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Remember this British tune performed by Robin Scott's "M"?
How about the catchy title? Sounds all so improvisational, but it ain't.
Once heard, it's hard to forget. The single came out prior to the eighties in 1979. It did its best on the American chart where it landed on the top spot. Here as shown, Robin Scott, the singer/ studio genius had creative ideas with various instumental sounds; and did his best working in English groups, ever since the early 1950s in Britain. The clip represents his long career at that point; or his view on the business he was working in.
If you notice, the 3rd singer in the actual piece, not with the two acting models, but the one solo performer alone, her name is Brigit Novic. She's the actual backing vocalist on the 45 hit single we have come to know. The composition was recorded in Queen's Switzerland studio, with accompanied pro-instrumentalists known for working in a recording environment. They now had become "M" alongside Robin.
Much later, the group brought out a few other albums with Robin Scott and vocalist Brigit, but this one memorable track has forever been recognised as a classic from its time. Robin Scott was unable to match its success. With the featured clip behind them, the group were then lucky enough to tour suddenly with this singles success.
Nowadays, the singer is still asked to perform at selected events, this was because of U2's use of the song each night on their 'Pop-Mart' world tour, and the sudden resurgence in its popularity again, this just after two decades of its synth-pop appearance. The 45 has been reworked over and been given different arrangements, all with Robin's blessings. The memorable single has become a world-wide recognised hit thirty years on. A songwriter's dream.
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Added: 15th December 2009
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Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B;'s reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a devastating car accident that left him paralyzed, died Wednesday at age 59.
The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery," his son said.
"To all his fans who loved his music, thank you," his son said. "He will live on through his music."
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Added: 14th January 2010
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Note: *Quality Difference*
Remember the comedy show that was a direct copy of Saturday Night Live?
How about this rare KISS performance?
After a series of hard sounding longplays, this concept album became one of their most recommended critical hits, but a bomb for the dedicated fans who had followed them since their breakthrough albums in the early 1970s. Upon hearing this new sound, which was actually different than this track; their business associates around them disowned the new material.
A major setback had started for the once popular group.
It was operatic, and just too different for a rock band to suddenly change into a new direction.
You would not know from this solid performace.
Executives had said, they had gone too far with being secretive in the Canadian/American studio sessions. Ultimately, the group was on the way to a lynching for this. Money had been drawn up to get this band back on the radio and the road. This was the last thing they needed. Their popularity was on the way down at that time, and this, this was a big mistake for them.
If ever you were a Friday night viewer, one can not forget this night's performance from the masked act on January 15, 1982. Actually, it was as close as you were ever going to get to seeing them live as well, as this was from their 1981 ill-fated album entitled (Music From) "The Elder".
In the studio, they were given acess to Bob Ezrin and Lou Reed's talents. The featured tune here was written by Simmons and Ezrin. Bob Ezrin had just finished working with Pink Floyd on "The Wall" album.
This did not matter though.
Because of this fact, the tour, which was going to include a stage in the "centre of the round" or
"theatre-in-the-round" performance did not appear. It was canned from the day the executives has heard what months of hard labour in the studio had become.
Now, this is not what you would call a lip -synced performance. This was as live as it gets on that big "A" network.
In the end, the album did better in Europe and Australia than America. But has grabbed itself a cult following as most things like this happens.
The album was just too different for the fans, the band from their went directly into the studio and brought out something with a more formulated and catchy sounding. This in which was expected from them.
The band lost the guitarist for years due to the bullying he got on the voting on what stays and what goes on each recorded disc. The group became stronger just after a few years of constant touring, especially in 1983, this was when they appeared without makeup on various programs and magazine covers. Despite the considerable success, the group returned to the makeup in 1996 with soldout concerts.
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Added: 20th December 2009
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Here is a series that bought a smile to my face, it was shown on Saturday mornings in the mid to late 1970s. The introduction is self explanatory, "Bigfoot and Wildboy".
The series first was introduced to the small screen 2 years earlier on "The Krofft Supershow", but the stories were quite shorter in length than the actual show aired later.
By the time the production on this kids series ended, there were a total of twenty-episodes in the can. Joseph Butcher who depicted the orphaned teen in the series is still acting on television. Constantly working actor, Ray Young, he passed on about ten years ago.
This is about the only series that the producers decided to work outside on location with. Yes, there was another intrpretation of Bigfoot with another actor on "The Six Million Dollar Man" about the same time. It should be passed on, most perfomers on this show are still active in the entertainment business.
Now a question you may be asking yourself is, "Did I ever watch this Saturday program in 1979?"
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Added: 20th December 2009
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***Note: Sorry, the sound is kinda loud. Adjust your speaker for the intro.***
Remember this short animated series, The Osmonds?
The boy group was a well-known band across the countries of America, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This cartoon series lasted one year on the network that began with an A. Marie did not participate on the cartoon series. The show was shown at nine in the morning in 1972. The tune "One Bad Apple" was their best known composition as The Osmonds that best represented them on the morning telcast. This kids catered program dealt with drawing-in people to the positive side of life through their feel-good lyrics. Without Marie present, the Osmond Brothers go from place to place singing of their musical happiness through the vibes of Wayne, Jay, Merril, Alan, Donny and Jimmy Osmond. They did whatever they could for people they came across through their goodness.
I'm not wrong as describing them as a band, they were not well received at this by their business associates. They wanted to do other things, but were not given the chance to do so. Singer Andy Williams father was responsible for getting the young act on television in the early days of variety television. He had told Andy of the talented act that seemed to be ready for the professional entertainment business. It is of common knowledge towards fans that Lawrence Welk had said no to them at first.
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Added: 20th December 2009
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Mel Brooks followed up his hit comedies "Blazing Saddles","Young Frankenstein" and "Silent Movie" with "High Anxiety", a 1978 spoof of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers that once again featured many of his regular performers: Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Charlie Callas and Jack Riley - with Brooks in the lead role. Future Academy Award winning director Barry Levinson both co-wrote the film and also appeared as an extremely agitated bell hop.
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Added: 16th January 2010
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His birthdate is 1 December 1946 so he is age 63 as of this posting.
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Added: 29th January 2010
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From 1961, you may of discovered a particular Swedish born lady who was well known around the United States, especially California, alternating with the state of Nevada. This was due to her energentic vibe she had made all her own with spectacular, energentic performances on your set.
Never confined to a single way, she had branched out to film and performances on stage. It's easy to understand why a superb woman like her is still a desired star. She always moved in a new direction, adding a serious amount of awards to her collection. Inevitably, this is the kind of woman who is remembered as she resonated for years after with theatrical appeal.
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Added: 20th February 2010
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