Greetings Group, I just want to say... just when I think that there can't be any more magic moments for a pop music listener of nearly 50 years... Along come...
I recently wondered if anyone of you on here knows anything on this British artist. His biggest hits were "Robin Hood" and "Aqua Marina," which was the closing...
The artist who Al Kooper worked with in New York under the production of Ray Ellis, was a male vocalist by the name of KELLY STONE. Both sides are pretty...
... What was Tommy Scott's career role, in general? From memory he was the writer of "I Can Only Give You Everything", no? I assume it's a different Tommy...
Hello s'pop, Phil Milstein wrote: I'm not familiar with the A-side, but the flip, an explication of the meaning of Pop c.1965 (sung as if by Gary Paxton...
John -- By an odd coincidence, I recently got a Kevin McQuinn 45 myself. Like you, I couldn't learn a thing about it. The single couples the songs "Satisfied"...
I posted a message about a couple of 45s that I played on my radio program. The 45 on Diamond records "Every Step Of The Way," by Kevin McQuinn, was produced...
... As the resident Diamond label collector, I can tell you that this was indeed the first release for the label. It had some action in New York, but not much...
... Estelle's death prompted me to start listening to some of the tracks she recorded during her post-Ronettes career that were kindly posted by Spectropoppers...
I have a UK Decca re-issue of "Baby Please Don't Go" and 'Gloria' on which the credits show Bert Berns as producer of "Baby Please Don't Go" and Dick Rowe as...
How ya' doin'? I just put together a collection of 30 VIDEOS OF OSCAR WINNING SONGS for free! Sinatra, Stevie, Celine, Elton, Judy, Barbra, they're all here...
Dan, The three Spector soundalike CDs commercially available are a real treat, even tho' I already had most of the tracks. It was Clydie King's "The Thrill Is...
... Tommy Scott was Scottish (not Welsh) and was a "young" A&R man for Decca, presumably taking on those acts who had little in common with Dick Rowe, who I...
... It was Diamond's first release. I remember it had a full-page ad in the trade papers, announcing Joe Kolsky's new label. The record, either produced,...
And the misses-that-should-have-been-hits just keep on comin': this one is a surprise, at least to me. I thought the Anita Kerr Singers under this nom de plume...
I'm giving away one of my biggest secrets: While doing some research recently, I tripped over a Japanese fan site of teen and girl group music that has a...
Hi everybody, Here is volume 4 of the "Monkees Albums That Never Were" series, this time featuring songs heavily influenced by "Last Train To Clarskville". You...
... His biggest UK hit was "Robin Hood", a TV show theme, which reached No. 10 in 1956. Other biggies for Gary were "Yellow Rose Of Texas" in 1955, "Garden Of...
Hello everybody! While the Rolling Stones were in the USA in early 1965, Bill Wyman became friends with Everly Brothers guitarist Joey Paige, who recorded one...
... Decca was Atlantic's British licensee at the time, and had a foreign exchange program of sorts with them. Bert Berns went to the UK to lend his magic to...
Hello everybody! It is well known that Belgian-French singer Johnny Hallyday's repertoire is mostly of (good, I add) versions of non-French songs, including...
... Miller (nee Neville Williams, from Blackpool) appeared on stage in jeans, which gave him some teenage appeal as a quasi-rebel for a spell. His first...
Hi, new (UK) member here. Following Roger and Peter's posts, I'd add that there's a brief resume of Gary's career here: http://tinyurl.com/8yuqan He was a fine...
Does anybody have any information on this great harmony group? They recorded three really good singles on Warner Brothers. I believe they originated on Long...
The deluxe CD of "Standing In The Shadow Of Motown" had a bonus disc with a number of backing tracks of famous Motown hits. There was one cut of the band with...
I just listened to the Anita Kerr track and it reminded me of early Petula Clark, as I recently picked up her "Downtown" CD (which I enjoy, by the way), a...
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