Johnny & the Hurricanes

Johnny & the Hurricanes 的吉他手Dave Yorko二月17日病逝於俄亥俄州Waterville一間的安養院(73歲)。

Johnny & the Hurricanes是一個來自俄亥俄州Toleedo的搖滾樂隊，領隊是薩克斯風手Johnny"Paris"Pocisk，Dave離開學校去參加這個樂隊，1959 至 1961年他們以搖滾樂的節拍去演奏民歌，受到了歌迷們的喜愛，有好幾首曲子進過排行榜，其中最有名的就是1959年的搖滾版Red River Valley-Red River Rock，當年曾獲得第五名。

Dave Yorko離開Johnny & the Hurricanes之後和不少Ohio地區的樂隊工作過，之後退出流行音樂圈，成為一個平凡的上班族，在往後的五十年裡，他只有上台表演過二次。

Johnny & the Hurricanes的領隊Pocisk已於2006年因白血病過世(65歲)。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIMY7kB6-KY

The Ides of March

伊理諾伊州Cicero的Morton學院二月十日推薦前the Ides of March 與Survivor合唱團的團員Jim Peterik進學校新開辦的名人堂，Jim出席了這個活動，並且演唱了Vehicle及Eye Of The Tiger這二首名曲。

The Ides of March是1960年代後期於芝加哥組成的搖滾樂團，Jim Peterik當年是主唱兼吉他手，團名 Ides of March來自莎士比亞的｢凱薩大帝｣劇中台詞，他們的Vehicle曾經於1970年獲得第二名，是該團唯一一首進排行榜前四十名的歌。

1980年代的Survivor合唱團成績則好過the Ides of March很多了，他們在歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜獲得第260名，Jim Peterik在Survivor擔任主鍵琴手，除了電影｢洛基｣第三集的插曲Eye Of The Tiger於1982年獲得六周冠軍之外，他們還有｢洛基｣第四集的插曲Burning Heart等五首排行榜前十名的暢銷曲。

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

VEHICLE

THE IDES OF MARCH

Hey well

I'm a friendly stranger in a black sedan

Won't you hop inside my car.

I got pictures, got candy

I'm a loveable man

And I can take you to the nearest star.

I'm your vehicle baby

I'll take you anywhere you wanna go.

I'm your vehicle woman

But I'm not sure you know

that I love ya

I need ya

I want ya,

got to have you child,

Great God in heaven you know I love you.

Well if you want to be a movie star

I'll get a ticket to Hollywood.

But if you want to stayjust the way you are

You know I think you really should.

I'm your vehicle baby

I'll take you anywhere you wanna go.

I'm your vehicle woman

But I'm not sure you know

that I love ya

I need ya

I want ya,

got to have you child,

Great God in heaven you know I love you.

Hey well

I'm a friendly stranger in a black sedan

Won't you hop inside my car.

I got pictures, got candy

I'm a loveable man

And I can take you to the nearest star.

I'm your vehicle baby

I'll take you anywhere you wanna go.

I'm your vehicle woman

But I'm not sure you know

that I love ya

I need ya

I want ya,

got to have you child,

Great God in heaven you know I love you.

And I'm your vehicle babe.

you know

I love ya

I need ya

I want ya,

got to have you child,

Great God in heaven you know I love you.

Sonny Geraci 晚境淒涼

前the Outsiders及後來的 Climax合唱團主唱 Sonny Geraci二月五日不幸去世(69歲)，四年來他一直為腦瘤所苦。

The Outsiders最初是克里夫蘭的一個樂隊叫the Starfires，1965年他們進Capitol唱片時改名The Outsiders，很快的就推出了"Time Won't Let Me" (#5-1966), "Girl In Love" (#21-1966), "Respectable" (#15-1966) 及"Help Me Girl" (#37-1966)這些排行榜前40名的暢銷曲，但是這幾首歌的成功似乎只是曇花一現，團員們因內鬨而分手，Sonny Geraci重組Outsiders，並改投Bell唱片公司旗下，但因團名有使用權問題，Geraci只好改團名為Climax。

1970年Climax錄了"Precious And Few"，但這一首歌在倉庫裡擺了二年，直到1972年才因加州Santa Barbara的電台播出而受歡迎，且獲得排行榜第三名的佳績，但接著推出的"Life And Breath"只得到第52名，1976年Sonny Geraci解散了Climax。

Sonny脫離音樂圈25年後以Peter Emmett之名出過一張專輯，然後他回頭演唱the Outsiders 與 Climax時代的老歌，但是2012年終於因腦瘤終止了他的演唱事業，2013年十一月朋友們曾替Sonny Geraci在俄亥俄州Streetsboro開了一場致敬演唱會，收入替他支付醫療費。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw1dMbL9ue0

Precious And Few

Precious and few are the moments we two can share

Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you

And if I can't find my way back home (can't find my way)

It just wouldn't be fair (be fair)

Precious and few are the moments we two can share

Baby, it's you on my mind, your love is so rare

Being with you is a feeling I just can't compare

And if I can't hold you in my arms, it just wouldn't be fair

'Cause precious and few are the moments we two can share

[Instrumental Interlude]

And if I can't find my way back home (can't find my way)

It just wouldn't be fair

Precious and few are the moments we two can share

Precious and few are the moments we two can share

Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you

And if I can't find my way back home (can't find my way)

It just wouldn't be fair (wouldn't be fair)

Precious and few are the moments we two can share

(Precious and few are the moments we two can share)

The Righteous Brothers

加州Hermosa Beach警方元月30日宣布他們透過兇手親戚DNA的驗證，確認1976年the Righteous Brother 二重唱的成員Bill Medley的妻子遭殺害的兇手身分，這個兇犯已經於1982年因為偷竊和多起性侵案入獄，但是在脫逃時遭警衛擊斃。

Bill Medley與Karen Klaas於1964年結婚，Karen遭殺害之後Bill Medley獨力將他們的兒子扶養長大。

The Righteous Brothers是著名的白人靈魂歌曲Blue-Eyed Soul二重唱，Bill Medley唱男中音，Bobby Hatfield唱男高音，他們1964年第四名的暢銷曲Unchained Melody後來被電影Ghost｢第六感生死戀｣選用，因大受歡迎而重新發行，於1990年又獲得13名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoEwR9_Sy_M

Unchained Melody

Words by Hy Zaret and Music by Alex North

Oh, my love, my darling,

I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time,

Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much.

Are you still mine?

I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea

To the open arms of the sea

Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me"

"I'll be coming home, wait for me!"

Are you still mine?

I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me

Blue Moon

最近有幾位流行音樂界老兵去世:

1964年唱紅"Midnight Mary" (#10)的Joseph Rufus -Thomas "Joey Powers" Ruggiero(82歲)。

Allman Brothers Band的創團鼓手Claude "Butch" Trucks(69歲)，他在"Ramblin Man" (#2-1973) 及"Crazy Love" (#29-1979)當中出過力。

Rufus Thomas的兒子，Carla Thomas的兄弟Marvell Thomas(75歲)，他曾擔任Johnnie Taylor, The Staple Singers, Little Milton, the Emotions這些藝人的鍵琴手。

唱 "All The Young Dudes" (#37-1972)的 Mott The Hoople 的貝斯手Pete "Overend" Watts(69歲)，來自英國伯明翰的的他，在這個華麗搖滾合唱團(The glam-rock)於1976年解散後曾另組一個團體the British Lions。

在the Marcels暢銷曲 "Blue Moon" (#1-1961), "Summertime" (#78-1961) 與"Heartaches (#7-1961) 唱高音的Ronald "Bingo" Mundy(76歲)。

"Blue Moon"翻唱的藝人很多，以the Marcels版本成績最好，布魯斯威利的電視影集Moonlighting ｢雙面嬌娃｣選這一首歌當插曲，女主角Cybill Shepherd在某集劇中演唱效果極佳，令人一曲難忘。

Cybill Shepherd 演唱的 'Blue Moon' 與 'I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!'後來都收進電視影集的專輯唱片裡。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4N1qLYOgQ

BLUE MOON

The Marcels

- words by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers

Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Blue Moon, you knew just what I was there for

You heard me saying a prayer for

Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will ever hold

I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me"

And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue Moon, now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Cilla Black雕像

一尊已故英國女歌星Cilla Black的雕像元月16日於利物浦Cavern Club門外揭幕，Cilla Black年輕時在這一家有很多搖滾樂名人在那裏演唱的著名俱樂部衣帽間工作，後來被The Beatles｢披頭合唱團｣的經紀人Brian Epstein發掘而踏入歌壇。

這一雕像是Cilla Black三個兒子捐給利物浦的，Cilla Black十七個月前去世(72歲)，在雕像底部他們寫了"You're My World"這一句話表達大家對Cilla Black的懷念之情。

"You're My World"是Cilla Black的成名曲，改寫自義大利的一首民歌，除了在英國、澳洲、荷蘭，南非等地獲得排行榜冠軍之外，1964年在美國推出獲得第26名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsGTPXx0zmw

YOU'RE MY WORLD

Cilla Black

You're my world

You're every breath I take

You're my world

You're every move I make

Other eyes see the stars up in the sky

But for me they shine

Within your eyes

As the seas reach for the sun above

So my arms reach out for you with love

With your hand resting in mine

I feel a power so divine.

You're my world

You are my night and day

You're my world

You're every prayer I pray

If our love ceases to be

Then it's the end of my world

The end of my world

The end of my world for me.

"Do You Love Me"進榜二次

The Contours合唱團的團員Sylvester Potts元月六日在底特律去世(78歲)，這一個合唱團於1962年以一首"Do You Love Me"獲得第3名而成名，1988年這一首歌因為在已故的Patrick Swayze主演的電影:Dirty Dancing｢熱舞17｣當中出現大受歡迎，又重回排行榜並獲得第11名。

The Contours於1960年代初期於底特律組成，是一個節奏與藍調合唱團體，團員Hubert Johnson是Jackie Wilson的姪子，Billy Gordon娶了The Marvelettes的Georgenna Tillman，另一團員Dennis Edwards於1967年入團，1968年則加入了The Temptations合唱團。

"Do You Love Me"是他們惟一進排行榜前四十名的歌，也獲選入搖滾樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGKJzjvFu3M

Do You Love Me

Songwriters

BERRY GORDY JR

You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance,

You didn't even want me around

And now I'm back to let you know I can really shake 'em down

Do you love me? (I can really move)

Do you love me? (I'm in the groove)

Now do you love me?

(Do you love me now that I can dance?)

Watch me, now

(Work, work) ah, work it out baby

(Work, work) well, I'm gonna drive you crazy

(Work, work) ah, just a little bit of soul, now?

(Work)

Now I can mash potatoes (I can mash potatoes)

I can do the twist (I can do the twist)

Tell me, baby, do you like it like this?

Tell me (tell me) tell me

Do you love me?

Do you love me, baby?

Now do you love me?

(Do you love me now that I can dance?)

Watch me, now

(Work, work) ah, work it out baby

(Work, work) well, I'm gonna drive you crazy

(Work, work) you are getting kind of cold, now

(Work)

(Work, work) with just a little bit of soul, now ?

(Work, work) come on, come on now

(Work, work) I'm gonna drive you crazy

(Work)

I can mash potatoes

I can do the twist

Well now, tell me, baby, do you like it like this?

Tell me (tell me) tell me

Do you love me?

Do you love me, baby?

Do you love me?

Do you love me?

Now that I can dance

(Work, work) ah, work it out baby

(Work, work) well, I'm gonna drive you crazy

(Work, work) oh you are getting kind of cold, now

(Work)

(Work, work) with just a little bit of soul, now

(Work, work) now don't you get kinda bold, now?

(Work, work) oh, work it out, baby