Tag: Saturday Night Classics

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OldPhil
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Not the traditional Beatles version, but a live performance from the “Concert for George” held in 2002 on the first anniversary of Harrison’s death. Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Ringo, Jeff Lynne, et al. Paul starts out on the ukelele, supposedly George’s favorite instrument. Preview Open
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MWD B612 "Dawg"
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive was a 1970s rock band out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The group was founded by Randy Bachman (formerly of The Guess Who), Fred Turner, and Robbie Bachman. After a couple of personnel changes, the “classic” lineup of Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, Robbie Bachman, and Blair Thornton had a number of hit albums and singles […]
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Dotorimuk
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With little marketing, the Tulsa boy hit #16 with his debut single in 1975, and never stopped. You can still find him in Tulsa today, recording his albums in his home studio. He makes some pretty infectious Beatles-by way of Sun Studios-pop/rock, and he never forgot the day he and his buddy saw “A Hard […]
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Our Saturday Night Classics posts are continuing in memory of their originator, the late Randy Webster.  As is similarly done with QotD and Group Writing, simply indicate the Saturday of your preference in the comments.  Saturday Night Classics are weekly posts of a “classic”song, often of the pop music era, posted on a Saturday.  Randy […]
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Saturday Night Classics: ‘Alfie’

OldPhil
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After reading about Burt Bacharach’s passing, I was reviewing many of his songs, and this one seemed to stick with me for days. Written as the theme for the 1966 film, most of us are familiar with the Dionne Warwick version, but the original was recorded by Cilla Black for the film’s British release. Unusual for the Bacharach-Hal David songwriting duo, David wrote the lyrics first. After watching a preliminary cut of the film, he utilized one of Michael Caine’s lines from the script, “What’s it all about?” as the opening phrase.

Next is the recording, done at Abbey Road studios in London. Note legendary Beatles producer George Martin in the control room during the session.

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tigerlily
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I think I picked something a little bit different for these week’s Saturday Night Classics. Martha and the Vandellas were a Motown girl group who had a series of hit singles throughout the 1960’s. One of those hits was “Nowhere to Run” which reached the Top 10 in early 1965. At some point, New York […]
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Gossamer Cat
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Was watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles this morning while trying to think what song I wanted to feature tonight.  Watching Steve Martin and his great performance brought to mind another one of his performances in this fun video of Foggy Bottom Breakdown by Earl Scruggs and friends.  Steve is playing banjo along with the master […]
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Hoyacon
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Our Saturday Night Classics posts are continuing in memory of the late Randy Webster.  As is similarly done with QotD and Group Writing, simply indicate the Saturday of your preference in the comments.  Saturday Night Classics are weekly posts of a “classic”song, often of the pop music era, posted on Saturday.  Randy generally elected to […]
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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles were a big part of the early Motown sound, and 1965’s Ooo Baby Baby was one of their biggest hits. Written by Smokey and Pete Moore, one of the Miracles, it reached #15 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard’s R&B chart. Backed by Motown’s “Funk Brothers” musicians and […]
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I’m not much of a Grateful Dead fan, especially when they jammed, but when they buckled down for two song-based, more acoustic, albums with harmonies, “American Beauty” and “Workingman’s Dead,” well, I can like them just fine. And “Ripple” is the standout track from “American Beauty.” To me, it’s the standout track from the Dead’s […]
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The Saturday Night Classics posts are continuing in memory of the late Randy Webster.  As is done with QotD and Group Writing, simply indicate the week of your preference in the comments to be listed below.  Saturday Night Classics is a weekly post of a “classic”song, often of the pop music era, posted on Saturday. […]
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OldPhil
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Because I chose December 24 for this post, it had to be a Christmas theme, right? I originally had 3 possibilities in mind, but finally decided on this one (look for my other 2 options in the comments). I remember many times watching Darlene Love perform it on David Letterman’s Christmas shows (for 29 years!), […]
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tigerlily
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I think I chose a fun song for this week’s Saturday Night Classics. The song is “House of Bamboo” and the artist is a band called Southern Culture on the Skids (who are referred as SCOTS by their fans). “House of Bamboo” was written by William Crompton & Norman Murrells (whoever they are – searching around […]
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Hoyacon
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We are continuing the Saturday Night Classics posts in memory of the late Randy Webster.  We are using a sign-up sheet, as is done with QotD and Group Writing.    Saturday Night Classics is a weekly post of a “classic”song, often of the pop music era, posted on Saturday. If you would like to volunteer, […]
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Randy Weivoda
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When I was a little kid there was an Elvis Presley special on TV (and subsequent album) called That’s The Way It Is. My mother bought the record and it was a great collection of songs. When I grew up I had to buy the CD for myself, of course. I really cannot pick out […]
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Dotorimuk
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Former Velvet Underground bassist/violist and Welsh guy John Cale, not the Okie (J.J. Cale), released this enigmatic little number in 1973 on the album of the same name. Some dudes from Little Feat ably assist on the album, a start-to-finish classic. What’s it about? The post-WWI conference held in Paris 1919? Well then, what’s all […]
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