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There are 6 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Ron Dante aka Bo Cooper ??
From: Ron Dante
2. Aliases, pseudonyms and nomes de plume
From: Orion
3. Re: Russ Titelman
From: Bgas
4. I'm a kazoo, how do you do?
From: Ken Silverwood
5. Re: Spanky & Our Gang
From: Clark Besch
6. Diane Renay
From: Michael B Kelly
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:54:48 -0000
From: Ron Dante
Subject: Re: Ron Dante aka Bo Cooper ??
Orion wrote:
> Mr Dante, ....."Christian" written by Cooper/Panzer but it says
> "'74 Bell 45. Bo Cooper is Ron Dante! Produced by Barry Manilow!"
> It is really a nice tune. Has anyone every had as many aliases as
> you? I do so enjoy ALL of your music.
Thanks, Orion. I wrote that song with Marty Panzer and decided to
release it under another name.
All the best,
Ron
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:16:27 -0600
From: Orion
Subject: Aliases, pseudonyms and nomes de plume
I would assume no one has ever undertaken the task of trying to
determine all of the aliases of many of the great artists we have here
on this message board. It would be interesting to know who used what
names and for how long. I only assume the top number are by Ron Dante
or Austin Roberts, but I could surely be wrong. I know That Mr. Gordon
has mentioned a few he has been and many others have also mentioned
their recording names. Every time I pick up a "various artist" CD these
days, I can normally link several of the songs to the same singer or
writer, but not always using their real names. I don't know how any of
you kept track of who you were at any one time! However, that being
said, I am sure glad you played all those parts. The music I have listened
to from all of you great writers/singers/artists is fantastic. Thanks for the
memories, even if some of them I am just hearing for the first time.
Orion
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:19:58 EST
From: Bgas
Subject: Re: Russ Titelman
Another Russ Titelman title ... Russ co-wrote "Guess I'm Dumb"
with Brian Wilson, recorded by Glen Campbell on Capitol.
Bgas
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:42:58 -0000
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: I'm a kazoo, how do you do?
Fred wrote:
> A kazoo was so unusual for the time. While Joanie was on the
> charts in the summer of '62, Dion snuck in with a song of the
> same device, "Little Diane". Both were Top 10 hits, though not
> at the same time.
The wildest performance of a kazoo can be heard on Del Shannon's
"So Long Baby" from 1961, which leads me to ask if anyone has got
or heard a version of this song by Adam Faith, from 1964 I believe.
Ken On The West Coast.
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 06:19:25 -0000
From: Clark Besch
Subject: Re: Spanky & Our Gang
Stephanie wrote:
> http://www.songbrokers.com/Ref_Lib/Ref_SpankyMcFarlane.html
> Above is the link to a wonderful interview with Spanky and she looks
> great in the pictures.
Stephanie, thanks for posting this. It was nice to hear it from Spanky
herself. As I mentioned recently, Bill Traut of Dunwich in Chicago said
he had Spanky & company all but signed, but the next day they signed
with Mercury. Maybe that wasn't so after all. However, Spanky might have
forgotten.
Interesting that she says she wanted to work with her producers after they
had worked with Chad Mitchell. Funny that Chad was produced by Bill
Traut for Dunwich in 1969! She also mentions "Sunday Will Never Be The
Same" as her first 45, but it was actually "And Your Bird Can Sing" a year
earlier, which she must know since it's on her great Basement Tapes CD.
It's interesting too that she thought "Like to Get to Know You" wasn't
gonna be a hit. I just thought it was the group in transition to more
intricate music styles. Lastly, the skit on the Smothers Brothers show
for "Leopard Skin Headphones" was a great idea for displaying how
stereo worked!
Thanks again,
Clark
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:11:01 -0500
From: Michael B Kelly
Subject: Diane Renay
Halloween is gone, and so Bobby "Boris" Pickett has been retired from
www.DocRock.us. However, he has been replaced by an unpublished
interview-article of Diane Renay, including 13 illustrations.
As Mick would say,
Hey la!
Michael "Doc Rock" Kelly
The Rock 'n' Roll PhD
www.DocRock.us
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