The Latineers formed as a vocal group in Philly in 1956, and spent their first four years performing on Philadelphia’s club circuit. In 1960, with a new lead vocalist, they changed their name to the Tymes. They had a #1 hit in the U.S. in 1963 with “So Much In Love” (#21 in the U.K.), and a Top Ten hit with “Wonderful, Wonderful”. The group was very popular in the U.K., having had a #1 there with “Ms. Grace” in 1974.amfmsw said:
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Jefferson Airplane really "took off" after Grace Slick joined the group in 1966 as vocalist, replacing Signe Anderson: their first hit, "Somebody To Love," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, had been originally recorded a year before by Slick and her previous group, the Great Society; it was followed quickly by another top 10 success for Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit."
The Paris Sisters began singing at early age after being trained by their opera singing mother. In 1954-'55 they recorded pop singles like "ooh La La" and "Huckleberry Pie" for Decca. Soon thereafter, The Paris Sisters found themselves in Las Vegas working as a lounge act from midnight to seven in the morning at the ages of nine (Priscilla), ten (Albeth), and fifteen (Sherell). Wigs, padded bras and hips, lots of makeup, and false eyelashes hid their youth with the help of their dad's ability to revise their birth certificates, since he worked at the hospital where they were born. They sang at the Dunes with Frank Sinatra and the Frontier with a young Elvis Presley. Recordings on the Imperial label went nowhere, and their first recording on the Gregmark label was also unsuccessful. Their second recording for Gregmark, a Barry Mann/Larry Kolber ballad entitled "I Love How You Love Me", produced by Phil Spector with Pricilla on lead and the girl's hypnotic harmony, rose to number five in October 1961.AlexBrowne said:Jefferson Airplane really "took off" after Grace Slick joined the group in 1966 as vocalist, replacing Signe Anderson: their first hit, "Somebody To Love," which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, had been originally recorded a year before by Slick and her previous group, the Great Society; it was followed quickly by another top 10 success for Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit."
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day, when the talk of the town in Carroll Country was the death of Billie Joe MacAllister, who may have jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge; Brother wanted another piece of apple pie as the family discussed Brother Taylor's observation that a girl was seen with Billie Joe up on Choctaw Ridge -- proof, as we learn in Bobbie Gentry's 1967 #1 hit, "Ode To Billie Joe," that "nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge...."
"A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-whop-bam-boom!" was the start of a rapid succession of Little Richard hit songs, characterized by a driving piano, boogie-woogie bass, funky saxophone arrangements, and screams before sax solos performed by Lee Allen, such as "Long Tall Sally", "Lucille", "Rip It Up", "The Girl Can't Help It", "Slippin' and Slidin'", "Jenny, Jenny", "Good Golly, Miss Molly", and "Keep A-Knockin'". Little Richard had minor hits in the 1960s and 1970s, although not with the greater success of his 1950s recordings. In 1963, Little Richard toured Europe with a then-unknown band by the name of The Rolling Stones. In 1964, he brought a fledgling Jimi Hendrix into his band. In 1966, Hendrix was quoted as saying, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."AlexBrowne said:It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day, when the talk of the town in Carroll Country was the death of Billie Joe MacAllister, who may have jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge; Brother wanted another piece of apple pie as the family discussed Brother Taylor's observation that a girl was seen with Billie Joe up on Choctaw Ridge -- proof, as we learn in Bobbie Gentry's 1967 #1 hit, "Ode To Billie Joe," that "nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge...."
Johnny Rivers started a string of Top 10 successes with his very first hit, "Memphis," in 1964, and it continued for the next three years with "Mountain Of Love" in 1964; "Seventh Son" in 1965; "Secret Agent Man" and "Poor Side Of Town" in 1966; and "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" and "The Tracks Of My Tears" in 1967; but although he continued to release singles, it was five years before he landed another in the Top 10: "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu" in 1972.
Saw Johnny Rivers in concert at Milwaukee's Summerfest a couple of years ago, amfmsw, and he was terrific.
A number of pop artists recorded single versions of songs from the Broadway rock musical Hair, including The Cowsills ("Hair"), Three Dog Night ("Easy To Be Hard"), The Happenings ("Where Do I Go/Be-In/Hare Krishna"), and Oliver ("Good Morning Starshine"), but the group with the most success was The 5th Dimension with their biggest hit "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)."
A number of pop artists recorded single versions of songs from the Broadway rock musical Hair, including The Cowsills ("Hair"), Three Dog Night ("Easy To Be Hard"), The Happenings ("Where Do I Go/Be-In/Hare Krishna"), and Oliver ("Good Morning Starshine"), but the group with the most success was The 5th Dimension with their biggest hit "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)."
Although she remained a revered concert attraction until her death in 1969, Judy Garland did not have a single recording chart in the rock era; her trademark movie hits bookended her recording career, her first hit "Over The Rainbow" (from The Wizard of Oz) in 1939 and her last hit "The Man That Got Away" (from A Star Is Born) in 1954; in-between, there were these other Top 10 hits: "I'm Nobody's Baby" (1940), "For Me And My Gal" (with Gene Kelly, 1942), "The Trolley Song" (1944), "Yah-Ta-Ta Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)" (with Bing Crosby, 1945), and "On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe" (1945).
Eartha Kitt, an American actress, singer, and cabaret star, is best known for her role as Catwoman in the 1960s TV series Batman, and for her 1953 Christmas song "Santa Baby." A talented singer with a distinctive voice, her hits include "Let's Do It", "C'est si bon", "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Love for Sale", "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Uska Dara", "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris", and her most recognizable hit, "Santa Baby." Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. Orson Welles once called her "the most exciting woman in the world."AlexBrowne said:Although she remained a revered concert attraction until her death in 1969, Judy Garland did not have a single recording chart in the rock era; her trademark movie hits bookended her recording career, her first hit "Over The Rainbow" (from The Wizard of Oz) in 1939 and her last hit "The Man That Got Away" (from A Star Is Born) in 1954; in-between, there were these other Top 10 hits: "I'm Nobody's Baby" (1940), "For Me And My Gal" (with Gene Kelly, 1942), "The Trolley Song" (1944), "Yah-Ta-Ta Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)" (with Bing Crosby, 1945), and "On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe" (1945).
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass charted with a number of instrumental versions of movie and Broadway title songs: from movies there were "Zorba The Greek" (1965), "Casino Royale" and "The Happening" (1967), and "Last Tango In Paris" (1973); from Broadway there were "Taste Of Honey" (1965), "Mame" (1966), and "Cabaret" (1968).
Floyd Cramer, American Hall of Fame pianist, was one of the architects of the "Nashville Sound". In 1952, he made his way to Nashville at a time when the use of piano accompanists in country music was growing in popularity and before long, Cramer would become one of the busiest studio musicians in the industry, playing piano for stars such as Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, The Browns, Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, the Everly Brothers, and many others. It is Cramer's piano that is heard, for example, on Presley's first national hit, "Heartbreak Hotel". Cramer remained a virtual unknown to anyone but music industry insiders until he recorded a 45 rpm single in 1960 called "Last Date", an instrumental featuring a relatively new concept for piano playing known as the "slip note" style. The record went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. By the mid-1960s, Cramer had become a respected performer, making numerous record albums and touring and performing with Chet Atkins and Boots Randolph as a member of the Million Dollar Band.AlexBrowne said:Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass charted with a number of instrumental versions of movie and Broadway title songs: from movies there were "Zorba The Greek" (1965), "Casino Royale" and "The Happening" (1967), and "Last Tango In Paris" (1973); from Broadway there were "Taste Of Honey" (1965), "Mame" (1966), and "Cabaret" (1968).
In the mid-1970s, two legendary guitarists, Chet Atkins and Les Paul, teamed up on the album Chester & Lester, which won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 1976, and the duo followed it up with Guitar Monsters in 1978; Atkins died in 2001, but Paul is still going strong: in addition to his weekly Monday night gig at the Iridium Club in Manhattan, he came home to Milwaukee this past Saturday to perform a sold-out and splendid 93rd birthday concert at the city's historic Pabst Theater and cut the ribbon for the new "Les Paul's House of Sound" exhibit at Discovery World (Paul is from Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb).
Les Paul is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible." Paul was dissatisfied with the electric guitars that were sold in the mid 1930s and began experimenting with a few designs of his own. In 1941, Paul designed and built one of the first solid-body electric guitars (though Leo Fender and Adolph Rickenbacher had individually developed and marketed a solid-body guitar in the 30s). His solid-body design solved his two main problems: feedback, as the acoustic body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and sustain, as the energy of the strings was not dissipated in generating sound through the guitar body. Gibson Guitar Corporation designed a guitar incorporating Paul's suggestions in the early fifties, and he was impressed enough to sign a contract for what became the "Les Paul" model. To this day, the Gibson Les Paul guitar is used all over the world, by both novice and professional guitarists.AlexBrowne said:In the mid-1970s, two legendary guitarists, Chet Atkins and Les Paul, teamed up on the album Chester & Lester, which won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 1976, and the duo followed it up with Guitar Monsters in 1978; Atkins died in 2001, but Paul is still going strong: in addition to his weekly Monday night gig at the Iridium Club in Manhattan, he came home to Milwaukee this past Saturday to perform a sold-out and splendid 93rd birthday concert at the city's historic Pabst Theater and cut the ribbon for the new "Les Paul's House of Sound" exhibit at Discovery World (Paul is from Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb).
His many recording innovations include overdubbing, delay effects such as "sound on sound" and tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording.
Paul was hurt in a near-fatal car accident in 1948. After the crash, doctors told Paul that they'd have to set his (right) arm such that he would not be able to bend it again. He had them position his arm at a ninety degree angle so he could still play guitar.
In the early 1950s, Paul made a number of revolutionary recordings with his wife, Mary Ford. The couple's hits included "How High the Moon", "Bye Bye Blues", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise", and "Vaya Con Dios". These songs featured Mary harmonizing with herself, giving the vocals a very novel sound.
If you're interested in Les Paul's 93rd birthday concert last weekend in Milwaukee, here's a link to the review from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=764817
Mary Wilson was the only member of The Supremes who remained in the group from the time it was formed in 1959 as The Primettes until it disbanded in 1977, and while she traded lead vocals in the very early years, by 1963 Diana Ross had become the official lead and the group's period of great success had begun; after 1977, Wilson launched a solo career and in 1986 released her bestselling first autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme (the title was taken from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, loosely based on the story of The Supremes).
Mary Wilson was the only member of The Supremes who remained in the group from the time it was formed in 1959 as The Primettes until it disbanded in 1977, and while she traded lead vocals in the very early years, by 1963 Diana Ross had become the official lead and the group's period of great success had begun; after 1977, Wilson launched a solo career and in 1986 released her bestselling first autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme (the title was taken from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, loosely based on the story of The Supremes).
Thanks Alex, I'll check it out. BTW, did you atend this concert? I wish that I could have.AlexBrowne said:If you're interested in Les Paul's 93rd birthday concert last weekend in Milwaukee, here's a link to the review from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=764817
Jackie Wilson began singing at an early age. In his early teens Jackie formed a quartet, the Ever Ready Gospel Singers Group, which became a popular feature of churches in the area. Jackie wasn't religious, he just loved to sing and the cash came in handy for the cheap wine which he drank from the age of nine (seemingly following in his alcoholic father’s footsteps). He successfully auditioned for Billy Ward's Dominoes in 1953 and eventually replaced Clyde McPhatter when McPhatter left the group to form the Drifters. In 1957 Wilson left the Dominoes for a solo career. Wilson had major pop and R&B smash hits with "To Be Loved", "That's Why", "I'll Be Satisfied", and his #1 R&B and pop classic "Lonely Teardrops".AlexBrowne said:Mary Wilson was the only member of The Supremes who remained in the group from the time it was formed in 1959 as The Primettes until it disbanded in 1977, and while she traded lead vocals in the very early years, by 1963 Diana Ross had become the official lead and the group's period of great success had begun; after 1977, Wilson launched a solo career and in 1986 released her bestselling first autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme (the title was taken from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, loosely based on the story of The Supremes).
Yes, GLB, I did attend the concert, and it was great. My "day job" is manager of a TV station, and we taped the concert for broadcast and possible national release -- so maybe you'll get to see it after all!Thanks Alex, I'll check it out. BTW, did you atend this concert? I wish that I could have.
Jerry Lee Lewis' biggest hits were bunched in 1957-58 -- "Great Balls Of Fire," "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," and "Breathless" -- but the Louisiana native continued to release singles, first on Sun, then on Smash, and finally on Mercury, through the 1970s with his 1973 revival of Stick McGhee's 1949 R&B classic "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee."
I envy you, Alex. Les Paul is a living legend as a guitarist and in audio recording and you are indeed fortunate to have had the opportunity to enjoy his magical genius on the six strings. Please keep us posted (if and when) this concert goes national. (Or on DVD)AlexBrowne said:Yes, GLB, I did attend the concert, and it was great. My "day job" is manager of a TV station, and we taped the concert for broadcast and possible national release -- so maybe you'll get to see it after all!Thanks Alex, I'll check it out. BTW, did you atend this concert? I wish that I could have.
"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name. (The film was selected as one of American Film Institute's best 400 films.) The music was written by Henry Mancini, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Mancini and Mercer received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work. The best-known recording of the song was by Andy Williams in 1963 (Columbia 42674), and was the featured track of an album by Williams of the same name, which was a #1-charting album on the Billboard album charts. Henry Mancini's version was also recorded for RCA Victor (47-8120), reaching #33 pop and #10 easy listening. On the Cash Box charts, where all singles were combined together, the song reached a peak position of #30 in May 1963, and it was listed by Chartmasters as one of the Top 100 songs of 1963.AlexBrowne said:Jerry Lee Lewis' biggest hits were bunched in 1957-58 -- "Great Balls Of Fire," "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," and "Breathless" -- but the Louisiana native continued to release singles, first on Sun, then on Smash, and finally on Mercury, through the 1970s with his 1973 revival of Stick McGhee's 1949 R&B classic "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee."
Although the great lyricst Johnny Mercer (1909-1966) -- who also founded Capitol Records in 1942, and had four #1 hits himself as a vocalist ("Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive," "Candy" with Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers, and "On The Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe," all in 1945; and "Personality" in 1946) -- is not typically associated with the rock era, there were a number of familiar songs he wrote that charted after 1955, including:
- "And The Angels Sing" by The Three Chuckles (1956)
- "Autumn Leaves" by Mitch Miller & his Orch. and Chorus and by the Ray Charles Singers (both in 1955)
- "Come Rain Or Come Shine" by Ray Charles (1960, reissued in 1968)
- "Days Of Wine And Roses" by Andy Williams and by Henry Mancini And His Orchestra (both in 1963)
- "Dream" by Betty Johnson (1958), Etta James (1961), and Dinah Washington (1962)
- "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)" by Brook Benton (1960), Etta James (1962), and Rick Nelson (1963)
- "Goody Goody" by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (1957)
- "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield (1962)
- "I Wanna Be Around" by Tony Bennett (1963)
- "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" by Tony Bennett (1957)
- "Something's Gotta Give" by The McGuire Sisters and by Sammy Davis Jr. (both in 1955)
- "Summer Wind" by Wayne Newton (1965) and Frank Sinatra (1966)
- "That Old Black Magic" by Sammy Davis Jr. (1955), Louis Prima And Keely Smith (1958), and Bobby Rydell (1961)
- "And The Angels Sing" by The Three Chuckles (1956)
- "Autumn Leaves" by Mitch Miller & his Orch. and Chorus and by the Ray Charles Singers (both in 1955)
- "Come Rain Or Come Shine" by Ray Charles (1960, reissued in 1968)
- "Days Of Wine And Roses" by Andy Williams and by Henry Mancini And His Orchestra (both in 1963)
- "Dream" by Betty Johnson (1958), Etta James (1961), and Dinah Washington (1962)
- "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)" by Brook Benton (1960), Etta James (1962), and Rick Nelson (1963)
- "Goody Goody" by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (1957)
- "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield (1962)
- "I Wanna Be Around" by Tony Bennett (1963)
- "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" by Tony Bennett (1957)
- "Something's Gotta Give" by The McGuire Sisters and by Sammy Davis Jr. (both in 1955)
- "Summer Wind" by Wayne Newton (1965) and Frank Sinatra (1966)
- "That Old Black Magic" by Sammy Davis Jr. (1955), Louis Prima And Keely Smith (1958), and Bobby Rydell (1961)
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