Who founded the Tamla Motown record label?

GROUND BREAKING TAMLA/MOTOWN RECORD LABEL FOUNDED | RareSoul.com GROUND BREAKING TAMLA/MOTOWN RECORD LABEL FOUNDED Posted by RareSoul Staff on 01/12/2013 Berry Gordy founded the Tamla label today (January 12, 1959), with an $800 loan from his family. Berry Gordy got the bug to be in the music industry around 1953, when he founded his first business, the 3-D Record Mart – House of Jazz. The business failed, so Berry Gordy got a job supporting himself and his 19-year-old wife, by working at the Ford Lincoln-Mercury plant. It was during this time, that Berry Gordy began having songwriting success, working with singer Jackie Wilson, who had just launched a solo career, after leaving The Dominoes. In late 1957, Berry Gordy pitched a song to Jackie Wilson that was eventually titled “Reet Petite.” “Reet Petite” was a hit for Jackie Wilson, and it started an association between Wilson, Gordy and his songwriting partner Billy Davis, which produced several classics. They combination produced singles like “To Be Loved,” “Lonely Teardrops,” “That’s wmWhy (I Love You So)” and others. Motown Logo Berry Gordy was frustrated with the paltry earnings he received in royalties, and decided to start the Tamla label, with the $800 he borrowed from his family. The first release Tamla was titled “Come To Me,” by Marv Johnson. The record was picked up by United Artists, who gave Berry Gordy a $3,000 advance. The hits kept coming from Marv Johnson and Berry Gordy, with songs like “You’ve Got What It Takes,” “I Love the Way You Love” and others. Nov. 16th, 1963 Ad For Motown Singles Around this time, Berry Gordy launched his second label which he dubbed “Motown,” and moved into the legendary’s two-story building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard., which would later become known as “Hitsville.” By 1965, Motown had reached $15 million in sales, employed over 175 people and had a roster of 175 artists. “It was not his goal to head up a major entertainment complex,” his sister Esther Gordy said in the book “Motown: Music, Money, Sex and Power.” “He just wanted to be a successful songwriter,” Esther explained. “Motown is the result of one thing leading to another and Berry Gordy saying I’ll do it myself when he could not get something done to his liking.”


What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling?

Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George   Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s?    The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis   Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker?    Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man?   Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he   married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue?    Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded   album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr   Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson   Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave   what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The   Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of   the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie   Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's   career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ...   what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang   Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime?    Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The   Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside?    Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big   Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured   as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me?    Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953?    Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess,   featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious   Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967?    Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth?    Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the   Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed   Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical   Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie   Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the   Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what?    Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds:   33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what   stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max   Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer   Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb   Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit,   supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You   Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers?    Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in   1969? Bri


What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name?

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro | Song Info | AllMusic Hugo Montenegro google+ Song Review               by Richie Unterberger Although generally rock music dominated the popular charts in the 1960s, there were those occasional off-the-wall hits from other genres that would overwhelm the airwaves, including some easy listening and soundtrack instrumentals. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was one such flaming spear, ascending to #2 in 1968. Although the song did originate as a soundtrack theme by one of the most famous soundtrack composers of all time, it would, unusually, be a cover version by someone else that would become the big hit. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was first heard as the theme song to Sergio Leone's 1966 spaghetti western film of the same name, composed by Ennio Morricone (who scored several Leone films in the 1960s). As issued on the 1967 soundtrack album, the main title of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is an effective classic, starting with heartbeat rhythms, perhaps to mimic Native American patterns. The main hook, however, is the fluttering repeated riff, done in a whistling way by various instruments (including actual whistled wordless vocals), haunting and evocative of open but slightly threatening landscapes. The riff gives way to ultra-twangy guitar (by Alessandro Alessandroni) and Morricone's use of trademark creepy chanted vocal arrangements. When the main motif reappears, the rhythm has sped up to a horse's gallop, with women scatting the riff in a yet more disquieting fashion. Then a bugle enters with a grand fanfare, gunshots are heard, and it's time for a yet faster gallop through the main theme, now almost seeming to verge on losing control, like a horse breaking free of its cart. Morricone's version of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" packs a lot of melodic and instrumental ideas into less than three minutes, and it seemed unlikely both that it could be covered successfully by another artist, and that such a song could become a chart hit in any form. That, however, is exactly what Hugo Montenegro did when he arranged and conducted a version with his orchestra. Although "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" might be widely known by now as a Morricone composition, it's the Montenegro recording that's likely to be the one remembered first. Montenegro gave it a steadier rock tempo, and greater emphasis to the trilling whistling qualities of the hook and the almost Neanderthal-like wordless male vocal chanting. Although many soundtrack scholars would see the Morricone version as the definitive one, in fact Montenegro's version has substantial merits of its own, and is -- as ridiculous as it might sound -- much easier to dance to, should you wish. It also has a more effective fadeout, concentrating on the wistful qualities of the secondary riff that concludes the verses. Appears On


Quiz Link 4 1.     Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? Berry Gordy 2.     What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? Roger Whittaker 3.     What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 4.     Tom Parker managed which huge star? Elvis Presley 5.     Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? Sandie Shaw 6.     Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits? Peter Noone 7.     Which jazz singer, whose career actually spanned the 1930s-90s, was known as the First Lady of Song? Ella Fitzgerald 8.     Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film? Millicent Martin 9.     What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich? Nashville Sound 10.What Canadian-born teen idol of the 1950s-60s wrote the lyrics to Sinatra's song My Way? Paul Anka 11.Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter? Paul Jones 12.What group became famous in the 1960s for their parody impressions of other hit songs? The Barron Knights 13.Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show? Juke Box Jury 14.What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados? Telstar 15.Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada? Allan Sherman  ~


Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String?

Eurovision Song Contest 1967 | Eurovision Song Contest Show more Eurovision Song Contest 1967 After Udo Jürgens' victory in 1966, Vienna, Austria's capital, was chosen to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. Mirrors The 1967 Eurovision Song Contest took place at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna. The number of participants went down from 18 to 17 because Denmark chose to withdraw from the contest and would not come back to the contest until 1978. The contest had a very glamorous setting: the stage included three revolving mirrors and a staircase entrance in the middle. The juries had undergone a change as well, as half of the jurors in every national jury had to be less than 30 years old. During the voting the presenter of the show, Erika Vaal, declare the United Kingdom winner of the song contest before the last jury's votes were cast. However, the confusion about the voting would not make any difference: the United Kingdom clearly won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, nine years after participating for the first time. The winning entrant Sandy Shaw performed her song, Puppet on a String, barefoot. About the winner The winning song Puppet On A String won with the largest margin ever witnessed in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest at that time. The song gathered more than twice as many votes as the runner-up, Ireland. But not only the juries were charmed by Sandie Shaw's song, it became a huge success all over Europe and is nowadays remembered as a Eurovision Song Contest classic. Facts & Figures


The 1956 inaugural Eurovision Song Contest featured Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and which other country?

Eurovision Song Contest 1956 | Eurovision Song Contest Show more Eurovision Song Contest 1956 The first ever Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland, at the Teatro Kursaal, on 24th of May 1956. The first ever contest Inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival, the idea to organise a pan-European musicial competition was born at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Monaco in 1955. It was decided that the first ever Eurovision Song Contest would be hosted the following year in the Swiss resort of Lugano. The 1956 Eurovision Song Contest was primarily a radio show, although some cameras were taping the contest for the few Europeans who had a television set at that time. Lohengrin Filipello hosted the programme, which lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The seven participating countries each submitted two entries. The songs of the contest were not to exceed three and a half minutes, and the performers were accompanied by an orchestra of 24 musicians, led by Fernando Paggi. Switzerland wins! The winning song, as announced by the head of the jury, was Refrain, performed by Lys Assia from Switzerland (recent photo). Lys Assia is the only Swiss contestant to have ever won the Eurovision Song Contest, as Switzerland's other winner, Céline Dion, is French-Canadian. Facts & figures The broadcasters from Austria, Denmark and the United Kingdom missed the deadline for participating in the first ever Eurovision Song Contest and only appeared one year later. Only solo artists were allowed to enter the contest. Groups were initially banned - a rule which would only be abolished in the 1970s; All participating countries sent two jury members to Lugano in order to vote secretly on the songs. The jury members from Luxembourg could not make it to Lugano, so the EBU allowed Swiss nationals to vote on their behalf. The juries were allowed to vote for whatever country they wished to, including their own; The scores of the voting have never been made public, leaving room for lots of speculation. Attempts to reconstruct the voting by interviewing jury members over the past five decades did not lead to any reliable outcome. Facts & Figures


Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits?

Peter Noone | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography               by Joe Viglione His friend John Lennon sang "Remember remember the fifth of November" in the song "Remember" off of the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album, and on that day in 1947, the eternally young Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone was born in Manchester, England. The son of Joan Blair Noone and Denis Patrick Noone, he was raised in a Roman Catholic family that included five children of diverse ages, brother Damon along with sisters Denise, Suzanne, and Louise. In a multi-dimensional career that garnered respect from his colleagues and millions of fans worldwide, Peter Noone was the professional's professional. As a child, he appeared on the British television shows Coronation Street, Knight Errant, and Family Solicitor, and went on to study acting at the Manchester School of Music and Drama. In 1963, he joined a Manchester beat group, the Heartbeats , whose name was changed shortly thereafter to Herman & the Hermits and eventually shortened to Herman's Hermits . His career with that popular recording act sold well over 50 million records, at times eclipsing the Beatles themselves in sales. But it was Noone 's voice and personality that distinguished him from the band he fronted; indeed, some of the recordings were Noone 's performance on sessions produced by Mickie Most with other musicians providing the accompaniment. He charted in Britain as a solo act, recording a David Bowie tune with Bowie appearing with him on the U.K. show Top of the Pops. In the years that followed, there were former members of Herman's Hermits touring as well as Noone , causing some confusion, but in 2001 Noone , "the artist formerly known as Herman ," obtained the rights to the name. The hassles with labels illegally putting out product was the kind of thing that befuddled fans and created frustration for the singer, a good example being the Slam release that featured both the band Herman's Hermits on the CD without Noone , along with the unauthorized use of live Noone material tagged on the end to create the illusion that it was Herman's Hermits and Peter Noone . With the name going back to its rightful owner, the man who sang on all the Herman's Hermits hits could put the voice together with the trademark for the general public not aware of the deceptive practices that sometimes characterize the oldies tour circuit. As stated, his career has been multi-dimensional, from stage performances in two Broadway shows during the 1980s, including The Pirates of Penzance, to roles on the silver screen. He appeared as Herman in two films, 1966's Hold On and 1968's Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter; was one of the few bright spots in 1978's Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; and performed in 1982's Rockin' the Night Away: Life from Palm Springs, 1996's Hullabaloo, Vol. 8, and 2000's The British Invasion Returns. In 1999, he sang the end theme to the Kirk Douglas film Diamonds. Also in the 1980s, Noone fronted a new wave group called the Tremblers before rejoining Herman's Hermits for a time. The Tremblers ensemble, released on Beach Boy Bruce Johnstone 's CBS-distributed label, was a blending of Herman's Hermits pop with the new wave edge of Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson . Noone was especially proud of the Boston stop on the tour on September 21, 1980, because the fans in that region were more hip to his new direction and showed their appreciation by not calling for Herman's Hermits hits. The show was lively and precise, and had the Tremblers released a half dozen albums or so, they no doubt would have made more of a mark. A Noone solo album from the day, One of the Glory Boys , featured covers of material by Sutherland Brothers & Quiver as well as the Spiral Starecase , and was the Tremblers in reverse, bringing new wave sounds back to a more fully developed pop attitude. He co-produced the album Graham Gouldman Thing in 1968 for the legendary songwriter who would become part of 10cc , and was asked by his friend Baywatch star David Hasselh


Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film?

Alfie (1966) Remind Me Alfie (1966) "My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures. When it comes to the pain, I'm like every other bloke. I don't want to know." - Alfie A portrait of a sexual adventurer and unrepentant hedonist, Alfie (1966) arrived at a time when "Swinging London" was portrayed by the media as the mecca of British cinema. Certainly 1966 was a banner year for England's movie industry with such distinctive films as Blow-Up, Morgan!, Georgy Girl and Alfie arriving on American shores. But the latter film is significant for not only challenging the Production Code on censorship issues but exploring sexuality in a frank and adult manner rarely seen in Hollywood films. It also made Michael Caine an international star and confirmed the acting talent he displayed in his previous film, The Ipcress File (1965). Alfie, based on the stage play by Bill Naughton, is episodic in nature and follows the exploits of a Cockney Don Juan who supports himself with odd jobs - a part-time photographer, a chauffeur for hire - while trying to bed any woman he fancies, whether she's married or not. With little regard for anything but his own pursuit of pleasure, Alfie seduces and discards a number of willing women before he gets a wake-up call about his own mortality - a mild case of tuberculosis sends him into a sanitorium. It is there that he meets Lily (Vivien Merchant), the wife of a fellow patient. Their affair ends in an abortion clinic (a sequence that aroused considerable controversy at the time). Yet, despite all this, Alfie continues his amorous pursuits, meeting his match in an older woman (Shelley Winters) who ends up dumping him for a younger man. It all comes full circle in the end with Alfie returning to a former girlfriend who has lost all interest in him. While it's hard to imagine Alfie without Michael Caine in the lead, he wasn't the first choice for the role. Instead, it was Terence Stamp, who was Caine's friend and roommate at the time. "...During the time he was staying with me at Albion Close," Caine recalled in his biography, What's It All About? (a line taken from the theme song for Alfie), "he got a call from Lewis Gilbert, the director, offering him the part of Alfie...To my astonishment, Terry turned it down, and I actually spent three whole hours trying to talk him into accepting it. I still wake up screaming in the middle of the night as Terry takes my advice and accepts the role. The reason he didn't want to do it was because when Terry had taken the play to Broadway, it had flopped, and he now wanted nothing more to do with it. I never considered trying for the film role myself because I had been unable to get the part on stage. The film, as I later learned, was turned down by many British actors because it contained an abortion scene, and stars in those days did not want to be associated with anything of that kind, in case it ruined their image." The abortion scene, indeed, became a flashpoint for the film when it was screened on the Paramount lot for Jack Valenti, the President of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Production Code staffers. After the screening Valenti asked for feedback and was surprised to hear everyone voicing their approval of the film on moral grounds. "I'm not asking about morality," he said. "I don't think any man has the right to pass judgment on the rightness or wrongness of another man's actions. What a person does in his private life is his own business. What I'm talking about is taste. What about that abortion scene?" (from See No Evil: Life Inside a Hollywood Censor by Jack Vizzard). The simple fact was that the depiction of an abortion (even though it happens off camera) in a movie was a clear violation of the Code despite the film's sensitive treatment of it. Valenti had no choice but to appeal the film and ask for an exception which it was granted. Rated "Suggested for Mature Audiences," Alfie appeased the then still powerful religious groups that closely monitored Hollywood movies; The Christian Century, a Protestant publication, deemed t


What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich?


Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter?


Which motor city was the original the base of Tamla Motown?

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Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show?


What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados?

The Tornados - Telstar - YouTube The Tornados - Telstar Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008 Telstar is a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit in July 1962. The song was released five weeks later on 17 August 1962. It was written and produced by Joe Meek, and featured a clavioline, a keyboard instrument with a distinctive electronic sound. This novelty record was intended to evoke the dawn of the space age, complete with sound effects that were meant to sound "space-like". A popular story at the time of the record's release was that the weird distortions and background noise came from sending the signal up to the Telstar satellite and re-recording it back on Earth. It is more likely that the effects were created in Meek's recording studio, which was a small flat above a shop in London. It has been claimed that the sounds intended to symbolize radio signals were produced by Meek running a pen around the rim of an ashtray, and that the "rocket blastoff" at the start of the record was actually a flushing toilet, with the recordings made to sound exotic by playing the tape in reverse at various speeds. The record was an immediate hit after its release on August 17, 1962, remaining in the UK pop charts for 25 weeks, five of them at number one, and in the American charts for 16 weeks. A French composer, Jean Ledrut, accused Joe Meek of plagiarism, claiming that the tune of "Telstar" had been copied from La Marche d'Austerlitz, a piece from a score that Ledrut had written for the 1960 film Austerlitz. This led to a lawsuit that prevented Meek from receiving royalties from the record during his lifetime, and the issue was not resolved in Meek's favour until a year after his death in 1967. It is unlikely that Meek was aware of Austerlitz, as it had been released only in France at the time. "Telstar" won an Ivor Novello Award and is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide. Category


Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada?

Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (1963) - YouTube Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (1963) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 20, 2010 UK hit in 1963 - Novelty song from Allan Sherman Category


Who was the famous rock guitarist in the group Love Sculpture, notably featuring on their breakneck hit version of Khachaturian's classical piece Sabre Dance?

Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George   Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s?    The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis   Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker?    Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man?   Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he   married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue?    Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded   album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr   Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson   Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave   what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The   Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of   the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie   Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's   career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ...   what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang   Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime?    Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The   Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside?    Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big   Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured   as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me?    Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953?    Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess,   featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious   Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967?    Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth?    Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the   Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed   Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical   Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie   Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the   Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what?    Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds:   33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what   stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max   Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer   Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb   Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit,   supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You   Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers?    Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in   1969? Bri


Rolf Harris endorsed what new musical instrument, which supposedly features on David Bowie's hit Space Oddity?


Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Junior were among several entertainers given what collective nickname?

Here's to the confusion of our enemies! - Frank Sinatra Biography The Rat Pack is the nickname given to a group of popular entertainers most active between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s. Its most famous line-up featured Frank Si...natra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, who appeared together in films and on stage in the early-1960s.Despite its reputation as a masculine group, the Rat Pack did have female participants, including movie icons Shirley MacLaine, Lauren Bacall, and Judy Garland. The name "Rat Pack" was first used to refer to a group of friends in Hollywood informally organized around Humphrey Bogart and including the young Frank Sinatra.[citation needed] Several explanations have been offered for the famous name over the years. According to one version, the group's original "Den Mother," Lauren Bacall, after seeing her husband and his friends return from a night in Las Vegas, said words to the effect of "You look like a goddamn rat pack. "Rat Pack" may also be a shortened version of "Holmby Hills Rat Pack," a reference to the home of Judy Garland and husband Sid Luft, which served as a regular hangout.The name may also refer to the belief that an established pack of rats will belligerently reject an outsider who tries to join them.Judy Garland's daughter, Lorna Luft, tells the story that a certain gossip columnist (probably Hedda Hopper) wanted to be invited to the group's parties. The group didn't want their private parties becoming the subject of the writer's next column, and so the columnist was never invited. Later, she was said to have written about "that rat pack in Holmby Hills" which Garland found incredibly funny. Garland later had stick pins made for the group in the shape of rats with rubies for eyes.Thus, the "Rat Pack" was born. According to Stephen Bogart, the original members of the Holmby Hills Rat Pack were Sinatra (pack master), Garland (first vice-president), Bacall (den mother), Luft (cage master), Bogart (rat in charge of public relations), Swifty Lazar (recording secretary and treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, George Cukor, Michael Romanoff and Jimmy Van Heusen.In his autobiography The Moon's a Balloon, actor David Niven confirms that the Rat Pack originally included him but not Sammy Davis or Dean Martin. The 1960s version of the group included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford (brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy), and for a brief stint, Norman Fell. Angie Dickinson, Juliet Prowse, and Shirley MacLaine were often referred to as the "Rat Pack Mascots", a title which reportedly made these ladies feel like "one of the boys". The post-Bogart version of the group was reportedly never called that name by any of its members — they called it the Summit or the Clan. "The Rat Pack" was a term used by journalists and outsiders, although it remains the lasting name for the group. As a result of Lawford's relation to Kennedy and Sinatra's connections to the Mafia, and the role the group played in campaigning for Kennedy and the Democrats, the Rat Pack had not only influence in entertainment and social circles but some influence politically as well. Sinatra expected that he would be part of Kennedy's circle after the election but was excluded, which in turn led to Peter Lawford's exclusion from the group after 1962. Lawford's role in Robin and the Seven Hoods was given to Bing Crosby and spiced up with several songs. (It wasn't the first time Sinatra had treated a Rat Packer that way; Davis's role in Never So Few was given to Steve McQueen when Sinatra and Davis had a temporary falling-out.) The Rat Pack often performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, and were instrumental in the rise of Las Vegas as a popular entertainment destination. They played an important role in the desegregation of Las Vegas hotels and casinos in the early 1960s. Sinatra and the others would refuse to play in or patronize those establishments that would not give full service to African American entertainers including


The Rolling Stones first record label was what?

The Rolling Stones: U.S. LP Label History Updated: December 31, 2007 Recognizing proper labels for respective pressings is critical to the particular Rolling Stones LP record collector. Either by uneducated error or fraudulent omission, record items may be incorrectly represented by some as being other than what they are. This section reviews the vast differences in labels pressed in the U.S.A., some which strongly influence the value of a particular LP, others which make no difference at all, and how to distinguish them.   May 1st, 1964 The Rolling Stones first U.S. LP was entitled England's Newest Hit Makers. For this album only, a unique aspect of the cover design clearly identified it as a 1st pressing**. A mention of the free color poster included in all first editions will be located on the lower left-hand side (on Brian's elbow) of the front cover.   Much like a book has a first edition, the term first (1st) pressing is **used to describe the initial print run of a particular record album. Further pressings (2nd, 3rd, so on) may be issued by the same company to satisfy a growing demand. In other cases, additional pressings indicate a change in a musician's (or band's) record label affiliation.   Phase ONE: The First Four LPs & "ffrr" First of all, a 1st pressing of one LP may differ greatly from that of another, even from the same production year. Upon the initial success of the Rolling Stones in 1964, London Records (the US equivalent of Decca U.K.) offered mono, then later stereo (electronically re-processed) editions of their first four (4) albums. The Long Players released in this period were: 1. "England's Newest Hit Makers" [released: May 1, 1964] 4. Out of Our Heads [Jul. 30, 1965] note: The Rolling Stones debut album was initially introduced to U.S. customers by way of export from the U.K. These were promotional copies and differed in label design from what we now regard as official first pressings. Track listings for the first four (4) U.S. LPs differed from their U.K. counterparts, and two of these titles were in fact never issued within the U.K. as official LPs. The major distinguishing factor featured on these 1st pressings will be the boxed LONDON ffrr (full frequency range recording) logo. A lesser-known and oft-overlooked factor is the mention of 'Made in England by the Decca Co. Ltd' at the top of each disc label. This is important, because a LONDON ffrr label does not guarantee a U.S.-market first pressing unless it denotes 'Made In England.' The U.K. exclusively exported the first ffrr label Stones albums to the U.S. Later pressings would feature a 'Made In The U.S.A.' note, but would still be considered first pressings since the same plates were used. A common variation of the ffrr label is the Canadian issue which clearly states Made In Canada. 1. "Made In England by the Decca Record Co. Ltd." 2. London ffrr design. Rare Variations of London ffrr labels: More than a few variations of the mono label have been reported. The true rarity or even origin of these variations may never be factually revealed. Generally speaking, the mono labels should appear in some form of red, brick, or maroon color. It has been reported that a few editions of the Stones earliest ffrr LPs were pressed in the U.S. for export to other countries and some for the express use of the U.S. military. Directly below you will find a simplified informational grid which contains the known variations for each of the first four LPs discussed. The term 'unlikely' is used to describe a variation which has no known copies, nor is there likelihood that any exist. The term 'possible/unknown' describes a variation of which there is no record but very possibly exists ... 'yes' is self-explanitory. LABEL VARIATION yes yes The commonly used stereo editions of ffrr (known as ffss - full frequency stereophonic sound), were not used on any known Rolling Stones U.S. LP release. This was due to the fact that early LPs were not true stereo, but electronically re-processed from mono recordings. STEREO LABELS - The distinguishing elements are muc


Simon and Garfunkel's song Mrs Robinson featured in what 1967 film?

C Music TV - Composers - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL contact SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel (known collectively as Simon & Garfunkel) are American composers & pop musicians. They are best known for their hit singles 'The Sounds of Silence', 'Mrs. Robinson' (featured in Dustin Hoffman's 1967 film 'The Graduate'), 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' & 'Scarborough Fair' (which is their definitive arrangement of the traditional song.)


Cleveland's Moondog Coronation Ball, Past and Present Cleveland Expert By Sandy Mitchell The first Moondog Coronation Ball, held on March 21, 1952, was America's first rock concert. The event, conceived and promoted by DJ Alan Freed , was a bit of a disaster, with over 20,000 fans trying to squeeze into a 10,000-seat venue. However, the concept survived and today Cleveland remembers the event with a new Moondog Coronation Ball and concert each March. The 2015 event will be held on April 4th at Quicken Loans Arena . The First Moondog Coronation Ball: The first Moondog Coronation Ball was held at the Cleveland Arena on March 21, 1952. The event was the brainchild of Cleveland DJ Alan Freed, the one who coined the phrase "Rock and Roll." Freed was one of the first "non-R&B" DJs to play music by performers, such as Fats Domino and Little Richard. He called his listeners Moondogs and he would howl into the microphone. Tickets to the concert, believed to be the first rock and roll concert, sold frantically--and the promoters kept printing them. continue reading below our video Tipping Etiquette Around the World It was estimated that 20,000 tickets were sold to the 10,000-seat venue. So hectic was the scene that the local authorities shut down the event after just the first song. Moondog Today: Today, the Moondog is a more controlled concert, but still evokes the spirit of the 1950s. Half a dozen vintage rock and roll performers entertain concert-goers and many of the attendees dress in classic 1950s-style. WMJI radio has sponsored the event for several years. Performers: Scheduled to perform at the 2015 Moondog Coronation Ball will be the Smokey Robinson, Mark Lindsay, Randy Bachman and B.J Thomas. Tickets to the Moondog Coronation Ball: Tickets to the 2015 Moondog Coronation Ball go on sale now. They are $68.75, $53.75, and $38.75 and are available by calling 888-894-9424 or at the Quicken Loans Arena Web site or box office. The Moondog in Cleveland Culture: In addition to being an annual concert, Moondog is the mascot of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team and a seasonal brew, crafted by Cleveland's Great Lakes Brewing Company . (updated 1-27-15)


Which gravel-voiced English singer was previously a gas-fitter from Sheffield?


Who sang the title song of the film The Girl Can't Help It?

The Girl Can't Help It (1956) - Soundtracks - IMDb The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Performed by Little Richard (uncredited) Rock Around The Rock Pile Words and Music by Bobby Troup Performed by Ray Anthony and his band (uncredited) Siren-scream done by Jayne Mansfield (uncredited) Cry Me a River Performed by Little Richard and The Upsetters You Got It Made Performed by Eddie Fontaine at the Jungle Room Tempo's Tempo Performed by Nino Tempo during the opening scene Rockin' Is Our Business Written and Performed by Ray Anthony I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (uncredited) Performed by Betty Grable in a clip from Wabash Avenue (1950) Spread the Word Sung by Abbey Lincoln at the Late Place Club Twenty Flight Rock Sung by Eddie Cochran on the television Plaisir d'Amour Played in the background during the prologue Cinnamon Sinner Performed by Jayne Mansfield (dubbed by Eileen Wilson ), accompanied by Ray Anthony and his band My Idea of Love Performed by Johnny Olenn & The Jokers I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (uncredited) Performed by Johnny Olenn & The Jokers Ready Teddy


Lulu sang the theme song to which 1967 film about an inner-city school, starring Sidney Poitier?

To Sir, with Love (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error To Sir, with Love ( 1967 ) Unrated | Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End. Director: E.R. Braithwaite (novel), James Clavell (written for the screen by) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 16 Jul 2013 a list of 29 titles created 28 Jun 2014 a list of 21 titles created 12 Apr 2015 a list of 28 titles created 10 months ago a list of 21 titles created 3 months ago Title: To Sir, with Love (1967) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Photos After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of reaching kids in an inner city school proves too much to resist. Director: Peter Bogdanovich A traveling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert. Director: Ralph Nelson A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé. Director: Stanley Kramer A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life. Director: Guy Green A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. Director: Daniel Petrie A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. Director: Richard Brooks Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director: Stanley Kramer An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. Director: Norman Jewison In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs. Director: Gordon Douglas Edit Storyline Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class at an East End school. Still hoping for a good engineering job, he's hopeful that he won't be there long. He starts implementing his own brand of classroom discipline: forcing the pupils to treat each other with respect. Inevitably he begins getting involved in the students' personal lives, and must avoid the advances of an amorous student while winning over the class tough. What will he decide when the engineering job comes through? Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> See All (131)  » Taglines: A story as fresh as the girls in their minis. . .and as tough as the kids from London's East End! [UK Theatrical] See more  » Genres: 14 June 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Al maestro con cariño See more  » Filming Locations: The first movie role for Michael Des Barres . See more » Goofs During the dance between Thackeray and Pamela, when The Mindbenders abruptly switch from a slow song (opening bars of "Off And Running") to a fast one ("It's Getting Harder All The Time") we hear the students cheering, but the shot at that moment is of the whole class, and no one is cheering. See more » Quotes In the end credits, Michael Des Barres name is misspelled as "Micheal." See more » Connections Music by Mark London (as Marc London) Performed by Lulu (uncredited) Great, landmark teacher-student relationship film 28 January 2001 | by thomandybish (Weaverville, NC) – See all my reviews The school movie against which all other school movies are measured. Sidney Poitier was on a roll in 1966-67(A PATCH OF BLUE, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT)and TO SIR, WITH LOVE crowned that succession of great films. Poitier's Thackery is meticulous and


What Eddie Cochran song, covered by the Who, told of frustrations with his boss and his congressman?


Who was the main singing star in the musical Half a Sixpence?

View All Photos (6) Movie Info British musical star Tommy Steele had starred in Half a Sixpence in London and on Broadway, thus he was first choice for this garish film version. Based on the H.G. Wells story Kipps (previously filmed in 1941 with Michael Redgrave), Half a Sixpence tells the tale of a humble London drapery clerk (Steele) who inherits a fortune. He briefly forgets his old mates and his faithful girl friend (Julia Foster), but soon discovers that High Society isn't his cup of tea. Filmed during the "monster musical" cycle fostered by The Sound of Music, Half a Sixpence isn't really suited for the spectacular approach dictated by co-producer Charles H. Schneer. Fortunately, the guiding directorial hand is the film's other producer: George Sidney, a veteran of MGM's Arthur Freed unit, who knew how to successfully weld music with story. Thanks to Sidney and star Steele, Half a Sixpence never gets too out of hand, though we'd argue with some of the eyestrain-inducing color choices in the bigger numbers. The film might have done better at the box office had the score yielded a few hit songs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi Rating:


Which comedian's recordings featured hilarious telephone routines about King Kong and the introduction of Tobacco?

Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George   Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s?    The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis   Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker?    Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man?   Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he   married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue?    Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded   album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr   Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson   Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave   what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The   Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of   the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie   Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's   career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ...   what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang   Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime?    Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The   Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside?    Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big   Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured   as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me?    Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953?    Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess,   featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious   Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967?    Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth?    Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the   Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed   Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical   Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie   Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the   Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what?    Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds:   33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what   stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max   Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer   Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb   Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit,   supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You   Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers?    Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in   1969? Bri


What long-running BBC Radio chart show began on the Light Programme in 1955, and later becoming hugely popular when presented by Alan Freeman?


The Crickets backed which famous singer-songwriter?

Buddy Holly - Singer - Biography.com Buddy Holly Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today. IN THESE GROUPS Buddy Holly - Rock and Roll Legend (; 3:18) Buddy Holly was a pioneer in the world of rock and roll and had changed the face of music at the time until his tragic death in 1959. Synopsis Born on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy Holly was an American singer/songwriter who produced some of the most distinctive and influential work in rock music. Already well versed in several music styles, he was a seasoned performer by age 16. With hits such as 'Peggy Sue' and 'That'll Be the Day,' Buddy Holly was a rising star when a tragic plane crash struck him down in 1959 at age 22. Early Life Singer. Born Charles Hardin Holley on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. As the fourth and youngest child in his family, Holly was nicknamed "Buddy" by his mother, who felt that his given name was too big for her little boy. "Holly," the altered form of his last name, would later result from a misspelling in his first recording contract. Buddy Holly learned to play piano and fiddle at an early age, while his older brothers taught him the basics of guitar. A 1949 home recording of "My Two-Timin' Woman" showcases Holly's skilled, if prepubescent, singing voice. Holly's mother and father, a tailor by trade, both proved to be very supportive of their son's burgeoning musical talents, generating song ideas and even penning a letter to the editor of Lubbock's newspaper in defense of rock 'n' roll-loving teenagers lambasted in a conservative editorial. Despite his parents' support, Holly couldn't have become a founding father of rock 'n' roll without engaging in some degree of rebellion. Once a preacher at the local Tabernacle Baptist Church asked him, "What would you do if you had $10?" The young rocker reportedly muttered, "If I had $10, I wouldn't be here." Holly had clearly set his sights on something other than growing up to join his brothers in their tiling business. After high school, Holly formed a band and played country and western songs regularly on a Lubbock radio station. He frequently opened for more prominent national acts that toured through town. Bandmate Sonny Curtis viewed Holly's opening for Elvis Presley in 1955 as a crucial turning point for the singer. "When Elvis came along," Curtis recalls, "Buddy fell in love with Elvis and we began to change. The next day we became Elvis clones." Although the bespectacled, bow-tied youth lacked Elvis's incendiary sex appeal, Holly's conversion from country to rock 'n' roll did not go unnoticed. A record company talent scout soon caught his act at a skating rink and signed him to a contract. In early 1956, Holly and his band began recording demos and singles in Nashville under the name Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes, but the group's lineup was later revised and dubbed The Crickets. Holly wrote and recorded his breakthrough hit, "That'll Be the Day," with The Crickets in 1957. The song's title and refrain are a reference to a line uttered by John Wayne in the 1956 film The Searchers. Between August 1957 and August 1958, Holly and the Crickets charted seven different Top 40 singles. Coincidentally, "That'll Be the Day" topped the U.S. chart exactly 500 days before Holly's untimely death. Solo Career and Untimely Death In October 1958, Holly split from The Crickets and moved to Greenwich Village in New York City. Due to legal and financial problems resulting from the band's breakup, Holly reluctantly agreed to tour through the Midwest in 1959 with The Winter Dance Party. Tired of enduring broken-down buses in subfreezing conditions, Holly chartered a private plane to take him from a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, to the tour's next stop in Moorhead, Minnesota. Holly was joined on the doomed flight by fellow performers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. The plane crashed within minutes of leaving the ground, killing all aboard. Buddy Holly was just 22 years old. His f


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What record label did the Beatles establish?

Beatles US Labels - Variations   THE CAPITOL ï¿½ APPLE    LABEL DISCOGRAPHY  In early 1964, Capitol Records became    the primary U.S. manufacturer of The Beatles major releases.  When    Apple Records was formed by the Beatles in 1968, Capitol still maintained    production and distribution control over the Beatles records.  When    Apple was dissolved in 1975, the entire Beatles catalog, including solo    releases, reverted back to Capitol. In the early 1990ï¿½s, all The    Beatles/solo Capitol product was reissued on the Apple label.  The Beatles, collectively and    individually, have also appeared on several other labels over the    years.  However, most of these releases failed to stay in production    long enough to experience significant label design changes.  The    relatively few that did, are thoroughly identified in their respective    sections.


Who had a 1960s hit with Step Inside Love?

CILLA BLACK THE 1960'S - YouTube CILLA BLACK THE 1960'S Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 30, 2013 Cilla Black was the Liverpool lass who had many british and International hits during the 1960's and 70's. She is best remembered for her rendition of 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' and 'Alfie'. Cilla also had her own tv show in the 60's and in her more mature years she hosted the legendary panel game BLIND DATE on the british commercial itv network.


The record label and music company name HMV stood for what?

HMV | HMV Records | HMV Label | The HMV Record Label History   HMV or 'His Master's Voice' has for long been a very important name in the music industry and used to be a large record label. The name 'His Master's Voice' originates from the label's logo which is a terrier dog listening to a gramophone recording of his master's voice.   The logo is a painting of the dog Nipper and it was bought, along with the UK rights to it, by the Gramophone Company in 1899. The Gramophone Company didn't use the logo on their records until 1909. Until then, the image had only been used in the USA by the 'Victor Talking Machine Company' on their records. They continued to use it and so did their successor RCA which bought Victor in 1929 along with their shares in the Gramophone Company.     EMI was created in 1931 and ultimately ended owning the Gramophone Company which was eventuallu called HMV. RCA owned shares in EMI until 1939 when it sold them but kept hold of the name 'His Master's Voice' in the USA. EMI kept distributing RCA records until 1957 when their collaboration was interrupted.   With the arrival of the CD, EMI eventually dropped the 'His Master's Voice' trademark and replaced it with 'EMI Classics', a name which could be used all around the globe.   The HMV trademark is now owned by the HMV retail company in Britain which owns over 400 shops around the globe. They have no current ties to EMI having sold all the shops to the HMV group in 1998. The first HMV shop opened in London in 1921 and they still use a modified version of the Nipper painting as their logo.   Classification of HMV records (English Pressings)   HMV records, same as Columbia and Decca , come in mono and stereo. Mono records come in the series ALP, BLP, CLP and DLP, while stereo records come in the series ASD and SAN, also known as the Angel series. Earlier records from these series have 3 digits after their corresponding prefix and later records have 4. The earlier ones, with three digits, are the most valuable and collectible ones. All mono records have four digits and tend to be generally less valuable, exceptions are records by artists such as De Vito.   Mono LPs - ALP Series   HMV released its first mono LP in 1952, much later than its rivals Decca and Columbia . Its ALP monos have a red label and present the Nipper logo in a semi-circle. Around the semi-circle we can see the words 'His Master's Voice' indicationg the name of the label. This record belongs to the HMV ALP series and can be recognized by the semi-circle Nipper logo with the words 'His Master's Voice' sorounding it. It as a red label with white and dark red lettering. This record belongs to the HMV ALP series and can be recognized by the semi-circle Nipper logo with the words 'His Master's Voice' sorounding it. It as a red label with gold lettering.   Stereo LPs - ASD and SAN (Angel) series   HMV records belonging to the ASD series come in 6 different labels and vary greatly in value accordingly. As said previously, generally records with 3 digits after the prefix are more valuable than ones with 4. The first label is the most valuable and runs from ASD251 to ASD575. The second label runs from ASD576 to ASD2480. The third label runs up to ASD2800, the fourth one runs up to about ASD3850, the fifth one runs up to ASD4000. The sixth label, most recent one, was introduced in the 1980s and unfortunately is of lower sound quality than its predecessors.   This record belongs to the HMV ASD first series. It can be easily recognized by its white label with gold edges and red writing. This record belongs to the HMV second series. It can be easily recognised by its semi-circle Nipper logo and red label. This record belongs to the HMV ASD third series. It can be easily recognized by its red label with dark red and white writing. It also has the colour Nipper logo in a box with white edges and the name 'His Master's Voice' at the bottom of the box. This record belongs to the HMV ASD fourth series. It can be easily recognised by its red label and black and white Nipper logo. This record belongs to th


Who sang the theme song to the film Born Free?

"BORN FREE" (2) - YouTube "BORN FREE" (2) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 27, 2010 "BORN FREE" The original theme song to a remarkable movie and true story about a woman`s love for a lion cub she raised from birth to adulthood and remained her beloved pet until the end. I hope to get better at making these montages, and move on from that, but for now I`m just dipping my toes in the cold water. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks for looking. Theme song written by John Barry, and sung by Matt Monro. Category


Congratulations was Cliff Richard's Eurovision Song Contest entry in what year?

Eurovision Song Contest 1968 | Eurovision Song Contest Show more Eurovision Song Contest 1968 The thirteenth Eurovision Song Contest which took place in the Royal Albert Hall in London was the first Eurovision Song Contest to be broadcast in colour. The bookmakers were sure of another British victory since Cliff Richard - who had dominated the European charts for several years already - decided to represent his native country. Congratulations... with your second place! France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom broadcast the 1968 contest in colour despite the fact that very few TV-viewers at home owned a colour TV set. However, colour was here to stay and all song contests since then have been broadcast primarily in colour. Some countries hired foreign singers to sing for them: Germany was represented by Norwegian Wenche Myhre and Austria's entry was performed by Karel Gott from Prague. About the winner The 1968 Eurovision Song Contest turned out to have a nailbiting finish when the United Kingdom entry and big favourite Congratulations by Cliff Richard was beaten by just one point by Spain's Massiel. Originally Massiel's song La La La was supposed to be sung by Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat who wanted perfom the song in Catalan. At the request of Spanish officials, Juan Manuel was replaced by Massiel who sang the same song in Spanish. Facts & figures The 1968 Eurovision Song Contest was not only broadcast in the participating countries, but also all of Eastern Europe and Tunisia could follow it; For Katie Boyle, it was already her third Eurovision Song Contest as a presenter, but not her last: Mrs. Boyle would return for yet another contest just as the unlucky Cliff Richard would also do! Facts & Figures


Which singer's Eurovision Song Contest entry was Knock Knock (Who's There?)?

Knock Knock Who's There? - LIV MAESSEN (1970) - Pop Archives - Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s Knock Knock Who's There? Australia 1970 #1 Sydney #3 Melbourne #1 Brisbane #8 Adelaide #1 Perth Deep-voiced Melbourne-based singer who won 1970 Logie Award (Australia's equivalent of the Emmys) for Best New Talent. Single on Fable label. Co-charted in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth with the original by Mary Hopkin. On CD: 1. There is now (2010) a Liv Maessen Best Of at iTunes [ link ]. 2. Three of of Liv Maessen's charting tracks are on a Bobby & Laurie CD called With Other Fabulous Australian Performers of the Seventies, a Canetoad release: Knock Knock Who's There, Love Moth and Snowbird. [ Amazon See also, at this site, the origins of Liv Maessen's - Snowbird and The Love Moth . ANDRA WILLIS (John Carter - Geoff Stephens) USA 1970 Single on Paramount by singer from West Virginia (b.1943). This version charted regionally in the US: see the selection of charts posted at ARSA. Andra Willis was a regular singer on The Lawrence Welk Show in the late 60s. Her husband, the musician, arranger and conductor Larry Muhoberac was keyboardist with Elvis Presley's TCB band in the late 60s and worked with a number of big names over the years. Since the mid-80s The Muhoberacs have lived in Australia. Andra's recordings as Andra Willis Muhoberac appear here and there: her Carol For The Wheat Country is on ABC Radio's Macca By Request , and she duets with John Rowles on one of his albums. Larry has, for example, produced for Grace Knight , arranged for Silverchair , and conducted on Neil Diamond's tour of Australia. Further reading: The Muhoberacs' son Brennan has a 2007 update on the family at his MySpace page . Thanks to Terry Stacey for finding and verifying this version. Image from Old Favourites page at WelkMusicFamily.com. MARY HOPKIN Original version #2 UK #92 USA #1 Sydney #3 Melbourne #1 Brisbane #1 Perth #1 NZ Single on Apple, #26. This was a Eurovision Song Contest entry, produced by Mickie Most: it came second to All Kinds Of Everything . The breakthrough for Welsh singer Mary Hopkin was her appearance on the talent show Opportunity Knocks. Her first single, an international hit, was Those Were The Days, the second single released on The Beatles' Apple label (1968, #1 UK, #1 USA Cashbox and elsewhere). She was something of a protégée of Paul McCartney who produced Those Were The Days and her first album, Postcard. See also Que Sera Sera . Further reading: 1.  MaryHopkin.co.uk  (official site; the biography page simply links to the Wikipedia entry ). 2.  Mary Hopkins Friendly Society (fan site). The writers, John Carter and Geoff Stephens, were behind many British hit recordings, especially during the late 60s and into the 70s. John Carter (born John Shakespeare) is usually associated with Ken Lewis (born Kenneth James Hawker), his longtime partner in songwriting and performing since the end of the 50s. With Perry Ford, they recorded as The Ivy League from 1965. Later, Carter and Lewis were involved, for example, in The Flowerpot Men (Let's Go To San Francisco), White Plains (My Baby Loves Lovin') and First Class (Beach Baby). Geoff Stephens, who collaborated with a number of other writers, wrote Winchester Cathedral, the oldtime-radio styled hit for his New Vaudeville Band, a project that included John Carter on vocals. Carter and Stephens were among a number of British songwriters, many of whom worked as performers and producers, whose projects were seldom off the charts during the late 60s and early 70s. Others included Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Les Reed, Tony Macaulay, Barry Mason, Peter Callander, Mitch Murray, Graham Gouldman, Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley, Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent. Some better known songs by Carter and Stephens: John Carter & Geoff Stephens: Semi-detached Suburban Mr Jones (Manfred Mann, 1966) My Sentimental Friend (Herman's Hermits, 1969). John Carter: Beach Baby (First Class, 1974) John Carter & Ken Lewis: Funny How Love Can Be (Ivy League 1965) Let's Go To San Francisco


Who wrote the instrumental A Swingin' Safari and led the orchestra which played the original hit version?

A Swingin' Safari by Billy Vaughn Songfacts Songfacts This song was written by German band leader Bert Kaempfert, and was released as the title track of his 1962 album. The album went Gold in his native country. Whereas Kaempfert's recording failed to chart, Vaughn's cover reached #13 on the Billboard chart. Vaughn was Dot Records' staff producer. The song and the album reflect the influence that Kwela music had on Bert Kaempfert. Kwela is a genre of music originating in Southern Africa, which prominently features the use of a penny whistle. This sound was also adapted in other successful Western music, notably Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland. In the liner notes to The Bert Kaempfert Collection, Ladi Geisler, the orchestra's bass guitarist, said: "Bert Kaempfert tried to swap the penny whistle for a piccolo. Now that was a real piece of innovation. Then, finally, it was all ready and Bert was really pleased, he had managed it, he had captured the sound of the penny whistle using the piccolo." This was the original theme of the TV game show The Match Game ('60s version). It was reused as a theme for several later game shows.


The Copacabana nightclub was in which city?

The Copacabana Night Club, New York City - NYC - Copacabana.com UMRIO.NET Weekly Latin - Salsa Event Schedule     Tuesdays: Door 6 PM to 3 AM, Free Buffet 6 to 8 PM, Free Dance Lesson Live Salsa & Merengue Bands and DJ (+ Bachata, & Vallenato) in main room. House and Clasics downstairs. Thursdays: Door 11 PM to 3 AM, GIRLS ARE FREE ALL NIGHT LONG ~ DJ KAZZANOVA, DJ ISH & DJ 1 Spinning. The Biggest under 21 party in NYC Every Thursday Evening and long into the night. Fridays: The latest in Urban music at the Copacabana. Latin Music on FRIDAYS at COPA. Dance to the beats of DJ Precise and other DJs spining Reggaeton, Hip-Hop, and Classics. Saturdays: Door 10 PM to 5 AM, Live Salsa & Merengue Bands & DJ in main room, House and Clasics DJ downstairs. Admission: $20 Payment: American Express / Discover / MasterCard / Visa Atmospheres: DJ / DJ - Latin & Salsa / Clubs    Good happy hour: no    Copacabana, is the place for the Latin hip-swingers and fast-footed. Since its relocation, the club can easily fit accommodate a crowd of 4,000 and by 6:30pm on Tuesday evenings--the only weeknight the club opens its doors--expect to see hundreds in line outside for the weekly after-work party. The rice, beans, veggies and entree selections in the free buffet are basic, but it beats the average happy hour's greasy buffalo wings. Plus, you get to kick up your heels on the early side. The plastic, glowing palm trees and the latin rhythms whisk the crowd away, but only those 25 and older are permitted entry. Barry Manilow  sang it: " Music and passion were always in fashion at the Copa.... " Swing the night away to merengue and salsa under disco balls and lit-up palms in this great and glamorous venue. Obey the dress code (no jeans) and sway to the best of live music. The downstairs room features hip-hop and house music. Tuesdays the only weeknight the doors open, and from 6pm-8 pm, guests can also enjoy a buffet with their bachata. This Latin dance hall has relocated and doubled in size since the time it inspired Barry Manilow, but live salsa and merengue bands continue to reign over the hip-shaking, shoulder-rolling crowd. Beneath the swirling disco balls and glowing plastic palm trees of the vast Carmen Miranda Room, pro dancers rip it up next to novices just riding the beat. Downstairs, the smaller, darker Copa Room pumps hip-hop and dance. They have free dance lessons from 6-8. The dance floor is huge!! The people there are very friendly, and don't get upset when you accidently bump into them. They are also friendly and offer some dance tips. They also have a free buffet, which isn't half bad. On Thursday ladies 18 and over can get in but on Saturdays you must be 21 and over. Drinks are pretty expensive a Long Island is about $12, but the drinks are good. Admission is Ladies free on Friday depending on performances and males are $30. If you go to the web site you can a reduce coupon. Which ladies will get in for $10 and males for $20. Bathrooms are very clean and there is always good music I wouldn't stop dancing. The type of music the have is salsa, reggeaton, and HIP-HOP. Cons: drinks are expensive, long lines, Bar, Older crowd Overall user rating: Recommended / Highly Recommended Pros: Large dance floor, Free food, free dance lessons, music, bathrooms, Dancing, Crowd, Bands, Environment HOTELS NEAR COPACABANA bridgestreet ellington 260 west 52 st $269.00 to $316.00 furnished quarters wilshire plz 134 w 58th street $180.00 to $200.00 signature suites 205 inn 205 west 54th street $80.00 to $133.34


Which British comedian had the massive-selling 1965 hit Tears?

BBC News - The Unswinging Sixties BBC News SMASHED HITS Classic pop, reappraised by the Magazine A Radio 2 chart this week has revealed that many of the biggest selling singles of the 1960s were decidedly square, daddio. Welcome to the flip-side of the ultra-hip decade. If a film-maker wants to transport you to 1960s Britain, you can bank on hearing a Lennon-McCartney tune, or something from the Rolling Stones - possibly even the Hollies. You don't tend to hear buck-toothed comedian Ken Dodd. Dodd 'third best seller of 60s' Yet a 1965 Dodd hit, Tears, was the third-biggest-selling single of the decade, an analysis of record sales unveiled this week has revealed. He is not alone - the best-sellers of the Sixties include healthy dollops of yodelling, crooning and clarinet-tootling among the recordings that are now part of the rock canon. Just as the majority of Beatles fans were not peeling off kaftans to take LSD on Carnaby Street, a large part of the British record-buying public wasn't listening to the Beatles at all. Here are five of the least groovy but most popular artists of the Sixties. KEN DODD Given the Liverpudlian performer's propensity for pulling funny faces, those unfamiliar with Tears might expect to hear a comedy number, or at least a pastiche of someone else's record. TEARS But Dodd's tickling stick is nowhere to be seen or heard. Tears, also known as Tears For Souvenirs, is a very straight ballad in which Dodd beseeches an estranged lover to "forgive and forget / Turn our tears of regret once more to tears of happiness". It's from an era when an all-round entertainer like Dodd would send the audience home with a gently-crooned oldie. Originally recorded by American bandleader Rudy Vallee in 1929, Tears spent almost half of 1965 in the charts, sat at number one for five weeks, and held off many songs that are more familiar to 21st-Century ears. Dodd took a ribbing from his groovier contemporaries. "All the pop groups, they couldn't find things bad enough to say," he told the BBC in 2007. "This was a middle-of-the-road song, and none of the rock-and-rollers could get in. I kept them out and I got a golden disc. It's on two million now." Actually, DJ Tony Blackburn, who presented the chart of Sixties best sellers, gives the sales as "over a million", rather than two million. It was a different kind of inaccurate figure that saw Dodd return to the headlines in 1989, when he was tried for tax evasion. "The tax people still write to me," he told BBC Liverpool last year. "I got one of those brown envelopes the other day." "Self assessment?" he added. "I invented that." ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK One of the few singles at the top of the list to break the Dodd-Beatle Liverpudlian lock is Engelbert Humperdinck's Release Me. RELEASE ME The Last Waltz (#11) There Goes My Everything (#23) This one is a touch more modern than Tears: it's a 1946 country-and-western ballad by Eddie "Piano" Miller. Humperdinck - who was once Arnold Dorsey, an apprentice engineer from Leicester - had his stage name chosen for him by his manager, Gordon Mills. "'Who the hell is that?' I said. 'I didn't know he was the composer of [opera] Hansel And Gretel and he died in 1921." Mills also managed another crooner, Tom Jones, and there was a sense that the Welsh client was getting the better material. Songwriter Jimmy Webb sees Humperdinck's success as testament to his talent, telling Billboard magazine: "While the other singer was getting the pick of the songs, Engelbert was doing almost as well with the second-rate songs." In fact, in this chart, Humperdinck does better: three in the top 25 to Jones's one. And Release Me has lived on, as the theme to the Fast Show, as an enduring favourite at funerals, and as the answer to the pub quiz question "What kept Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane off number one?" This success earned Humperdinck the opprobrium of rock purists; he has since "atoned" by recording Penny Lane, but has yet to turn his attention to Strawberry Fields. His home remains the middle of the romantic road, but he has made other inc


Cher: Divorce From Sonny Bono Took A Long Time To Overcome | The Huffington Post Cher: Divorce From Sonny Bono Took A Long Time To Overcome 09/18/2013 07:48 pm ET AP It's no secret that Cher isn't a fan of her late ex-husband Sonny Bono. The mega star has told interviewers in the past that he was "a terrible husband" who "hurt [her] in so many ways." But now, she's opening up about how the actual divorce affected her. Cher spoke to USA Today about her new album, her prolific career, and the struggles she has faced throughout the years, which stemmed from her 1975 divorce . She told the newspaper that the strain the split put on her finances and career was something she was afraid she would never overcome. "I thought I'd never climb out of that hole," she said. "I had no money, and I had to pay him $2 million. It took a long time. I worked my way into a spot in Las Vegas playing two shows a night. My managers were making more money than I was. I pride myself on still being here. A lot of people were gigantic, and then they were gone." Sonny Bono died in 1998 in a skiing accident. But before his death, Bono went on the record to refute Cher's claims that he was a bad husband. In 1991, he published the book And the Beat Goes On about their life together, and told People magazine that Cher "wasn't a victim." Keep in touch! Check out HuffPost Divorce on Facebook and Twitter . Also on HuffPost:


Which 1960s easy-listening Irish crooner was famed for his rocking chair and knitted jumpers? View the step-by-step solution to: Which 1960s easy-listening Irish crooner was famed for his rocking chair and knitted jumpers? This question was answered on Feb 01, 2016. View the Answer Which 1960s easy-listening Irish crooner was famed for his                rocking chair and knitted jumpers? Jasmine1992                                                   posted a question · Feb 01, 2016 at 8:21am Top Answer 1 comment Michael Valentine "Val" Doonican[1] (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style. A crooner, he found popular success, especially in the United Kingdom where he had five successive Top 10 albums in the 1960s as well as several hits on the UK Singles Chart, including "Walk Tall" and "Elusive Butterfly". The Val Doonican Show, which featured his singing and a variety of guests, had a long and successful run on BBC Television from 1965 to 1986 and Doonican won the Variety Club of Great Britain's BBC-TV Personality of the Year award three times.[1] Doonican had a gentle baritone voice[2] and, according to The Guardian, he had "an easygoing, homely charm that enchanted middle England". TaniaCesile Feb 01, 2016 at 8:23am {[ getNetScore(27668477) ]}


What was Chuck Berry's first hit record?

Chuck Berry Collector's Guide - The Chess Era (1955-1966) The Chess Era (1955-1966) Most of Chuck Berry's fame is based on the recordings he made for Leonard and Phil Chess of CHESS Record Company between 1955 and 1966. During this time, Chuck Berry recorded all the classic numbers such as Sweet Little Sixteen , Memphis, Tennessee , Johnny B. Goode or Roll Over Beethoven . These songs have been covered and covered again by many other artists such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and almost every other Rock 'n' Roll singer and band. (see also the chapter on related albums ) Although most of the material recorded during Chuck's work with the Chess brothers had been published until 1966, later re-issues and records provided additional material from these recording sessions. In addition there are some live recordings from this era which have not been released on Chess but on different labels many years later. This chapter will present you with the original Chess records first, followed by additional Chess recordings and out-takes published later. The chapter ends with a presentation of the live recordings between 1955 and 1966 . The Original Chess Records Chuck Berry's first recording session at Chess Records, Chicago took place May 21st, 1955. Four songs were recorded which were released on two 45/78 rpm records later that year: Maybellene b/w Wee Wee Hours (Chess 1604, July 1955) and Thirty Days b/w Together We Will Always Be (Chess 1610, September 1955). Due to the big success of these records (Chess 1604 became No. 1 in Billboard's Rhythm & Blues charts.) Chess organized another recording session in December of the same year which among other songs produced the next single No Money Down b/w Down Bound Train (Chess 1615, December 1955). Important for collectors of Chuck Berry's Music is that this session also produced material which was not commercially enough to make it on a 45/78 rpm record. Roly Poly and Berry Pickin' were kept for publication on the After School Session album, while I've Changed remained unpublished until 1979. Since most single releases have been re-published on samplers multiple times, I will not list all the singles released during the Chess era. I will concentrate on the albums because most of them have been re-released several times (even on CD) and are easier to get for a collector. Of course many collectors also try to get all the 45/78 rpm records as well as the EPs Chuck made. Given his enormous output, even trying to get re-releases of all the albums is a major task for a collector. In 1956 Chess released three more singles followed by Chuck Berry's first album. The singles were Roll Over Beethoven b/w Drifting Heart (Chess 1626, May 1956), Too Much Monkey Business b/w Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Chess 1635, September 1956), and You Can't Catch Me b/w Havana Moon (Chess 1645, November 1956). You Can't Catch Me is the song Chuck performed in the film Rock, Rock, Rock ( Video: , DVD: ) also released in 1956. Due to this, Chuck's first album on Chess was named the same as the film: Rock, Rock, Rock (Chess LP-1425, December 1956). The album was sold as the motion picture soundtrack , which was not true, of course. On one hand the film featured many other artists not contracted by Chess Records, on the other hand Chuck performs only one of the songs displayed on the album. Besides You Can't Catch Me the album contains Maybellene , Thirty Days , and Roll Over Beethoven . The remaining eight songs on Rock, Rock, Rock are performed by two successful groups from Chess: The Flamingos and The Moonglows. In a later Chess session the Moonglows sang background vocals for Chuck on tunes like Back in the USA . Rock, Rock, Rock has been re-issued on CD ( Green Line CDCHESS 1016 ). Beginning with 1957 albums (LPs) became popular. Also Chuck Berry's music now more and more appeared on albums instead of 45s/78s. In most cases LPs were a collection of an artist's hit singles. But pretty soon artists worked more and more for their albums which then started to contain many songs not published on sin


What number gives its name to the cultish 'club' celebrating rock stars who died at that age?

Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George   Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s?    The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis   Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker?    Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man?   Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he   married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue?    Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded   album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr   Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson   Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave   what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The   Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of   the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie   Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's   career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ...   what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang   Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime?    Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The   Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside?    Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big   Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured   as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me?    Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953?    Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess,   featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious   Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967?    Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth?    Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the   Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed   Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical   Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie   Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the   Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what?    Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds:   33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what   stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max   Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer   Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb   Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit,   supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You   Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers?    Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in   1969? Bri


Which fruit is the cordial grenadine primarily made from?

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