WHISKYAGOGO.COM OFFICIAL SITE + 50th ANNIVERSARY
Well, you could try and bribe the bouncer to get in?
Here's the link to the official web site for the club that has launched a lot of bands. Celebrations include tribute nights.
We've written about the Whisky in this blog, mostly when we're writing about Johnny Rivers. You can use the Google search feature embedded in this blog to pull up past posts about The Whisky and Johnny Rivers.
Showing posts with label Johnny Rivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnny Rivers. Show all posts
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
THERE'S A HOUSE PARTY TONIGHT : FROM WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC ARCHIVES
Post (70) from November 13, 2007!
The first party I attended at Elvis' after moving to LA, Johnny Rivers and I drove up to Bel Air. Elvis was making the movie "Flaming Star" at 20th Century Fox. It was his 6th movie. Johnny had been over to Elvis and he said "I know he wants to see you." So we got into Johnny's car and drove up to Bel Air.
In the movie "Flaming Star," Elvis played what we referred to then as a "half breed," someone who was half Native American. It was Marlon Brando who the writers had in mind to play the part Elvis did. It wouldn't be the first or last time that a script written with James Dean or Marlon Brando in mind ended up staring Elvis Presley.
The femme fatal of the film was actress Barbara Eden, who would become known for her signature role in the television series "I Dream of Jeannie."
At the house Elvis came through the door still covered in the body makeup the studio had him wear to appear darker. (He also wore brown contact lenses to cover his naturally blue eyes.) When you look at some of the stills of the film today, you can see how unnatural it looks.
He welcomed me with a hug and told us to make ourselves at home until he got all that makeup off. It took him near an hour.
This was the beginning of my being a regular at Elvis Presley's house parties - the time of my life! Elvis' as my second home!
The first party I attended at Elvis' after moving to LA, Johnny Rivers and I drove up to Bel Air. Elvis was making the movie "Flaming Star" at 20th Century Fox. It was his 6th movie. Johnny had been over to Elvis and he said "I know he wants to see you." So we got into Johnny's car and drove up to Bel Air.
In the movie "Flaming Star," Elvis played what we referred to then as a "half breed," someone who was half Native American. It was Marlon Brando who the writers had in mind to play the part Elvis did. It wouldn't be the first or last time that a script written with James Dean or Marlon Brando in mind ended up staring Elvis Presley.
The femme fatal of the film was actress Barbara Eden, who would become known for her signature role in the television series "I Dream of Jeannie."
At the house Elvis came through the door still covered in the body makeup the studio had him wear to appear darker. (He also wore brown contact lenses to cover his naturally blue eyes.) When you look at some of the stills of the film today, you can see how unnatural it looks.
He welcomed me with a hug and told us to make ourselves at home until he got all that makeup off. It took him near an hour.
This was the beginning of my being a regular at Elvis Presley's house parties - the time of my life! Elvis' as my second home!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
(482) PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO : BEN FRANKS DINER
CHARLES PHOENIX ON BEN FRANKS DINER link
IN OUR PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO posts, we wrote about the Palamino for mostly Country Music (post 335 on Marty Robins and Jerry Lee Lewis), the Red Velvet - one of the few clubs Elvis used to go to and where P.J. Proby performed (post 334), and the dinner club, Ciro's, known for the Rat Pack, but also Johnny Rivers before The Whisky. Post 333 was about Trino Lopez. Post 336 Ciros. We've recently updated the videos and links for these posts from 2010.
All of these clubs were performance spaces.
One of my hangouts for just having coffee, talking, hanging out, was Ben Franks Diner. It was a good place to meet with friends, co-workers, and people I wanted to do business with, on the Sunset Strip, which has been active with entertainment for more than half a century.
Here's a link with a good picture.
EXCERPT: "Today, forty five years later the classic coffee shop structure still stands. But about decade or so ago Ben became Mel when Ben Frank’s quietly closed and morphed into a trendy retro diner called Mel’s Diner. I wonder if they have Liver and Onions on the menu."
IN OUR PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO posts, we wrote about the Palamino for mostly Country Music (post 335 on Marty Robins and Jerry Lee Lewis), the Red Velvet - one of the few clubs Elvis used to go to and where P.J. Proby performed (post 334), and the dinner club, Ciro's, known for the Rat Pack, but also Johnny Rivers before The Whisky. Post 333 was about Trino Lopez. Post 336 Ciros. We've recently updated the videos and links for these posts from 2010.
All of these clubs were performance spaces.
One of my hangouts for just having coffee, talking, hanging out, was Ben Franks Diner. It was a good place to meet with friends, co-workers, and people I wanted to do business with, on the Sunset Strip, which has been active with entertainment for more than half a century.
Here's a link with a good picture.
EXCERPT: "Today, forty five years later the classic coffee shop structure still stands. But about decade or so ago Ben became Mel when Ben Frank’s quietly closed and morphed into a trendy retro diner called Mel’s Diner. I wonder if they have Liver and Onions on the menu."
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
FANTASTIC! JOHNNY RIVERS : POOR SIDE OF TOWN : MARTY STUART SHOW NASHVILLE
VIDEO TAKEN DOWN DUE TO YOUTUBE NOTIFICATION
The show aired on May 18 2013... WOW! As I've said JOHNNY RIVERS WOULD NOT QUIT!
FULL SHOW...
The show aired on May 18 2013... WOW! As I've said JOHNNY RIVERS WOULD NOT QUIT!
FULL SHOW...
Saturday, July 6, 2013
(472) MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP : THE FOUR TOPS : JOHNNY RIVERS
Released by the Four Tops in 1964, and a Motown hit for them, Johnny recorded the song and brought it to the West Coast in 1966. It was one of a few Motown songs Johnny covered, making the songs his own. Motown had an in-house song writing team and BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN was written by the team called Holland-Dozier-Holland. This single put Motown into the Top 20 for the first time, in '64, and was a million seller. It's been recorded by several other artists, including a British group.
THE BBC RUNS A FOUR TOPS BIO PIC! BBC RADIO DOCUMENTARY SOUL SATISFACTION in OCTOBER!
THE BBC RUNS A FOUR TOPS BIO PIC! BBC RADIO DOCUMENTARY SOUL SATISFACTION in OCTOBER!
Saturday, June 29, 2013
(471) MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP : STEVIE WONDER : JOHNNY RIVERS
This Motown hit was the first song co-writing credit the now famous and legendary Stevie Wonder ever got. The song was written by the team of Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby and the lyrics were put into Braille for Stevie. A hit for him in 1966, Johnny's version soon followed.
MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP
Link here to STEVIE WONDER'S OFFICIAL SITE! STEVIE WONDER.NET
MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP
Link here to STEVIE WONDER'S OFFICIAL SITE! STEVIE WONDER.NET
Saturday, June 15, 2013
(468) JOHNNY RIVERS AT THE WHISKY COVERING CHUCK BERRY'S HIT WITH 1960'S STYLE
I remember going to hear Johnny play at the Whisky, where he became a headliner after playing in other clubs in the area. To this day his name is associated with the club.
Johnny Rivers covered so many songs successfully (including songs recorded at Motown) that other people recorded, he became so known for his versions that many people didn't realize that they weren't written by him or that he wasn't the first to record them. He attracted a new generation. (Johnny had moved to New York City at the age of 16 and was a little younger than me, Buddy Knox, and some of the other guys we hung out with.) Here's a YouTube fan video - very well put together - where Johnny covers two 1950's classics written and recorded first by Chuck Berry, with that mid 1960's rock and roll style of his on Liberty Records.
JOHNNY RIVERS OFFICIAL - UPDATED - NEW CD Called Live at Cache Creek it's blues, bluegrass, and JR.
Johnny Rivers covered so many songs successfully (including songs recorded at Motown) that other people recorded, he became so known for his versions that many people didn't realize that they weren't written by him or that he wasn't the first to record them. He attracted a new generation. (Johnny had moved to New York City at the age of 16 and was a little younger than me, Buddy Knox, and some of the other guys we hung out with.) Here's a YouTube fan video - very well put together - where Johnny covers two 1950's classics written and recorded first by Chuck Berry, with that mid 1960's rock and roll style of his on Liberty Records.
JOHNNY RIVERS OFFICIAL - UPDATED - NEW CD Called Live at Cache Creek it's blues, bluegrass, and JR.
Monday, June 10, 2013
JOHNNY RIVERS : POST (210) HOLLYWOOD REALLY WAS FULL OF STARS! FROM OUR ARCHIVES
POST (210) HOLLYWOOD REALLY WAS FULL OF STARS!
FROM OUR ARCHIVES dated November 11 2008
When I moved to Los Angeles - Hollywood - one of the first things that I noticed that's different today - fifty years later - is that Hollywood really was full of stars. Not only were movies being made locally but the stars took it upon themselves to dine out and shop and be seen right there along Hollywood Boulevard where the Hollywood Walk of Fame is now. The photographers prowled and it seemed everyone was dressed, made-up, ready, willing, available for a "photo op."
I had met the actress Christine White in Hollywood as a tourist, before I was discovered in Akron, Ohio in 1957, and when I moved to Los Angeles Hollywood became my scene. I went to restaurants and clubs where business and pleasure were conducted. The area around Capitol Records which had the famous circular building that looked like a stack of albums - if you stretched your imagination a bit - seemed to be the epicenter of my scene.
When Johnny Rivers, Johnny Burnette, and I would motorcycle around town, we'd park our bikes across from the Brown Derby restaurant where there was a hot dog stand we liked near the Huntington-Hartford theatre. From there we watched the girls.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES dated November 11 2008
When I moved to Los Angeles - Hollywood - one of the first things that I noticed that's different today - fifty years later - is that Hollywood really was full of stars. Not only were movies being made locally but the stars took it upon themselves to dine out and shop and be seen right there along Hollywood Boulevard where the Hollywood Walk of Fame is now. The photographers prowled and it seemed everyone was dressed, made-up, ready, willing, available for a "photo op."
I had met the actress Christine White in Hollywood as a tourist, before I was discovered in Akron, Ohio in 1957, and when I moved to Los Angeles Hollywood became my scene. I went to restaurants and clubs where business and pleasure were conducted. The area around Capitol Records which had the famous circular building that looked like a stack of albums - if you stretched your imagination a bit - seemed to be the epicenter of my scene.
When Johnny Rivers, Johnny Burnette, and I would motorcycle around town, we'd park our bikes across from the Brown Derby restaurant where there was a hot dog stand we liked near the Huntington-Hartford theatre. From there we watched the girls.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
JOHNNY RIVERS A DECADE BEFORE THE WHISKY
An early publicity photo of Johnny Rivers in New York City, where I met him in the late 1950's. Johnny would go through some major changes as the 1960's went on in his appearance. What never changed was his determination. I've posted a lot on Johnny, and you can find those posts using the Search feature on this Google Blogger!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
(458) THE TURTLES : CROSSING THE BIG POND and LANDING IN LOS ANGELES!
THE TURTLES FEATURING FLO AND EDDIE official site! link here! (Lot's of laughs!)
The TURTLES crossed "the Big Pond" and were a great success in Britain as they were in New York and then Southern California.
Like so many others we've covered here at Wes Bryan - My Life in Music, the Turtles spent years becoming an "overnight success." I remember when one of my associates who ran a club on the Sunset Strip were sure they were the competition for the Beatles. This was the time of my life when, after working at American Music all day and sometimes spending all night in recording studios doing unpaid "overtime," recording demos and pitching songs, that I also spent a lot of time on the Sunset Strip (and surrounds) going to clubs like The Whiskey.
From their site: "When the Turtles played at the Phone Booth in New York, they were pleased to see Bob Dylan sitting a mere eight feet away. He had his shades on and was slumped over. Afterwards the boys eagerly introduced themselves. Dylan responded, deadpan, to the Turtles live performance of their hit, Dylan's very own "It Ain't Me Babe,": "That's a great last song, it should be a record."
Yes friends, we're going to be covering Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Johnny Rivers on this blog as we head towards a Motown summer!
Introduced by Pat Boone!
The TURTLES crossed "the Big Pond" and were a great success in Britain as they were in New York and then Southern California.
Like so many others we've covered here at Wes Bryan - My Life in Music, the Turtles spent years becoming an "overnight success." I remember when one of my associates who ran a club on the Sunset Strip were sure they were the competition for the Beatles. This was the time of my life when, after working at American Music all day and sometimes spending all night in recording studios doing unpaid "overtime," recording demos and pitching songs, that I also spent a lot of time on the Sunset Strip (and surrounds) going to clubs like The Whiskey.
From their site: "When the Turtles played at the Phone Booth in New York, they were pleased to see Bob Dylan sitting a mere eight feet away. He had his shades on and was slumped over. Afterwards the boys eagerly introduced themselves. Dylan responded, deadpan, to the Turtles live performance of their hit, Dylan's very own "It Ain't Me Babe,": "That's a great last song, it should be a record."
Yes friends, we're going to be covering Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Johnny Rivers on this blog as we head towards a Motown summer!
Introduced by Pat Boone!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
(451) THE BRITISH INVASION OF AMERICA and THE AMERICAN INVASION OF BRITAIN CONTINUE
So now that we've said what we've said about hits and charts, we looked at a number of charts for the year 1966 saw discrepancies about what number a song or three achieved. We were reminded of personal favorites and looked for songs we remember hearing that we expected to see. Could be some of the songs we remember were on albums.
For American songwriters, the mid 1960's were competitive and anxious times because of the success of bands like the Beatles of Great Britain and the Beach Boys of the United States were writing and performing their own songs and didn't need us. There was an emphasis with the record companies that bands should have their own songs and with fewer hit makers looking to us to write songs for them, and a feel of change in the air, a lot of people in the business began to change their careers.
Even Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound that had put so many songs on the charts was loosing. (Sonny Bono talks about that in his memoir, having to break the news to Phil, who he worked for prior to Sonny and Cher making it, that the Sound was beginning to be dated.)
What we see overall is evidence that the British Invasion of America is ongoing. It's not all about the Beatles. It's also about British hit makers Petula Clark, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, and Peter and Gordon, on the same American charts as The Mamas and the Papas, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Supremes, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Rivers, and the made for television competition for the Beatles, The Monkees.
For American songwriters, the mid 1960's were competitive and anxious times because of the success of bands like the Beatles of Great Britain and the Beach Boys of the United States were writing and performing their own songs and didn't need us. There was an emphasis with the record companies that bands should have their own songs and with fewer hit makers looking to us to write songs for them, and a feel of change in the air, a lot of people in the business began to change their careers.
Even Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound that had put so many songs on the charts was loosing. (Sonny Bono talks about that in his memoir, having to break the news to Phil, who he worked for prior to Sonny and Cher making it, that the Sound was beginning to be dated.)
What we see overall is evidence that the British Invasion of America is ongoing. It's not all about the Beatles. It's also about British hit makers Petula Clark, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, and Peter and Gordon, on the same American charts as The Mamas and the Papas, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Supremes, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Rivers, and the made for television competition for the Beatles, The Monkees.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
(448) COMMANDO : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHNNY RAMONE (A MAJOR ELVIS PRESLEY FAN!) BOOK REVIEW and EXCERPTS!
COMMANDO : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHNNY RAMONE
C 2012 Johnny Ramone LLC
Edited by John Cafiero with Steve Miller and Henry Rollins
Abrams is the publisher
What makes an autobiography rather than a memoir?
I think this book is more a music memoir because it focuses on the development of The Ramones, a punk band that performed some original material and some cover tunes. As a matter of fact they covered some of the tunes that Johnny Rivers also covered, so I would've loved to ask Johnny Ramone about that!
As it goes with the Ramones, not one member was ever born with the surname Ramone and not one member was an actual brother or relative. The Ramones are therefore a construct, but when it comes to the music business there were a number of "brother" duos and groups, such as the Righteous Brothers before them who were also not really brothers. - Christine
When I was on tour with Buddy Knox people used to ask us if we were brothers! - Wes
CHAPTER ONE, pages 15 and 16
"It was the nameless guy who changed the jukebox records at my parent's bar who really turned me on to rock and roll when I was seven years old. Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Fats Domino. He gave me the singles he was talking out as he put in the newest hits. I loved it; I had a great collection of 45's. I still love that era of music. The songs sound so clear and exciting, like Little Richard's "Keep a Knocking."
page 17
"Soon after the jukebox guy started giving me those singles, I saw Elvis Presley on the black and-white television in our Westbury living room, on The Ed Sullivan Show. The first time was September 9, 1956, in a broadcast from Hollywood, then seven weeks later from thirty miles away in New York City, at the CBS studio at Broadway and Fifty-third street. Today that's the Ed Sullivan Theater where David Letterman does his show.
I just knew I would be a big Elvis fan from that moment on. It was the wildness, and it really upset my parents, who thought he was a dope fiend. I didn't know what that was, but I figured it must be a good thing, because if it upset the grownups, it had to be good. I just followed him from them on and became a rock and roll fan forever, and by the next year I was listening to Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, and it was a big Jerry Lee lewis fan. And Little Richard, I mean, he was gay and black, and that made everybody crazy."
- Johnny Ramone
In the back of the book Johnny Ramone lists Elvis Presley as his favorite singer, followed by Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, The Everly Brothers, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, Frankie Laine, Dion, and Jim Morrison. Johnny would have loved this blog! - Christine
C 2012 Johnny Ramone LLC
Edited by John Cafiero with Steve Miller and Henry Rollins
Abrams is the publisher
What makes an autobiography rather than a memoir?
I think this book is more a music memoir because it focuses on the development of The Ramones, a punk band that performed some original material and some cover tunes. As a matter of fact they covered some of the tunes that Johnny Rivers also covered, so I would've loved to ask Johnny Ramone about that!
As it goes with the Ramones, not one member was ever born with the surname Ramone and not one member was an actual brother or relative. The Ramones are therefore a construct, but when it comes to the music business there were a number of "brother" duos and groups, such as the Righteous Brothers before them who were also not really brothers. - Christine
When I was on tour with Buddy Knox people used to ask us if we were brothers! - Wes
CHAPTER ONE, pages 15 and 16
"It was the nameless guy who changed the jukebox records at my parent's bar who really turned me on to rock and roll when I was seven years old. Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Fats Domino. He gave me the singles he was talking out as he put in the newest hits. I loved it; I had a great collection of 45's. I still love that era of music. The songs sound so clear and exciting, like Little Richard's "Keep a Knocking."
page 17
"Soon after the jukebox guy started giving me those singles, I saw Elvis Presley on the black and-white television in our Westbury living room, on The Ed Sullivan Show. The first time was September 9, 1956, in a broadcast from Hollywood, then seven weeks later from thirty miles away in New York City, at the CBS studio at Broadway and Fifty-third street. Today that's the Ed Sullivan Theater where David Letterman does his show.
I just knew I would be a big Elvis fan from that moment on. It was the wildness, and it really upset my parents, who thought he was a dope fiend. I didn't know what that was, but I figured it must be a good thing, because if it upset the grownups, it had to be good. I just followed him from them on and became a rock and roll fan forever, and by the next year I was listening to Ricky Nelson, the Everly Brothers, and it was a big Jerry Lee lewis fan. And Little Richard, I mean, he was gay and black, and that made everybody crazy."
- Johnny Ramone
In the back of the book Johnny Ramone lists Elvis Presley as his favorite singer, followed by Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, The Everly Brothers, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, Frankie Laine, Dion, and Jim Morrison. Johnny would have loved this blog! - Christine
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
(432) JOHNNY RIVERS : 1965 : YEARS OF HARD WORK BROUGHT LUCK TO HIS SIDE
Johnny's one of those people who started working hard in the music business at sixteen in New York and just would not quit. He still hasn't. We're linking to his site!
He worked so hard luck was right by his side, and by the mid 1960's he was going stong, making public performances and became known at the famous Whisky A Go Go, appearing on television, and recording cover tunes, many which we still think of as Johnny River's songs.
In 1966 he started Soul City Records, his own record company. Maybe that's because Johnny moved from one label to the next over the years (not so unusual in those days and often a means to career survival) and recorded on United Artists, Imperial, Capitol, Crown, Sunset, and Liberty, and maybe then some.
Here's a recorded Live at the Whisky Youtube presentation that captures the fun that we enjoyed going there to hear him perform.
He worked so hard luck was right by his side, and by the mid 1960's he was going stong, making public performances and became known at the famous Whisky A Go Go, appearing on television, and recording cover tunes, many which we still think of as Johnny River's songs.
In 1966 he started Soul City Records, his own record company. Maybe that's because Johnny moved from one label to the next over the years (not so unusual in those days and often a means to career survival) and recorded on United Artists, Imperial, Capitol, Crown, Sunset, and Liberty, and maybe then some.
Here's a recorded Live at the Whisky Youtube presentation that captures the fun that we enjoyed going there to hear him perform.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
(424) SINGER SONGWRITER BOBBY FREEMAN : DO YOU WANNA DANCE?: COVERED BY SO MANY ARTISTS!
With a song writer like Brian Wilson in your group, why cover a tune written by someone else? Because some songs are hits, and a hit is a song that's hard to resist. It can bring in a fortune. This is the 1965 recording.
For the SUMMER FUN of it, here are a number of other covers of the same Bobby Freeman song.
First BOBBY FREEMAN'S ORIGINAL! "Release in April 1958 while Bobby was still in High School and he became a singing sensation which helped this song moved right up the charts to Billboards Top 10." Thanks to the Youtuber who posted this one!
For the SUMMER FUN of it, here are a number of other covers of the same Bobby Freeman song.
First BOBBY FREEMAN'S ORIGINAL! "Release in April 1958 while Bobby was still in High School and he became a singing sensation which helped this song moved right up the charts to Billboards Top 10." Thanks to the Youtuber who posted this one!
(UPDATE JULY 2012: Sadly we must remove the historical music Bobby Freeman Video as Frank Sinatra enterprises owns the video and made claims on it... We still want everyone to know how great Bobby was and were thrilled to have found the video in the first place! But now I, Christine, making it up to you by presenting the RAMONES version! Beleive it or not, I like it as much as I like Johnny Rivers!)
WHO COULD FORGET my old friend Johnny Rivers' slow, romantic version?
Did you ever think we'd post the Ramones on this blog? Surprise! Surprise!
The great thing about this Bobby Freeman song is that you can listen to all these versions and want more!
Linking to the BBC Music bio of Bobby Freeman!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
(387) JOHNNY RIVERS STARS ON "SWINGING SHINDIG" ALBUM
The word "Shindig" came into common use as slang to mean...a rock and roll event...a jam...a party... and since titles are not copyrightable...Johnny Rivers appeared on the television show but I don't think this album came out of the show.
Check out our previous posts about Johnny and go to his web site by clicking on the title above!
Here you get the whole Shindig segment including an ad for zit busters ! (Eeeewwe!) Right after the zits came Johnny playing "Maybellene" and "Memphis," both cover-tunes of the songs written by Chuck Berry. We're struck by the high energy of the shows.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
(367) 1964 MY FRIEND ERSEL HICKEY'S CROOKED LITTLE MAN BECOMES A CLASSIC : SERENDIPITY SINGERS
Ersel Hickey, one of the first friends I made in my New York days, wrote this song called "Crooked Little Man" /"Don't Let The Rain Come Down, and in 1964 the Serendipity Singers had a top ten hit with it. Before you know it, the Beach Boys recorded it too. The Serendipity singers were considered a folk group, in the tradition of Peter, Paul, and Mary. And in 1964 they performed at the Democratic National Convention.
This song was also recorded by Johnny Rivers. Trini Lopez performed it and so did many other performers. We've even heard a punk rock version. It's called a "classic" now. Back then the song writing residuals bought Ersel got a house.
The Serendipity Singers have had many changes through the years. Some incarnation of the group was performing through the 1990's.
Friday, January 7, 2011
ELVIS PRESLEY 500 MILES
Listening to this song reminded me of being at Elvis' parties when the guests started singing along with Elvis. Elvis loved to sing. He's known for the massive audiences he performed in front of at the end of his life, but he loved singing to one or a few people too.
Members of The Entourage were also musical and so many of us - me, Johnny Rivers, P.J. Proby, and so many other people also brought our guitars and our own songs as well as songs we covered with us as part of the entertainment. And on the piano - Cliff Gleaves!
One of the most wonderful memories I have of Elvis and his parties in Los Angeles is the outbreaks of performance that happened spontaneously.
We want to thank the Youtuber "Jackiej61too" who posted this! What a find! Jackie told us that IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HAVE HER VIDEO POSTED ON OUR BLOG and says "ELVIS FOREVER!"
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
(336) PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO : HOLLYWOOD: CIROS RESTAURANT
One of the places that I went to with my music friends in the early 1960's was Ciro's, a Hollywood restaurant with quite a history. It opened in the 1940's and was an immediate success, on the map with some of the biggest stars who used it as the background to their lives. You could feel that in the air even then that the times were a changin'... The Byrds were playing there.
By the time I moved to Los Angeles the place had been converted into a rock and roll club. I have memories of Johnny Rivers and me meeting up over there - and bringing our dates with us.
We're linking to the SERVING HISTORY site so you can read a bit about Ciro's ...
By the time I moved to Los Angeles the place had been converted into a rock and roll club. I have memories of Johnny Rivers and me meeting up over there - and bringing our dates with us.
We're linking to the SERVING HISTORY site so you can read a bit about Ciro's ...
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