katie_sane Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #72 A massive FIVE songs are currently not on the Songfacts database from this week's picks: My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars (1978) My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (1973) It's So Nice To Be With You - Gallery (1972) Hold Your Head Up - Argent (1972) Do It Again - The Beach Boys (1969) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. The Songfish thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Straight from Wiki on "Do It Again" Do It Again (Beach Boys song) Single by The Beach Boys from the album 20/20 Released July 15, 1968 Format Vinyl Recorded June, 1968 Genre Pop Length 2:25 Label Capitol Records Producer(s) The Beach Boys Peak chart positions • #20 (US) • #1 (UK) The Beach Boys singles chronology "Friends"/"Little Bird" (1968) "Do It Again"/"Wake the World" (1968) "Bluebirds over the Mountain"/"Never Learn Not to Love" (1968) "Do It Again" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single by The Beach Boys in 1968 on Capitol Records. The song was recorded in May and June of 1968 and was included on the bands 1969 album 20/20. On the song there are some hammering sounds at the end of the track that originated from the Smile workshop session. Brian Wilson sings falsetto on the studio track but in concert his part was replaced by horns as evident on the Live In London 1970 live album version. The B-side of the single release was "Wake the World". The song was credited as being produced by The Beach Boys. It features Mike Love on lead vocals The song is only available in mono (or rechanneled stereo on the 20/20 LP) because the true stereo master was lost in the making of Stack-O-Tracks. The lyrics were reportedly inspired by a day Mike Love spent surfing with a friend[citation needed]. The Endless Harmony soundtrack features the song with alternate lyrics. The song can be found on 20/20 and many of the Beach Boys best of albums. Wall of Voodoo covered the track on their last studio album, Happy Planet. The song was most recently featured in the movie Happy Feet and subsequently was featured on the film's soundtrack. It was also the first song to be played after WCBS-FM reverted from the Jack FM format back to their oldies format on July 12, 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 "It´s so nice to be with you" The Gallery Wikipedia: 1972 song called "(It's So) Nice to Be with You," written by Jim Gold. The song was Arranged & Produced by Dennis Coffey & Mike Theodore and released by Sussex Records, which earned the band a gold record for sales of one million copies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 "My Best Friend´s Girl" The Cars Written by Ric Ocasek, released in 1978 in their first album, "The Cars". It was also their second single. allmusic says: Although much was made of their sense of new wave cool during their heyday, the real reason that the Cars' recorded work holds up so well is that it is built on solid pop songwriting. For proof, a listener need look no further than "My Best Friend's Girl." The Cars' recorded version has an unmistakably new wave feel but a look at its components as a song reveal it is pure pop through and through. The lyrics, which depict a man's frustrated desire for the charms of a girl who is dating his best friend, are the kind of classic pop-song scenario that has been utilized by everyone from Elvis Presley ( "The Girl of My Best Friend") to Rick Springfield ( "Jessie's Girl"). However, lyricist Ric Ocasek adds his own nifty twist the story with the lines "She's my best friend's girl/But she used to be mine." The music also stays firmly in a pop vein by crafting a melody with a solid verse-chorus pop structure and layering its verses with singalong counterpoint lines to the main vocal melody. The Cars' recording pushes the song into new wave territory with a musical blend of sharp-edged guitar riffs, glacial synthesizer lines, and the irony-drenched vocal delivery of Ocasek. Just the same, it retains its pop center with elements like handclaps and the call-and-response interplay between Ocasek and the background vocals. This tension between crowd-pleasing pop hooks and new wave irony made "My Best Friend's Girl" stand out from the pack and it became a Top 40 hit as a result. It remains a favorite new wave oldie for radio programmers and one of the classics of the Cars' catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 "Hold Your Head Up" Argent It was written by Rod Argent and Chris White and released in 1972 as part of their third album, "All Together Now". It was their biggest hit and it reached #5 in the US charts. From www.rodargent.com: By 1970... Argent was touring successfully and building a loyal following, but still without a hit. The situation was about to change, with the next album 'All Together Now'. At this period in the UK, it was considered unhip to release singles - if you were to be taken seriously, you had to be an 'album' band. Argent were due to embark on a big tour, and the idea was to promote the new album, which, incidentally, was being recorded at Abbey Road in an attempt to widen and deepen the group's sound. Unfortunately, however, the record was not yet finished. CBS (or Epic by now, to be accurate), screamed for something and the band agreed, not to a single release (too uncool), but an EP which would feature as the title track 'Hold Your Head Up', a six minute track containing a three minute organ solo. The record was duly released and the tour started. Alan Freeman, a UK DJ, championed the record, and played 'Hold Your Head Up' on his weekly show week in and week out - in spite of it's length. Because of this, the record continued to bubble stubbornly outside the Top 50, and the band went to Europe to continue its tour. While on tour, they were contacted by Epic who said they had edited the track to three minutes (by taking out the organ solo!) and were amazed to find on their return that the (by now) single had entered the top 50. A 'Top of the Pops' appearance followed, which resulted in 'Hold Your Head Up' leaping up the charts and reaching a Top 5 position (a result which was mirrored almost exactly in the States). 'All Together Now', therefore, became the band's first hit album, although it is a bit of a curate's egg - great in parts, but already showing signs of the polarisation between Rod and Russ, and lacking the unity which characterises the previous two albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Do It Again was featured prominently on the soundtrack of Happy Feet, an Academy Award-winning Australian-produced 2006 computer-animated comedy-drama film, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was released in North America on November 17, 2006 and produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 "My Maria" B.W. Stevenson Released in 1973 by B.W.Stevenson. Written by B.W. Stevenson and Daniel Moore. It was in the Top ten. That´s all I know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 My Maria Written and originally performed by B.W. Stevenson (born Louis Stevenson 10/5/49 in Dallas Texas) Stevenson died 4/28/88 at the age of only 38 years, following heart valve replacement surgery The B.W. stands for "Buck Wheat" Stevenson's original version of the song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1973 It was also a #1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart It was the only Top 40 hit of his career, although he was the first artist to record the song "Shambala" that was made famous by the band Three Dog Night The song was remade in 1996 by country superstars Brooks & Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Thanks Guys! The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten Facts #73 THREE songs needing facts this week: Do Ya - The Move (1972) Bernadette - The Four Tops (1967) Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night (1971) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. The Songfish thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Do Ya ~ The Move The Song was written by Jeff Lynne and first recorded by The Move and became a hit for Electric Lights Orchestra (originally a side project of the Move) in 1976 the song was originally called "Look Out Baby, There's a Plane A-Comin'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 "Bernadette" The Four Tops from wikipedia: Single from the album Reach Out B-side(s) "Something About You" Released February 16, 1967 Format 7" single Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1966 Peak chart positions * #4 (US Pop Singles) * #3 (US R&B Singles) "Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. Depicting a man's excessive desire and jealousy over his girlfriend, "Bernadette" reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was The Four Tops's final Top 10 hit of the 1960s; 1972's "Keeper of the Castle" would return them to the Top 10 five years later. * Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs * Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers * Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr. * Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Do Ya ~ The Move The Song was written by Jeff Lynne and first recorded by The Move and became a hit for Electric Lights Orchestra (originally a side project of the Move) in 1976 the song was originally called "Look Out Baby, There's a Plane A-Comin'" I have some more from wikipedia... The Move released what turned out to be a farewell disc, a "maxi-single" in 1972 consisting of "California Man", "Ella James" (from Message), and "Do Ya." "Do Ya" became the Move's best-known song in the U.S.; it was The Move's only song to reach the American Top 100 charts, if only the lower rungs (#93). (The Electric Light Orchestra's remake of "Do Ya," recorded after Wood's departure, was a significant US hit in 1977). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 "Never Been to Spain" Three Dog Night Written by Hoyt Axton and released in their seventh album, "Harmony", in 1971. The single reached #5 in the US pop singles chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten Facts #74 Three songs needing facts: Atlantis - Donovan (1968) Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett (1966) Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five (1966) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. The Songfish thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 "Atlantis" Donovan Single released in 1968 in UK, where it reached # 23 in he charts. It was released in 1969 in the US and was #7. Bside: "I love my shirt". Written by Donovan Leitch. from wikipedia:The introduction is a quiet monologue regarding the idea that Atlantis was a highly advanced antediluvian civilization, and that Atlantean colonists were the basis of the mythological gods of ancient times. Aware of their fate, the Atlanteans sent out ships to carry their masters to safety, and these people were responsible for bringing civilization and culture to primitive humans. When the song begins in earnest, it conveys the message that the singer's true love may be in Atlantis. The overall theme is common for the 1960s: fanciful mythology as the symbol of the counterculture movement, with the hope that true love will be found if ever "Atlantis" can be reached. The song shows heavy influences from The Beatles, and, in fact, Paul McCartney is responsible for the tambourine playing and singing backing vocals. Contract disputes at the time caused a complicated series of different releases in the United Kingdom and United States. It was originally released in the UK as a single with "I Love My Shirt" as the B-side. In 1969 it was released in the US on the album Barabajagal. The LP was not released in the UK, however, and "Atlantis" was next released in the US as the B-side to "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting". The song was not deemed likely to be a hit in the US because of its length and the fact that the first third of the song is spoken prose and therefore not "radio-friendly". It was for this reason that, despite its success in Europe, "Atlantis" was demoted to B-side status. However, the producers were proved wrong when the popularity of "Atlantis" far surpassed that of its A-side. Paul McCartney was known to have contributed to the recording, which may have been partially responsible for the song's radio success, and the song itself became an anthem of the hippie movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 "Land of 1000 Dances" Wilson Pickett From wikipedia: "Land of a Thousand Dances" is a soul song first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962. Famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which was added by Cannibal & the Headhunters in 1965, the song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett R&B chart-topping 1966 recording. It has been covered by various other bands and artists including the Thee Midniters (1965), J. Geils Band (1983), Guy, Sam & Dave, Rezillos, The Action, The Residents, The Mummies, Patti Smith (on her seminal album Horses), Ted Nugent, and Bill Haley & His Comets, who scored a 1966 hit with the song in Latin America. Vinnie Jones also covered the song on his 2002 album Respect. Despite the title, in the original recording by Chris Kenner only sixteen dances are specifically mentioned: the Pony, the Chicken, the Mashed Potato, the Alligator, the Watusi, the Twist, the Fly, the Jerk, the Tango, the Yo-Yo, the Sweet Pea, the Hand jive, the Slop, the Bop, the Fish and the Popeye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Thanks for your contributions to this Thread, edna. I'm afraid I'm a bit lax in contributing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Well, I like to do it. I learn a lot wikipeding or allmusing... I also try to look for info on old magazines and books, even some record reviews from the 60s or 70s.... that I usually never find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Well done ! I love reading old Record Sleeves and CD liner notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 "Psychotic Reaction" The Count Five From wikipedia again... "Psychotic Reaction" is an early psychedelic/garage rock song released by the band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their only album. This song was popular in the Vietnam War era, and appears in the game Battlefield Vietnam. The song was covered by The Cramps on their 1983 live mini-album, Smell of Female, and by Nash the Slash on his album American Bandages. Television included this in their early sets, over-emphasising the "rave-up" section. This song is also played live on the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Playback boxed set by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 I´m sure there is more info about these songs... I didn´t look up in allmusic, for instance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Thankyou, thankyou The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #75 Only ONE song seeking facts: Govinda - Kula Shaker If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. The Songfish thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I will let Radhi do this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Thanks, Elena We're in the big league now okay, with the help of Wikipedia, I get this: Govinda is one of the many names of Lord Krishna. The lyrics of the song are said have been taken from a Sanskrit devotional song to Krishna previously recorded by singers from Radha Krsna Temple in a 1970 album produced by George Harrison. Crispian Mills mentioned it was an improvisation of a Hindu prayer to Krishna. The lyrics are mainly made up of the different names for Krishna - Govinda, Gopala, Radharamana, Nrsinghadev, and Gaura Hari It is the only British Top Ten hit to to have been sung entirely in Sanskrit. Govinda was the second single off Kula Shaker's debut album K. An alternate version of the song - Govinda '97, Hari and St. George appeared on the Summer Sun EP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thanks Radhi! The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #76 Only one lonely song missing from Songfacts this week: Signs - Five Man Electric Band (1970) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. The Songfish thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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