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There are 9 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Mike - Summer hits
From: Rosemarie
2. Re: Reparata's Writers
From: Robert
3. "One Less Bell To Answer"
From: Mike Edwards
4. Re: New Aussie girlie collection
From: Natasha McNamee
5. Shelby Flint
From: Steve Harvey
6. Re: RIP - Ed Townsend
From: Mick Patrick
7. Del Shannon/Brian Hyland
From: John Henderson
8. Re: One Less Bell to Answer
From: Shawn Baldwin
9. Re: Del Shannon
From: Beatle Bob
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rosemarie
Subject: Mike - Summer hits
Mike - I am glad you have kept Summer Time Guy up there with the other
music in musica - I am missing Ed like crazy - Looking forward to when
he returns from his long world cruise - and he will be full of it all.
Thanks for sending me the CD of Eddie's early music - It has been well
played.
Lots of Love
Rosemarie
http://www.edrambeau.com
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:47:57 -0000
From: Robert
Subject: Re: Reparata's Writers
Mark Frumento wrote:
> If it's not too much trouble can someone provide writers credits
> for Reparata & the Delrons' singles? I recently purchased
> "Magical Musical History Tour." Good as it is to have all the
> singles in one place, it's frustrating to have no details behind
> the less well known songs. Maybe someone out there wrote liners
> notes for the CD and just forgot to turn them over to the producers?
Not too much trouble at all, Mark. In fact, I enjoyed digging my
Reparata and the Delrons 45s out and remembering all the joy of those
wonderful days.
The following list is fairly comprehensive. I included all the
credits listed on the singles. Since you were particularly
interested in the writing credits, it might be interesting to note
that Rep shares writing credits on four of the B-sides.
I don't actually possess singles # 1, 20 and 21, so my information is
limited in that regard.
1.
YOUR BIG MISTAKE
Ernie Maresca
Reparata and the Delrons
Laurie 3252
2.
WHENEVER A TEENAGER CRIES
E. Maresca
Schwartz Music ASCAP
(2:46)
HE'S MY GUY
H. Brown, S. Jerome, W. Jerome
Milbern Music BMI
(1:56)
Reparata and the Delrons
World Artists 1036
ZTSP 96111
ZTSP 96112
World United Productions
Arranger: Johnny Abbott
Hash Brown and his orchestra
3.
TOMMY
C. Taylor, T. Daryll
Maggle Music (BMI)
(2:38)
MAMA DON'T ALLOW
C. Davenport
Joy Music (ASCAP)
(2:27)
Reparata and the Delrons
World Artists 1051
ZTSP 98760
ZTSP 98761
World United Productions
Arranger: John Abbott
Hash Brown and his orchestra
4.
A SUMMER THOUGHT
B. Jerome, Jr., J. Ciccone
Twin Tone Music/W.A.-A. Music BMI
(2:44)
HE'S THE GREATEST
J. Ciccone, B. Jerome, Jr., H. Brown, S. Jerome
Twin Tone Music/W.A.-A. Music BMI
(1:55)
Reparata
WA 1057
ZXSE 12315
ZXSE 12316
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
With Hash Brown and his orchestra
5.
I FOUND MY PLACE
R. Clark
TM Music Co. BMI
(2:14)
THE BOY I LOVE
B. Jerome, S. Amodeo, M. Aiese
Twin Tone Music/W.A.-A. Music BMI
(2:22)
Reparata
WA 1062
ZXSE 12327
ZXSE 12328
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
6.
I CAN TELL
Art Kornfeld, Steve Duboff
Branston Music Inc., BMI
(2:25)
TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU
B. Jerome, M. Aiese
Twin Tone Music BMI
(2:08)
Reparata and the Delrons
RCA 47-8721
SPKM-7415
SPKM-7416
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
7.
I'M NOBODY'S BABY NOW
Jeff Barry
Trio Music Co. Inc., BMI
(2:40)
LONELIEST GIRL IN TOWN
Jeromos, Campbell, Ciccone
Twin Tone Music BMI
(2:25)
Reparata and the Delrons
RCA 47-8820
TPKM-2978
TPKM-3605
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
With Hash Brown and his Orchestra
8.
MAMA'S LITTLE GIRL
Chip Taylor
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI
(2:04)
HE DON'T WANT YOU
B. Jerome, M. Aiese
Twin Tone Music BMI
(2:01)
Reparata and the Delrons
RCA 47-8921
TPKM-2980
PKM-6543
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
With Hash Brown and his Orchestra
9.
THE KIND OF TROUBLE THAT I LOVE
Ed Reeves
Unart Music Corp., BMI
(2:16)
BOYS AND GIRLS
Bill Jerome, Jr., Mary Aiese
Pimpernel Music Pub., BMI
(1:50)
Reparata and the Delrons
RCA 47-9123
UPKM-4219
UPKM-4237
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
Conductor: Bill Jerome, Jr.
10.
I CAN HEAR THE RAIN*
L. Martine, L. Stallman
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI
(2:32)
ALWAYS WAITIN'**
Mike Curb
T.M. Music Inc., BMI
(2:49)
Reparata and the Delrons
RCA 47-9185
UPKM-4217
TPKM-2979
A World United Production
Arranger: John Abbott
* Conducted by Bill Jerome, Jr.
** with Hash Brown and his Orchestra
11.
I BELIEVE
E. Drake, I. Graham, J. Shirl, A. Stillman
Cromwell Music Inc., ASCAP
(3:05)
IT'S WAITING THERE FOR YOU
W. Wadhams, D. Asken
Goodness & Truth Inc., BMI
(2:16)
Reparata and the Delrons
MALA 573
8251-BW
8252-BW
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions
Arranger: John Abbott
12.
CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP*
K. Young, B. Yardley
Cobra Music, Inc., BMI
(2:27)
TOOM TOOM (IS A LITTLE BOY)**
Kenny Young
Goodness & Truth Music, BMI
(2:13)
Reparata and the Delrons
MALA 589
8430
8431
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions, Inc.
Arranger: * John Abbott
** Kenny Young
13.
SATURDAY NIGHT DIDN'T HAPPEN
Kenny Young
Kangaroo Music, BMI
(2:26)
PANIC
Greene, Marchand
Goodness & Truth Music, BMI
(2:10)
Reparata & the Delrons
MALA 12,000
8586
8587
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions
Arranger: John Abbott
14.
WEATHER FORECAST
T. Michaels, V. Gormann
Unart Music Corp., BMI
(2:26)
YOU CAN'T CHANGE A YOUNG BOY'S MIND
T. Ciotti
Goodness & Truth Music, BMI
(3:00)
Reparata & the Delrons
MALA 12,016
8744-BW
8745-BW
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions
Arranger: John Abbott
15.
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS
D. Weiss, M. Unobsky
Screen Gems-Columbia Music, BMI
(2:57)
SUMMER LAUGHTER
M. Benedikt, M. Small
Bondola Ltd., BMI
(2:28)
Reparata & the Delrons
MALA 12,026
8865-BW
8866-BW
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions
Arranger: John Abbott
16.
THAT'S WHAT SENDS MEN TO THE BOWERY
Bill Meshel
Meager Music, Inc., BMI
(2:59)
SAME AS A SIDE
Reparata and the Delrons
KAPP-989
KAPP-11654
Steve and Bill Jerome for Real Good Productions, Inc.
Arranger: John Abbott
17.
SAN JUAN
Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder, Julius Berman
Famous Music Corp., ASCAP
(2:37)
(We're Gonna) HOLD THE NIGHT
K. Young
Kangaroo Music, BMI
(2:43)
Reparata and the Delrons
KAPP-2010
K-11653
K-11655
Bill and Steve Jerome for Real Good Productions, Inc.
Arranger: John Abbott
18.
WALKING IN THE RAIN
Barry Mann, Cnythia Weil, P. Spector
Screen Gems-Columbia Music Inc., BMI
(2:53)
I'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF LOSING YOU TO DO
Lor Crane, Caryl Young
E.B. Marks Music Corp., BMI
(2:27)
Reparata and the Delrons
KAPP-2050
K-11652
K-11656
Bill and Steve Jerome
Arranger: John Abbott
19.
SHOES
Eric Beam
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd
A SONG FOR ALL
Bill and Steve Jerome, R. Jackson
The New York Times Music Corp., Edward B. Marks Music Corp. MCPS
Reparata
POLYDOR
2066 562
Steve and Bill Jerome and Lou Guarino for Nami Records
20
OCTOPUS' GARDEN
Reparata
21
JESEBEE LANCER (THE BELLY DANCER)
Reparata
Enjoy,
Robert
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:34:33 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: "One Less Bell To Answer"
Geoff asks:
> Does anyone know if anyone recorded "One Less Bell to Answer" before
> the Fifth Dimension?
Apparently Keely Smith did in 1967 on Atlantic. If anyone can play a
copy of Keely's version to musica I'd appreciate it as it is on my
wants list.
Incidentally there is a very full Bacharach discography (with a search
facility) at: http://www14.brinkster.com/hitmaker/
Like all good lists, it serves to remind you of the holes you have in
your collection.
Mike
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:17:02 +0100 (BST)
From: Natasha McNamee
Subject: Re: New Aussie girlie collection
Kingsley Abbott wrote:
> There's a new sixties collection of Australian girls called 'Girls
> Girls Girls - Australian Female Performers of the Sixties Volume 1'
Any idea where I can get a copy of that Aussie collection? What else
is on it?
Natasha :)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:42:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Shelby Flint
Cool site, Mr. Paul. I just burned those lps along with a third one
on Valiant onto CD since I never see any CD collections of Shelby's
early stuff.
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:13:28 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: RIP - Ed Townsend
Original Message from Martin Roberts:
> Thanks, Simon, for playing Ed Townsend's "Who Would Deny Me"
> to musica, a cracking song and a new one to me. Mick Patrick,
> in the 'good old days' of C.90s, was the first to introduce me
> to the vocal recordings of Ed. At the time they were perhaps
> to soulful for my tender ears but the tunes had that something
> that kept me replaying them. I no longer have a tape player
> but one track I remember very fondly is Ed's version of "Down
> Home". Perhaps he'd care to play it to musica?
OK, I've done as requested and played the Ed Townsend version of
Goffin/King's "Down Home" to musica. It was issued on Liberty
55516 in 1962. Ed Silvers produced, while the 'arranged and
conducted' credit goes to Bert Keyes. To my ears, Ed frequently
sang out of tune but that kind of thing doesn't bother some folk
and it doesn't prevent this being a fine record. Lend a shell-
like: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectropop/files/musica/ By
the way, the other side of the record is a pre-Exciters version
of "Tell Her (Him)" which I can play it to musica if requested.
However, there's no denying the great man's talent as a
songwriter. In addition to the aforementioned "Foolish Fool" by
Dee Dee Warwick, I'd like to recommend a few others:
"What Does A Girl Do" - The Shirelles (Scepter)
"Coming Back To You" - Maxine Brown (Wand)
"Do It With All Your Heart" - Dee Dee Warwick (Blue Rock)
"Tears Of Joy" - Chuck Jackson (Wand)
"The Love Of My Man" - Theola Kilgore (Serock)
"How Can I Forget" - Charlie Whitehead (Dynamo)
"Since I Found You" - Maxine Brown (Wand)
"I Might Like It" - The Shirelles (Scepter)
"I Am A Witness" - Tommy Hunt (Wand)
"That's Not Love" - Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury)
"Gotta Find A Way" - Maxine Brown (Wand)
Hey la,
Mick Patrick
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:26:49 -0000
From: John Henderson
Subject: Del Shannon/Brian Hyland
"Wasn't Del Shannon one of the people that kept Brian Hyland going?
I remember reading in some liner notes, that Brian had thanked Del
Shannon for being there when he almost gave up. I think Del Shannon's
work from what I have read goes far beyond his actual vocal talents
and deep inside the music industry with several artists."
As has been mentioned, yes it was Del Shannon that got Brian Hyland to
record "Gypsy Woman" at a point in his career when he really needed
another hit. Del had input on the production too, I think.
Interesting to note that playing keyboard is Max Crook who played the
"musitron" on Runaway.
Brian toured a few months ago with Bobby Vee, the Chiffons, Fabian and
Tommy Roe. Friends and I saw them at Casino Rama in Ontario and Tommy
was in great voice, his son was the drummer.
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:00:13 -0500
From: Shawn Baldwin
Subject: Re: One Less Bell to Answer
Geoff Kaiser
> Does anyone know if anyone recorded "One Less Bell to Answer" before
> the Fifth Dimension...
I know that both Cissy Houston and Dionne Warwick have both done the
song but don't have a year. Cissy's version is on one of Burt's albums.
Shawn
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:31:33 +0000
From: Beatle Bob
Subject: Re: Del Shannon
Hey Art,
Just a hot tip to you and all of the great Del Shannon fans out there.
There is a great modern day garage/Britsh Invasion style band from
Detroit called Freddy & The Four Gone Conclusions, that just released
a cd entitled The Wigged Out Sounds Of... on one of my favorite U.S.
labels:Get Hip Records.
The cd has an unreleased Del Shannon composistion called 'Stand Up' and
features Del's original keyboard wiz - Max Crook- playing his late 50's,
custom-built, Musitron keyboard on this track. The rest of this cd is a
standout as well.
Beatle Bob
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