Bill Drake, who invented "Boss Radio", died over the weekend: Bill Drake, pop radio innovator, dies at 71 by Jacob Adelman, Associated Press Los Angeles - Bill...
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John Fox
jfbevo
Dec 1, 2008 11:31 am
... I would imagine it's because those two halls (like the Academy Awards in motion pictures) are looking for people who are considered by critics to be more...
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Clark Besch
hawkeyes95
Dec 1, 2008 11:31 am
It is very sad news I learned today that Jeff Lind passed away 2 weeks ago at home in Chicago. Despite the below funeral announcement, I would have thought ...
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Hans Huss
dancing_time
Dec 1, 2008 4:45 pm
... Hmm... Between us, I think the Spectropop community would have no problem coming up with a list of songs of theirs that would have sounded as good...
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Artie Wayne
artie_wayne
Dec 1, 2008 4:47 pm
... Phil...Country Paul...Thank you so much for the information on how to download videos from YouTube. Now I can save some of the treasures I've discovered. I...
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Craig A Butler
craig529037
Dec 2, 2008 9:39 pm
This is just to let you know I've uploaded label scans of the Beverly Warren release on Rust into my picture folder. ...
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John Berg
goal2jtb
Dec 2, 2008 9:41 pm
Clark, thank you for informing us all of Jeff Lind's untimely passing. I corresponded a wee bit with him in the late 11980s when I was on the trail of the ...
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Stephen-Craig Aristei
aristeisc
Dec 2, 2008 9:43 pm
I remember meeting Alan Gordon at a California Copyright Conference....We sat at the same table and I found him warm and engaging......I thought to myself...
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Stephen-Craig Aristei
aristeisc
Dec 2, 2008 9:44 pm
Why? Because no one can remember that far back any more ! ! ! What a shame, because they all deserve it ! Stephen-Craig Aritei...
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Les Fradkin
trackbytrack
Dec 3, 2008 10:22 pm
... On an historical side note, I worked with Bev Warren once. She was the lead singer on a couple of my California 45's for the Laurie Label in the 1970's. ...
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Steve Dworkin
wrecordman
Dec 3, 2008 10:25 pm
Beverly Warren is currently a member of The Tercels: http://ovation86.googlepages.com/tercels She also has a cd out, I know it's available from ...
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Country Paul
countrypaul
Dec 3, 2008 10:29 pm
I had the pleasure of hearing Beverly and jamming with her live at last year's Brooklyn "girl group" party. She is not only still a fantastic singer, but she...
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Peter Andreasen
Peterandreasen
Dec 3, 2008 10:31 pm
Well she was discovered by Bert Berns, who introduced her to Greenwich/Barry, who had her record "It was me yesterday" (a song Ellie Greenwich had written with...
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Dennis Garvey
choirboydennis
Dec 3, 2008 10:33 pm
Hi Craig! Beverly's an old friend of mine and a really great singer. She currently sings in a local NY-area oldies band called the Tercels, along with Nanette...
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Country Paul
countrypaul
Dec 3, 2008 10:39 pm
Having brought up the subject the other day, and after checking to see if it was available on CD (apparently not), I've played Artie Lewis' "Abracadabra" to...
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Clark Besch
hawkeyes95
Dec 3, 2008 10:42 pm
... Jeff, I thought this was a really good song. Too bad it did not see the light of day before now. I can see Tom Doody singing lead on this with the Cryan...
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Robbie Indart
robert_indart
Dec 3, 2008 10:47 pm
... Hi Everybody, I second Julio's request for a tracklisting for the Mann & Weil cd. I'm pulling my hair out (not literally) looking for the tracklisting...
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Skip Woolwine
SkipWoolwine
Dec 3, 2008 10:48 pm
Found some pictures taken at a Nashville Spectropop gathering held by Ed Salamon on May 7, 2006. The group included Ed Salamon, Alan Gordon, Mark Volman, Gary...
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Walter Wedigo
wedigo_99
Dec 3, 2008 10:50 pm
I had uploaded a slide show of Piccola Pupa doing Jackie DeShannon's "Breakaway" to YouTube and had been unable to find current info on our girl singer, though...
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Clark Besch
hawkeyes95
Dec 4, 2008 4:54 am
... John, you are exactly right. Jeff was not only a great historian, but a good guy who has worked, sometimes without credit, usually without pay, on many a...
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Anthony Reichardt
tonyronette
Dec 4, 2008 8:18 pm
I've just uploaded to Musica, two obscure holiday singles which you won't hear played anytime soon on the radio. Arthur Prysock - 'A WORKING MAN'S PRAYER' ...
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Roger Turner
rickyrog6238
Dec 4, 2008 8:20 pm
Re: Richard Wess... He did arrange and conduct the orchestra for Connie Francis, for the Oct 11-13 1960 session recordings for the LP SONGS TO A SWINGING...
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Phil X Milstein
fxxm2
Dec 5, 2008 3:26 pm
... There's a nifty photo of Wess, playing piano onboard a 747 for a KMPC promotional event (titled the "Trip To Nowhere"), at a KMPC site at ...
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Ed Rambeau
edrambeau
Dec 5, 2008 3:30 pm
Happy Holidays everyone. I posted the only Christmas song I've ever written to the MUSICA section: ...
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S.J. Dibai
sjd37
Dec 5, 2008 3:33 pm
Greetings, fellow Spectropoppers. I've been wondering for a while about Boots Walker, who had a small hit in 1967 with the Napoleon XIV take-off "They're...
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Fred Clemens
ehwimoweh
Dec 5, 2008 9:48 pm
I've just uploaded a song to Musica, "You Put Me Down The Nicest Way You Can" (I believe that's the title). It's performed by Lauree Berger in the 1966 movie, ...
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Phil X Milstein
fxxm2
Dec 5, 2008 9:48 pm
... Boots Walker was one of several pseudonyms used by Ernie Maresca in the course of his recording career. --Phil M....
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Ronnie Allen
jsomm23
Dec 5, 2008 9:51 pm
To all Roy Orbison admirers, Back in 1975, while working for Casey Kasem as the East Coast Researcher for American Top Forty, I did a private phone interview...
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Ronnie Allen
jsomm23
Dec 6, 2008 1:48 pm
... To clear up the mystery, I emailed Ernie. He sent me ... One of the songs that Ernie and Lou wrote together was the hit "Party Girl," recorded by...
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John J. Browne
a45rpm33
Dec 6, 2008 3:52 pm
As posted for another group, here's the Complete Gayla Peevey (aka Jamie Horton) collection. As Gayla Peevey: http://www.sendspace.com/file/x0m29t 77 Santas...
