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I've been reading Jerry Wexler's excellent, engrossing - but alas, out of print - autobiography , Rhythm and the Blues since I wanted to learn more about his life (catalyzed to do so by his death). Wexler talks about one of his protegés, Bert Berns, the songwriter and producer best known for his work with the Drifters, Van Morrison, Solomon Burke and a slew of others. One of the sources of Bern's inspiration...
Mr. Garnett Mimms “Listen - Garnett Mimms & the Enchanters - Cry Baby - MP3″ Greetings all. Today’s selection is one of the first soul records that I became aware of way back in the day, and – I’m ashamed to say – that I only recently grabbed myself a copy of the 45 (despite the fact [...]
According to a press release published today, June 14 is the release date for Circus Money in the UK. The distribution is handled by Sonic360 , a record company started by producer Chris Allison in 2000. The really interesting thing about this press release is that you get a short comment on each track by Walter himself. What song title came to Walter in a dream? What song came out sounding a bit like...
When Sinatra cancelled a recording session and left a 46-piece orchestra going begging, Jerry Ragovoy – like his friend Bert Berns, a white auteur of poppy soul — took the date, stayed up for 72 hours writing arrangements, and the result was Lorraine Ellison's "Stay with Me Baby".
Hard as it may be to believe, but Paul Davis — a soft-rock singer/songwriter who passed way on April 22 at the age of 60 — ranks high among the most successful singles artists on the Billboard charts, an achievement he rarely receives any credit for. Then again, Davis was so easy-going he tended to [...]
Betty Harris: I'll Be A Liar (Jubilee, 1963) Is that a great publicity picture or what? I found this little beauty on a Bert Berns compilation that played so well in the office that each one of us stood up to mull over the track-listing at some point or other. My favourite was definitely Betty's track which seems to squeeze country, soul, doo-wop, blues and gospel into two minutes and fifty-nine
I've been too busy to post for a while with, among other things, research for an investigation over at Red Kelly's Soul Detective into some circumstances that came to light after a post I did here last year. Since it really turned out not to have much to do with New Orleans, as interesting as it is, I turned it over to Red and anyone else who wants to try to solve some music business mysteries. We...
