Lightnin' Rod (Jalal Nuriddin from The Last Poets) on vocal,
with Jimi Hendrix guitar and Buddy Miles on drums, with mix by Bill Laswell. At the time it was recorded it was considered a "jail toast" since the term Rap had not been yet seen the light of day. Jalal is considered by many as perhaps the creator of Rap music, his 1973 album "Hustler's Convention" being an influence on all the major early Rap artists and coming a decade before any other similar release. // Click on Link above, left, to view the CD.
Live at "The Fillmore East" in New York City, NY - May 28/ 29, 1971. After the album was mixed, and shortly before release, Peter Frampton left the band, because of growing friction between him and Steve Marriott. / * - in a little over _TWO_ years {they really cranked 'em out in the early 1970s ...}
J.V.B was an R&B and gospel label founded in 1947 in Detroit by Joe Von Battle as a recording service. He operated it out of his store, "Joe's Record Shop". First release was in 1948, mostly 78 RPM format releases, mainly distributed and sold from his store. //. // Click on Link above, left, to view the original shellac record
The next set of songs (co)-written by Gerry Gordy, was suggested by Lawrence Azrin, "Lost & Found" DJ. * // Berry Gordy Junior was born November 28th, 1929, and is still ALIVE and well! He is the founder of the Motown Records empire.
Comment:
* - Yeah, the same guy who "annotates" Rick's playlists ...
NOT written by Gordy, but the original _was_ released by The Supremes on his label {Motown} in late Dec 1965 // Click on Link above, left, to view the original album
Berry Gordy Junior was born November 28th, 1929, and is still ALIVE and well! He is the founder in 1959 of the Motown Records empire. He is credited writing/co-writing songs that had 137(!) chart appeaerances.
Time:
5:40
Artist:
Brian Hyland [Berry Gordy & Billy Davis {as 'Tyran Carlo'}]
Berry Gordy Junior was born November 28th, 1929, and is still ALIVE and well! He is the founder in 1959 of the Motown Records empire. He is credited writing/co-writing songs that had 137(!) chart appeaerances.
Berry Gordy Junior was born November 28th, 1929, and is still ALIVE and well! / NOT ONLY is he is the founder in 1959 of the Motown Records empire, he is also credited with writing/co-writing songs that had 137(!) chart appearances. // Click on Link above, left, to view the original album
Time:
5:48
Artist:
Lou Rawls [Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson & Berry GORDY]
* - in the summer of 1967 {her last chart single}, but a MUCH bigger hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears in the spring of 1969 // Click on Link above, left, to view the original album
Berry Gordy Junior was born November 28th, 1929, and is still ALIVE and well! / NOT ONLY is he is the founder in 1959 of the Motown Records empire, he is also credited with writing/co-writing songs that had 137(!) chart appearances. // Full song title: 'Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)' // Click on Link above, left, to view the original album
Cult singer-songwriter Margo Guryan died Nov 8th at age 84. / She wrote "Sunday Mornin' ", a Top-30 hit in 1968 for Spanky & Our Gang. / Other of her songs were recorded by Chris Connor {'Moon Ride', her 1st effort, 1958}, Harry Belafonte, Julie London, Cass Elliot, Astrud Gilberto and Saint Etienne, among others. // Suggested by Lawrence Azrin / Click on the Link above/ left, to view a listing of artists who recorded her songs
Cult singer-songwriter Margo Guryan died Nov 8th at age 84. / She wrote "Sunday Mornin' ", a Top-30 hit in 1968 for Spanky & Our Gang. / Other of her songs were recorded by Chris Connor {'Moon Ride', her 1st effort, 1958}, Harry Belafonte, Julie London, Cass Elliot, Astrud Gilberto and Saint Etienne, among others. /// Click on the Link above/ left, to view a listing of artists who recorded her songs
Cult singer-songwriter Margo Guryan died Nov 8th at age 84. / She wrote "Sunday Mornin' ", a Top-30 hit in 1968 for Spanky & Our Gang. / Other of her songs were recorded by Chris Connor {'Moon Ride', her 1st effort, 1958}, Harry Belafonte, Julie London, Cass Elliot, Astrud Gilberto and Saint Etienne, among others. /// Click on the Link above/ left, to view a listing of artists who recorded her songs
[bonus 7" with the 'Life Stinks' LP:] • (Jack Slack, 1990)
Comment:
... Recorded Feb 18th, 1975 at the RFTT Rehearsal Loft. // After they broke up in mid-1975, Peter Laughner and David Thomas founded Pere Ubu. They reformed in eformed 2003.
