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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Woo Hoo
From: Phil X Milstein
2. Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
From: Martin Roberts
3. Re: "Corinna, Corinna"
From: Various
4. Re: kazoos
From: Dave Heasman
5. Re: Sparky's magic piano / Ray Peterson
From: Ken Silverwood
6. Chris Andrews etc
From: Frank Murphy
7. Re: Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies 1965-1969
From: Richard
8. Re: Sonovox
From: Bill Craig
9. Re: Founding Dell Viking Gone
From: Bill Reed
10. Lost in the Grooves blog, temporary home
From: Kim Cooper
11. Re: Review of Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies 1965-1969
From: Bill Mulvy
12. Re: phantom song challenge
From: Rob Pingel
13. Two quick questions!
From: Chris
14. Re: Talking Guitars / Sonovox
From: Billy G Spradlin
15. "La Mascara"; some phobias; Early Girls 4; Thanks for the demos in musica.
From: Julio Niño
16. Charlie Francis
From: Simon White
17. Re: Sonovox
From: Bill Craig
18. Here come the Cuban girls! "La Mascara" @ musica
From: Mick Patrick
19. popstars in Dallas in Nov. '63
From: Phil X Milstein
20. Bobby Vee's "Here Today"
From: Bob Celli
21. Re: popstars in Dallas in Nov. '63
From: Bob Celli
22. Re: Sparky's magic piano, etc
From: James Botticelli
23. Radio London
From: Dave Heasman
24. Jim Webb question
From: Lyn Nuttall
25. Jack Nitzsche question
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:32:43 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Woo Hoo
Austin Roberts wrote:
> Now I could be wrong on this but I think the Rock-a-Teens were from
> the Richmond ,Va. area and the lead singer was Jess Duboy. He did a
> lot of on camera commercials (mostly Ford I think) throughout the
> Southeast. If anyone knows more or the truth (in case I'm wrong)
> please let us know.
A little further googling indicates he now owns his own ad agency in
North Carolina. Great to finally put a name behind that manic record!
--Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo,
--Phil M.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:28:55 -0000
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche at Spectropop update
Our questionnaire, conducted on behalf of 'JNMMW' (Jack
Nitzsche's Magical Musical World), asked over 500 people
aged 16 - 65, "What is the connection between Bobby Sheen,
Sonny Bono, H.B. Barnum and Jack Nitzsche?" 96% of the
replies answered "Hurrah, it must be the new Jack Nitzsche
Record of the Week." 2% of the replies answered "The
Robins, 'Just Like That'" (Arvee 5001). Both answers are
correct, and it's playing now on the home page:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Of the remaining 2% there were two original answers:
"The Boston Red Sox" and "Cattle farming in the Chilterns".
(If you should be contacted by the 'JNMMW' please try to
be polite as, despite how they may appear, they are only
human.)
The latest KHJ jingle is also playing on the radio page:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/radio.htm
Martin
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:10:22 -0000
From: Various
Subject: Re: "Corinna, Corinna"
A selection of recent posts on the same subject:
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Bob Rashkow re: "Corinna, Corinna":
> The only other version I've heard [besides Ray Peterson's] is
> (I believe) either Dean Martin or Perry Como on the B side of
> one of their lower charts (or non-charts).
Country Paul:
> The original r&b hit is by Big Joe Turner on Atlantic - it
> rocks out.
Ed Salamon:
> "Corinna, Corinna" is an old folk song. Ray said he was
> influenced by Bob Wills hit (1940 on Okeh), which is probably
> where Joe Turner learned it as well.
Ahem ... and Bob Dylan?
Peter Lerner
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More details of Ray Peterson at the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/5wdap
Ray
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Any idea where Bob Dylan learned it from, or whose version he
adapted? It's on his "Freewheelin" album -- it doesn't rock as
much as Big Joe's, but it rocks.
Norm D.
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Hi all;
A while back I came across a web site dedicated to the song,
listing (among other things) 160 known recorded versions dating
back to 1928. If you haven't yet seen it, it's at:
http://www.panhandlecountry.com/cc/cchome.html
Where ya been so long?
Tom Adams
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I thought members of the group might be interested in this site.
Corrine, Corrina Home Page:
http://www.panhandlecountry.com/cc/cchome.html
Bob Witkin
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The first memory I ever had of actually buying a record was at a
local flea market when I was 5-- I paid 5 cents (a major outlay at
that stage of my life) for a record I had picked out of a pile. I
don't know exactly why I chose it, I could never have heard it on
WABC, or WMCA... All I can think of is that the pink label color
(this was a Decca DJ copy) appealed to the five year old color
palette- Anyway, it was "Corinne, Corinna" by Johnny Carroll and
His Hot Rocks. It was a really solid Rockabilly version, which to
my ears, 45 years later STILL rocks harder than Joe Turner's
version. It was Decca 929941, b/w "Wild, Wild Women. It has been
re-issued on a 1977 MCA import LP "Rare Rockabilly, Volume II"--
Those liner notes say the recording date was 4/26/56, and Joe
Turner recorded it 2/24/56.
According to a website called Rock and roll relics, "Corinna,
Corinna" was a #9 hit for Texan-born Ray Peterson in early 1961
... "Corinna, Corinna" is actually an old song. It first charted
in 1931 as "Corinne Corinna" by the Red Nichols Jazz Band, and
rode to #2 on the R&B charts in 1956 as recorded by Big Joe
Turner ...
Hope this all helps,
--Nate Cimmino
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:27:45 -0000
From: Dave Heasman
Subject: Re: kazoos
Ken Silverwood:
> So I chose "I Should Be Gettin' Better", HMV 1013, the b-side to
> "Ginny Come Lately", on which Brian out Bobby Vees Mr Vee, right
> from the xylophone on the talking intro, the pacey rhythm, to the
> violins & also including a **kazoo** solo. I never tire of this
> record.
Phil Milstein:
> Speaking of kazoos and Ginnys, doesn't Ginny Arnell's "Dumb Head"
> have a such a solo, too?
Sorry to be so late with this, but the Spartans' "Can You Waddle"
has a great kazoo solo, and the b-side, or backing track, seems
to have a better sound - the very best drum sound of its day.
Dave, finding soft toilet paper doesn't work.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:22:11 -0000
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: Re: Sparky's magic piano / Ray Peterson
Country Paul wrote wrote:
> I first came to know the Sonovox through a beloved record from
> my childhood called "Sparky's Magic Piano" (Capitol, 1947) in
> which a young boy dreams his piano can talk. It was written and
> produced by Alan Livingston, with music by Billy May.
Simon White:
> I had this on a 45 - it struck absolute terror into my 5 year old
> heart at the time and mere mention of it now Paul, has made me
> sweat. The piano voice is what did it and when the piano won't
> play for him on stage... oh my God!
Oh! joy one of my musical building blocks. I used to listen to
"Uncle Mac's Childrens' Favourites" every Saturday morning in the
hope some kid would request it. I recall it was quite a long piece,
magical & terrifying at the same time.
Ed Salamon Re: Ray Peterson, R.I.P.
> Ray's obit is in the Tennessean on line. They use an old bio that
> shaved his age for the teen market, so have him at 65 rather than 69.
Del Shannon was always down as being born Dec. 1939 which made him
21yrs at the time of Runaway, I think he was more 26yrs IIRC. Common
thing in those times.
Ken On The West Coast.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:05:49 +0000
From: Frank Murphy
Subject: Chris Andrews etc
"The origin of Bono's name has been variously attributed to a
dog food, a brand of hearing aid, and the Latin phrase for
'good voice'. The hearing-aid explanation seems to be the most
widely accepted. There was a shop in the O'Connell Street area
of Dublin which sold 'Bonavox' hearing aids, and this seems to
have been adapted to Bono Vox."
Check here for the rest of the Bio
http://www.threechordsandthetruth.net/u2bios/u2bonobio.htm
Last week I was dj'ing in between acts at a Tsunami fund raiser.
Dan McCafferty during Nazareth's set picked up bag pipes and used
the chanter to alter his voice with some form of vocoder .
Also on the bill was Chris Andrews who was accompanied by a full
orchetra and backing singers courtesy of a mini disk. I presume
he owns his own masters. He sang "Yesterday Man", "To Whom It
Concerns" and a Sandie Shaw tune he wrote. He also played a
rock'n'roll medley accompanied by his guitar. Also on the bill
were the Marmalade well Graham Knight and Sandy Newman with an
acoustic set.
As the next group hit the stage Cado Belle Drummer Davy Roy said
to me "Sally Carr's looking good" "Well that maybe true" was
my reply "but that's Laura Bannon with Ian McGeedie's version of
Middle of the Road". After his bass playing brother retired thru'
ill health Ian replaced him with an Apple notebook and software
with added keyboards and harmony.
Ian's son Stevie and the band's drummer returned to the stage to
back The Blue Nile on what was supposed to be a covers set.It did
kick off with "Strangers In The Night" but after a fan bid £1000
for a Blue Nile song another fan offered another £1000 for another
original.
A fun night and at least £10,000 raised.
FrankM
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:14:41 -0000
From: Richard
Subject: Re: Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies 1965-1969
David Bash:
> ....It advertises having first-time ever true stereo versions
> of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" and "Love Is All Around", but I'm
> wondering if it's the usual case where something isn't quite
> right (e.g.some overdubs are missing/added, a verse is missing
> /added, etc...).
David,
I worked with Producer Cary Mansfield on getting The Mamas and
The Papas single version of "I Saw Her Again Last Night" placed
on one of these discs and it was the real McCoy if that's any
indication of what he did with your songs of interest.
Richard
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:19:13 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Re: Sonovox
Mark Hill wrote:
> Bono of the rock group U2 got his nickname from the
> Sonovox. His full stage name is "Bono Vox".
I believe Bono took that name for it's meaning "good voice"
and from the name of a hearing aid called "Bonavoice".
Country Paul:
> I was told it comprised a couple of small speakers strapped
> to the sides of one's vocal cords, which are then vibrated
> by the music played by the instrument, and the words are
> mouthed by the wired person (the "wiree"?). I don't know
> about "blending"; I was told that the texture of the output
> depends on the kind of instrument played into it.
I believe there was an old Kay Kaiser movie called "You'll
Find Out" which featured the Sonovox to a spooky effect.
Any closet Kay Kaiser fans that can confirm this?
Bill Craig
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:42:22 -0000
From: Bill Reed
Subject: Re: Founding Dell Viking Gone
> He sang with the other known surviving group member, Norman
> Wright, who continues performing as the Del Vikings with his
> sons.... "We all knew that David was struggling over the last
> several years, and yet when he hit the stage his spirit was
> still as it was as a teenager," Robbins said.
Though not strictly speaking an original member, Gus Backus
joined the group early enough to have sung the lead on "Cool
Shake". I think that more or less qualifies him as a "surviving
group member". After leaving the Del Vikings, he had a monster
hit solo in Japan (Short on Love), then went on to carve out a
very solid solo career in Germany. Here is his web site (all in
German, alas): http://www.gusbackus.de/
Bill Reed
http://people-vs-drchilledair.blogspot.com
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:22:56 -0800
From: Kim Cooper
Subject: Lost in the Grooves blog, temporary home
The Lost in the Grooves blog, a journal of unpopular culture
updated (more or less) daily, is currently residing at
http://scrammagazine.com/blog.html - Recent posts include
riffs on the Jimmy Webb box set, Janacek's "The Cunning Little
Vixen", Holly & the Italians, vintage small press greeting cards,
beatnik flick "Daddy-o," Murder Can Be Fun, The Ugly's, Petra
Haden "Sings the Who Sells Out", Charlie Tweddle, Homestead &
Wolfe, Starry Eyed & Laughing and The Blow. We hope you'll drop
by and find something new to love.
Kim Cooper
Editrix
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Scram Magazine
PO Box 461626
Hollywood, CA 90046-1626
http://www.scrammagazine.com
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:20:21 -0600
From: Bill Mulvy
Subject: Re: Review of Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies 1965-1969
David Bash:
> This may have been discussed here recently, but has anyone
> here heard this disc? It advertises having first-time ever
> true stereo versions of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" and "Love Is
> All Around", but I'm wondering if it's the usual case where
> something isn't quite right (e.g.some overdubs are missing/
> added, a verse is missing/added, etc...).
David,
I bought it. The sound is mostly excellent throughout.
The "Love Is All Around Track sounds much cleaner than I
remember the mono version sounding. The strings/synthesizers
are much more noticeable in the mix.
I had a CD called "Pandora's Box" by Procol Harum that has that
stereo version on it, so it's not actually first time stereo.
It seems like a different take than the mono version, but is
interesting to hear in stereo.
The stereo sound on both tracks is similar to the Beach Boys
stereo "Pet Sounds" CD.
"The Israelites" has absolutely awesome sound.
There is a additional instrumental passage at the beginning of
"You've Lost That Lovin Feeling".
There is the classic Ides Of March song "You Wouldn't Listen
To Me" that seems a little cleaner than the Sundazed or Bob
Stroud versions.
The New Colony Six songs seem to be better sounding than
previous CD versions I have.
The Gentry's "Keep On Dancing" is very clean and sounds great.
Even though it's mono, but it fades a little too quick.
I was a little disappointed with the sound of "I Wonder What's
She's Doing Tonight", but it is stereo, where it is mono on
some greatest hit CDs.
Society's Child is also very good mono.
I'm glad I bought it, "Love Is All Around" in stereo was worth
the price of admission itself.
Hope that helps.
Bill Mulvy
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:08:23 -0000
From: Rob Pingel
Subject: Re: phantom song challenge
Clark:
> A couple of responses to Rob Pingel's request for a song ID:
> Not a hard one for Chicagoans. From spring 1966, it's "Don't
> You Know" by Keith Everett on Temp-Ting label. The song made
> WLS' Top 10 -- pretty good for a local which didn't hit nationally.
You'd think that any record that managed to go top ten in a city
as large as Chicago would certainly make the Billboard Hot 100.
I don't believe "Don't You Know" even made a blip on the Bubbling
Under listings. Would be interesting to know how many copies this
one sold in the Chicago market. Any educated guesses?
One of the major difficulties in finding this record was its
absence on the national charts, plus the generic title. At one
time I checked the International Discographies (an invaluable
resource tool), but was stymied by the sheer number of "Don't
You Know" songs.
It would be interesting to have a list of records that were
BIG in major markets, particularly Chicago, Los Angeles, and
New York during the 50's and 60's that did nothing nationally.
That sounds like an idea for a book.
Rob Pingel
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 07:39:53 -0000
From: Chris
Subject: Two quick questions!
Hi again,
1. Bobby Vee's version of the Beach Boys' "Here Today" - was
it on an album? In stereo?
2. From last spring, did anyone have an answer to who performed
the girl group song (title probably "Keep On Lovin' Me") from a
'64 radio aircheck?
Thanks,
Chris
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:53:50 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Re: Talking Guitars / Sonovox
ModGirl:
> Back in the late 70's a group called "Stillwater" from
> Georgia did a song called "Mindbender" (which was more
> or less a regional hit) that featured a "singing guitar"
> with a chorus going something like:
I heard it - it was a good sized AOR hit in 1977-8, and it
got some Top 40 airplay. Stillwater was another "Southern Rock"
band on Capricorn records and no relation to the fictional group
in Cameron Crowe's movie "Almost Famous".
About the Sonovox - from what I remember it or a similar device
was first invented in the late 30's. Its most famous use was for
the voice of the train "Casey Jr." in Walt Disney's animated
classic "Dumbo"!
"Hurry Up! Lets Go!"
Billy
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:57:33 -0000
From: Julio Niño
Subject: "La Mascara"; some phobias; Early Girls 4; Thanks for the demos in musica.
Hola Everybody.
We are already immersed in Carnival holidays. These dates
always stress me a lot, because since I was a little child
I've always hated to dress up (when I was a kid and my mother
forced me to put on a costume for school parties I always cried
hysterically. Poor mom, she has always resisted to accept that
her children are seriously unbalanced). And in addition to that
personal phobia, people in costumes make me feel rather nervous.
I can't help finding something ominous in them. So you can imagine
that in that period of the year, with all those people happily
walking in costumes through the streets, I permanently feel on
the verge of a nervous breakdown.
I have my own rituals to survive the Carnival weekend, I refuge
(with enough food and distractions) in my den and listen to my
favorite Carnival song: "La Máscara" (the mask), by Las Hermanas
Benitez, a trio of Cuban sisters that recorded in Spain in the
second half of the sixties. The track, composed by Antonio
Guijarro y Augusto Algueró, is included in their EP Discophon
27380, 1965, and can be considered an allegation in defense of
hypocrisy. I think the original version was by Marisol, recorded
a year earlier for her film "La Nueva Cenicienta" (a naive movie
about a love affaire between a barely-teen Marisol and a much
older Bob Conrad). Personally I think that the version by Las
Hermanas Benitez is much better (although many Marisol fanatics
probably would try to lynch me if they read this). I would love
to share "La Mascara" with you, but I´ve been trying to upload
it to musica and it seems that I´m no longer able to do that.
Maybe with somebody's help.
Changing completely the subject, I read yesterday in Ace Records
webpage the announcement of the next publication of the CD
"Early Girls" Volume Four. I don´t know if some member of
Spectropop has been involved in the selection of the tracks and/or
the writing of the notes, but in that hypothetical case I will be
grateful if he/she could give us an advance of the track list.
And Finally I want to thank Jeff Lemlich for the fantastic demos
he has generously played in musica recently. Margaret Ross'
"Please Let Him Love Me" was breathtaking (and the mise en scène
of first playing the track, then letting increase the suspense
about the singer's identity and finally publishing Margaret's
words was great). I have also enjoyed very much the Kenny Young
demos, the last one, "Just An Ordinary Girl" is very suggestive.
I find the voice of the singer very sexy. Who sings it? Kenny?
Chao.
Julio Niño.
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:52:50 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Charlie Francis
I'm looking for info on an artist named Charlie Francis.
His name appears on a few budget albums, the ones where they
split the album with two artists one side each. He's on albums
by Sam Cooke , Brook Benton and Chuck Jackson.
Charlie is a balladeer in a Chuck Jackson mode often backed
by a group and some of his stuff is really good. There don't
seem to be any 45s though which is odd.
Anyone know anything about him?
Simon
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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:04:07 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Re: Sonovox
ModGirl wrote:
> Would that be the device so commonly used for radio promo spots
> back in the day? As in spelling out the call letters and ending
> with the name of city? I used to LOVE that effect! Kinda cheesy
> in retrospect, but still way cool.
Also on The Who's "Sell Out" album between the songs. Were they
fake or real station promos? "Wonderful Radio London... Whoopee!!!"
Bill Craig
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:52:12 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Here come the Cuban girls! "La Mascara" @ musica
Julio Niño:
> I have my own rituals to survive the Carnival weekend, I refuge
> (with enough food and distractions) in my den and listen to my
> favorite Carnival song: "La Máscara" (the mask), by Las Hermanas
> Benitez, a trio of Cuban sisters that recorded in Spain in the
> second half of the sixties. The track, composed by Antonio
> Guijarro y Augusto Algueró, is included in their EP Discophon
> 27380, 1965, and can be considered an allegation in defence of
> hypocrisy. I think the original version was by Marisol, recorded
> a year earlier for her film "La Nueva Cenicienta" (a naive movie
> about a love affaire between a barely-teen Marisol and a much
> older Bob Conrad). Personally I think that the version by Las
> Hermanas Benitez is much better (although many Marisol fanatics
> probably would try to lynch me if they read this). I would love
> to share "La Máscara" with you, but I've been trying to upload
> it to musica and it seems that I'm no longer able to do that.
> Maybe with somebody's help.
Here come the Cuban girls! I've uploaded "La Máscara" to musica
on Julio's behalf. Enjoy it. I did.
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:07:33 -0800
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: popstars in Dallas in Nov. '63
In reading about the early '60s duo Dale & Grace on Tom Simon's website
of popstar bios, I came across a very interesting passage, reporting
a story I'd never heard before:
"As ["I'm Leaving It Up To You"] became more and more popular across the
U.S., their tour stopped in Dallas, where President Kennedy was
scheduled to visit. Dale & Grace stood along the motorcade route with
Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Jimmy Clanton and others from [Dick Clark's]
Caravan Of Stars and waved as Kennedy's motorcade passed by. By the time
it had travelled another three blocks, some gunshots were fired in the
distance from an office building along the motorcade route. A few hours
later they learned ..."
Well, you know the rest. To see for yourself, visit
http://www.tsimon.com/dale.htm . Perhaps Bob Celli could locate some
verification of this story for us.
--Phil M.
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:12:53 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: Bobby Vee's "Here Today"
Chris wrote:
> Bobby Vee's version of the Beach Boys' "Here Today" - was it on an
> album? In stereo?
"Here Today" has never been out on anything but a single backed with
"Before You Go". As a point of interest, one of the voices singing
along with Bob on "Before You Go" was Leon Russell. I believe Leon
arranged it also. As far as I know, "Here Today" was never mixed to
stereo but there is a multi track in the vault. I asked Bob if he
was offered the song by the Beach Boys. He said "no", only that he
heard it on the album and decided to cut it. It is a great track!
Bob Celli
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Message: 21
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:02:56 -0000
From: Bob Celli
Subject: Re: popstars in Dallas in Nov. '63
Phil X Milstein wrote:
> "As ["I'm Leaving It Up To You"] became more and more popular across
> the U.S., their tour stopped in Dallas, where President Kennedy was
> scheduled to visit. Dale & Grace stood along the motorcade route with
> Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Jimmy Clanton and others from [Dick Clark's]
> Caravan Of Stars and waved as Kennedy's motorcade passed by. By the
> time it had travelled another three blocks, some gunshots were fired
> in the distance from an office building along the motorcade route. A
> few hours later they learned ..."
>
> Well, you know the rest. To see for yourself, visit
> http://www.tsimon.com/dale.htm . Perhaps Bob Celli could locate some
> verification of this story for us.
I can verify the Bobby and Brian were in Dallas that day. Bobby
mentioned it to me in conversation once. I'll get further details on
it asap.
Bob
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Message: 22
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 00:47:10 -0500
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Sparky's magic piano, etc
For an excellent look at Kiddie Records of the 40's, & 50's, go to
http://www.basichip.com . You'll see the link for his kiddie stuff.
He shares MP3's too! Great site!
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Message: 23
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:54:58 -0000
From: Dave Heasman
Subject: Radio London
Bill Craig:
> Also on The Who's "Sell Out" album between the songs. Were they
> fake or real station promos? "Wonderful Radio London... Whoopee!!!"
That was real. The best ever radio station (until WFMU).
Dave, some way west of any boat 3 miles out in the North Sea.
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Message: 24
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:17:55 -0000
From: Lyn Nuttall
Subject: Jim Webb question
I have a 1968 release date (from The Originals book & website) for a
Jim Webb version of his own 'Wichita Lineman'. Would that have been
on the album Epic put out called 'Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb'? I can't
find a track listing for the album.
Lyn
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Message: 25
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:15:27 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Jack Nitzsche question
This question is for Martin really, but I thought I'd aim it
at the whole group too.
I'm busy reading everything I can lay my hands on relating to
Jack Nitzsche. In the interview he gave to Songwriter's Review
magazine in 1965, Jack said that his first composition was a
song titled "So Sorry".
Has a recorded version of this song ever surfaced?
I am aware of a 45 by the Viceroys entitled "I'm So Sorry",
released on Little Star 107 and Smash 1716, both in 1961.
Jack did other work for this label, and for its owner H B
Barnum.
Does anyone have a copy of this record? If so, who wrote the
song please?
I bet Steve Propes has a copy.
Read the interview here:
http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/magazines.htm
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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