... Thanks, Jim. With luck, Ace will release a third volume of Goffin & King songs. My colleague Tony Rounce and I haven't started work on the track selection...
First, check out Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on how he does what he does.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX_84iWPLU&feature=related ...then check out how he...
For me one of Campbell's best is Jimmy Webb's song "Cowboy Hall of Fame". Superb song, vocal and arrangement (by Al de Lory). It's from the album "It's Just A...
I have always wanted to hear that LP! I agree with the CD "changes". The girls have never been given the PERFECT musical anthology. "Why Do I Take it From You"...
... Cowabunga!!! I got the Star Wars sets over at Crosseyed Cyclops Comic Book blog, but this is way cool! I think there is also a site for Odd Rods I...
... Johnny's son? I never knew he used a middle name. Looking forward to the bubblegum cards site and Kenny Dino interview. Country Paul (vacationing in...
... Kenny Dino sat in with us in 1967 at a hotel in Anaheim with our band, the Portraits, and another after-hours place in Lynwood, where I was working with...
... I was always wondering about that version. That was probably the alternate version that got all the airplay on WPOP(Hartford) back around March 1966. When...
... I've ordered "Honey & Wine," but haven't received it yet. I'm especially excited to have Carolyn Daye's version of "A Long Way to be Happy" on CD, as...
... What a great tune...used to have the 45. Picked it up from Greg Shaws Bomp records in the mid to late 70's. When I asked Greg he was positive Spector had ...
... Actually, Eddie and I corresponded a number of years ago via email (as I did with one other member of this group)....we lost touch but I believe I still...
I want to thank all of you for 850,000 hits on Artie Wayne On The Web! Over the last two and a half years, we’ve had a lot of attention on the blogs we’ve ...
1. While going through some 45's, I came upon Ronnie Spector's "Darlin'" (Polish Records 1980, prod. by Genya Ravan). The song was written by Oscar S. ...
... Different guy (Billy Burnette was WAY too young for me to have worked with him in '65 <g>). I think Billy Joe's real last name may have been Barnette, but...
... Mick, I'm in a Goffin/King haze so I'm lovin' them all but for the next comp may I recommend two of my recent very faves....Bobby Goldsboro's "The Time For...
Okay, everyone now knows that Gary U.S. Bonds is NOT a group but rather a solo performer. However, back in the 60s when he started having hits as "U.S. Bonds,"...
... I see that it will include Marie Knight's "Say It Again", one of my favorite songs by Ashford, Simpson and Armstead. And talking about it, does anybody ...
... Please give some thought to The Chiffons's "Easy To Love, But So Hard To Get", written for them by Goffin & King in 1963 on Laurie Records. A great tune,...
... Julio Niño: I thought it was played by Vic Flick. ... James Botticelli: Vic Flick. He has his own website. ... Alan V. Karr: That timeless riff -- the...
Hello everybody! I just uploaded to musica Gary U. S. Bonds & The Stompers' great proto-garage-punk version of the Teresa Brewer hit (wr. Jenny Lou Carson & Al...
... There's "Show Me Girl" by Herman's Hermits, "Goin' Back" by Goldie/ Dusty/Byrds, "I Want To Stay Here" by Steve & Eydie/Miki & Griff, "When My Little Girl...
It's with great sadness that I announce the passing of Clive Scott, lead singer and co-writer of Jigsaw's "Sky High". "In 1975, I was sitting in Wes Farrell's...
... I always loved Steve & Eydie's version of "I Want To Stay Here", but I've never heard it in stereo. I know they still posess the session master for it but...
... Done! I misplaced my copy of the 45 (I'm in the middle of reorganizing my 45s collection) so I'm not 100% sure on the B-side writers, but from memory I...
How ya' doin'? In the '60s, Mickie Most was one of the most successful producers in the world, selling millions of records with The Animals, Herman's Hermits,...
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