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There are 6 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Tony Christie's "Avenues & Alleyways"
From: John
2. Long John Baldry, R.I.P.
From: Steve Harvey
3. Reparata & the Delrons' "I'm Nobody's Baby Now"
From: Ray
4. Re: The Roulettes
From: Reuben Kay
5. Re: The Crystals' "Malaguena"
From: Fred Clemens
6. 10 Reasons Why Long John Baldry Was Cool
From: Jens Koch
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:31:40 EDT
From: John
Subject: Tony Christie's "Avenues & Alleyways"
Was this not released in the U.S. until the very end of the seventies?
This was the first single I ever owned, sort-of. I was four or five
years old, and my neighbor, who was two years older than me, gave me
her copy. I would listen to it over and over on my little record
player for a few weeks until she decided to take it back saying that
I was "too young for rock music"...haha. I still love this song, glad
to see that it has endured.
John
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Long John Baldry, R.I.P.
Blues legend Long John Baldry has died. Story here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050722/325/fnz0t.html
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:28:34 -0000
From: Ray
Subject: Reparata & the Delrons' "I'm Nobody's Baby Now"
Previously:
> Also, I read in the ("Phil's Spectre II") booklet that Reparata
> doesn't know who Jeff Berry penned "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" (best 45
> ever made in my opinion) for. I know, he wrote it right after Ellie
> left him.
I haven't read Reparata's exact quote yet, but I'm pretty sure she
meant that she didn't know what singing group Jeff wrote the song
for. He usually wrote for his red bird artists or the Spector groups.
This was the first song that Jeff offered to the Jerome brothers for
Reparata to record. She felt lucky to get it. It was, and still is, a
fantastic song. I'm surprised that it was never covered in later
years by another artist.
Ray
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:40:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Reuben Kay
Subject: Re: The Roulettes
Michael wrote:
> I'm wondering if any of the record collectors among you can help me
> with something: Can anyone confirm any American releases of records
> by The Roulettes, the British group, not the American vocal group.
Try looking for a United Artists 45 Discography, there might be one
somewhere on the internet. I'm suprised 'Bad Time' didn't get
released in the US, it being a sizeable hit in the UK, right in the
middle of 'The British Invasion'. I'll Try my brst to scrape together
some info for you, who knows, maybe United Artists even issued
'Stakes & Chips'!
Reuben
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:18:44 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: The Crystals' "Malaguena"
Richard Havers wrote:
> Does anyone just happen to have a copy of Malaguena/Gypsy Ribbon by
> New York band the Crystals on the Brent label that was cut in 1959
> and came out in 1960.
I believe I have a copy somewhere... What would you like to know
about it?
Fred Clemens
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:59:28 +0200
From: Jens Koch
Subject: 10 Reasons Why Long John Baldry Was Cool
Ten Reasons Why Long John Baldry Was Cool
John William Baldry, better known to the world as Long John Baldry,
died Thursday night at the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver,
BC. The 64-year-old had been battling a severe chest infection for
the last four months.
We at ChartAttack prefer not to mourn musician's deaths as much as
celebrate what they gave to us in life. So without further ado, here
are 10 reasons why Long John Baldry was cool:
1. To the best of our knowledge, the "long" part of Long John Baldry
came from the fact he was 6"7. If there's another reason, well, good
for him.
2. Baldry seemed to have connections to pretty much every important
musician of the '60s and '70s. For example, he was in a band called
Bluesology in with a then-unknown Elton John. The "John" part of
Elton John is in honour of Baldry.
3. A friend of Paul McCartney's, Baldry performed on the Fab Four's
television special Around The Beatles in 1964.
4. Also, long before his Songbook days, Rod Stewart was hired by
Baldry to sing in his band the Hoochie Coochie Men.
5. In 1968 he had chart success with the theme song to the Olympics,
titled "Mexico."
6. Eric Clapton considered Baldry one of his musical inspirations.
7. Baldry was born in England and lived in New York and Los Angeles,
but chose to permanently settle in Vancouver and become a Canadian
citizen.
8. In 1981 he was nominated for a Juno as Most Promising Male
Vocalist. That promise finally paid off when in 1997 he won the Best
Blues/Gospel Album Juno for his Right To Sing The Blues record.
9. He was the voice of D. Ivo Robotnik in the cartoon Adventures Of
Sonic The Hedgehog. He was also the narrator for Winnie The Pooh
recordings which earned him a Grammy nom in 1998.
10. "Let The Heartaches Begin" hit #1 on the U.K. charts in 1967. May
radio stations play that song in tribute instead of "Don't Try To Lay
No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock N' Roll."
- Aaron Brophy
from http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/07/2207.cfm
Jens
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