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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 12, 2021 8:41:02 GMT -5
And did Beatles member Ringo Starr write a few Beatles songs under the name Richard Starkley? I think you mean his real name--Richard Starkey.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 12, 2021 8:52:13 GMT -5
Oops, sorry Chris--I guess my 60 year old brain cells stored that information incorrectly. Just ignore what I wrote earlier. It's okay Joe I'm just a little grumpy because you haven't produced any free entertainment for me in a couple of weeks. EDIT looks like you have! Thank you! I do have a couple of Early 1969 questions for you though: Was the song Condition Red about David McCallum? You stated definitively that Baby Let's Wait is not about Snoopy. Do you have a source for that? Maybe it was about Snoopy. And why didn't the Classics IV follow up Spooky and Stormy with songs called Sneezy and Doc? Traces is a dumb name for a dwarf. Chris-- I guess the tune Condition Red by the Goodees could have been a reference to 'spy' shows but it does seem more like a song about parents objecting to their daughters going out with a guy they don't approve of because of his appearance. Although it could harken back to Leader Of the Pack by the Shangri-las. I agree with you that the Classics IV had more success with one word titles and maybe they should've stuck with those. I believe the Royal Guardsmen didn't want to be known as a novelty act only but unfortunately for them it wasn't meant to be. Thanks -- Joe
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Post by mga707 on Jan 12, 2021 9:13:07 GMT -5
And did Beatles member Ringo Starr write a few Beatles songs under the name Richard Starkley? That is Ringo's actual name. Starkey, no 'l'.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 12, 2021 10:42:39 GMT -5
It's okay Joe I'm just a little grumpy because you haven't produced any free entertainment for me in a couple of weeks. EDIT looks like you have! Thank you! I do have a couple of Early 1969 questions for you though: Was the song Condition Red about David McCallum? You stated definitively that Baby Let's Wait is not about Snoopy. Do you have a source for that? Maybe it was about Snoopy. And why didn't the Classics IV follow up Spooky and Stormy with songs called Sneezy and Doc? Traces is a dumb name for a dwarf. Chris-- I guess the tune Condition Red by the Goodees could have been a reference to 'spy' shows but it does seem more like a song about parents objecting to their daughters going out with a guy they don't approve of because of his appearance. Although it could harken back to Leader Of the Pack by the Shangri-las. I agree with you that the Classics IV had more success with one word titles and maybe they should've stuck with those. I believe the Royal Guardsmen didn't want to be known as a novelty act only but unfortunately for them it wasn't meant to be. Thanks -- Joe "Condition Red"? Wow. I'm likely the only one on this proboards site who bought The Goodees 45 in December 1968 when it was a playlist current. (With some regret today, my entire 100+ singles collection was donated to a charity drive back in 1985.) And while it's possible that the production of "Condition Red" was influenced by David McCallum's release, I agree with Joe that the song was more of a Shangri-las copy. And as Casey once mentioned about the Classics IV, "don't let the name fool you, there are actually five members."
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Post by mga707 on Jan 12, 2021 11:15:58 GMT -5
"Condition Red"? Wow. I'm likely the only one on this proboards site who bought The Goodees 45 in December 1968 when it was a playlist current. (With some regret today, my entire 100+ singles collection was donated to a charity drive back in 1985.) And while it's possible that the production of "Condition Red" was influenced by David McCallum's release, I agree with Joe that the song was more of a Shangri-las copy. And as Casey once mentioned about the Classics IV, "don't let the name fool you, there are actually five members." I never heard that Goodees song in my area. Was it a regional (Chicago-area) hit? I see on Whitburn that it did reach #46 in early '69.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 12, 2021 11:18:24 GMT -5
While I ventured off-topic in my previous post, I forgot to mention an example...
Using the 'stage name' Lobo, Kent LaVoie wrote all of his Top 40 hits.
EDIT: Except for "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love"
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jan 12, 2021 11:21:00 GMT -5
"Condition Red"? Wow. I'm likely the only one on this proboards site who bought The Goodees 45 in December 1968 when it was a playlist current. (With some regret today, my entire 100+ singles collection was donated to a charity drive back in 1985.) And while it's possible that the production of "Condition Red" was influenced by David McCallum's release, I agree with Joe that the song was more of a Shangri-las copy. And as Casey once mentioned about the Classics IV, "don't let the name fool you, there are actually five members." I never heard that Goodees song in my area. Was it a regional (Chicago-area) hit? I see on Whitburn that it did reach #46 in early '69. "Condition Red" climbed to number 15 on the WLS (Chicago) Top 40 survey in early 1969.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 12, 2021 15:42:59 GMT -5
I never heard that Goodees song in my area. Was it a regional (Chicago-area) hit? I see on Whitburn that it did reach #46 in early '69. "Condition Red" climbed to number 15 on the WLS (Chicago) Top 40 survey in early 1969. Pete, You are probably correct in saying you were probably one of the few people that bought that single by the Goodees; although I had a single of Where Evil Grows by the Poppy Family (out of Canada)--thanks to play it got on CKLW during 1971 (my favorite station while growing up near Detroit). Sadly, Evil Grows only grew to #45 in Billboard during a 12 week chart run. Joe P.S. I have no idea whatever happened to that single....probably grew legs during one of my many moves as a DJ in the early '80's.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 21, 2021 8:41:24 GMT -5
Add another to the list: Rod Stewart wrote and produced his song "Passion" under the name "Hook the Hat" or "Harry the Hook", I think. Which is right?
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Post by mga707 on Mar 21, 2021 10:29:07 GMT -5
Add another to the list: Rod Stewart wrote and produced his song "Passion" under the name "Hook the Hat" or "Harry the Hook", I think. Which is right? Neither. On the "Foolish Behaviour" LP, the songwriting credit for "Passion" reads "Stewart/Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger".
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Post by pb on Mar 21, 2021 17:23:08 GMT -5
Add another to the list: Rod Stewart wrote and produced his song "Passion" under the name "Hook the Hat" or "Harry the Hook", I think. Which is right? The production credit on that album and single was to Harry the Hook. One European single lists it as Harry the Hock, a typo I guess. www.discogs.com/artist/270942-Harry-The-Hook?noanv=1
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