「手拍子ソング」 その後（６）

 

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The Beach Boys – It’s O.K.（1976/08/30 stereo 45）
ビーチ・ボーイズ – イッツ・オーケイ
from the album “15 Big Ones”（1976）偉大なる15年

produced by Brian Wilson
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 29, Cash Box 39, Record World 49 – A/C Peak: 33
Follow-up single release to their Top 5 hit “Rock And Roll Music”.

（２０２３年６月８日）

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Lady Flash – Street Singin’（1976/06 stereo 45）
デュランデュランデュランデュラン、シュバッチバ
Reparata and the Delrons の Reparata Mazzola が在籍。

arranged by Barry Manilow
produced by Barry Manilow & Ron Dante
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 27, Cash Box 34, Record World 45
Doo-Lang, Doo-Lang! You’ll note that Barry Manilow’s name is all over the credits of this retro ‘girl group’ romp. The trio called Lady Flash was, in fact, Barry’s featured backup group between 1974 and 1979. For very brief summaries about each member （most notably Debra Byrd）, see their Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Flash

Lady Flash – Street Singin’（1976/06 mono radio promo 45）

arranged by Barry Manilow
produced by Barry Manilow & Ron Dante
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 27, Cash Box 34, Record World 45
Doo-Lang, Doo-Lang! You’ll note that Barry Manilow’s name is all over the credits of this retro ‘girl group’ romp. The trio called Lady Flash was, in fact, Barry’s featured backup group between 1974 and 1979. For very brief summaries about each member （most notably Debra Byrd）, see their Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Flash

Bettye Swann – Lonely Love（1967/08）
シングル “Fall In Love With Me” のＢ面。

（２０２３年６月２５日）

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The Sylvers – Hot Line（1976/09 stereo 45 single version）
シルヴァーズ – 二人のホット・ライン
チャチャっと手拍子が入る。
過去に「東西首脳ホット・ライン設置」「ウォーターゲート盗聴事件」などが話題となったことを踏まえた詞作で、失恋した若者が連絡を取りたい少女を見つけるためFBI や CIA に連絡するつもりだと電話交換手に伝えたりする内容。

arranged by Freddie Perren & Tom Sellers
produced by Freddie Perren
（debuted late’76） 1977 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 2, Cash Box 4, Billboard 5 – R&B Peak: 3
Million-selling hit for the family group…one of their two Top 10 Hot 100 singles （following “Boogie Fever” in 1976）. For the longer LP version,

The Sylvers – Hot Line（1976 mono radio promo 45）

arranged by Freddie Perren & Tom Sellers
produced by Freddie Perren
（debuted late’76） 1977 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 2, Cash Box 4, Billboard 5 – R&B Peak: 3
Million-selling hit for the family group…one of their two Top 10 Hot 100 singles （following “Boogie Fever” in 1976）. For the longer LP version,

The Sylvers – Hot Line（album version）
from the album “Something Special”（1976）二人のホット・ライン

（２０２３年７月２１日）

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Paul Nicholas – Heaven On The 7th Floor（UK:1977/05, US:1977/07 stereo 45）

produced by Christopher Neil
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 5, Billboard 6, Record World 8 – A/C Peak: 23 – UK Peak: 40 （BMRB）
The British singer-actor’s only U.S. Top 40 hit.

Paul Nicholas – Heaven On The 7th Floor（1977 mono radio promo 45）

produced by Christopher Neil
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 5, Billboard 6, Record World 8 – A/C Peak: 23 – UK Peak: 40 （BMRB）
The British singer-actor’s only U.S. Top 40 hit.

（２０２３年８月１６日）

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Addrisi Brothers – Slow Dancin’ Don’t Turn Me On（Short）（1977 stereo 45 single version）
アドリシ・ブラザーズ – スロウ・ダンシン（ショート・ヴァージョン）
Ｂ面は同曲の（Long）（ロング・ヴァージョン）。
途中、手拍子が入る。

produced by Norbert Putman
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 18, Billboard 20, Record World 25 – A/C Peak: 34
While “Never My Love” was the best-known composition by the singer-songwriter duo, this and “We’ve Got To Get It On Again” from 1972 were their most successful releases as performers. Here’s the longer LP track （also issued on the 45 B-side）

Addrisi Brothers – Slow Dancin’ Don’t Turn Me On（1977 mono radio promo 45）

produced by Norbert Putman
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 18, Billboard 20, Record World 25 – A/C Peak: 34
While “Never My Love” was the best-known composition by the singer-songwriter duo, this and “We’ve Got To Get It On Again” from 1972 were their most successful releases as performers. Here’s the longer LP track （also issued on the 45 B-side）

Addrisi Brothers – Slow Dancin’ Don’t Turn Me On（album version）
アドリシ・ブラザーズ – スロウ・ダンシン
from the album “Addrisi Brothers”（1977）ホット・デュオ

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Ginny Satin – Where Did All The Good Times Go（1965/01）
Ginny Satin = Diane Castle = Diana King
手拍子、カズーが入る。

“Calling all kazoos…..” Well, it may have just been an attempt at catching the the ears of the record buying public with a musical gimmick of sorts. Released in January 1965,’Where Did All The Good Times Go’ with its leanings toward the style of Phil Spectors work with a quirky inclusion of a duo of kazoos, is a head scratcher. Motown and the British invasion were in full swing at the time which made the arrangement of this recording sound as if it was released a couple of years too late. The flip side,’Hey Lover’ was a cover of a Debbie Dovale disc from September 1963 and not bad at all. Vocal credit on this Philips Records release is given to Ginny Satin. A clever girly name that was for some reason given to the gal whose real name was Diane King. She had already issued two discs prior on Decca （’Somebody Else’s Baby’ b/w’For The Love Of Mike’） and M~G~M （’Cry Bobby Cry’ b/w’My Heart Belongs To A Devil Of A Boy’） credited as Diane Castle. Her her last known single from September 1965 on the Claridge label,’That Kind Of Love’ b/w’Boy In The Raincoat’ she was credited as Diana King and the record is probably her best and highly recommended. After that disc, the whereabouts and goings on of Miss King are unknown. It is a pity really, as Diane had a wonderful voice both in the girl group style and as a single artist.

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