Brothers Johnson缺一

The Brothers Johnson這一個R＆B-funk二重唱的團員、貝斯手Louis Johnson五月21日不幸過世（60歲），他倆除了排行榜前十名暢銷曲 "I'll Be Good To You" (#3-1976)，"Strawberry Letter 23" (#5-1977) 與"Stomp!" (#7-1980)之外，Louis曾在Michael Jackson的 "Thriller" 及 "Off The Wall" 專輯，Herb Alpert的 "Rise" 與George Benson的"Give Me The Night"這些名曲錄製時擔任低音吉他伴奏。

Louis Johnson起初和兄弟George、Tommy 及表哥Alex Weir在洛杉磯組了 the Johnson Three Plus，George 與 Louis之後在Billy Preston的樂班工作過，後來二人組二重唱直到1984年分手。

1980年第七名的 Stomp!是一首動聽的舞曲。

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

Stomp!

The Brothers Johnson

Words & Music: Johnson - Temperton

Steppin' out the weekends open wide

Fill it up let's blast the jams and ride

While we're cruisin' around in the street

Listen up for the party in feet

Slap me five that's the place we've arrived it's alive

Ev'rybody take it to the top we're gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

Runnin' runnin' runnin'

The set is hot there's people wall to wall

Old gones young things short ones standing tall

Grab the one with the smile on her face

And hit the floor and stay right on the case

The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone

Ev'rybody take it to the top we're gonna

Stomp all night in the neighbourhood

Don't it feel all right gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

Stomp step down in it put your foot

Where you feel the fit

Stomp you don't want to quit

Put your heels where you're feeling it

Stomp all night in the neighbourhood

Don't it feel all right gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

藍調歌王B. B. King去世

藍調歌手Riley "B.B." King五月14日在拉斯維加斯家中去世了（89歲），二週前他因心臟不適送醫，後來返家休養直到病故。

"B.B." King 1925年出生於密西西比州Itta Bena，1946年搬到孟非斯，在當地他有個外號"Beale Street Blues Boy"，最後就被朋友暱稱B.B.，1949年他在全部黑人歌手的WDIA電台主持節目，因而開始錄唱片，"3 O'Clock Blues,"是他第一首R&B排行榜的冠軍曲，那是他76首R&B排行榜暢銷曲的開始，其中有24首獲得冠軍。

1957年開始，"B.B." King的歌也跨界進入流行歌曲排行榜，一共有47首歌進榜，其中："The Thrill Is Gone" (#15 Pop, #3 R&B-1970), "I Like To Live The Love" (#28 Pop, #6 R&B-1974) 及 "Rock Me Baby" (#34 Pop, #12 R&B-1964)是成績最好的。

"B.B." King因擁有很多吉他出名，其中一把"Lucille"有個故事：在阿肯色州Twist的俱樂部裡，二個男子為一個叫Lucille女子打架而引發火災，當時在那兒表演的"B.B." King曾衝進火場搶救他那一把珍貴的吉他，因此他叫那吉他"Lucille"。

"B.B." King結過三次婚，其中二次是和同一女人，他有一回不小心告訴別人，他是15個小孩的爸爸，是和15個不同女人生的。

"B.B." King於1990年獲國家藝術獎章，2006年獲得總統自由獎章，1980即進藍調音樂名人堂，1987年又進入搖滾樂名人堂，他還獲得耶魯及布朗二所大學的榮譽學位，ABBA經紀人創辦的Polar Prize則於2004年頒給他流行音樂獎。

The father of blues

RIP BB King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsusJ787sU

The Thrill Is Gone

B. B. King

Lead

1. The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away,

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away,

You know you done me wrong,

And you're gonna be sorry some day,

2. The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me,

The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me,

I know I'll still go on,

Some way,

Lead

3. The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good,

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good,

And someday I'll be over you,

Just like a good man should,

4. I'm free, free, free, I'm free from your spell,

I'm free, free, free, I'm free from your spell,

And now that it's all over, baby,

All I can do is wish you well,

Lead & out

The thrill is gone

Something的故事

已故The Beatles批頭合唱團團員George Harrison的前妻Pattie "Layla" Boyd，四月29日在倫敦第三次結婚，73歲的她年輕時是一位模特兒，1966年與George Harrison結婚，1977年離婚，1979年再婚嫁給吉它之神傳奇搖滾樂手Eric Clapton，此次則嫁給1980年代即認識的一位資產開發商。

一直有人說Pattie Boyd是George的 "Something" 與Eric的"Layla" 及'Wonderful Tonight,"這三首歌的創作泉源，但George Harrison後來解釋：他最早寫的情歌是The Beatles的White Album當中的Long Long Long，寫的就是神與一個女人，1969年他告訴朋友"Something"這一首歌是講印度女神Krishna，1976年他接受滾石雜誌訪問時又解釋：愛是宇宙大愛中的一小塊，當你愛一個女人，只是神上其身而已。

1996年George Harrison正式否認"Something"是為Pattie Boyd寫的，他說當年為了披頭專輯唱片的促銷，說他為Pattie Boyd寫"Something"，只是塑造一個披頭團員都愛老婆的假象而已。

"Something"這一首歌於1969年與Come Together以雙單曲推出，獲得二週第三名，滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第273名，BMI全美最常播出歌曲榜則獲得第17名，是一首非常動聽的情歌，開頭的歌詞Something in the Way She Moves則取材自當年披頭的Apple唱片公司旗下名歌星James Taylor的一首歌。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Q0LmXe9Ek

Something

The Beatles

Harrison

Something in the way she moves

Attracts me like no other lover

Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows

That I don't need no other lover

Something in her style that shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow

I don't know, I don't know

You stick around and it may show

I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows

And all I have to do is think of her

Something in the things she shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

Ben E. King 去世

前Drifters團員R&B歌手Ben E. King，四月30日去世（76歲）。

Ben E. King出生於北卡羅萊那州Henderson，九歲時搬到紐約哈林區，讀中學時就和the Moonglows合唱團一起演出了，1957年加入了 the Five Crowns，1958年，已經成名的Drifters合唱團的經紀人因合約爭議，開除了所有團員，the Five Crowns包括Ben就補了空出來的位子。

Ben E. King合作寫了新the Crown/Drifters的第一首暢銷曲"There Goes My Baby" (#2-1959) )，他還是主唱，後來又擔任主唱錄了"Save The Last Dance For Me" (#1-1960), "I Count The Tears" (#17-1961) 與"This Magic Moment" (#16-1960)。

1960年，Ben E. King在Drifters錄了13首歌之後，決定離團而去從事個人的歌唱事業。

Ben E. King先推出"Spanish Harlem" (#10-1961) 與 "Stand By Me" (#4-1961) ，後者在1986年因同名電影『站在我這邊』重新發行，又得到第九名，Ben個人的暢銷曲還有"Amor" (#18-1961), "Don't Play That Song" (#11-1962) 及 "I (Who Have Nothing" (#29-1963)。

1960年代後期Ben E. King的音樂事業開始走下坡，直到1975年"Supernatural Thing" (#5)才讓他[風光重回排行榜。

The Drifters合唱團在歷年暢銷歌星合唱團排行榜獲得第104名，Ben E. King個人則獲得第323名，2009年Ben E. King並獲選進入北卡羅萊那州音樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHa4pvspCqc

STAND BY ME

(Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

When the night has come

And the land is dark

And the moon is the only light we'll see

No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

  And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh now now stand by me

  Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon

Should tumble and fall

And the mountains should crumble to the sea

I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

  And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me

  Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah

  Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me, oh now now stand by me

  Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

  Darlin', darlin', stand by me-e, stand by me

  Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me