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There are 14 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Chiffons
From: Paul Woods
2. "Everything To Me" by the Challengers
From: Jeff Lemlich
3. The Tokens, BT Puppy, and supplication
From: Jeff Lemlich
4. Re: Chiffons
From: Stephanie Campbell
5. Re: "Everything To Me" by the Challengers
From: Jeffrey Glenn
6. Re: Chiffons
From: Will Stos
7. Bubblegum Awards at the Magic Castle in LA
From: Kim Cooper
8. Al Gorgoni
From: David Feldman
9. Re: Unkle Matt's Lullabys
From: Matt Howell
10. Re: Bubblegum Awards at the Magic Castle in LA
From: Gene Sculatti
11. Gary Lewis
From: Billy G Spradlin
12. Jack Nitzsche
From: Martin Roberts
13. Judee Sill website
From: Country Paul
14. Re: Bunker Hill; George Goldner; Marshall Lieb; personal charts; Gaiety artists
From: Country Paul
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:09:54 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
From: Paul Woods
Subject: Chiffons
Hi,
I notice that this years "Oldies" tour of Britain (coming to
Bristol in November) will be including The Chiffons, as opposed to
Little Eva the last couple of times. Can anyone tell me the current
line-up of the group? Any original members?
Best,
Paul
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:44:20 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: "Everything To Me" by the Challengers
Mikey:
> Jeff...Can you do all of us here a nice favor and play
> "Little Bit of Lovin"
> and "Everything to Me" to Musica??
Jeffrey Glenn:
> Hey Mikey, I know you meant Mr. Lemlich, but I just recently
> burned "Little Bit Of Lovin'" on LOST JUKEBOX VOL. 101, so I
> went ahead and played it to musica.
> But that doesn't let Jeff L. off the hook for "Everything To
> Me." :-) I'd love to hear it too.
It's there now! A nice little harmony pop song that would have been
perfect for Del Shannon...
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:59:25 -0000
From: Jeff Lemlich
Subject: The Tokens, BT Puppy, and supplication
Country Paul wrote:
> Leonardo - nice work on the Tokens Q&A. They did so much great
> stuff - production as well as playing and singing.
Question for Leonardo (or anyone else who might know) --
I remember seeing a circa 1970-71 Record World article on the Tokens,
in which they alluded to "BT Puppy" (and in particular, its logo)
being a slam of sorts to RCA Victor (and the famous Nipper).
The article stated that the Bright Tunes Puppy raised some eyebrows
in the industry, and while he didn't provide any details, one of the
Tokens said to note how the puppy "was in a position of supplication".
I remember having to go to the dictionary to see what supplication
meant!
Does anyone know the story behind this?
Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com
And the Limestone Lounge Florida music forum at:
http://pub64.ezboard.com/blimestonelounge
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:12:10 -0700
From: Stephanie Campbell
Subject: Re: Chiffons
Original Message From Paul Woods:
> I notice that this years "Oldies" tour of Britain (coming to
> Bristol in November) will be including The Chiffons, as opposed to
> Little Eva the last couple of times. Can anyone tell me the current
> line-up of the group? Any original members?
I thought Judy Craig said she wasn't going to tour anymore.
Steph
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:16:01 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: "Everything To Me" by the Challengers
> (The Challengers' "Everything To Me" is at Musica) now! A nice little
> harmony pop song that would have been perfect for Del Shannon...
> Jeff Lemlich
Thanks, Jeff. Great song!
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:35:47 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Re: Chiffons
> Can anyone tell me the current
> line-up of the Chiffons? Any original members?
Hi Paul,
The group members seem to drift in and out these days. Last I heard,
Judy Craig Mann was touring with her daughter and niece. Pat left to
go back to school a couple of years ago, and I think Sylvia retired,
but occasionally does shows. I haven't heard of a fake group of
Chiffons yet, so I assume you're getting the real thing. I'm dying to
see them perform before they retire, so please let me know how the
show was, and if you get a chance to chat with them, ask if and when
they're coming to Canada/Michigan/Upper State New York.
Thanks, Will
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:03:53 -0700
From: Kim Cooper
Subject: Bubblegum Awards at the Magic Castle in LA
Dear friends,
The Bubblegum Queen and I are delighted to announce that the next event
celebrating bubblegum music and culture will be held in January 2003. We
hope you'll join us for the announcement of the winners of the First
Annual Bubblegum Achievement Awards in the incomparable splendor of
Hollywood's Magic Castle.
More info is available at http://www.bubblegum-music.com, and we're also
taking advance reservations for this exclusive and oh-so-limited
soiree. Won't you please spread the word?
yours sincerely,
Kim Cooper
Co-Editor, Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth
--
Scram
PO Box 461626
Hollywood, CA 90046-1626
http://www.scrammagazine.com
out in September, Scram 16--Rezillos, Steve Wynn, the Turtles meet Strawberry
Shortcake, Every Mother's Son, right wing radio kooks, Radio Birdman live, and
more.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:11:21 -0500
From: David Feldman
Subject: Al Gorgoni
Country Paul mentions:
> ...Minuteman Records out of Boston in the 60's had the original
> releases of Just Us (Gorgoni & Taylor)'s "Can't Grow Peaches On A
> Cherry Tree" (later on Kapp)...
I was wondering if any Spectropoppers could tell me more about Al
Gorgoni. I know him primarily as a guitarist and producer of Evie
Sands's records. According to an article in Guitar Magazine, it is
Gorgoni that you hear on the opening licks of "Brown Eyed Girl," "Theme
from Shaft," and "I Want You Back."
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:07:04 -0700
From: Matt Howell
Subject: Re: Unkle Matt's Lullabys
Kingsley wrote:
> Some 22/3 years ago I found that The Beach
> Boys' version of "Hushabye" did it pretty well.
> Igor insists that it would also dispatch me at times
> ...and so to bed...
That's a great one, thanks. I was pretty red-faced when I got home and
realized the Fleetwoods had completely slipped my mind! Some of the old
Nilsson demos from the Hollywood Dreamer are going to make the cut, too.
This is fun.
Matt
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:12:32 -0700
From: Gene Sculatti
Subject: Re: Bubblegum Awards at the Magic Castle in LA
Yeah, I'll spread the word. Let me know when you get the date set.
What a groovy place to hold the event.
Gene
Gene Sculatti
Director of Special Issues, Billboard magazine
(323) 525-2310
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:35:30 -0000
From: Billy G Spradlin
Subject: Gary Lewis
I just transferred Gary Lewis' 1967 albums "New Directions"
and "Listen" to CD-R. Both LP's have lots of excellent Gordon/Bonner
songs and arragnements by Jack Nitszche. Plus I added 8 bonus tracks
to fill the thing up. If anyone's interested in trading for it let me
know.
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:22:34 +0100
From: Martin Roberts
Subject: Jack Nitzsche
Should be of interest:-
"Nitzsche song radio tribute segment on "Little Steven's Underground Garage"
syndicated radio show on August 24th. Hosted by Little Steven of The
Sopranos and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. 10-12 KLSX-FM in L.A. Steven plans to play a salute to the two year anniversary of Jack's passing
to include "The Lonely Surfer" and show/station ID's from the likes of Phil
Spector and Darlene Love."
Thanks to Harvey Kurbernik, for supplying this info AND for popping round to
his pal Phil S's house to get a custom ID made for the radio station. Harvey
has been helping out with stories and tracks.
Show still not finalized but besides some of Jack's Hits a la "The Lonely
Surfer" and "He's A Rebel" other Nitzsche tracks will be sprinkled over the
two-hour show. Perhaps involving things from "Blue Collar", "Performance" and
his time with Crazy Horse.
The main site to link to for station info-get "Windows Media Player"
downloaded, check your local (U.S.) radio stations and look over the station
archives is http://www.hardrock.com/littlesteven/archive.asp
Good looking mix of bands and songs on previous play lists. The Tronics
rubbing shoulders with the Dave Clark Five rubbing shoulders with Tracey
Ullman (They Don't Know"-isn't there a Spectropop connection here?!)
Little Steven's credentials could of course, not be higher. As well as The
Sopranos and Bruce Springsteen, he produced and arranged Ronnie Spector's
"Say Goodbye To Hollywood/"Baby Please Don't Go".
Should be a great show.
Martin
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:09:55 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Judee Sill website
For those who want downloads of unreleased Judee Sill music, a link to a
discussion group, etc., the direct URL is http://www.webnoir.com/bob/music/
Country Paul
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 19:12:17 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Re: Bunker Hill; George Goldner; Marshall Lieb; personal charts; Gaiety artists
Still catching up...
Climbing on Bunker Hill (couldn't resist the pun), "Hide & Seek, Parts 1 &
2" (Mala 451) was a reasonable-sized hit in the early 60's, It absolutely
roared - lower fi than Gary "US" Bonds on Legrand, pounding drums and Hill
leading a call-and-response holler around a game of hide and seek. Innocent
lyrics; wild delivery! This was truly the music our parents warned us
about....
George Goldner labels - End, Gone, Gee, Rama, Tee Gee, Tico - was Seeco one
of his, too? How was the ownership handled - were they all only his, or with
Morris Levy, or were there other partners as well? I always thought Tico was
strictly Latin and Seeco primarily Latin (although the excellent
one-hit-wonder by The Caslons ["Anniversary of Love"/"The Quiet One"] was on
Seeco. Looking forward to finding out more.
OK, OK - Marshall Lieb already! Actually, I did a perfunctory search on
Google. Yahoo's main shopping page for him,
http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1927079842&clink=dmmu.artist&a=a
o, shows him in the roles of guitarist and producer for Al Casey, Lowell
George, Hal Blaine and Timi Yuro, and vocals with The Teddy Bears. The page
http://www.united-mutations.com/m/moondogs.htm puts him in a late 50's-era
band with Elliot Ingber, later of the Mothers and The Fraternity of Man
("Don't Bogart That Joint"). From "This Date in Musical History,"
http://www.canoe.ca/MusicHistoryMarch/march29.html, comes the following: "In
1996, two former members of the vocal group the Teddy Bears filed suit in
Los Angeles against producer and former bandmate Phil Spector and several
labels. Carol Connors and Marshall Lieb alleged they had not received
royalties from reissues of their 1958 Number-One hit 'To Know Him Is To Love
Him.' (Note for trivia buffs: The title and lyrics of 'To Know Him Is To
Love Him,' which Spector wrote and produced, were inspired by the
inscription on the tombstone of Spector's father, Ben.)" Lieb also produced
two 45's by the Factory on Uni in 1967, featuring Lowell George and Dallas
Taylor (info at
http://www.borderlinebooks.com/us6070s/fuzz.html?http://www.borderlinebooks.
com/us6070s/f1.html and scroll down). Then the Google listings really start
looking good on page 2, but I've run out of research time! (Next time, I
won't list my sources; you can all think I'm brilliant!!!)
Re: personal charts, I find them to be kind of a numerical non-entity, but
often music listed there is pretty fascinating, as some long lost gems will
surface. At various times in my radio career, I had to generate (or more
honestly, fabricate) sales and airplay charts for country, pop and
progressive-rock radio stations. As much was made up of whole cloth as of
legit statistics, but we programmed the stations using them as a tool and
didn't do too badly, either. (My obscure chart position committed to memory:
Scott English's neo-doo-wop from the early 60's, "High On A Hill" [Spokane],
got to #2 in Boston - and to almost nowhere in any other market!)
Simon White: James Booker's "Gonzo" (Peacock, c. 1960) - yes, indeed! One of
the great instrumentals of all time! Where does this Saturday Morning show
air, please?
Although I don't know him or his lists, from what I've read here, add
another vote in favor of Paul Pelletier and his discographies. He sounds a
bit like Joel Whitburn without benefit of Billboard's support system.
Finally, I noticed Bill Dorsey's name in the Challengers' listing. He had a
vocal on Gaiety (c. 1966) called "Such A Sour Lemon," the song being sung in
an octave-spaced double lead. Very nice. Anyone have any info on him? Also
on Gaiety at the same time was Jerry Palmer's semi-middle-eastern rocker,
"Don't Avoid Me." It was later reissued on Epic, I believe. Any info here,
too? Or about the label?
Country Paul
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