@andrewhickey.500songs.com re. Georgie Fame bonus episode: The Skatalites covered Mongo Santamaria's "Yeh Yeh" under the title "President Kennedy". Fame is rumoured to have played on "Wash Wash" by Prince Buster (recorded 1963 in London). Can anyone confirm that?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtBF...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com This very nice instrumental cover of Je T'aime reached No. 18 in October 1969 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUpk...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com This extraordinary track from 1967, with its Middle Eastern melody, may have influenced the composition of "Ghost Town" by The Specials: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2C...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Blue Beat released a single by trans artist Brigitte Bond in 1964, just after she was photographed in London with Prince Buster: www.45cat.com/record/bb212
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Annette Funicello and Bob Hope performing "Jamaica Ska", 14.11.64. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLY...
Apologies. Found it: Dec 2, 2024. Excellent as always, especially how you overcame the problem of scant sources. Something I'd add is that neither Pyramid nor Trojan credited The Aces on Dekker's LPs. Dekker and his brother are also on Tougher Than Tough by Derrick Morgan, playing the defendants.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com 15.4.64 Jamaican delegates preparing to fly to New York, including Jimmy Cliff, Byron Lee and Prince Buster. Spent 3 days promoting ska: www.facebook.com/largeupdotco...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com If you plan to do a bonus episode on Desmond Dekker, I have done some research showing that his mother was born in 1927 (making her 13 or 14 when he was born) and died in May 1947, when he was 5. His dad cut sugar cane in Florida in 1946. Can supply.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Zoot Sims, aka Noel Simms, was in a duo in 1960 called Bonnie [Bunny] and Skitter, doing backing vocals on "Oh Carolina". Coxsone then got them another session with Count Ossie which produced this African nationalist tribute to Lumumba: www.youtube.com/watch?v=esgV...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Prince Buster's "Rum And Coca Cola", from his eclectic LP 'Ska-Lip-Soul' (1965), is extraordinary because he seems to be parodying The Andrews Sisters' cultural appropriation and mock pronunciations rather than Lord Invader's original www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Xr...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Another Nyabingi track, recorded by Prince Buster in 1961, not long after Oh Carolina www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHH0...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Treating Me Bad by the Maytals, produced by Prince Buster, has terrific Nyabingi drumming on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO9O...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com I have doubts about the Ivor The Engine connection. The earliest broadcast I have found was 28.12.59, when Townshend was 14. He'd have been aware of the cartoon from the listings, maybe, but he was too old for the target demographic.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Nyabingi album from 1983. As I understand it, it's a sacred ritual of chant and drumming where the whole is more important than the sum of the parts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Txk...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Prince Buster's 'Hey Jude' cover - the rocksteady bass stands out www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7id...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Charlie Parker and Don Drummond both recorded compositions named after mental institutions in which they spent time: Relaxin' at Camarillo and Bellevue Special, although I'm not sure whether they or the labels chose the titles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=524m...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Don Drummond track that features Burru drumming from Lloyd Knibb (Smiling is another but this one is more polyphonic to my ears, as a non-expert) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NwC...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard" was one of the tracks used by the BBC to accompany the Test card from 1979-83. Starts here from 5:45 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zxW...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com If I had one criticism of The Temptations' catalogue, it would be 'Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)' from Puzzle People. It quotes "I'm gonna get'cha" from 'I'm Gonna Make You Love Me' but in a much more threatening way. One of Motown's most misogynistic compositions.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Compare the bass intros to I'm Gonna Make You Love Me and What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted. They both have a heart-beat sound interspersed with a single drumbeat but the Ruffin intro is at a slower tempo. Both obviously just genius arrangements.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com There's a lot of vibrato in that P.J. Proby performance in the Cat Stevens episode.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com One of Otis Redding's last recordings, released posthumously on The Immortal Redding, June 68. The horns in the middle 8 are particularly moving. Also interesting to compare with his older ballads, when his voice had a different texture www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooqq...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Al Green's arrangement of Unchained Melody is stunning www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkeE...
All the singles were reissued.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Tamla Motown had a strange lull in the UK in mid-1968. On 1.6.68 they had no singles on the Record Mirror R&B chart. The turnaround in the Autumn started with an oldie: This Old Heart Of Mine R&B No. 1 - but it had never gone away www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/fea...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com There's a parallel between Pete Townshend and Sly Stone - relative optimism in 1969 but cynical by 1971. Other artists probably had a similar journey but in their own unique ways - e.g. Marvin Gaye, Nick Drake - for different reasons.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Pete Townshend was interviewed by Keith Altham, published in Record Mirror, 13.12.69. Text: thewho.net/articles/69-...
@andrewhickey.500songs.com The Who played an interesting role in the "George Davis Is Innocent" campaign, notably the "loudest concert ever" (Guinness Book Of Records) at Charlton's football ground, 31.5.76. Good account: flashbak.com/george-davis...
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@andrewhickey.500songs.com Winston Wright and Tommy McCook helped to invent 'Pychedelic Reggae' in 1970, a subgenre that still exists in various forms (dub, etc). There's a bit of 'Harlem Shuffle' in this I think but with various effects www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp50...
