mp3: Ray Anthony - The Hokey Pokey mp3: Ray Anthony - The Bunny Hop It reckon today's offering will be the last in this series of songs used in John Waters films, but maybe the most fun. I bought this record especially, and somehow accidentally ended up with a re-issue, which other vinyl collectors might be able to sympathise with. For the purpose of this post, however, it doesn't make a lick of difference. This version of The Hokey Pokey was used in a hilarious dance scene in 2004's Dirty [...]
In the overdue return of The Originals, we'll visit three songs that became iconic in their interpretations from the 1960s, but had been standards since the early 1930s and, in one instance, 1940s. Blue Moon and At Last debuted in movies, while Dream A Little Dream Of Me, the oldest of the three songs, would end up lending its title to a 1989 flick (and an episode of Grey's Anatomy ). Speaking of At Last, I hear that Etta James is in very poor health. Don't forget the index of The Originals to revisit older instalments in [...]
I've written a lot of pieces about musical stars who have enjoyed long performing careers, many stretching on for several decades. But it would be tough to top a guy who began his professional career by playing in Glenn Miller's band in 1940 - and is still active today. Bandleader/trumpeter Ray Anthony (Raymond Antonini) was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of his childhood in Cleveland, where his father taught him the trumpet. He must have done a pretty good job because young Ray was just 18 when he managed to latch on to a job with Glenn [...]
This week saw the passing of the great Earle Hagen . His name may not be a household word, but his music is burned into your brain. He was a TV theme writer extraordinaire, whose credits include catchy ditties for The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, and The Mod Squad to name a few. A bunch of his themes are available at AM Then FM's Hagen tribute post. Hagen is also the composer behind "Harlem Nocturne", probably one of the most covered saxaphone songs in history (500 [...]
Sad, but true: As the bright optimistic glare of the Atomic Age dispelled the lingering shadows of noir culture, Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, the very archetype of the hard boiled detective, found himself reduced to a pitchman for hair care products... "When a man's supply of pomade is threatened, he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference whether it uses a vegetable or mineral oil base." "When I [...]
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