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

搖滾樂團Cream團員去世

在搖滾樂界極有地位的前Cream合唱團的貝斯手 Jack Bruce，十月25日在他的故鄉英格蘭Suffolk因肝病去世（71歲），出生於蘇格蘭 Glasgow的他受過大提琴的訓練，在定居英格蘭之前，他家曾加拿大、美國和歐洲住過。

Jack因為參加過Alexis Korner's Blues Inc藍調樂團，與後來Rolling Stone 合唱團的Charlie Watts因一起共事過而熟識，他陸續加入The Graham Bond Organisatio 、John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 與Manfred Mann這幾個有名的團体 ，如1969年Manfred Mann 獲得第29名的暢銷曲 "Pretty Flamingo " 就有他的演出，其實之前他在Alexis Korner's Blues Inc與The Graham Bond Organisatio 的伙伴Ginger Baker 就找他和Eric Clapton一同組 Cream合唱團。

Jack Bruce寫了不少歌，他也在Cream的暢銷曲"Sunshine Of Your Love" (#5-1968) 和"White Room (#6-1968)擔任主唱。

雖然後來Cream只維持不到三年就解散了，但他們的專輯唱片賣了3500萬張，

在出了好幾張個人的專輯唱片後，Jack 組了 West, Bruce and Laing 合唱團，他與Leslie West 及 Corky Laing出了二張錄音室製作與一張現場錄製的專輯唱片。

Jack Bruce後來除個人的專案外，亦以貝斯吉它手身份參與不少名家的唱片製作，他也是前披頭合唱團鼓手Ringo Starr的 All-Starr band的常客，去年三月（2013）他出過最後一張專輯。

Cream 於 1993年獲選入搖滾樂名人堂，2006年則獲Grammy終身成就獎，他們的"Sunshine Of Your Love"在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第65名。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyftaay-pFA

 

SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE

Cream

(Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Pete Brown)

 

It's getting near dawn,

When lights close their tired eyes.

I'll soon be with you my love,

To give you my dawn surprise.

I'll be with you darling soon,

I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

 

  I've been waiting so long

  To be where I'm going

  In the sunshine of your love.

 

I'm with you my love,

The light's shining through on you.

Yes, I'm with you my love,

It's the morning and just we two.

I'll stay with you darling now,

I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up.

 

  Chorus

 

  Second Verse

 

I've been waiting so long

I've been waiting so long

I've been waiting so long

To be where I'm going

In the sunshine of your love.

 

The Manhattan Transfer的創始人去世

The Manhattan Transfer的創始人Tim Hauser十月16日因心臟病不幸在賓州Sayre病逝（72歲），Tim之前因肺炎在紐約Elmira的醫院治療，後來才搬到Sayre。

Tim Hauser 1941年出生於紐約州Troy，全家後來般到紐澤西州，他在那裡組過一個doo wop合唱團（R&B混聲型態）叫the Criterions，在紐約附近受到歡迎，1959年也應名主持人Alan Freed之邀請上電視，但同年出版"Harlem Nocturne"只得到52名。

Tim到Villanova大學後曾與Jim Croce一同在校內演出，在那裡他與 Tommy "Buchanan Brothers" West組了一個民歌合唱團the Troubadours Three，但後來在空軍服役和相關工作延誤了他在音樂方面的突破。

1969年Tim Hauser組成The Manhattan Transfer，雖然幫 Capitol唱片公司錄了一張專輯，但合唱團卻意外解散。

1972年Tim淪落至開計程車，但碰到老友Laurel Masse， 此人還記得Tim的合唱團，於是找來Alan Paul 與Janis Siegel重組了The Manhattan Transfer，1975年他們完美演唱技巧錄製的"Operator"獲得了第22名，接著也有了自己電視節目，雖然其間只有取代Laurel Masse的Cheryl Bentyne因車禍鬧了新聞，但他們特殊的歌聲還是很受歡迎，還有歌曲進排行榜，如"Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" (#30-1980)， "Spice Of Life" (#40-1983)與 the Ad Lib的老歌新唱 "Boy From New York City" (#7-1981)。

The Manhattan Transfer 得過十次Grammy獎 ，且於1993年在波士頓獲Berklee College of Music 獎，他們也於1999年被選入合唱團名人堂。  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZF6m659-z0

 

BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY

MANHATTAN TRANSFER

By John Taylor & George Davis

 

Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City

Ooo wah, ooo wah c'mon kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City

 

He's kind of tall

He's really fine

Some day I hope to make him mine, all mine

And he's neat

And oh so sweet

And just the way he looked at me

He swept me off my feet (Yeah)

Ooo whee, you ought to come and see

How he walks , humm

And how he talks

 

Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City

 

He's really down

And he's no clown

He has the finest penthouse I've ever seen in town

And he's cute

In his mohair suit

And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot

Ooo whee, say you ought to come and see

His dueling scar

And brand new car (yeah yeah)

 

Every time he says he loves me

Chills run down my spine

Every time he wants to kiss me

Oh he makes me feel so fi-i-ine

 

Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City

 

Well he can dance

(He can dance, take a chance with a little ro-)

And make romance

(mance baby, cause he's a looker)

That's when I felt in love

With just one glance

(He's sweet talking and cool)

 

He was shy

And so was I

And now I know I'll never, ever say goodbye

Ooo whee, say you ought to come and see

He's the most (yeah yeah )

>From coast to coast (yeah yeah )

 

Ooo wah, ooo wah cool, cool kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City

Ooo wah, ooo wah c'mon kitty

Tell us about the boy from New York City ...

Don Henley為著作權提告

前 Eagles團員Don Henley十月八日在加州地方法院對Henley襯杉的製造商th Duluth 貿易公司提告，主要因為它的廣告標語"Don a Henley and take it easy"中的"Take It Easy"是Eagles合唱團的暢銷曲歌名，然而這首歌是Jackson Browne 與 Eagles的另一名團員Glenn Frey所寫的，而且是Glenn所唱的，但Don Henley認為侵犯Eagles的著作權而提告。

Don Henley 1947年出生於德州Gilmer，是Eagles合唱團的主唱之一及鼓手，原於1970年代初期有自己的樂團Shiloh，後來因與Glenn Frey一起在Linda Ronstdat的和聲樂隊工作而認識，哥倆又找了Randy Meisner與Bernie Leadon組成了Eagles合唱團。

Don Henley 1982年開始個人的歌唱事業，有六首排行榜前十名的歌，其中名次最高的是1992年獲得六週第二名，與Patty Smyth合唱的絕妙情歌Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough，而他在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜則獲得第229名。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdzbjUWu2VU

 

Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

Patti Smyth With Don Henley

 

Now, I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you

just to have somebody by my side.

And I don't want to hate you,

I don't want to take you, but I don't want to be the one to cry.

 

And that don't really matter to anyone anymore.

But like a fool I keep losing my place

and I keep seeing you walk through that door.

 

(Chorus)

 

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,

and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.

There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.

Baby, sometimes, love just aint enough.

 

Now, I could never change you, I don't want to blame you.

Baby, you don't have to take the fall.

Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.

Maybe I just want to have it all.

 

It makes a sound like thunder, it makes me feel like rain.

And like a fool who will never see the truth,

I keep thinking something's gonna change.

 

(Chorus)

 

And there's no way home, when it's late at night and you're all alone.

Are there things that you wanted to say?

And do you feel me beside you in your bed,

there beside you, where I used to lay?

 

And there's a danger in loving somebody too much,

and it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch.

There's a reason why people don't stay who they are.

Baby, sometimes, love just ain't enough.

 

Baby, sometimes, love... it just ain't enough.

Oh, Oh, Oh, No.