A question re. the new CD: Tonight's the Night/The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings: The track called "please be my boyfriend" by The Shirelles. Is it...
I just checked Clinton Heylin's "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions". All of Dylan's first six albums ("Bob Dylan" through "Highway 61 Revisited") were recorded...
... Is the flipside of that release called Somebody Love Me? I do believe Dennis had a 45 on ABC-Paramount, and I believe he is the same artist that recorded...
I could be totally wrong, having never seen pictures of the other two studios, but the early Dylan session pictures I've seen look a lot like the Kind Of Blue...
Kris Kristofferson has recorded "Lover Please" too. Didn't Billy Swan also play in his band?? Maybe if you do a family tree of everyone Billy Swan has ever ...
... The man who Moby Grape immortalized on their "Wow" album when they credited the song "Just Like Gene Autry (A foxtrot)" to "Lou Waxman & His Orchestra." ...
Hello everybody! There's a song from c. 1964 called "Blue Beat" that, sure enough, was meant to take a ride on the success of the Jamaican "blue beat" ryhthm...
Suzi Quatro interviews Jackie DeShannon on BBC Radio 2 at 11.30pm on Monday 4th August. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ctmvm I'll be listening! Peter...
... Some interesting info from Ace's "Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll, Volume 6," as written by Rob Finnis in the liner notes: The catchy 'Lover Please'...
How about The Marvelettes version? This is an early lead vocal by Wanda Young from the Marvelettes Sing Hits of 1962 LP. I played it last month on my radio...
... Hi, It's been a long time since I posted a message but to answer the question: the Shirelles' "Please Be My Boyfriend" is the female version of "My...
... One in the same. He was always quietly sitting in the back, next to the 24 track, smoking a pipe. Such a nice man. I asked him for his autograph! He ran...
There you go. I never realized there was more than one Columbia studio in NY so I figured the Dylan pictures were taken at the 30th Street studio! Paul...
The Connie Stevens version of the Roger Atkins composition, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL has been uploaded to Musica. The Pixies Three version can be heard on their...
Having played on later Dylan sessions, I can venture that the sessions in question were probably done at the 7th Ave studios (bet 52 & 53; address might have ...
I just uploaded The Pixies Three version of "Something Beautiful" to Musica. It was made as a demo for Cameo/Parkway in 1964. They also did a demo of "Make Me...
... I LOVED that 30th St. studio, and cried when they closed it down. It had an almost 3 second reverb delay in that place, and my hero Vladimir Horowitz (as...
... The song "Le Blue Beat" is included on the LP GIRLS IN THE GARAGE--Vol. 10--Groovy Gallic Gals. I don't know if it is the premiere recording of that song,...
... Hi, Since there are several different versions of "Something Beautiful" currently playing on Musica, I thought I'd add the original demo that Helen and I...
I would be forever grateful if someone could re-post those Love Chain tracks to the Musica section! Apparantly, those songs are not on CD anywhere). Thanks so...
Once again, I'm on vacation and falling woefully behind on correspondence. However, I would be remiss in not mentioning a delightful and adventurous visit with...
I have a feeling that Adrienne Posta's version of 'Something Beautiful' is based on the version on Warner Bros. by Connie Stevens (from memory because I...
Having heard Connie's version of "Something Beautiful" for the first time straight after it was posted, I agree that it's very similar and probably the basis ...
Hello, Is there a possibility to upload "Silly Girl" by Donna Lynn in the music section please? It's the only teen song of hers I miss. So I can listen to it....
Hi! I've just posted the original version of "Lover Please" by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960. According to the Originals Project website, Swan wrote the song...
... The Myriam Martin record is a cover of "The Blue Beat" by The Beazers (a.k.a. Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds), and, its title and some "yeahs" aside, ...