Friday, July 29, 2005
Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans were propelled by the voice of Jay Traynor who had a terrific voice. They had a long string of hits all through the sixties and early seventies. This Magic Moment was perhaps their biggest hit but they had a slew of other hits as well. Sunday and Me was another big hit as well...
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Friday, July 15, 2005
The Jackson Five
Remember when Michael Jackson was cute? The Jackson Five was a great group of five Indianna siblings headed by Michael, their youngest member. Precocious, he was a great singer when other kids his age were learning fraactions. I Want You Back was my favorite of their big songs, but I also like You...
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Sunday, July 10, 2005
Ottmar Liebert
Ottmar Liebert is a flamenco guitarist born in Germany and his rock tinged fugues are terrific. He sounds just like a flamenco player with all the technique and discipline of that art form but to that he adds rock backgrounds percussions, keyboards etc. Sometimes Carlos Santana plays with him. His...
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Monday, July 4, 2005
Heart
Heart was fromed by the two Seatlle Wilson sisters, Ann and Nancy. Dark-haired Nancy ususallly sings lead and blonde Ann plays guittar. They have had some wonderful songs including Crazy on You and Magic Man. They can rock hard or they can sing mellow songs and form a good group. Dreamboat Annie is...
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Sunday, July 3, 2005
4 Non Blondes
The chief non blonde is Linda Perry who has a voice that is a force of nature. Their main song was What's Up? which featured Linda Perry's voice to terrific effect. Their whole first album was pretty good and I don't know whether they ever made a second, but they made a bit of money on the strength...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
A Flock of Seagulls
I came across an album so good I thought it must have been the greatest hits of a band, A Flock of Seagulls. It turned out that it was just their first album and it is a monster. Their biggest hit was the first on the album, I Ran (So Far Away From You.) That was, I guess, the biggest hit they ever...
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
The Everly Brothers
I saw the Everly Brothers live once in 1972 at a free concert in South Boston and was struck by how good they were. Indeed, they were quite good. John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney dubbed themselves the English Everly Brothers when they started singing and playing in Liverpool in the late 1950s. Phil...
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry was the brilliant lead singer and the main songwriter of the five member music group Roxy Music. The other members were Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson. Their great hits include Virginia Plain, Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, These Foolish Things, Let's Stick...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Electric Light Orchestra
Singer-guitarist Jeff Lynne was the main ELO member and they were a great group. They had a string of hits in the seventies. Evil Woman, Livin' Thing, the haunting Can't Get It Out of My Head, Showdown and a host of other songs. They employed intricate harmonies, both vocal and instrumental and they...
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Sunday, May 29, 2005
Fats Domino
Fats Domino was a kind of ladder from rhtyhmn and blues to rock n,roll. Large and benevolent, he sang many classics. People like Ricky Nelson covered his songs and made hits with them. BlueBerry Hill, Walking to New Orleans, Aint that a Shame and many other songs became hits for people other than...
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