|
|
Post by berkley on Jun 12, 2017 1:48:33 GMT -5
Some of those obscure singles aren't bad - the one by "The Poor", for example, and that early Cat Stevens one, and the Chris Clarke. I'll have to listen to them all again when I get time.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 12, 2017 10:54:07 GMT -5
50 Years Ago Today-Week 3 June 1967
Back again with the weekly look at the Top 40 as heard on US radio a half century ago. Who is at #1 this week? Well, it's the Summer Of Love and the heavy fog of reefer is in the air and inexplicably "Groovin'" by The Rascals is back at the top after a 2 week vacation, knocking Aretha's "Respect" to second place. Could be teenagers back then forgot they already bought that Rascal's single.Meanwhile, further down the list:
Harper's Bizarre already had a big hit in 1967 with a song Paul Simon wrote "Feelin' Groovy". They follow up with a song that sounds perfect for these sunshine days of '67. This would peak at #37
Unlike many acts they debuted during the first wave of the British Invasion, Petula Clarke was still going strong. This would be Petula's 11th Top 40 hit and very sage advice for New York City denizens to this very day
Janis Ian wrote and sung this debut song, an iconic classic and very controversial for it's time. Some radio stations at first refused to play it (and don't think that was just a Southern State issue-Chicago's WLS banned it). Still it continued to creep up the charts, peaking at #14. Now, this song has been recognized and enshrined in the Grammy Hall Of Fame. The subject matter was revisited by a group called Stories with their song "Brother Louie" six years later and had no trouble getting to #1
This was The 5th Dimension's 3rd single and it cemented them as one of the best-selling vocal groups for the balance of the decade. It would peak at #7. Written by Jimmy Webb, it swept it's categories at the Grammy that year
Frankie Valli had a solo hit still in the Top 10 but that wouldn't stop his group, The Four Seasons, breaking int the Top 40 at the same time
|
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2017 11:11:53 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 12, 2017 11:20:43 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2017 11:27:27 GMT -5
I just don't get it. I push the little button up there and put the info in and it just takes the link back to whatever thread I'm posting in. I have no idea why, but I've tried it dozens of times and it's never worked. |
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 12, 2017 11:36:55 GMT -5
When you open the CREATE LINK box there are 2 horizontal bars. The top one says Text and has the word link inside shaded blue. That's where you write whatever text you want to how- like I did with "I'll fix that link". Type over the word text in that box.
The bottom one say URL. That's where you put the link info. Copy/Past the browser info into that box. Copy it over the htpp\\ that is already there
|
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2017 11:44:56 GMT -5
When you open the CREATE LINK box there are 2 horizontal bars. The top one says Text and has the word link inside shaded blue. That's where you write whatever text you want to how- like I did with "I'll fix that link". Type over the word text in that box. The bottom one say URL. That's where you put the link info. Copy/Past the browser info into that box. Copy it over the htpp\\ that is already there Yep. That's exactly what I did. And it linked right back to this thread. Does it every single time I've tried. I think it's just me. |
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 13, 2017 17:30:50 GMT -5
Listening to a collection of Bessie Smith and came across this 1929 song. Got to be one of the raunchiest tune from that time period
Madam Buff's was quite deluxe
Servants by the score
Footmen at each door
Butlers and maids galore
But one day Sam, her kitchen man
Gave in his notice, he's through
She cried, "Oh Sam, don't go
It'll grieve me if you do"
I love his cabbage gravy, his hash
Crazy 'bout his succotash
I can't do without my kitchen man
Wild about his turnip top
Like the way he warms my chop
I can't do without my kitchen man
Anybody else can leave
And I would only laugh
But he means too much to me
And you ain't heard the half
Oh, his jelly roll is so nice and hot
Never fails to touch the spot
I can't do without my kitchen man
His frankfurters are oh so sweet
How I like his sausage meat
I can't do without my kitchen man
Oh, how that boy can open clam
No one else can touch my ham
I can't do without my kitchen man
When I eat his doughnuts
All I leave is the hole
Any time he wants to
Why, he can use my sugar bowl
Oh, his baloney's really worth a try
Never fails to satisfy
|
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Jun 13, 2017 23:33:48 GMT -5
I think there were a lot of songs with this kind of double entendre in the 20s, weren't there? Including more by Bessie Smith. My impression is that it was a bit later that the puritanical side of American culture took over and made stuff like this unacceptable, something like what happened with movies too.
|
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 13, 2017 23:57:29 GMT -5
I think there were a lot of songs with this kind of double entendre in the 20s, weren't there? Including more by Bessie Smith. My impression is that it was a bit later that the puritanical side of American culture took over and made stuff like this unacceptable, something like what happened with movies too. There was enough that you can find what is considered a sub-genre of "Dirty Blues." They were largely relegated to "race records" and the recordings were to be found on jukeboxes, but not on the radio. You could find it well into the 50s...and it did occasionally find its way into popular records such as Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and "Toy Bell" by The Bees. |
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Jun 14, 2017 22:52:30 GMT -5
Our recent talk about Procol Harum has had me listening to their second album, Shine on Brightly, a lot lately. I picked that one because, though I've owned the cd for years and played it more than a few times, I didn't know it as well as some of the others and hadn't listened to it for a long time. Apparently it was sometimes compared to the Band's Music from Big Pink back in the day, which seems odd now, because Procol have long been classified as a prog band, even though their sound is as much r&b based as anything. I don't think it sounds anything like The Band, though, myself.
I also found out that there's a newish (2012) book about them, sort of a band biography, by someone named Henry Scott-Irvine, who has also written liner noted for some of the expanded cd editions of their albums. Must put that on my list of music books to watch out for.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 15, 2017 20:24:21 GMT -5
Deep Single Diving-May 1967
With this installment, I'm caught up with those lovable losers-singles that couldn't crack the Top 100 but worthy of one more peak at the sunshine.
And we start off with the poster children of Deep Single Diving. The Robbs came out of Wisconsin and were the house band for the daytime TV rock show Where The Action Is, produced by Dick Clark. The Robbs supposedly hold the record of most singles released (5) and never having any break into the Top 100 during the 1960's. Here is one of their heroic efforts
The Left Banke had 2 hit singles in 1966, "Don't Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina"-both Top 20 hits. They had a distinctive sound, melodic and a classical baroque style. They never were able to duplicate their 1966 success
The Outsiders, from Cleveland Ohio, hit it big with their debut in 1966 "Time Won't Let Me" a #5 smash. Their next 3 singles that year also broke the Top 40, but each one peaked further and further away from the top. By 1967, none of their singles made the Top 100. Undeservedly since they incorporated horns that gave them their own style and still maintained a hard rock sound.
Can't resist posting this #129 "hit" from Bob Crewe based on the song title. This was the guy Hollywood films loved to hire to provide a "hip" musical score back in the late 1960's. After this, he scored the film Barbarella
King Richard's Fleugal Knights were responsible for this. Raise your hand if you have their album
Jonathan King had a hit in 1965-"Everyone's Gone To The Moon". This clip is giving me an acid flashback
The Music Machine and their Double Yellow Line. Fuzz Toned & Heavy
Jeff Beck-still to this day one of my favorite guitarists. He left The Yardbirds at this point and tried a solo single. He'll do a bit better next time, teamed up with Rod Stewart
The ShowStoppers were a Philly R&B group who did the original song which is now more identified with the J. Geils Band
Finally another single from the group soon to be known as Grand Funk Railroad
Must have got a bit carried away here with this Giant Sized edition of Deep Diving Singles. As much as I enjoy revisiting old favorites once a week, these more obscure treasures are so much fun to discover. We'll do it again later for June 1967
|
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Jun 16, 2017 3:13:01 GMT -5
Almost all of this latest round of obscurities are good, including the Fleugal Knights one.
Jeff Beck I've noticed is one of those guitar players that other famous guitar players often cite as their number one. I remember reading interviews with Brian May and Ritchie Blackmore, for example, in which they were asked who they rated and they both named Beck over Clapton and Page, the other two big names at the time (early 70s). What are his essential recordings, would fans say? I've listened to a fair bit, but I think I've still missed a few of his big ones - Wired, for instance.
|
|
Confessor
CCF Mod Squad
Not Bucky O'Hare!
Posts: 10,209 
|
Post by Confessor on Jun 16, 2017 6:33:33 GMT -5
I don't know offhand how it fared in the U.S., but Jeff Beck's "Hi Ho Silver Lining" was a colossal hit here in the U.K. (it was also issued in March 1967, not May, but maybe it was May in America). While it "only" reached #14 on the UK singles chart, it was a much, much more successful and ubiquitous record in '67 than that chart position might indicate.
Today, the song is still regularly played on British radio and heard at parties. I also know from personal experience that if you perform this song live in a bar, it will bring the house down and everybody, but everybody will sing along with the chorus. In fact, regardless of his reputation as a guitar great to those in the know, "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is really the only reason that the majority of the general public over here even know the name Jeff Beck. To most, he is simply the "Hi Ho Silver Lining bloke".
|
|
|
|
Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 16, 2017 9:58:53 GMT -5
I don't know offhand how it fared in the U.S., but Jeff Beck's "Hi Ho Silver Lining" was a colossal hit here in the U.K. (it was also issued in March 1967, not May, but maybe it was May in America). While it "only" reached #14 on the UK singles chart, it was a much, much more successful and ubiquitous record in '67 than that chart position might indicate. Today, the song is still regularly played on British radio and heard at parties. I also know from personal experience that if you perform this song live in a bar, it will bring the house down and everybody, but everybody will sing along with the chorus. In fact, regardless of his reputation as a guitar great to those in the know, "Hi Ho Silver Lining" is really the only reason that the majority of the general public over here even know the name Jeff Beck. To most, he is simply the "Hi Ho Silver Lining bloke". It's amazing at times about the difference between the British and American public in their reception of particular music. Yes, the American single of Jeff Beck's "Hi Ho Silver Lining" was not released until 2 months after the British version. This delay seems quite common during this time period (I wonder if American releases were significantly delayed in reverse). And yes, it was totally ignored by AM radio.The single never broke the Top 100. It probably got FM radio when it was released but not much after that) Having a decades spanning career, Jeff Beck has many phases and here are my favorites. Not saying authoritrily these were the best, just the ones I constantly played as they came out. Of course, his beginning with the Yardbirds and their album Roger The Engineer AKA Over Under Sideways DownFor the Jeff Beck Group, 1971's Rough and Ready was a fantastic, soulful album. I played side 1 with the songs Got The Feeling and Situation close to a hundred times Beck,Bogert & Appice-his 1973 one-off power trio hard rock album with former members of Cactus Blow By Blow-1975 and his first foray into fusion jazz Flash-1985's more commercial and MTV friendly All his albums have something to offer and he continues to record, looking much younger than his actual age and not mellowing like many other musicians do. he also guest starred on some great songs like Donovan's Barabajagel, Tina Turner's Private Dancer and more |
|
