It’s been a fun ride for many years and the Ipernity administration has helped to make it that way. The potential threat of repercussions from copyright holders to this site and myself seem a possibility. My intuition is that these folk look at what…
Writer, record label owner, musician, producer and actor Peter Rafelson and Gardner Cole wrote "Follow Your Heart" for Cyndi Lauper. The song was presented to Madonna (Ciccone) for her third album.
With the titled chang…
Maurice Chevalier introduced "Isn't It Romantic" (Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart) in the 1932 motion picture "Love Me Tonight". In the movie first Maurice Chevalier sings the song, then it's sung by many other cast members ending up with Jeanette MacD…
The last opera written by Gioachino Rossini was "Guillaume Tell" based on the Freidrich von Schiller play "Wilhelm Tell". Following the 1829 publication in France, Rossini concentrated on religious music. Recorded in New York City in 1895 this is the…
"Dat's Why (I Love You So)" (Gordy -Carlo - King) by Detroit singer, songwriter and producer Al Kent (Hamilton) was released in 1957. The co-writer is Berry Gordy Jr. of future Motown fame.
Formerly with Billy Ward and His Dom…
In 1951 Detroit's Al Kent (Albert Hamilton) recorded "Am I The Man" (Hamilton). Al re-recorded the song again in 1957. Neither version charted.
Jackie Wilson's "Am I The Man" (Bob Hamilton - Tom King) hit number ten R&B and thirty-two Pop…
The 1931 revue "The Band Wagon" introduced the classic "Dancing In The Dark" (Arthur Schwartz - Howard Dietz). In the summer of that year the first recording came from Bing (Harry) Crosby. The 78 r.p.m. hit peaked at number three.…
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and noted record producer Teddy Riley sings "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" (Teddy Riley - Bernard Belle - Dave Way) in a 2017 concert. Quincy Jones recommended that Teddy co-produce much of the "Dangerou…
Three-time Grammy winner Michael Walden was given the nickname "Narada" from an Indian spiritual leader and lecturer on Hinduism. As a drummer Narada has been involved with Jeff Beck, Chick Corea and Carlos Santana. As a producer he has worked with G…
Aretha Franklin's contract with Columbia Records had expired and Atlantic scooped up the talent in January, 1967. Producer Jerry Wexler took her to Muscle Shoals, Alabama and introduced her to studio stalwarts King Curtis, Spooner Oldham and Chips Mo…
NBC, CBS, Mutual and ABC radio star, author, movie, television and Broadway stage performer Mary Small and the Vic Mizzy Orchestra issued "I Like, It, I Like It" (Vic Mizzy - Mann Curtis) in 1951. Mary and Vic were married for a brief time.…
Betty Grable introduced "I Wish I Knew" (Harry Warren - Mack Gordon) in the Betty Grable and Dick Haymes 1945 film "Diamond Horseshoe" filmed in the actual Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Manhattan nightclub.
In early 194…
Singer, songwriter, trumpeter and bandleader Louis Prima was the first to record "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (Freddy James aka Teddy Powell - Larry Stock) in March, 1945.
The following year it was a hit for Ella F…
Steely Dan (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker and ever-changing studio musicians) took over a year in the studio and collaborated with more than forty musicians to produce the Grammy winning 1980 top ten album "Gaucho". During this time Walter Becker was i…
Singer, pianist, vaudeville performer, actor and songwriter Lanny Ross attended Yale University, Columbia Law School and the Juilliard School of Music. Lanny recorded "Shepherd Serenade" (Kermit Goell - Fred Spielman) in August, 1941.…
The Kinks (lead singer Ray Davies and brother Dave, Mick Avory and Pete Quaife) sing an alternate mix for “Who’ll Be The Next In Line” (Ray Davies).
Released as a non-album single and a B side “Who’ll Be The Next In Line” reached number t…
Based on the traditional Mexican song "Carmen, Carmela", Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians first recorded "Tulips And Heather" (Milton Carson) in February of 1951. When Fred was eighty-three, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. For an Ameri…
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