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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
From: Amber
2. Odometer trouble
From: Richard Williams
3. Re: British car songs
From: Mark Wirtz
4. Jeri Bo Keno
From: Leslie Fradkin
5. Re: Japanese covers
From: James Botticelli
6. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
From: Claire Francis
7. Re: Little Pattie
From: Mick Patrick
8. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear; British car songs
From: Phil X Milstein
9. Re: Mike Sarne
From: Phil X Milstein
10. France Gall
From: Frank
11. Re: British car songs / Samantha Jones for Ford
From: Frank J
12. "Happy New Year" from Beverley . . . and Mick
From: Mick Patrick
13. Re: French and Japanese covers
From: Eddy
14. Re: Japanese (and French, etc.) covers
From: Fred Clemens
15. 3-door "car"; Cher and W/S discography
From: Country Paul
16. Re: British car songs
From: Alan Warner
17. "Beyond The Sea" -- Bobby Darin/Kevin Spacey movie
From: David Coyle
18. Re: France Gall
From: Jean-Emmanuel Dubois
19. Bell Records - Dec 1974 R.I.P.
From: Davie Gordon
20. Re: British car songs
From: TD
21. Re: Drive My Car meaning
From: Mark Frumento
22. Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear . . . and the b-side
From: Claire Francis
23. Richard Anthony
From: Denis Gagnon
24. Re: Some Christmas favorites / Ronnie Bird
From: Scott Charbonneau
25. Samantha Jones
From: John H.
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:55:01 -0000
From: Amber
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
Babylambs,
Just a quickie, I'm so busy titivating for a late night standby
flight to Barcelona. I wish I knew what dress to wear, as some
dumbhead once said. But first, I thought you should all hear
Mikki Young's version of "Who Killed Teddy Bear", as produced by
our very own dear Claire Francis. Just follow this link to
experience the Burt Bacharach meets James Bond-ness of it all:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
If only I could still squeeze in to my puka puka pants, the ones
I stole from Jo Ann Campbell's dressing room back in 1961.
Chao,
AvT
xxx
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:20:16 +0000
From: Richard Williams
Subject: Odometer trouble
Sorry to have caused confusion over "900 Miles"/"500 Miles". Silly
mistake. But 500 miles in a Reliant Robin would feel like 900 in
anything else...
Richard Williams
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:10:40 -0000
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: British car songs
Come to think of it, I once wrote and produced a car song. Entitled,
"Go Ahead" and performed by Samantha Jones, it was in fact a promo
'45 for the Ford Motor Company, distributed at fuel stations across
Europe. Downside? The song and recording had absolutely nothing to
do with cars! :):):)
Mark W.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:37:52 -0700
From: Leslie Fradkin
Subject: Jeri Bo Keno
Rick Hough wrote:
> (Warner-Spector) 0406 was slated to be Jeri Bo Keno - Here It Comes
> (Spector/Barry) / I Don't Know Why (Spector / Tempo) Both arr. Nino
> Tempo. Presumably the Bo Keno joke is Nino's. Some swear promos were
> sent out, but I've yet to see one. It was released in the UK as Phil
> Spector International 2010 001.
Jeri, who is an old friend of mine (I produced her after Phil was done
with her), spells her real last name Boccino. They just spelled it that
way for image. She is now the lead singer of the Shangri Las road group.
Does a great job too!
Les
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:56:08 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Japanese covers
Dave Monroe:
> Okay, next question: Japanese versions of English-language
> tracks? I've a few, but ...
Pizzicato 5: Me Japanese Boy (Burt Bacharach)
Fifth Garden: I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music
DooPees: How Does It Feel (A Ronettes flipside)
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:56:32 EST
From: Claire Francis
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear
Thanks Teri,
Kasha and Gaudio are indeed the names of the writers on the Polydor
record that I produced. Thanks for your info.
Davie,
Thanks so much for finding out the information for me. I actually
listened to the clip from the link you sent to me. I was surprised
to hear how similar the productions were. I am still trying to
remember why Roland asked me to produce that one. Maybe he just
wanted a cover version. I guess the thing that would help is doing
research on the dates that both records were recorded...mine and
Atlantic...that maybe would help me figure out why Polydor wanted
to do the record in the first place.
Phil M:
> Thanks for all the information -- it is fantastic to finally learn
> these details! I suspect that the track Martin (who, reluctant though
> I may be to say so lest it swell his head even further, I must agree
> is indeed a decent dude) sent you was the version John Grecco (yet
> another great guy; luckily, this community is virtually awash with
> them!) located on an ultrarare promo 45 that was taken directly from
> the film's soundtrack.
Claire Says (in a heavy Brooklyn accent):
Phil daalink This is some paragraph sweetheart...ya tink I can
understand this? So....tell me? Is this my record on the film or not
...was this "ultrarare promo that was taken directly from the film's
soundtrack" the same 45 that Martin sent me that is my production?
Davie said:
> Hi Claire, after a bit of digging sround on the net it seems that
> the version used in the film is by Leslie Uggams. The song was also
> used as the B-side of her first Atlantic single.
Claire asks:
So between John Grecco and Davie's comments...does this mean my record
on the soundtrack or not? Also, I listened to the link Davie sent,
and even though it is a short clip....I then immediately listened to
my production...and I can't help it...I like mine better. Leslie sounds
good...and I love her voice...but I guess because I was the producer on
Mikki's version, I can't help but smile and say..."did I really produce
this record??? Boy, I sometimes wonder how I ever got lucky enough to
write and record and produce and contribute to the arrangements on all
of these records with out a lesson in anything related to the music. It
just all came from the ears and the heart...
And just a final note, I recently purchased a might big Casio from Sam
Ash in New York to write my songs again and put down on tape the songs
I have written over the last thirty years... This Casio can do so many
things, including hooking up with the computer and recording, etc. I
have never taken piano lessons, but somehow, I am playing the darn
thing like I have been there at the piano keyboard before. What a
blessing and a mystery.
Love & Light,
Claire Francis (born in Brooklyn, N.Y.)
http://www.clairefrancis.com
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:47:28 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: Little Pattie
David A. Young:
> Both the UK and US Amazon.com sites are showing as still in
> stock a 20-track Little Pattie compilation CD from 2001. Credit
> cards ready!
Thanks for the tip, pet. My copy turned up yesterday.
Steve Crump:
> In 1969 Pattie recorded "Gravitation", written by Alma Cook,
> which was released on the Aussie Columbia label. I am
> completely unaware of the original recording. Can anyone help?
Sorry, can't help with the original of that one. But ss the
song's not on Pattie's CD, and I just so happen to possess the
45, I've played it to musica. Who knows, someone might recognize
it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Shame Australia was never allowed to enter Eurovision, say I.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:11:56 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear; British car songs
Davie Gordon wrote:
> After a bit of digging sround on the net it seems that the version
> used in the film is by Leslie Uggams.
That is a cover version, not used in the movie at all.
Mark Frumento wrote:
> Then there is always the question is "Drive My Car" really about a
> car? :>)
Good point. I always heard it was about an acid trip. And that it was
the prequel to "he blew his mind out in a car."
Paul Woods wrote:
> How about MGB-GT by the excellent Richard Thompson? Surprised
> Kingsley Abbott didn't mention that one.
I figured Thompson had at least one good car song in his catalogue, but
couldn't come up with any specifics. Then again, until I actually heard
it I figured his "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" was about a car.
And weren't The Cortinas, a 1977-era punk band, named after a car model?
Stewart Mason wrote:
> Can't forget about Wings' "Helen Wheels" (a UK single added to the US
> tracklisting of BAND ON THE RUN), which Paul McCartney said was an
> attempt to write a British equivalent to the driving songs written by
> folks like Chuck Berry.
Good point, although -- and while speaking of puns -- let us not
overlook the fact that McCartney's title was also a play on the
expression "hell on wheels." A few years after that single a singer
named Helen Wheels, who was affiliated with the Blue Oyster Culters (and
had written lyrics to a few of their songs, I believe), began playing
the NYC area.
Richard Williams wrote:
> Roxy Music's great "Remake/Remodel" has the refrain "CPL
> 593H", the registration number (US readers: license plate) of a Mini-
> Cooper into which Bryan Ferry (the songwriter) watched a beautiful
> girl climb and drive away one day in Chelsea in the early '70s.
Which reminds me that "Love Is The Drug," Roxy's only U.S. hit, began
with car noise sound effects (followed by walking heels, a shutting door
or two, and perhaps the sound of a swallowed 714).
Despite all these reports of British car songs, though, I think
Richard's original point holds up, which is (if I may deign to
paraphrase him) that England, which has never had the kind of automobile
culture that permeates the United States, lacks the sort of CLASSIC car
songs such as those that, likewise, permeate American music. With all
respect to the songs we've listed here, few if any are of the order of
"Maybelline," "Roadrunner" (both Diddley's and Richman's), "Don't Worry
Baby" or "Transfusion."
--Phil M.
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:21:44 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Mike Sarne
Lyn Nuttall wrote:
> Only the other day I was entertaining two of my adult children with
> my rendition of an early 60s Mike Sarne song called "Just For Kicks".
Besides singing and acting, Sarne was also a film director. That
statement must be qualified, though, by noting that his biggest credit
was the legendary bomb "Myra Breckenridge." Requalifying, though,
"Breckenridge" is a hell of a lot more watchable than other similar
disasters, for instance "Candy" or "Sextette."
--Phil M.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:53:37 +0100
From: Frank
Subject: France Gall
Just wanted to add to the French covers topic that France Gall only
sang "...Tennessee" once live on stage. The original hit was written
by her husband for the French rocker Johnny Hallyday.
Frank
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:24:34 +0100
From: Frank J
Subject: Re: British car songs / Samantha Jones for Ford
Mark Wirtz:
> Come to think of it, I once wrote and produced a car song. Entitled,
> "Go Ahead" and performed by Samantha Jones, it was in fact a promo
> '45 for the Ford Motor Company, distributed at fuel stations across
> Europe. Downside? The song and recording had absolutely nothing to
> do with cars! :):):)
Mark, maybe that's the reason why your song was put on the B-side of
the single. The A-side has Samantha singing "Ford Leads The Way" (it
says Orchestra directed by Malcolm Mitchell) Anyway both songs are
great with an uptempo beat to it. BTW, Samantha's first line of your
song is "Go ahead and hurt me". Ah, you naughty little British devils.
I also highly recommend Samantha Jones other Ford single "The T-C
Theme" from 1971which has a newly produced version of "Ford Leads the
Way" on the flipside. Produced by Larry Page and arranged by Bill
Shepherd.
Happy New Year to you and the rest of the wonderful Spectropop Gang.
Frank J.
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:48:43 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: "Happy New Year" from Beverley . . . and Mick
Mario writes:
> Has anyone here heard the great Deram 45 (I think it was the
> label's debut, along with Cat Stevens' "First Cut ...") "Happy
> New Year" by Beverley.
Scott Swanson:
> I have copies of both "Happy New Year" and its B-side ("Where
> The Good Times Are"). I'd upload them to Musica but there
> isn't room.
There's room now. Well, there was, but to save you the bother,
and because today's date demanded that I do so, I've filled that
space with . . .
Beverley "Happy New Year (Deram DM.101, 1966); written by Randy
Newman; produced by Denny Cordell. Click right here to listen:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/
Enjoy, and Happy New Year.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:09:05 +0100
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: French and Japanese covers
Here's a site that has been mentioned before, which also ties in
nicely with the French singers thread that's been going on:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/denis.schwartz/homepage.html
I also have a 45 by the Lettermen of the John Lennon song "Oh my
love", sung in Japanese.
Out of time-zone, but in Japanese nonetheless:
Chicago: Questions 67 and 68
The Police: De do do do, de da da da
Eddy
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:27:23 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: Japanese (and French, etc.) covers
One notable Japanese cover was that of a Hit song by the Grass
Roots, "Let's Live For Today". It was sung by the Tempters (in
Japanese) on the Philips label (in Japan) around October of 1967.
Their inspiration, though, was not the Grass Roots. It was that of
the Living Daylights, a British (Newcastle) group that had released
the song first in a somewhat bubblegum style. The Grass Roots version
modeled their 'sound' after the original recorded version by the
Rokes, which wasn't released until after the Grass Roots. Also note
that the (UK-turned-Italian) Rokes recorded many English-turned-
Italian tunes, their biggest being a cover of Bob Lind's "Cheryl's
Goin' Home" as "Che Colpa Abbiamo Noi" around October of 1966. The
flip side of that was "Piangi Con Me", which was the song that
eventually became "Let's Live For Today". "Piangi Con Me", however,
began life in English as "Passing Thru Grey", recorded by the Rokes
in 1966, but unreleased (by mistake) until 2003. In late 1966, in the
Netherlands, "Piangi Con Me" emerged in English as "Be Mine Again" by
the Skope. "Let's Live For Today", which happened around April of
1967, was the result of a re-write of the original "Passing Thru
Grey" (The publisher didn't like the original lyric).
During a safari a few years ago, I encountered Henri Salvador, a
popular French Artist who covered the Tokens "The Lion Sleep Tonight"
as "Les Lion Est Mort Ce Soir"(sp?). He'd also done a German version
as well, "Der Lowe Schlaft Heut Nacht"(sp?) (Another German cover was
done by Freddie Davis). Salvador had done numerous covers of English
language tunes, including that of Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man", and
Lou Monte's "Pepino (The Italian Mouse)".
Fred Clemens
http://www.bobshannon.com
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:10:48 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: 3-door "car"; Cher and W/S discography
Richard Williams:
> The Messerschmitt was the one > with a sideways opening cockpit
> bubble-top above seats mounted like those in a two-seater plane,
> i.e. one behind the other.
I don't remember the details that well, but there was a Messerschmidt
that "lived" in our apartment development, I thought I remembered it
opening outward from the front, with the steering wheel still attached
to the door! Oh, well - not that I would have ever gotten into one of
those things anyway.... (Did they even have room for a radio?)
Phil Milstein:
> I would be remiss if I allowed the thread on Cher's Spector-produced
> "A Woman's Story" to wrap completely without mentioning its
> interesting writing credit, "Spector-Tempo-Stevens." One wonders,
> therefore, if the song hadn't originally been slated to be an April
> Stevens showcase. Cher's version, along with its flip of "Baby I Love
> You," are now playing at http://www.amajor.com/cher .
Thank you, Phil - and Phil C. - for the discography and for making the
music available. "A Woman's Story" is an unparallelled wonder to my ears.
Not heard it? Catch it while you can. (I wonder what was planned for the
unreleased 0404 and 0406.)
If I don't get the chance to correspond anymore this year, may I wish
all of you a Happy, Healthy, Successful and Non-Stressful 2005!
To be continued,
Country Paul
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:05:25 -0800
From: Alan Warner
Subject: Re: British car songs
There are certainly some other fine UK auto songs
including
"Back Seat Of My Car" by Paul & Linda McCartney
"Black Limousine" by The Stones
"Car Jamming" by The Clash
"Car Trouble" by Adam & The Ants
"Cars" by Gary Numan
"Driving In My Car" by Madness
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean
"Hitchin' A Ride" by Vanity Fare
and "I'm In Love With My Car" by Queen
Plus, although it's a cover of an American composition,
there was the 1960 #1 UK hit version of "Tell Laura I Love Her"
by Ricky Valance: a superb death ballad as well as a fine car song.
Rock on!
Alan Warner
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:48:26 -0800 (PST)
From: David Coyle
Subject: "Beyond The Sea" -- Bobby Darin/Kevin Spacey movie
I'm surprised I haven't seen any discussion of the new movie about
Bobby Darin, "Beyond The Sea." I've been into Darin since the
feature on him in Vanity Fair a few years ago. I was looking forward
to the movie, but now I've read some pretty dreary reviews saying
that the movie is little more than a Kevin Spacey vanity project,
that he's too old to be playing Bobby Darin, the "musical production
numbers" are pretty dreadful, and the like.
I personally am not too keen on the premise of the plot (Kevin
Spacey playing Bobby Darin, who is playing his younger self in a
movie about his life), which is contrived to cover the fact that
Spacey is older than Darin lived to be. Has anyone seen the film yet,
who can attest that it's worse or not as bad as this makes it sound?
Personally, I think the Darin/Spacey resemblance is uncanny, and his
vocals are pretty spot-on. But does the actual production value of
the film make it not worth seeing? Will it possibly spark renewed
interest in Bobby Darin's life and music, or will the whole thing be
too hokey to win over anybody who isn't already a BD fan?
David
P.S., the new "Legendary Bobby Darin" compilation is excellent, a
nice companion to Rhino's "Hit Singles Collection" with little overlap.
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:10:47 +0100
From: Jean-Emmanuel Dubois
Subject: Re: France Gall
Frank:
> Just wanted to add to the French covers topic that France Gall only
> sang "...Tennessee" once live on stage. The original hit was written
> by her husband for the French rocker Johnny Hallyday.
The best France Gall song being Zoïzoï in 1970 and Teeny weeny boppy
in 67 (a Gainsbourg song). Frankenstein in 74 just before she met
Michel Berger is cool too. Michel Berger in 70 released the obscure
and cult LP Puzzle too. But personnaly I'm not a big fan of France
Michel Berger songs. The best Hallyday LP being the 68 Rêve & Amour
with Jean-Claude Vannier (Gainsbourg's Melody Nelson arranger).
JED
:-))
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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:48:30 -0000
From: Davie Gordon
Subject: Bell Records - Dec 1974 R.I.P.
As I write this December 2004 is almost over but there's still time
to commemorate an anniversary - it is the 30th Anniversary of the
end of the existence of the Bell label, almost the last vestige of
a group of labels which issued under two thousand singles between
1959 and the end of 1974. The Amy-Mala-Bell group and the host of
small labels they distibuted covered every type of popular music
being made in those years - forgotten would-be teen idols, girl
groups, garage bands , country, bubblegum, southern soul, northern
soul, comedy, surf, instrumentals, Eurovision Song Contest winners
- you name it and you'll find it somehere on an Amy-Mala-Bell Group
label.
I've been beavering away over the last few weeks to get this finished
in time and, although it's none yet complete, you can now see a
listing of almost every single issued through Amy-Mala-Bell in the
period 1959 - 1974. Time constraints meant that for that the final
years of Bell's existence I've only shown the A-side of the single -
the flipsides will be filled in over the early months of 2005. In the
meantime there's more than enough information to give you a good idea
of the range and depth of the A-M-B Group.
Labels covered include the core labels, Amy, Mala and Bell, the
distributed labels range from Bob Crewe's New Voice and Dynovoice
companies down to obcure one-shots like Taurus and Parliament.
You can view the listing by
1. click on "Files" in the lefthand sidebar
2, click on AMB master list
3. follow the instructions.
The listing is in Excel Spreadsheet format and can be searched in
any number of ways, by label, by artist, by title.
I hope you enjoy looking over the list as much as I enjoyed putting
it together.
The photos section has been considerably enlarged so that in
different albums you can see label shots for most of the AMB group
labels. The "Album Cover" album has nearly 100 entries where you
can see scans of many AMB Group albums including some seldom seen
rarities.
The URL for the AMB Yahoo Group is
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/amymalabell
Davie Gordon
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:57:02 -0500
From: TD
Subject: Re: British car songs
One of my all-time favs is "Call Me Lightning" by The Who.
... dum dum dum do-way! -- TD
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Message: 21
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:26:54 -0000
From: Mark Frumento
Subject: Re: Drive My Car meaning
I wrote:
> Then there is always the question is "Drive My Car" really about
> car? :>)
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> Good point. I always heard it was about an acid trip. And that it
> was the prequel to "he blew his mind out in a car."
No. It's apparently the Beatles again trying to disquise sexual
innuendo (like fish and finger pies in Penny Lane)... not too subtle
either:
"Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can't you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between...
...I told a girl I can start right away
And she said listen babe I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I've found a driver and that's a start"
All the more reason why its such a great car song too!
Mark F.
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Message: 22
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:32:26 EST
From: Claire Francis
Subject: Re: Who Killed Teddy Bear . . . and the b-side
Dear Amber,
Thank you for your e-mail. It was great fun producing that record
and I loved writing the B side to that record as well. It is called
"Some Someday". I hope you get a chance to listen to it, the Strings
are quite beautiful.
I hope you find your puka puka pants, if not, I think I have a pair
in my closet!! Have a safe trip.
Dear Phil,
Thanks for all your help in helping me to remember the work that I
did.
As far as the "B" side of "Who Killed Teddy Bear" goes.. It is a
song called "Some Someday". It is about a Mother telling her daughter
that she will see the man that she loves once again. It was a song
that I wrote when the guy I had a mad crush on married my best friend.
In the song I portray the Mother telling the Daughter about love and
life. Ironically, I did see the man again...I married him eight years
later shortly after his marriage went kaput, and so did mine.... to
R.B. Greaves. (there is a pictures of the both of us on my website on
the first page of the Bio link. And we are married now for 32 years)
and...of course as my girls grew up, I became the Mother in the song
more than once.
It was only through joining Spectropop that I heard this song for the
first time in 40 years. Mikki sang it very sweetly and the arrangement
is quite beautiful...especially the string section which, God bless
Johnny Hawkins let me tell him what I heard. I hope you get a chance
to listen to it.
Now, my question is...if I wrote the B side of "Who Killed Teddy Bear"
and if that Teddy Bear record sold anything...am I supposed to get a
royalty for my song?? I know that sounds like a dumb question, but I
think maybe Polydor should have paid me for any sales of that record
because I wrote the B side. Ah well it's been so long. I was just
another songwriter who forgot about the past and didn't stay on top
of the business very well.
Have and very Happy New Year....Love and Light to you all.
Claire Francis
http://www.clairefrancis.com
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Message: 23
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:37:06 -0500
From: Denis Gagnon
Subject: Richard Anthony
Hi all
The name Richard Anthony was mentioned a few times recently and since
this group has so many experts in so many different fields of popular
music, I thought I might ask a question about my favorite Richard
Anthony song.
Recently, someone mentioned that Ronnie Bird's song "Ou va t-elle"
was the cover of "Come on back" by the Hollies. My favorite Richard
Anthony song is "Pas comme les autres" and it is a cover of an
English song called "Something Special".
I would appreciate if someone could tell me more about this song. I
don't have a clue who was the singer(s). All I remember is buying the
"Pas comme les autres" 45', around 1965. Could have been 1966.
If anyone could post either version of the song on Musica would even
be so much better. I don't believe the French version is available on
CD.
Thanks
Denis
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Message: 24
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:31:55 -0000
From: Scott Charbonneau
Subject: Re: Some Christmas favorites / Ronnie Bird
Julio:
> And changing the subject again, in a recent post Scott Charbonneau
> mentioned some French covers by Ronnie Bird. Scott, one cover by
> Ronnie that you didn't mention and I find very sexy is "Adieu A Un
> Amie", a version of Mike Berry´s "Tribute To Buddy Holly".
Julio, I was not aware of this one as it is not on either of the 2
albums I have. Ugly Things will feature a Ronnie Bird interview in
the next issue, which is supposed to be out in early 2005.
Scott
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Message: 25
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:18:03 -0000
From: John H.
Subject: Samantha Jones
Mark Wirtz wrote:
> Come to think of it, I once wrote and produced a car song. Entitled,
> "Go Ahead" and performed by Samantha Jones...
"Go Ahead" is absolutely fantastic. I'm a big fan of the kicky go-go
version as well as the sexy, slowed down redux "Go Ahead and Love
Me." I've recently wondered - what were your experiences working
with Samantha Jones like? Is there a song (or songs) of hers that
you count among your personal favorites?
-John H.
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