DOO WOP : MY MUSIC CONCERT : A TERRIFIC CONCERT ON FILM

"Before Rock N Roll...Before R n B... there was Doo Wop."

This is the DVD made from the PBS special.  It features some archival film along with contemporary performance recorded at the Sands Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey in 2005.  Created by T.J. Lubinsky, the DVD includes Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners (Since I Don't Have You!),  Herb Reed's Platters, The Duprees, The Cleftones,  Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, The Moonglows, the Bobbettes, and several other vocal groups that are keeping the Doo Wop music alive.

Excellent production, it was terrific to see, and most of these singers are still in great voice...

(442) VENTURES : THIS ONE GOES OUT TO OUR FRIEND ARNE!

The Ventures, known for surf music like the famous "Pipeline," put out a Christmas Album in '65, and instead of Christmas in July it's more like surf music in December!  The Ventures cover of "The Christmas Song" blends surf music with the guitar sound that is almost British Invasion.

VENTURES OFFICIAL SITE link here!

Playing DJ here, we want to send this song out to our friend ARNE, who was one of the first to post Wes Bryan songs on YouTube and who runs an impressive YouTube channel as well as being an oldies record collector! 

Happy Holidays and a terrific 2013 Arne!

 

BEACH BOYS : LITTLE SAINT NICK : AFTER THEIR AMERICAN INVASION OF EUROPE

From 1965, a best selling Christmas album, the Beach Boys use their harmonies so well.


BEACH BOYS 50th ANNIVERSARY OFFICIAL SITE link here!

THE GRAMMY MUSEUM GIFT STORE : BEACH BOYS - DICK DALE - PHIL SPECTOR - RONETTES - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - RITCHIE VALENS

WOW!  Christine here.  You know how I looove the Grammy Museum!  I usually post after a visit there. 

Here are some great CDs and one pressed vinyl album that you can buy at the GRAMMY MUSEUM shop.  We're pretty sure that you can go to the shop to shop without paying to tour the museum if you just want to shop and make a visit another time and there are always greeters at the door so ask!

 
BEACH BOYS PET SOUNDS
Includes A 180 gram VINYL RECORD LIMITED EDITION from the Capitol Records Vault!

THE VERY BEST OF DICK DALE  (Surf Music!)

PHIL SPECTOR - WALL OF SOUND - 1961-1966 includes
DARLENE LOVE
THE RONETTES
THE CRYSTALS
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

THE COMPLETE RITCHIE VALENS includes unfinished songs and live at Pacoima High School - 35 songs!

If you're interested in reading past posts here at WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC about any of these artists, please use the Google Search feature to bring them up! 

MARIAN ANDERSON Quote On Friendship

"Everyone has a gift for something even if it is the gift of being a good friend." - Marian Anderson

(441) THE BLOSSOMS : FREQUENT MUSICAL ARTISTS ON SHINDIG : DARLENE LOVE AND THE WALL OF SOUND

BLOSSOMS HISTORY OF ROCK link here! 

They were the background group on so many popular records, working for Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, and so many others.  The writer of this article is right when he says they were the most unknown successful group there was!

The Blossoms covered so many songs and were frequent guests on the Shindig television show as performing artists.  In the studio they are probably most famous for working with music producer Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound. You know them for the song "He's The Rebel." Here is just one of so very many videos presently on YouTube featuring their performances. 

Now, over the years there were a number of different women who worked as a Blossom.  Darlene Love is the Blossom most mentioned. Check our previous posts about the Blossoms and Darlene, using the Google Blogger search feature!




The Rock and Roll hall of Fame also Inducted Darlene Love in 2011, age 70, after a career of 50 years! Below the link to the bio and a long but very funny and very touching video of

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: DARLENE LOVE link!

STARTED THE MORNING WITH ELVIS : IF I GET HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY

It's still a little too early for those of us who like to spend Thanksgiving as a holiday at home and Christmas in the Christmas season, but this morning started with coffee while this song played on the radio...

(440) JACKIE DESHANNON : WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW

JACKIE DESHANNON OFFICIAL SITE link here



When you get to Jackie's site you'll learn that this singer-songwriter is now an activist.  Here is her new song she wrote about her cause, clean water in Africa.



FROM HER SITE: "Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon is the soulful voice behind two enduring 1960’s anthems -- Burt Bacharach & Hal David's "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and DeShannon's own "Put A Little Love In Your Heart." Beyond those standards is an artist who has created a body of work covering a diverse range of genres including rock, folk, R&B, country, gospel, reggae and jazz.

Her songs have been performed by Brenda Lee, The Byrds, Marianne Faithfull, Al Green, Annie Lennox, The Searchers, Pam Tillis, The Carpenters, Kim Carnes, The Temptations, Rick Nelson, Cher, Van Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald, Dolly Parton, Irma Thomas..."

HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS : 1965 A TASTE OF HONEY

FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE A BOOK...

..."It takes a few seconds to burn but it takes years to write!"

Hi friends, Christine here.  I saw this one at a church crafts bazaar last weekend and had to write it down!

PETULA CLARK : DOWNTOWN : 1965 (THE PERFECT SONG FOR BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!)

Christine here. This is a song of childhood memories. I loved this song!  It brought to me the hustle bustle of going into the city from the suburbs where I lived, not an every day experience! PETULA CLARK was certainly part of the British Invasion of America.  These days when I think of Britain, I think of our friend Bear who seems to know of every break out artist that ever sang!  His blog BEARLY RAMBLING is amazing!

BEARLY RAMBLING BLOG - GREAT BRITAIN link here!

Can we actually expect anyone to be at home on the computer on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving when so many Americans are off work and using the Thanksgiving holiday to do their Christmas shopping?  (The really organized people will also have everything wrapped and tucked away for Santa before going back to work on Monday!) Well yes, you can expect me to be home and NOT on the computer I'll probably be busy crocheting a dog sweater! 

THANKSGIVING : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PROJECT THROUGH THE YEARS!

CHANGE IN PUBLISHING TIMES - WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC

We will be publishing any posts that appear on Saturday or Sunday and some Holidays at 1:09 Pacific Coast Time and will continue to publish posts that appear on weekdays at 7:09 PM except for the rare occasions when we run a "Celebration" of a particular artist and want to post throughout the day on him or her or them!

Let's give it a try!

Christine and Wes

HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING LINK

HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING LINK  We thought this site was interesting and informative, and we wanted to share it with you, speaking of Thomas Edison and early recordings!

Get information about recorders with the new searchable Recorder Database! Currently over 2000 classic recorder models are included, most with pictures and manufacture dates.


and

RECORDING HISTORY BY GENERAL TOPIC:

Technology - Recording machines and their makers
Industry - The business of recorders and records
Culture - The cultural impact of sound recording

MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE UNVEILS 1878 AUDIO RECORDING

YAHOO NEWS ARTICLE : 1878 AUDIO RECORDING UNVEILED  article by CHRIS CAROLA  of  Associated Press – Thu, Oct 25, 2012.

We thought this was such an interesting story!  It was about 1878 before a person could record and hear their own voice, something we find easy technologically today. 

In this article, we learn how computer technology allows us to hear a recording which could not be touched or played.  It was mapped optically and contructed the groove in software and model what the stylus would do in response to the bumps - truly amazing!

MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE link here

VETERANS DAY : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(439) HOLLYWOOD A GO GO : LOCAL MUSIC TELEVISION IN THE MID 1960's

Hollywood - A Go Go was a local television show - local as in Los Angeles - that featured artists who were appearing on the Sunset Strip Go Go  music club scene (girls in boots dancing in cages which started at the Whiskey were called Go Go Girls) and in its 40 some episodes which aired in 1965 and 1966 many of those we blog about appeared... Jackie DeShannon, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Bobby Fuller Four, Chuck Berry...  It was hosted by KHJ radio am disk jockey Sam Riddle, and featured the Gazzari Dancers.  Thanks to YouTube contributors of historical music television footage, here is Rick Nelson and, on another show, Jackie De Shannon.

(438) DONNIE BROOKS : ROCKABILLY TO EARLY ROCK AND ROLL : 1965 HOLLYWOOD A GO GO

DONNIE BROOKS ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME  This site has a good bio and memorial for Donnie which my friend Jerry Cole participated in.

Donnie's probably most known for his hit "Mission Bells" which was a hit in 1960. By 1965 he was appearing on local television show Hollywood A- Go Go!   Thank you to the posters of these historical
music performances on
Youtube!  I met Donny throuh Lou Bedell.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CHARLES LAMB Quotation on Friendship

'Tis the Privilege of friendship to talk nonsense and have her nonsense respected." - Charles Lamb, from The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb