Spectropop - Digest Number 1843

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005

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There are 25 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. "Early Girls #4" / Annie Laurie / Julius Dixon (R.I.P.) & Beverly Ross
           From: Mick Patrick 
      2. "Children Of St. Monica"
           From: Steve Jarrell 
      3. Re: No Bass
           From: John Fox 
      4. The Storey Sisters
           From: Javed Jafri 
      5. Re: The Chantays & Lawrence Welk
           From: Clark Besch 
      6. Re: The Flirtations
           From: James 
      7. The Nightriders - both sides now @ musica
           From: Eddy 
      8. Re: Don Grady
           From: Mikey 
      9. Joe Martin Baritone of The Willows Has Passed Away
           From: Bill Swanke 
     10. "Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do"; Robbie Lee
           From: Julio Niño 
     11. Nico
           From: Richard Williams 
     12. Re: Larry Welk
           From: Bob Witkin 
     13. West Side Story
           From: Dave Monroe 
     14. Re: The Marauders / Laurie Records
           From: Dave O'Gara 
     15. Re: No Bass
           From: Steve Harvey 
     16. Hit Records  stereo
           From: Ed B 
     17. Don Grady
           From: Jon Christopher Pennington 
     18. Help with the Emotions!
           From: Clark Besch 
     19. Re: The Storey Sisters & other new identities
           From: Stephen C. Propes 
     20. Re: No Bass
           From: Einar Einarsson Kvaran 
     21. Jenny & The Jewels now playing at Musica
           From: Paul Urbahns 
     22. Re: Larry Welk
           From: Clalrk Besch 
     23. Re: No Bass
           From: Michael Thom 
     24. Sound Judgment - Happy Without You
           From: Lyn Nuttall 
     25. Rest in Peace, Gidget! Actress Sandra Dee dead at age 62
           From: Karen Andrew 


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Message: 1
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:05:49 -0000
   From: Mick Patrick 
Subject: "Early Girls #4" / Annie Laurie / Julius Dixon (R.I.P.) & Beverly Ross


Jim Allio wrote:
> "Early Girls 4" sounds fabulous ... Wondering if the Annie 
> Laurie track is the same song Gene Pitney did and whether 
> it predates his hit.

No, different song, but just as good. Annie Laurie's "It 
Hurts To Be In Love" was written by Julius Dixon and Beverly 
Ross, the same team that wrote "Lollipop, the Chordettes' 
smash. Dixon and Ross were an unusual partnership, in that he 
was black and she was white. He was a lot older than her too. 
They wrote a bunch of good songs together, and with other 
collaborators. Julius Dixon died not too long ago. Betty 
Everett did an excellent version of "It Hurts To Be In Love" 
on VJ. Annie Laurie's is the original.

"Early Girls #4" will be out in a week or so. In the meantime, 
here's what it says about Annie Laurie in the booklet:

"R & B songstress ANNIE LAURIE was born in Atlanta, Georgia 
and embarked on her career in the mid-1940s performing with 
the bands of Snookum Russell and Dallas Bartley. She made 
her recording debut fronting the latter outfit with 'St. 
Louis Blues' in 1945. Upon relocating to New Orleans, she 
was hired by Paul Gayten, with whose ensemble she charted 
for DeLuxe Records in 1947 with 'Since I Fell For You'. 
Further big R & B sellers like 'Cuttin' In' and 'I'll Never 
Be Free' ensued before Annie struck out solo, first at the 
Okeh label, then Savoy. Returning to DeLuxe in 1957, she 
scored her biggest ever hit with 'IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE', 
her only record to crossover to the pop charts. She closed 
her account with the label in 1960 with 'If You're Lonely', 
another R & B charter. 1962 found her waxing for the Ritz 
label, following which she withdrew from the secular arena 
to concentrate on religious music. Annie Laurie was, it is 
said, the favourite singer of Dinah Washington."

Julius Dixon, R.I.P.

Hey la,

Mick Patrick





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Message: 2         
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:18:40 -0000
   From: Steve Jarrell 
Subject: "Children Of St. Monica"


"Thank you" to all the S'Poppers that took the time to help me 
find "The Children Of St. Monica".  I passed the word to my listener 
who was delighted!  She stated that she had been trying to find the 
song for over 30 years!  You made her extremely happy, and brought 
back a memory.  Isn't that what it's all about?

Steve Jarrell








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Message: 3         
   Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:44:10 EST
   From: John Fox 
Subject: Re: No Bass


Previously:
> 'Pipeline" was one of the few rock records to be recorded without 
> a bass or bass guitar. 

Boy, it sure sounds like there's a bass guitar in there, but I guess 
it's just a bassy 6-string.  

One other big hit without a bass is "Bristol Stomp". I'll never  
understand this, because the bass is so prominent (and so good) on 
virtually  every other Cameo-Parkway record (witness anything by The 
Orlons). But, true to Cameo-Parkway's copycat approach, it worked so 
well for The Dovells that Kal Mann & Co. left the bass off of 
"Bristol Twistin' Annie" as well.
 
John Fox





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Message: 4         
   Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:56:51 -0800
   From: Javed Jafri 
Subject: The Storey Sisters


It's rare that anything heard on oldies radio surprises me these days 
but it happened today. I was listening to WKBW from Buffalo, NY and 
heard them play a song called "Bad Motorcycle" by a group called the 
Storey Sisters. A really rocking late 50's tune. An example of female 
rockabilly. I don't recall ever hearing this record before and since 
it was a girl group I'm surprised that I do not ever recall a mention 
on this list. Can someone give me the scoop on the Storey Sisters. The 
announcer said they were from Philadelphia.

Javed





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Message: 5         
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:35:44 -0000
   From: Clark Besch 
Subject: Re: The Chantays & Lawrence Welk


Previously:
> Interviewed in the 1970s, Welk admitted that he really liked the 
> sound of "Pipeline" and thought is was a "great little record by 
> boys so young". That Lawrence Welk.....what a Cut-up!!!!

Chris:
> Yes, but it works better with the proper pronunciation:  "I really 
> like-ed the sound of-a 'Pipe-a-line-ah'; it was a great-a little-a 
> record-a py poys so young-ah." Yes I do listen to a lot of Stan 
> Freberg,

Chris, you are SO on it!  How bout the song where Lawrence is a 
villian??  The classic Brother 4 song, "Ratman and Bobbin" in which 
it is discovered that Welk is the "Mad barber"!  He retorts: "Yes, 
it's-a me.  An it's these teenagers that are driving me insane.  It's 
all that dancing and that fruging and all that...." as he is led away 
by the police commisioner.  Great record!  

Clark





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Message: 6         
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:01:26 -0000
   From: James 
Subject: Re: The Flirtations


Nick Archer:
> I was visiting Radio Luxembourg in 1980 and got a tour from one 
> of the DJs, Bob Stewart. In passing he mentioned that one of the 
> Flirtations had gotten a job as a presenter on Radio Luxembourg. 
> Does anyone know who that was?

It probably was Viola Bullips...because in 1980 the Flirtations 
(Loretta Noble, Betty and Ernestine) were the group and they still 
went on to record "Earthquake," "Read All About It" and "Get Up."

--James








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Message: 7         
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:03:00 +0100
   From: Eddy 
Subject: The Nightriders - both sides now @ musica


The RealAudio version of the Nightriders' "It's Only The Dog" in 
Musica has been replaced by an mp3 copy, along with the B-side. 
Enjoy ! 

Eddy





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Message: 8         
   Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:23:33 -0400
   From: Mikey 
Subject: Re: Don Grady


Den:
> I think Don Grady was Chip, or one of Fred MacMurray's other
> "sons" in My Three Sons.

Don Grady was Robbie Douglas, on My Three Sons.





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Message: 9         
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:50:53 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
   From: Bill Swanke 
Subject: Joe Martin Baritone of The Willows Has Passed Away


Joseph Martin, an original member of the Willows, the 1950s doo-wop 
group who hit the national charts with "Church Bells May Ring" in 
1956, has died. Martin, 70, died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York 
City on Saturday morning, February 19, 2005 after a long illness.

Born in Harlem, New York on February 12, 1935, baritone Joe Martin 
and his twin brother, second tenor, Ralph Martin, joined forces with 
Richie Davis, Tony Middleton, and John Thomas "Scooter" Steele to 
form the original Five Willows in their West 115th Street neighborhood 
in 1952. The Five Willows signed with Peter Doraine's Allen label the 
following year and scored a regional hit with their original 
composition, "My Dear Dearest Darling".  "I remember seeing the 
Orioles at the Apollo Theater," Joe recalled in a 1993 interview.  "I 
said, 'One day we're going to make it up there.'  People said it would 
never happen.  But we kept on going with it, and eventually we did it."

The Five Willows recorded collectors' prizes in "Dolores", "White 
Cliffs of Dover", and "Love Bells" for Doraine into 1954 before waxing 
a pair of unsuccessful discs for Herald. Signing with Morty Craft's 
Melba imprint in early 1956, the Willows (they had dropped the "Five" 
after Joe had overslept and missed a matinee show during an Apollo 
engagement) brought "Church Bells May Ring", a song that Herald had 
rejected, to their first session.  "'Church Bells' was a slow song," 
Joe remembered.  "It was a little faster than 'My Dear Dearest Darling'.  
We decided we wanted it speeded up.  It sounded pretty good as a ballad, 
but step it up, and it sounds better.  So we did.  It took about four 
takes." Craft had budding songwriter Neil Sedaka overdub chimes on the 
doo-wop rocker, which sold over 4,000 copies around New York in the 
first two days after it was released.  The song peaked at #14 on the 
R&B chart and #62 on Billboard's pop chart, eclipsed by a cover version 
by the Diamonds on Mercury.  The Willows ultimately sued Craft for non-
payment of royalties and were awarded a lump sum of $1200 after the 
label owner declared bankruptcy.

Although the Willows never hit the national charts again, they performed 
and recorded regularly for Melba, Club, El Dorado, Gone, Warwick, and 
Heidi, into 1964.  The Martin twins appeared on every record and 
recruited Joe's wife, Dottie, to replace Tony Middleton after he left 
to embark on a solo career in 1959.  After a one-off performance in 
1972, Middleton, Davis, the Martin twins, and Steele reformed the group 
for personal appearances in 1983.  They worked sporadically until 1989.
The year following Steele's 1997 death, the group reformed with the four
surviving original members, playing various concert venues on the East 
Coast and participating in a PBS-TV special.  The Willows, which are now
comprised of Middleton, Davis, Ralph Martin, and Middleton's son, Desi,
under Musicial Director/Manager Michael Cee are scheduled to appear in 
England later this spring.

"Joe suffered a stroke about a year ago, and he never recovered from 
it," explained first tenor Richie Davis, who first met the Martins at 
age 10.  He had been in a nursing home for some time, and had recently 
been moved to the hospital.  We had some really good times together and 
I will certainly miss him."  Martin was preceded in death by his wife,
Dorothy (1939-2000), and fellow Willows John Thomas Steele, Richard 
Simon, and Freddy Donovan, who passed on in 1986. Survivors include two 
daughters, Terri and Debbie, one son, Richard, and numerous 
grandchildren.
 
Article courtesy of Todd Baptista Author:Echoes Of The Rhythm And
Blues Era
 
Funeral Arrangements to be announced.
 
Willie C.
See the Cafe at: http://www.BeachMusicCafe.com
Listen to the Cafe at: http://www.live365.com/stations/williecs
BLOG the Cafe at: http://williecs.tripod.com/williesblog/





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Message: 10        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:45:31 -0000
   From: Julio Niño 
Subject: "Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do"; Robbie Lee


Hola Everybody.

Is Less More? Sometimes. One of my musical thrills this week has 
been discovering Tammy Grimes´ majestic version of Randy Newman´s 
"Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do" (thanks, Martin). 
Listening to Tammy´s version made me feel like listening to Jerry 
Butler´s version, which I´ve been doing this morning (I think that 
jumping from version to version is one of the most fun thing about 
oldies music). Jerry´s version is much more austere but in my 
opinion somehow that control increases the emotional impact of the 
track. Maybe it´s the effect of the transparent sunny Sunday 
morning, or maybe it´s because the hyacinths flowers have suddenly 
bloomed in my balconies, but listening to Jerry has left me in a 
state of astonishment.

While I was searching for Jerry´s song among my totally chaotic 
possessions, I found a track that I have forgotten but which I 
used to have a crush on some years ago: "Heart For Sale" by 
Robbie Lee (real name Olivia Robinette, according to the 
information in another record about AFO); It distils innocence. 
The tune is included in an ACE records compilation about AFO 
records and was previously unreleased. I only know one other 
song by Robbie, "True Love" , also on AFO records, but oddly in 
this latter track she sounds like a totally different girl to my 
ears. I would love it if someone could tell me something more 
about Robbie/Olivia.

Chao.
Julio Niño.





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Message: 11        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:20:46 +0000
   From: Richard Williams 
Subject: Nico


Further to recent posts on the subject of Nico's death and her version 
of "Deutschland Uber Alles":

1. She died after falling off her bicycle on the island of Ibiza, where 
she had lived on and off for many years. A heart attack was the cause, 
if I remember correctly.

2. My most vivid Nico memory is from 1974 and concerns taking her, John
Cale and Brian Eno to a music festival in East Berlin (as it was then). 
It was held in the National Gallery, a beautiful black glass box 
designed by Mies Van Der Rohe. When she performed "Das Lied Der 
Deutschen" (its proper name, I believe), the full house -- 
predominantly students, or student-age -- practically rioted, not least 
because she included a verse that had been banned since the end of WW2. 
Cale accompanied her by playing random Warsaw Concerto-style arpeggios 
at full volume, while Eno produced the noise of a thousand-bomber raid 
on his VCS3 synth. I had very mixed feelings about the whole thing, 
which time has failed to clarify. Certainly her performance had its 
roots in her own childhood memories of wartime Berlin -- and if you
want to know what that was like, read Anthony Beevor's recent book.
Solemn interlude over.

Richard Williams







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Message: 12        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:53:38 EST
   From: Bob Witkin 
Subject: Re: Larry Welk


I remember reading that Welk - who grew up in North Dakota did not 
speak English until his late teens or early twenties.

Bob Witkin





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Message: 13        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:30:14 -0800 (PST)
   From: Dave Monroe 
Subject: West Side Story


Bill George wrote:
> And let's all write AMC letters complaining about cutting Jackie 
> DeShannon's songs from Cmon On Let's Live A Little.  Would they 
> cut Natalie Wood's songs out of West Side Story?!?

If ONLY someone would cut Natalie Wood's (or, at any rate, whoever's 
doing her singing for her) songs out of WSS.  Especially "I Fell 
Pretty."  Downright ridiculous.  Just leave in the stuff featuring 
Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris and Rita Moreno, and it'd be much 
better.  All the cool and/or funny numbers, vs. the schmaltzy ones.  
That's a hell of a film on the big screen, by the way, all angles 
and action and grace.  Okay, I be quiet now.





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Message: 14        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:03:04 -0000
   From: Dave O'Gara 
Subject: Re: The Marauders / Laurie Records


Scott Swanson wrote:
> In 1964 an Australian band called The Cicadas covered both sides of 
> The Marauders' 1963 release "That's What I Want"/"Hey Wha'D'Ya Say".  
> I'm not even sure if the Marauders 45 was even released in Australia!

Seeing this post reminded me that I always enjoyed The Marauders' 
cover of the Spoonful's "Jugband Music" on Laurie Recoreds. But I 
haven't been able to find a copy of it. Doing a recent search I ran 
across a website that I think S'poppers might find interesting; it's 
called Both Sides Now: http://www.bsnpubs.com/

I haven't read everything on the site, but their homepage seems to 
have links to topics that are often discussed here. I used their 
search box to find info on Laurie and discoverd an interesting couple 
of interview paragraphs with Laurie co-founder Gene Schwartz. In the 
article, he talks about recording their acts on two track, not for 
stereo purposes but for ease in mixing down afterwards. The interview 
can be found here: http://www.bsnpubs.com/laurie.html

Dave 0'





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Message: 15        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:14:52 -0800 (PST)
   From: Steve Harvey 
Subject: Re: No Bass


John Fox wrote [about the Chantays "Pipeline"]:
> Boy, it sure sounds like there's a bass guitar in
> there, but I guess it's just a bassy 6-string. 

Yes, they turned the bass up on one of the guitars to
compensate for no bassist at the time of the recording.

Steve Harvey.





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Message: 16        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:37:50 -0000
   From: Ed B 
Subject: Hit Records  stereo


The subject of Hit Record singles in stereo apparently wasn't 
mentioned in the recent thread about "Keep On Dancin'" etc.  
Upon listening to various singles I have quite a few that are 
in real stereo which is  rare for 63'-66' singles "When I grow 
Up To Be A Man"/"Matchbox # 147"  is a good example.

Ed B





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Message: 17        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:26:35 -0800
   From: Jon Christopher Pennington 
Subject: Don Grady


I think Don Grady also released an album under his real name, 
Don Agrati, for Elektra Records, sometime in the early 70s.  
Haven't heard it, but it probably doesn't hold a candle to the 
Canterbury-era stuff.

Jon P.





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Message: 18        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:15:06 -0000
   From: Clark Besch 
Subject: Help with the Emotions!


Hi, altho this isn't usual S'pop chatter, I am looking for help.  
I just found out a co-worker is brother to the Emotions, the 
sister group who won a Grammy for "Best of my Love" in 1978.  
I have a lot of material on their 70's days, but am looking 
for any 60's material--videos, radio charts, pictures, etc. 
The sisters' names are the Hitchinsons and they began singing 
at 4 and 5 years with musical father who had them on gospel 
tours by late 50's. They were from Chicago's south side--even 
more interesting to me! Performed on the Jerry Van Dyke show 
in 58 and changed their name to the Hutchinson Sunbeams. They 
sang with Mahalia Jackson and others on gospel tours. They 
became the Heavenly Sunbeams and in their high school years, 
dad and girls became "Three Ribbons and a Bow".  

At the recommendation of Purvis Staples, they signed to Stax/Volt 
as the Emotions.  Their first performance in late 60's with Volt 
was at Chicago's Regal Theatre and soon toured with the Jackson 
5 and Staple Singers.  Isaac Hayes produced their first LP and 
biggest Volt single "So I Can Love You" (anyone have this? Could 
you email me offlist). In 71, they appeared in the movie Wattstax 
with label mates, Rufus and Carla Thomas and Johnny Taylor. Any 
info or information on their 50's 60's years would be GREATLY 
appreciated--or if Artie wayne or anyone else worked with them
and has any memories to share. Now's the time! THANKS a million!  

Clark





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Message: 19        
   Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:26:31 -0000
   From: Stephen C. Propes 
Subject: Re: The Storey Sisters & other new identities


Javed:
> I was listening to WKBW from Buffalo, NY and heard them play a 
> song called "Bad Motorcycle" by a group called the Storey Sisters. 
> A really rocking late 50's tune. An example of female rockabilly.

Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but I think that the version by the
Twinkles on Peak is identical to the Storey Sisters on Cameo - in
other words, same take, different identity.  It was also issued as 
the Angelos on Tollie as "Bad Motorcycle (Wooden Wooden)."

If it's not the case, then the Storey Sister/Twinkles releases are 
at least examples of the same a/b-side ("Sweet Daddy") in a cover/
remake version, so either way, it qualifies for something.  BTW, 
"Bad Motorcycle" is a great song - but with lyrics like "he's a 
bad motorcyle...vroom, vroom, vroom" - how could it miss?

BTW, this wouldn't be the only time that Cameo/Parkway pulled this
very move: they picked up the break-in "The Trial" by Herb B. Lou 
& the Legal Eagles on the Arch label out of L.A. (Herb=Herb Alpert;
Lou=Lou Adler, no less) and renamed the act, Jerry Field & the 
Lawyers for the releases visit to Parkway.

Any other examples of this tactic anyone can think of, and what 
is a good name for this tactic of picking up a master and renaming 
the act (re-grouping, maybe)?

Steve





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Message: 20        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:05:06 -0800 (PST)
   From: Einar Einarsson Kvaran 
Subject: Re: No Bass


Steve Harvey:
> 'Pipeline" was one of the few rock records to be
> recorded without a bass or bass guitar.

John Fox:
> One other big hit without a bass is "Bristol Stomp".

I believe that the Santo & Johnny's 1959  hit "Sleepwalk" 
was recorded with out a bass.

Einar





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Message: 21        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:11:47 EST
   From: Paul Urbahns 
Subject: Jenny & The Jewels now playing at Musica


Now playing for a very limited time at Musica is Jenny & 
The Jewels - "Baby Love". To me it sounds like Peggy Gaines, 
but it could be The Avons.

Paul Urbahns.





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Message: 22        
   Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:19:57 -0000
   From: Clalrk Besch 
Subject: Re: Larry Welk


Phil X Milstein wrote:
> Welk was born and entirely raised in the U.S.
> However, he grew up in an isolated enclave of German immigrants 
> in, I believe, Nebraska, thus accounting for his accent.

Phillip, why-a would you think-a Mr. Welk-a grew up-a here in-a 
Nebraska-a?  I-a think-a he was-a born-a in-a Dakota-a, at least-a 
when he was-a one and a two and-a.......

Clark-a





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Message: 23        
   Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 04:55:38 -0600
   From: Michael Thom 
Subject: Re: No Bass


Another hit without a bass is "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" 
by Steam. Recorded as a throwaway B-side, Paul Leka (who co-wrote 
it) noted years later, "We didn't even put a bass on it.  It was 
a piece of **** then and it's a piece of **** now."  But I'm sure 
he didn't mind the royalties!

Michael T.





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Message: 24        
   Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:01:08 -0000
   From: Lyn Nuttall 
Subject: Sound Judgment - Happy Without You


This is a single from '68 on Kapp, #914. If anyone has this 45 
and can read the writing credits on the label, I'd be fascinated 
to know if they mention Kenny Laguna and Shelley Pinz, the writers 
of 'Green Tambourine'. (I've seen the group name as The Sound 
Judgement but that could be wrong. Not sure about the 'The' in 
either case. One listing has 'Happy Without Him': a mistake?)

In Australia, a song called 'Happy Without You' (Laguna-Pinz) 
was a hit by our Strangers, a glorious piece of late-60s soul
-tinged pop. Hence my interest.

Thanks,
Lyn





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Message: 25        
   Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:09:06 -0800 (PST)
   From: Karen Andrew 
Subject: Rest in Peace, Gidget! Actress Sandra Dee dead at age 62


Several papers and Associated Press are carrying the story.
This is from the San Diego Union:
 
LOS ANGELES – Actress Sandra Dee, the blond beauty who attracted 
a large teen audience in the 1960s with films such as "Gidget" 
and "Tammy and the Doctor" and had a headlined marriage to pop 
singer Bobby Darin, died Sunday. She was 63. 

Dee died at 5:57 a.m. at the Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center 
in Thousand Oaks, said Cynthia Mead, nursing supervisor. 

Links to complete story:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050220-1409-obit-dee.html

Also, in San Fran. Chronicle, New York Times, etc.

Karen





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