Posted on 12/11/2015 5:56:57 PM PST by AZamericonnie
Damn, what a year it was.
RFK, MLK..RIP.
She was born Virginia Pugh (1942-98), so it's easy to see why she changed her name. This was her first hit, which crossed over from country. She would eventually become the First Lady of Country and define the role of women in that genre.
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...work tomorrow?
Preparations underway for the season? Lights? Tree?
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They started out as a Jacksonville-based cover band consisting of guitarists J. R. Cobb and Walter Eaton, keyboard player Joe Wilson, and singer/drummer Dennis Yost. (Cobb and producer/manager Buddy Buie would later form the Atlanta Rhythm Section with drummer Robert Nix.) They called themselves the Classics. The band played Ventures covers and instrumental versions of "Misty" and "Summertime." People started requesting vocals, so Dennis would say "I can sing that," and that began the group's new direction. They expanded to covering the songs of the 4 Seasons.
They were discovered in Daytona Beach by talent agent Paul Cochran, who became their manager in partnership with Buie. The pair had formed an alliance with publisher Bill Lowery who urged the band to relocate to Atlanta. With the help of Lowery, they quickly snagged a deal with Capitol. Their debut single was "Pollyanna," written by Joe South, which sounded like a 4 Seasons ripoff.
Then came the letter. Back in the Fifties, there had been a doo-wop act called the Classics. That act still existed, and they didn't appreciate having their name appropriated. So Yost and the guys added "IV" to the group's name.
Then came the phone call. When WABC in New York started playing "Polyanna," they received a call from Bob Crewe, denizen of the Brill Building and the 4 Seasons' manager, telling the station to stop playing it or lose exclusives on future 4 Seasons recordings.
Here is a bonus track. You can hear why Bob Crewe was upset.
The group landed a deal with Imperial. Guitarists Cobb and Buie added lyrics to a jazz instrumental titled "Spooky," a regional hit for Atlanta saxophonist Mike Sharpe. It was their first hit. Drummer Kim Venable was brought in so that Yost could move freely out front. They were to have three more hits.
Evening LUVVY! :-)
Evening LUVVY! :-)
Troika (Lieutenant Kije) - Prokofiev
Sleigh Ride - Delius
Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite) - Bizet....
Good evening, Publius, and thank you for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”.
This was an integrated soul band that had made a splash in 1962. Now they found a groove by handling themes from movies that were considered cutting edge at the time. Clint Eastwood was making his own splash in spaghetti westerns, and Ennio Morricone was making a name as a writer of movie music.
Thanks, Connie, for the tributes to our troops. *HUGS*
But by 1972, Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper were not invited to the Wattstax festival.
No whites need apply.
Glen is backed by his Wrecking Crew compatriots in one of the greatest Jimmy Webb songs.
Political correctness isn’t new.
Mary O'Brien (1939-99) was a star of Euro-rock in the mid-Sixties. But her secret desire was to be black, and she took a major step in that direction when she signed with Ahmet Ertegun's Atlantic Records. She got her wish when Jerry Wexler became her producer. He had made Aretha Franklin a star, and now he would work his magic with Dusty.
Her other secret desire was to be a man, so she batted for the other team sexually.
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