Ray Price, the "Cherokee Cowboy," charted over 80 singles on Billboard's country chart from the mid-50s through the mid-70s; his biggest pop hit came in 1970, the Kris Kristofferson composition "For The Good Times" ("lay your head upon my pillow, hold your warm and tender body close to mine, hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window, and make believe you love me one more time -- for the good times"), which was also a #1 hit on the country chart.
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Lloyd Price developed the idea of combining the full sound of an orchestra with the rhythmic tempos of rhythm and blues. "Just Because" was released in January 1957 on the Kent label, and remained an active seller for more than six months. His first major success came with "Stagger Lee" in 1958 after he signed with ABC-Paramount. His success continued in 1959 with the issue of "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day,) followed by two million-selling singles, "Personality" and "I'm Going To Get Married."AlexBrowne said:Ray Price, the "Cherokee Cowboy," charted over 80 singles on Billboard's country chart from the mid-50s through the mid-70s; his biggest pop hit came in 1970, the Kris Kristofferson composition "For The Good Times" ("lay your head upon my pillow, hold your warm and tender body close to mine, hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window, and make believe you love me one more time -- for the good times"), which was also a #1 hit on the country chart.
In 1964, their first year of popularity in the U.S., the Dave Clark Five landed four songs in the Top 10, and their biggest hit was "Because" which peaked at #3 in late summer; but they had to wait until the following year for their only #1 record on the American charts, "Over And Over."
1964 was an exciting year for the Beatles and their fans. The Fab Four (as they came to be known) scored an impressive succession of #1 hits on the Hot 100 during the year. Fourteen weeks of consecutive #1 hits began the week of Feb 1 with “I Want To Hold Your Hand” (7 weeks), followed immediately by two weeks at the top spot with “She Loves You”. The next five weeks, beginning Apr 4 found “Can’t Buy Me Love” ruling the Hot 100 #1 position. This wasn’t the end for the Mop-Tops however, as “Love Me Do” topped the chart for one week in May, and then “A Hard Day’s Night” lingered at #1 for two weeks in August. To finish off the year, “I Feel Fine” was number one the week of Dec 26.AlexBrowne said:In 1964, their first year of popularity in the U.S., the Dave Clark Five landed four songs in the Top 10, and their biggest hit was "Because" which peaked at #3 in late summer; but they had to wait until the following year for their only #1 record on the American charts, "Over And Over."
'64 was certainly a fascinating time in American Pop Music history. The tragedy of November '63 played as a marker when music tastes changed from "dance" music and Foreign Language hits to the British Invasion and the West Coast sound. (Personal opinion...Dick Clark's move from Philly to LA was a HUGE influence in the Dance to Beach Boys change) That February through April saw the Beatlemania movement so intense, bidding wars for tape masters and distribution landed them on six different labels in the U.S. ; Capitol, Swan, Tollie, V-J, Atco, M-G-M. The next year, add United Artists.
The loser in all this, Decca, who turned them down. Parlophone "Mopped-up"
The loser in all this, Decca, who turned them down. Parlophone "Mopped-up"
Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a sub label of Atlantic Records as an outlet for acts that did not fit the format of Atlantic, which until 1968 was strictly blues, jazz, and R&B/soul. It also housed almost all of the company's non-African American artists (the main exception being The Young Rascals, who were considered a blue-eyed soul group.) The Atco name is simply an abbreviation of ATlantic COrporation.amfmsw said:'64 was certainly a fascinating time in American Pop Music history. The tragedy of November '63 played as a marker when music tastes changed from "dance" music and Foreign Language hits to the British Invasion and the West Coast sound. (Personal opinion...Dick Clark's move from Philly to LA was a HUGE influence in the Dance to Beach Boys change) That February through April saw the Beatlemania movement so intense, bidding wars for tape masters and distribution landed them on six different labels in the U.S. ; Capitol, Swan, Tollie, V-J, Atco, M-G-M. The next year, add United Artists.
The loser in all this, Decca, who turned them down. Parlophone "Mopped-up"
I have but one ATCO 45 in my collection, i.e., Nino Tempo & April Stevens’ “Deep Purple”/”I’ve Been Carrying A Torch For You So Long That I Burned A Great Big Hole In My Heart” (ATCO 45-6273). Funny thing, the short title plays 2:41 and the longer title only goes 2:36.
In 1964 Atco released a single in the USA by the Beatles, "Ain't She Sweet" (flip side "Nobody's Child," with lead singer Tony Sheridan), which had been recorded in Hamburg in 1961. With lead vocal by John Lennon, "Ain't She Sweet" reached #19 on the Billboard chart in August 1964. Atco also released an album entitled "Ain't She Sweet" which featured the other two tracks by Sheridan and the Beatles from the Hamburg session and filled out by eight other songs (Beatles and other British Invasion numbers) covered by the Swallows.
The Young Rascals really earned their "blue-eyed soul" credentials in 1966 with their first #1 hit, "Good Lovin'"; it's a cover of the 1965 single by the R&B group The Olympics, but unlike most remakes of R&B recordings by white groups, the Rascals' version, featuring Felix Cavaliere's showstopping organ break, Gene Cornish's driving guitar, and Dino Danelli's steady drumming, is better.
I have no solid proof, but it's been said often that Felix Cavaliere and Leslie Gore attended the same High School in Tenafly, NJ.
Living here in NJ, some locals like to claim that ATCO records, pressed in a nearby town, stood for ATlantic COunty, or ATCO, NJ!
(Home of racings' famous Atco Drag-a-way!!!!)
ATCO was a strange label talent wise. Yes, most of the acts were of the caucasion persuasion: Bobby Darin, Sonny & Cher, Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Blues Image. But it also boasted one of the all-time great R&B acts, The Coasters, and soul great Arthur Connely.
On the other end of the spectrum, Atlantic was releasing solid rock acts like Led Zeppelin and CSN&Y. I never understood their decisions to release whom on what, when and why.
Living here in NJ, some locals like to claim that ATCO records, pressed in a nearby town, stood for ATlantic COunty, or ATCO, NJ!
(Home of racings' famous Atco Drag-a-way!!!!)
ATCO was a strange label talent wise. Yes, most of the acts were of the caucasion persuasion: Bobby Darin, Sonny & Cher, Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Blues Image. But it also boasted one of the all-time great R&B acts, The Coasters, and soul great Arthur Connely.
On the other end of the spectrum, Atlantic was releasing solid rock acts like Led Zeppelin and CSN&Y. I never understood their decisions to release whom on what, when and why.
Bobby Freeman wrote and recorded the 1958 #5 hit, “Do You Want To Dance” (Josie 835) backed with “Big Fat Woman”. Later in the year he had a lesser hit with “Betty Lou Got A New Pair Of Shoes” (Josie 841). “C’Mon and Swim” on the Autumn label started a minor dance craze with the “Swim” in 1964; this dance tune also reached #5 on the charts and was his last major hit.amfmsw said:I have no solid proof, but it's been said often that Felix Cavaliere and Leslie Gore attended the same High School in Tenafly, NJ.
Living here in NJ, some locals like to claim that ATCO records, pressed in a nearby town, stood for ATlantic COunty, or ATCO, NJ!
(Home of racings' famous Atco Drag-a-way!!!!)
ATCO was a strange label talent wise. Yes, most of the acts were of the caucasion persuasion: Bobby Darin, Sonny & Cher, Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Blues Image. But it also boasted one of the all-time great R&B acts, The Coasters, and soul great Arthur Connely.
On the other end of the spectrum, Atlantic was releasing solid rock acts like Led Zeppelin and CSN&Y. I never understood their decisions to release whom on what, when and why.
Major Lance was the last hurrah for the legendary R&B O-keh label. His "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" was as infectious a melody as the title was a curiosity begging to get auditioned as stations everywhere. His "Monkey Time" (listen to it again) was cutting edge for '63, and could have easily been a hit 5-7 years later and charted right along side Mel & Tim's "Backfield In Motion", or Gene Chandler's "Groovy Situation", Capitol's "Cool Jerk", Bob Kuban & The In-men's "The Cheater".
"Time Is On My Side," is so closely associated with The Rolling Stones -- it was the song they performed during their first apparance on The Ed Sullivan Show -- that it's hard to believe it wasn't written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (actual writer: Jerry Ragovoy under the pseudonym Norman Meade), and was originally recorded as an instrumental by jazz trombonist Kai Winding (!) and then by R&B singer Irma Thomas before the Stones made it their first Top 10 hit in 1964.
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Rufus THOMAS was a Memphis DJ, father of Carla Thomas, and recorded "Walking the Dog". Maybe the first pop music singer to appear on stage in shorts predating various "geek" bands of the 80's.
Memphis, Tennessee, the home of world famous Sun Studios and of course, Beale Street.MsMusicRadio said:Rufus THOMAS was a Memphis DJ, father of Carla Thomas, and recorded "Walking the Dog". Maybe the first pop music singer to appear on stage in shorts predating various "geek" bands of the 80's.
Chuck Berry wrote and recorded the song, “Memphis, Tennessee”, released as the flip side on a CHESS single (#1729) in 1959. The A side was “Back in the USA”. Johnny Rivers covered the tune with a shortened title in 1964. “Memphis” reached #2 on the charts. A cover by the Bluegrass duo, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, was included in their “Town And Country” album, I’ve forgotten the year.
In their 1968 song "Back In The U.S.S.R.," the first cut on their so-called White Album, The Beatles manage to pay tribute not only to Chuck Berry's "Back In The U.S.A.," but also The Beach Boys' "California Girls" and the Hoagy Carmichael standard "Georgia On My Mind"; the recording, released as a single in the U.K. but not here, does not feature Ringo Starr, who walked out on the band after an argument (the three other multi-talented Beatles laid down the drum tracks).
Who remembers “Her Nibs”, Miss Georgia Gibbs, a pop singer from the 1950s, and her delightful hits of, "If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked A Cake" (number 5 pop), "Kiss Of Fire", "Seven Lonely Days" (number 5 pop 1953). Her covers of LaVerne Baker’s “Tweedle Dee” and Etta James’ “Dance With Me Henry” kept her in the limelight through 1956.AlexBrowne said:In their 1968 song "Back In The U.S.S.R.," the first cut on their so-called White Album, The Beatles manage to pay tribute not only to Chuck Berry's "Back In The U.S.A.," but also The Beach Boys' "California Girls" and the Hoagy Carmichael standard "Georgia On My Mind"; the recording, released as a single in the U.K. but not here, does not feature Ringo Starr, who walked out on the band after an argument (the three other multi-talented Beatles laid down the drum tracks).
Mississippi-born RCA Victor recording artist Charley Pride is arguably the most successful African-American country star; discovered by Red Sovine in 1963, he charted 29 #1 country singles, the biggest, "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" from 1972.
Kris Kristofferson, writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician, is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, but he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene.AlexBrowne said:Mississippi-born RCA Victor recording artist Charley Pride is arguably the most successful African-American country star; discovered by Red Sovine in 1963, he charted 29 #1 country singles, the biggest, "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" from 1972.
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
Well, I woke up Sunday mornin’
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
An' I washed my face, combed my hair
An' stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
I'd smoked my brain the night before
On cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Cussin' at a can that he was kicking
Then I crossed the empty street
An' caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin'
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way
On the Sunday mornin’ sidewalk
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
Makes a body feel alone
When I saw Jay & The Americans in concert this summer in Milwaukee, one of the songs they performed was their 1965 Top 20 single "Sunday And Me"; it's not one of their best records (in my humble opinion), but it is notable because it was Neil Diamond's first major hit as a songwriter.
"Americans" was a top 5 hit for Byron MacGragor. Bryon was News Director for "Big * News" at CKLW, Windsor-Detroit. It was a spoken word editorial written by Gordon Sinclair at CFRB Toronto. Funny how the world again mocks the US even when our critics ask for oue taxpayer help when need strikes.
It was also recorded by Tex Ritter and Mr. Sinclair himself, but MacGregor's version went to #4, no doubut aided by airplay on the massive nightime signal of CKLW.
It was also recorded by Tex Ritter and Mr. Sinclair himself, but MacGregor's version went to #4, no doubut aided by airplay on the massive nightime signal of CKLW.
Your mention of “spoken word” reminded me of the classic comic routines of Stan Freburg. Over fifty years ago (February 1951, to be exact), Stan Freberg issued a recording of his most famous comic routine, "John And Marsha." The entire record consists of the words "John" and "Marsha" repeated in different voices and inflections, to tell the story of their romance from its beginning through old age. According to Stan's autobiography, Capitol executives originally did not understand this record and weren't going to release it until a test audience showed a strong reaction to it. The recording eventually charted at #21.amfmsw said:"Americans" was a top 5 hit for Byron MacGragor. Bryon was News Director for "Big * News" at CKLW, Windsor-Detroit. It was a spoken word editorial written by Gordon Sinclair at CFRB Toronto. Funny how the world again mocks the US even when our critics ask for oue taxpayer help when need strikes.
It was also recorded by Tex Ritter and Mr. Sinclair himself, but MacGregor's version went to #4, no doubut aided by airplay on the massive nightime signal of CKLW.
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