Just a note to tell you that the blog has a new post which may interest you. Click on the link below http://movementbureau.blogs.com/chameleon/ *"Are we losing...
"Beat The Clock" (along with "Come On, Let's Go") is one of my favorite McCoys recordings. The 45 version of the song is vastly different - and (IMO) superior ...
No one can deny that a large part of the success of Phil Spector's musical masterpieces owes a big credit to the unique, living and breathing echo chamber at ...
... Wow! This is going to be amazing! Just did a contents search on Amazon, and found a reference to the Byrds concert in my hometown in 1967. I never really ...
Hola everybody, ... That languid voiced teen Latino style is almost a subgenre (Richie, Chan Romero, Chris Montez...) I always find very sexy that type of...
... Hola Julio, Hope all is well and that the Spanish autumn is treating you well. The Sapphires were a wonderful group, their stuff on Swan and later on...
... The Original Stars of Bandstand tour made a stop in Worcester, MA on Saturday, Nov. 1. Chris Montez was on the bill along with Fabian, Brian Hyland, The ...
I saw a tour of oldies artists a few years back that had Gary Lewis, Mitch Ryder, Dickey Lee, Brian Hyland & Chris Montez. He did the same thing when I saw...
... Hi Denny, Great website and loved the trailer! Though I was never a member of the "Wrecking Crew" I worked with just about all of those players at one time...
Hola Everybody, ... Thanks, Gary, yes it was a subsidiary label of Carlton Records. I wonder how Chris' recording ended been released on that label. Chao, ...
... Denny, welcome to Spectropop. The Wrecking Crew has backed some of my favorite records and artists, which I'm sure is true for many of us. I'm sure you'll ...
Spectropoppers, The "Jersey Girls" who own the website that is the home of my radio shows, namely "Jersey Girls Sing," are excited (and so am I) about a brand...
Peruvian-Born Singer Yma Sumac Dies in Los Angeles by The Associated Press November 3, 2008 Los Angeles -- Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed...
I hope it's OK for me to plug a new CD - "The Corporation" from Ace Records, for which I did the liner notes. The Corporation was a Milwaukee band that charted...
Has there been any word on a DVD release of the German documentary about her (or either of the movies she was in, OMAR KAYAAM or TREASURE OF THE INCAS?)...
... Now that would have been a show to see - definitely not the "usual suspects" we see in these parts. And I heard somewhere that Bobby Vee's kids do a great...
... I bought that for the other side "Town Crier" because I vaguely remembered a song by that title from that time. I *think* this is the one in my memory, but...
... What a "superb" way to start the week! These are all terrific, with my two favorites so far the Joel Christie and Harry Nilsson cuts. The Nilsson one...
... Hi Jimmy, Nice to meet you, still playing my oldies in Boston? I was up there when Jimmy Darling was charting in the mid 60's. Did I meet you? I was on ...
Nathaniel Mayer's tenor voice added spark to blues by Susan Whitall Detroit News Music Writer Sunday, November 2, 2008 Detroit music suffered another loss...
Village Of Love, like the Isley's Twist And Shout were truly personality-forming records for me. They were out around the same time as I recall. Village a bit...
James, A lot of stuff on Fortune did get re-pressed, usually on different colours to the original. "The wind" came out four times with dark purple being the...
An acquaintance of mine is the grandnephew of the man and wife (she used name Devorah Brown) who owned Fortune. Studios were on either Cass or 2nd Street near...
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