The usual Birthdays, recent deaths, new L&F material to the WMBR record library and (hopefully) a few requests - PLUS PLUS PLUS - a tribute to the legendary HAL BLAINE a little after 1 PM; also a few other things I didn't get to last show BIRTHDAYS: 1941 - WILSON PICKETT (Falcons/ SOLO); 1934 - CHARLIE PRIDE/ pioneering C&W singer; 1947 - B.J. Wilson/ Procol Harum - drummer ... 1943 - Kenny LINDE/ C&W-oriented songwriter ...1938 - Kenny Lynch / UK singer, songwriter for The Small Faces ... 1911 - 'Smiley' Burnette/ Western movie sidekick (to Gene Autry) , C&W songwriter // ... RECENT DEATHS: Feb 16th - Ken NORDINE - voice artist - age 78; Feb 17th - Ethel Ennis/ jazz singer; Feb 20th - Gerald Koerts/ Earth & Fire {Dutch progressive}; keyboards - age 71; Feb 17th - Ethel Ennis/ jazz singer - age 86; Feb 21st - Jackie Shane/ pioneering transgender R&B singer - age 78; Feb 21st - PETER TORK (The MONKEES)/ keyboards, bass, guitar - age 77; March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of 'The Wrecking Crew') Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 .................................
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
[ ]:Highest chart position - US BB Pop, unless noted
B'DAY:Artist was born the day of that show
DEATH:Recent death of that artist/musical figure
BED:Instrumental bed that I talk over
REQ:Requests from listeners
BUB:45 peaked only in BB 'Bubbling Under', not Top-100
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
... Died 21st - PETER TORK (born as 'Peter Halsten Thorkelson')/ The MONKEES/ age 77 - keyboards, guitar, bass // wrote the closing theme, "For Pete's Sake {First line: 'in this generation ...'}" for season #2 of the TV show
... Died 21st - PETER TORK (born as 'Peter Halsten Thorkelson')/ The MONKEES/ age 77 - keyboards, guitar, bass // wrote the closing theme, "For Pete's Sake {'in this generation ...'} for season #2 of the TV show // ... Neil Young and {supposedly} Stephen Stills played guitars
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA // ... Blaine played on six consecutive Grammy Award Record of the Year winners:
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in 1966 for "A Taste of Honey" ../ ..
Frank Sinatra in 1967 for "Strangers in the Night" ../ ..
The 5th Dimension in 1968 for "Up, Up and Away" ../ ..
Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 "Mrs. Robinson" ../ ..
The 5th Dimension in 1970 for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" ../ ..
Simon & Garfunkel in 1971 for "Bridge over Troubled Water"
.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - "The King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (05-04-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA when very young, then at age 17 to El Segundo, California (his father was a machinist and they moved to the West Coast to work in the Southern California aerospace industry).
.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - "The King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (05-04-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA when very young, then at age 17 to El Segundo, California (his father was a machinist and they moved to the West Coast to work in the Southern California aerospace industry).
DEATH • BED • REQ • (Deltone/ Rhino, Dec 1962, March 1963)
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.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - "The King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (05-04-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA when very young, then at age 17 to El Segundo, California. // Deltone was his own label; re-pressed by Capitol when they signed him in early 1963
DEATH • BED • REQ • (Deltone/ Rhino, April 1962, March 1963)
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.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - "The King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (05-04-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA when very young, then at age 17 to El Segundo, California.
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... BUBBLING UNDER/ SET #3 - We're going Country: B'day of Charlie Pride + New (to the WMBR record library) C&W CD:
... This first appeared on the Billboard country chart on March 2, 1963, three days before Hawkins died in a plane crash with Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline - see link above
... Born 1941 - Wilson Pickett // Second of 3 singles on Atlantic ... // ... both this and the B-side were included on Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour" album
... Born 1936 - Robert Lee Smith/ original member from 1952, when they were called "The Four Dots", eventually becoming "The Tams c. 1960 // He later toured as "Robert Lee Smith and the Original Tams"; the other splinter group, The Joe Pope (d. 1996) Tams, featuring Charles Pope (d. 2013) and "Lil' Red" Cottle (son of Albert Cottle) also toured regularly
... Died Feb 11th - Harvey Scales /R&B songwriter, singer (Harvey Scales and The Seven Sounds)/ - age 78 // wrote - 'Disco Lady', #1 hit for Johnny Taylor // This song was popularized in 1975 by the J. Geils Band on their "Hotline" LP, and was also included on their 1976 live album, "Blow Your Face Out" // Also recorded by the Canadian group Mandala in 1968
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... TRIBUTE to legendary drummer HAL BLAINE - W A R N I N G!!! - there be _B I G_ HITS ahead!!!
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA // Full title of song 'The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)' "
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA
Time:
1:16
Artist:
The Crystals [Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich]
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary "Wrecking Crew" of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER!!- age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA .. // ... Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #114 // ... Full title: "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" // ... Musicians are guitarists Bill Pitman, Irv Rubins, and Tommy Tedesco; bassists Jimmy Bond and Ray Pohlman; drummer Hal BLAINE; percussionists Frank Capp, Jack Nitzsche, and Sonny Bono; pianists Al De Lory, Don Randi, and Leon Russell; horn player-pianist Nino Tempo; and horn players Jay Migliori, Roy Caton, and Steve Douglas.
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA
... Died March 11th - HAL BLAINE/ (part of the legendary Wrecking Crew' of the first-call studio musicians in LA in the 1960s), Greatest studio drummer EVER - age 90 // ... He was born as "Harold Simon Belsk", 02-05-1929, in HOLYOKE, MA // READ the SECOND, THIRD comments on the link!!!
.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE, The King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // … Born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (05-04-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA ,then at age 17 to El Segundo, California.
.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - T"he King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (0504-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA then at age 17 to El Segundo, California. // from his 4th LP, not released as a single
.. Died March 17th - DICK DALE/ - The "King of the Surf Guitar" - age 81 // he was born "Richard Anthony Monsour" in Boston, MA, (0504-1937) / Moved to Quncy, MA then at age 17 to El Segundo, California. // from his 5th/last LP till 1986; not released as a single
... Born 1938 - Kenny Lynch/ early 60s English singer, songwriter // Cilla Black was born as "Priscilla Maria Veronica White' /// * - BUT only 4 US chart singles
[UK #44, US #56/ 02-69] • B'DAY • DEATH • (Colgems/ Rhino)
Comment:
... Amongst their earliest recordings, recorded on October 26, 1966, but not released for over two years, by which time Tork had left the group (Dec 1968).
... Born 1911 - Smiley Burnette/ western actor (sidekick to Gene Autry), C&W songwriter // He wrote more than 400 songs and sang a significant number of them on screen. "Ridin' Down the Canyon (To Watch the Sun Go Down)", was later recorded by Willie Nelson & Leon Russell, Riders in the Sky, Bing Crosby and others. Other songs included "On the Strings of My Lonesome Guitar", "Fetch Me Down My Trusty .45", "Ridin' All Day", and "It's Indian Summer" as well as "The Wind Sings a Cowboy Song," "The Old Covered Wagon," and "Western Lullaby." He also composed musical scores for such films as "The Painted Stallion" and "Waterfront Lady". His performance of "Steamboat Bill" appeared on Billboard's country chart in 1939.
... Born 1947 - B.J. Wilson, full name: Barrie James Wilson (Paramounts {with Gary Brooker}/ PROCOL HARUM {after 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' was recorded, till early 1979} - drummer
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... END of SHOW .. // .. END of SHOW - THANKS for LISTENING!!
