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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Danny Valentino
From: Artie Wayne
2. Re: Johnny Nash
From: Steve Harvey
3. Re: Tony Hatch & Buddy Greco
From: Frank
4. Dick Campbell in Musica
From: Gary Campbell
5. Re: Song Search
From: James Botticelli
6. Re: The one and only Lesley
From: Patrick Rands
7. It's Waiting There For You
From: David Coyle
8. Re: Song Search
From: T D Bell
9. Re: Eve Of Destruction... what a song !!!!!
From: balidrengen
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 15:41:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: Re: Danny Valentino
David.......How ya' doin'? I would guess the writers of the song you
asked about are Sherman Edwards and Bernie Wayne.
regards, Artie Wayne
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 16:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash also had a record label that signed the
Cowsills before they went to MGM. He had alot to do
with getting Bob Marley up and running.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 08:10:58 +0200
From: Frank
Subject: Re: Tony Hatch & Buddy Greco
Thanks a lot Mick. At last my long quest for info about this collaboration
has been answered. "Maggi" and "If I could live My Life again" are definitely
co-signed by Buddy, Jackie and Tony on the Tony Hatch produced LP: "It's my
Life" where all the other songs are also featured.
Thanks again.
Frank
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 13:08:06 -0000
From: Gary Campbell
Subject: Dick Campbell in Musica
Hello,
As per the kind request of some of the members of this group i
have posted another song in Musica. The song is called (I'll Be
Alone) By Dick Campbell and Gary Usher. this song has never before
been published but will be coming out in the next couple months on a
cd titled Blue Winds Only Know on Chery Red Records U.K..
Dick Campbell and Gary Usher wrote over 50 songs together of which
only Good Old Rock n Roll songs was ever published by the Cowsills.
In 2001 Gary Usher Jr and Dick Campbell brought out the concept cd
Beyond The Shadow Of Doubt on Dreamsville records Japan written and
performed by Gary Usher and Dick Campbell. The BTSOD cd also contains
some bonus tracks sung by Curt Boettcher. This new cd Coming out Will
be like a follow up to the BTSOD cd with 14 never before heard Gary
Usher/Dick Campbell songs and 4 other songs. One written by Dick
Campbell alone. Two written by D.C., Kapeshine Golesorkhi (who also
wrote a couple songs with Usher and many with D.C.). The fourth song
was written by D.C., K.G., and Steve Hoffman (Of Lancelot Link fame).
All songs (Lead singing, accustic guitar, and Keyboard) are performed
by Dick Campbell with Gary Usher singing Back up and Harmony,
tamborine, and wood knocker on some tracks. Kapeshine Golesorki
playing bass, some accustic, and back up. Little Known Ginny Lee
sings back up vocals on 1 or two tracks. (I have two full cd's of
never released Ginny lee singing Dick Campbell and Dick Campbell/Gary
Usher songs with the same accompanyment mentioned here).
Just a little info to go with the posted song if anyone is
interested.
Gary Campbell
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 17:43:56 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Song Search
Steve Harvey wrote:
> "Reds and yellows, blues and greens" - that bit is an old
> kids' song I can remember my mother singing to me as a wee
> lad. The title of the tune is "I Can Sing A Rainbow". I
> think it was incorporated into the Dells' tune, but it's not
> originally from there.
>
> Kinda like Bowie using "Lavender Blue" to intro one of
> his tunes.
Or like Billy Paul stealing a lick from "Secret Love" during the
instro intro to "Me & Mrs. Jones...this could be the start of a
thread. Any other needles? pinza?
JB
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 16:44:28 -0000
From: Patrick Rands
Subject: Re: The one and only Lesley
Alan Gordon wrote:
> I forgot who posted the Lesley Gore toons to the site, but
> whoever you are, thank you so much.
That would be me Lesley Gore fan #1 :)
You are very welcome indeed. It took me many years to get my hands on
those live / unreleased songs, and I was glad to be able to share
them.
> These are great. "The Golden Couple" and "Come Softly To Me"
> are tremendous! "Come Softly..." is really spectacular.
> Lesley's voice just perches itself on top of the arrangement
> like a glistening angel on a Christmas tree.
>
> Do you know who any of the other voices are? Do you know
> anything about the other performers, or about the live gig?
> Why wasn't this on the box set???!!!
Doesn't she just sound great on Come Softly? She is duetting with
Oliver - the single was released on Crewe Records around 1970. Lesley
Gore released a handful of singles on the Crewe label, and was slated
to be included on the aborted Appleman soundtrack, before Crewe went
under. She and her songwriting partner in the 1970s, Ellen Weston,
wrote some fascinating songs together, and is one of the more
interesting lesser known partnerships in music. The Golden Couple is
a good example of their songwriting ability, I think, it's a shame it
never was released!
The live gig I believe is from 1975 in anticipation of (or to
support) her reunion album with Quincy Jones, Love Me By Name. The
gig itself has a jazzy sound, but the album is more funky pre-disco
(Quincy's sound of the day). I believe the gig is actually from a
video of an apearance on tv that year, but don't quote me on that,
because I do hear what sounds like hand-held cassette deck noises on
the tape. The tape was mislabelled 1972 too which is wrong because
she performed songs from her 1975 album. But there are also some of
her classic tunes like It's My Party done with a jazz backing which
are pretty ear-opening.
The reason this stuff was not included on the box set is because the
box set only covered her years at Mercury records (up until 1969). It
would indeed take an entire SECOND box set to cover what she has done
from 1970 until the present - which I'm hoping someday someone like
Bear Family will realize is a good idea.
Word on the street is that Lesley Gore is working on a screnplay for
her life story, and we've been discussing who could play her in the
movie, on the Lesley Gore mailing list. Gillian Anderson was
mentioned, of course! I invite anyone with an interest in Lesley Gore
to come on over and visit the LG mailing list here at yahoo groups,
it's a great list :)
:Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:05:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: It's Waiting There For You
Wasn't "It's Waiting There For You" written by one of
the Fifth Estate? There's a demo of a song by that
name on their "Ding Dong The Witch Is Back" CD on the
Boston Skyline label. I also have a version of the
song on Jubilee by a group called the Furnacemen.
Nice song.
David
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 17:09:31 -0400
From: T D Bell
Subject: Re: Song Search
Peggy Lee sang "I Can Sing a Rainbow" in Jack Webb's movie Pete Kelley's
Blues (1958).
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:06:49 -0000
From: balidrengen
Subject: Re: Eve Of Destruction... what a song !!!!!
Peter Rechter wrote:
> "Eve Of Destruction". What a song!!!!!! A very powerful message
> that is so relevant to our times, in fact it has never been out
> of step with world events !!
Agreed. Yet nonetheless songwriter P. F. Sloan has revised the song
lyrics on a number of occasions, and also recorded it with partly new
lyrcis, most recently on Still On the Eve of Destruction which was re-
recorded in 1997.
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