製作人走了

唱片製作人Thomas “Snuff” Garrett 12月17日於亞利桑那州Tucson因癌症病逝 (76歲)。

出生於達拉斯的他曾經在Lubbock及Wichita Falls的電台主持節目，在Lubbock時還與搖滾史上知名歌手Buddy Holly結為好友，後來他搬到好萊塢和 Liberty唱片公司簽約，成為一位成功的唱片製作人。

Snuff Garrett於1960-1970年代製作了不少知名的歌曲，如Bobby Vee的Take Good Care Of My Baby，Gary Lewis & the Playboys的This Diamond Ring ，Johnny Burnette的 You’re 16，Vicki Lawrence的The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia，Cher的Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves、Half Breed及Dark Lady，在1983年退休之前他還開了Snuff Garrett 及Viva Records兩家唱片公司。

Snuff Garrett今年11月14日被推薦進入德州廣播名人堂 。

1978年Snuff Garrett替Clint Eastwood的電影Every Which Way but Loose製作了同名的主題曲，Eddie Rabbitt推出後獲得鄉村排行榜第三名(熱門榜第30名)，後來也成為Viva Records的收藏唱片。

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

Every Which Way but Loose

Eddie Rabbitt

(Dorff/Brown/Garrett)

I've always been the kind of man who doesn't believe in strings

Long term obligations are just unnecessary things

But girl you've got me thinkin', while I'm drinking one more beer

If I'm headed for a heartache, then why the hell am I still here

I'm testin' my resistance and its wearin' mighty thin

I got the feelin' I should leave before the roof caves in

My mind tells me to move along but my body begs me stay

And now I feel the need to hold you close and love the night away

Chorus:

While you're turnin' me

Every which way but loose

You turn me every which way but loose

Inside the fire's burnin' me

In mind you just keep turnin' me

Every which way but loose

Baby there's no excuse

To turn me every which way but loose

When the sun comes up in the mornin' it should find me someplace new

But right this minute all I want is to lay here next to you

Those memories still keep callin' me from somewhere in my past

Better hurry if they want me cause I can feel me fading fast

(Chorus)

你一定要認識的鄉村歌星

鄉村歌星Merle Haggard 12月2 日因肺炎住院，他取消了四個城市的巡迴演唱，但是希望下週能恢復巡迴演出。

Merle Haggard 1937年出生於加州，1967-1970年曾因偷竊罪在著名的San Quentin監獄坐過牢，但早在1965年他即和Capital唱片公司簽了約，還組了伴唱樂隊The Strangers。

Merle Haggard是鄉村歌壇頂尖的男歌星，1963-2005年有105首單曲進過鄉村歌曲排行榜，其中有38首歌獲得排行榜冠軍。他在熱門歌曲排行榜也有一些暢銷曲，但最高只有1973年的If We Made It Through December，獲得過第28名，但這首歌是鄉村榜的冠軍曲。

Merle Haggard 1970年獲CMA鄉村音樂協會頒發最佳男歌星與最佳藝人獎，1983年與Willie Nelson同獲最佳二重唱獎，1994年進鄉村音樂名人堂，2006年獲得Grammy終生成就獎。

Merle Haggard在熱門歌曲排行榜的第一首進榜歌曲是1969年的Okie From Muskogee，曾獲第41名，也是CMA鄉村音樂協會當年的年度歌曲，2009年他與Willie Nelson的現場合唱仍獲得滿堂彩。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4AgZST_TG8

Okie From Muskogee

Songwriters

     HAGGARD, MERLE / BURRIS, ROY

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee

 We don't take our trips on LSD

 We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street

 We like livin' right, and bein' free

We don't make a party out of lovin'

 We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo

 We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy

 Like the hippies out in San Francisco do

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,

 A place where even squares can have a ball

 We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

 And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear

 Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen

 Football's still the roughest thing on campus

 And the kids here still respect the college dean

WAnd I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee

 A place where even squares can have a ball.

 We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse

 And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

 In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

貝斯手先生

1963年一首由Johnny Cymbal推出，獲得過16名的歌"Mr. Bass Man"，讓歌迷們對唱低音的Ronnie Bright留下深刻的印象，Ronnie不幸於11月26日感恩節當天去世 (77歲)。

Ronald David "Ronnie" Bright 1938年出生於紐約，是一位R&B 與doo wop歌手，曾經在The Valentines, The Cadillacs, The Deep River Boys, 與The Coasters這些合唱團唱過，都是唱低音部分，他最出名的就是Johnny Cymbal 1963年暢銷曲"Mr. Bass Man"裡的低音演唱。

Ronnie Bright 也曾參加過Barry Mann, Jackie Wilson, Peter Gabriel與Johnny Cymbal這些歌壇名人的錄音工作。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWdFykX_R8

MR. BASS MAN

Johnny Cymbal

(Bop-bop-bop singing by bass voice)

Mr. Bass Man, you've got that certain somethin'

Mr. Bass Man, you set that music thumpin'

To you it's easy when you go 1-2-3, d-d-b-bop-a-bop

(Bass voice: You mean b-b-BOP-p-p-bop bop bop...)

Yeah!

Mr. Bass Man, you're on all the songs

B-did-did-a-boom-boom, B-dit-dit-a-boom-boom-bom

Hey Mr. Bass Man, you're the hidden King of Rock 'n' Roll, d-d-b-bop-a-bop

(Bass voice: No no, b-b-BOP-p-p-bop bop bop...)

It don't mean a thing when the lead is singin'

Or when he goes "Hi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yah"

Hey Mr. Bass Man, I'm askin' just one thing:

Will you teach me?  Yeah, will you sing?

'Cause Mr. Bass Man, I wanna be a bass man too, d-d-b-bop-a-bop

(Bass voice: Try this, b-b-BOP-p-p-bop bop bop...)

Hey Mr. Bass Man, I think I'm really with it

B-did-did-a-boom-boom, a-boom-boom-b-dit-dit-dit-dit

C'mon, Mr. Bass Man, now I'm a bass man too, d-d-b-bop-a-bop

(Bass voice: That's it, b-b-BOP-p-p-bop bop bop...)

(Scat bass duet between Johnny & bass voice)

(repeat "It don't mean a thing", etc.)

(scat duet, fading out)

白潘小手術

唱紅you light up my life成名的Debby Boone說:他父親Pat Boone 11月9日膝蓋動手術，早在2007年他已動過一次類似的手術。

you light up my life原係同名的電影插曲，Debby Boone所唱的版本在1977年曾獲得十周排行榜冠軍，當年是一個排行榜冠軍紀錄，Debby Boone當紅的時候曾來台北在中華體育館演出過，Pat Boone也一同前來，他在台灣也有很多歌迷，名字一般 翻作白潘。

Pat Boone是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第12名的巨星，1950年代最紅，是當年第二名的紅牌，僅次於貓王Elvis Presley，他是十八世紀美國歷史上名探險家Daniel Boone的直系後人，太太Shirley則是鄉村名歌手Red Foley的女兒。

Pat Boone 1958年畢業於紐約哥倫比亞大學，1957-1960年主持電視節目The Pat Boone Chevy Show，還曾經演過15部電影，他的招牌形象是穿白色鹿皮鞋上節目。1960年代他與四個女兒巡迴演出，也在電台主持基督教節目，演唱福音歌曲，而最終也獲選入福音歌曲名人堂。

在搖滾樂開始發展初期的1950年代，Pat Boone是白人歌迷的偶像歌星，他的暢銷曲有些是翻唱自黑人歌手的R&B流行歌，縱然有些爭議，但不能否認他在歌迷們心目中留有完美的形象。

Pat Boone 有38首排行榜前四十名的暢銷曲，其中成績最好的是1957年獲得過七周冠軍的Love Letters In The Sand。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ENzT9k1LRs

Love Letters In The Sand

Pat Boone

Words by Nick and Charles Kenny and Music by J. Fred Coots

On a day like today

We passed the time away

Writing love letters in the sand

How you laughed when I cried

Each time I saw the tide

Take our love letters from the sand

CHORUS

You made a vow that you would ever be true

But somehow that vow meant nothing to you

Now my broken heart aches

With every wave that breaks

Over love letters in the sand

Now my broken heart aches

With every wave that breaks

Over love letters in the sand