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Roy Orbison Sweet dreams baby



Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records in the early to mid 1960s when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", "In Dreams", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of one in a film by David Lynch revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred by tragedy, including the death of his first wife and two of his children in separate accidents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ89HHSq9b8

 

Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-J72YnMFI&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iWzuaQlsDc

 

Fancy - Angel Eyes

 

Slaughter - Fly To The Angels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iheeQ2KKPMo

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBTOGVb_cQg

 

Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel



Minnie Riperton Biography by Jason Ankeny All Music.com
The tragic 1979 death of 31-year-old Minnie Riperton silenced one of soul music's most unique and unforgettable voices -- blessed with an angelic five-octave vocal range, she scored her greatest commercial success with the chart-topping pop ballad "Lovin' You." Riperton was born in Chicago on November 8, 1947; as a youth she studied music, drama, and dance at the city's Lincoln Center and later contemplated a career in opera. Her pop career began in 1961 when she joined the local girl group called the Gems, signing to the famed Chess label to release a handful of singles as well as lend backing vocals to acts including Fontella Bass, the Dells, and Etta James. After graduating high school, Riperton went to work at Chess as a receptionist; following the Gems' dissolution, she also signed with the label as a solo act, releasing a single, "Lonely Girl," under the alias Andrea Davis.

In 1968, Riperton was installed as the lead vocalist of the psychedelic soul band the Rotary Connection, which debuted that year with a self-titled LP on Cadet Concepts; the singles "Amen" and "Lady Jane" found a home on underground FM radio, but the group failed to make much of an impression on mainstream outlets. While still a member of the Connection, Riperton mounted a solo career; teaming with producer/arranger Charles Stepney and her husband/composer Richard Rudolph, she issued her brilliant debut, Come to My Garden, in 1970, but again commercial success eluded her grasp. After the Rotary Connection dissolved in the wake of 1971's Hey Love, she and Rudolph took a two-year sabbatical in Florida before relocating to Los Angeles, where she sang on Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale and toured as a member of his backing unit Wonderlove.

Wonder agreed to co-produce Riperton's 1974 album Perfect Angel, which contained the international blockbuster "Lovin' You"; the record made her a household name, although subsequent LPs like 1975's Adventures in Paradise and 1977's Stay in Love failed to repeat its success. By this time, however, commercial woes were the least of Riperton's concerns -- diagnosed with breast cancer, she underwent a mastectomy in 1976, later becoming a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and earning a Society Courage Award from then-President Jimmy Carter. Riperton continued performing despite her declining condition, with 1979's Minnie the final record completed during her lifetime -- she died in L.A. on July 12 of that year. Unreleased vocal tracks with new instrumental backing comprised 1980's posthumous collection Love Lives Forever.

Additional information: Maya Rudolph (SNL fame and other productions) is the daughter of Richard Rudolph and Minnie Riperton. In the song "Lovin' You" Minnie calls Maya's name repeatedly toward the end.

 

Minnie the Moocher...

 

Sesame Street - Cab Calloway: "Jump Jive"



Cab Calloway -- the legendary "Hi De Ho" man -- was a energetic showman, gifted singer, talented actor and trendsetting fashion plate. A truly "larger than life" figure in American pop culture, immortalized in cartoons and caricatures, Calloway also led one of the greatest bands of the Swing Era.

http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/calloway.html

 

Reminds me of Kris Kristofferson - Bobby McGee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ZkkKfg_Rw

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGGzsiA1dA

 

Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vaYOIKWYY

 

Crosby Stills & Nash - Suite - Judy Blue Eyes


Biography

The music of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash is a cornerstone of rock ‘n roll. As Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN), this trio of legendary singer-songwriters has been actively collaborating since 1969, when they first harmonized in either Joni Mitchell's living room or Mama Cass Elliot's dining room, depending on which member you ask (Crosby and Nash ascribe to the former, Stills is adamant about the latter). Wherever its point of origin, the connection they forged from day one-as artists and as friends-was profound and unbreakable. Essential elements of our pop culture experience, their songs are just as durable, conveying emotional truths and social consciousness in equal measure.

More below:
http://www.crosbystillsnash.com/biography

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA

 

"Blue In Green" from "Kind of Blue"....This recording is so deep...I've heard it 1000 times and I still hear new things in it....
It doesn't start playing til around 22 seconds...Buts its there...in all its beauty...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDwgRgpYcE

 

FOOL ON THE HILL - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66



Sergio Mendes' group, Brasil '66, created some of the best jet set pop ever heard. For much of the last thirty years, Brasil '66 albums gathered dust in thrift store racks along side several million copies of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Then, in the mid-1990s, the lounge music movement and compilations like In Flight Entertainment reminded us what wonderful sounds were locked up in these forgotten records.

Trained at the local conservatory in Niteroi, Mendes became a versatile pianist. Starting out as a professional musician just as the roots of bossa nova were beginning to emerge, Mendes embraced the hybrid of jazz and Latin music and was soon appearing alongside Jobim and Gilberto at Rio clubs. Leading a group known as the Bossa Nova Trio, he toured Europe in 1963, playing at numerous jazz festivals. With the huge interest in bossa nova in the U.S., Mendes moved to New York in 1964 and worked with Art Farmer, Bud Shank, vocalist Wanda de Sah, Jobim, and others on bossa nova recordings.

He formed the group, Brasil '66, in late 1965, combining veteran Latin percussionists Jose Soares and Joao Palma, Bob Matthews on bass, Mendes on piano, and singer Lani Hall (who later married of Herb Alpert). (This was an entirely different group from the instrumental combo, Brasil '65, with whom he recorded albums for Atlantic and Capitol, by the way.)

Leading off their first album for A&M, their explosive cover of Jorge Ben's "Mais Que Nada" (which roughly translates to, "It's nothing") became their first hit. Hall (who was double-tracked on the album) and Janis Hansen (who joined when Alpert hired the group to open for the Tijuana Brass road tour) learned the lyrics phonetically, but no one needed to understand what they were singing--the upbeat rhythm and lively vocal harmonies were enough to hook American listeners. "Mais Que Nada" soon became one of the favorite cover tunes of the period, and other Brasil '66 tunes such as "Look Around," "Fool on the Hill," and "Constant Rain" climbed up the Top 40 charts.

The group toured alongside the Tijuana Brass and fellow label-mates the Baja Marimba Band, and was all over U.S. television variety shows. Hall eventually left the group to pursue her own solo career. Mendes slacked off the arranging chores and turned most over to Dave Grusin. The group attempted to mutate to adapt to the changing fashions and tastes, going from pop material like "Going Out of My Head" and Bacharach's "The Look of Love" (one of the best covers ever of that great tune) to Joanie Mitchell's "Chelsea Morning" and Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay."



http://www.spaceagepop.com/mendes.htm

 

No big history lesson, sorry I don't know this stuff. Just a good song:
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lx52sBLtKI