Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Number 871 - Peaches & Herb



Number 871

Peaches & Herb

"Reunited"

(1979)
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Genre:R&B
"Peaches & Herb are a vocalist duo, once comprising Herbert "Herb" Feemster, and Patrice "Peaches" Hawthorne, from Philadelphia. Herb has remained a constant in "Peaches & Herb" since its creation in 1967, while five different women have filled the role of "Peaches"."
"Their first album 2 Hot went gold. It contained the songs "Shake Your Groove Thing" which peaked at number 5, on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of 1979, and "Reunited", the unlikely follow-up single, which reached number 1."
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Sort of liking asking a bank for a loan) and the Album ranked at Number (Yes, well)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 59.6 out of 108
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Number 870 - Dean Martin



Number 870

Dean Martin

"Volare"

(1958)
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Genre:Crooner
Raise your glasses Ladies & Gentleman (actually hide the glasses, its been a while since he has had one) its one of the original "Brat Pack" ..... Mr Dean Martin.
Personally i have always enjoyed Dean Martin as an actor rather than a singer. His on screen hi-jinx with Jerry Lewis were a hoot when i was growing up as a kid. Irony was while Jerry acted to appear drunk, Dean just pretended to be sober.
7.06.17 to 25.12.95
"Never totally comfortable in films, Martin still wanted to be known as a real actor. So, though offered a fraction of his former salary to co-star in the war drama The Young Lions (1957), he eagerly agreed in order that he could be with and learn from Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. Tony Randall already had the part, but talent agency MCA realised that with this movie, Martin would become a triple threat: they could make fortunes from his work in night clubs, movies, and records, so they engineered Randall's replacement, giving Martin one of the plum dramatic roles of the decade. The film turned out to be the cornerstone of Martin's spectacular comeback; by the mid-'60s, he was a top movie, recording, and nightclub attraction, even as Lewis' star had begun to fade. He was also acclaimed for his performance as Dude in Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks and also starring John Wayne and fellow singer Ricky Nelson. Martin later teamed up again with Wayne in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), where they were somewhat unconvincingly cast as brothers."
"Martin's even-keel world began to crumble in 1987, when his son Dean Paul Martin was killed in a plane crash. A much-touted tour with old pals Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra in 1988 sputtered out, with Martin's heart just not into a Rat Pack reunion. On one occasion he infuriated Sinatra when he flicked a lit cigarette butt into the audience, and on another occasion he turned to Sinatra, ignoring the audience, and muttered "Frank, what the hell are we doing up here?"
Martin died of respiratory failure on Christmas morning 1995. The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. In 2005, Las Vegas renamed Industrial Road "Dean Martin Drive".
For Frank Sinatra see Number 933
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, wasn't in English) and the Album ranked at Number (Nope, but hell the Jerry fella sure was funny)
This song has a Crowbarred rating of 59.6 out of 108
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Number 872 - Barry Manilow



Number 872

Barry Manilow

"I Write The Songs"

(1975)
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Genre:Pop
"Piss Off ! you can't have Barry Bloody Manilow on ya Charts???"

Oh yesssss i can and i tell you why (Even your bleedin' Rolling Stone Mag has something to say here) ...................
"Manilow dominated the charts for much of the 1970s with a string of major hit singles and multi-platinum albums. His music has often been considered by many to be "kitsch" or "camp", owing to its difference in style from the majority of the pop or rock charts. Despite the frequent barbs from critics, as well as the lampooning by comedians, he continues to maintain a large fan base, especially among baby-boomer women in his native United States. This is evidenced by the No. 1 debut of his 2006 album The Greatest Songs of the Fifties. In 1990, Rolling Stone proclaimed him "the showman of our generation"." (Wot rubbish)
"He has sold 75 million records worldwide." (Crikey! .... Thats a few innit)
"Manilow's first album was released by Bell Records, (later known as Arista records) in 1973. The album contained an eclectic mix of piano-driven pop, Big Band remakes, and guitar-driven rock. His second album, which was named Barry Manilow II (Bell/Arista, 1974) contained Manilow's huge breakthrough hit "Mandy." This led to a string of hit singles and albums that lasted through the rest of the 1970s, ending in the early 1980's. While Manilow is known as a songwriter, it is ironic that he did not write "I Write The Songs", which was actually written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. " (written about Brian Wilson)
For Beach Boys see Number 714, Number 641, #576, #560 & #517
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (What a cheek here they rant about him being the best performer ever in the world & they dont even rate him in their Top 500 Songs Ever!) and the Album ranked at Number (I smell a lie)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 59.3 out of 108
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