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Lost Tunes is a download service of the British branch of Universal Music; it's more or less in the larval stage right now and doesn't stock a whole lot yet, and what it does stock, you probably haven't heard. Then again, that may be the whole point. Some things I found notable: Jerry Butler's Gamble/Huff sides; a lot of post-Atlantic Stax; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's semi-filthy "Derek and Clive"...
LorraineJordan & Carolina Road have a new CD out this year which they are currently promoting on the road. Why Don’t You Give Jesus A Try, as the name suggests, is an all-Gospel release from Tom T. and Dixie Hall’s Blue Circle Records. It actually hit the street at the end of March, but only [...]
CHICAGO - Do you ever feel like a mosquito magnet? About 10 percent of the population actually qualifies, according to entomologist Jerry Butler, a professor emeritus at the University of Florida.
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John LennonElvis PresleyPaul JonesPaul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
Harry Aleo, a real estate magnate and longtime thoroughbred horse owner, died at his home in San Francisco on Saturday. He was 88 and had been battling cancer.Aleo began his involvement with racing in 1979. The best of the horses he was associated with was Lost In The Fog. A Florida-bred horse purchased by Aleo for $140,000, Lost In The Fog won the first 10 races of his career as a 2- and 3-year-old...
When Otis Redding and the Stax house Band entered the recording studio on July 9, 1965 they had no idea they were about to make could music history. They all thought they were there to make a quick recording of fill ins for Redding’s third full length LP. The soul singer from MaconGeorgia was [...]
I mentioned Jerry Butler and the Impressions in a recent political post. That inspired longtime commenter/online pal Dap to make this comment: ... Jerry Butler will be singing "Your Precious Love" at the Presidential inauguration for President Obama and the...
The blogosphere’s buzzing tonight with news that the McCain campaign is using the music of ABBA to woo disaffected Clinton voters. The excitement began with the “news leak” that Sen. McCain is fond of the Swedish popsters. If McCain really wanted to capitalize on some Democrats’ disaffection with Obama’s victories, there’s an entire library of oldies [...]
Jerry Butler - "I'm A-Telling You" Jerry Butler's not a-telling you anything you don't already know. The song's main refrain - "I'm a-tellin' you (whaaa)/I'm a-tellin' you" - sounds like a tautology, and the actual lyrics aren't much more informative. Butler presents a series of mundane gripes about the oppressiveness of capitalism, the work-a-day lifestyle, family responsibilities, etc., but manages...
One day after writing about the passing of R&B singer Al Wilson and the roundabout manner in which I eventually came to learn more about him, this happened: Evan had lacrosse over on the east side of town, which is where our used record store is located. Given the choice between an hour of watching lacrosse [...]
ESPN has it’s top-50 draft busts of all-time list finalized today, with Ryan Leaf leading the way. There was only one Buffalo Bill to be found, and that was Walt Patulski, the No. 1 overall pick of the Bills back in 1972. Patulski also happened to earn the distinction of being BfloBlog’s No. 1 all-time [...]
Here's your chance to bid on a great Northern Soul concert poster from Atlanta '64. The poster features Solomon Burke, Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson, The Tams, Jackie Ross, The Drifters, Betty Everett and Patti LaBelle. It's a limited print and...
