- Can anyone help?? -- Chris (happy), 20:14:16 12/31/08 Wed [1] (C-59-100-244-176.per.connect.net.au/59.100.244.176)
I am trying to find out who sang the song "party girl." Either 50's or 60's a male vocalist. Some of the lyrics are: "dance your last dance party girl,when this dance is through I've got plans for you,so dance your last dance party girl." I think thats right. It is a happy song, and I would really love to know who sang it,can anyone help me here? PLEASE!!
(actually my wife is hounding me to find out!!!)
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- Boston, MA - late 60's -- Swede, 10:44:46 06/17/08 Tue [1] (corp2.duke-energy.com/148.134.37.1)
Back in Massachusetts, south of Boston at an under 21 club called "The Surf", a group used to play called "PUFF" and they released an album. Does anyone have any information about them?
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- 1960's song titles -- Sarah T., 02:19:16 01/30/08 Wed [3] (adsl-226-170-39.shv.bellsouth.net/74.226.170.39)
I am trying to find out who did the song titled "Young Girl" If anyone out there knows, please contact me.
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April 26, 2008
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- Screenplay for Original Buckingams Film/Movie -- Moderator, 21:30:17 04/16/07 Mon [2] (cache-rtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com/152.163.101.11)
April 16, 2007
I have entertained the idea of a writing a screenplay for a future
film project regarding the Original Buckinghams Music group since 1990
and 1996....
I have decided to proceed with this project, definitely. I have through
the years, drafted variations on a general screenplay relative to the
script...for a film about the Original Buckinghams group.
I am excited about the prospects relative to this project!
Anyone with information about the original members, (Marty Grebb, Dennis
Tufano, Dennis Maccoli (Maccolis), Jon Poulos,) that you think should be
considered for documentation in the screenplay, post it here.
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- Music Project -- Cosette, 21:57:00 04/25/07 Wed [1] (cache-dtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com/205.188.117.11)
April 25, 2007
I am currently formulating in my mind a music project arranging
an uptempo Jazz version of "Mellow Yellow." I have germinated with this idea for several years, at least 11 years...
Mellow Yellow is a song written and performed by the wonderful original singer, composer, Donavon.
I'm just mad about saffron....
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- Jon Poulous Extraordinary Drummer! The Definitive Drummer of the Original Buckinghams. -- Moderator, 04:42:45 04/06/07 Fri [1] (cache-rtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com/152.163.101.11)
March 6, 2007
The Original Buckinghams Yahoo Group-site is dedicated to the memory
of Jon Poulous, the definitive original drummer of the Original
Buckinghams Music Group, this month.
Jon Poulos was born on March 31, 1947 in Chicago Illinois.
Jon Poulos was an able and arguably an extraordinary talent, relative
to the Drum instrument.
Poulos proficiency at playing the trap drumset
illuminated, and highlighted the fact that the foundation of the
Buckingham's group sound was the drum.
Jon Poulos, along with Dennis Tufano who became the (original lead
singer) for the Buckinghams Music Group, was a member of a music group
called the Pulsations before this group joined with other original
members of the group that became the Buckinghams, in 1965.
Jon Poulos died of drug related heart failure on March 26, 1980. Poulos
was 32 years old at the time of his death.
At the time of his death, Poulos was working as a manager for Chicago
based music groups.
I remember Jon Poulos. I saw the Buckinghams perform at the Arena
Audtiorium, in Duluth, Minnesota in the summer of 1967.
I recall Jon Poulos so vividly because I had a specific interest in
drumming.
I recall that as the group approached the stage in preparation for
their performance, Jon Poulos was the first member of the
group that stands out in my mind.
He nimbly and authoritatively walked up the stairs to the stage, sat
at his drumset and began to play the drums with style, poise, and (from
a youngster's eyes, enamored with the drum instrument at that time),
great dexterity.
As I have had the occasion in time, to view photographs of Jon Poulos,
I am struck by how very handsome of a man he was, in addition to the
significant degree of style, and talent he exemplified as a musician.
Any memories, thoughts, or information about Jon Poulos would be
welcome, especially this month, as The Original Buckinghams Group
remembers Jon Poulos, an extraordinary Drummer.
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- A Blessed Happy Birthday in Memory of Jon Poulos March 31, 2007 -- Moderator, 04:36:42 04/06/07 Fri [1] (cache-rtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com/152.163.101.11)
In Blessed Memory of Jon Poulos, on his birthday.
Warm thoughts and memories of Jon Poulos today!
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- GRatitude -- Marty grebb, 17:13:16 03/29/07 Thu [1] (adsl-065-007-232-006.sip.bna.bellsouth.net/65.7.232.6)
HI--
Sorry---just found this not today on the internet--3-29-07--thanks so much for thinking of me--
hope you are well and happy----music is my life's breath,
and has gotten me through some tough spots, and has kept me as joyous as it is possible to be in a business of much turmoil
God Bless,
Marty
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- Birthday Tribute To The Late Great Sam Cooke -- Cosette, 20:47:15 01/22/07 Mon [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
January 22, 2007
The late great Sam Cooke would have been 72 years old today.
Sam Cooke was born on January 22, 1935 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Cooke died under mysterious circumstances on December 11, 1964.
Rumors and gossip persist yet to this day as to how Cooke actually
died.
While many singers lay hold to the title as "the founder of Soul
Music," Sam Cooke was indisputably, such a one.
As others can state that music careers started in the Black Gospel
Church, and moved on to the secular arena, so was the case with
Cooke.
However, Sam Cooke is credited by Aretha Franklin, and
others, as the one the Gospel singers emulated, in this regard.
Cooke is recognized today by scholars, writers, and critics
as one of the most important singers in the history of American Popular Music,
and singularly, the most important figure in the history of Soul Music-R&B.
He released You Send Me in 1957 and the 1.7 million selling song was
was the first of his many hits.
Cooke signed to RCA in 1960, and was a mainstay in the top Forty Music list
through 1965, with "Sad Mood", "Wonderful World", "Twisting the Night Away",
"Bring It On Home to Me", "Another Saturday Night", and "Shake".
Several of Cooke's recordings are considered classics within the genre of
American Popular Music.
The selection "A Change is going to come" became a hit for Cooke,
posthumously....
Cooke's songs have been covered by several artists, including
Terrence Trent d' Arby, Phoebe Snow, and Rod Stewart.
The singer Rod Stewart, considers Sam Cooke to be a prime
influence in the development of his singing.
Cooke was also a groundbreaking independent music businessman.
He owned his own record label, music publishing company, and
management firm.
He was one of the first inductees of the
Rock and Roll hall of fame, in 1986.
Sam Cooke's vocal style is one of the most unique, and recognizable in
Popular American Music.
Sam Cooke was a commanding presence, a rich performer, and vocal stylist.... the likes of which in a lifetime, one may
never hear again.
KCS
@Copyright 1-22 2007
Music Notes Magazine
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- James "Pookie" Hudson RIP -- Cosette', 18:48:02 01/19/07 Fri [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
January 19, 2007
Pookie Hudson, lead singer of the Spaniels doo wop group, best-known
for their 1954 million-seller "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," died Tuesday,
January 16, 2006 at 2:10 p.m. at his home in Capitol Heights, MD.
Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson was born on June 11, 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Spaniels, group founded by Hudson, was formed while Hudson was in High School.
The group started in 1953.
While the Spaniels may not be the first group to coin the term "Doo Wop",
this writer considers the Spaniels to be the first definitive Doo Wop group,
and the premier Doo Wop group of all time.
"We were the first to put that doo doo doo and all those kind of sounds in our
music," Hudson once said.
"Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" is considered a classic composition reflected
in varied genres such as "Rock and Roll," "Rhythm and Blues," "Doo Wop,"
and "Classic Rock".
After 30 years of not receiving royalties for "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight,"
an attorney helped Hudson begin to receive regular royalties in the 1990's.
@Copyright
KCS Music Notes Magazine
January 2007
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- Buckingham History -- Cosette', 18:27:13 01/11/07 Thu [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
June 28, 2006
My question is: A lawsuit was filed against Dennis Maccolis the
> keyboard player who played the organ on the first "hit" recording
> "Kind Of A Drag" in September 1977. According to the liner notes on
> the "MERCY, MERCY MERCY compilation, issued by Sony records....
> Maccolis was fired from the group in 1966 (?) or 1967?
>
> Three of the original members of the Buckingham group apparently filed
> the legal action against Two other original members as well, but
> Dennis Maccolis was the original member who was addressed in the suit.
>
> This was a case of copyright infringement. Apparently two of the
> original members, including Maccolis, who licensed the use of the
> Buckingham name, were promoting a different variation of the
> Buckinghams name and group in performances.
>
> Does anyone know anything about this suit? Although this case was
> filed several years ago, this case continues to be cited.
>
> Who was the other Original Buckingham member cited in this case with
> Maccolis?
>
> Does anyone know?
January 11, 2007
A follow-up question: this suit against Maccolis was filed as
Giammarese vs Delfino.
Apparently carl giammarese filed the suit. Again, who were the other
members of the Buckinghams who were a partner with giammarese in this
suit?
Does anyone have any information as to the historical legal record?
What about the individual members... original members of the
Buckinghams group, what is there relationship with Maccolis?
As of 2006, the relationship does not sound very amicable.
Please post any knowledge anyone may have about this subject.
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- Dennis Maccolis-Maccoli Buckinghams Organist -- Cosette, 17:46:29 01/11/07 Thu [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
January 11, 2007
It has been quite challenging finding current information on Dennis Maccolis, or Miccoli.
Dennis Maccolis, was the keyboard player, for the Buckinghams group back in the late 1960's-1966-1967....
His organ is the one heard on the first hit record for the Buckinghams group, "Kind of A Drag". Marty Grebb replaced Maccoli after the "Kind of A Drag" selection was recorded.
I have seen his name spelled both ways.
He is one and the same person whatever the proper spelling.
I would like to know the correct spelling of Dennis name, at any rate.
If any of you know, please post it here.
All due respect to Dennis regarding the spelling here.
Anyway, I have some little bits of information about Dennis Maccoli.
I will post it here. Please if anyone has any current up to
date information please let me know, or post it here.
Contact information on Dennis M, would be most appreciated.
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- The Great James Brown (My Obit) -- KCS, 01:09:07 12/28/06 Thu [1] (cache-mtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/64.12.116.195)
December 25, 2006
"Please, Please, Please..... Don't Go...
I Loved you so....
December 25, 2006
Perhaps not much more can be said about this great man of music,
James Brown, than has been said previously, everywhere....
I saw James Brown live in concert for the first time in 1968. I was
a young teenager who absolutely had to see the electrifying,
James Brown!
Even his recordings, generated his unique electric energy... that
strong, funk, gospel, rhythmic-R&B, instrumental beat.... those
soulful, coarse shouting vocals...
My younger brother, 6 years old at the time, would try to imitate Brown's
fancy foot work.... he also attended the performance in 1968. I as a young
teen, although a female, in private also tried to imitate Brown ? s masterful dance steps.
When I first heard the recording, ? Please, Please, Please ? I remember
being a bit startled!
My lovely mother (a music connoisseur), was playing, Brown ?s ? Live At
The Apollo ? recording. The composition was somewhat jarring, and mesmerizing!
Brown's music touched and affected cross generations, as well as cross cultures
in America! Brown was appreciated by a spectrum of age groups and peoples...
I believe the concert in 1968 was a sold out performance... there were people
everywhere, crowded it appeared, in the balconies, on the main floor seating.
People dancing in the aisles... the shouts and cheers of affirmation and appreciation
were often so loud, one could not hear Brown.
That was an energizing, wonderful performance, by the ? god-
father of soul. ?
I saw James Brown again in 1997... This was a required attendance on my part
for that particular show.
As the Music Writer, Music Critic/Historian I have become, I felt that I needed
to document my analysis of one of the unquestionably greatest multi talented
musicians of a time...
As James Brown stated in exhortation in two of his recordings, ? Don ?t Be
A Drop-out ? Don ?t be a drop-out, don ?t you be no drag ? ......
and his recording, ?America ? ?We may fuss and fight, but when it comes to
the enemy, we will drive him way outta sight ? .....
James Brown was a humanitarian and an Ambassador,
who believed in equity, opportunity, peace and
brotherhood, for all of mankind, in addition to the prodigious greatness of
his music ability and talent.
That death ?s appointment will arrive for us all one day, today, Christmas day, 2006,
death ? s appointment arrived for James Brown.
He may have appreciated the meaning, and perhaps a bit of irony
of the day, heralded by angels....exhorting Peace on earth, goodwill to all people...May James Brown rest in peace!
Cosette
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December 25, 2006
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- Ed Bradley "60 Minutes" -- Kafi C. Sondai, 04:11:37 11/16/06 Thu [1] (cache-mtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/64.12.116.195)
November 16, 2006
This is an article in tribute of Ed Bradley, the broadcast journalist who worked for the CBS Television network for a number of years.
Ed Bradley died on November 9, 2006.
I think this article speaks for a lot of people who knew of a Ed Bradley.
As Blues music reflects the range of human experience, people
from all walks of life can relate to the life of Ed Bradley.
Davis article holds a special significance for people of African American heritage.
African American's were proud of
the accomplishments of Bradley.... he left a legacy for younger African Americans, and those African Americans, and all people's, of future generations....
On a personal note, I will miss him. I have been a bit teary for days at the loss...I looked forward to watching him on television, anytime.
I will remember his smooth, and cool demeanor.
He was a talented broadcast journalist.... so handsome and
photogenic, gifted within the language, and just the right articulation and panache.
He was a man of his time.
He did it all, so well... with grace and dignity.
In respectful tribute.....
Kafi C. Sondai
11-2006
@ Copyright
Bob Davis, CEO of the Soul Patrol Network, has been generous in allowing the reprinting of his article to "The 1960's Music Groups & Solo Artists board.
Kafi C. Sondai
Moderator
R.I.P Ed Bradley - "The 60 minute man"
Back in the 1980's from a musical perspective, I was totally consumed by a wonderful discovery that I had made in the early in the decade.
I was living at that time in Houston Texas, a 23 year old "Mr. Know It All" from NYC with a big fro' and a "disco groove", who still had quite a bit to learn about life.
You see I was a transplanted northerner who was about to be taken to school with respect to the culture and lifestyle of the American South.
You see I had started hanging out with some older Black men, and they introduced me to Blues music, and I fell in love with it.
At around the same time in Washington DC another "Older Black man" was about to make history.
Ed Bradley was appointed as Chief White House Correspondent at CBS News in 1981.
Now by the time we get to 1981, there had already been many "Black firsts", but this one was a little different.
During the 1970's we had seen Ed Bradley covering events like the Vietnam War, Political Conventions, etc, so he was already a familiar face.
But Ed Bradley was different from other "Black firsts".
We knew that he was from the ghetto in Philly and that he didn't start off wanting to be on television. We knew that he had started his professional life as a school teacher in the Philadelphia School District.
You could look at Ed Bradley and tell that he was a "real brotha".
He was tough, he was articulate, articulate and could handle himself in any situation and now he was going to be highly visible right where the real power of the government was, the White House.
As the years passed and we observed Ed Bradley we could see that he was quite comfortable in these situations and he himself began to acquire the "aura of power" around him.
In Houston, I became immersed in Blues music by attending as many live concerts and club performances as I could. I began to do so after being introduced to it older Black men, the same age or older than my own father.
These were the type of men who rode around in pick up trucks, with pint bottles of Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, etc. under the front seat of the vehicle.
They always had extra paper cups in the truck in case they ran into a friend to offer a drink.
They told me stories of what it was like to live in the segregated south in both East Texas and Houston during the 1940's and 1950's. Some of these stories were sad, but most were about the good times that they had just trying to survive.
All of these conversations were accompanied by the sounds of Blues music , courtesy of the 8-track player installed in the truck. In NYC most homeowners have finished basements where they entertain their friends with watching football games, friendly card games, telling stories and having a drink or two.
However in Houston Texas houses don't have basements because the city itself is below sea level and if you had a basement it would flood every time it rained. So since they didn't have finished basements, working class Black men in Houston used their trucks in the same way that working class people in NYC use their finished basements.
These men taught me (a NYC "disco kid") all about Blues music, the good stuff (as they put it).
John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and more. I was fascinated by it all.
The music itself had much in common with the "hardcore funk music" that I had been a fan of in the early 70's, so I liked that.
But more importantly the Blues had a history and a culture (hoodoo) associated with it that was over 100 years old. The lyrics of the songs spoke to that history and the life stories of the performers is what provided the content for those lyrics.
So in order to be a fan of the Blues it was important to not only learn about the songs, but it was also as important to understand the lives of the men who wrote the songs. In that way you could understand not just what the songs were, but also why they were important.
Once you understood why they were important, then connecting the lives of the artists with the songs and making the connection to other events that were transpiring during the same time that the songs were originally composed, really meant that by understanding the Blues, it really gives one an understanding of a kind of "parallel history of the united states".
However, as I began to venture out to concerts, festivals, clubs, etc. I discovered that the "truth" about Blues music that I had been taught by these older Black men, was quite a bit different from the reality of actually attending a Blues concert, festival or club.
What I found was that most of the time the attendees of these events were not only uninterested in this "parallel history of the united states", but that most of them were white. This was an environment that was far removed from the "juke joints" and "rib shacks" that the older Black men had told me about.
This was a totally different scene and it was a scene in which I often found myself as the "only Black person there, besides the performers".
Somewhere along the way during the 1980's I read in a magazine article that Ed Bradley was a Blues music fan.
I thought to myself that he's just like me, probably the only brotha in the joint, if it's not a problem for Ed Bradley, then it shouldn't be a problem for me.
I felt that gaining an understanding of the Blues, it's culture and it's history would put me closer to understanding a history of Black folks that had been constructed by people completely outside of the mainstream. It was yet another way to view Black history, perhaps in a way that was much closer to the "truth" than could be found in any textbook.
Fast forward into the 1990's. I'm now in Philadelphia and of course I am still attending Blues festivals and there are still very few Black people in attendance. At this particular festival The Neville Brothers are scheduled to perform and they turn in their usual brilliant set mixing a New Orleans gumbo of Funk, Blues and Rock.
They are about to play the last song of the set, announced as "60 Minute Man", a song which had been a hit way back in 1950 for Billy Ward and his Dominoes.
As the song starts, I notice a tall, slender Black man on the stage joining Aaron Neville at the microphone. He looks familiar, but at first I can't place him. And then I recognize him. I turn to my wife and say.....
"YO THERE'S ED BRADLEY UP THERE SINGING 60 MINUTE MAN WITH THE NEVILLE BROTHERS".
It made me smile.
There he was" Mr. 60 Minutes"
On stage singing "60 Minute Man" along with the Neville Brothers, at a lily white Blues concert, right in the middle of the city of Philadelphia.
As Don King would say: "Only In America"....
Over the years I would actually see Ed Bradley quite often at many different kinds of music events.
I've seen him at concerts, at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductions, the R&B Foundation Awards, etc. I've even been introduced to him several times. Not that we ever had a conversation of substance with him. But he did give me "that look". It's a look that is a part of the "secret negro (booyah tribe) language". It means that...
"I know that you are here and you know that I am here. We both know that we are surrounded by white people. We both know that if something goes off here, that we have each others back. However nothing is going to go off here, so lets just relax and enjoy ourselves..."
I believe that history is really just the sum total of the biographies of individual people.
The intersection of their lives are what we call "events". We tend to remember the events more than we do the people, because we usually have much more knowledge about the "event" than we do about the people.
Ed Bradley was a man who was the walking/talking example of a "black first" and most importantly a "black first" who wasn't ever perceived as being an "uncle tom".
It's a hard and narrow line to walk, because the navigation is not always clear.
That accomplishment is an event that will be duly noted in history.
However my feeling about Ed Bradley will always be that it was his interest in being a "student of the Blues" and his understanding of how those cultural, musical and historical dots were all connected, somehow helped him to navigate what surely must have been a difficult path.
I'm sure that tonight there are "older Black men" sitting in their pick up trucks, drinking Jack Daniels from paper cups hoisting a few in the name of Ed Bradley.
I'm sure that they are talking about the fact that Ed Bradley was a fan of Blues music , they are smiling and they are proud, because they know that it's part of what made Ed Bradley a "60 Minute Man". Because he was a "60 Minute Man", he could "go the distance". And if Ed Bradley, a kid from the Philadelphia ghetto could "go the distance", then the rest of us don't really have any excuses.
(and that is what a "role model" is)
R.I.P. Ed Bradley
Bob Davis
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Nov.2006
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- Two Excellent Music Documentaries -- Cosette, 01:15:04 10/29/06 Sun [1] (cache-mtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/64.12.116.195)
October 29, 2006
I have recently viewed two excellent Music DVD's.
Standing In The Shadows of Motown," and "Tom Dowd: The Language of Music." 1.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown is based on the illustrious "house" musicians, "The Funk Brothers."
The Funk Brothers are considered the greatest studio musicians of the 20th Century.
One will laugh, cry a bit, and just sit entralled at the wonder of this illustrious group of people coming together in that time, place and space in the cosmos of the universe in the city of Detroit, Michigan in the 1960's, creating the backdrop, backbeat and soundtrack of what became known as the
"Motown Sound".
Actually, the "Funk Brothers" become "known" in 1959.
"Hitsville U. S. A. Detroit, Michigan, 1959. Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from the city's thriving jazz and blues scene for his new record company, Motown. They called themselves the Funk Brothers, and they were the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. This is their story." 2.
These musicians are the "unknown" unsung genius of a music sound, created in a recording studio.
"They played on more #1 records than the Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley." 3.
Yet, a large part of the world still knows little or nothing about them.....
As the liner notes stated, "This is the (Funk Brothers) story". 4.
.... And a story it is. Anyone truly interested in the "mysteries" of the Recording Music Studios, will be moved by this beautiful, heartfelt and yes, sad story of original creativity and hard work, and yet the actual work so tragically obscured.
Acquire a copy of "Standing In The Shadows of Motown," as much knowledge as the public has known about the Story of Motown, this documentary will complete the story.
"Tom Dowd: The Language of Music".....is superlative. It is the only existing comprehensive documentation of Tom Dowd that this writer is aware of.
Tom Dowd was the recording engineer for Atlantic Records from the late 1940's through the 1980's.
The DVD documentary "profiles the extraordinary life and legendary work of this music producer/recording engineer." 5.
Tom Dowd worked with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Led Zeppenlin, The Young Rascals-"Rascals.... John Coltrane, Tito Puente and myriad other greats in American Popular and Classical Music.
Dowd held some personal illustrious credentials... he was a classically trained musician, and a nuclear physicist who actually worked on the "Manhattan Project"!
This documentary is an inspiring and necessary contribution to the annals of American Popular Music. This video documents the warmth, as well as the greatness, of a most extraordinary gifted human being.
"Tom Dowd: The Language of Music" should be required study material for the serious student of Sound engineering.
Anyone who desires a complete knowledge of music recorded on the Atlantic Label from the 1940's through the 1980's, should view this documentary.
K. C. Sondai
@Music Notes Magazine
October 27, 2006
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Reference sources taken from "Tom Dowd: The Language of Music" 2003, and "Standing In The Shadows of Motown" 2002.
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- Jon Poulous Original Buckingham Drummer -- Cosette, 03:12:46 10/28/06 Sat [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
October 28,2006
I would appreciate anyone posting any and all information about Jon Poulous, the original Buckinghams group drummer.
Please do post.
Thank you.
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- Freddy Fender Rip -- Cosette, 00:31:38 10/16/06 Mon [1] (cache-mtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/64.12.116.195)
October 15, 2006
In Memory and Tribute to Freddy Fender.
Freddy Fender died on October 14, 2006, of lung cancer, and other health complications.
I admired Freddy Fender's fine talent.
My favorite song was "Wasted Days, and Wasted Nights."
This song was done in a genre that sounded like the real R&R music of the middle, and late 1950's.
The genuine R&R song of "Wasted Days" is unmistakable,
although Fender recorded this song in 1960, it was not released until 1975.
The "Wasted Days" recording is all the more remarkable, considering the music sounds of the time.... typical "pop" and dominant "Rock" sounds.... Wasted Days" was a genuine work of music art....rooted in the R&R tradition.
Freddy Fender was one of a kind...his talent was rare, unique, and stylistic....
The dominant genres that Fender
excelled in, were Tejano,(Tejano music is characterized by blues, cumbia,- is folk and dance music originating from the country of Columbia, and rock elements), Country, and R&R.
Tejano music descended from Central and South Texas.
Fender was born in South Texas, in San Benito. HomeFest is an annual festival held in San Benito, Texas, honoring Freddy Fender.
He sang with a true depth of feeling..for the music style he did, in a most wonderful, inimitable expression....
Fender, a son of America... for which I am proud of him....and I appreciate the illustrious
contribution he made to American Popular Music, as well as Country Music, and R&R,
I hope he will be inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame, or the Grand Old Opry, as was his desire.
Much love I send, of comfort and sympathy to his entire family! To his wife and children, most especially.
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October 15, 2006
KCS
Music Notes Magazine
Kafi C. Sondai
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- Jerry Lee Lewis -- Cosette, 06:02:57 09/27/06 Wed [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
Septmber 27, 2006
A most blessed Happy 70th birthday to "The Killer"
Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis!
The Lord richly bless him!
Has anyone heard his new CD, "Last Man Standing" ?
Feel free to post a review!
Cosette
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- Current news about Denny Tufano! -- Moderator, 02:51:40 09/11/06 Mon [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
Mon Sep 4, 2006 6:11 am
I have posted some interesting news about former lead singers
of the Original Buckinghams, Dennis (Denny) Tufano!
This sounds like a most interesting show. I had just been
discussing Bobby Darin a few days ago!
Did anyone see this show? If it is available on video or DVD,
I would love to have a copy!
Please post information.
Blessings,
Cosette
Moderator
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Music
Speaking with Dennis Tufano
August 4, 2006
Chicagoans probably best remember Dennis Tufano as the lead singer of
our very own Buckinghams. All these years later, Tufano is returning
with a whole new look and musical style.
He chatted with us about his big band tribute show to the late, great
Bobby Darin.
Q. When did you discover the music of Bobby Darin?
A. I grew up listening to him. I was in high school and I saw him on
the Dick Clark ["Saturday Night] Beechnut" variety show and I was just
so inspired by him. He so impressed me with his energy and how he
moved. His voice just got to me. [Laughs] "Dream Lover" was a great
makeout song back then.
DENNIS TUFANO -- 'AS LONG AS I'M SINGING: THE MUSIC OF BOBBY DARIN'
* 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9
* Park West, 322 W. Armitage
* Tickets, $30-$50
* (312) 559-1212
Q. So what made you decide to do this show now?
A. I used to sing along to Darin's stuff around the house and everyone
said I kinda sounded like him. My voice has the same tonal range as
his. So I bought a box set of his music and really started to research
him. I got totally hooked on him again. I found a wealth of music that
people probably aren't aware of that is his catalog.
Q. What was it about Darin the performer that hooked you?
A. He plays guitar, harmonica, piano. I play those instruments. He
sang rock, pop, jazz, blues, folk. Bobby was an entertainer first and
foremost. Then he made records. That has a lot to do with the unique
sound on his albums. He was just so cool.
Q. Tell me about your show.
A. It's not an impersonation in any way. It's a straight-out concert
performance. We're trying to be as close to the original arrangements
without having access to the original charts. I do about 25 songs
along with a 15-piece orchestra and three backup singers.
Q. How good was life with the Buckinghams?
A. It was a great time. We were all given a gift for a few years. Our
main purpose was to play live and to quit our day jobs. We never
thought of making records. We worked all over the place for two years
before we recorded anything. It's so cool to come back home.
Q. What surprised you the most about Darin during your research?
A. I realized the man, through his songs, was one of the best
storytellers ever.
@Miriam Di Nunzio
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- Dennis Tufano's Birthday today! -- Moderator, 02:32:14 09/11/06 Mon [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
September 11, 2006
Dennis,
A most blessed happy birthday to you today!
Blessings,
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- Dennis (Denny ) Tufano Happy Birthday! -- Moderator, 02:06:41 09/11/06 Mon [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
September 10, 2006
It is Dennis, (Denny) Tufano's birthday on September 11, 2006!
Dennis (Denny Tufano), was the lead vocalist, for the 1960's group, The (Original) Buckinghams. It is his lead voice one hears on all the hit records this group recorded in the 1960's.
Denny will be a "young" 60 years old! As the same for Marty Grebb, Denny, I hope you will be forever Young, and have grown up to be righteous!
Blessings,
Kafi Cosette'
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- Marty Grebb of Original Buckinghams Music Group Keyboardist, Arranger -- Moderator, 01:56:23 09/11/06 Mon [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
September 1, 2006
A very blessed Happy Birthday to Marty Grebb on his birthday September 2.
Marty, I hope you are well, and happy!
Have a beautiful birthday!
Blessings to you!
Cosette
Moderator
A word had inadvertently been left out in the previous post regarding Birthday greetings for Marty Grebb.
The sentence should have been, "May you have grown up to be righteous."
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- Birthday Greetings! -- Moderator, 23:52:06 09/10/06 Sun [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
Marty Grebb Birthday
Date:
Saturday September 2, 2006
Time:
All Day
Marty Grebb, Keyboard/Organ/Arranger/
Songwriter for The Original Buckinghams Group.
A very blessed 60th birthday today, Marty!
May you be forever young Marty, and may you have grown up to righteous!
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- Mariah -- Gail Olah, 16:07:40 08/05/06 Sat [1] (new-broadband5-dhcp-7.dsl.airstreamcomm.net/69.4.102.136)
Looking for the song "Mariah" sung by Harry Belafonte. Would anyone have a CD or tape they'd be willing to sell? Or, would anyone know of a website I could check into?
Thanks!
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- news item -- Bill Harry, 02:10:22 06/29/06 Thu [2] (cache-los-ad01.proxy.aol.com/195.93.21.97)
Press Release.
45th ANNIVERSARY OF MERSEY BEAT.
When Brian Epstein Discovered The Beatles And Cilla Black Got Her Name.
On July 6 1961, 45 years ago, art student Bill Harry and his 17-year-old girlfriend Virginia, borrowed £50 and launched a newspaper which was to radically affect the future of popular music.
Bill coined the phrase Mersey Beat as a name for the paper, based on his image of the entire area of Merseyside he’d cover. The name has now become an established phrase internationally.
The previous year Bill, together with John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Rod Murray, as ‘the Dissenters’, made a vow to make Liverpool famous. John was to do it with his music, Stuart and Rod with their painting and Bill with his writing.
John succeeded beyond anyone’s dreams with the Beatles, Stuart died tragically at the age of 21, but his artwork has survived and is internationally recognised, and Bill succeeded with his creation of Mersey Beat.
He launched the first issue with a story he’d commissioned John to write, which Bill titled ‘Being A Short Diversion on the Dubious Origins of Beatles, Translated From the John Lennon.’ This was John’s first published work and included the story of a man coming down on a ‘Flaming Pie’, which inspired Paul McCartney to compose his album and single ‘Flaming Pie’ decades later. John also spelt Paul’s surname as ‘McCartrey.’ We’ll never know whether this was a mistake or an example of John’s sense of humour.
Bill also collected a fashion piece from his friend Priscilla White and also wrote a feature on her in the first issue. Working into the early hours of the morning he forgot her surname, but remembered it was a colour, so he wrote, “Cilla Black is a Liverpool girl starting on the road to fame.” Cilla came into the office to tell him he’d got her name wrong, but said she liked it so much she was going to keep it, despite her Dad’s objections!.
5,000 copies of the first issue were printed and Bill took it round to all the clubs and record shops. He asked to see the manager of NEMS record store, Brian Epstein, who took a dozen copies, but found the demand in his store so enthusiastic that he ordered 12 dozen copies of Issue No 2.
This was the issue in which the entire front cover was dominated by the headline ‘Beatles Sign Record Contract”, with the full story of their German recording of ‘My Bonnie,’ together with Astrid Kircherr’s first published photograph of the black leather Beatles in Hamburg.
Epstein was so impressed with the newspaper that he became the record reviewer from Issue No. 3 on August 3 and his advertisements for Nems appeared on pages with the Beatles articles. Brian invited Bill to lunch at the Basnett Bar on a few occasions to ask all about the local scene, particularly the group who seemed to dominate the paper – the Beatles.
Bill featured the Beatles every issue which led Cavern disc jockey Bob Wooler to approach him to tell him that all the other groups were so annoyed at the saturation coverage that he should re-name the paper ‘the Mersey Beatle.’ Instead, he later introduced a regular ‘Mersey Beatle’ page.
Bob also approached him with a group called the Mavericks to ask permission to name them after the newspaper, as Bill has registered the name. He agreed, and the group changed their name to the Merseybeats.
John Lennon was so delighted with seeing his work in print that he came to the office and gave Bill everything he’d ever worked on – around 250 stories, poems and drawings, saying he could have them to do with what he will.
Bill decided to use the stories as a regular column in Mersey Beat using the pseudonym ‘Beatcomber’, stories such as ‘Small Stan’, ‘Around and About’ and ‘Liddypool.’ The writings were to inspire his first two books ‘In His Own Write’ and ‘A Spaniard In The Works.’
Mersey Beat immediately sold out and Bill and Virginia moved from their tiny attic office to the floor below, but during the move all of John’s works were lost. When they told John in the Blue Angel club, he cried on Virginia’s shoulder.
Paul McCartney was also closely involved in Mersey Beat and wrote to Bill whenever he travelled. He wrote about the Beatles backing a stripper called Janice, his trip to Paris with John to celebrate John’s 21st birthday and the Beatles first visit to Hamburg, which Bill also featured as columns, illustrated with photographs by Mike McCartney.
The full page feature on the Beatles by Bob Wooler in the 31 August issue, describing them as ‘rock revolutionaries, and ending with the words “Such are the fantastic Beatles. I don’t think anything like them will happen again.” Probably the most prophetic article about the group ever written.
Brian Epstein’s story that he first heard of the Beatles in October of that year when a young lad came into the store to ask for a copy of the record which Mersey Beat had been promoting is apocryphal.
As Paul McCartney was to write: Brian knew perfectly well who the Beatles were – they were on the front page of the second issue of Mersey Beat, the local music paper. Brian sold twelve dozen copies of this issue, so many that he invited the editor, Bill Harry, into his office for a drink to discuss why it was selling so well and to ask if he could write a record review column for it.
“He is unlikely to have missed the ‘Beatles Sign Record Contract’ banner headline, reporting their session with Tony Sheridan for Bert Kaempfert nor, with his penchant for rough boys, is it likely that he passed over the photograph of the leather-clad Beatles without giving them a second glance.”
In fact, as Epstein himself admitted, he phoned Bill Harry to ask him if he could arrange to smooth the way for him to visit the Cavern to see the Beatles during a lunchtime session. Bill contacted cavern owner Ray McFall to arrange it.
Towards the end of the year, Bill held a poll in Mersey Beat to determine who the leading group in Liverpool was. Counting up the votes, Bill and Virginia found that the outfit with the most votes was Rory Storm & the Hurricanes (with drummer Ringo Starr), but they cancelled 40 of those votes to make the Beatles the No.1 band.
Then they organised a Poll concert at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead and when the Beatles appeared on stage, Bill presented them with their first-ever award, the Mersey Beat Shield – and the cover of Issue No.13 was to become an iconic image with its photo of the Beatles under the headline ‘Beatles Top Poll!’
A copy of this issue sold in America in March 2006 for $25,000!
To celebrate the 45th anniversary Mersey Beat has now gone online at www.mersey-beat.com featuring articles by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Pete Best. Brian Epstein writes of the Beatles first recording session and their first American tour. There are also almost 200 features on all the major artists of the era and never-before-seen photos of the Beatles and other artists.
Bill Harry is available for interview by phoning 07921 354903 or e-mail BillHarry@aol.com. Replica copies of Issue No. 1 can also be provided, together with images of the famous Issue 13 cover and other covers featuring the Beatles, the plaque of ‘The Dissenters’, plus photos of Bill presenting the Beatles with their Mersey Beat Shield, Bill with Paul McCartney and Bill and Virginia with John Lennon.
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- looking or words to a 50's - 60' gospel song -- William Wallace, 09:14:21 06/26/06 Mon [1] (208-104-80-59.lnhe.2wcm.comporium.net/208.104.80.59)
Looking for the words to an almost comical gospel song,entitled either "Where will we put the piano?" or "Where will they put the piano?" and goes on to say
lets put it on a truck and send it back and sing acappella
like Grand paw used to do.
Thank you so much for your assistance.
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- Billy Preston Rip tribute to a great musician -- Cosette, 00:48:21 06/15/06 Thu [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
June 7, 2006
Singer-Songwriter Billy Preston Dead at 59
PHOENIX (AP) - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.
Preston's longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was taken to a hospital in Scottsdale Saturday after his condition deteriorated.
"He had a very, very beautiful last few hours and a really beautiful passing," Moore said by telephone from Germany. "He went home good."
Preston had battled chronic kidney failure, and he received a kidney transplant in 2002. But the kidney failed and he has been on dialysis ever since, Moore said earlier this year.
Known for his big smile and towering Afro, Preston was a teen prodigy on the piano and organ, and lent his gospel-tinged touch to classics such as the Beatles' "Get Back" and the Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?"
He broke out as a solo artist in the 1970s, winning a best instrumental Grammy in 1973 for "Outta Space," and scoring other hits with "Will It Go 'Round In Circles," "Nothing From Nothing" and "With You I'm Born Again," a duet with Syreeta Wright.
He also wrote Joe Cocker's weeper, "You Are So Beautiful," and co-wrote with Quincy Jones the score for 1970 movie "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs." Other achievements included being a musical guest on the 1975 debut of "Saturday Night Live," and having a song named after him by Miles Davis. Among his film credits: "Blues Brothers 2000" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Preston's partnership with the Beatles began in early 1969 when friend George Harrison recruited him to play on "Let It Be," a back-to-basics film and record project that nearly broke down because of feuding among band members. Harrison himself quit at one point, walking out on camera after arguing with Paul McCartney.
Preston not only inspired the Beatles to get along - Harrison likened his effect to a feuding family staying on its best behavior in front of a guest - but contributed a light, bluesy solo to "Get Back," performing the song with the band on its legendary "roof top" concert, the last time the Beatles played live. He was one of many sometimes labeled "The Fifth Beatle."
Preston remained close to Harrison and performed at Harrison's all-star charity event, "The Concert for Bangladesh" and at the "Concert for George," a tribute to Harrison, who died of cancer in 2001. He played on solo records by Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon.
Preston also toured and recorded extensively with the Rolling Stones, playing on such classic albums as "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main Street." In the mid-'70s, he parted from the Stones, reportedly unhappy over not getting proper credit for "Melody" and other songs. He reunited with the band in 1997 on its "Bridges to Babylon" record.
His sessions credits included Aretha Franklin's "Young, Gifted and Black," Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" and Sly and Family Stone's "There's a Riot Goin' On," three of the most acclaimed albums of the past 35 years.
The Houston native earned his performance chops at age 10 playing the keyboard for gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, and at 12 portraying a young W. C. Handy in the 1958 biopic "St. Louis Blues." He toured with mentors and fellow piano greats Ray Charles and Little Richard in the early 1960s, first encountering the Beatles while on the road in Germany.
Preston had numerous personal troubles in recent years. In 1992, he was given a suspended jail sentence, but ordered incarcerated for nine months at a drug rehabilitation center for his no-contest pleas to cocaine and assault charges. Five years later, he was sentenced to three years in prison for violating probation. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and agreed to testify against other defendants in an alleged scam that netted about $1 million.
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- Motown Music -- Cosette, 04:08:14 09/09/05 Fri [2] (cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.203)
Welcome to the forum on music of the 1960's.
I thought I would start a thread about Motown Music. The music of Motown is one of the most illustrious genres of music in American Popular Music...
From "Little" Stevie Wonder to the Supremes and William "Smokey" Robinson.... The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, as well as the little known Brenda Holloway, Shorty Long, Jr. Walker & The Allstars and Edwin Starr, this music became a soundtrack of life for at least two generations....and what about the nearly forgotten genius of James Jamerson?
Remember the film "Cooley High"? This film was perhaps the first film that applied the Motown soundtrack to film.
Let's look at that wonderful timeless music of motown. Come on in and discuss a rich piece of music history, or just talk about your favorite artists on the Motown roster.
Kafi Cosette' Moderator
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- Soul-Patrol.Com -- Kafi C. Sondai, 20:02:43 04/09/06 Sun [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
April 9, 2006
All:
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This site is dedicated to Black American Popular Music.
The site also contains a radio station.
This is an excellent site containing a vast amount of informatin relative to R&B, as well other genres of Black Music.
Do check it out!
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Cosette
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- Gene Pitney RIP April 5, 2006 -- Kafi Cosette' Sondai, 22:03:12 04/05/06 Wed [1] (cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.65)
Date: Wed Apr 5, 2006 11:12 pm
Subject: Saddened by the passing of a great singer - Gene PitneyApril 5, 2006
I want to take the opportunity to express heartfelt sympathy
to the family and loved ones of the loss of singer, Gene Pitney.
Gene Pitney was a great singer and one of my all time favorite singers.
Pitney survived the British Invasion as few singers of that era did.
Pitney was very popular in Great Britain, and continued to
tour in that part of the world for 40 years.
Pitney's discography is an illustrious one, from his first hit record,
"I"M Gonna Love My Life Away" recorded in 1961, through several of his
summary hits, such as "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance... and others
like "24 Hours From Tulsa," Pitney continued his blistering
love loss vocals until his decease on April 5, 2006.
Pitney died quietly in the UK-Wales, a country that truly
continued to embrace him for the vocal stylist he was, right
up to the time of his untimely demise.
Gene Pitney was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
He was inducted by Darlene Love, the lead vocalist with the
Girls Group, the Crystals. The Crystals acquired a hit record for the song,
"He's A Rebel," composed by Gene Pitney.
RIP, Gene Pitney. He will be missed!
Cosette
@Copyright Kafi C. Sondai
April 5, 2006
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- Beach Music -- Kafi Cosette, 01:05:04 03/16/06 Thu [2] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
arch 16, 2006
Can someone define "Beach Music"? I understand that Beach Music was music recorded in the middle to late 1950's and 1960's that was played in North or South Carolina while people attended beach parties....of the time.
The genre of this music was music recorded dominantly by African American musicians.
A Beach Music online site defines Beach Music this way:
WHAT IS BEACH MUSIC?
Beach Music (b?ch my???z?k) n. - music style made popular in the Carolinas, it combines many styles that may include but are not limited to Rhythm and Blues, Soul Music, and a little bit of Disco. Basically anything you can "Shag" to (The Shag, or Carolina Shag, is a dance style that has been around almost forever. We are not referring to the slang term made popular by a major movie personality portraying a British spy from the 60's).
Can anyone list any significant artists that contributed to the development of this genre of music?
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- Blessed Memory of a wonderful singer- Lou Rawls -- Cosette, 00:25:29 03/16/06 Thu [1] (cache-rtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com/152.163.100.195)
January 6, 2006
I extend heartfelt condolences to the Lou Rawls family.
He was a great singer! It was a pleasure to see him in concert in Minneapolis,
Minnesota in 1976.
The Lord Bless and comfort his family!
KCS
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- Looking for vinyl collectors .... -- Greg, 20:33:20 01/12/06 Thu [2] (203-217-48-110.dyn.iinet.net.au/203.217.48.110)
I've started an interest group for record collectors and dealers alike to get together and discuss anything related to this very popular hobby.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/musiccollectables
All are welcome !!!!
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- The Great Piano Rocker, Johnnie Johnson -- Kafi C. Sondai, 00:59:34 12/07/05 Wed [1] (cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.203)
Originally Posted 4/14/05
Andrew Prokop
The great Johnnie Johnson died yesterday. Johnnie is most known for playing piano on all those great Chuck Berry songs. On many tracks (e.g. "Sweet Little Sixteen"), Johnnie's piano was more prominent than Chuck's guitar. He will be missed.
>>I heard on a news report that Johnnie was the Johnnie in Berry's "Johnny Be Good"<<
You heard right. Johnnie played with Chuck until the early 70's. I am not sure how friendly they were at the end. Johnnie (with help from Keith Richards) filed a lawsuit against Berry claiming that Johnson co-wrote many of Chuck's most popular tunes, but never received proper compensation. I can't remember how it turned out.
@April 2005
Author Andrew Prokop
Posted by permission.
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- Ray Charles A Native Son -- Kafi C. Sondai, 00:40:07 12/07/05 Wed [1] (cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.203)
I was privileged to see the eminent Ray Charles in 1996 at the Mill City Music Festival in Minneapolis Minnesota.
He was the headliner for the evening show.
His musicians were personnel from the local Minnesota Orchestra.
Disappointedly he did not swing and do any of his real signature souful material...
It was a pretty mellow set.
At any rate his craftsmanship and artistry shone through... his stunning piano virtuosity... as well that rough, rasby, coarse growl of vocality.
He was a warm lovely man who radiated that warmth to his audience... who appreciated him so much.
I appreciated his now signature embrace directed to the audience just before he leaves the stage after a performance.
I think anything anyone can say about Ray Charles has perhaps, already been said...
He was an extraordinary musician and singer... elegant in his way, soulful in his down home Gospel/R&B "call and response".... versatile in his genius...
interpretive and creating within genres from big Swing Jazz, to Country, to Gospel to R&B...
Ray Charles death at this time presents a striking contrast in relation to the death of former president Ronald Reagan.... While the legacy of Reagan is arguable and debatable,
Ray Charles, a native son of this country who sang of the greatness of America, legacy is inarguable.
Charles musicianship and contribution to American Popular music unquestionably draws "everyone," those of diverse backgrounds age, color...a spectrum of an America for everyone, all people.
His life attests to that fact. He is known as well, as a philanthropist and called Martin Luther King Jr. a friend.
His music bound people of disparate backgrounds together while celebrating the greatness of this country.
The disparity in terms of his influence is also seen in those in music whom Charles inspired.
Charles, An American original who influenced generations of musicians Phil Driscoll, to the Beatles to Elvis..... to Stevie Wonder...to B. J. Thomas, to Joe Cocker... and nearly endless array, including such gifted musican, producer, arranger Quincy Jones.
Ray Charles will leave a permanent sterling gold mark on the music landscape of this country and the world.
" I just want to make my mark, leave some good music behind" Charles said to the Washington Post in 1993.
All God Speed Brother Ray, Thank you for the music , thank you for the song.
Kafi Cosette' Sondai
Music Notes Magazine
@June 2004
Jazz/Blues
Ray Charles
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- Posting some old /relevant articles -- Kafi C. Sondai, 00:20:27 12/07/05 Wed [2] (cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.203)
December 7, 2005
I will be inserting some old articles here on the site.
The articles while, old I think are relevant to the board here.
Thanks for reading!
Cosette
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- A New Music Project: Looking for excellent musicians -- Cosette, 15:46:03 10/23/05 Sun [1] (cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com/205.188.116.203)
October 23, 2005
I am looking for some excellent musicians. Keyboard-Piano player, Lead rhythm Guitarist, Bass Guitar, Drummer/Percussionist, and several excellent vocalists.
The working title of this project is called the "OOh OOh Child" music project.
Excellent working musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina would find an opportunity for outlets for their talents relative to this project, while they are getting their lives together.
Thank you.
Cosette
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