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There are 5 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Neil Sedaka & Howie Greenfield at Number One
From: Mick Patrick
2. Re: "You're So Good To Me" Covers
From: Paul Richards
3. Re: Monterey musicians
From: Kurt Benbenek
4. Re: Hollies "Stop! Stop! Stop!"
From: Brent Cash
5. Re: Neil Sedaka & Howie Greenfield at Number One
From: Laura Pinto
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:05:20 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Neil Sedaka & Howie Greenfield at Number One
Not that I particularly like the record, but I think it's worth
noting that the Number One record in the UK at the moment is Tony
Christie's 34-year-old version of "Is This The Way To Amarillo?", a
song written by Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield. It is now 49 years
since their first recorded composition, "Bring Me Love" by the
Clovers on Atlantic. Neil was 16 at the time; Howie three years older.
Hey, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:40:11 EDT
From: Paul Richards
Subject: Re: "You're So Good To Me" Covers
I've got a rather nice version of 'You're So Good To Me' by the
fantastic UK harmony group 'Design' that was released as a single
in '76. I'll post it to musica if you like.
Paul
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:44:34 -0000
From: Kurt Benbenek
Subject: Re: Monterey musicians
Previously:
> Does anyone know who the drummer and lead guitarist were during the
> Mamas & Papas segment from the Monterey Pop Festival?
Many moons ago, while browsing through albums at a used record store,
I met a guy who called himself "Eddie Detroit" - he claimed to have
played drums for the Mamas and Papas at the Monterey Pop Festival -
I'd always meant to check out his claim, and now seems to be the
perfect time. "Eddie Detroit" was his nickname and he also told me he
was involved in a few garage bands in Michigan. He seemed completely
legit. Does anyone know about this guy or was he just pulling my leg?
thanks
Kurt (Benbenek)
Long Beach, CA
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:51:08 -0000
From: Brent Cash
Subject: Re: Hollies "Stop! Stop! Stop!"
Billy G. Spradlin previously:
> 1966 was the year the Hollies songwriting quickly advanced with the
> "For Certain Because" (released as "Stop! Stop! Stop!" in the USA)
> which was their first album to feature all originals.
Yes! My absolute favorite long-player by them. It's all just
"opinion" with music but personally, I think this LP is borderline
perfection. Every cut is strong, unique and varied. Any of them
could've been an A side on a single. There is some brilliant
listening on the Butterfly (UK)/Dear Eloise (US) albums as well as
the UK "In The Hollies Style" and the patchwork Imperial (Bus Stop,
etc.) LP's, but as a whole, this album(surely one of the first
British song sequences to make it to its US counterpart intact-except
for the album title) is the one that completely delivers the goods
(from an A-1 "singles" band) on a full length platter. If "Revolver"
by the Beatles is 6 feet tall, then this LP is easily 5 feet 10.
I always picture Tom Jones or Petula Clark covering "What Went Wrong"
with its volcanic tympani intro and punchy horn arrangements a la
"What's New Pussycat" or "My Love."
Best wishes all,
Brent Cash
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:23:47 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Re: Neil Sedaka & Howie Greenfield at Number One
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Not that I particularly like the record, but I think it's worth
> noting that the Number One record in the UK at the moment is Tony
> Christie's 34-year-old version of "Is This The Way To Amarillo?", a
> song written by Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield. It is now 49
> years since their first recorded composition, "Bring Me Love" by
> the Clovers on Atlantic. Neil was 16 at the time; Howie three years
> older.
Hi Mick and all,
Being the Sedaka fan that I am, I've been following the phenomenal
success of Tony Christie's "Amarillo" during its ascent up the
British charts. It's cool that Neil's got a tune at #1 in the UK -
especially a track that's more than 30 years old, as you pointed
out. I actually had never heard Tony's recording of this song until
a few years ago when I acquired it on a bubblegum compilation CD.
Have you ever heard this song by Neil himself? I admit I'm biased; I
like Neil's version much better than Tony's. It appears on his 1977
LP "A Song," and there's a very good chance that our very own Ron
Dante is amongst the background singers on this track (that's just
incidental - I would like Neil's version better anyway!).
Sha la la la la la la la,
Laura
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