Dion DiMucci had a very successful early career on the Laurie label , with hits such as “A Teenager In Love” (#5 on the charts) and “Where Or When” (#3) with backing by The Belmonts in 1959. As a solo, Laurie released “Runaround Sue” (#1) and “The Wanderer” (#2) in 1961. Dion left Laurie for Columbia and recorded the hit, “Ruby Baby (#2) in 1962. In 1968 after kicking a long drug abuse habit, Dion returned to Laurie to record “Abraham, Martin and John” in response to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy. The success of this song – later recorded by many others including Marvin Gaye – which reached # 4 in the US charts, resuscitated Dion’s career.AlexBrowne said:
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Country singer-songwriter Dickey Lee became known on the pop charts for his teen tragedy songs, most notably "Patches" in 1962 -- about lovers who drown themselves in a "dirty old river" -- and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" in 1965 -- about a girl who borrows a sweater after a dance and leaves it on the grave where she had been buried a year before (on her birthday, no less!); indeed, "strange things happen in this world" -- and in Dickey Lee songs!
Teen tragedy songs became very popular in the late 50s and early 60s, some of the more notable ones were: “Leader Of The Pack” by The Shangri-Las; “Teen Angel”, Mark Dinning; “Ebony Eyes”, The Everly Brothers; “Tell Laura I Love Her”, Ray Peterson; “Dead Man's Curve” by Jan & Dean; and “Tragedy”, Thomas Wayne. The ultimate song about a tragedy was “American Pie”, written and recorded by Don McLean in 1971. which referred in part to ‘The Day The Music Died’, that is: Feb. 3, 1959. The three losses of life on that date were indeed a tragedy for teens and music fans around the world.AlexBrowne said:Country singer-songwriter Dickey Lee became known on the pop charts for his teen tragedy songs, most notably "Patches" in 1962 -- about lovers who drown themselves in a "dirty old river" -- and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" in 1965 -- about a girl who borrows a sweater after a dance and leaves it on the grave where she had been buried a year before (on her birthday, no less!); indeed, "strange things happen in this world" -- and in Dickey Lee songs!
In an attempt to lighten the mood set by all those teen tragedy songs, The Detergents parodied The Shangri-Las' "Leader Of The Pack" with their 1964 recording "Leader Of The Laundromat"; one of the three Detergents was Ron Dante who later showed up as The Cuff Links (not a group at all, but Dante's overdubbed voice), the lead singer of the studio group The Archies, and the co-producer of Barry Manilow's 1970s hits.
The studio group that backed Dion on his Laurie/Columbia hits like "Drip Drop", "Lovers Who Wander", Donna (The Prima Donna), were the Del-Satins. They later teamed with Johnny Maestro, who's solo career floundered. Their new group, the Brooklyn Bridge, gave us "The Worst Tha Could Happen", and NY /Philly favorites "Blessed Is The rain" and "Welcome Me Love".
The professional career of Ritchie Valens lasted a period of eight months, during which time he recorded some of the most influential songs of the 1950s rock and roll era. A completely self-taught musician, Valens was an accomplished singer and guitarist. Valens was a pioneer of Chicano rock and Latin rock and was an inspiration to many musicians of Latino heritage, such as Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and Carlos Santana among countless others. His best known songs were “Come On, Let’s Go” (Del-Fi 4106, 1958) and a double-A side “Donna”/”La Bamba” (Del-Fi 4110, 1958). Valens perished along with Buddy Holly and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in the tragic plane crash outside Clear Lake, Iowa Feb 2, 1959, three months shy of his 18th birthday.amfmsw said:The studio group that backed Dion on his Laurie/Columbia hits like "Drip Drop", "Lovers Who Wander", Donna (The Prima Donna), were the Del-Satins. They later teamed with Johnny Maestro, who's solo career floundered. Their new group, the Brooklyn Bridge, gave us "The Worst Tha Could Happen", and NY /Philly favorites "Blessed Is The rain" and "Welcome Me Love"
The first Latino artist to have a #1 single in the rock era was Perez Prado, the Cuban bandleader who was known as "the King of the Mambo": his 1955 recording with his orchestra of "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White," led by Billy Regis' memorable trumpet solo, was also featured in the 1955 movie Underwater!; Prado's next hit, "Patricia," was also a #1 instrumental in 1958, and was updated in 1962 as "Patricia - Twist," but with much less success.
Herb Alpert began studying the trumpet at age 8. In the early 60s he formed Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass with great success. Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide. He is also famous for being a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert became top twenty hits, including "Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean, "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke, and "Alley-Oop" by Dante and The Evergreens.AlexBrowne said:The first Latino artist to have a #1 single in the rock era was Perez Prado, the Cuban bandleader who was known as "the King of the Mambo": his 1955 recording with his orchestra of "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White," led by Billy Regis' memorable trumpet solo, was also featured in the 1955 movie Underwater!; Prado's next hit, "Patricia," was also a #1 instrumental in 1958, and was updated in 1962 as "Patricia - Twist," but with much less success.
The Supremes, Motown's most successful girl group, had two amazing runs of #1 hits: five in a row in 1964-65 ("Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Come See About Me," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," and "Back In My Arms Again"), and then four in a row in 1966-67 ("You Can't Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone," and "The Happening"), and every one of them was written by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland!
The Chordettes was a female singing quartet first organized in 1946, usually singing a cappella in the barbershop style, and specializing in traditional pop music. Their biggest hit was "Mr. Sandman" in 1954. Other hits included "Eddie My Love", "Born to Be With You", "Lay Down Your Arms" in 1956, and "Just Between You and Me" in 1957. They also hit #2 in 1958 with "Lollipop”. They recorded on the Columbia and Cadence labels.amfmsw said:One of my all-time Philly Favorites (GO PHILLIES!!!), is Eddie Holland's "Leavin' Here".
"Lay Lady Lay," inspired by wife Sarah Lowndes, was one of Bob Dylan's biggest hits; released in 1969 on Dylan's country-oriented Nashville Skyline album, it was originally written to be used in the movie Midnight Cowboy, but was submitted too late to be included.
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The 1966 album "Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful" featured the song called "Nashville Cats," a song written in celebration of musicians in and around the Nashville, TN area.
The Righteous Brothers’ first major hit single was "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" on the Philles label in 1965. Produced by Phil Spector, it was one of the most successful pop singles of its time, despite exceeding the standard length for radio play. According to BMI, it remains the most played song in radio history, estimated to have been broadcast more than eight million times. A little known fact is that Spector used Cher (of Sonny & Cher fame) as a backup singer on this recording.Those RRRRs said:The 1966 album "Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful" featured the song called "Nashville Cats," a song written in celebration of musicians in and around the Nashville, TN area.
The Platters were the most successful group on the charts in the 1950s; with their smooth, distinctive sound, led by Tony Williams, they recorded the definitive versions of such standards as "My Prayer," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "The Great Pretender," "Twilight Time," "(You've Got) The Magic Touch," "Only You (And You Alone)," and "Harbor Lights."
Love the Brothers. Especially "For Once In My Life". The "Lovin Feelin" on Phillies was deceitful to dj's and programmers. Afraid the record wouldn't get airplay at that length (and probably wouldn't), the 45 listed the time of the song as 2:59. Still long by 1965 standards, the record was actually near 4 minutes long (3:45 I think). Mr. Spector refused to edit it. Thank you Mr. Spector!
The jocks who were backtiming to the top of hour news/feature were always late with "lovin Feelin". Couldn't understand why, till the stopwatches came out. But by then, the record had already been a hit, so it goes. My dj 45 has the printed time scratched out with a handwritten time and an explanation point.
The jocks who were backtiming to the top of hour news/feature were always late with "lovin Feelin". Couldn't understand why, till the stopwatches came out. But by then, the record had already been a hit, so it goes. My dj 45 has the printed time scratched out with a handwritten time and an explanation point.
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Bobb B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans recorded "Not Too Young To Get Married" on Phillies records, but that record is an example of one of those songs in which the title is slightly different than the lyric; the actual lyric of the song is "Not Too Young, Young To Get Married."
David Crosby had been with The Byrds, Stephen Stills had been with The Buffalo Springfield, Graham Nash had been with The Hollies, and together they formed Crosby, Stills & Nash, the super group that made it big in 1969 with "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"; that year, Neil Young, who had been with The Buffalo Springfield, joined up to make it a quartet, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they had success with "Woodstock," "Teach Your Children," "Ohio" (about the 1970 Kent State massacre), and "Our House."
Jerry Garcia (yes, that Jerry Garcia) played the memorable steel guitar riffs on the CSN&Y recording of "Teach Your Children". Jerry was self-taught on the steel and mastered it as he did the six string acoustic.AlexBrowne said:David Crosby had been with The Byrds, Stephen Stills had been with The Buffalo Springfield, Graham Nash had been with The Hollies, and together they formed Crosby, Stills & Nash, the super group that made it big in 1969 with "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"; that year, Neil Young, who had been with The Buffalo Springfield, joined up to make it a quartet, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they had success with "Woodstock," "Teach Your Children," "Ohio" (about the 1970 Kent State massacre), and "Our House."
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