You
Artie, just a note to let you know our thoughts and prayers
are with you at this time.
Warmest Wishes,
Alan
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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:57:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Taber
Subject: Re: Sen Robert Kennedy and "Wild Thing"
Mac Joseph wrote:
> Got another off the wall question for the panel of experts.
> In 1967 somebody did a parody of Sen. Bobby Kennedy singing
> "Wild Thing"....
The Hardly Worthit Players were Senator Bobby.
Tom Taber,
still working on "Walk Don't Run", and who was married on Bobby
Pickett's 40th birthday.
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:21:58 -0000
From: Mary S.
Subject: Re: Simon & Garfunkel + The Everly Brothers
Wow! If I didn't fear for the safety of my eardrums, I'd give
virtually anything to attend the Simon and Garfunkel "Old Friends"
Tour that even includes my all-time favorite harmony singers, the
Everly Brothers!!!! I have no idea why the volume is always cranked
up so high at all concerts, even ones of gentle pop music. Why do
people want to hear music played at such an outrageous volume? It
actually is painful to the ears!! The last concert I attended was
about 1985, and I said "never again", and meant it since I thought I
was going deaf after the concert. It just isn't worth it when I can
play my records, tapes, and CDs at home.
Yes, the Everly Brothers had stopped touring--in 2001. However, I
guess this was an opportunity that they just couldn't pass up. Good
for them!!! From what I have heard, all four of the singers on this
new tour are singing quite well. I'd love to read some reviews from
any Spectropoppers who go to these concerts!!
Mary S.
P.S.: I am sure that the newspaper reviewer who said that Simon
belted out "Bridge Over Troubled Water" just didn't know Simon from
Garfunkel. Perhaps the person sent to do the interview was a younger
person who really didn't know them, or perhaps someone who didn't
usually do music reviews.
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