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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 17:41:46 GMT -5
The Dorsey brothers were born and raised in Lansford Pa. just past Jim Thorpe! They played at Flag Staff high above Jim Thorpe along with many more! Its closed now. The "Lullaby of Broadway" is one of my favorite numbers with Dick Powell! He latter became a detective when the musicals got old! How do you know so much about PA? Jim Thorpe aka Mauch Chunk has staged something of a comeback as a musical venue. Fred Waring was another PA big band leader, from Tyrone near Altoona. Les Brown (with his Band of Renown) is from the same neck of the woods as the Dorsey Brothers (who as you no doubt know hated each other.) Yeah, Dick Powell became the screen's Philip Marlowe. A serious change from the goofy tenors he played in all of those musicals with Ruby Keeler and Guy Kibbee and Joan Blondell. |
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Post by bigjeep on Jan 2, 2024 17:59:50 GMT -5
The Dorsey brothers were born and raised in Lansford Pa. just past Jim Thorpe! They played at Flag Staff high above Jim Thorpe along with many more! Its closed now. The "Lullaby of Broadway" is one of my favorite numbers with Dick Powell! He latter became a detective when the musicals got old! How do you know so much about PA? Jim Thorpe aka Mauch Chunk has staged something of a comeback as a musical venue. Fred Waring was another PA big band leader, from Tyrone near Altoona. Les Brown (with his Band of Renown) is from the same neck of the woods as the Dorsey Brothers (who as you no doubt know hated each other.) Yeah, Dick Powell became the screen's Philip Marlowe. A serious change from the goofy tenors he played in all of those musicals with Ruby Keeler and Guy Kibbee and Joan Blondell. Jim Thorpe went from a sleepy old coal town to a monstrous tourist town on the western side across the river! Train rides from Pittston and Port Carbon take you to Jim Thorpe plus they have a Tourist train ride in town! The were laying track down this past summer for the new train rides to town! I live about 20 miles away! My kids went to Jim Thorpe Schools! They are having major parking problems there! They even opened the old Opera house and have shows there! |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 18:46:39 GMT -5
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image "Brandy" - Looking Glass "Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer "In A Gadda Da Vida" - Iron Butterfly Oh man, four outstanding, no doubt about it selections. Blue Cheer -- haha, I had their album "Vincebus Eruptum." Straight out of Spinal Tap. Early metal. There was a station around here that every year on the anniversary of its release date would play the 17-minute (or whatever it was) album cut of "In A Gadda Da Vida," complete with 11-minute drum solo. It made for a great bathroom break for the DJ. A few more from roughly that era would be Vanilla Fudge, led by Carmine Appice, covering "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and Frijid Pink's distorted guitar cover of "House Of The Rising Sun." The UK group Christie had a big hit with "Yellow River" but never went anywhere after that. Around that same time the Dutch group Tee Set had "Ma Belle Amie." A 1970 one-hit wonder was Hot Legs with "Neanderthal Man." The bulk of that group re-emerged a few years later as 10CC. Back in 1967, the Mojo Men had one hit with Stephen Stills' "Sit Down, I Think I Love You." Produced unlikely enough by Sly Stone. Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet." Every Mother's Son "Come On Down To My Boat." There are probably more one-hit wonders than there are multiple-hit makers. "I'm Your Venus" - Shocking Blue "Pictures of Matchstick Men" - Status Quo "Incense and Peppermints" - Strawberry Alarm Clock* *SAC Guitarist Ed King went on to become a member of Lynrd Skynyrd |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 19:00:42 GMT -5
Back in 1967, the Mojo Men had one hit with Stephen Stills' "Sit Down, I Think I Love You." Other hits penned by well-known artists... "59th Street Bridge" - (Paul Simon) Harper's Bazaar "Red Rubber Ball" - (Paul Simon) The Cyrcle "Younger Girl" - (John Sebastian) The Critters |
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Post by Renfield on Jan 2, 2024 20:08:14 GMT -5
Wow! We've really added a lot of music aficionados to the board. Great stuff. My minor contribution will be to add another one-hit wonder entry: The Buoys with "Timothy" 1970-ish. Subject matter of the song is unique. And, no, Timothy was not the mule as many radio stations tried to say to avoid what really happened to the 3, er, 2, trapped miners. As a complete contrast in style and subject matter, Timothy was written by Rupert Holmes who 10 or 12 years later had a smash hit with "Escape," which most people know as The Pina Colada Song--A song which makes the Top 5 of my most detested list.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 20:11:53 GMT -5
Oh man, four outstanding, no doubt about it selections. Blue Cheer -- haha, I had their album "Vincebus Eruptum." Straight out of Spinal Tap. Early metal. There was a station around here that every year on the anniversary of its release date would play the 17-minute (or whatever it was) album cut of "In A Gadda Da Vida," complete with 11-minute drum solo. It made for a great bathroom break for the DJ. A few more from roughly that era would be Vanilla Fudge, led by Carmine Appice, covering "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and Frijid Pink's distorted guitar cover of "House Of The Rising Sun." The UK group Christie had a big hit with "Yellow River" but never went anywhere after that. Around that same time the Dutch group Tee Set had "Ma Belle Amie." A 1970 one-hit wonder was Hot Legs with "Neanderthal Man." The bulk of that group re-emerged a few years later as 10CC. Back in 1967, the Mojo Men had one hit with Stephen Stills' "Sit Down, I Think I Love You." Produced unlikely enough by Sly Stone. Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet." Every Mother's Son "Come On Down To My Boat." There are probably more one-hit wonders than there are multiple-hit makers. "I'm Your Venus" - Shocking Blue "Pictures of Matchstick Men" - Status Quo "Incense and Peppermints" - Strawberry Alarm Clock* *SAC Guitarist Ed King went on to become a member of Lynrd Skynyrd Good ones Bob. I didn't know that about the SAC guitarist. I actually do remember hearing two other songs of theirs on the radio --"Tomorrow" and "Sit With The Guru" -- but I don't think they would qualify as hits. They all sounded pretty much like "Incense and Peppermints." Loved Matchstick Men with all that flanging and wah wah. Very late 60s. I have friends from the Netherlands who had Shocking Blue play at their high school senior prom. But this would have been about five years AFTER they had a hit with "I'm Your Venus," so they were on the way down rather than the way up. They said Shocking Blue was a real pain to deal with, very demanding and uncooperative. Seems to me they shouldn't have taken a gig like that if they wanted star treatment. A few more -- "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" by The Amboy Dukes (early Ted Nugent band.) "Magic" by Pilot "Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman "I Love You" by People (I think they used an exclamation point after their name) "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae "Rock The Boat" by Hues Corporation (unless you're one of those people who actually remembers "Freedom For The Stallion") "Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 20:13:27 GMT -5
Wow! We've really added a lot of music aficionados to the board. Great stuff. My minor contribution will be to add another one-hit wonder entry: The Buoys with "Timothy" 1970-ish. Subject matter of the song is unique. And, no, Timothy was not the mule as many radio stations tried to say to avoid what really happened to the 3, er, 2, trapped miners. As a complete contrast in style and subject matter, Timothy was written by Rupert Holmes who 10 or 12 years later had a smash hit with "Escape," which most people know as The Pina Colada Song--A song which makes the Top 5 of my most detested list. Not minor at all, Ren. Keep digging (like they should have done for poor Timothy.) |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 20:14:09 GMT -5
Rupert Holmes who 10 or 12 years later had a smash hit with "Escape," which most people know as The Pina Colada Song--A song which makes the Top 5 of my most detested list. Great new category...the most detested songs. There are plenty, but I'll start it off with... "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-JeV37Uqw |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 20:21:54 GMT -5
Back in 1967, the Mojo Men had one hit with Stephen Stills' "Sit Down, I Think I Love You." Other hits penned by well-known artists... "59th Street Bridge" - (Paul Simon) Harper's Bazaar "Red Rubber Ball" - (Paul Simon) The Cyrcle "Younger Girl" - (John Sebastian) The Critters Good stuff. Bruce Woodley of The Seekers co-wrote "Red Rubber Ball" with Paul Simon. Two of the guys from The Cyrkle (managed by Brian Epstein) went on to make a fortune doing jingles for commercials. I know one of them was the "Plop Plop Fizz Fizz" for Alka-Seltzer and another was one of the Uncola ads for 7Up. I liked their follow up to RRB "Turn Down Day." The Critters were a wonderful band of the softer-rock genre, from north Jersey. Their lead singer, Don Ciccone, later went on to do a lot of vocals for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the seventies. I saw them in concert at Villanova in 1967. They had one other hit besides "Younger Girl" called "Mr. Dieingly Sad," which was a beautifully-constructed ballad with great chord changes. They were favorites of Dick Clark on his show "Where The Action Is." Along those same lines, Gene Pitney had hits for The Crystals ("He's A Rebel") and Rick Nelson ("Hello Mary Lou.") There was all that Lennon-McCartney stuff for Peter and Gordon and Billy J. Kramer. McCartney wrote P&G's hit song "Woman" under the nom de plume Bernard Webb. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 20:25:05 GMT -5
Rupert Holmes who 10 or 12 years later had a smash hit with "Escape," which most people know as The Pina Colada Song--A song which makes the Top 5 of my most detested list. Great new category...the most detested songs. There are plenty, but I'll start it off with... "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-JeV37UqwOh God, this is cruel. I hope you won't object if I don't click on that link. "Playground Of My Mind" by Clint Holmes. Makes you embarrassed to be part of the human race. "Telephone Man" by Merri Wilson. "Eres Tu" by Mocedades. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 20:29:51 GMT -5
A lot of the detested songs will also be one-hit wonders, so we're getting two birds with one stone. Anybody remember "Mill Valley" by Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point Third Grade Class? "The Men In My Little Girl's Life" by Mike Douglas? "Little Arrows" by Leapy Lee?
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 20:37:04 GMT -5
Other hits penned by well-known artists... "59th Street Bridge" - (Paul Simon) Harper's Bazaar "Red Rubber Ball" - (Paul Simon) The Cyrcle "Younger Girl" - (John Sebastian) The Critters Good stuff. Bruce Woodley of The Seekers co-wrote "Red Rubber Ball" with Paul Simon. Two of the guys from The Cyrkle (managed by Brian Epstein) went on to make a fortune doing jingles for commercials. I know one of them was the "Plop Plop Fizz Fizz" for Alka-Seltzer and another was one of the Uncola ads for 7Up. I liked their follow up to RRB "Turn Down Day." The Critters were a wonderful band of the softer-rock genre, from north Jersey. Their lead singer, Don Ciccone, later went on to do a lot of vocals for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the seventies. I saw them in concert at Villanova in 1967. They had one other hit besides "Younger Girl" called "Mr. Dieingly Sad," which was a beautifully-constructed ballad with great chord changes. They were favorites of Dick Clark on his show "Where The Action Is." Along those same lines, Gene Pitney had hits for The Crystals ("He's A Rebel") and Rick Nelson ("Hello Mary Lou.") There was all that Lennon-McCartney stuff for Peter and Gordon and Billy J. Kramer. McCartney wrote P&G's hit song "Woman" under the nom de plume Bernard Webb. The Cyrcle opened for The Beatles at Shea (I was there), and did both "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn Down Day", along with Bobby Hebb (Sunny). Re "The Critters"..."Mr. Dieingly Sad" was a beautiful song. Loved Gene Pitney's "It Hurts To Be In Love". Used to sing it in the stairways (great acoustics) with my bassist...great harmonies. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 20:37:46 GMT -5
Oh God, this is cruel. I hope you won't object if I don't click on that link. "Playground Of My Mind" by Clint Holmes. Makes you embarrassed to be part of the human race. "Telephone Man" by Merri Wilson. "Eres Tu" by Mocedades. "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro |
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Post by inger on Jan 2, 2024 20:40:21 GMT -5
Oh God, this is cruel. I hope you won't object if I don't click on that link. "Playground Of My Mind" by Clint Holmes. Makes you embarrassed to be part of the human race. "Telephone Man" by Merri Wilson. "Eres Tu" by Mocedades. "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro Almost in its own category: “Tear jerkers”… |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 20:45:00 GMT -5
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro Almost in its own category: “Tear jerkers”… "Daddy Don't Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton |
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