mp3: Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes More super-fun doo-wop for you today. This time from Curtis Lee, a young singer who made a trip from Arizona to New York City in the late fifties to become a recording star. With the help of his songwriting partner, Tommy Boyce, and an up-and-coming record producer named Phil Spector, Lee achieved just that with Pretty Little Angel Eyes -- it went all the way to number 7 in 1961. The snappy beat, honking sax and glorious back-up vocals -- courtesy of The Bronx's The [...]
I thought I'd cash a mental check I wrote to myself a while back, when I told the story of early pop star Ray Peterson ("Tell Laura I Love Her"). At that time I mentioned that Ray eventually moved into producing, working with the then-young (and presumably trouble-free) Phil Spector to promote other performers. One of the best of those was Curtis Lee. Although he's now mostly remembered for his Top Ten hit, "Pretty Little Angel Eyes," Curtis Lee was one of those who helped bridge a transitional period in pop music that began [...]
Some would call this moon-themed post lazy, and those people would be right! I've been suffering from some serious writer's block lately (many of you might point out that I seem to suffer from writer's block most all the time, based on what passes for writing 'round these parts), and what better way to fill space with minimal effort than a theme post. Stick up a few mp3s with 'moon' in the title, briefly mention a moon-related event, then sit back and watch the hits pour in! Of course, that's not entirely fair. The 40th anniversary of the [...]
"Songs that last three minutes and forever. Phil Spector brought a grand, ennobling passion to the teen love song. His 'wall of sound' moved both bodies and hearts - launching what may be the most personal and stylistically unified series of mulit-artist recordings in pop history. That Phil Spector's hits will live on in the digital age is cause for celebration." - Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone In
Way back in the early days of The Rally, I did a post about one of my Dad's old 45s. In that earlier post ( here ) I talk about how I played the B-Side of one of the singles without flipping it over for about 15 years (shades of Father Dougal McGuire , methinks). So here are some other great B-Sides! Los Bravos - I Want A Name (B-Side of 'Black is Black') [pictured above] Completely mental song, featuring a deranged vocal performance from a man with so few mates [...]
Diddy Wah
Geezer Music Club
Battery In Your Leg
Rewriteable Content
Domino Rally
MP3: Daft Punk – “Horizons” (RAM Japanese Bonus Track)
[Listen] Daft Punk - "Horizon" (Japanese Bonus Track)
Giorgio Moroder – Live at Deep
Coma Cinema: Burn a Church
