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Tracks are listed in chronological order by year, then alphabetically.
Listings do not reflect proper order by month or day: later oft precedes earlier.
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Featured on this page loosely in order of first recording if not record release (as possible).
Names are alphabetical, not chronological, per year:
| 1939 | Lord Kitchener |
| 1956 | Tommy Makem |
| 1959 | Davey Graham |
| 1962 | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 1963 | Graham Nash The Seekers Neil Young |
| 1964 | The Band Marianne Faithfull |
| 1965 | Bert Jansch Donovan Leitch John Renbourn |
| 1966 | Buffalo Springfield Roy Harper Mike Heron The Incredible String Band Cat Stevens Al Stewart Robin Williamson |
| 1967 | Jackson Browne Leonard Cohen |
| 1968 | Mary Hopkin Ralph McTell Joni Mitchell |
| 1969 | The New Seekers |
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Caveats in the employment of this page: 1. It descends in chronological
order by the year the artist or band is first found on a commercial record
issue (ideally) by year only, alphabetical thereat. One musician above
another doesn't necessarily translate to earlier issue unless the year
changed. 2. Though release dates are the aim with links to YouTube, some are
recording dates and may not be everywhere clearly distinguished. 3. Reissues
are used to represent originals without much discussion. 4. Publishing dates
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bands and musicians releasing their first recordings before 1970. Our
interest here is the close relationship in folk music between the United
States, Great Britain and Australia. Folk musicians born without the United
States are herein profiled as well as bands originating elsewhere than the
U.S. or in which the majority of members were born elsewhere. Both old
traditional folk and new folk, conventionally delineated at Bob Dylan going
from acoustic to electric in 1965, are herein listed. Some are not so well
known in the States compared to others who arrived here to no small success.
See also
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At age fifteen Tommy Makem (b '40) made his first trip from Ireland to the United States with his mother, Sarah [*], and a set of bagpipes. They there met Liam Clancy [1, 2] and his mother, Joan, through field recorder, Diane Hamilton, financier of Tradition Records founded by Paddy Clancy [1, 2] of the Clancy Brothers [1, 2] which would later include Bobby Clancy [1, 2], Tom Clancy [1, 2] and Finbarr Clancy [1, 2]. Makem, Clancy and both their mothers were included on tracks issued in 1956 on 'The Lark in the Morning' per Tradition TLP 1004. Makem soloed on 'The Cobbler'. He and his mother sang the duet, 'The Little Beggarman'. Makem then featured w the Clancy Brothers (Liam, Paddy, Tom) on the LP, 'The Rising of the Moon' also issued in 1956. They followed that in '59 w 'Come Fill Your Glass With Us', the same year Makem and Paddy first performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Makem and the Clamcy's were joined by Bruce Langhorne on guitar and Pete Seeger at banjo in 1961 on 'A Spontaneous Performance Recording' (Columbia 8448, et al). Makem also issued 'Songs of Tommy Makem' in '61 (Tradition TLP 1044). Makem left the Clancy Brothers in 1969 to pursue a solo career. In 1975 he began partnering with Liam Clancy again, touring and recording several albums as Makem & Clancy [1, 2, 3] until they parted ways again in 1988. Rateyourmusic has Makem on nearly twenty albums with the Clancys in one combination or another to 'Reunion' in 1984. In 1997 Thomas Dunne Books published Makem's, 'Tommy Makem's Secret Ireland'. Wikipedia shows an incomplete list of nearly twenty albums by Makem to 'The Song Tradition' in 1998. He contributed to Barra MacNeils' 'The Christmas Album II' as recently as 2006. Makem died on August 1, 2007, in Dover, New Hampshire, of lung cancer [1, 2]. He had composed titles such as 'The Town of Rostrevor' ('77), 'The Boys of Killybegs' ('80) and 'Gentle Annie' ('83). Songwriting credits to other recordings by Makem: 1, 2, 3, 4. See also 1, 2, 3, 4. References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Irish Music Daily: 1, 2. Timelines: 1, 2. Makem in visula media. Makem's son, Rory [*], currently performs w the Irish trio, Makem & Spain, consisting of Mickey and Liam Spain [*]. Tommy Makem 1956 Solo Composition: Christopher Kirkwood Duet with mother, Sarah Composition: Irish traditional Tommy Makem Clancy Brothers 1959 Tommy Makem Clancy Brothers 1961 Composition: Irish traditional Composition: Traditional See Wikipedia Composition: Irish traditional Tommy Makem Clancy Brothers 1962 Composition: Irish traditional Tommy Makem Clancy Brothers 1965 Live performance Composition: Traditional See Wikipedia
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Davey
Graham (originally Davy)
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9] was first recorded in 1959 by the BBC for a television series titled
'Monitior'. We're cheating a bit to list Graham per his first recording
instead of record release in the menu at top toward making his name easier
to find. His first
record release wasn't actually until early 1962 on an EP (extended play) titled '3/4
AD' (Topic 70) containing 'Angi', 'Davy's Train Blues' and '3/4 AD'.
'Angi' and 'Davy's Train Blues' were guitar solos composed by Graham.
Folk Blues
has
Alexis Korner contributing guitar to
their mutual composition, '3/4 AD'. Prior to all that Graham had left school in 1958
at age eighteen to busk his way through places like Paris, Italy, Greece and
Tangiers, Morocco. That adventure was fairly descriptive of his career to
come as a highly regarded performer of multiple styles, particularly the
popularization of what is often called Celtic tuning or, DADGAD (standard guitar tuning being EADGBE), which he devised to better play
the oud with Moroccan musicians [1,
2,
3,
4] A good example of such tuning is 'She Moved
Through the Bizarre' ('She Moved Through the Fair') in 1967 below. Rock guitarist,
Jimmy Page, was also fond of DADGAD tuning.
Graham released his first LP, 'The Guitar Player', in 1963, that containing
his composition, 'Blues for Betty'. He issued 'Folk, Blues and Beyond' in
1965 containing his composition, 'Maajun (A Taste of Tangier)'. 1966
witnessed 'Midnight Man' with his composition, 'No Preacher Blues'. That was
followed by 'Large as Life and Twice as Natural' in 1968 containing several
compositions such as 'Tristano'. Rateyourmusic has Graham issuing 14 albums
to as late as 'Broken Biscuits' in 2007. Among
those was his notable 'The Complete Guitarist' in 1977 on which he studied
multiple styles including blues, Celtic
[*]
and classical. Graham died on December 15, 2008 of lung cancer
[1,
2].
Four years later in '12 Les Cousins issued 'Anthology 1961-2007 Lost Tapes'
in the UK on LC016. That saw release in Netherlands on Music On Vinyl
MOVLP486. Other composers Graham has covered:
1,
2,
3.
Discography w various credits.
References specific to Graham, guitar and DADGAD tuning:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.. Davey Graham 1959 Video Composition: Arthur HamiltonDavey Graham 1962 Composition: Davey Graham/Alexis Korner Composition: Davey Graham Davey Graham 1963 Live performance Davey Graham 1964 Album Davey Graham 1965 Composition: Willie Dixon Davey Graham 1967 Composition: Davey Graham Composition: Irish traditional First published 1909 by Boosey & Hawkes Davey Graham 1969 Composition: Art Blakey Album: 'Hat' Composition: Albert Lancaster Lloyd Album: 'Hat' Davey Graham 1981 Live performance Live performance Davey Graham 1999 Composition: Lalo Schifrin Album: 'Fire In the Soul' Davey Graham 2000 Composition: Carl Perkins Live performance
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Davey Graham Source: Rate Your Music |
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Gordon Lightfoot Photo: Carl Chalupa Source: Way to Famous |
Canadian guitarist, Gordon Lightfoot, left Ontario at age twenty to study jazz composition and orchestration at the Westlake College of Music in Hollywood in 1958. [Wikipedia.] During his brief two-year visit to California he worked as a composer and performer of commercial jingles. Lightfoot would make numerous visits to America during his career but he made Toronto his home upon returning from his first stay in Hollywood. He there fall in with the Swinging Eight, acquiring television and radio spots. Discogs comments that Lightfoot's first recordings were on January 20, 1962, resulting in 'Two Tones at the Village Corner' (Canatal 4026, Chateau 1012). Those were Terry Whelan (guitar) and Howie Morris (bass). Wikipedia states Lightfoot's first releases to be his compositions, 'Remember Me I'm The One'/'Daisy Doo' (Chateau 142 May '62). Those were followed by 'Negotiations'/'It's Too Late, He Wins' (Chateau 148 Oct '62) [45cat]. Lightfoot wrote the former, Les Pouliot the latter. Those were among numerous titles recorded on an unknown date. Praguefrank has Lightfoot with the Two Tones on another unidentified date in '62 for 'Lessons in Love'/'Sweet Polly' (Quality 1395X) also released in '62. (Someone at citizenfreak wants $200 for that plate.) The album, 'Lightfoot!', was released in 1963, the same year he hosted 'The Country and Western Show' for the BBC. Four of Lightfoot's songs alighted to the top tier of Billboard's AC at #1: 'If You Could Read My Mind' ('70), 'Sundown' ('74), 'Carefree Highway' ('74) and 'Rainy Day People' ('75). 'The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' reached #9 in '76 and 'The Circle Is Small' saw #3 in '78. Composing extensively, Lightfoot wrote such as 'The Pony Man' ('70), '10 Degrees and Getting Colder' ('71) and 'If It Should Please You' ('88). Other titles composed by him. Songwriting credits for singles. For albums. See also 1, 2, 3, 4. With a career spanning five decades, and more than 200 recordings behind him, Lightfoot yet performs on tour per this writing. He has issued about 23 studio and live albums to as late as 'All Live' in 2012. References encyclopedic: 1, 2, 3, 4; musical: 1, 2, 3, 4. Lightfoot in visual media. At Facebook and Twitter. He composed all titles below except as noted. Gordon Lightfoot 1962 Daisy Doo/Remember Me (I'm the One) Gordon Lightfoot 1966 Gordon Lightfoot 1968 Gordon Lightfoot 1970 Compositions: Kris Kristofferson/Fred Foster Gordon Lightfoot 1972 Live performance Gordon Lightfoot 1974 Live performance Gordon Lightfoot 1976 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot 1979 Live performance
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Born in 1942 in Lancashire, England, Graham Nash [1, 2, 3, 4] first recorded as a member of the pop-rock band, the Hollies, in 1963. It was on a Hollies tour of the United States that he met David Crosby and Stephen Stills, with whom he would record as one of the trio, Crosby, Stills and Nash [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,] in 1969. Nash produced his first solo album, 'Songs For Beginners', in 1971 after the dissolution of the group, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Nash's first of several albums as a duo with Crosby was issued in 1972: 'Graham Nash David Crosby' [*], that to go Gold as would the two following. His better known titles as a solo artist in the seventies were 'Southbound Train' ('72), 'Carry Me' ('75), 'Out of the Darkness' ('76) and 'Spotlight' ('76). To further the cause of alternative rather than nuclear energy Nash helped found Musicians United for Safe Energy in 1979. In 1997 Nash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his participation in Crosby, Stills and Nash. He was inducted again in 2010 for his earlier work with the Hollies. Nash was also a photographer. His memoir, 'Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life', was published in September of 2013. Among the numerous titles composed by Nash were 'Our House' ('70), 'Military Madness' ('71), 'And So It Goes' ('74) and 'Grave Concern' ('74). Production and songwriting credits for Nash: 1, 2. For Crosby & Nash. For Crosby, Stills & Nash: 1, 2, 3. Lyrics for CSN and Nash. Nash concerning various of his compositions. CSN and Nash in visual media. 2014 interview with Mr. Fish. CSN and Nash at Facebook. Nash at Twitter. Per 1964 below, L. Ransford was an early pseudonym the Hollies used to credit band members in general regardless who did the composing, being largely Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks. Graham Nash 1963 With the Hollies Lead Singer: Allan Clarke Composition: Earl Carroll/Billy GuyGraham Nash 1964 With the Hollies as featured singer Composition: Doris Payne/Gregory CarrollWith the Hollies as lead singer Composition: L. RansfordGraham Nash 1969 With Crosby, Stills and Nash Composition: Stephen StillsWith Crosby, Stills and Nash Composition: Graham NashWith Crosby, Stills and Nash Composition: Stephen Stills/Rick & Michael CurtisWith Crosby, Stills and Nash Composition: Graham Nash Graham Nash 1971 Composition: Graham Nash Composition: Graham Nash Graham Nash 1973 Composition: Graham Nash Album: 'Wild Tales' Graham Nash 1990 Live with Greg Allman Composition: Jackson Browne
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The Seekers Source: The Judith Story |
The Seekers
[1,
2,
3] were formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1963, the year they released their
first album, 'Introducing The Seekers'. Consisting of
Athol Guy [b '40/1,
2],
Keith Potger [b 41/1,
2] and
Bruce Woodley [b '42/1,
2] and
Judith Durham [b '43/1,
2,
3]. Guy (double bass)
had led his first group called the Ramblers in 1958. He had worked as a
media manager for the Clemenger Group communications company before the
Seekers. Potger (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), was self-taught on banjo,
mandolin and 12 string and had led a group called the Trinamics. Woodley
(guitar) was performing at the Treble Clef restaurant in Prahran when he and
the former formed a doo wop trio called the Escorts in the early sixties.
Durham's background had been classical piano, having studied at the
University of Melbourne Conservatorium. She was also classically trained as
vocalist in addition to a repertoire in blues and gospel. She had given her
initial public performance at age 18 with the Melbourne University Jazz Band
at the Memphis Jazz Club in Malvern. In late 1962 she acquired a secretarial
position at J Walter Thompson Advertising where Guy worked in accounts. Add
Guy's musical associates, Potger and Woodley, and the Seekers were asail. Praguefrank's has the Seekers recording their
first titles
on unknown dates in Queensland resulting in the album, 'Introducing the
Seekers', issued in Australia (W&G 1655). That saw issue as 'The Seekers' in
1965 in the UK on Decca LK 4694 and the US on Marvel 3060 that year
[discogs/*]. Tracks
like 'With My Swag All on My Shoulder' and ' Children Go Where I Send You'
wouldn't see issue until 1995 on 'The Seekers Complete' (EMI 8146392). In
March of 1964 they were offered employment on a cruise ship, which is how
they found themselves in London in 1964. There greater opportunities for
musicians in the motherland than down under, their initial sessions in the
UK resulted in 'The Seekers' issued in 1964 bearing titles like 'Danny Boy'
and 'Waltzing Matilda'. In 1965 'I'll Never Find Another You' rose to the
Top Ten in the UK (#1), Ireland (#1), Australia (#1), Canada (#3) and the
United States (#2). It placed at #16 in South Africa. 'A World of Our Own'
did similarly well in 1965, though didn't reach the Top Ten in the States.
'The Carnival Is Over' was another strong performer in the UK (#1),
Australia (#1), Ireland (#1) and South Africa (#2) in 1965. Wikipedia has
that selling 93,000 copies in a single day in Great Britain, though it
charted in the States at only #27 on the AC. Another thing the Seekers found
was the Top Ten in 1966 for 'Georgy Girl' in the UK (#3), Australia (#1), Ireland
(#7),
Canada (#1), the US (#2) and South Africa (#10). Upon returning to Australia, the Seekers gave their last performance in July of 1968 for the BBC, then
dissolved upon Durham leaving the group for a solo career. There would be
reunions and the group yet performs as of this writing. In 2012 they
recorded 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles' and 'In My Life' to get
included on 'The Golden Jubilee Album' (EMI 7212122, Musicoast 7212122).
Production and songwriting credits for some of the Seekers' recordings at
45cat,
discogs
and wikipedia.
Compositions they covered at secondhandsongs.
The Seekers in visual media.
At YouTube. The Seekers 1963 Album The Seekers 1964 Composition: Lead Belly 1940 Composition: Paul Clayton Live performance Composition: Tom SpringfieldThis is the '64 London, not '63 Queensland, version. See Praguefrank's and Discogs 1, 2 Composition: Australian traditional See Wikipedia The Seekers 1965 Composition: Russian traditional See Wikipedia Don't Think Twice It's Alright Composition: Bob Dylan Composition: Tom Springfield The Seekers 1966 Composition: Malvina Reynolds 1957 The Seekers 1967 Composition: Tom Paxton/Bruce Woodley The Seekers 1968 Live performance Composition: David Reilly/Judith DurhamLive performance Music: Tom SpringfieldLyrics: Jim Dale The Seekers 1997 Live performance Composition: Judith Durham/Jeff VincentThe Seekers 2000 Live performance Composition: Bruce Woodley/Dobe NewtonThe Seekers 2001 Composition: Traditional spiritual See 1, 2, 3
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Neil Young Source: Temple Ordered Opulant |
All members of the band, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY) [1, 2, 3] were strongly rock oriented, Neil Young [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] the more so. Alike his friend, Joni Mitchell, Young was Canadian, first recording with a band called the Squires in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1963 [1, 2]. After leaving the Squires, Young toured Canada, upon which he met Rick James in Toronto, Ontario and joined his group, the Mynah Birds [1 , 2 , 3]. As referenced, bassist, Bruce Palmer, was also a member of the Mynah Birds, upon which disbandment he and Young traveled to Los Angeles. There they met Dewey Martin, Richie Furay and Stephen Stills, with whom they formed the Buffalo Springfield group. While with that band he wrote such as 'Expecting to Fly' ('67). It was 1968 when Palmer helped Young make his first solo recording, titled simply 'Neil Young'. That same year they got together with Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot and Danny Whitten to form the group, Crazy Horse, the various formations of which have been Young's band ever since. It was 1969 when Young joined Crosby, Stills & Nash to release their album, 'Deja Vu', as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in 1970. While with that band Young wrote such as 'Ohio' ('70). Pursuing a solo career with his band, Crazy Horse, Young issued his composition, 'Heart of Gold', in '72. Young didn't record 'Horse With No Name' as many mistakenly believe. 'Horse With No Name' was released by the folk rock band, America, bumping Young's 'Heart of Gold' from its #1 slot on the charts in 1972. (As America didn't release its first recording until 1970 it is not yet included in this history.) Recording prolifically, Young has issued well above 40 studio name albums with eight more live. As many went Gold if not Platinum as not. He has issued continuously to as late as 'Hitchhiker' and 'The Visitor' in 2017. Young had written such as 'Aurora' ('63) and 'Mustang' ('64) with the Squires. He composed all of his strong performing songs from 'Touch the Night' ('86) to 'No More' ('89), 'Rockin' in the Free World' ('89), 'War of Man' ('92) and 'Downtown' with Pearl Jam ('94). Other of his compositions at 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5. Compositions by others that Young covered. CSNY disco w various credits. Young and CSNY in visual media. Reviews. All titles below were written by Young except as noted. Neil Young 1963 With the Squires Neil Young 1966 With the Mynah Birds Lead Singer: Rick James Composition: Ricky Matthews/John Taylor/Mike Valvano/Dean Taylor With the Mynah Birds Lead Singer: Rick James Composition: Ricky Matthews/Mike Valvano/Dean Taylor Neil Young 1968 Album: 'Neil Young' Album: 'Neil Young' Album: 'Neil Young' Album: 'Neil Young' Album: 'Neil Young' String Quartet Whiskey Boot Hill Composition: Jack Nitzsche Album: 'Neil Young' Neil Young 1969 With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live performance Neil Young 1970 With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Composition: David Crosby With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Television performance With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live at Fillmore East With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Composition: Graham Nash With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Composition: Joni Mitchell Neil Young 1971 Live solo performance Released on 'Harvest' 1972 Live solo performance Released on 'Harvest' 1972 Live solo performance Released on 'Harvest' 1972 Neil Young 1979 With Crazy Horse Live performance 1978 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) With Crazy Horse Live performance 1991 Neil Young 1988 With Crazy Horse Live performance Neil Young 2001 With Crazy Horse Live performance Neil Young 2012 With Crazy Horse Composition: National anthem of the UK See Wikipedia With Crazy Horse Composition: Stephen Foster 1848 Neil Young 2017 Album: 'Hitchhiker'
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The Band Photo: Elliott Landy Source: Drummerworld
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Though more famous in association with Bob Dylan, each member of The Band had earlier belonged to Ronnie Hawkins' the Hawks (Fifties Rock), Levon Helm since their inception in Arkansas in 1958. It was 1964 when that bunch left Hawkins in Toronto, Canada, to tour in the States as their own operation. In spring of 1965 they recorded 'Uh-Uh-Uh'/'Leave Me Alone' (Ware 6002/Apex 76964) as the Canadian Squires [1, 2], issued per 45cat and Discogs in 1965. Those had been composed by Robbie Robertson. Two more of Robertson's compositions, 'He Don’t Love You'/'The Stones I Throw' (Atco 6383) were issued the same year in October as Levon and the Hawks. 'Go Go Liza Jane' didn't get issued until 1968 on Atco 6625 [1, 2]. By that time the Hawks had been invited to back Bob Dylan, which came to billing as Bob Dylan and the Band to conduct a world tour early in '66 [*]. The group ventured out on its own as The Band in 1967, issuing 'The Weight' and 'I Shall Be Released' in 1968, those also appearing on the group's debut album that year, 'Music from Big Pink' which went Gold. Members of The Band (earlier formed by Hawkins as the Hawks) were: Levon Helm (drums, guitar, mandolin/1, 2, 3), Rick Danko (bass, fiddle, trombone/1, 2, 3), Robbie Robertson (guitar/1, 2, 3), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone, trumpet/1, 2, 3) and Richard Manuel (piano, baritone sax/1, 2, 3). All were born in Canada with the exception of Helms, popped from the oven in Arkansas in 1940. Among the more unique phenomena in folk/rock, The Band's next LP in 1969, 'The Band', would go Platinum. 'Stage Fright' in 1970 went Gold as did 'Rock of Ages' in 1972. In latter 1973 the group joined Dylan on 'Planet Waves', that to go Gold. The Band toured with Dylan again in early '74, that resulting in 'Before the Flood' issued in June to go Platinum. Another of Dylan's numerous collaborations with The Band was his appearance on the 'The Last Waltz' in 1978, a live concert given on Thanksgiving of 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco [*]. 'The Last Waltz', going Gold, was supposed to be a farewell performance but the band regrouped in 1983 without Robertson. Robertson (b 1943) had moved on to an acting, movie producing and solo career, publishing his voluminous autobiography (500 pages), 'Testimony', in 2016. Manuel (b 1943) committed suicide on March 4, 1986, in Winter Park, Florida [*]. He was briefly replaced by Stan Szelest followed by Richard Bell. The Band's last studio LP had been 'Islands' in 1977. They didn't issue another until 'Jericho' in 1992. They were with Dylan again on October 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden for Dylan's 'The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration'. Come 'High on the Hog' in '96 and 'Jubilation' in '98. The Band's last recording was in 1999 with Dylan: 'One Too Many Mornings', found on Dylan's album, 'Tangled Up In Blues'. Rick Danko (b 1943) died in his sleep on December 10 of 1999 in Marbletown, New York, putting The Band to rest as well (interview three days before death). Helm went on to release such as 'Dirt Farmer' ('07) and 'Electric Dirt' ('09), passing onward from throat cancer on April 19, 2012, in New York City [*]. Hudson (b 1937) went on to a musical career including the issues of 'The Sea to the North' in 2001 and 'Live at the Wolf' n 2005. The main force in composition in The Band was Robertson, who wrote the majority of their titles including such as 'Tears of Rage' ('68), 'Across the Great Divide' ('69), 'King Harvest' ('69), 'The Shape I'm In' ('70) and 'Livin' in a Dream' ('77). References for The Band encyclopedic: 1, 2, 3. Musical: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Members. Discography. Discographies w various credits: 1, 2, 3. See also discos of individual members at 45Worlds and Discogs. The Band in visual media. The Band 1965 As Levon and the Hawks Composition: Robbie Robertson As the Canadian Squires Composition: Robbie Robertson As Levon and the Hawks Composition: Robbie Robertson The Band 1968 Live version Composition: Robbie Robertson Studio version Composition: Robbie Robertson The Band 1970 Composition: Robbie Robertson The Band 1975 Composition: Robbie Robertson The Band 1978 Album Film: 'The Last Waltz' (concert) Composition: Robbie Robertson
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Marianne Faithfull Source: Steven Rosen Writer |
Born in London in 1946,
Marianne Faithfull
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]
began performing folk music in coffeehouses in 1964, the same year she met
Mick Jagger with whom she would begin a
relationship the next year until 1970. In 1964 she recorded 'As
Tears Go By' with 'Greensleeves' flip side.
That rose to #9 on the
UK charts in August of '64, #22 in the US
[Wikipedia]. Three more of her titles ranked in the Top Ten in the UK in
'65: 'Come and Stay With Me', 'This Little Bird' and 'Summer Nights'. Her
debut album, 'Marianne Faithfull', issued in 1965 followed the same year by
'Come My Way' and 'Go Away from My World'. Faithfull's life then became a
stream of cocaine
highs and heroin lows through an addiction that led to a suicide attempt in 1970.
Jagger and
successful recordings aside, Faithfull struggled against homelessness,
living on the streets of Soho for two years. It was about that time that a
case of laryngitis changed her voice. Following the release of the album,
'Broken English', in 1979 Faithfull left England for New York City, though
continued to struggle with addiction into the eighties. Upon finally
rehabilitating she recorded the jazz album, 'Strange Weather', in 1987.
Faithful has issued above twenty albums over the years to as late as 'No
Exit' in 2016 with title borrowed from Jean-Paul Sartre's one-act play of 1944.
Composition and production credits for Faithfull at
1,
2.
Faithfull in visual media.
Interviews in 2011 and 2013: 1,
2. Faithfull at
Facebook. Marianne Faithfull 1964 Live performance Composition: Mick Jagger/Andrew Oldham/Keith Richards Marianne Faithfull 1965 Composition: Jackie DeShannon Composition: Jackie DeShannon/Jimmy Page Composition: Michael Farr Composition: Marianne Faithfull Composition: Derroll Adams Composition: Michael Farr Composition: Brian Henderson/Liza Strike Composition: John Loudermilk Composition: Barry Fantoni/Marianne Faithfull Composition: Michael Farr What Have They Done to the Rain Composition: Malvina Reynolds Marianne Faithfull 1966 Composition: E. Woolfson/M. Stellman Marianne Faithfull 1969 Composition: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards Marianne Faithfull 1971 Composition: Bob Dylan Marianne Faithfull 1979 Composition: Shel Silverstein Composition: Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds Joe Mavety/Steve York/Terry Stannard Composition: Barry Reynolds Composition: John Lennon Marianne Faithfull 1996 Composition: Harry Nilsson Album: '20th Century Blues' Aka 'The Threepenny Opera' Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht English translation: Frank McGuinness Album: '20th Century Blues' Marianne Faithfull 2004 Composition: Harry Nilsson
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| Born in Glasgow in 1943, Scottish guitarist
Bert
Jansch [1,
2,
3] released his first album, 'Bert Jansch' in 1965, followed by 'It
Don't Bother Me' the same year. Released by Transatlantic Records, Jansch's
first album was recorded in his apartment with a borrowed guitar. In 1967 he
helped form the group, Pentangle, they issuing 'The Pentangle' in '68. When the group disbanded in 1973 Jansch
bought a farm, but was back at music a couple years later, releasing the
album, 'A Rare Conundrum', in 1977, after which he formed the brief-existent
group, Conundrum. Jansch reunited with Pentangle in 1980. Jansch delivered
his final concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London in 2011. He died of lung
cancer in London the same year on October 5
[1,
2]. Jansch composed the greater
portion of his name releases from such as 'Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning'
and 'Needle of Death' in '75 to 'Avocet' and 'Kittiwake' in '79.
Compositional credits at
1,
2,
3.
See also credits for Pentangle recordings
1,
2,
3.
Album discography by Richie Unterberger.
Jansch in visual media.
Bert Jansch website.
Further reading: 1,
2,
3,
4. Bert Jansch 1965 Album Album: 'It Don't Bother Me' Bert Jansch 1967 Album Bert Jansch 1969 Album: 'Birthday Blues' Bert Jansch 1974 Bert Jansch 1978 Live performance Composition: English traditional Bert Jansch 1985 Live performance Composition: Walter Davis Live performance From 'A Christmas Carol' by Christina Rossetti 1872 Music by Gustav Holst 1906 Live performance Bert Jansch 2003 Live with Johnny Marr Bert Jansch 2006 Live performance
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Bert Jansch Source: MP3 XL |
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| Born in 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland,
Donovan
Leitch [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] brought a little psychedelia to folk music. Wikipedia
has him beginning guitar at age 14. Influenced by Woody Guthrie, he later
began playing in local folk clubs. The demos he recorded
in 1964 resulted in his first record contract in 1965 (Pye Records), His
first releases were his compositions, 'Catch the Wind'/'Why Do You Treat Me
Like You Do', followed by 'Colours/Josie'. His first two albums saw issue in
1965: 'What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid' and 'Fairytale'. It was 1965 that
Donn Alan Pennebaker filmed 'Don't Look Back', documenting a tour to England
by Bob
Dylan in which Donovan appeared as well as such as Joan
Baez and Alan Price of the
Animals. In latter 1965 Mickie Most,
producer for the
Animals, Lulu and
Herman's Hermits, became his
handler. Most made a superstar of Donovan, beginning with a trip to Los
Angeles in 1966 to negotiate a $100,000 deal with Epic Records. From 1965 to
1968 Donovan scaled to the UK singles Top Ten eight times with 'Catch the
Wind', 'Colours', 'The Universal Soldier', 'Sunshine Superman', 'Mellow
Yellow', 'There Is a Mountain', 'Jennifer Juniper' and 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'.
Those didn't do quite that well in the States though 'Sunshine Superman'
topped Billboard at #1 in '66, 'Mellow Yellow' reaching #2 the same year.
'Atlantis' rose to #7 in 1968. Being a cannabis user, and not unfamiliar
with psychedelics like LSD, Donovan had taken a drug rap in 1966 for
marijuana possession. In 1969 he composed the title song to the film, 'If
It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium', sung by J.P. Cox. Donovan married Linda Lawrence in 1970, with whom he
remains, having two children. His last Top 40 album was released in 1973:
'Cosmic Wheels', featuring arrangements by Chris
Spedding. Though Donovan has
performed and recorded variously into the new millennium his audience in the
last several decades isn't a fraction what it had been iduring his heydays
in the sixties. The
eighties saw such as 'Neutronica' ('80), 'Love Is Only Feeling' ('81) and
'Lady of the Stars' ('84). His last album in the 20th century had been
'Sutras' in 1996. He recorded the audiobook, 'The Fairy Tales of Hermann
Hesse', in 1998. Donovan's first issue in the 21st century was the children's
album, 'Pied Piper', in 2002. Come 'Sixty Four' and 'Beat Cafe' in 2004.
'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' saw release in 2005, 'Ritual Groove' in 2010. Donovan was enlisted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 2012. His latest issue per this writing was 'Shadows of Blue' in
2013. 2014 Hit Channel
interview. Donovan is the composer of the greater portion of his catalogue. Early titles by him were such as 'Jennifer Juniper' and 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
in 1967, and 'Goo Goo Barabajagal' and 'Trudi' in 1969. Other songwriting
credits at 1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
Donovan in visual media.
Other biographical profiles: 1,
2.
Two of Donovan's five children (one adopted) have become well-known in the acting
profession, Donovan Leitch Jr.
and Ione Skye. Donovan wrote all titles below but as noted. Per 'Talking Pop Star Blues' in
1965, a number of 'Ready Steady Go!' performances came up missing video,
explanations as to when or why unfound. Donovan's five appearances on
that show
in 1965-66. Donovan 1965 Live version Studio version First release Second release Composition: Shawn Phillips 'Ready Steady Go!' Video missing. Composition: Buffy Sainte-Marie Donovan 1966 Composition: Donovan/Shawn Phillips Donovan 1967 A Gift from a Flower to a Garden Album Donovan 1968 Live performance Donovan 1972 Live performance Live performance
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John Renbourn
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Born in London in 1944, guitarist
John Renbourn
[1,
2,
3] is best known in association with
Celtic music. (The Celts, known as Gauls in France, were victims of the ancient
Roman notion that no rivalries to Rome ought exist, at all, which ideology held
firm for several centuries, until declared void in the 5th by the Visigoths,
Huns and Vandals, all finding Rome a rich resource unto its devastation and
the Dark Ages. There are currently what are called the seven Celtic "nations":
Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man [between Ireland and Scotland], Wales, Cornwall,
and Brittany with Galicia in France.) Renbourn was classically trained at
guitar and a
teenager during the skiffle period in Great Britain. (Skiffle is the British
version of American jug band music.) Renbourn's
website has him beginning
his career in 1960 busking in Great Britain, France and Spain, meeting Mac
McLeod in 1961 with whom he traveled in the early sixties. In 1962 they
recorded some demo tapes together: 'Cocaine', 'It Hurts Me Too', 'South
Coast' and 'Train Tune' [Wikipedia]. A few of those would end up on 'The
Attic Tapes' in 2015 along with 17 other unissued tracks recorded by
Renbourn that year. Several were his own compositions like 'Plainsong' and
'Judy'. Two were with vocalist, Beverley Martyn: 'Picking Up the Sunshine'
and 'Come Back Baby'. 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out' featured
Davy Graham. Also included were his covers of
Derroll Adams' 'Portland
Town', Jackson Frank's 'Blues Run the Game' and
Blind Willie Johnson's 'Lord
I Just Can’t Keep from Crying'. [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.] Renbourn released his first
name recordings
in 1965 on an album of duets with singer, Dorris Henderson, called 'There You
Go'. He wrote such as 'Something Lonesome' on that. Renbourn's debut album
titled 'John Renbourn' was released the same year, that backed by his new
partner,
Bert Jansch. He composed or
arranged most titles on that, a couple written with
Jansch: 'Blue Bones' and 'Noah
and the Rabbit'. Come
Jansch's debut LP, 'It Don't
Bother Me', issued in December of '65, that supported by Renbourn, he also
composing 'Lucky Thirteen'. Come Renbourne's 'Another Monday' in 1966, that
including a few traditionals he arranged for vocalist, Jacqui McShee. 'Bert
and John' also saw issue in 1966 on Transatlantic 144, Renbourn contributing
compositions like 'Piano Tune' and 'Soho'. 1967 witnessed the issue of a
second album with Henderson called 'Watch the Stars'. Renbourn issued 'Sir
John Alot of | Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng and Ye Grene Knyghte' in 1968,
composing most titles like 'Morgana' and 'Transfusion'. Joining him on that
were Ray Warleigh (flute) and Terry Cox (finger cymbals/African
drums/glockenspiel). Renbourn then formed Pentangle with with
Jansch, McShee, Cox and bass
player, Danny Thompson. That operation toured to the States in 1968, playing
at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Folk Festival. It was good for six albums
from 'The Pentangle' in 1968 to 'Solomon's Seal' in 1972. That same
configuration reunited above three decades later in 2008 for live
performances to see issue on 'FINALE: An Evening with Pentangle' in 2016. It
was 1977 when Renbourn hooked up with guitarist, Stefan Grossman. They
issued their first album of duets together in 1978 called 'Stefan Grossman &
John Renbourn' (UK: Sonet SNKF 139 / US: Kicking Mule 152). Grossman and
Renbourn partnered and backed each other on seven albums to as late as 'The
Three Kingdoms' in 1987. Renbourn's musical explorations were hardly
Celtic-oriented alone. He engaged in studies of various styles and issued
instructional books like 'Complete Anthology of Medieval and Renaissance
Music for the Guitar' ('95), 'Anthology of O’Carolan for Fingerstyle Guitar'
('95) and 'Fingerstyle Guitar' ('00). He released the DVD, 'Celtic Melodies
& Open Tunings', in 2005. Using his latter years teaching variously in
Europe, Renbourn issued his last of a minimum of twenty albums, 'Palermo Snow', in
2011. His joint venture with guitarist, Wizz Jones, called 'Joint Control'
saw release posthumously in latter 2016. Renbourn
died in Hawick, Scotland,
on March 26, 2015. Together with interpreting numerous folk traditionals
like the American 'John Henry' ('66) and the English 'The Cuckoo' ('72)
Renbourn composed extensively, such as all tracks on 'The Nine Maidens'
('85).
Songwriting credits for some of Renbourn's and
Pentangle's albums. See also 45Worlds.
Renbourne in
visual media. John Renbourn 1962 Recorded 1962 Not issued until 2015 John Renbourn 1965 Album With Bert Jansch Composition: John Renbourn Album w Dorris Henderson John Renbourn 1968 Sir John Alot and Merrie England Album John Renbourn 1970 Album John Renbourn 1977 Album John Renbourn 1979 The Mist Covered Mountains of Home Composition: John Cameron Scotland 1856 John Renbourn 1981 Composition: Soïg Sibéril Album: ''The John Renbourn Group Live in America' Arrangement: John Renbourn Album: ''The John Renbourn Group Live in America' John Renbourn 1990 Live performance Composition: Randy Weston John Renbourn 2005 Live performance Composition: Steve Cropper
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The original members of Buffalo Springfield were Dewey Martin (b '40), Richie Furay (b '44), Stephen Stills (b '45), Neil Young ('45) and Bruce Palmer (b '46). Martin was from Chesterville, Ontario, and had begun drumming at age 13. He'd played in a band called the Jive Rockets in high school, moved to the United States, joined the Army, then began performing country music in Nashville where he was stationed. He played with names like Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison before bouncing to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Seattle, the latter where he made his first recordings in 1964 as Sir (Walter) Raleigh & The Cupons [1, 2, 3]. Returning back to Los Angeles in 1965, he played with the Sons of Adam, the Standells, the Modern Folk Quartet and the Dillards, the latter with which he recorded a demo before being dismissed with a phone number to Buffalo Springfield [Wikipedia]. He was the last member to fill out band that year. Furay (guitar) hailed from Yellow Springs, Ohio. He'd performed w Stephen Stills at the Cafe Au Go Go in NYC before they formed Buffalo Springfield. 45cat has the Au Go Go Singers issuing 'San Francisco Bay Blues'/'Pink Polemoniums' in October 1964 on Roulette 4547. Those appeared on that group's only LP, that in 1964 per Goldmine: 'They Call Us the Au Go Go Singers' (Roulette 25280). As for Stills, the Au Go Go Singers had been his breaking in as a professional musician. Neil Young had been born in Toronto, Ontario. He had first recorded with a band called the Squires in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1963. After leaving the Squires, Young toured Canada, upon which he met Rick James in Toronto, Ontario, and joined his group, the Mynah Birds. Bassist, Bruce Palmer, was also a member of the Mynah Birds, upon which disbanding he and Young traveled to Los Angeles to form Buffalo Springfield. Palmer had been born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He was already a successful musician before the Buffalo Springfield, being one of the founding members of Jack London and The Sparrows in 1964 [1, 2, 3, 4]. He left that group in January of '65 to join the Mynah Birds, switching places with Mynah Birds member, Nick St. Nicholas. He and Young then headed for Los Angeles where Wikipedia has them meeting Stills while stuck in traffic. Buffalo Springfield debuted at the Troubadour in Hollywood on April 11, 1966. Their first single, 'Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing' A side with 'Burned' B side was released the same year [sessions]. The group was good through three albums: 'Buffalo Springfield' ('66), 'Buffalo Springfield Again' ('67) and 'Last Time Around' ('68). The last had been with Palmer out, replaced by Jim Messina. Martin took the group forward as the New Buffalo Springfield with completely different personnel: Dave Price (guitar), Gary Rowles (guitar), Bob Apperson (bass), Don Poncher (drums) and Jim Price (horn). He later died on January 31, 2009, in Van Nuys, California. As for Palmer, he had absented the band in '68 due to a second drug charge getting him deported back to Canada a second time in a year. He issued his only name album, 'The Cycle Is Complete', in 1977. Performing a bit now and again, notably with Young in the early eighties, he died of heart attack on October 1, 2004, in Belleville, Ontario. Furay and Messina moved on to form Poco. Furay would also lead a successful solo career into the new millennium, issuing 'Hand in Hand' as recently as 2015. Messina would form Loggins & Messina with Kenny Loggins in 1970 while yet with Poco. As for Stephen Stills, he went on in '68 to perform with Al Kooper on 'Super Sessions'. He then formed Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. That became Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young later in the year. Young went solo upon the dissolution of Buffalo Springfield with his band, Crazy Horse, to become one of the major figures in folk rock, he and Stills yet leading active careers to this date. They reunited with Furay in 2010 and 2011. Most of the composing for Buffalo Springfield was by done by either Stills or Young without collaboration, although Furay also wrote titles like 'A Child's Claim to Fame', 'Kind Woman' and 'MerryGo-Round'. Buffalo Springfield albums with songwriting credits at 1, 2, 3. See also various credits at 1, 2. References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Chrome Oxide. Buffalo Springfield in visual media. Buffalo Springfield 1966 Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Composition: Neil Young Composition: Neil Young Buffalo Springfield 1967 Album Composition: Stephen Stills Composition: Stephen Stills Buffalo Springfield 1968 Composition: Neil Young
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Roy Harper Source: The Wire |
Born in Manchester, England, in
1941,
Roy
Harper
[1,
2,
3,
4] became possessed with the notion of becoming a pilot at
age 15, so he dropped out
of school and joined the Royal Air Force. But he didn't like the way the military
did things so he feigned mental disability (such must be pretended?), was hospitalized
and underwent a session of electroconvulsive therapy, after which he was institutionalized.
Electroshock treatments weren't precisely a happy lifestyle choice either, thus
Harper wasted no time deliberating his escape the next day. Nor was busking
the street corners of a single city to his liking, so Harper performed his way
about North Africa and Europe before gaining a residency at Les Cousins in London
in 1965. His first album, 'Sophisticated Beggar', followed the next year (1966),
and his second, 'Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith' in 1968. All tracks below
for that year are from that album. Among Harper's more well-known associates
was
Jimmy Page of
Led Zeppelin. 'Led Zeppelin III' in 1970 contained the
tribute, 'Hats Off to (Roy) Harper'. Harper's 1971 album, 'Stormcock',
featured
Page as S. Flavius Mercurius.
Page contributed to 'Valentine' and
'Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion' in '74. A decade later they toured
the UK as the MacGregors and Themselves, then released the studio album,
'Whatever Happened to Jugula?' in 1985. They reunited in 2011 at London's
Royal Festival Hall to celebrate Harper's 70th birthday. In 2005
Page
presented Harper with 'Mojo' magazine's Hero Award. More
of Harper under Page in
British Invasion. Wikipedia has Harper leading about 35
albums to 'Man and Myth' in 2013.
Production and songwriting credits for Harper
at 1,
2.
Guitar chords
for various titles. Harper in visual media. Interviews 2008 and 2011:
1,
2,
3.
Further reading: *.
Son to Harper is guitarist,
Nick Harper.
Harper is well into his seventies as of this writing, yet
performs and maintains a page at Twitter. He wrote all
songs below but as noted. Roy Harper 1966 From the album 'Sophisticated Beggar': Roy Harper 1967 Roy Harper 1968 From the album 'Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith': Roy Harper 1970 Album 'Flat Baroque and Berserk' Live performance Live performance Roy Harper 1971 From the album 'Stormcock': Me and My WomanRoy Harper 1975 When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease Album: 'HQ' Roy Harper 1980 Composition: David Gilmore/Harper Album with Kate Bush: 'The Unknown Soldier' Roy Harper 1985 Composition: David Gilmore/Harper Album: 'Whatever Happened to Jugula?' Roy Harper 1990 Concert Roy Harper 1994 Live in London Roy Harper 2000 Album: 'Green Man' Roy Harper 2011 Live performance Live performance Live with Jimmy Page
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| Scottish guitarist
Mike Heron
[1,
2] was
born in Edinburgh in 1942. He had played in multiple bands and was studying
accounting at Edinburgh University when he formed The Incredible String Band
(ISB) [1,
2,
3,
4,
5/Timeline] with Robin Williamson
(multiple instruments) and Clive Palmer (banjo). Palmer
left the trio after the release of its first album in 1966: 'The Incredible
String Band'.
The group would perform at Woodstock in 1969 for $4,500 [Wikipedia]. The ISB released 12 albums
in all to 'Hard Rope & Silken Twine' in 1974, expanded by
various musicians such as vocalists, Licorice McKechnie and Rose Simpson,
and centered about the Heron-Williamson duo.
After the disbanding of the ISB Williamson went on to form his Merry Band. Heron
continued a solo career begun in 1971 with the issue of 'Smiling Men with Bad
Reputations' [*]. Heron left the music business after issuing the
album, 'Mike Heron', in 1979, reemerging in 1988 with the album, 'The Glen Row Tapes'.
He reunited with Williamson
for a couple concerts in 1997. He released 'Conflict of Emotions' the next
year. Into the new millennium Heron issued 'Futurefield' in 2002 and 'Echo
Coming Back' in 2005. Heron or Williamson
did the majority of composing with the ISB, Heron writing such as 'Chinese
White' in '67 and 'Black Jack Davy' in '70. His debut solo album contained
such as 'Call Me Diamond' and 'No Turning Back'. Compositional credits for
the Incredible String Band at
1,
2,
3. Credits for name recordings
by Heron at
1,
2,
3. See
also Discogs 1,
2.
2017 interview w Heron. Further reading for ISB: 1,
2,
3. More Heron under
Williamson. All tracks
through year 1971 below are Heron with
Williamson and the Incredible String Band. All edits after 1975 are live
performances. All titles are composed by Heron but as noted. Mike Heron 1966 Album Mike Heron 1968 Album Mike Heron 1969 Live at Woodstock Mike Heron 1970 Mike Heron 1971 Call Me Diamond/Flowers of the Forest Album: 'Smiling Men With Bad Reputations' Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air Album Mike Heron 1974 With Melanie Safka & Robin Williamson Mike Heron 1975 Album: 'Reputation' Composition: Malcolm Le Maistre Album: 'Reputation' Mike Heron 2010 Mike Heron 2011 Mike Heron 2013 With the Trembling Bells
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Cat Stevens [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] was born to a couple of restaurateurs in Marlebone, London, in 1948. I most remember Stevens from a girl attending the University of Washington who found my lost puppy and invited me in for tea. Lost was I as well at age eighteen, guiding me toward a lifelong career as a fool. As for Stevens, he was a student at the Hammersmith School of Art and heading toward a career as a cartoonist while also performing as Steve Adams in 1965 [Wikipedia]. His art and music would later combine on album covers like that for 'Tea for the Tillerman' in 1970. He also began composing in '65 and recorded a demo of titles including 'The First Cut Is the Deepest'. Stevens was initially drawn along the popular strain, his first release, 'I Love My Dog', in 1966. He issued his first album, 'Matthew and Son', the following year. Stevens first penetrated the Top Forty in 1871 with 'Wild World' and 'Moon Shadow'. His strongest titles were 'Peace Train' in '71, 'Morning Has Broken' in '72, and 'Oh Very Young' and 'Another Saturday Night'' in '74. His' last Top 40 tune was in 1977: '(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard'. That same year Stevens changed his name to Yusuf Islam, creating rather a controversy in the musical world as his popularity plummeted (unlike Bob Dylan's announcement of Christian faith two years later, what negative consequence to his career being negligible upon all said and done). In 1989 Stevens (now Islam) announced his support of the Muslim call for Salman Rushdie's execution for writing 'The Satanic Verses', which largely wiped him off the map as a musician. (There have been a number of Muslim jazz musicians throughout the years whose beliefs did their careers small damage if any. But Stevens' venue wasn't jazz, and no jazz musicians of which I know have ever agreed that Rushdie ought to have been executed for defamation of Muhammad.) After his album, 'Back to Earth', released in 1979 Stevens left the music business. In the early nineties, however, he built a recording studio (Mountain of Light Studios) and began grooving recordings again as simply Yusuf, his first release, 'The Life of the Last Prophet', in 1995. In 2009 he was awarded Songwriter of the Year by ASCAP [*]. In 2013 he was nominated by Art Garfunkel and enlisted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Stevens issued 14 studio and live albums as Stevens. He's issued thirteen as Yusef Islam and six more as Yusef per this writing, his latest, 'The Laughing Apple' in 2017. Stevens was the composer of his material, all such as "I Love My Dog' ('66) and 'Two Fine People' '(75) his own compositions. Other songwriting credits at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Interviews in 2007 and 2017. Stevens in visual media. In social media: 1, 2. Further reading on his latter career in the new millennium: 1, 2, 3. Stevens composed all titles below but as noted. Cat Stevens 1966 Cat Stevens 1970 Music video LP: 'Tea for the Tillerman' Cat Stevens 1976 Live performance Composition: 1931 See Wikipedia Live performance Cat Stevens 1977 (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard Cat Stevens 2007 Live performance
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| Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1945,
Al Stewart
[1,
2,
3] was
raised in Wimborne, England, by is mother. His father, a pilot in the Royal
Air Force, had died in a plane crash while Al was in womb. He began playing
acoustic guitar in clubs in Soho in 1965 and shared a flat with
Paul Simon [Wikipedia/Allmusic]. Stewart
began his recording career in 1966 with the release of 'The Elf' backed with
a cover of the Yardbirds' 'Turn Into Earth'. Stewart is best known for his
songs, 'Year of the Cat' ('76) and 'Time Passages', the latter topping
Billboard's AC in 1978. Stewart had immigrated to Los Angeles after
'Year of the Cat'. Wikipedia has Stewart releasing 16 studio and 3 live
albums from 'Bedsitter Images' in '67 to 'Uncorked' in 2009. His first for
musician/producer, Alan Parsons, was 'Modern Times' in 1975. Stewart's 'Down in the Cellar' in 2000,
was a tribute to wine, concerning which
Stewart has been a connoisseur for several decades.
Stewart wrote songs like 'Old Compton Street Blues' ('69), 'Nostradamus'
('73), ''Post World War Two Blues ('73) and 'Flying Sorcery' ('77). Composing credits for Stewart's
recordings at
1,
2,
3.
4,
5.
Lyrics w tablature and history relevant to various titles at Stewart's
website.
Stewart in social media: 1,
2.
Opinion: *. He
wrote all songs below but as noted. Several
edits below
are live performances. Al Stewart 1966 Composition: Paul Samwell-Smith/Rosemary Simon Al Stewart 1967 Al Stewart 1970 Al Stewart 1972 Al Stewart 1974 Album Al Stewart 1976 Composition: Al Stewart/Peter Wood Al Stewart 1977 Live version Studio version Al Stewart 1978 Composition: Al Stewart/Peter White Al Stewart 1980 Composition: Al Stewart/Peter White Album: '24 Carrots' Al Stewart 2008 Live With Dave Nachmanoff Composition: Al Stewart/Peter Wood Al Stewart 2009 Live With Dave Nachmanoff Al Stewart 2012 Composition: Al Stewart/Peter White
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Robin Williamson Photo: Alan Mawdsley Source: ENTS 24 |
Multi-instrumentalist
Robin Williamson
[1,
2,
3]
was born in Scotland in 1943. Just so, he is also an important interpreter
of Celtic music. (Celtic music:
1,
2,
3,
4/Davey Graham/John Renbourn).
Williamson began his career as a teenager as a jazz musician before shifting
to folk, partnering with
Bert Jansch in the early
sixties. Williamson began his recording career with
Mike Heron
and Clive Palmer in a trio called the Incredible String Band (ISB) [1,
2,
3,
4/Timeline], releasing its
first of twelve or so albums, 'The Incredible String Band', in 1966. Upon Palmer
leaving the group for Afghanistan the band expanded, employing a variety of
musicians to back the
Heron-Williamson duo. The band
went kaput in '74, releasing 'Hard Rope & Silken Twine' that year.
Heron had
already commenced a solo career in '71 with 'Smiling Men with Bad
Reputations'. Williamson released his first
solo album, 'Myrrh', in 1972. After ISB Williamson formed his Merry Band in
1976 with Sylvia Woods (Celtic harp), Jerry McMillan (fiddle) and Chris
Caswell (flute/harp). Williamson has since released above forty albums to as late as
'Trusting In The Rising Light' in 2014. He yet tours Great
Britain to this date with Bina Williamson. One of William's greater
interests beyond music was
painting.
Most of the composing for the ISB had been by either
Heron or Williamson, the latter
writing early tunes like 'October Song' in '66 and 'No Sleep Blues' in '67.
Other composing credits for the Incredible String Band at
1,
2,
3. Other
compositions by Williamson. Among
Celtic traditionals he interpreted were those on 'Celtic Harp Airs & Dance Tunes' in 1997
below. Compositional credits for the Incredible String Band at
1,
2,
3. See
also Discogs 1,
2.
2003 interview w Richie Unterberger.
Williamson at Facebook. Further reading for
ISB: 1,
2,
3. Williamson is thought the composer or arranger of all titles below
not otherwise noted. All recordings through year 1970 below are the
Incredible String Band. Edits from year 2009 onward are live performances. Robin Williamson 1966 Album Robin Williamson 1968 Sitar: Mike Heron Robin Williamson 1970 Vocals: Licorice McKechnie & Rose Simpson Composition: Clive Palmer Robin Williamson 1972 From the album 'Myrrh': Composition: Ivan Pawle Robin Williamson 1978 Album: 'American Stonehenge' Robin Williamson 1981 From the album 'Songs of Love and Parting': Robin Williamson 1992 Composition: Traditional Robin Williamson 1997 From the album 'Celtic Harp Airs & Dance Tunes': The Blackbird/The Downfall Of Paris Lude's Supper/The Lark In The Morning Port Atholl/The Braes Of Tulliemet Robin Williamson 2008 Guitar & vocal: David Nigel Lloyd Composition: Scottish traditional Robin Williamson 2009 Composition: Bob Dylan Robin Williamson 2012 Composition: Motorhead: Lemmy Kilmister/Eddie Clarke/Phil Taylor Composition: Australian traditional Dark Woman of the Glen/Political Lies Composition: Bob Dylan Passing by the Signs for Which Our Fathers Died
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Born in Heidelberg, West Germany in 1948, pianist
Jackson Browne's father was in the US
military working for the 'Stars and Stripes' newspaper. Browne was three
when his father's tour was up, the family moving to Los Angeles. Browne
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] was a
gifted composer whose first employment after high school in
Fullerton, CA, was with the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
in 1966. A few months later he joined Nina Music, owned by Elektra Records
in NYC, as a staff songwriter, he yet seventeen years of age. He doubled up
as a studio musician, which is how he met
Nico to first emerge on vinyl in 1967 on her
first LP, 'Chelsea Girl'. He then returned to California to form a group in
Los Angeles. If not for
Nico, Browne wouldn't be in these histories
ending at 1970, as his first LP, 'Jackson Browne' (aka 'Saturate Before
Using'), didn't surface until 1972. That LP was not just a success, but of a
masterful quality revealing an already remarkably sophisticated composer.
His next several albums were also uniquely well-crafted: 'For Everyman' ('73), 'Late for the Sky' ('74), 'The Pretender'
('76) and 'Running on Empty' ('77). In the latter part of that decade Browne
became involved in antinuke activism, later environmental issues to follow,
such as the excessive use of plastic (as in water bottles) which doesn't
degrade upon disposal well. Such concerns have found Browne living wholly
self-sufficiently and off the grid with wind and solar power for some years
on his ranch in California. Like all his earlier albums, Browne's first two
in the eighties would also go platinum: 'Hold Out' ('80) and 'Lawyers In
Love' ('83). 'Lives in the Balance' per '86 would go gold, 'World In Motion'
fared not so well ('89), but 'I'm Alive' in '93 would go gold. 'Looking
East' in 1996 and several LPs in the 21st century have not done so well,
though finding Top Forty and Top Twenty positions on Billboard's 200.
Browne's best-known releases in his earlier career were 'Doctor My Eyes'
('72), 'Running on Empty' ('78), 'Somebody's Baby' ('82), 'Lawyers in Love'
('83), 'Tender Is the Night' ('83), 'For a Rocker' ('83), 'For America'
('86), 'World in Motion' ('89) and 'Chasing You Into the Light' ('89). Browne has performed
nigh as many benefit concerts as those for profit, philanthropy a major
chunk of his career. Numerous awards include the John Steinbeck Award in
2002 and an honorary doctorate from Occidental College in Los Angeles in
2004. Bruce Springsteen nominated him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2004. He joined the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007 without choice as well. Browne's
latest releases as of this writing were 'Standing in the Breach' in 2014 and
'The Dreamer' in 2017.
Browne keeps a tour schedule at his website
while maintaining pages at Facebook and
Twitter. Largely applauded as a composer, Browne wrote most
his own material from 'Doctor My Eyes' and 'Looking Into You' in '72 to 'For
America' and 'In the Shape of a Heart' in '86. Songwriting credits for
Browne at
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Compact album reviews. Browne in
visual media. 2014
interview. Per 1967 below, Browne performs guitar on tracks A1-2, B1-2 and B5.
'These Days' and 'Somewhere There's a Feather' are his compositions. He
wrote what titles below except as noted. Jackson Browne 1967 Album by Nico Jackson Browne 1972 Album Jackson Browne 1973 Album Jackson Browne 1974 Album Jackson Browne 1976 Album Jackson Browne 1977 Album Jackson Browne 1992 Live at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Filmed concert Jackson Browne 2006 Philadelphia Folk Festival Filmed with David Lindley Philadelphia Folk Festival Filmed with David Lindley Jackson Browne 2010 Filmed at the Glastonbury Festival Jackson Browne 2013 Filmed live Jackson Browne 2014 Filmed live Jackson Browne 2016 Filmed live Composition: Browne/Glenn Frey
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1934, Leonard Cohen was a writer of fiction and poetry before turning to music, frustrated by inability to make an acceptable living scratching paper. He published his first book of poetry, 'Let Us Compare Mythologies', in 1956, having published his initial poems in 1954 as a student at McGill University in Montreal. He continued with graduate studies and published several more books before releasing his first album, 'Songs of Leonard Cohen', in 1967 (to go Platinum in Australia). That was followed by 'Songs From a Room' in 1969. Cohen made his first appearances in Europe in 1970, then issued 'Songs of Love and Hate' in 1971. Better known in Canada, Europe and Australia than in the States, eight of Cohen's albums have gone Platinum, including four issued in the new millennium: 'Ten New Songs' ('01), 'Old Ideas' ('12), 'Popular Problems' ('14) and 'You Want It Darker' ('16). He published his first novel, 'The Favorite Game', in 1984, his second, 'Beautiful Losers', in 1991. In 2004 Cohen discovered that his longtime manager, Kelly Lynch, had been helping herself to his fortune since 1996, to the tune of most of it, some five million dollars. He was awarded nine million in court but remains unlikely to see it. Cohen was both Jewish and a Zen Buddhist and dabbled in art as well [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. He died on November 7 of 2016 [1, 2]. Facebook tribute page. References encyclopedic: 1, 2, 3. Musical: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Timeline. Cohen in visual media. Cohen at YouTube. Further reading: 1, 2. Composing most his own material, Cohen wrote such as 'So Long, Marianne' in '68 and 'Dance Me to the End of Love' in '85. Songwriting credits at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. He wrote all titles below. With the exception of a few albums most entries below are live performances. Leonard Cohen 1967 Album With Judy Collins Leonard Cohen 1974 Leonard Cohen 1979 Leonard Cohen 1988 Leonard Cohen 1992 From the album 'The Future': Leonard Cohen 2001 Album with Sharon Robinson Leonard Cohen 2008 Leonard Cohen 2009 Leonard Cohen 2012 Album Leonard Cohen 2013
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Leonard Cohen Photo: Michael Ochs Archives Source: The Leopard
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Mary Hopkin Source: PDX RETRO |
Born in Wales in 1950,
Mary Hopkin
[1,
2/Timeline/Disco] made her
first recordings in 1968 for the Cambrian label in Wales, an EP of Welsh
folk songs including 'Llais Swynol' and 'Mary Ac Edward'. That
same year she was recommended to
Paul McCartney by fashion model, Twiggy,
thus released her first single for Apple Records, 'Those Were the Days', in
1968 as well. That reached the top of the chart in the UK, #1 in the United
States on the AC. Her debut album, 'Postcard', was issued the next year. Her
single in 1969, 'Goodbye', climbed to #2 in the United Kingdom, #6 in the
States. In 1970 'Knock, Knock Who's There?' rose to #2 in the UK, #11 in the
US. That same year saw 'Que Sera Sera' visiting #7 in the US. In 1971
she married record producer Tony Visconti (divorced 1981) before touring to
Australia that year. She thus also recorded numerously as Mary
Visconti. Hopkin released her last of thirteen albums [Wikipedia] as of this
writing in 2013: 'Painting By Numbers'. Composers contributing to her
recordings at
1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
Lyrics.
Interviews.
Twitter. Further reading:
*. Mary Hopkin 1968 Live performance Composition: Pete Seeger Mary Hopkin 1969 Composition: Paul McCartney (Lennon/McCartney) Album Live performance Music: Boris Fomin Lyrics: Gene Raskin Mary Hopkin 1970 Live performance Aka 'Dona Dona' Originally 'Dana Dana' Composition: Sholom Secunda/Aaron Zeitlin Composition: John Carter/Geoff Stephens Composition: Philamore Lincoln Mary Hopkin 1971 Composition: Ralph McTell Mary Hopkin 1981 Live performance Composition: Tom Springfield Mary Hopkin 1984 Live performance w Oasis Composition: Peter Skellern Mary Hopkin 2013 Composition: Mary Hopkin Album: 'Painting By Numbers'
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Ralph
McTell [1,
2,
3]
was born in Kent in 1944. He busked his way throughout Europe in 1965, until he found himself
married in 1966 [Wikipedia]. With an additional stomach to fill by 1967, McTell acquired
a contract with Transatlantic records the same year. 'Eight Frames a Second',
his debut album, released in 1968. His second
album, 'Spiral Staircase', was released the next year, followed by 'My
Side of Your Window' in 1969 as well. By 1970 he was able to seat London's
Royal Festival Hall. McTell has recorded extensively, issuing about forty
albums per Wikipedia to as late as 'About Time Too' in 2017. Much of
McTell's material wasn't of a nature intended for the charts, though
'Streets of London' rose to #2 in the UK in '74. He wasn't well-known in the
United States though he toured there, his first occasion in 1971 after 'You
Well-Meaning Brought Me Here'. He first toured to Australia in 1976 after
performances at the Montreax Jazz Fest and Royal Albert Hall the same year.
Highlighting the eighties was his television program for children, 'Alphabet
Zoo' in '83 and '84, he also hosting his own show for BBC Radio 2 about that
time. His next program for children was 'Tickle on the Tum' first
broadcasting in '84. 1986 saw the issue of 'The Best of Tickle on the Tum'
(Mays TPG 008) w Jacqui Reddin. Highlighting the nineties was his accompaniment in '95
to the Bill Connolly film, 'Musical Tour of Scotland'. The new millennium
saw McTell's 'As Far As I Can Tell' issued in 2007 to coincide with his
autobiography titled likewise. He later toured the Celtic nations of the
British Isles (Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland, Wales) toward the
release of 'Celtic Cousins' in 2014. Yet active, McTell maintains a
tour schedule at his website and
maintains a Facebook page. McTell generally composed his own
titles from such as 'Clown' and 'Summer Come Along' in 1969 to 'Geordie's on
the Road' in '84 and 'The Hiring Fair' in '85. Songwriting credits at
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7.
McTell on the making of individual albums.
McTell in visual media. Tracks below are alphabetical by
year. McTell wrote all titles but as noted. Ralph McTell 1969 From the album 'My Side of Your Window': Composition: McTell/Gary Petersen Silver Birch and Weeping Willow From the album 'Spiral Staircase': Ralph McTell 1976 Live performance Ralph McTell 1986 Live performance Live performance Ralph McTell 1990 Live performance Ralph McTell 2006 From the CD 'The Journey':
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Ralph McTell Source: Betty Lou |
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 Painting by Joni Mitchell Source: Pagan Sphinx |
Canadian, Joni Mitchell [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], born Roberta Joan Anderson in Alberta in 1943, began her career as a folk singer, to come up with blends of pop, jazz and rock that would continually prove her among the more gifted composers to bloom out of the early folk-rock rock period in California in the latter sixties. She began singing professionally as an art student at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary [Wikipedia]. She quit art school to sing at a coffeehouse for $15 a week. She wrote her first song at age 20, on a train to Toronto with intentions of becoming a folk singer. She left Canada for Detroit with folk singer Chuck Mitchell in 1965, whom she married in June of that year. They stayed together only a couple years, after which Mitchell moved to New York City and began touring the East Coast. She was playing a gig at the Gaslight South in Coconut Grove, Florida, when David Crosby discovered her and took her to Los Angeles. Her first album, 'Song to a Seagull', was released in 1968, due largely to Crosby's assistance in Hollywood. She played guitar and piano on that. Mitchell's second album was 'Clouds' in 1969, 'Ladies of the Canyon' in 1970 (platinum), 'Blue' in 1971 (platinum), 'Court and Spark' in 1974 (platinum), 'The Hissing Of Summer Lawns' in '75, 'Hejira' in '76. Included on the latter was 'Furry Sings the Blues' about Furry Lewis who reportedly disliked the song so much as to ask for royalties [1, 2]. 1977 saw Mitchell's issue of 'Don Juan's Reckless Daughter', '79 of 'Mingus'. As of this writing, Mitchell's last album, 'Shine', was released in 2007, the same year jazz keyboardist, Herbie Hancock, issued his tribute to Mitchell with a string of her compositions on 'River: The Joni Letters', that to win the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 2008. Mitchell is one of the more masterful composers to have arisen from out of the youth folk fuss on the West Coast in the latter sixties (as compared among the avant-garde of the sixties folk-rock period to Bob Dylan who had begun his career in Greenwich Village on the East Coast). She involved herself little, however, with any so-called youth movement or activism of that period. She may have put a flower in her hair somewhere along the way, but not all youths were hippies and neither was she. Mitchell did, though, address concerns along the path of her career like materialism with 'Shiny Cars' and televangelism with 'Tax Free' in 1985, those on her album, 'Dog Eat Dog'. She regards the theft of land from the American Indian on 'Lakota' in 'Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm' in 1988. Mitchell's budding career saw her writing such as 'Night in the City' and 'I Had a King' on her 1968 album 'Song to a Seagull'. She authored 'Woodstock' on 'Ladies of the Canyon' in 1969. Mitchell hadn't performed at Woodstock though. She composed 'Woodstock' upon hearing what Graham Nash had related to her about that festival which took place in August of 1969, Mitchell first performing the song at the Big Sur Folk Festival in September. Mitchell composed and recorded some of the most beautiful ballads of the 20th century, such as 'River' and 'A Case of You' on 'Blue' in 1972. She wrote 'Help Me' on her album, 'Court & Spark', the song charting at #7 in the US on the Hot 100. Other titles by Mitchell were such as 'Sweet Bird' and 'Shadows and Light' on her 1975 release of 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns'. Her composition, 'Come in from the Cold' on 'Night Ride Home', charted at #9 in 1991. Among the more sophisticated of composers to develop out of the sixties West Coast folk-rock era, one might appreciate Mitchell like a glass of Benedictine D.O.M. on ice. Other of her compositions listed at 1, 2. Other songwriting and production credits at 1, 2, 3, 4. Mitchell in visual media. Beyond music, Mitchell was also a painter [1, 2, 3]. At top left is her cover to 'Both Sides Now' issued in 2000. Interviews: 1979 (text), 2013 (video). Articles on Mitchell and jazz: 1, 2. Further reading: Frank Houston; 'New Yorker' '17. Mitchell at Facebook and Twitter . All titles below were written by Mitchell except as noted. Joni Mitchell 1968 From the album 'Song to a Seagull': Joni Mitchell 1969 From the album 'Clouds': Live performance Joni Mitchell 1971 Album Joni Mitchell 1972 Album: 'For the Roses' Joni Mitchell 1974 From the album 'Court and Spark': Music: Wardell Gray Lyrics: Annie Ross Joni Mitchell 1975 From the album 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns': Composition: Mitchell/John Guerin Joni Mitchell 1976 Album: 'Hejira' Joni Mitchell 1979 Filmed concert Joni Mitchell 2000 Both Sides Now First version by Judy Collins 1967 Joni Mitchell 2007 Album: 'Shine'
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Joni Mitchell Source: Wand'rin' Star |
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The New Seekers Source: Last FM |
When the Seekers disbanded
in 1969 Keith Potger [b 41/1,
2] formed the New Seekers
[1,
2], which
group released it's single in 1969: 'Meet My Lord'/'Zarsis' (Phillips
334706). Those were included on their first LP, 'The New Seekers', in 1970. The New Seekers
were part folk group, part pop group, which has undergone not a few
personnel
changes over the years, retaining only Paul Layton who joined the group in 1970.
Originally consisting of Laurie Heath, Chris Barrington, Marty Kristian, Eve
Graham and Sally Graham (no relation to Eve), after the issue of their first
LP the group came to Eve Graham, Lyn Paul, Marty Kristian, Peter Doyle and
Paul Layton for 'Keith Potger and the New Seekers' in 1970. 'Look What
They've Done to My Song, Ma'/'It's a Beautiful Day' (Elektra 45699) saw
issue in 1970, the former title also included on the New Seeker's third
album, 'Beautiful People'. 'New Colours' ensued in '71, followed by 'We'd
Like to Teach the World to Sing' in '72, that LP to rise to #2 in the UK.
Several LPs followed to 'Farewell Album' after which the New Seekers
officially disbanded, though new formations arose to record into the
eighties to as late as 'Let the Bells Ring Out Forever'/'It Won't Be the
Same' (Tomcat TNS 1) in 1985. Decades later in 2006 Layton toured with a
whole new group consisting of Donna Jones, Francine Rees, Mick Flinn and
Mark Hankins toward the 2007 album, 'Live'. The New Seekers were a big deal
in the UK and Ireland, less so in the States though anyone with a radio
likely heard such as 'What Have They Done to My Song, Ma' which rose to #4
on the AC in 1970 and 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing' which alighted
at #7 on the AC. Wikipedia has the latter derived from the commercial
jingle, 'Buy the World a Coke', by Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway from a line
supplied by advertising executive, Bill Backer: "I'd like to buy the world a
Coke". 'Buy the World a Coke' was derived from Cook and Greenaway's 'True
Love and Apple Pie' in 1971, a prior Coca Cola jingle sung by Susan Shirley.
Discographies w various credits at
1,
2. The New Seekers in
visual media. The New Seekers 1970 Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma Composition: Melanie Safka The New Seekers 1972 Live performance Composition: Tony Cole/Steve Wolfe/Graeme Hall Live performance Composition: Harry Chapin Composition: Neil Young Composition: Alan Tarney/Trevor Spencer I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Composition: Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway Composition: Melanie Safka The New Seekers 1973 Live performance Composition: Pete Townshend The New Seekers 1974 Composition: Geoff Stephens/Tony Macaulay Composition: Tony Macaulay
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