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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. New at Spectropop
From: The Spectropop Team
2. OTOH
From: Jack Madani
3. Re: Cathy Lynn, Kathy Lynn and Marsha Brody
From: Jan Kristensen
4. Bobby Jameson
From: Patrick Rands
5. RE: Gary Usher/Beverly Williams
From: Ron Weekes
6. Re: KATHY LYNN = KATHLEEN MARY KEPPEN
From: Mick Patrick
7. Re: Beverly Williams
From: Ron Weekes, Ron
8. Re: April Stevens
From: Will George
9. Saturday morning playlist
From: simon white
10. Simon's Saturday morning playlist
From: Ken Silverwood
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 03:18:10 +0100
From: The Spectropop Team
Subject: New at Spectropop
Dear Group,
There have been several additions to the Spectropop site in
recent weeks. Check 'em out while they're still new.
Earl Palmer: Backbeat
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/recommends.html#backbeat
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
http://www.spectropop.com/BacharachDavid.html
The Velvelettes
http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/recommends.html#velvelettes
Otis Blackwell
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/OBobit.htm
Stu Phillips
http://www.spectropop.com/StuPhillips.htm
Sharon Sheeley
http://www.spectropop.com/remembers/SSobit.htm
Signed,
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 23:54:02 -0400
From: Jack Madani
Subject: OTOH
Mark Wirtz writes:
>How do you despise someone, yet be eternally grateful to them
>at the same time??
A: Eugene Landy.
jack
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 08:02:42 +0200
From: Jan Kristensen
Subject: Re: Cathy Lynn, Kathy Lynn and Marsha Brody
Kathy Lynn's name was Kathy Lynn Keppen and she also recorded
as the Buena Vistas for Swan. They had a few hits like Hot Shot
(Swan 4255) in 1966 and Here Come Da Judge (Marquee 443) in '68.
I have no info of any connection to Cathy Lynn.
Jan K
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 09:12:06 -0400
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Bobby Jameson
I'm doing a spotlight radio show today (Friday July 5th) in a
series we call Test Pattern from 6 to 7 pm Eastern time on a
very obscure singer from the 60s named Bobby Jameson (aka
Chris Lucey) - he did some great stuff working with the
Rolling Stones on one single they wrote for him and never even
recorded themselves. Bobby also worked with Curt Boettcher of
the Millennium on an excellent soft pop masterpiece called
Color Him In. He also put out an excellent folk pop album under
the name Chris Lucey which reminds me of Arthur Lee's band Love.
If you can tune in, check it out in the Boston area on WZBC
90.3 - or online at http://www.zbconline.com - and don't worry
if you can't listen "live", the shows are also archived there
too.
If anyone has any Bobby Jameson stories they'd like to share -
I would love to hear them. He is a very mysterious figure and
not much is known about him. He has connections to Kim Fowley,
Tony Alamo, Mike Curb, Curt Boettcher, Marshall Leib, the
Rolling Stones....
:Patrick
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:32:32 -0600
From: Ron Weekes
Subject: RE: Gary Usher/Beverly Williams
Here's some info on Beverly Williams from volume two of
Stephen McParland's Gary Usher biography.
When Gary first met Beverly Willams, she was classified as a
"13-year old musical dynamo of Brenda Lee proportions."
The "Heart"/"He's Hurtin' Me" single was the only single that
was released by her on the Decca label. These sessions took
place during August 1965. This is interesting since the disc
wasn't released until late February of the following year.
I think the last two paragraphs that McParland writes merit
listing here.
"The end result, especially "He's Hurtin' Me", was a stunning
example of Gary's capabilities. The production was on a similar
scale to what he had achieved some months earlier with The
Castells on "An Angel Cried", and was equally stunning. In a
nutshell, it was Gary's answer/homage to Phil Spector's
"Wall of Sound".
"Although chart success was not forthcoming for Williams,
two more known sessions (in late May and mid October of 1966)
were undertaken. Whereas the former produced only the one tune,
"A Road To Nowhere", the latter saw two masters completed,
"Till There Was You" and "I've Had Enough Heartaches", both of
which were earmarked for a second single release. This was
subsequently cancelled in the wake of Gary's departure from
Decca.
I have never heard any Beverly Williams material. I've got
quite a few Gary Usher produced Decca tracks that have been
transcribed onto a CD, but not Williams. I'd be interested in
hearing this released track if someone has it and would be willing
to put it up with the other Spectropop files.
More information on ordering any of Stephen J McParland's books
on Gary Usher can be found at http://www.garyusher.com/cmusic.html
Ron Weekes
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:06:47 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: KATHY LYNN = KATHLEEN MARY KEPPEN
Original Message from Jan Kristensen:
> Kathy Lynn's name was Kathy Lynn Keppen and she also recorded
> as the Buena Vistas for Swan. They had a few hits like Hot Shot
> (Swan 4255) in 1966 and Here Come Da Judge (Marquee 443) in '68.
> I have no info of any connection to Cathy Lynn.
Hi,
Great information, Jan. I immediately opened my copy of Joel
Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, which, sure enough, states that the
three-man-one-woman Buena Vistas were the very same act as Kathy
Lynn & the Playboys. A quick websearch for the monicker Keppen at
http://www.bmi.com throws up just one songwriter of that surname,
Kathleen Mary Keppen, whose fourteen registered compositions include
four recorded by Kathy Lynn & the Playboys and a similar quantity
waxed by the Buena Vistas. But as yet I can find no evidence to
suggest Cathy Lynn and Kathy Lynn are the same person.
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:48:15 -0600
From: Ron Weekes, Ron
Subject: Re: Beverly Williams
I've added an mp3 file of "He's Hurtin' Me" to the group's file upload/download
area. I'll leave it there for a few days then take it down.
Enjoy!
Ron Weekes
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 00:17:07 EDT
From: Will George
Subject: Re: April Stevens
> ...Which version (of "Teach Me Tiger") did you hear?...
Most likely was the original. It sounded pretty jazzy. At first I thought it
was Ann Magnuson doing a retro thing. Anyway, thanks for all the answers. Now
I'll have to try to find an inexpensive CD of it.
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 06:33:59 +0100
From: simon white
Subject: Saturday morning playlist
Saturday morning playlist
Angel Figers - Wizzard
Secret Love - Kathy Kirby
Our Day Will Come - Fontella Bass
Who's Sorry Now - The Horste Wend Trio
Cant Help Lovin Dat Man- Ila Van
Sway - Bobby Rydell
The Happy Wanderer - Tiny Tim
That Lucky Old Sun - The Velvets
The Big Noise From Winnetka -Cozy Cole
Let There be Drums - Sandy Nelson
Sophisticated Boom Boom - The Shangri Las
Muscle Bustle - Donna Loren
Mambo Manilla - Tito Rodreguez Orchestra
Watermelon Man - Xavier Cugat
Barefootin -The Marvelettes
Whats The Password - The Elites
Vote Yes On Proposition Love - Miki Howard
Someday Soon - Ann Margret
Violent Love - Koko Taylor
You Know What I Mean - The Vernons Girls
Tell Me What He Said - Helen Shapiro
Untrue, Unfaithful -Nita Rossi
The Pompeii Club-Rich Mans Frug - From "Sweet Charity "
You're Gonna Hurt Yourself - Frankie Valli
Good - Dee Dee Sharp
Touch My Heart - The Vonettes
Hey Boy - Timi Yuro
Small Town, Bring Down - Tony Bruno
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 10:27:12 +0100
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: Simon's Saturday morning playlist
Nice Sat. morning rundown Simon,
Tell me about "Untrue, Unfaithful (That Was You)" - do I recall
this by maybe Patsy Ann Noble? I had a girlfriend at the time
who never got tired of singing it to me (don't remember
why, reverse psychology I suppose), she wanted to dump me !!!
NEW STUFF!!! If you get the chance give a listen to
David McAlmont & Bernard Butler "Falling" it bears all the
traits of a Spectropop delight, I swear I can hear chains being
thrashed in the chorus (a Motown signature). It's on a single.
LASTLY - Does any one know if Bobby Darin ever recorded "Don't
Let The Sun Catch You Crying"? I know he composed it, but I
can't find it anywhere. Every time I think I've located it, I
find it's Gerry Marsden for fox sake!!
Right that's my lot, going for a massage & rubdown before the
big " Northern Soul do at Blackpool Winter Gardens tonite at
8 threw 'til 2, that's enough for me nowadays.
Ken on the West Coast
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