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Live From New York... Ed Sullivan

terranova — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:49:03 -0800

He couldn't sing, dance, or tell jokes, but he was television's greatest impresario. He was a stone-faced puritan -- America's arbiter of status quo -- but had a sly sense of humor , and in the segregation-tainted 1950's, welcomed blacks to his stage, and in the 1960's showcased rock n' roll's most anti-establishment acts. His show, the longest-running variety show in history, ran from 1948 to 1971. “Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway…the Ed Sullivan Show…and now, live from New York… Ed Sullivan!…” 1956 Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender 1958 Buddy Holly, Oh Boy 1964 The Beatles, All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles, From Me to You, This Boy, All My Loving The Beatles, Twist and Shout, Please, Please Me, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Manfred Mann, Do Wah Diddy The Animals, House of the Rising Sun Dusty Springfield, I Only Want to Be With You 1965 Beatles, Yesterday Petula Clark, I Know a Place Tom Jones, It's Not Unusual The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man 1966 The Beatles, Paperback Writer/Rain James Brown, It's a Man's World Nancy Sinatra, These Boots are Made for Walking 1967 Beatles, Hello, Goodbye The Doors, Light My Fire Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit Ray Charles, What'd I Say Paul Revere and the Raiders, Him or Me The Turtles, She'd Rather Be With Me 1968 Mamas and Papas, California Dreamin' 1969 Janis Joplin, Maybe, Maybe, Maybe Rolling Stones, Honky Tonk Woman Diana Ross and the Supremes, Love Child Jerry Lee Lewis, Whole Lotta Shakin' Creedence Clearwater Revival, Down on the Corner 1970 Jackson Five, I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save The Carpenters, We've Only Just Begun

Les moulins de mon cœur

_aa_ — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:32:29 -0800

The first time I encountered this song was on an Anita Kerr Singers record I found in my dad's basement. The original was composed for The Thomas Crown Affair. When the film was remade in 1999, the song was performed by Sting, but his was far from the first recurrence. It inspired numerous covers, perhaps most popularly by Dusty Springfield. I find Jose Feliciano's version to be particularly soulful. Dorothy Ashby layed down some of the funkiest harp you'll ever care to hear. My personal favorite is Peter Nero's performance of the windmills on a Moog synthesizer. Cameron Carpenter puts the phantom to shame with his rendition. New Dawns Show Choir do it with jazz hands. Arturo Sandoval uses his jazz hands to a slightly more impressive effect. I could keep going but I feel like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream. Oh. The Muppets did it, too.

The tall blond gal with one great song.

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:24:23 -0800

Two divas with tall, I mean tall platinum blond ~~hair~~ wigs at the height of their fame and vocal prowess sing the songs that made them legends. Ladies and gentlemen, blue-eyed soul queen Dusty Springfield, and the pride of Nashville, Tammy Wynette. And honorable mention to another top-heavy musical blond, purveyor of perky pedal-steel perfection Barbara Mandrell.

Whipping and chasing and drinking and praying

tellurian — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:53:59 -0800

A strange ritual is played out in Choupic, Louisiana on Mardi Gras day. Something similar happens in Prague on Easter Monday too. [via]