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Howie Kane
Howard G. Kirschenbaum (June 6, 1941 – March 2023), better known as Howie Kane, was an American pop singer who was a member of Jay and the Americans. He sang vocals for the band between 1960 and 1973, and again from 2006 until his death. Biography Jay and the Americans Born Howard G. Kirschenbaum in 1941, he joined Jay and the Americans in 1960. In 1961, they signed to United Artists, and Kirschenbaum began releasing records under the name Howie Kane. With Jay Traynor (1943–2014) as their frontman, they first hit the Billboard charts in 1962 with the tune "She Cried", which reached #5 (later covered by The Shangri-Las, Aerosmith, and others). As the group were starting to gain success around the United States, Kane was still attending college. Traynor left in 1962, and Jay Black (1938–2021) came in as the new lead singer. During the 1960s, Jay and the Americans had hit-after-hit including; "Come a Little Bit Closer" in 1964, which hit #3, and "Cara Mia" in 1965, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Mood
"Morning Mood" () is part of Edvard Grieg's ''Peer Gynt'', Op. 23, written in 1875 as incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name, and was also included as the first of four movements in ''Peer Gynt Suite No. 1'', Op. 46. Music Written in E major, the melody uses the pentatonic scale and alternates between flute and oboe. Unusually, the climax occurs early in the piece at the first ''forte'' which signifies the sun breaking through. The time signature is and the tempo instruction is ''Allegretto pastorale''. It is orchestrated for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and string section. A performance takes about four minutes. Setting The piece depicts the rising of the sun during Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his yacht and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. Acacias and palm trees. Peer yntis sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solitary Man (song)
"Solitary Man" is a song written by American musician Neil Diamond, who recorded the song for Bang Records in late January 1966. It has since been covered many times, notably by T. G. Sheppard, Gianni Morandi, Chris Isaak, Johnny Cash and HIM. History Recorded in late January 1966 and initially released on Bang Records in April 1966, "Solitary Man" was Diamond's debut single as a recording artist, having already had moderate (but accidental) success as a songwriter for other artists; their versions of the songs he had already written and composed were released before his ''own'' versions. By July, the track had become a minor hit, rising to No. 55 on the U.S. pop singles chart. It would then be included on Diamond's first album, ''The Feel of Neil Diamond,'' which he released in August 1966. The song is a "ballad of a loner looking for love." The theme of the song has been closely identified with Diamond himself, as evinced by a 2008 profile in ''The Daily Telegraph'': "This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Goes My Baby (The Drifters Song)
"There Goes My Baby" is a song written by Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson), Lover Patterson, George Treadwell and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Drifters. This was the first single by the second incarnation of the Drifters (previously known as the 5 Crowns), who assumed the group name in 1958 after manager George Treadwell fired the remaining members of the original lineup. The Atlantic Records release was Ben E. King's debut recording as the lead singer of the group. History Leiber and Stoller used a radically different approach to production from what Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler had employed with the original Clyde McPhatter-led Drifters. The combination of new style and new group fit, and the song reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, behind "A Big Hunk o' Love" by Elvis Presley. "There Goes My Baby" also hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart. On the Cash Box sales chart, it likewise went to number one for two weeks, in the summer of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking In The Rain (The Ronettes Song)
"Walking in the Rain" is a song written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil. It was originally recorded by the girl group the Ronettes in 1964 who had a charting hit with their version. Jay and the Americans released a charting hit cover of the song in 1969. The song has since been recorded by many other artists over the years, including the Walker Brothers. The Ronettes version The Ronettes were the first to release "Walking in the Rain". Their single reached number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1964. The song also reached number three on the R&B Singles Chart in 1965. The single contains sound effects of thunder and lightning, which earned audio engineer Larry Levine a Grammy nomination. Phil Spector produced the record. In 2004, the Ronettes' version was ranked at No. 266 on ''Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time'', while being moved down to No. 269 in the 2010 update. The song didn't get into the 2021 list. Jay and the Americans version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy Woman (The Impressions Song)
"Gypsy Woman" is a 1961 rhythm and blues song written by Curtis Mayfield and recorded by his group the Impressions. The group's first single following the departure of lead singer Jerry Butler, it reached No. 2 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart, No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 17 on the ''Cash Box'' chart. It also appeared on the group's 1963 eponymous debut album. Joe Bataan (1967), Brian Hyland (1970), Bobby Womack (1985), Steve Marriott (1989), and Santana (1990) covered this song. According to a 1995 British interview, Mayfield wrote "Gypsy Woman" when he was 12 years old. Brian Hyland version In 1970, Brian Hyland recorded his version of the song, produced by Del Shannon and featuring Max Crook on keyboards which went up to Number 3 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in Canada, and number 4 in South Africa. Hyland's version became a gold record. In that same year 1970, Major Lance also recorded the song. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hushabye
"Hushabye" is a song that was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1959 for the Brooklyn doo-wop quintet the Mystics. The group's recording of the song was a Top 20 hit. Background In the spring of 1959, the Mystics recorded the modern South African folk song " Wimoweh" to serve as their debut release on Laurie Records. After Laurie shelved the track as lacking hit potential – the song would in fact become a 1961 #1 hit for the Tokens as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – the Mystics were set to record the Doc Pomus/ Mort Shuman composition " Teenager in Love". According to Al Contrera of the Mystics, the day after the Mystics had first heard "Teenager in Love", Laurie Records president Gene Schwarz advised the group that "their song" would instead be given to Dion & the Belmonts who had recorded three Top 40 hits, Schwarz's position being that "Teenager in Love"'s potential to be a smash hit was more likely to be realized via a recording by an established act. ("Teenager in Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Since I Don't Have You
"Since I Don't Have You" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. American hard rock band Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The Skyliners version Background Taken from their self-titled album and released in late 1958, the single reached number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number seven on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. It was also a top five hit on the 1959 R&B chart. Charts Don McLean version Don McLean's 1981 rendition reached number 23 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number six on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it peaked at number two on its AC chart. Charts Ronnie Milsap version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Magic Moment
"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman. It was first recorded by The Drifters, with Ben E. King singing lead. Original Drifters version It was recorded first by Ben E. King and the Drifters, at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960. Chart history Jay and the Americans version In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969, while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "''RPM'' 100"R.P.M. 100 , '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Other Love (1953 Song)
"No Other Love" is a show tune from the 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Me and Juliet''. Background Richard Rodgers originally composed this tune (with the title "Beneath the Southern Cross") for the NBC television series ''Victory at Sea'' (1952/1953). When Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on ''Me and Juliet'', Rodgers took his old melody and set it to new words by Hammerstein, producing the song "No Other Love"."Victory at Sea ong Collection, U.S. Library of Congress, 2005, webpage LOC-gov-23 The song has a tango rhythm (referred to by Rodgers as a "languid tango" in his autobiography, ''Musical Stages''). The 1953 song should not be confused with " No Other Love", a song of 1950. The melody for the 1950 song was taken from Étude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 by Frédéric Chopin. Other recordings *Vikki Carr included in her album ''Discovery II'' (1964). *Perry Como recorded the Rodgers and Hammerstein song on May 19, 1953, which was released by RCA Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Boy
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the 1961 album '' The Nat King Cole Story''. It was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to Bill Pester, who practiced the ''Naturmensch'' and ''Lebensreform'' philosophies adopted by Ahbez. The lyrics of the song relate to a 1940s Los Angeles–based group called "Nature Boys", a subculture of proto-hippies of which Ahbez was a member. "Nature Boy" was released during the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) ban of 1948. It reached the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts and sold over a million copies, helping to establish Cole's solo career, and introducing him to the white music market. "Nature Boy" was the subject of lawsuits, with Yiddish composer Herman Yablokoff claiming that it was plagiarized from his song "" (, "Be Still My Heart"). Eventually, Ahbez and Yablokoff settled out of court. In 1999, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crying (Roy Orbison Song)
"Crying" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the US for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean, whose version reached number 1 in the UK in 1980. Composition Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, nda hint of marimba". ''Billboard'' observes an "expressive reading" on the "country-flavored ballad." The personnel on the original recording included Orbison session regulars Bob Moore on bass; Floyd Cramer on piano; Buddy Harman on drums; and Boudleaux Bryant, Harold Bradley, and Scotty Moore on guitar. Release and reception The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records in mid-July 1961 and reached No. 1 on the United States '' Cashbox'' chart for a week on October 7, 1961. On the rival ''Billboard'' Hot 100 it peaked at No. 2, where " Hit the Road Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
