ROUTE 66 : COVER TUNE CLASSIC : WHICH DO YOU PREFER?

PLANNING ON A ROAD TRIP VACATION? 
WHY NOT GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66?  CHICAGO TO LA...

OH WE KNOW THE GAS PRICES ARE SO HIGH YOU MIGHT END UP STAYING IN TOWN WITH ONLY YOUR FANTACIES OF ESCAPE! 

BUT HOW ABOUT JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THIS 2000 + MILE HIGHWAY?

HISTORIC ROUTE 66 - THE OLDEST ROUTE 66 WEBSITE! " The Historic Route 66 web site is dedicated to provide free information for those who want to learn more about Route 66. It features a turn-by-turn road description, guiding the visitor from Chicago to Los Angeles. The forum is available for discussions regarding old 66 by the visitors of this site."

BOBBY TROUP ... who wrote the song as "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66", in 1946.  


CHUCK BERRY ...
THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER ...

ONE SUMMER NIGHT ON RANWOOD; WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC ARCHIVES

FROM OUR ARCHIVES : FIRST POSTED ON DECEMBER 1 2007 (After noting the record on an e-Bay auction!)

Friends, as you know, I check the e-bay auctions from time to time to see what's up there being sold "Wes Bryan."

And if you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know one of the reasons for blogging is that there is a lot of Wes Bryan "confusion" out there. Christine and I have learned that some of the search engines put me and the Christian minister who has written a book or two and has a CD out together. I'm not the Christian minister. I'm also not the DJ, the athlete, the owner of a mini mall, or any of the other Wes Bryans out there on the Internet or in the world. (It's a great name though, isn't it guys?!)

I am the Wes Bryan who came out of Murphy, North Carolina, discovered off the Akron Beacon Journal - Roto section- who enjoyed a United Artists contract, and who changed labels a couple times to Clock and Roulette before becoming a staff songwriter at American Music.

I also became a record producer and music publisher. Though my story here on this blog is circa about 1960- 1961 about now, we noticed that a record I put out on my OWN LABEL, U. S. International, was being auctioned on e-bay and this seller has a music clip... So for as long as this lasts, enjoy listening to my record "One Summer Night." (Will this posting mean more bids for that record?) After I put "One Summer Night" out on my own label, Randy Wood who had once had Dot Records, put it out on Ranwood, his new label. It sold about 300,000 records.

Oh, I took a truck out to the beach in Malibu to record those seagulls you hear in the background...

WES BRYAN ON RANDY WOOD'S RANWOOD RECORDS

 

From a recent e-Bay auction, featuring "To Be Alone" and "One Summer Night."

SEARCH FOR BLOG POSTS ABOUT RANDY WOOD and RANWOOD RECORDS in HOLLYWOOD using the Search Feature embedded in the side bar of this blog.

Now in 1957 Randy Wood sold ownership of the label to Paramount Pictures but he was the President for the company for another ten years. He left to co-founded the Ranwood Records Label with Lawrence Welk.

JAMES DEAN : THE EAGLES : LINK TO THEIR OFFICIAL SITE

EAGLESBAND ; OFFICIAL SITE OF THE EAGLES link here!

(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

BOB DYLAN : NO DIRECTION HOME : A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE

Circa 2005, Apple presents a Martin Scorsese Picture- 2 CD set. 
Lots of Joan Baez and Maria Muldaur interviews on Bob. Especially early Bob in New York. Have you seen it?

NEEDLES AND PINS : DO YOU LIKE THE TURTLES, JACKIE DESHANNON or THE RAMONES' VERSION BEST?

Written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono!  NEEDLES AND PINS is a cover tune classic that's been covered by a great many, including Jackie DeShannon, The Turtles, The Ramones...

Jackie DeShannon :

The Ramones:

The Turtles:

Want to read about Jackie DeShannon, The Turtles, or the Ramones at WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC?  Use the Google Search feature to bring up past posts!

FRANKIE VALLI Quote

"You can take the guy out of the neighorhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy."

Frankie Valli