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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Bonnie Graham
From: Don
2. Wilson Phillips.
From: Supreme Dream
3. Off topic but important....
From: Dan Hughes
4. Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
From: Kingsley Abbott
5. Re: Fake Merseybeat
From: Lindsay Martin
6. Re: Maxine Brown at Cleethorpes
From: Wendy Flynn
7. Upcoming Paul Evans radio interview show
From: Ronnie Allen
8. Re: Jackie DeShannon
From: Bill George
9. Ooby Dooby Orby
From: Ken Silverwood
10. Re: Roy-like/"Goodnight Baby" by the Butterflys
From: David Coyle
11. Baby
From: Kurt
12. Re: Wilson Phillips.
From: Phil Milstein
13. Party Time
From: Simon White
14. Goffin-King/Bonnie Graham
From: Mike Edwards
15. Bonnie Graham
From: Phil Milstein
16. Re: Party Time
From: Mikey
17. Re: Baby
From: Richard Havers
18. Searchers/Butterflys
From: Mike Edwards
19. Re: Jackie DeShannon
From: Clarke Davis
20. Girl Group CDs
From: Will Stos
21. Walk Tall
From: John Henderson
22. Re: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
From: Steve Harvey
23. Re: Walk Tall
From: Ian Chapman
24. Walk Tall - Christy Allen
From: Ian Chapman
25. Re: Party Time
From: James Botticelli
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Message: 1
GrabDateDate: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:37:40 -0000
From: Don
Subject: Bonnie Graham
I saw on a page by Mick Patrick that Bonnie Graham recorded
"Keep Your Love Locked" and "I Need You". Does anyone know
if both of these songs were written by Carole King &
Gerry
Goffin?
Don
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 02:07:10 -0000
From: Supreme Dream
Subject: Wilson Phillips.
I've read some threads on Brian Wilson here and was wondering
if anyone knows anything about Wilson Phillips recording again.
I thought I had read this awhile back and haven't heard anything
of recent?
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:10:53 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Off topic but important....
Because many Spectropoppers shop at Best Buy, this note
could save some members a lot of trouble:
If you get an email from Best Buy asking you to confirm
a
purchase on your credit card, do not answer it. Just delete
it! It is fraudulent and not from Best Buy.
I got an email early this afternoon supposedly from the Fraud
Department of Best Buy. It directed me to the Best Buy Fraud
site (which does not really exist--it is set up by the same
person who sent the email to me). When you get there, it looks
just like a Best Buy web site, and it tells you that someone
in New York has charged about $775 worth of stuff to
your credit
card.
Now here is the kicker--they want you to "verify" your credit
card by giving them the number, expiration date, etc.
If you
are naive enough to do this, they have conned you and
they can
now use the info to run up charges against you.
I called Best Buy and they told me they had hundreds of reports
of this scam, and the first report had come in about a half-hour
before I called. So this thing is brand new, really big, and I'm
afraid a lot of people are going to get taken.
Again--if you get this notice, just delete it. As long
as you
don't tell them your credit card number they can't do anything
to your account.
---Dan
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:03:02 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
Mike wrote: It is out here on DVD and VHS but not in Britain,
Glad to report that it will be soonish - I have a review
copy with me as I write. Sometime later in the year.
It
is about to start playing selected cinemas in the UK.
Rik
at Chatbusters has emailed about a showing soon at
Hebden
Bridge in Yorkshire (further from Motown you couldn't
wish
for - at least on the look of the
buildings/surroundings!)
It's a splendid movie by any standards.
Kingsley
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:16:15 -0000
From: Lindsay Martin
Subject: Re: Fake Merseybeat
I've yielded to temptation and played "Back To You", the
Beatlesque song by Bartok Lanski(?), to musica. See
what
you make of it, and maybe someone here will recognise it
and accurately identify it.
Lindsay
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:17:04 +0100
From: Wendy Flynn
Subject: Re: Maxine Brown at Cleethorpes
Hey Afroken: Is that "Deep Heat" used as a perfume, an alcoholic substitute
or the old fashioned way? Sounds a great night anywhichway!
..is there a way of distilling deep heat to make moonshine?
I wanna know! Sadly I was using it the boring
traditional way.
...the good news is that someone videoed the Maxine
Brown set
for a documentary about northern soul. They recorded her through
the mixing deck too. So at some point in the future you can see/
hear the gig for yourself.
x
Wendy
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:14:21 EDT
From: Ronnie Allen
Subject: Upcoming Paul Evans radio interview show
This coming Monday, June 23rd, from 8 to 9 PM Eastern Time,
I will be hosting a live-by-phone interview show with multi-
talented recording artist and songwriter Paul Evans.
The show will be broadcast live on WBCB (1490-AM Levittown,
PA) and also on the World Wide Web.
Paul is the man who sang that memorable 1959 top-ten novelty
"Seven Little Girls (Sitting In The Back Seat)." Yep, he was
the poor guy who was driving his car while those girls were
having the time of their life "kissin' and a huggin'
with
Fred"! Why he agreed to chauffeur those girls under
those
circumstances in the first place is something that has
not
ever been determined!
But what IS known is that the billing on that record was
"Paul Evans and the Curls." And contrary to what the
title
might suggest, the girls were not a septet but a DUO!
I was amazed (and you may be too) when you find out what well-
known TV personality and game-show enterpreneur was originally
SUPPOSED to record that song. It was NOT Paul!
In fact his hit recording (the one everyone is familiar with)
wasn't even a master: it was a DEMO!
Paul proved that he was more than a one-hit wonder by
recording two big hit follow-ups: an updating of
"Midnight
Special" (an old folk song originally popularized by Huddie
"Leadbelly" Ledbetter) and the outrageously catchy "Happy-Go-
Lucky-Me" (which showcases Paul's incredible LAUGHING ability!)
Mentioning those hit singles is merely a start in doing justice
to Paul's career.
He has also been an extremely successful songwriter.
In addition to having written hits for himself he also wrote or
co-wrote Bobby Vinton's #1 hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" and
the Kalin Twins' top-ten hit "When" along with songs for Elvis
Presley ("I Gotta Know," "The Next Step Is Love," and others),
Pat Boone ("Johnny Will"), Johnny Tillotson ("Worried Guy"), and
other artists including the Coasters, Fabian, Jackie Wilson,
LaVern Baker and the Mello-Kings.
He has also written several commercial jingles and music for
movies and network TV themes (including the original
theme for
"CBS This Morning").
Paul had a huge top-ten hit in England in 1979 with a recording
called "Hello, This Is Joannie (The Telephone Answering Machine
Song)" which will also be featured on the show. It's a song that
most people in this country have never heard but it's
one that
is most memorable and extremely emotional. And, oh yes,
a bit
STRANGE! Once you hear it you will not forget it!
Appearing as a special guest on the show (via
pre-recorded
interview) will be Bobby Vinton.
Paul has his own website: http://www.paulevans.com.
I hope you can join Paul and me for a fun-filled hour of music
and great stories. He is truly an extremely gifted and
entertaining individual and (most of the time) a HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
guy!
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ACCESSING THE SHOW
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To access the show on Monday June 23rd from 8 to 9 PM Eastern
time please use the following URL:
WBCB 1490 AM, Bucks County, PA: http://www.wbcb1490.com
The above is the WBCB Home Page.
When it has loaded, look on the upper-left-hand side of the
page and find the "Listen Live" link. Double-click on
that and
then follow the very simple instructions. (Yes they
really ARE
very simple: you will be a double-click away from the show!)
You can "try out" the station in advance of the show by using
the above instructions. The station has a mix of talk, sports,
and oldies so you might get any one of those formats if you
access the station prior to the Paul Evans show.
Ronnie Allen
E-mail: RonnieOldiesGuy@aol.com
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:35:45 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Re: Jackie DeShannon
Clarke Davis wrote: There is an incredible song by Jackie DeShannon that
I cannot find on any CD. Anyone else looking for "Your Baby Is A Lady"?
I think this is one of her finest, and
wish it were available on CD!
Hi Clarke,
Unfortunately, that song has never been put onto CD. It was
almost included in Rhino Handmade's recent release of
her
"Jackie" LP. The set was originally planned as a
"complete
Atlantic sessions" CD, with the "Jackie" and "Your Baby
Is A
Lady" albums, as well as many unreleased tracks. But Jackie
isn't really crazy about that album and preferred that
it not
be re-released. So I don't know when you'll see it on
CD.
Hopefully someday.
-Bill
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:51:19 +0100
From: Ken Silverwood
Subject: Ooby Dooby Orby
On four occasions Del Shannon recorded Roy Orbison
songs.
He did "Oh Pretty Woman", "Dream Baby", "Runnin' Scared"
&
"Crying", so maybe Del's "Kelly" was written in an
Orbison
way with a more strident rhythm (by Roy).
Plus Jay & Americans' "She Cried" is a builder.
Ken On The West Coast.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:13:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Coyle
Subject: Re: Roy-like/"Goodnight Baby" by the Butterflys
I don't think of "Night" by Jackie Wilson as being
particularly "Orbison-esque," but it is much more
operatic than I've ever heard a pop singer vocalize.
Roy Orbison had a dynamic range, building from a
near-whisper to a huge crescendo, but not nearly as
unearthly as Jackie's baritone on that one song. For
an R&B singer with no formal vocal training, that one
recording is just amazing and not to be topped.
On the other hand, I don't think Roy Orbison could
have tackled "Lonely Teardrops" or "I'll Be Satisfied"
too convincingly.
On another note, is "Goodnight Baby" by the Butterflys
the same song as recorded by the Searchers in the UK?
I'd never heard this song until I got their "Pye
Anthology" 2-CD set. Knowing their penchant for
covering really obscure R&B vocal groups, I would
imagine it is the same. Confirm?
David
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:56:30 -0000
From: Kurt
Subject: Baby
I have a question for the Spectropop group mind (pun intended):
Does does anyone know anything about a group called 'Baby'?
(not THE Babys, but simply Baby)
I used to have a song of theirs on cassette called
"(Just Another)
Saturday Night"(taped from the radio, a primitive form
of file-
sharing)
Baby sounded like a cross between The Knack and The
Ozark Mountain
Daredevils...pop/swamp I would call it.
I know they put out a full album sometime between
1974-76. I don't
know the label.
Any leads?
Thanks - - Kurt
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:41:21 -0500
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Re: Wilson Phillips.
Supreme Dream wrote: I've read some threads on Brian Wilson here and was
wondering if anyone knows anything about Wilson Phillips
recording again. I thought I had read this awhile back and haven't
heard anything of recent?
During a recent appearance on the Howard Stern show
Carnie Wilson
reported that they would be recording again soon (or
were doing so
already), and expect to have a new album out sometime
next year.
--Phil M.
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:56:39 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Party Time
Here's wishing all Spectropoppers attending the New York
Bash an absolutely marvellous, fantastic time. Full reports
and pictures are eagerly awaited by someone unable to attend.
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:10:31 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Goffin-King/Bonnie Graham
Don asks: I saw on a page by Mick Patrick that Bonnie Graham recorded
"Keep Your Love Locked" and "I Need You". Does anyone know if both of
these songs were written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin?
I don't know Bonnie Graham, but I am pretty sure that Goffin-King
wrote: "Keep Your Love Locked" for Paul Petersen on
Colpix in 1962,
and "I Need You" for Chuck Jackson on Wand in 1965.
I'm not sure whether or not they are the same songs, though.
Mike Edwards
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Message: 15
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:40:28 -0500
From: Phil Milstein
Subject: Bonnie Graham
Don wrote: I saw on a page by Mick Patrick that Bonnie Graham recorded
"Keep Your Love Locked" and "I Need You". Does anyone know if both of
these songs were written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin?
Not quite. Them there are "song-poems" -- lyrics
submitted by
rank amateurs, who pay fees to have their songs set to music and
recorded. For the record, "Keep Your Love Locked" was written by
Robbie Hunsucker, and "I Need You" by Betty Jane Hagen.
--Phil M.
curator, American Song-Poem Music Archives (http://www.aspma.com)
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Message: 16
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:18:52 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Party Time
By the way, what time do "It's My Party" go on stage?
Anybody know?
Mikey
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Message: 17
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:18:46 +0100
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Baby
Kurt wrote: Does does anyone know anything about a group called 'Baby'?
(not THE Babys, but simply Baby)
Kurt
There was a band called baby on Chelsea around '76, they had been
on Lone Starr and Mercury before that ('74 and '75 respectively).
If it is them then they consisted of John Camp, Johnny
Lee Schell,
Stephen Crane, Woody Putnam and Tom Scott.
May help,
Richard
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Message: 18
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:25:29 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: Searchers/Butterflys
David asks: is "Goodnight Baby" by the Butterflys the same song as recorded
by the Searchers in the UK?
Yes David, the Searchers did a nice version on their US Kapp
album, "New Searchers LP" in 1964. You're right about
the r&b
covers as the album contains very strong versions of Lavern
Baker's "Bumble Bee", Moody & The Delta's "Everybody
Come Clap
Your Hands", Lou Johnson's "Magic Potion" and the Drifters'
"I Don't Wanna Go On Without You".
Mike Edwards
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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:55:40 -0000
From: Clarke Davis
Subject: Re: Jackie DeShannon
Bill George on "Your Baby Is A Lady": Unfortunately, that song has never
been put onto CD.
It was almost included in Rhino Handmade's recent release of her "Jackie"
LP. The set was originally planned as a "complete Atlantic sessions" CD,
with the "Jackie" and "Your
Baby Is A Lady" albums, as well as many unreleased tracks. But Jackie isn't
really crazy about that album and preferred that it not be re-released.
-Hi Bill,
Thanks for your reply. That is one great LP. I have no idea
why she doesn't like it. Even the cover art in grey is superb.
Maybe one day, she'll let Rhino put that one out too. I was
very disappointed when I read that the material I love
the most
from Atlantic was still not available.
Another song I wish I could find on CD is an early
Liberty effort,
called "I Won't Turn You Down". I once had the original 45 of
that, but it has disappeared. :( Again, nowhere to be found on
any CD.
Thank goodness gems like "The Prince" and "Faded Love"
and "Just
Like in the Movies" are available. To me, Jackie's
voice,
inflection, and vulnerability, combined with her own songwriting,
and incredible arrangements and production from experts, just burn
an mark into the pop landscape, unlike any other.
Clarke
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:18:52 -0000
From: Will Stos
Subject: Girl Group CDs
Hi Group,
I've been out of it for a while and I haven't been
reading
postings for a few months. I'm wondering if any new girl group
CD compilations or best-of CDs have been released recently?
I found "Where the Girls Are" Vol. 5 on Barnes and Noble which
I've ordered, but is there anything else new?
Will : )
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Message: 21
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:04:29 -0400
From: John Henderson
Subject: Walk Tall
Jeff Glenn: I've just played the 2 of Clubs version of "Walk Tall" to
musica.....the only version of the song that charted
in the U.S. Great track, and written by Vance/Pockriss!
I believe Val Doonican had a European hit with this tune in
the sixties and, although it was released in North America,
it made only a slight impact here.
John
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Message: 22
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:37:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Re: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
The local Music/Video store has the DVD for $6.99 once
you
mail in your $6 rebate! I've seen it twice, but for that price
it's worth getting my own copy.
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Message: 23
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:44:05 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Re: Walk Tall
John Henderson wrote: I believe Val Doonican had a European hit with this
tune in the sixties and, although it was released in North America, it made
only a slight impact here.
Different song, John - that "Walk Tall" did indeed
launch the
career of Val, Irish crooner and man of a thousand pullovers.
It reached as high as #3 in the UK. I always preferred "Paddy
McGinty's Goat", however.....
Ian
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Message: 24
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:35:46 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Walk Tall - Christy Allen
Now playing at musica is the northern soul version of
"Walk Tall Like A Man", by Christy Allen on Diamond, for
comparison to the 2 of Clubs.
I love the swirling strings on Christy's version, and
her
slightly countryish vocal.
Ian
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Message: 25
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:06:20 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: Re: Party Time
Mikey enquired: By the way, what time do "It's My Party" go on stage?
Anybody know?From what I can gather, Sheila has them scheduled
between
one hour DJ sets. Mine is at 9, so I assume that It's
will
start around 10, 12, 02 ...Maybe?
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