Category: Early Rock
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Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk, professionally known as Melanie Sakfa and widely known as singer Melanie, passed away on January 23, 2024. She was born on February 3, 1947, in New York City. She began her career singing in coffee shops, as many did then. After spending time in college, she began singing in various NYC clubs, eventually signing…
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Tony Sheridan, an early Beatle (Ok the Beat Brothers), he is one of only 2 men (the other being Billy Preston) to be credited on a Beatle song, and the only person to sing lead on a Beatle single, passed away on February 16, 2013. All the stories have been told, so no point in…
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RIP Herb Reed. The last Platter passed away on June 4 at 83. Enjoy this one and remember one of the classics. One of the great voices of the time.
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The previous question was: Q: What was Motown‘s first million selling hit? The answer is: “Shop Around” by The Miracles. The song was recorded and released in 1960. This was before they were known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The artist on this classic was credited as The Miracles…
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I am trying to create an official award logo for this series. I am having a blast finding these, then finding the videos to go with the answers. Having said that, I don’t want to wear out the fun so will be changing up a bit on the presentation. How?? I have no flipping…
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I am trying to create an official award logo for this series. I am having a blast finding these, then finding the videos to go with the answers. Having said that, I don’t want to wear out the fun so will be changing up a bit on the presentation. How?? I have no flipping idea. …
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First things first. I completely forgot to congratulate Zapple100 for answering the previous question on who originally performed Respect. Congrats to the Zap for guessing correctly. Second on the agenda, the last question.. Everyone knows the George Harrison song “Got My Mind Set On You“. Who originally recorded it. For bonus points, who wrote it.…
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My last question from what seems like weeks ago (and was): Q: Who wrote and recorded the first version of “Respect“? We all know the very famous version by Aretha Franklin (shown here is a live version from 1968 in Stockholm, Sweden) – The answer though is, Otis Redding. He wrote and recorded this…