RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
Artist: Lionel Ritchie
Album: "White Nights" Film Soundtrack/Dancing on the Ceiling
Song: "Say You, Say Me"
October 16, 1985 Motown Records/Atlantic Records
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
I used to like Dominion...when it was from the Sisters of Mercy...
Artist: Sisters of Mercy
Album: Floodland
Song: "Dominion"
Producer: Jim Steinman (think: Meatloaf/bat out of Hell)
November 16, 1987 Merciful Release Records
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
(01-27-2023 07:35 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: I used to like Dominion...when it was from the Sisters of Mercy...
Artist: Sisters of Mercy
Album: Floodland
Song: "Dominion"
Producer: Jim Steinman (think: Meatloaf/bat out of Hell)
November 16, 1987 Merciful Release Records
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
(01-28-2023 10:26 AM)Dusky Wrote:
(01-27-2023 07:35 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: I used to like Dominion...when it was from the Sisters of Mercy...
Artist: Sisters of Mercy
Album: Floodland
Song: "Dominion"
Producer: Jim Steinman (think: Meatloaf/bat out of Hell)
November 16, 1987 Merciful Release Records
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
So, I was looking for video of another song, and of course came across this, which everyone knows, or almost everyone with ears; but did you know THIS? Ray M. DOLBY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas Morgan ROBERTSON, a/k/a Thomas Dolby, Defendant In a nutshell, in case you're not a lawyer (and thank the Lord you're not!), Dolby Laboratories®, the trademark holders of the audio noise-reduction process used for audio recording and playback, got wind of Monsieur Robertson's adopted stage name and actually sued him for Trademark Infringement. Anyhoo, Thomas adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer Tom Robinson, who was popular when he began his career. Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that Dolby's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson which is actually is legally incorrect, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR. Anyhoo, anyhoo after Dolby(the musician) released "She Blinded Me with Science" in 1982, Dolby Laboratories® expressed concern regarding the stage name. Dolby's record label refused to make him change his name, and Dolby Labs® did not raise the issue again until later. After a lengthy legal battle, the court decided that Dolby Labs® had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. It was agreed that he would not release any electronic equipment using the name. Thomas Dolby, the son of the Dolby Laboratories® founder Ray Dolby, is actually a novelist and an American filmmaker of sorts (it's nice having independently wealthy parents so you can go play from the get-go), having made the 2014 film Last Weekend which was filmed entirely on location in Lake Tahoe, California. (Y'all gonna do great at Trivia Night this week!)
Anyways, here is the one you want, with a little Sports spin put on it:
Artist: Thomas Dolby
Album: The Golden Age of Wireless
(Originally released on EP: Blinded by Science)
Song: "She Blinded Me With SCIENCE!"
October 1982 Venice in Peril Records/Capitol Records
...and here's the better song I was looking for:
Artist: Thomas Dolby
Album: The Golden Age of Wireless
(Originally released on EP: Blinded by Science)
Song: "One of Our Submarines"
October 1982 Venice in Peril Records/Capitol Records
...and did you know: During April–May 1981, Dolby stayed in New York to join the album project 4 by Foreigner("Juke Box Hero", "Waiting for a Girl Like You", "Urgent") Yeah, did you know Thomas Dolby played main synthesizers on that album? I'll bet not. Yes he contributed the signature synthesizer sound on the track "Urgent", and he played the atmospheric synthesizer intro to the mega-hit "Waiting for a Girl Like You", so remember that next time you hear one of them.) Also, Dolby appeared as session keyboard player on Def Leppard's 1983 Pyromania album! Yup. Dolby is a hard rock master, turns out. Thomas Dolby is credited as Booker T. Boffin playing keyboard--check out your liner notes on that album, where you hear Dolby playing on "Photograph(I don't want-chour)", and "Rock Of Ages(Gunter glieben glauten globen)", yup, that boy was everywhere, man.
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
Atlanta Rhythm Section Founding Member and keyboardist Dean Daughtry, Dies at 76
Quote:Dean Daughtry, the keyboardist and a founding member of the Southern rock band the Atlanta Rhythm Section, who evolved from the ’60s group, the Classics IV, died today (Jan. 26, 2023) at age 76. Poor health had forced him to retire in recent years, after 49 years with the band. The news of his passing, from an undisclosed cause, was announced by the band on their Facebook page. Among ARS’ biggest hits were a pair of laid back singles co-written by Daughtry, “So in to You” and “Imaginary Lover,” both of which reached #7, as well as a cover of the Classic IV’s “Spooky.”
Formed in the spring of 1970 by Daughtry, singer Rodney Justo, drummer Robert Nix, guitarist J.R. Cobb, former members of the Candymen and Classics IV, along with guitarist Barry Bailey, the Atlanta Rhythm Section became the session band for the newly opened Studio One recording studio in Doraville, Ga.
After playing on other artists’ recordings, the Atlanta Rhythm Section was formed. The group’s name was conceived by Studio One’s owner Buddy Buie and his two partners in the venture, J.R. Cobb and Bill Lowery.
Originally signed by Decca Records, the band released its first album, Atlanta Rhythm Section, in January 1972, which was followed with Back Up Against the Wall the following year. Several others followed. Though considered a Southern rock band, the addition of Ronnie Hammond as front man (who replaced original lead singer Rodney Justo), led them toward a more laid-back sound, incorporating Barry Bailey’s distinctive lead guitar and bassist Paul Goddard’s use of a flat pick, with Daughtry’s acoustic and electric piano frequently at the forefront.
In 1978 they released what would turn out to be their most successful album, Champagne Jam (1978), which led off with the song “Large Time,” a tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd, some of whom had lost their lives in a plane crash the previous October. The album also included “Imaginary Lover.”
The eighth ARS album (and sixth for Polydor), Underdog, was released in 1979 and produced Top 20 U.S. hits “Do It or Die” (#19) and “Spooky” (#17).
As the band wrote in their tribute to Daughtry, “While ARS is known to be a guitar centric band, just listen to the recordings and you’ll realize the contribution that Dean brought to the band. From the first chord of “So Into You,” and the introduction to “Imaginary Lover,” he left his imprint on the bands recordings.
“For 49 years he never missed a gig, until his health forced him to retire a couple of years ago, cutting short his goal of 50 years. He was like a Bulldog, but his friends knew him as “OX.”
After his years with the Candymen, Daughtry, born Sept. 8, 1946, left to join the Classics IV, founded by vocalist Dennis Yost, in time to record the late ’60s hits, “Stormy” and “Traces.” Their final hit was 1969’s “Every Day With You Girl.”
Artist: Atlanta Rhythm Section
Album: A Rock and Roll Alternative
Song: "So Into You"
Recorded at: Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
December 1976 Polydor Records
Artist: Atlanta Rhythm Section
Album: Champagne Jam
Song: "Imaginary Lover"
Recorded at: Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
January 1978 Polydor Records
wow, crap. One of the all-time greats from the middle era of songwriting. So many have recorded his standards.
Got my "very best of..." cd out. Thank you, sir, for making our musical world a little better off...
Artist: Christopher Cross
Album: Arthur – The Album
Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Songwriters: Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach,Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager
August 14, 1981 Warner Bros. Records
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Album: Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls
Song: "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" Songwriters: Burt Bacharach (music) & Hal David (lyrics)
April 1968 Scepter Records
Artist: B.J. Thomas
Album: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
From the motion picture: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Song: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Songwriters: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
October 1969 Scepter Records
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Artist: Raff / RAF
Album: Raff /RAF
Song: "Self Control"
Songwriter: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli and Steve Piccolo
1984 Carrere Records
(oh, you didn't know that she covered it from the Italian singer Raf? Well, wait until you hear the original rap version 'said the nighttime is the righttime' (rap begins at 6:49))
Artist: Raff / RAF
Album: Raff /RAF
Song: "Self Control (Non-Control Ultrasound Re-Mix)"
Songwriter: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli and Steve Piccolo
1984 Carrere Records
RE: OT: CUSA board Music thread (what are you listening to right now?)
Artist: Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Album: Having a Good Time with Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Song: "Don't You Just Know It"
Songwriter: Huey "Piano" Smith & Johnny Vincent(producer)
1958/1959 Ace Records
From left to right, Huey "Piano" Smith, Eugene Harris, Roosevelt Wright, Bobby Marchan. "Don't You Just Know It" was a No. 9 Billboard Hot 100 pop hit in 1958. There's a chapter about "Don't You Just Know It" in the New Orleans music biography "Huey 'Piano' Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues."
Artist: Sha Na Na
Album: Hot Sox
Song: "Don't You Just Know It"
Songwriter: Huey "Piano" Smith & Johnny Vincent(producer)
1974 Kama Sutra Records
Artist: Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Album: Having a Good Time with Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Song: "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu"
Songwriter: Huey "Piano" Smith
1958/1959 Ace Records
R.I.P. to Huey Pierce Smith (January 26, 1934 – February 13, 2023), one of the giants without whom modern Rock 'n Roll music wouldn't be the same.
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