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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
From: Paul Underwood
2. Re: Barbara Windsor
From: Mark Wirtz
3. Open letter (OK a note) to Mark Wirtz
From: Bob Hanes
4. Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
From: Norman
5. Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
From: Bruce
6. RE: AVONS CALLING
From: Ian May
7. (BABY) YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
From: mick patrick
8. Re: Reparata
From: Patrick Rands
9. Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
From: Norman
10. Re: Millennium Box
From: Jason Penick
11. Re: Barbara Windsor
From: Phil Chapman
12. Recently on Spectropop
From: Paul Payton
13. Don't believe all Bonnie tells you
From: Andrew Simons
14. The End Of The British Invasion
From: Mike Edwards
15. Re: Barbara Windsor
From: Mark Wirtz
16. Re: Reparata
From: Phil Chapman
17. RE: girlie Beatles tributes
From: Jan Kristen Kristensen
18. girlie 'tributes' to the fab four
From: Keith Beach
19. Tar and Cement
From: Justin McDevitt
20. RE: girlie Beatles tributes
From: bryan
21. Re: Barbara Windsor
From: Phil Chapman
22. Re: Tar and Cement
From: Robert Conway
23. Re: VICKY MIKEY
From: Mike Rashkow
24. Oh, THAT Joey Reynolds!
From: Stewart Mason
25. Re: VICKY MIKEY
From: james botticelli
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:28:51 +0200
From: Paul Underwood
Subject: Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
Phil Chapman wrote:
> The somewhat folksy original Italian recording by Adriano Celentano
> is out on CD, it's interesting to note the transition. I think
> Vance/Pockriss did a great job picking out the melodic strong points.
I wonder if they didn't base their version on Françoise Hardy's (La
maison où j'ai grandi - The house where I grew up). I'll have to check
out the original.
> I suppose my favourite will remain "Tar And Cement" as that's what
> I first heard from her, but I love all her recordings (that I know
> of). Never quite understood why she didn't enjoy some success, it
> was certainly deserved.
A lovely voice, and "Tar and Cement" remains one of my favorites. Brian
Matthew (BBC Radio 2) played it a whila ago but it was a different edit
from the single I've always heard. I wonder which one was the US hit.
Does anyone know more about Verdelle Smith? I have 3 of her Capitol
singles and I know she had an album out in the US, but did she do
anything before that and has she done anything since?
Paul
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 22:03:08 EDT
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: Barbara Windsor
Phil Chapman writes:
> Oh I don't know, Mark - Ian C. has turned up a Barbara Windsor 45
> bearing your name. Don't panic, I haven't heard it - yet!
Impossible, absolutely impossible, LOLOL - unless she just happened
to record a song that I wrote that I was never aware of. Do you
believe I could possibly forget having worked with Barbara if I had??
Inevitably, the quirky and generously advantaged lass would have made
and left an, shall we say far too indelible, 'impression' on me ;)
Can't wait to hear what this is all about!
M:)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 00:03:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob Hanes
Subject: Open letter (OK a note) to Mark Wirtz
I have been, only fascinated and educated by you since your joining
the Spectropop group. There was never a doubt in my mind as to your
motives. You sir, have conducted yourself, as, "true of heart", in
this forum. You owe no explanation or apology. Your posts are as
entertaining and heart sent as your music. Thank you for your
participation, not to mention your incredibly generous offer of your
book!
The Right Reverend Bob, dumb angel chapel,
The Church of the Harmonic Overdub
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 17:56:46 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
Re: Tar and Cement
I have a copy by Irish singer Joe Dolan (pre-Albert Hammond-Mike Hazelwood)
doing Tar and Cement. Interesting vocals actually. I swear I used to think
he sounded like a woman on this. I will have to wind up the gramophone and
give it a spin. I have had the single for years but cannot carbon date it.
Verdelle Smith spent 4 weeks at #1 in my hometown back in 1966 with her
version.
Tar And Cement (Vance-Pockriss-Celentano)
b/w
Time of My Life (T&J Swarbrigg)
Joe Dolan ASTOR AP-1400 (Australia).
As per usual with Astor releases in Australia very scant information on
label. No producing or arranging credits.
Regards,
Norman
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:18:37 -0000
From: Bruce
Subject: Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
Phil Chapman wrote:
> I suppose my favourite will remain "Tar And Cement" as that's what
> I first heard from her, but I love all her recordings (that I know
> of). Never quite understood why she didn't enjoy some success, it
> was certainly deserved.
Phil,
Verdelle's "Tar and Cement" went to number one here in Australia in
May 1966, and is played regularly on radio in Sydney to this day!
Bruce from Sydney
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 12:37:36 +0100
From: Ian May
Subject: RE: AVONS CALLING
Mick writes:
> Furthermore, what I suspect many Spectropoppers might regard
> as the Avons' best ever recording, a wonderful version of
> Ronnie & the Daytona's "Be Good To Your Baby", can be found
> on the brand new 3CD box set "Chapel Of Love - And Other
> Great Girl Group Gems" (Castle/Pulse PBXCD 353).
I've just ordered this from http://www.amazon.co.uk. It was
£6.99 plus p+p giving a total of £8.45 delivered to the door.
[Ian May] OK so I replied to myself here, but I thought ya'll
might like to know that it arrived OK, and it's a superb set,
and I can't believe it was under £3 a CD….
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 12:40:47 +0100 (BST)
From: mick patrick
Subject: (BABY) YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
Mark Frumento asked:
> ... and that reminds me, who wrote the great song "(Baby) You
> Don't Have to Tell Me"? The One Way Anthology doesn't list the
> writers. Sounds like it could have come from David Gates. I
> could easily hear Nino Temp/April Stevens doing this song.
> Surely some Spectropopper has the writing credits on this one.
Hi,
Allow me. (BABY) YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME was penned by Long
Island songsmith PETER ANTELL who also produced the original
version by BOBBY COLEMAN and owned the Bounty label upon which it
was released in 1965. You're right, Mark, the song would have
been just perfect for Nino & April during their White Whale tenure.
The Coleman record, a perfect blend of Righteous Brothers-like Soul
and Sunshine Pop, wipes the floor with the Walker Brothers'
rendition. Mind you, I never did get converted to the joy of Noel.
Upon hearing the pretentious Scott voice I tend to feel the urge to
clip his ear and tell him "Oi, Engel, SING PROPERLY for heaven's
sake!". (And THIS coming from a Claudine Clark fan!) :-)
Peter Antell, the man also behind a series of good girl group
records by THE PERCELLS on ABC Paramount, had a small hit himself
on Bounty before signing up with BOB CREWE for a spell.
Bobby Coleman died in a car crash shortly after the release of
"(Baby) You Don't Have To Tell Me", which resulted in the
non-promotion of the record and its subsequent rarity. It was his
only release. The faster B-side, PLEASURE GIRL, went on to become
a bit of a favourite with the Northern Soul fraternity. Wouldn't
you just know it! :-)
Now go to the main index at the Spectropop site and click on the
"Everything Under The Sun - The Record That Never Was" icon to
read more about songwriter Peter Antell.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:04:22 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: Reparata
> Ken Silverwood wrote:
> > I've just come across a Reparata & Delrons track produced
> > by Jeff Barry on RCA 8820, entitled "I'm Nobody's Baby Now".
Phil Chapman:
> Congratulations! This is my fave R&D record, and one of my
> favourite JB songs.
Is there any chance that someone might be able to play this
tune to musica?
While we are on Reparata - has anyone heard her version of
Octopus' Garden? I think it came out around 1972. I've been
trying to track it down for awhile now, with no luck, is it
worth the effort? I'm a big sucker for girl group singers doing
Beatles' covers and love the R&D version of "If I Fell",
:Patrick
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 23:12:47 +0930
From: Norman
Subject: Re: Mel 'N Verdelle
Re: Verdelle Smith
further to my bit about Joe Dolan. I have just checked out my
"Tar And Cement" EP and find 1 song written and 2 co-written by
Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss.
TAR AND CEMENT
VERDELLE SMITH
CAPITOL EAP-1-20855 (EMI Australia)
IN MY ROOM (El Amor) Prieto-Vance-Pockriss
I DON'T NEED ANYTHING Vance-Pockriss
AUTUMN LEAVES Kosma-Prevert-Mercere
TAR AND CEMENT (Il Ragazzo Della Via Gluck) Vance-Pockriss-Beretta-Del
Prete-Celentano
(3rd paragraph from the liner notes)
Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, both gentlemen being record producers as well
as composers, were among the first to take notice. Recognizing Verdelle's
wide emotional range (developed and perfected by many years of gospel
singing) and a vocal quality that projects all of the most current sounds
and rhythms of today's hits, Messrs. Vance and Pockriss set out to find just
the right material for their talented find. First-up they located a
seething Spanish ballad by Joaquin Pieto for which they composed
contemporary English lyrics and penned the title "(Alone) In My Room". This
and the smash hit " Tar and Cement" were two songs that took the nation's
D.J.s by surprise and guaranteed Miss Smith a most rewarding career in the
exclusive world of popular excellence."
Always in search of "popular excellence",
Norman
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 11:26:38 EDT
From: Jason Penick
Subject: Re: Millennium Box
Mark Frumento:
> I may be odd man out on this but I was not thrilled with the set.
> If you like backing tracks you may really enjoy it. What
> disappointed me is that they added nothing to the Ballroom period
> and in fact left off a great Sandy Salisbury track that is on the
> Rev-Ola CD.
If you mean "All I Have Is a Memory", they left it off because Curt didn't
produce it (or at least wasn't credited as such). You're right, though, it
is a great song. Probably one of the first examples of "symphonic pop rock",
released around the time of "Walk Away Renee". A really first class
arrangement.
Jason
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 21:34:05 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: Barbara Windsor
> Phil Chapman:
> > Oh I don't know, Mark - Ian C. has turned up a Barbara Windsor 45
> > bearing your name. Don't panic, I haven't heard it - yet!
Mark Wirtz:
> Impossible, absolutely impossible, LOLOL - unless she just happened
> to record a song that I wrote that I was never aware of. Do you
> believe I could possibly forget having worked with Barbara if I
> had?? Inevitably, the quirky and generously advantaged lass would
> have made and left an, shall we say far too indelible, 'impression'
> on me ;)
> Can't wait to hear what this is all about!
Having been handed a cassette of a cheeky little number entitled
"Don't Dig Twiggy", I searched online and came accross
http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/0comedy.htm
which includes a label scan of Columbia R5629, Arranger Mark Wirtz,
Producer Fiona Bentley. Oh, the wonder of the internet!
Like the brass stabs after Babs rattles off her vital statistics,
nice touch:-) How much *not* to play it to musica?
Phil
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 18:00:32 -0400
From: Paul Payton
Subject: Recently on Spectropop
Re: Rising Sons: Tony Galla and the Rising Sons "In Love," artist
and title as written on the label, was Swan 4275; the version of
Joey & Danny's "Rats In My Room" which I knew to be the "hit" version
(at least in Buffalo) was 4276. (Both came out in 1967.) Confusion
may have existed as the Swan discography Tom Taber consulted
(see below) listed only Tony Galla as the artist. I don't know the
Rising Sons group on Amy, but there was a short-lived but famous
Rising Sons group featuring Taj Mahal and (if shaky memory serves)
Ry Cooder prior to each artist's successful solo careers. I don't
think they recorded an album, but there may be a stray 45 on Columbia.
Anyone help with this?
Mick Patrick: absolutely, Maxie Brown is one the great underrated
singers in pro and r&b history. I'm also familiar with the Baker Twins'
version of "Words Written on Water" - it was probably issued in the US
(possibly Cameo Records?), but I don't know the auspices under which I
heard it. I didn't know, however, that Arlene Smith recorded
"He Knows I Love Him Too Much." Where and when, please?
Dan Hughes: I remember the Jerry Cole version of "Midnight Mary" and
liking it better. I think the Joey Powers version uses both phrasings,
your first one first; sadly, I don't own the Cole to make a comparison.
And Mikey: two version of Joey Powers? Were there two different record
numbers?
Has anyone mentioned that Brute Force (Steven Friedland) is now on-line
at www.interstellarcafe.com/bruteforce? If not, someone just did. He
performed live in New York on Saturday Night (no, not the TV show!) but
I found out after the fact. Darn!
Speaking of websites - non-commercial, of course - thanks to Tom Taber,
I discovered http://members.tripod.com/hoppula, "The Dark Side of Rock
& Roll" by "Butcher Pete," a Finnish fan of late 50's to early '60's
rock and blues music. (The Swan discrography mentioned above resides
here, plus lots of other cool stuff covering multiple genres). Caution:
if photos of the Bettie Page ilk bother you, pass this by. He's also got
another linked site foe early rock history, including the Finnish scene,
http://olddigger.tripod.com (I didn't know there was one....) Suggestion:
download a pop-up squelcher first.
The Flamma Sherman track on musica is gorgeous! Thank you! Trying to
project myself back to that period, I think the group name would have
been an impediment to pop-radio airplay. Too bad....
And finally, Mark Wirtz: now that you've reminded me of your pen name,
I'll check out your book. I for one never thought you were on this list
to try to sell books or anything, and your insights and recollections
are priceless. Thanks for sharing them so generously.
Country Paul
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 22:18:21 +0100
From: Andrew Simons
Subject: Don't believe all Bonnie tells you
Mick Patrick wrote:
> And talking of "Home Of The Brave"...some friends and I happened to
> meet RONNIE SPECTOR back in the late-1970s and we asked her if she
> ever recorded the song. Back then, some (deaf!) people still thought
> that Ronnie WAS Bonnie of Bonnie & the Treasures.
I saw Ronnie Spector in a Boston club twice in one week in 1973, when she
was touring any-oldie-act-will-do singles bars with Billy Vera's groovy
and entertaining band. Fortunately, they got to do an opening set. No, he
didn't do any Judy Clay duets with Ronnie. She and her new Ronettes were
the star act and a class one. Not content to dish her 60s hits, she sang a
lovely and very slow "Never Can Say Goodbye," which had been a hit for the
Jackson 5.
The second time I went with a crap little cassette recorder and interviewed
her in her dressing room, while her mum looked on. As we now know, she was
battling both personal and interpersonal demons, but three answers were
straight from nowhere:
(1) How's Phil? "Very well. We have a home in England where we spend four
months out of the year."
(2) Did you grow up singing gospel music? "Yes, we all sang in the church."
(3) Did you sing on 'Home of the Brave'? "YES!" Note, this wasn't "yeah,"
or "uh-huh" or just "yes," but "YES!"
Another example of why recording artists have no better memory than mine and
in any event are eager to confirm anything you already believe. Sorry, the
cassette vanished or was eaten years ago. An abridged version of her "Be My
Baby" autobiography was issued in 1991 in a cassette audiobook format and, as
it's read by her in a rather refreshing, honest-sounding tone (not stilted),
it's well worth seeking out:
Talking Tape Co. TTC 2039.
Andy Simons
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 17:00:17 -0000
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: The End Of The British Invasion
There is currently a very interesting article in msn.com's Slate
magazine built around the fact that Billboard's Hot 100 chart of
April 27th contains no British acts.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065252.
Well worth reading, if it's still there.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 19:03:59 EDT
From: Mark Wirtz
Subject: Re: Barbara Windsor
Phil Chapman writes:
> Having been handed a cassette of a cheeky little number entitled
> "Don't Dig Twiggy," I searched online and came accross
> http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/0comedy.htm
> which includes a label scan of Columbia R5629, Arranger Mark Wirtz,
> Producer Fiona Bentley. Oh, the wonder of the internet!
> Like the brass stabs after Babs rattles off her vital statistics,
> nice touch:-) How much *not* to play it to musica?
Phil,
I do remember Fiona Bentley, for a variety of reasons (ahem), but,
please take my word for it, whatever this record is, on which I have been
credited as having participated in, I had nothing to do with it. Must have
been a labeling error.
Re: Postings on musica - having given my blessings to Mark Frumento to
post the very worst record I ever made (My Daddy Is A Baddie), no other
posting could possibly shame me more LOL. OK, guys - this is NOT an
invitation to a debate over what my worst ever recording really is!
LOLOLOL... On second thought... nah, never mind, LOL
Best M:)
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 23:34:07 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: Reparata
Patrick Rands wrote:
> Is there any chance that someone might be able to play this
> tune to musica? [I'm Nobody's Baby Now]
Of course, I don't need any prompting to play this masterpiece.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica
> I'm a big sucker for girl group singers doing
> Beatles' covers and love the R&D version of "If I Fell"
Me too, especially when they stay close to the original
arrangement. The non-English language versions are quite
fun: e.g. Les Surfs - Adieu Chagrin (There's A Place),
Petula Clark - Tu Perds Ton Temps (Please Please Me)
The Supremes and Mary Wells have both had 'Beatles' albums.
And what about some of the girlie 'tributes' to the fab four?:
Angels - Little Beatle Boy
Angie & The Chicklettes - Treat Him Tender Maureen (Now That
Ringo Belongs To You)
Beatlettes - Dance Beatle Dance
Bonnie Jo Mason (Cher) - Ringo, I Love You
Carefrees - We Love You Beatles
Gigi Parker & The Lonelies - Beatles Please Come Back
Patty Cakes - I Understand Them
Teen Bugs - Yes You Can Hold My Hand
Vernons Girls - We Love The Beatles
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 14:08:27 +0200
From: Jan Kristen Kristensen
Subject: RE: girlie Beatles tributes
Phil Chapman:
> And what about some of the girlie 'tributes' to the fab four?:
I just love the "girlie tributes" to The Beatles and back in 1964,
almost everybody jumped on the the Beatle bandwaggon. Some were
quite good, but most were - I know one tune and I'll put the word
Beatle in it and maybe we'll have a hit.
Others worth mentioning:
Annie & the Orphans: My girls been bitten by the Beatle bug
Dora Bryan: All I want for Christmas is a Beatle
Carol Connors: We wanna marry a Beatle (from the film Girls On The Beach)
Paula Lamont: Beatle meets a lady bug
Donna Lynn: My boyfriend got a Beatle haircut
Cinda Rella: Bring me a Beatle for Christmas
Swans: The boy with the Beatle hair
and a few for Ringo:
Ella Fitzgerald: Ringo beat
Christine Hunter: Santa Bring Me Ringo
Starlettes: Ringo
Three Blond Mice: Ringo bells
Penny Valentine (later journalist in NMI): I Want To Kiss Ringo Goodbye
Young World Singers: Ringo for president
Jan K
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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 13:35:31 +0100
From: Keith Beach
Subject: girlie 'tributes' to the fab four
Phil Chapman:
> And what about some of the girlie 'tributes' to the fab four?:
And perhaps finest of all...
Dora Bryan 'All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle'
Oh! the shame, the shame
Keith Beach
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 08:48:01 -0500
From: Justin McDevitt
Subject: Tar and Cement
Hello Group;
With some recent discussion devoted to Verdelle smith, I bring
a question to the list that I had posted some 5-6 weeks ago.
Is there a compilation of Verdelle Smith's recordings, or a
various songs comp that contains the track, Tar and Cement?
Justin McDevitt
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Message: 20
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 09:22:13 -0700
From: bryan
Subject: RE: girlie Beatles tributes
Phil Chapman:
> And what about some of the girlie 'tributes' to the fab four?:
Here are two more from the label I used to work at. These are
pretty early examples:
THE SCRAMBLERS
Del-Fi 4237 "Beatle Walk"/ "Beatle Blues" February 1964
For the b-Side, Bob Keane used the master to the "Oh Blues",
which had originally been recorded by Chuckie Chandler &
the Chandeliers back in 1960. He'd also used it as the B-side
to the Prehistorics' "Alley Oop Cha Cha Cha" (Kim Fowley
was involved in its production, which I've written about here
before).
THE TRIBUTES
Donna 1391 "Ringo Dingo"/ "Here Comes Ringo" March 1964
An early - and I mean early - tribute single to Ringo Starr of
The Beatles. I can't find any possible reference to the Beatles'
sound in this record myself, but who knows, maybe Keane felt the
name alone was sufficient.
Bryan
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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 16:38:59 -0000
From: Phil Chapman
Subject: Re: Barbara Windsor
Mark Wirtz wrote:
> please take my word for it, whatever this record is, on which
> I have been credited as having participated in, I had nothing
> to do with it.
There's a novelty! - somebody claiming *not* to have produced
something:-)
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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 12:14:46 -0500
From: Robert Conway
Subject: Re: Tar and Cement
Justin McDevitt enquires:
>Is there a compilation of Verdelle Smith's recordings, or a
>various songs comp that contains the track, Tar and Cement?
"Tar and Cement" is on Eric's great VA series, "Hard to Find
45's on CD Vol.7: More Sixties Classics." True stereo,
great quality.
Bob Conway
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 13:14:37 EDT
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: VICKY MIKEY
Mick Patrick writes:
> I bet Rashkovski knows?
I know a little bit about a lot of things, but I don't know a
thing about this--sounds like a good bet to me. I'll forward
the original to Mikie - see if she cares to respond.
But, I do have a copy of "You're The Root Of My Evil" by Jeannie
Thomas - writers: Jean and Don Thomas I think. Can't remember
the label, it was out of Boston (some kind of American Revolution
name) and was red & white...any bids?
Give my regards to Boris.
Rashkovsky
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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 14:19:56 -0400
From: Stewart Mason
Subject: Oh, THAT Joey Reynolds!
Country Paul says:
>By the way, I met Joey Reynolds twice, and each time I thought him to
>be one of the biggest jerks I'd ever encountered. However, he was also one
>of the funniest, sharpest, most musically astute and most creative radio
>personalities I have heard in my entire life, as well as one of the best
>co-ordinated technically; perhaps his attitude is part of what fueled his
>brilliance. (I confess, during my first personality radio job in 1964, to
>driving around after my 10pm signoff just listening to Joey so I could steal
>material for the following evening!)
I just realized why the name Joey Reynolds clicked with me, after these two
posts mentioning what a tool the guy is -- a quick web search confirms that
he's the same Joey Reynolds who was the host of an all-night call-in talk
show on KOA-TV in Denver (I think it was simulcast on KOA-AM as well) in
the early '80s. I used to watch this show sometimes just because I found
the guy perversely fascinating: he was clearly one of the most egotistical
blowhards ever, and obviously false unctuousness oozed from his every pore.
Yet, he was clearly so comfortable in his role as a showbiz phony that it
became weirdly endearing.
Stewart
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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 16:55:18 -0400
From: james botticelli
Subject: Re: VICKY MIKEY
Mike Rashkow wrote:
> I do have a copy of "You're The Root Of My Evil" by Jeannie
> Thomas - writers: Jean and Don Thomas I think. Can't remember
> the label, it was out of Boston (some kind of American Revolution
> name) and was red & white...any bids?
Rash...I may know a couple of things about a couple of things myself, but
this is pure guesswork. Freddy Cannon, Boston's own (whom I interviewed in
1996 for a radio show I used to did) had a record on---I THINK---American
Revolution Records called "Turned On Charged Up Rock 'n' Roll Singer". I've
never seen the label otherwise, and it was kind of a verse-wise sampling of
his best known hits all rapped up into a newbie a-la Cat Mother & The All
Night Newsboys 1969 thing. Could it be?
--
Jimmy Botticelli
Taking The E-Z...Way Out!
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