What's that Smell?

[Debaser]

Wasn't The Road signed to Buddah? I think I remember their remake of "She's Not There" on a Buddah compilation...

Now for a realllly big slice of cheese...Glenn Medieros (?): "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
(On Amherst Records!)

Yes, The Road was on Buddah; She's Not There was a regional hit out in Boston, as well as Buffalo.

Glenn Medeiros was discovered and produced by my close friend (the late) Jay Stone, who was programming a station in Honolulu. Medeiros won a talent contest and Jay produced the song, then got Lenny Silver to sign Glenn; unfortunately for Jay, Lenny convinced Glenn that he (Lenny) should manage the kid and take over production. As you all know, Glenn was never heard from again.
Not that it wouldn't have happened anyway, but...

 

[chas108]

How about this one?

JJ Jackson - But It's Alright

Started out in NYC, doing some writing and arranging around the Brill Building. "But It's Alright" hit the charts twice - in '66 and '69, but only got to #22. Seems to me it was a bigger hit in this area - and deserved to be! Great sound, great hook.

It got a LOT of play on 3WS here in Pgh...one of the prototype tight-list oldies stations (yawn!). When I saw where it peaked in BB, I was shocked. It was getting play like it had been to #1.

 

[chas108]

Wasn't The Road signed to Buddah? I think I remember their remake of "She's Not There" on a Buddah compilation...

Now for a realllly big slice of cheese...Glenn Medieros (?): "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
(On Amherst Records!)

Yes, The Road was on Buddah; She's Not There was a regional hit out in Boston, as well as Buffalo.

Glenn Medeiros was discovered and produced by my close friend (the late) Jay Stone, who was programming a station in Honolulu. Medeiros won a talent contest and Jay produced the song, then got Lenny Silver to sign Glenn; unfortunately for Jay, Lenny convinced Glenn that he (Lenny) should manage the kid and take over production. As you all know, Glenn was never heard from again.
Not that it wouldn't have happened anyway, but...

DB, I thought there might be a Hawaii/Buffalo connection ala Climax but couldn't remember clearly. (too much space in my brain devoted to the 70's I guess) So was Lenny Silver "Amherst Records"?

And you're right about "not that it wouldn't have happened anyway"...I think I found the foggily-remembered back story more fascinating than the song itself.

We'll now pile on another slice...one I always thought of as Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes" pureed in a blender and then poured out on a record..."Did It In A Minute"

 

[chas108]

No Limburger in awhile...time for a thick slice...a slice one critic said sounded like it had been "scooped out of Nickelback's septic tank"...

Hinder - "Lips Of An Angel"

An even thicker slice was the Jack Ingram country cover, which thankfully is no longer played by my current station.

 

[Silkie]

Taking the question literally, how about "Dead Skunk", by Loudon Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuY44PHC0wI&feature=related

 

[chas108]

Taking the question literally, how about "Dead Skunk", by Loudon Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuY44PHC0wI&feature=related

GREAT song...popular in early 1973. I especially loved the last refrain, tweaking the newfound concern in western culture for the environment..."oh ya got pollution! It's dead, it's in the middle, and it's STINKING TO HIGH HIGH HEAVENNNN!!"