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Post by quodec on Dec 6, 2022 0:23:25 GMT
Two clips for you of famous musicians in the 60s, but with a huge divergence of style.
Mike Smith, lead vocalist and keyboard player with The Dave Clark Five was born on 6th December 1943 and passed away in 2008. 'I Need Love' is the B-side to a 1966 single, 'Nineteen Days'. And a nice little rocker it is too, with Mike giving it all he's got on vocals. Also very inventive camera work for its day!
Dave Brubeck was born on 6th December 1920 and would rise to be one of the greatest of jazz pianists. He passed away in 2012 having released dozens of albums of jazz music, going back to the late 1940s. As I'm not a jazz fan in any sense I really only know of this famous instrumental from 1961. And it is a great example of fantastic musicianship from the quartet involved, with Dave on piano.
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quodec
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Post by quodec on Dec 6, 2022 0:25:11 GMT
Two clips for you of famous musicians in the 60s, but with a huge divergence of style.
Mike Smith, lead vocalist and keyboard player with The Dave Clark Five was born on 6th December 1943 and passed away in 2008. 'I Need Love' is the B-side to a 1966 single, 'Nineteen Days'. And a nice little rocker it is too, with Mike giving it all he's got on vocals. Also very inventive camera work for its day!
Dave Brubeck was born on 6th December 1920 and would rise to be one of the greatest of jazz pianists. He passed away in 2012 having released dozens of albums of jazz music, going back to the late 1940s. As I'm not a jazz fan in any sense I really only know of this famous instrumental from 1961. And it is a great example of fantastic musicianship from the quartet involved, with Dave on piano.
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quodec
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Twelve bar blues is now alright.
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Post by quodec on Dec 6, 2022 0:30:18 GMT
Oooops, posted twice!!!!!
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Post by mortified on Dec 6, 2022 5:39:35 GMT
I remember the Dave Clark Five as a kid ( Bits and Pieces and all that) and I think my mum took me to see a movie that they made. Like all 60's groups did in those days. At least I think it was the Dave Clark Five I also used to have a single of theirs as a youngster. It was a sort of rock and roll EP of covers and had a black picture sleeve with white writing. No idea where it is though. Probably long gone. Must Google that. It's a very faded memory that I'd forgotten all about. I'm the same as everyone else. That's the only Dave Brubeck track I know ( Take Five) but it is very iconic. Reminds me of 60's black & white French films with Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Post by mortified on Dec 6, 2022 5:45:18 GMT
Found it. This is the one. Bl00dy hell, this takes me back
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Post by charles on Dec 7, 2022 9:42:49 GMT
I remember the Dave Clark Five as a kid ( Bits and Pieces and all that) and I think my mum took me to see a movie that they made. Like all 60's groups did in those days. At least I think it was the Dave Clark Five ... Thought I knew the name, but I was wrong. Still a killer of a song, this:
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quodec
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Post by quodec on Dec 8, 2022 0:35:50 GMT
Two birthdays of note today.
Jim Morrison was born in Florida on 8th December 1943 and died in Paris in July 1971, one of the notable '27 Club'. He led a bohemian lifestyle and formed The Doors with keyboardist Ray Manzarek in the summer of 1965. They released six studio albums during his lifetime and were a live sensation in their short gigging career, with Jim's stage behaviour pushing the moral boundaries of the time. They produced lots of great songs but I'm going to play an old favourite, taken from The Isle of Wight festival in 1970. I wonder were any members of our favourite beat combo attending the concert that day?
The second birthday is that of Sinead O'Connor, Irish vocalist and songwriter extraordinaire. She is 56 today. Her first album, 'The Lion and the Cobra' was released in November 1987 and this was her first UK charting single taken from it. Happy birthday Sinead.
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mortified
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Post by mortified on Dec 8, 2022 6:35:45 GMT
I never really 'got' The Doors but, to be fair, they were just before my time and reflected part of a hippy generation that I missed out on. But they did give us Roadhouse Blues for which I think we will all be eternally grateful. And the best version of it at that. One of my cousins went to the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. I remember it caused quite a stir on that side of the family because he was still at school and hitched there with his girlfriend. From Edinburgh!! His dad went nuts He went specifically to see Hendrix and The Who but obviously caught The Doors as well. He was at the Quo gig a week past Saturday in Glasgow. Still a music fan approaching his 70th 👍 Sinead O'Connor, apart from the obvious one or two singles, I've really not long discovered. I heard her album I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss a few years back and downloaded it. It's excellent. Every track is a goodie. I get the impression she's a woman of some spirit, shall we say , and is not only a terrific singer, she has great charisma and presence.
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Post by quodec on Dec 9, 2022 0:14:24 GMT
Joan Armatrading was born in the West Indies on 9th December 1950, so she celebrates her 72nd birthday today. When only 3 years old, her family left for England and settled in Birmingham. As early as Nov 72, John Peel had her on his radio show to promote her first album, with 19 more to follow in her long career. She also had several big hit singles, including 1976's 'Love and Affection', 1980's 'Me, Myself, I' and 1983's 'Drop the Pilot'. But, here is a song, although not a big hit, that I liked so much in 1980 that I went out and bought the single - and I still enjoy it to this day, 'Rosie'.
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Post by mortified on Dec 9, 2022 8:08:53 GMT
I think that's the first time I've heard that Joan Armatrading song. I'm certainly not a fan - not keen on her voice - but that's pretty good. Nice reggae feel to it. John Peel championed everyone and he definitely had some clout at Radio 1 because his show was very often an artist's first public airing of their work. That sort of broadcast innovation, unfortunately, seems to be a thing of the past now. Although I dare say there might be late night DJ's who do a similar job. With a very limited variety of styles to choose from. He spouted like an old bloke who assumes it's not like it used to be
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quodec
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Post by quodec on Dec 10, 2022 0:13:10 GMT
Meg White, the drummer and one time wife of Jack White in the duo 'White Stripes' is 48 today. This clip from 2001 is their first live appearance on British TV, on the Jools Holland show. They had already divorced by 2000 and yet, ironically, were passing themselves off as brother and sister to the media! Meg's drumming was always unorthodox and of the basic variety, yet proved to be an essential backdrop to Jack's singing and guitar work. They released six studio albums and this track 'Hotel Yorba' was a released as a single from their third, 'White Blood Cells'.
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Post by mortified on Dec 10, 2022 9:39:45 GMT
I didn't like White Stripes. Not one bit. And I detest their most famous track, Seven Nation Army. To me, it has always sounded like a really bad pub band. The riff has become iconic. I don't care. It's naff However, having ranted all that vitriol, I do like Jack White as a solo artist. He seems eminently more talented than White Stripes initially suggested. Man and wife posing as brother and sister? Anyone read "Hound of the Baskervilles"?
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Post by quodec on Dec 11, 2022 11:35:38 GMT
Justin Currie, guitarist and lead singer with Glasgow band Del Amitri, was born on 11th December 1964 and is celebrating his 58th birthday today. The band had a series of successful albums and singles from the late 80s onwards and continue to record and gig to this day. I've liked several of their single releases, particularly this one from 1992, 'Always the Last to Know'.
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Post by quodec on Dec 12, 2022 0:10:45 GMT
'Ol Blue Eyes' himself, Frank Sinatra was born on 12th December 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey and it is safe to say that he was the most successful non-rock/pop star in musical history. Amassing some 59 studio albums and almost 300 singles in over 50 years in the entertainment industry, he created the first music star mania in the 40s with the 'bobby soxers' screaming for more, while 20 years later he achieved a golden period of hit records with several No 1s in both the US and UK.
'For Once in my Life' was a 60s song recorded by many artists, but Frank gave it the full big band sound in 1969.
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Post by mortified on Dec 12, 2022 7:06:51 GMT
Always quite liked Del Amitri. Never saw them live but I have one album, Hatful of Rain, which is a compilation. And I tend not to buy compilations. If I like an artist, I just get the originals. But I obviously made an exception with Del Amitri for some reason. No idea why. Maybe it's not mine Frank Sinatra, of course, needs no introduction. Very possibly the first singer to attract a screaming audience. Although I couldn't swear to it, what with Bing Crosby and one or two others around at the same time. I wonder who did start the screaming audience thing. I'd say someone like Rudolph Valentino, but that's just a guess. My mum liked Frank. But then she grew up when he was starting out, so that would have been her thing. She did like a crooner or two. She sang herself as well, with some big bands in the late 40's and early 50's. Just local dance hall stuff I think. But there were always plenty records in the house by Sinatra, Jack Jones and particularly Andy Williams. Until I started to hog the stereo
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