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Jamie LePage (1953-2002)
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Topics in this digest:
1. Re: TEACHO WILTSHIRE
From: Mick Patrick
2. Stu Phillips
From: Spectropop
3. Re: The Strangeloves
From: Michael Coxe
4. Re: THE TRAN-SISTERS
From: Mick Patrick
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:58:20 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: TEACHO WILTSHIRE
Hi All,
I totally agree, TEACHO WILTSHIRE was an absolutely top of the
range arranger. I've seen his name on scads of records in my
collection. He was also a recording artist in his own right,
with releases on Apollo, Savoy, Capitol and Epic. I have his
own version of "Tell Him" on Epic, which features an unbilled
girl group vocal. Apart from his record credits, I know little
else about him. Here's a nice quote from Cissy Houston's
autobiography, one of my favourite books:
'Three arrangers in particular worked on most of the records I
sang on: Bert Keyes, Teacho Wiltshire and Garry Sherman. Bert
and Teacho were more "street", more "feel" arrangers, working
on their charts right up until the session began, and sometimes
still feeding pages to the copyist while the session was in
progress! ...Teacho was wonderful - a tall light-skinned black
guy with a great smile. His arrangements were simple and
melodic, with a nice uptown feel that included some good little
hooks. He and (my husband) John became as thick as thieves.
"I'm worried about your health, little brother", John would say,
hooking an arm around Teacho's shoulders. "Let me buy you a nice
piece of meat". John would take Teacho down to Gorman's on 42nd
Street and buy him a hot dog! Teacho wrote the funky chart for
the Isley Brothers' "Twist & Shout".'
A question for you Rashkovsky, mate: Did you ever have a hot dog
in Gorman's on 42nd Street? If so, with whom?
MICK PATRICK
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:10:09 -0000
From: Spectropop
Subject: Stu Phillips
Stu Phillips' autobiography, Stu Who? Forty Years of
Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business, will
be available for purchase on Monday, September 30th.
Just go to: http://www.stuwho.com and follow the links.
"Stu Phillips' incredibly varied career has included
writing the music for Russ Meyer's Beyond The Valley
of the Dolls. I wrote the screenplay. The story of
that movie alone is worth the price of admission to
this book." ROGER EBERT
The Spectropop Team
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:16:24 -0700
From: Michael Coxe
Subject: Re: The Strangeloves
Speaking of Feldman, Gottehrer & Goldstein, AKA Strangeloves (not a
NY accounting firm), Bomp meister Greg Shaw has been sitting on a
swell lengthy writeup on these three for years, unable to get Goldmine,
Discoveries, etc to free up well worth it cash for the story.
Michael
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:39:29 +0100
From: Mick Patrick
Subject: Re: THE TRAN-SISTERS
Me:
> Right, back to my precious Foxes, Tran-Sisters and Spongy &
> the Dolls 45s.
Phil Milstein:
> ...Tran-Sisters? That's a new one on me...
dixigas:
> ...by the way...I have the Foxes...I have (a beat up copy!) of
> Spongy & the Dolls...what is the Tran-Sisters??? Lemme know!!
Hi,
Happy to oblige. Details are:
The Tran-Sisters "Let Me In" (Philips/Vance) / "Tomorrow The World
Will Know" (Philips/Vance/Sims) Jerry Vance, Musical Director.
A Lee Harridan Production. A Product Of Pickwick International.
Pickwick City PPC 1003. (No credited Lou Reed involvement,
otherwise similar label copy to the fabulous Robertha Williams 45
and the others mentioned above).
It's an excellent black girl group record with a somewhat "garage"
quality. This must be the same group that also waxed for the
Imperial label.
MICK PATRICK
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