Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, the British band Deep Purple is considered a pioneer of heavy-metal rock music; the group, which has gone through many personnel changes over the years and was once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's loudest band," is best known for its two hits, which both peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100: in 1968, "Hush," written by Joe South, and in 1973, "Smoke On The Water," inspired by the burning of the Montreaux Casino in 1971 during a Frank Zappa show which Deep Purple opened.
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Deep Purple also did a great cover version of the Neil Diamond penned and performed, "Kentucky Woman".
"The Purple People Eater" was a novelty song, written and performed by Sheb Wooley, that reached #1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958.RememberWHEN said:Deep Purple also did a great cover version of the Neil Diamond penned and performed, "Kentucky Woman".
“Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
I like short shorts
Flyin' little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)”
The song has remained popular for over forty years, and sold over one hundred million copies.
Trivia: Sheb Wooley played the role of Pete Nolan on the TV series “Rawhide”, from 1959 to 1965.
Short shorts, which first became popular among American teenagers in the mid-1950s, were just that: shorts that were shorter than the Bermuda shorts which were then worn by older adults; they were immortalized in the 1958 record "Short Shorts" by the Royal Teens, a quartet from New Jersey which included future 4 Seasons keyboardist/songwriter Bob Gaudio.
"Randy" Newman, Academy Award-winning songwriter, arranger, composer, singer and pianist, is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. In the mid-1960s, Newman was briefly a member of the band The Tikis, who later became Harpers Bizarre. His 1968 debut album, Randy Newman, was a critical success but never dented the Billboard Top 200. In 1971 the album Randy Newman Live cemented his cult following and became his first LP to appear in the Billboard charts, at #191. Little Criminals (1977) contained the surprise hit "Short People", which became a subject of controversy, as Newman's ironic depiction of bigotry aimed at the short was taken literally by some listeners. Both the album and the single stand as the best-selling of his career. In 1978, legislation was introduced to make playing the song on the radio illegal in Maryland, though the bill failed to pass.AlexBrowne said:Short shorts, which first became popular among American teenagers in the mid-1950s, were just that: shorts that were shorter than the Bermuda shorts which were then worn by older adults; they were immortalized in the 1958 record "Short Shorts" by the Royal Teens, a quartet from New Jersey which included future 4 Seasons keyboardist/songwriter Bob Gaudio.
Thunderclap Newman was a one-hit wonder band, a British rock trio assembled by The Who's lead guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend, whose only charted single, "Something In The Air," was included in the 1969 film The Magic Christian (along with a rocking score from Badfinger).
"Magic Bus" is one of The Who's most popular songs. Written by Pete Townshend, it was released in 1968 and has been a concert staple for the group. Some versions appear to be using the bus as a metaphor for drugs. One of its most legendary performances can be heard on Live at Leeds. This version stretches out to nearly eight minutes, complete with Roger Daltrey playing harmonica and Townshend performing a funky Bo Diddley riff.AlexBrowne said:Thunderclap Newman was a one-hit wonder band, a British rock trio assembled by The Who's lead guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend, whose only charted single, "Something In The Air," was included in the 1969 film The Magic Christian (along with a rocking score from Badfinger).
Although they were first formed in Manchester, England, in 1962 and had released several records in the U.S. in 1964 and 1965, The Hollies' breakthrough single didn't come until 1966: it was "Bus Stop," their first Top 30 recording (it peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100) and their biggest hit in the 1960s; it wasn't until 1972 that the band topped it with "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)," their first million seller, which peaked at #2.
"Stop! In the Name of Love" recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label was a #1 single on the Billboard Top 100 in 1965. It was the fourth of five Supremes songs in a row to go #1, the others are "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", and "Back in My Arms Again".AlexBrowne said:Although they were first formed in Manchester, England, in 1962 and had released several records in the U.S. in 1964 and 1965, The Hollies' breakthrough single didn't come until 1966: it was "Bus Stop," their first Top 30 recording (it peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100) and their biggest hit in the 1960s; it wasn't until 1972 that the band topped it with "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)," their first million seller, which peaked at #2.
"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enortis Johnson and Richard Penniman (aka "Little Richard"), recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. The backing was provided by the house top session men: Edgard Blanchard (guitar), Frank Fields (bass), Lee Allen (tenor sax), Alvin "Red" Tyler (baritone sax) and Earl Palmer (drums), plus Little Richard on vocals and piano.amfmsw said:It's funny, every one of those song's B Sides were hits as well in Philly.
Another Philly do-wop favorite made popular b y The Geator is "Long Tall Girl" by the Carnations.
The music was a fast up tempo number with Little Richard's hammering, boogie piano. Richard plays staccato eighth notes while Palmer plays a fast shuffle. The shuffle was the most common rhythm and blues beat; Richard added the eighth notes, much less common in that time, although now standard for rock music. Together this created an ambiguity in the ride rhythm - known to musicians as "playing in the crack" - that came to characterize New Orleans rock and roll.
Some of the most mysterious lyrics recorded during the Oldies Era are those found in the 1963 single "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by one-hit wonder The Jaynetts, an R&B girl group from the Bronx: Sally's friends tell her not to go downtown where she we will find "the saddest thing in the whole wide world," her baby with another girl -- but what exactly is the story about that "baby," and what is Sally's secret (the secret which the roses won't tell) anyway?
Very strange song. History & lyrics: http://www.history-of-rock.com/jaynetts.htm
The Ronettes began their recording career with the Colpix label, and working as backing singers for Bobby Rydell, Del Shannon, and Joey Dee, but had little early commercial success as a group. Phil Spector signed The Ronettes to his Philles label in 1963, and as Spector's new protégées, they were given a strong image as "bad girls", with beehive hair, heavy eyeliner and tight skirts. Their first Philles single was "Be My Baby", a # 2 hit on the US pop chart and # 4 R&B. Their follow-up, "Baby, I Love You", featuring Leon Russell on piano, and backing vocals from Darlene Love and Cher, wasn’t as successful, it only reached # 24 pop.AlexBrowne said:Some of the most mysterious lyrics recorded during the Oldies Era are those found in the 1963 single "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by one-hit wonder The Jaynetts, an R&B girl group from the Bronx: Sally's friends tell her not to go downtown where she we will find "the saddest thing in the whole wide world," her baby with another girl -- but what exactly is the story about that "baby," and what is Sally's secret (the secret which the roses won't tell) anyway?
Canadian pop singer/songwriter Andy Joachim recorded professionally as Andy Kim, and had success with covers of two Ronettes records, "Baby, I Love You" in 1969 and "Be My Baby" in 1970, but his biggest hit was his million-selling #1 single "Rock Me Gently" in 1974; he also co-wrote, with Jeff Barry, the huge 1969 bubblegum hit, "Sugar, Sugar," by the studio group known as The Archies.
The McGuire Sisters (Christine, Dorothy, and Phyllis) began singing together when Phyllis was only 4 years old. They sang at church services, for weddings, funerals and other local events as young girls. Arthur Godfrey hired them in 1952 for his TV shows due to their diverse repertoire and their impeccable harmony. “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight,” became their first top 10 hit (#7) in the summer of 1954, and in 1955 they scored their first #1 with a cover of the Moonglows’ classic “Sincerely”. Numerous other hits followed, with “Sugartime” b/w “Banana Split” (Coral 61924) hitting #1 in Feb 1958. They performed for five Presidents of the United States (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush), and for Queen Elizabeth II, as well as appearing on many top television shows. The McGuire Sisters, and most especially Phyllis McGuire, were the subjects of a 1995 HBO movie called Sugartime, which depicted Phyllis' relationship with mobster Sam Giancana.AlexBrowne said:Canadian pop singer/songwriter Andy Joachim recorded professionally as Andy Kim, and had success with covers of two Ronettes records, "Baby, I Love You" in 1969 and "Be My Baby" in 1970, but his biggest hit was his million-selling #1 single "Rock Me Gently" in 1974; he also co-wrote, with Jeff Barry, the huge 1969 bubblegum hit, "Sugar, Sugar," by the studio group known as The Archies.
From 1965-1974, Dean Martin had one of the top (and funniest) variety programs on TV, emerging successfully from the breakup of the comedy team he had formed with Jerry Lewis since 1946; Martin, born Dino Crocetti, also had his share of pop hits, most notably three million-sellers: "That's Amore," from the movie The Caddy in 1953, "Memories Are Made Of This" in 1955, and "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1964.
"The Song from Moulin Rouge" (also known as "Where Is Your Heart") is a popular song from the 1952 movie, Moulin Rouge. The most popular version of the song was done by Percy Faith's Orchestra, with a vocal by Felicia Sanders (Columbia 39944, Jan 1953). It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 28, 1953 and lasted 24 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.AlexBrowne said:From 1965-1974, Dean Martin had one of the top (and funniest) variety programs on TV, emerging successfully from the breakup of the comedy team he had formed with Jerry Lewis since 1946; Martin, born Dino Crocetti, also had his share of pop hits, most notably three million-sellers: "That's Amore," from the movie The Caddy in 1953, "Memories Are Made Of This" in 1955, and "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1964.
Although he had 14 charted singles from 1966-1974, Percy Sledge is best known for his first and only #1 pop and R&B hit, "When A Man Loves A Woman," which was inspired when Sledge's girlfriend left him for a modeling career after he was laid off from a construction job; the anguished, soulful song, produced by Quin Ivy and Marlin Greene, was Atlantic Records' first gold record (Atlantic 2326), and charted again in the U.K. in the '80s after it was used in a Levi's commercial.
Vincent Eugene Craddock, recording on the Capitol label as Gene Vincent and His Bluecaps recorded “Woman Love” b/w "Be-Bop-A-Lula" in 1956. The A side was relegated to little air play due to it’s suggestive lyrics and Gene’s sexy and impassioned vocal delivery; while the B side went on to became a huge hit (peaking at #7 and spending 20 weeks in the Billboard Pop Chart). Vincent was the first inductee into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame upon its formation in 1997. The following year he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.AlexBrowne said:Although he had 14 charted singles from 1966-1974, Percy Sledge is best known for his first and only #1 pop and R&B hit, "When A Man Loves A Woman," which was inspired when Sledge's girlfriend left him for a modeling career after he was laid off from a construction job; the anguished, soulful song, produced by Quin Ivy and Marlin Greene, was Atlantic Records' first gold record (Atlantic 2326), and charted again in the U.K. in the '80s after it was used in a Levi's commercial.
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