Another enjoyable vicarious jaunt, Mark! What a great selection of disparate music! I'd never heard of Bettie before, and it was cool seeing Tony Orlando & Dawn (thanks for the variety show clip...even though lip-synched, it's fun to see them doing it "live." They were introduced as just "Dawn," which was how they were billed out the gate, but they top-billed Tony in short order).
Did you know Tony wrote songs in the early '60s for Don Kirshner (near, not in, The Brill Bldg!), and Clive Davis hired him in the late '60s to manage April-Blackwood Music, CBS Records' publishing arm? In the early '70s, he signed, wrote with, and produced little Barry Manilow, as his act was called Featherbed (in other words, Tony was a record exec!).
Here's the first iteration of Barry and Tony's "Could It Be Magic" in '71. A couple years later, Barry re-worked Tony's lyrics with Adrienne Anderson's lyrics, the one that became the hit. Here's Featherbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PCj8mgG5U
I figured you’d appreciate the Tony Orlando & Dawn song Brad! I went with the lip synced variety show rather than a video with an image of a record cover. It’s a fun little video. I was surprised they were introduced as “Dawn”!
I didn’t know that Tony Orlando had become a record exec! And certainly not that he worked with Barry Manilow. Pretty sure I’ve never even heard of Featherbed, thanks for the link!
Well, that's what I try to do....if there's not a live concert vid, or a live TV gig, then I, too, much prefer a lip-synched version than a static shot of a record! What's interesting (and still in NY), is that Manilow was doing this Featherbed stuff concurrently (or maybe just a hair after) with his accompanying Bette Midler at the Continental Baths, as her arranger and piano player ('70 or so), before getting signed to Atlantic('72) before Barry's Bell contract ('73).
Another far flung musical journey! I am late to reading these, but I admire your enthusiasm for hiking in mud and rain! I’d be inside and dry in a hot minute! My younger self had done rainy backpack trips but I’m less enamored with that now....I didn’t know the KLF so you turned me on to a new band! I dug that one! And the others of course. I grew up with Tony Orlando and Dawn (not literally--they were played by my parents) and still have a fondness for their repertoire!
Yeah Bettie Serveert dropped off my radar until a few years ago and I’ve been doing back into them recently. Lamprey was my intro to the band and then I went back and bought Palomino, another great record. They had a 1997 album called Dust Bunnies which was only alright for me, not sure whether they did much after that.
Another enjoyable vicarious jaunt, Mark! What a great selection of disparate music! I'd never heard of Bettie before, and it was cool seeing Tony Orlando & Dawn (thanks for the variety show clip...even though lip-synched, it's fun to see them doing it "live." They were introduced as just "Dawn," which was how they were billed out the gate, but they top-billed Tony in short order).
Did you know Tony wrote songs in the early '60s for Don Kirshner (near, not in, The Brill Bldg!), and Clive Davis hired him in the late '60s to manage April-Blackwood Music, CBS Records' publishing arm? In the early '70s, he signed, wrote with, and produced little Barry Manilow, as his act was called Featherbed (in other words, Tony was a record exec!).
Here's the first iteration of Barry and Tony's "Could It Be Magic" in '71. A couple years later, Barry re-worked Tony's lyrics with Adrienne Anderson's lyrics, the one that became the hit. Here's Featherbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PCj8mgG5U
One new music trade for another!😁👍
I figured you’d appreciate the Tony Orlando & Dawn song Brad! I went with the lip synced variety show rather than a video with an image of a record cover. It’s a fun little video. I was surprised they were introduced as “Dawn”!
I didn’t know that Tony Orlando had become a record exec! And certainly not that he worked with Barry Manilow. Pretty sure I’ve never even heard of Featherbed, thanks for the link!
Well, that's what I try to do....if there's not a live concert vid, or a live TV gig, then I, too, much prefer a lip-synched version than a static shot of a record! What's interesting (and still in NY), is that Manilow was doing this Featherbed stuff concurrently (or maybe just a hair after) with his accompanying Bette Midler at the Continental Baths, as her arranger and piano player ('70 or so), before getting signed to Atlantic('72) before Barry's Bell contract ('73).
Another far flung musical journey! I am late to reading these, but I admire your enthusiasm for hiking in mud and rain! I’d be inside and dry in a hot minute! My younger self had done rainy backpack trips but I’m less enamored with that now....I didn’t know the KLF so you turned me on to a new band! I dug that one! And the others of course. I grew up with Tony Orlando and Dawn (not literally--they were played by my parents) and still have a fondness for their repertoire!
Bettie Serveert! That's a name I haven't heard in a minute. I loved Palomine. Not sure I've ever heard Lamprey? I'll have to give it a spin.
And a huge +1 to Misty Morning! That's one of my fave Marley tracks.
Yeah Bettie Serveert dropped off my radar until a few years ago and I’ve been doing back into them recently. Lamprey was my intro to the band and then I went back and bought Palomino, another great record. They had a 1997 album called Dust Bunnies which was only alright for me, not sure whether they did much after that.