Greatest pop singers of all time
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karl_teten
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Karl, I believe that to be, hands down, the best rock or pop ballad of the '60s, period. When I was 17, I arranged it for my BB tribute group, the Surfbards. The guys were good, but we never got to perform it, because at the time we broke up, they were still learning the parts.
I don't know if you know the story of how Brian wrote it, but supposedly, Brian couldn't sleep the night of November 22, 1963, so he went to the piano in the converted garage of the little tract home in Hawthorne, which became the music room, where many of the early BB hits were written.
"Warmth of the Sun" was a melody first, and then to remove the post-assassination mood which inspired the melody, he wrote those eternal love lost lyrics.
I first heard it on September 29, 1964--my 16th birthday, when I received a copy of "Shut Down Vol. 2" and decided to move to California, which I did 15 years later.
My first stop on my first Saturday wandering around LA in my woodie wagon, was that little house at 5522 W. 144th St. in Hawthorne. It was still standing and had furniture in it, but was unoccupied. Apparently Audree Wilson still owned it.
It has since been sold and torn down.
I don't know if you know the story of how Brian wrote it, but supposedly, Brian couldn't sleep the night of November 22, 1963, so he went to the piano in the converted garage of the little tract home in Hawthorne, which became the music room, where many of the early BB hits were written.
"Warmth of the Sun" was a melody first, and then to remove the post-assassination mood which inspired the melody, he wrote those eternal love lost lyrics.
I first heard it on September 29, 1964--my 16th birthday, when I received a copy of "Shut Down Vol. 2" and decided to move to California, which I did 15 years later.
My first stop on my first Saturday wandering around LA in my woodie wagon, was that little house at 5522 W. 144th St. in Hawthorne. It was still standing and had furniture in it, but was unoccupied. Apparently Audree Wilson still owned it.
It has since been sold and torn down.
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Dane: interestng pix!
Yes... "Warmth of the Sun"... Brian Wilson genius on parade.
Sinatra? I always thought that Tony Bennett was the far better singer.
Bing Crosby is going way back, but he had a great voice too.
Yes... "Warmth of the Sun"... Brian Wilson genius on parade.
Sinatra? I always thought that Tony Bennett was the far better singer.
Bing Crosby is going way back, but he had a great voice too.
“The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it.” ....H. L. Mencken
Frank...Tony...we're splittin' hairs, here...
A couple more pix from the same roll for ya', Kent...a view out the window of dad's 'office', 1964 (they were still being called 'advisers' at that point):
The Hueys of the 52nd Aviation Battalion, on the deck at Camp Holloway, Pleiku (before the attack of Feb. 7, '65):
A couple more pix from the same roll for ya', Kent...a view out the window of dad's 'office', 1964 (they were still being called 'advisers' at that point):
The Hueys of the 52nd Aviation Battalion, on the deck at Camp Holloway, Pleiku (before the attack of Feb. 7, '65):
I didn't get where I am today by being on time...
>>>Frank...Tony...we're splittin' hairs, here...
Au contraire, mon fraire!! They are very different in voice but even more so in song styling (band, scoring etc.) Tony kicks Franks butt, IMHO.
(amazing pix, BTW)
Au contraire, mon fraire!! They are very different in voice but even more so in song styling (band, scoring etc.) Tony kicks Franks butt, IMHO.
(amazing pix, BTW)
“The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it.” ....H. L. Mencken
