The usual Birthdays (but for ALL of October) and Recent Deaths. ALSO, a HALLOWEEN special, and sets of covers of Chuck Berry (b 1926), Eddie Cochran (b 1938) and Who songs. // THANKS so much to Rick Roth for recording/announcing this!! ... BIRTHDAYS: 1926 - CHUCK BERRY/ "The Father of Rock and Roll"; 1935 - Sam MOORE (SAM & DAVE; 1936 - BILL WYMAN (ROLLING STONES)/ bass player; 1936 - Charlie DANIELS; 1937 - Santo Farina (SANTO & JOHNNY)/ - steel guitar; 1937 - Graham BOND (organ)/ ; 1939 - EDDIE HOLLAND/ - part of legendary H-D-H Motown songwriting/ production team; 1940 - Jimmy Beaumont (Skyliners); 1940 - JOHN LENNON (THE BEATLES/ SOLO); ELLIE GREENWICH / legendary songwriter; 1942 - Bobby Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four); 1942 - Chris ANDREW/ songwriter, wrote English hits for Sandie Shaw, Adam Faith; 1944 - JOHN ENTWISTLE (The WHO, solo)/ - bass... ... ... RECENT DEATHS: Aug 8 - LAMONT DOZIER/ part of the legendary H-D-H team - age 81; Sept 24th - PHAROAH SANDERS (Sax)/ - Free Jazz great ; Oct 6 - IVY JO HUNTER, songwriter, Motown; Oct 6th - Jody Miller, age 80; .Oct 6 - LORETTA LYNN, age 90; Oct 7 - Art LABOE/ created phrase "Oldies but goodies" - age 97 ; OCT 18 - Robert Gordon (RAB singer)/ - age 75
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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 month 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
Click on the Link above, to view the original single
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BUBBLING UNDER/ SET #1 - A set for the memory of both PJ Porter (who hosted the long-running "Mellow Madness" show), and CAPTAIN AL (who hosted the long-running "R & B Jukebox" show); all tracks in this set are either by August R&B/ Soul birthday artists, or for the Recent Deaths of R&B/ Soul artists:
Legendary songwriter Ellie GREENWICH was born Oct 23rd, 1940. Most of her songs (and hits) were co-written with Jeff Barry, whom she was married to from late 1962 to March 1966. They wrote many songs in 1964 - 1966 for artists on the Red Bird/ Blue Cat labels owned by Lieber/ Stoller. See LINK above for a listing of the many MANY hit songs they wrote, such as 'Da Doo Ron Ron', "Be My Baby", 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', 'Chapel of Love', and 'Leader of the Pack'.
Larry Chance, lead singer of Bronx/ NYC Doo-wop group The Earls, was born in Philadelphia as 'Larry Figueiredo', in Oct of 1940. Their big hit was their 4th single 'Remember Then' {R&B #29, Pop #24/ 12-62}. // Click on the link above, to read an article about him.
Sam Moore was born in Oct of 1935. Moore {the higher tenor voice} & Dave {Prater} first met working the local gospel music circuit. They had five singles from 1962-64 on Roulette Records, but no hits. Signed to Atlantic Records, their 3rd single was their first hit: "You Don't Know Like I Know" (R&B #7, #90/ 01-66). In all they had 17 chart hits, all but three from 1966 to 1968. He is still alive and WELL, at age 87!!
[R&B #20, Pop #118/ 04-70] • DEATH • BUB • (Original Sound)
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Art Laboe, founder of Original Sound Records in 1959, died Aug 7th, at age 97. Born as 'Arthur Egnoian' in 1925, he started as a DJ in 1943, encouraging listeners to call in requests. He started Original Sound Records, to promote musical acts he discovered, and to release his "Oldies But Goodies' albums. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but GOODIES largely based on those requests. / Click on the Link above, to view the original single.
Time:
12:11
Artist:
David T. Walker [William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy & Ivy Jo HUNTER]
Going Up! [2nd of nearly 20 LPs, CDs he that released]
Misc:
[R&B #46, #128/ 12-69] • DEATH • BED • BUB • (Revue)
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Ivy Jo HUNTER, songwriter for Motown Records starting in 1964, died Oct 6th, at age 82. His biggest hits were 'Dancing In The Street" , originally by Martha and the Vandellas {#2/ 08-64}, also The Four Tops 'Ask the Lonely'/{R&B #9, #24/ 10-65}. He was also a producer, session musician on keyboards and performed. As a vocalist he recorded a great deal of material with Motown / Click on the Link above, left, to view the 41 chart appearances of songs they wrote.
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.. BUBBLING UNDER/ SET #2 - all are by October birthday artists:
Charlie Daniels was born in Oct of 1936. His first recorded group was 'The Jaguars With Tom Looney'. He worked as a Nashville session musician, playing on three Bob Dylan albums during 1969/ 1970. In the summer of 1973 his third solo album yielded his first and biggest hit, 'Uneasy Rider' {C&W #67, Pop #9/ 06-73}. / He was known as a master fiddler and and mandolin player
The name sake of this group, keyboard player Manfred Mann was born in Oct of 1940 as 'Manfred Lubowitz' in South Africa. Much more popular in England than the US, they had 17 Top-40 singles in England through 1971, compared to just 4 in the US: 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy ', 'Sha La La', 'Pretty Flamingo' and 'Mighty Quinn' . They became "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" in Sept 1971, hitting #1 with ' Blinded by the Light {UK #6, US #1!/ 08-76}.
The songwriter of this, Chris Andrews, was born Oct of 1942. He wrote English hits mostly for Adam Faith and Sandie Shaw, as well as himself and Suzie Quatro. Originally a singer, he made his English TV debut in April 1959. His biggest solo hit was 'Yesterday Man (UK #3, US #94/ 10-65)/ He is still ALIVE and WELL, as he hits the big 8-0! / Click on the Link above, to view all 33 appearances on the singles charts of songs he wrote.
The Anita Kerr, who was born 'Anita Grilli', Oct 13, 1927, recently died October 10th, at age 94. Her vocal harmony groups in Nashville and LA sang on hundreds of sessions, starting with Red Foley on 'Our Lady of Fatima' {#16/ 06-50}. She sang on sessions for Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Brenda Lee, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Faron Young, Ann-Margret, and many other artists.
Art Laboe, founder of Original Sound Records in 1959, died Aug 7th, at age 97. Born as 'Arthur Egnoian' in 1925, he started as a DJ in 1943, encouraging listeners to call in requests. He started Original Sound Records, to promote musical acts he discovered, and to release his "Oldies But Goodies' albums. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but Goodies largely based on those requests.
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END of The BUBBLING UNDER - it's OVER; No really, THAT's IT!!!
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... For my HALLOWEEN SPECIAL... For my HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ...... For my HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ...... For my HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ...
The group was formed in Ponsonby, New Zealand, in 1962 as 'The Young Ones'; when their new lead singer Larry Morris joined in 1964, they became "Larry's Rebels". They had several nationally charting singles in New Zealand and Australia, including the B-side of this, and 'Dream Time'. / Click on the Link above, to view the original New Zealand single
The group was originally formed as the "Druids" in New York City in 1965 / * ODDLY - Hawkins' version did not chart, although several of the covers (Nina Simone, Crazy World of Arthur Brown) _did_ chart
Time:
12:32
Artist:
The Rattles [Brian Holland, Lamont DOZIER, Eddie HOLLAND JR.]
Song:
Candy to Me [Minor hit for Eddie Holland, July 1964 *]
Eddie Holland was born in Oct of 1939. Initially a singer who recorded 14 singles (1958 - 1964) including the Brit Invasion favorite 'Leaving Here', he became a member of the legendary H-D-H (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.) Motown songwriting/ production team. He usually wrote the lyrics, and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier usually wrote the music and produced. He is credited with (co)-writing songs that had a total of 292(! - that's absurdly GREAT) chart appearances. ... ALSO ... Lamont DOZIER, who was also part of the legendary H-D-H team, died Aug 8th at age 81. He later had a solo career in the early/mid 1970s. His biggest hit was his first, 'Trying to Hold On to My Woman' {R&B #4, #15/ 12-73}. / * - OK - admittedly, bit of a s t r e t c h for Halloween/
Loretta Lynn, born as 'Loretta Webb' , died Oct 4th at the age of 90. She is the only female ACM "Artist of the Decade" (for the 1970s). She had 11 Country #1 hit singles amongst her 59 chart singles, and 10 #1 Country albums. She was the first female country artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977, and was also the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors in 2003./ * - her husband, nicknamed "Doolittle"
Santo Anthony Farina, the steel guitar player in Santo & Johnny, was born in Brooklyn, NY in Oct of 1937. Besides 'Sleep Walk' {my closing theme}, they had eight other chart singles from 1960 to 1964 . They were inducted into the "Steel Guitar Hall of Fame" in 2002./ * - Originally an instrumental by sax player Mike Sharpe (aka Shapiro), a minor hit for him in Oct 1966.
They were formed in Portland, Oregon in early 1964, and fronted by Don Gallucci, former keyboardist of the Kingsmen. Only 15, he was too young to tour nationally once ''Louie Louie' broke big nationally, so he formed his own band. Their biggest hit was 'I Could Be So Good to You" {#56/ 04-67}.
He was later a record exec - " He worked promotions for Jerry Dennon's PNW label 'Dennon' - his hustling broke "Louie Louie", and caught the eye of Jac Holzman, who hired him to run Elektra's West Coast promotions in 1968, before promoting him to the national operation. Gil led the promotions team that promoted The Doors" / Click on the Link above, to view the original single
Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963, and got Peter Townsend into the group. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training.
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll./ Also, 'Johnny B. Goode' is the GREATEST Rock N'Roll record ever - got a BETTER candidate? Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". /John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry". Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll". /// * - when Doug Fowlkes left, and Roberts took the band's name and went back to Europe becoming their singer and frontman
IN my humble opinion, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct of 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll./ Also, 'Johnny B. Goode' is the GREATEST Rock N'Roll record ever - got a BETTER candidate? ... ALSO ... "Wrecking Crew" standout guitarist Bill Pitman died Aug 11th at age 102(!!). He played on this album. He contributed to chart-topping hits by The Teddy Bears, Ronettes {'Be My Baby'}, The Mamas & the Papas {'Monday, Monday'}, the Everly Brothers, and Jan and Dean {'Surf City'}, amongst thousands of sessions.
... In my humble opinion, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born October 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll. John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry" ... ALSO ... Speaking of JOHN LENNON - he was born Oct 9th, 1940, you know who he was, what he did. I think he was in some obscure Merseybeat group called The Beat Bugs; or was it The Quarrymen :))? // From the "Pop Go The Beatles" BBC show, September 10, 1963
IN my humble opinion, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct of 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll. Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". ALSO ... Lead singer, also guitarist Don Baskin was born in Oct of 1946, and died on October 22, 2019, aged 73. From San Jose, Ca, their biggest hit was 'Little Girl' {#8/ 06-66}.
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born October 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the the sound and lyrical style of early Rock N' Roll. Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of Rock 'n' Roll". ... ALSO ... Born as "William George Perks Jr" in Oct 1936, Bill Wyman succeeded Dick Taylor (founder - Pretty Things) as bass player on Dec 7, 1962. He was the unofficial chronicler of The Rolling Stones history. He later became an amateur archaeologist. He left the group in 1992, but it took till 1994 for the public to notice. {OK, that's cruel :(( } /// * - as the B-side of 'Johnny B. Goode'
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... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS ... Eddie COCHRAN COVERS::
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21 in England on April 17, 1960. In 1987, he was inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame.
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21, in a car crash in England on April 17, 1960. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. // Heinz Burt, who performed as "Heinz", was the bassist and singer in the ('Telstar') Tornadoes, and went solo in the spring of 1963. /// Click the Link above, left to view the original album of Heinz.
Time:
1:05
Artist:
Robert Gordon [Billed as 'Robert Gordon with Link Wray']
Rockabilly revivalist Robert GORDON died Oct 18th, at age 75. His 1st recorded in 1964; after putting music on hold for a decade, he was in NYC punk-pop group Tuff Darts in 1976-1977, before working with legendary guitarist Link Wray for 2 albums. He also worked with hotshot guitarists Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton ... ALSO ... Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21 in England. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. // * - Oddly, he 1st performed it in the classic film "The Girl Can´t Help It" nearly an entire year earlier.
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21 in England. In 1987, he was inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame. ... ALSO ... Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21 in England. In 1987, he was inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame. ... ALSO ... McDonald was an Ikette, and eventually replaced Janis Joplin as the front woman of Big Brother and Holding Company (she was invited to audition to be in Big Brother, but Joplin showed up first) . // Click the LINK above, left, to check out the "name" musicians who played on this (Ex: John Cipollina)
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... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS ... SET of WHO COVERS:
Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training... ALSO ... Blessing was best-known for being in the jazz-rock band Advancement, also as a member of Gabor Szabo's studio band. / /// Click the Link above, left to view the original album
Kal David, born as 'David Raskin', died Aug 16, at age 79. He was a member of Chicago groups 'Kal David And The Exceptions', then The Rovin' Kind" (w/Paul Cotton, later in Poco), which turned into Illinois Speed Press (Feb 1958 - summer 1970), with two LPs, then the Fabulous Rhinestones, which included ex-Buckinghams' keyboard player Marty Grebb. ... ALSO ... Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training. / Click the Link above, left to view the original single.
... Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training. ... ALSO ... The Spitballs were a "one-off" all-star band composed of Beserkley Records artists {see listing above}, recording assorted 1960s "oldies", though a few were quite obscure. // * - in England, it was called 'A Quick One'
Bassist John Entwistle of The WHO was born in Oct of 1944. Familiar with Roger Daltry from school, he joined his group "The Detours" in 1963. He played the break of 'My Generation', one of first bass solos in rock history. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training.
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... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ...OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ...OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS ... OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
Jim SEALS died June 6, at age 79. He first met Dash Crofts when he joined 'Dean Beard and the Crew Cats'; he played sax and Crofts was the drummer. Along with Beard, they moved to LA and joined the Champs, but well after 'Tequila' was a hit. He and Crofts formed "Seals and Crofts" in 1968, promoting the Baháʼí Faith. Their biggest hit was the earworm ' Summer Breeze' {#6/ 09-72}. /// Click the Link above, left to view the original single
Jim SEALS was born in Oct of 1941, and unfortunately recently died this June 6, at age 79. He played with Dash Crofts when they moved to LA and joined the Champs, but after 'Tequila' was a hit. He and Crofts formed The Dawnbreakers in 1965, then "Seals and Crofts" in 1968, promoting the Baháʼí Faith. Their biggest hit was the earworm ' Summer Breeze' {#6/ 09-72}. Other big hits of theirs I remember from my AM-Top 40 days {680 WRKO-AM for me} include 'Hummingbird {#20/ 12-73} and 'We May Never Pass This Way (Again)' {#21/ 09-73}
Louis Charles "B.W." Stevenson was born in Oct of 1949. "B.W." stood for "Buckwheat". His biggest hit was his next single - 'My Maria' {AC #1!, Pop #9/ 07-73}. He performed for the intended pilot of "Austin City Limits" in 1974; however, the recording quality was not good enough to broadcast. He was born in Oct of 1949. / Sadly, he died at age 38 following heart valve surgery, after developing a staph infection.
Graham Bond, born in Oct of 1937 was an important figure of early British R&B. He briefly joined 'Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated', before forming his own group in 1963. A number of musicians first became well-known in the The Graham Bond Organization, including: Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Ginger Baker, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman; the last two were later in Colosseum. He was an early user of the Hammond organ/Leslie speaker combination.
Jimmy Beaumont, lead singer of The SKYLINERS, was born in Oct of 1940. He originally started singing in Pittsburgh in the Monterey, having their first/ biggest hit with a song he wrote literally on the way to the recording studio, "Since I Don't Have You" {#12/ 08-59}. Other hits were 'This I Swear' {#26/ 06-59} and 'Pennies From Heaven' {24/ 05-60}. // Click the Link above, left to view the original single.
[Original single:] • B'DAY • BED • (Donna, Dec 1964)
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Bobby Fuller was born in Oct of 1942. He carried the torch for the sounds of Buddy Holly and first-generation Rock N'Roll. He built a homemade recording studio, allowing him to record and release singles on his own, including his original cover of The Crickets 'I Fought The Law' (July 1964). His biggest hit was a re-recording of that in late 1965 (#9 / 01-66). He died soon after (July 18th, 1966) under very suspicious circumstances. // * - Which I bought BITD, c. 1986
Bobby Fuller was born in Oct of 1942. He carried the torch for the sounds of Buddy Holly and first-generation Rock N'Roll. He built a homemade recording studio, allowing him to record and release singles on his own, including his original cover of The Crickets 'I Fought The Law' (July 1964). His biggest hit was a re-recording of that in late 1965 (#9 / 01-66). He died soon after (July 18th, 1966) under very suspicious circumstances. // Click the Link above, left to view the original single
Rockabilly legend Eddie Cochran was born in Oct of 1938. He experimented with multitrack recording and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 21, in a car crash in England on April 17, 1960. Several of his classics include 'Summertime Blues' {UK #18, #8/ 08-58} and 'C'mon Everybody' {UK #6, #35/ 11-58}. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
IMHO, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE in the history of Rock N 'Roll was born Oct 18th, 1926 - CHUCK BERRY. No one else had more influence on the basic sound and lyrical style of early Rock N'Roll./ Rolling Stone ranked him #4 in their "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". I rank him my second favorite artist ever, after The Beatles - speaking of which - John Lennon said, "IF you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry". Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll".
Time:
1:43
Artist:
Chris Andrews [Billed as 'Chris Ravel And The Ravers']
He wrote a number of English hits mostly for Adam Faith {'It's Alright' - Faith's only US hit} and Sandy Shaw {'Long Live Love', an English #1 hit}, as well as himself and Suzie Quatro. He was originally a singer - his biggest solo hit was 'Yesterday Man (UK #3, US #94/ 10-65), and had 11 singles in the 1960s. / He is still ALIVE and WELL, as he hits the big 8-0! // Click the Link above, left to view the original single.
Time:
1:45
Artist:
Chris Andrews [Billed as 'Chris Ravel And The Ravers']
Song:
I Do [B-side of his 1st single - Jimmy Page on guitar]
He wrote a number of English hits mostly for Adam Faith {'It's Alright' - Faith's only US hit} and Sandy Shaw {'Long Live Love', an English #1 hit}, as well as himself and Suzie Quatro. He was originally a singer - his biggest solo hit was 'Yesterday Man (UK #3, US #94/ 10-65), and had 11 singles in the 1960s. / He is still ALIVE and WELL, as he hits the big 8-0! // Click the Link above, left to view the original single.
Drummer Paul Hancox was born in 1950, replacing Ric ROTHwell in 1967. The Mindbenders included future 10CC members Graham Gouldman (Songwriter - 'For Your Love', 'Heart Full Of Soul', 'Bus Stop', 'I'm Not In Love', he also played bass) and Eric Stewart (guitar, vocals) / This was their last of 10 English chart singles, as 'Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders', they became 'The Mindbenders', after lead singer Fontana went solo in the fall of 1965.
[original single* :] • B'DAY • (Rolling Stones, June 1974)
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Born as "William George Perks Jr" in Oct 1936, Wyman succeded Dick Taylor (founder - Pretty Things) as bass player on Dec 7, 1962. He was the unofficial chronicler of The Rolling Stones history; he complied the original version of 'Metamorhposis', called 'Black Box'. He became an amateur archaeologist, and enjoys metal detecting for ancient artifacts. He left the group in 1992. / * - this was his 2nd solo single; after ' In Another Land', Dec 1967 - was he channeling J.J. Cale?
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... More RECENT of RECENT DEATHS ... More RECENT of RECENT DEATHS ... More RECENT of RECENT DEATHS ... More RECENT of RECENT DEATHS:
Jazz tenor sax great Pharoah Sanders {born 'FarrELL Sanders'} died September 24th, at age 81. As a teenager, he played blues gigs around Little Rock, AK, backing Bobby "Blue" Bland and Junior Parker. He played a prominent role in the development of Free Jazz and Spiritual Jazz, first as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, then in his solo work, with pianist Lonnie Liston Smith from 1969 - 1971.
Engineer, arranger, producer Fred Catero died Oct 6th, at age 80. He worked on hundreds of recordings, many on Columbia (also WB, Reprise, Asylum and San Fransisco Records) and its family of labels. He worked with many artists, including including Bob Dylan, Tower of Power, Malo, Sly And The Family Stone, Labelle, Santana, Linda Ronstadt, Chicago and The Pointer Sisters. // This group was formed in Chapel Hill, NC in 1964.
Jody Miller died Oct 6th, at age 80. She started in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer, singing in the LA area and appearing on Tom Paxton's TV series. She had 30 total chart singles, the biggest being 'Queen of the House', the answer song to 'King Of The Road'. She was more successful in the Country market starting in 1970, when she worked with producer Billy Sherrill, a fan of hers.
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