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To: basalt
And Take Me Home Tonight with Eddie Money.
3 posted on 01/12/2022 2:09:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

She was also an Apple (Beatles record label) recording artist back then.

Also did a great version of Billy Joel’s “Say Goodbye to Hollywood with the E Street Band backing her up.


7 posted on 01/12/2022 2:12:51 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: nickcarraway

IMO, one of the top 20 music videos from the 80s.


34 posted on 01/12/2022 3:27:34 PM PST by abb
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A little story about this era.

When I was filming “Rockin’ the Wall,” I got the last filmed interview with the great producer (and #1 songwriter) George “Shadow” Morton. He couldn’t sing, couldn’t play an instrument, and couldn’t read music . . . but managed to write 2 #1 songs (”Remember . . . Walkin’ in the Sand” and “Leader of the Pack”).

He went on to be the producer of Janis Ian, Vanilla Fudge, and Iron Butterfly.

When he was recording the Butterfly, they absolutely could not get “Inna-gadda-da-vida” down. He tried everything-—booze, dope. Nothing could calm their nerves. So he pulled an old producer trick.

He said, “We have some bad wiring here in the board. You guys rehearse the song while we fix it.” But in fact he rolled tape. Butterfly was in a groove, and when they came to the drum solo, Morton was so moved by how well they were doing that he kept giving them the “keep going” sign, explaining the long drum solo that was never intended.


49 posted on 01/13/2022 6:02:18 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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