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There are 12 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Deano > Here Come The Welsh Girls
From: Mick Patrick
2. Re: Maureen Evans
From: Mark Maldwyn
3. Jefferson High / Brenda Andrews
From: Paul Oliverio
4. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
From: Alan
5. The Warm - Some Kind Of Wonderful
From: Donald J Hertel
6. Re: "It's In His Kiss"
From: Fred Clemens
7. Paul & Barry Ryan "I Love How You Love Me"
From: Mark Hill
8. Bruddah Iz; clarification
From: Country Paul
9. Re: The Warm - Some Kind Of Wonderful
From: Artie Wayne
10. Pinz & Leka ?
From: Don (Jesse)
11. Re: Bruddah Iz
From: Gary Myers
12. Re: Deano > Here Come The Welsh Girls
From: Phil X Milstein
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:44:22 -0000
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Deano > Here Come The Welsh Girls
Clunkie:
> "Baby, Let Me Be Your Baby" - DEANO's most credible
> performance on vinyl - also appears on the first CD
> volume of "DREAM BABES", "AM I DREAMING" (RPM 1994).
> I have posted a glossy May 1966 press photo of DEANO
> to the SPECTROPOP photos section. The little blurb on
> the back of the photo is as follows - "Tiger Bay,
> Cardiff, that gave us Shirley Bassey, becomes bountiful
> again and sends us talented, melodious 13 year old
> DEANO. With her current recording of "Starlight,
> Starbright", DEANO is to tour all over Britain,
> gathering fans as she goes. Her singing, and her
> vivacious personality will surely put her, in record
> time, in the top class."
Clunkie has provided me with a CDR containing the bulk
of wee Deano's recorded output, from which I have posted
one of the best to musica:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
Details are: Deano "I'm In Love With A Gonk" (from the
4-track EP "Deano", UK Columbia SEG 8470, 1965); written
by Mike Hazlewood; arranged and conducted by Norrie
Paramour.
Aah, those were the days, when folk recorded songs about
Gonks. Last year we had a number 1 record performed by
a singing frog. How we've progressed.
As far as I know, Deano's is the original version of
this song. I believe songwriter Mike Hazlewood was also
the brains behind "Little Arrows" and "Freedom Come,
Freedom Go", not to mention "Gimme Dat Ding".
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:54:46 -0000
From: Mark Maldwyn
Subject: Re: Maureen Evans
Philip Hopson wrote:
> Anyone know of Maureen's current situation, (if she is still
> with us etc)?
I think Maureen shared the hit in the UK with Johnny Crawford
and her recording output was fairly prolific, including a stint
for the Woolworth Embassy label, although I have no idea of
any Welsh recordings.
I was told she ran a pub in Baker Sreet during the 1980s, and
according to a website she now teaches music in Cardiff.
Mark Maldwyn
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:20:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Oliverio
Subject: Jefferson High / Brenda Andrews
There is an academic historic disgrace occurring
in Los Angeles. The music program that produced
the Penguins, the Platters, some of the Coasters, the
Vibrations, Cadets/Jacks, Jessie Belvin, Young Jessie
and the treasured Richard Berry is being dicontinued.
Jefferson was extremely valuable to Leiber & Stoller;
the Biharis would've been janitors without the gems
from Jefferson; and the list goes on.
They have/had a Vice President named Brenda Andrews.
She's a Jefferson graduate and spoke there once with
entourage including another grad named Barry White.
Can somebody please please help me get in touch
with her?
Paul Olivero
540 560 3020
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:39:14 -0000
From: Alan
Subject: Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
I've just been listening to "Something's Gotten Hold Of
My Heart," my favourite Gene Pitney track, and I wondered
If anyone else wonders why it seems to fade out a little
too early. In one way It's genius, as you just want to put
the needle back to the start, but I still wonder if there
was any story behind It?
Alan
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:01:44 -0000
From: Donald J Hertel
Subject: The Warm - Some Kind Of Wonderful
Has anyone ever heard of "Some Kind Of Wonderful" by the
Warm? I do a lot of Goffin/King research, but some new
oldies pop up all of the time. Apparently it was released
as Decca 32623 b/w "Mail Call".
Don H
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:09:45 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: "It's In His Kiss"
Martin:
> The original is best! Well, that's what I was brought up
> to believe. Make your own mind up by listening to the
> Record of the Week, Merry Clayton's "It's In His Kiss"
> (Capitol 4984), now playing on the Home page:
> http://www.spectropop.com/JackNitzsche/index.htm
Peter:
> Well, I'm amazed, as I have spent the last forty-something
> years of my life believing that Ramona King's version on
> Warner Brothers is the original. Who can tell us for
> definite?
Merry Clayton's version dates from June 10, 1963, Capitol's
scheduled date of issue. It's coded right on the label as "6-
103", "6" being June, the last digit "3" for the year (1963),
and the in-between number following the hyphen "10" for the
day. This was a common code for most Capitol releases from
1963 into 1965.
Based on numerically consecutive Warner Bros. listings
charting in Billboard, Ramona King's release dates from as
late as late February of 1964. Betty Everett's version
debuted on Billboard about that same time, possibly EARLIER
by a week or two. According to Dick Rosemont's Originals
Project, Everett's version was recorded on 11-26-63.
Fred Clemens
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:01:35 -0500
From: Mark Hill
Subject: Paul & Barry Ryan "I Love How You Love Me"
Topic discussed:
> Paul & Barry Ryan had Paul and Barry Ryan had a version
> (of "I Love How You Love Me")
Phil M responded:
> I found some uncanny similarities between the Ryan's
> arrangement and Nino & April's.
I heard this years ago on a BBC Radio program recorded by a
friend. Is the Ryan Twins version available on CD? If not,
would anyone have it to post to MUSICA? I'd love to hear it
again.
Thanx, Mark
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:45:32 -0600 (CST)
From: Country Paul
Subject: Bruddah Iz; clarification
Einar Einarsson Kvaran:
> ...if you are not familiar with Iz [Israel] Kamakawio'ole
> [who is not still alive] version of "Over the Rainbow" -
> you might want to check it out somehow. It's a medley with
> Wonderful World.
Gary Myers:
> It was certainly an interesting style for the songs - too
> bad he didn't know the words, chords or melodies.
...but it is an incredibly effective and affecting performance
to my ears nonetheless. Despite having passed on in 1997,
Bruddah Iz (as he is known in Hawaii) was still a number-one
artist and superstar when we were there in 2004. He had a
remarkable version of Mel & Tim's "Starting All Over Again" in
"Jawaiian" (Hawaiian reggae, a very big musical trend there)
with a couple of small lyrical tweaks which brought the song
in line with the Hawaiian nationalist movement. In addition to
being huge musically, he was also sumo-sized huge, and
apparently it was complications brought about by his weight
that killed him at a very young age.
I believe I raved vigorously about Iz and the entire Hawaiian
musical scene when I returned from my trip in April '04. There
is at least one station available on each island which plays
exclusively Hawaiian-generated music, which covers a wide
spectrum from traditional to Don Ho "hotel lounge" style to
Jawaiian to other styles from artists who were born or who
live there. Quite fascinating - like a parallel musical
universe.
Incidentally, in a recent subject line, "the great Anders &
Poncia" had been re-edited from my submission, "the great
A&P," intended to be a pun on "The Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company," now known as "the A&P" [a supermarket chain, for
the non-US crew]. Obviously, the pun was lost. I'll attempt to
be a bit more mainstream next time. All this is not to take
away from Anders & Poncia in the slightest.
Country Paul
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:48:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: The Warm - Some Kind Of Wonderful
Donald J Hertel wrote:
> Has anyone ever heard of "Some Kind Of Wonderful" by the
> Warm? I do a lot of Goffin/King research, but some new
> oldies pop up all of the time. Apparently it was released
> as Decca 32623 b/w "Mail Call".
Donald...How ya'doin'? I co-produced the Warm and"Some Kind
Of Wonderful" [Goffin/ King], with Howard Bogess for Decca
in 1969...as I remember it had some really cool chord
progressions.
regards, Artie Wayne artiewayne.com
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:43:27 -0000
From: Don (Jesse)
Subject: Pinz & Leka ?
I have been trying to get in touch with this dynamic duo of
the '60s. Anybody have any info on how to get in touch with
them? I need to get some rights covered on some of my
upcoming tunes on my album and BMI and ASCAP have incorrect
info listed. Help! anybody!
Don (former "The Rhode Runners" Ohio)
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:39:30 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Bruddah Iz
Me, previously (re: Over The Rainbow-Wonderful World medley):
> too bad he didn't know the words, chords or melodies.
Country Paul:
> ...but it is an incredibly effective and affecting performance
> to my ears nonetheless.
I'm sure many people agree. I just have a hard time trying to
figure out why he didn't care enough about the songs to at least
learn the correct words. "... Rainbow" doesn't even make sense
the way he sings it. He seemed to shuffle the lines like a deck
of cards. The style and performance caught me when I first heard
it, but then, when I listened further, I thought, "Does this guy
have any idea what he's doing?"
(BTW, I've always loved that song, even before our group, the
Portraits, cut it in '67. )
gem
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:21:36 -0500
From: Phil X Milstein
Subject: Re: Deano > Here Come The Welsh Girls
Mick Patrick wrote:
> Clunkie has provided me with a CDR containing the bulk
> of wee Deano's recorded output, from which I have posted
> one of the best to musica:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
> Details are: Deano "I'm In Love With A Gonk" (from the
> 4-track EP "Deano", UK Columbia SEG 8470, 1965); written
> by Mike Hazlewood; arranged and conducted by Norrie
> Paramour. Aah, those were the days, when folk recorded
> songs about Gonks.
Back in the '60s, if a Gonk went Bonk could he do the Zonk?
Other Gonksongs:
Jack Dorsey Band: March Of The Gonks (Parkway 938, 1964)
The Gonks: The Gonk Song (Parrot (London) 9696, 1964)
The Nite-Liters: Tanga Boo Gonk (RCA 74-0461, 1971)
Some Zonksongs:
Nat Jaffe: Zonky (Brunswick 80193 (also Signature 28111), 1952)
Red Prysock: The Zonked (Mercury 70602, 1955)
Donna Loren: So, Do The Zonk (Capitol 5409, 1965)
Scatman Crothers: Golly Zonk! (HBR 476, 1966)
The Far-Out, Underground Acid Rock Feet Of Harry Zonk: For
What It's Worth (Crazy Horse 1614, 19??)
Honk honk,
--Phil M.
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