Ellie Greenwich- Baby
| artist/album: | Ellie Greenwich/Night Owl, Vol. 2: It'll Never Be Over for You |
| track: | Baby |
| 71 Plays |
Reparata and the Delrons- I’m Nobody’s Baby Now
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| artist/album: | Reparata & The Delrons/[v.a.] Phil's Spectre vol.2 - Another Wall Of Soundalikes [2005 Ace] |
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| 112 Plays |
Dusty Springfield- Love Shine Down (1971)
First US Release: Dusty In Memphis De Luxe Edition, 16 February 1999
First UK Release: Classics & Collectibles, 6 September 2004
‘Love Shine Down’ is a Jeff Barry-produced track from what was to have been Dusty’s third Atlantic album. On this recording Barry showcases the gospel/soul timbre of Dusty’s voice. The song starts off very low-key, with subdued piano, strings and vocal, but then opens up with a spirited call and response between Dusty and the background singers. From there on Dusty is in full flight. It’s another gem that lay undiscovered for far too long.
First US Release: Dusty In Memphis De Luxe Edition, 16 February 1999
First UK Release: Classics & Collectibles, 6 September 2004
‘Love Shine Down’ is a Jeff Barry-produced track from what was to have been Dusty’s third Atlantic album. On this recording Barry showcases the gospel/soul timbre of Dusty’s voice. The song starts off very low-key, with subdued piano, strings and vocal, but then opens up with a spirited call and response between Dusty and the background singers. From there on Dusty is in full flight. It’s another gem that lay undiscovered for far too long.
| artist/album: | Dusty Springfield/Dusty In Memphis |
| track: | Love Shine Down |
| 80 Plays |
Dusty Springfield- What Good Is I Love You?
In the 1960’s, although Dusty often turned to Goffin and King or Bacharach and David for material, there were other Brill Building partnerships whose songs she never touched, among them Lieber and Stoller, Sedaka and Greenfield, and Greenwich and Barry.
But the beginning of the 1970s saw Dusty finally working with the latter writers, though not as a team; as well as recording an entire album with Jeff Barry in New York, she had previously recorded one song co-written and co-produced by Barry’s ex-wife and writing partner, Ellie Greenwich. Greenwich, very much a Dusty lookalike in the sixties, provided Dusty with a solid ballad for her 1971 Atlantic single. There’s a strong melody with a powerful hook line and spirited support from a girl choir.
“‘What Good Is I Love You?’ was originally written by us for Ellie, and produced by us with Ellie singing, and the intention of releasing it as a single. Ellie didn’t have a record deal at the time. We brought it to Jerry Wexler, we wanted to get her on Atlantic. He said, “Great. I love Ellie. I love the song. Love the record.” “But,” he says, “I don’t think it’s the right song for Ellie. I want it for Dusty Springfield.”” -Mike Rashkow, co-producer and co-writer
Dusty Springfield- What Good Is I Love You?
But the beginning of the 1970s saw Dusty finally working with the latter writers, though not as a team; as well as recording an entire album with Jeff Barry in New York, she had previously recorded one song co-written and co-produced by Barry’s ex-wife and writing partner, Ellie Greenwich. Greenwich, very much a Dusty lookalike in the sixties, provided Dusty with a solid ballad for her 1971 Atlantic single. There’s a strong melody with a powerful hook line and spirited support from a girl choir.
“‘What Good Is I Love You?’ was originally written by us for Ellie, and produced by us with Ellie singing, and the intention of releasing it as a single. Ellie didn’t have a record deal at the time. We brought it to Jerry Wexler, we wanted to get her on Atlantic. He said, “Great. I love Ellie. I love the song. Love the record.” “But,” he says, “I don’t think it’s the right song for Ellie. I want it for Dusty Springfield.”” -Mike Rashkow, co-producer and co-writer
| artist/album: | Dusty Springfield/Single ''What Good Is I Love You'' (US) |
| track: | What Good Is I Love You |
| 31 Plays |
Dusty Springfield- Haunted (1971)
Although Dusty and Jeff Barry recorded 13 tracks together for Atlantic, only four of them were released at the time. The projected album was abandoned at the last minute owing to a fall-out between Dusty and Atlantic. The first of the two singles to be released from the sessions was ‘Haunted’, a medium-paced rocker with some vibrant ping-pong stereo effects and some appealingly gruff vocals from Dusty.
Love this single.
| artist/album: | Dusty Springfield/Single ''Haunted'' (US) |
| track: | Haunted |
| 30 Plays |
Ellie Greenwich- Big Honky Baby
| artist/album: | Ellie Greenwich/Composes, Produces & Sings/Let It Be Written, Let It Be Sung |
| track: | Big Honky Baby |
| 11 Plays |
Ike and Tina Turner | River Deep Mountain High
Phil Spector considers this his greatest song.
I know I already blogged this, but I love it.
(via billiesbluesday)
Ike and Tina Turner | River Deep Mountain High
Phil Spector considers this his greatest song.
I know I already blogged this, but I love it.
Ellie Greenwich- You Don’t Know
Penned by George “Shadow” Morton, Jeff Barry & Ellie.
Recorded on Red Bird in 1965.
I. love. her. voice. And that amazing echoing, ambient sound.
Recorded on Red Bird in 1965.
| artist/album: | Ellie Greenwich/The Best Of The Girl Groups Volume 2 |
| track: | You Don't Know |
| 20 Plays |
The Exciters, “He’s Got the Power”
This song was written by Ellie Greenwich with Tony Powers before she began writing with Jeff Barry, was a driving teen rocker that opened with “yeah, yeah, yeah” two years before the Beatles made those words an international trademark. It only went to number fifty-seven in the spring of 1963. Ellie Greenwich once said that [lead singer Brenda] Reid had one of the best female voices she had ever heard.—history-of-rock.com
The Exciters, “He’s Got the Power”
This song was written by Ellie Greenwich with Tony Powers before she began writing with Jeff Barry, was a driving teen rocker that opened with “yeah, yeah, yeah” two years before the Beatles made those words an international trademark. It only went to number fifty-seven in the spring of 1963. Ellie Greenwich once said that [lead singer Brenda] Reid had one of the best female voices she had ever heard.—history-of-rock.com
| artist/album: | The Exciters/The Best Of The Girl Groups Vol. 1 & 2 |
| track: | He's Got The Power |
| 122 Plays |
