P.J. PROBY is one of my oldest friends from back in the day, and one of those who is still going strong!
His then agent NAN MORRIS (we're all still friends) went with The Entourage to the RED VELVET club with Elvis Presley to hear P.J. sing. Nan was one of the guys.
P.J. sang a song from the Broadway musical about gang life in New York in the 1950's WEST SIDE STORY, a song called "Somewhere
HE STOPPED THE SHOW!
When all the applause was over, Elvis stood up and Elvis requested "P.J. sing that again!" P.J. did! It was Elvis' way of bestowing honor on someone he respected a great deal!
VIDEO REPLACED NOV 2013.
CURRENT OFFICIAL SITE LINK PJ PROBY NET - music samples 2013
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
(303) SHARON SHEELEY - SONGWRITER
We're linking to the ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME page for songwriter SHARON SHEELEY here. SHARON was Eddie Cockran's girlfriend at the time he was killed in the car accident in England and that is unfortunately, what she first became famous for. She and Gene Vincent survived the car crash. She was still dating Eddie when I first met her. I was with the Everly Brothers at the time. Sharon was great friends with Nan Morris, the agent I've blogged about - a friend of mine to this day. It was Nan who took a demo of "POOR LITTLE FOOL" to Rick Nelson. In fact the two women were near stalking Rick to get that song to him because they were so sure it was going to be a hit for him. And they were right.
Sharon Sheeley continued to write songs including in collaboration with Jackie DeShannon and Brenda Lee.
Now we've mentioned before (and on some of our Youtube postings) that many DEMOS were made that did not turn into records for the market and that on many of these DEMOS some artists performed who became famous in their own time.
Some of the Demo Makers included Glen Campbell and Leon Russel and David Gates. A few years ago demos of some of Sharon's compositions that featured these artists came out on the market. And one of the singers is P.J. Proby, another demo maker who became famous and continues to perform, and who remained a friend of Sharon's until her death a few years ago ...
Sharon Sheeley continued to write songs including in collaboration with Jackie DeShannon and Brenda Lee.
Now we've mentioned before (and on some of our Youtube postings) that many DEMOS were made that did not turn into records for the market and that on many of these DEMOS some artists performed who became famous in their own time.
Some of the Demo Makers included Glen Campbell and Leon Russel and David Gates. A few years ago demos of some of Sharon's compositions that featured these artists came out on the market. And one of the singers is P.J. Proby, another demo maker who became famous and continues to perform, and who remained a friend of Sharon's until her death a few years ago ...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Hello to MY GREAT FRIEND NAN MORRIS !
Nan Morris has been a friend of mine for years.
She's retired now but was one of Hollywood's dynamic agents in her time.
She was P.J. Proby's manager for a while and behind P.J. when he started cutting demos for Elvis Presley.
She was one of the few women who was always welcome up at Elvis'.
You could say she was "one of the guys."
It's always great to have a catch up phone call with Nan!
She's retired now but was one of Hollywood's dynamic agents in her time.
She was P.J. Proby's manager for a while and behind P.J. when he started cutting demos for Elvis Presley.
She was one of the few women who was always welcome up at Elvis'.
You could say she was "one of the guys."
It's always great to have a catch up phone call with Nan!
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