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Mickey (of Mickey & Sylvia) Has Died

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Thomps2525

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Cleve Duncan of the Penguins died...then Earl Carroll of the Cadillacs...and now Mickey Baker of Mickey & Sylvia. November has been a sad month for those of us who love the music of the '50s. At least we still have their recordings.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...957940-3a3e-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html

Among the songs that Mickey played guitar on:

Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker
Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker
Smokey Joe’s Cafe - Robins
Shake Rattle & Roll - Joe Turner
and of course Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia

Not too shabby!
 
Rest in Peace Mickey....Just love that song, "Love Is Strange" from 1957.

I wonder what they thought about Pitbull's "Back In Time" (which has a repeated sample throughout the song).
 
TheFonz said:
deltas69 said:
was "Love is Strange" re-released in the mid 60's ?? for some reason I didn't think it was a a fifties song ??
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Peaches & Herb had a Top 20 hit with it in 1967.
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Paul McCartney & Wings also covered it in 1971. I remember it getting quite a bit of airplay in Indianapolis, but I don't think they ever released it as a single.

It was first recorded (but not released) by Bo Diddley in May 1956, a few months before Mickey & Sylvia had their hit.
 
deltas69---and be sure to say hello to your father, deltas68---In 1965 the Everly Brothers managed to get to #128 on the Bubbling Under chart with a version of Love Is Strange. The song was obviously not meant to be a duet by two men. There were four other 1960s versions of Love Is Strange: Chubby Checker & DeeDee Sharp, Betty Everett & Jerry Butler, Dale & Grace, and Caesar & Cleo (who would become better known as Sonny & Cher). In 1957 Buddy Holly recorded a cover version but it wasn't released until long after his death. There was also a version by Luther & Little Eva (King #5010, for you record collectors). Donnie Elbert recorded the song in 1974. A version by Buck Owens and Susan Raye got to #20 on the country chart in summer of 1975, and country singer K.T. Oslin recorded it in 1990. Whew!
 
Here is a 1966 clip of Mickey Baker sitting atop a piano and playing a guitar while a few people dance. Unfortunately the cameraman spends most of his time showing the dancers instead of Mickey. And did we really dance that way in the '60s? Yikes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcyLFFp9eak
 
RIP Mickey Baker...from another Louisvillian! Everytime I play "Shake, Rattle and Roll" I listen for you filling behind Sam "The Man" Taylor's sax break.
 
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