Knock Three Times製作人去世

1950年代後期的錄音室樂手Dave Appell，十一月18日去世（92歲），他的The Applejacks樂隊曾有"Mexican Hat Rock" (#16-1958) 與 "Rocka-Conga" (#38-1959)二首演奏曲進排行榜。

Dave Appell曾替費城的Cameo 及 Parkway唱片公司旗下Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Charlie Gracie, John Zacherle 與 the Dovells這些知名歌手及團体伴奏。

Dave Appell也與人合作寫了一些有名的歌如"Let's Twist Again," "Mashed Potato Time" 及 "South Street."等，他的樂隊亦於Ernie Kovacs的廣播與電視節目擔任伴奏。

Dave Appell於1970年代擔任Tony Orlando and Dawn的唱片製作人，著名的"Knock Three Times" 與"Tie A Yellow Ribbon."就是由他監製的暢銷曲。

"Knock Three Times"是1970年Tony Orlando and Dawn的第一首三週排行榜冠軍曲。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Jvsbcxunc

 

KNOCK THREE TIMES

TONY ORLANDO & DAWN

 

 Hey girl what ya doin' down there

 Dancin' alone every night while I live right above you

 I can hear your music playin'

 I can feel your body swayin'

 One floor below me you don't even know me

 I love you

 Oh my darling

 Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me

 Twice on the pipe if the answer is no

 Oh my sweetness

 Means you'll meet me in the hallway

 Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

 If you look out your window tonight

 Pull in the string with the note that's attached to my heart

 Read how many times I saw you

 How in my silence I adored you

 Only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

 Oh my darling

 Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me

 Twice on the pipe if the answer is no

 Oh my sweetness

 Means you'll meet me in the hallway

 Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

 I can hear your music playin'

 I can feel your body swayin'

 One floor below me you don't even know me

 I love you

 Oh my darling

 Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me

 Twice on the pipe if the answer is no

 Oh my sweetness

 Means you'll meet me in the hallway

 Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

 

 

黑人靈魂歌手Jimmy Ruffin去世

黑人靈魂歌曲大本營Motown摩城唱片公司傑出成員之一的歌手Jimmy Ruffin，17日於拉斯維加斯去世（78歲），他上月身体健康即出狀況。

以1966年的一首獲得第七名的"What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted"成名的Jimmy Ruffin是The Temptations合唱團成員David Ruffin的兄弟，也是該團另一團員Melvin Franklin的表兄弟，1939年出生於密西西比州Collinsville。

Jimmy Ruffin與兄弟們原先在福音歌曲合唱團Dixie Nightingales唱宗教歌曲，後來前往底特律與Motown簽約擔任錄音室伴唱，自己也偶而出唱片，他曾與The Four Hollidays合唱團在公司旗下Miracle Records合作，退伍後他到公司旗下的另一家 Soul唱片公司發展，在首先以"Brokenhearted"成名後，後來還出了幾首還算成績不錯的"I've Passed This Way Before" (#17-1967), "Gonna Give Her all The Love I've Got" (#29-1967) 及與David Ruffin合唱的"Stand By Me" (#61-1970)。

離開Motown後，Jimmy Ruffin陸續加入了Polydor, Epic, Atco and Chess 這幾家大唱片公司，但是直到1980年他在RSO唱片才以"Hold On To My Love"重回排行榜前十名。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQU4sIn96M4

 

WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED

JIMMY RUFFIN

 

As I walk this land with broken dreams

I have visions of many things

Love's happiness is just an illusion

Filled with sadness and confusion,

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find

Some kind of peace of mind

Maybe.

The fruits of love grow all around

But for me they come a tumblin' down.

Every day heartaches grow a little stronger

I can't stand this pain much longer

I walk in shadows

Searching for light

Cold and alone

No comfort in sight,

Hoping and praying for someone to care

Always moving and goin to where

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find

Some kind of peace of mind

Maybe.

I'm searching though I don't succeed,

But someone look, there's a growing need.

Oh, he is lost, there's no place for beginning,

All that's left is an unhappy ending.

Now what's become of the broken-hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find

Some kind of peace of mind

I'll be searching everywhere

Just to find someone to care.

I'll be looking everyday

I know I'm gonna find a way

Nothings gonna stop me now

I'll find a way somehow

I'll be searching everywhere

(fade)

 

 

Les Paul留芳母校

美國威斯康辛州Waukesha的Central Middle School中學十一月八日在慶祝會中改名為Les Paul Middle School，The Les Paul基金會負責支付改信封與學校標誌和學生換制服的費用。

1915年於Waukesha出生的Les Paul已於2009年八月13日因肺炎去世，這位著名的吉他手原名Lester Polfuss，當年他讀這所學校的時候，學校名稱是Waukesha Junior High School。

Les Paul在電吉他的研究和多軌錄音方面給後人留下深刻印象，Les Paul曾經娶女歌星Mary Ford，他們倆於1945-1954年以Les Paul and Mary Ford之名發行過33首暢銷曲，其中最有名的是How High The Moon及Vaya Con Dios二首冠軍曲。

Les Paul於1983年獲得Grammy理事會獎，2001年再獲Grammy技能獎，1988年則以對搖滾樂有特殊影響前輩藝人身份進入搖滾樂名人堂。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZ0Sdz_V40&list=PLYxzhDoovgwK7F4jTAaFQz4qE5_XeVBKH

 

Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)

Les Paul & Mary Ford

 

Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping;

Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping.

 

Vaya con Dios my darling,

May God be with you my love.

 

Wherever you may be, I'll be beside you,

Although you're many million dreams away.

Each night I'll say a pray'r, a pray'r to guide you

To hasten ev'ry lonely hour of ev'ry lonely day.

Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,

But the memories we share are there to borrow.

 

Vaya con Dios, my darling:

May God be with you, my love, my love,

May God be with you my love.

 

Now the village mission bells are softly ringing,

If you listen with your heart you'll hear them singing,

Vaya con Dios my darling,

May God be with you my love.

 

Wherever you may be I'll be beside you,

Although you're many million dreams away,

Each night I'll say a pray'r, a pray'r to guide you

To hasten ev'ry lonely hour of ev'ry lonely day.

 

Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,

But the memories we share are there to borrow,

Vaya con Dios, my darling!

May God be with you, my love, my love,

May God be with you my love.

Acker Bilk 去世

以一首冠軍曲"Stranger On The Shore"於1962年成名的豎笛手Acker Bilk (唱片上總是寫"Mr. Acker Bilk")，十一月二日不幸於英格蘭Bath的醫院中去世（85歲）。

Acker Bilk出生於英格蘭Pensford, Somerset本名Bernard Stanley Bilk，別名"Acker"原意伙伴，他在埃及服役時學了豎笛，二次大戰後組了第一個樂隊，演奏傳統美國爵士樂，第一張單曲"Summer Set"在英國獲得前五名的佳績，"bubbling under" 則於美國獲得 104名，接著的"That's My Home" 及"Stars And Stripes Forever"在英國都進入排行榜。

Acker Bilk應英國廣播公司BBC邀請替兒童科幻劇"Stranger On The Shore" 寫主題曲，他原先將這首演奏曲以他女兒的名字命名為"Jenny"，這首"Stranger On The Shore"後來成了他在美國排行榜唯一的一首Top 40的歌，接著他有四首歌進英國排行榜，多年來他一直在流行音樂圈演出，直到去年（2013）八月才退出。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFaH1KFmLyI