05 Damned (By The Damned).mp3 
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05 Damned (By The Damned)
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The Mello-Kings The Mello-Kings were a doo-wop group who became popular in the late 1950s. Despite the fact that (More) The Mello-Kings were a doo-wop group who became popular in the late 1950s. Despite the fact that their only hit, "Tonite Tonite", never climbed higher than number 77 in the US charts, the single is still considered one of the most popular group harmony recordings of the era, more than three decades after its initial release. The group consisted of brothers Jerry and Bob Scholl, Eddie Quinn, Neil Arena and Larry Esposito. The quintet was formed in 1956 at a high school in Mount Vernon, New York, USA, under the guidance of manager Dick Levister. Originally named the Mellotones, the group was signed to the Herald label. "Tonite Tonite" was written by Billy Myles, a staff composer for the label. The group was forced to change its name after the single's release, as another group had already claimed Mellotones. The record lasted only 10 weeks in the US pop, and the group was never able to repeat this success. The group appeared in revival shows in the late 60's and early 70's. In 1975, lead singer Bob Scholl was tragically killed in a boating accident. The group disappeared from the scene for a couple of years until around 1977 when Jerry Scholl started it back up again. Certainly one of the most consistently popular oldies records over the years has been the Mellokings' "Tonite, Tonite." Strangely enough, the song was not a hit when released (except in certain regions), nor does it seem to have ever been a staple of street corner groups. In spite of this, it is usually in the Top 5 of most oldies surveys. The group responsible for this enigma was from Mount Vernon, New York (slightly north of New York City). In 1956, Bob Scholl (tenor), his younger brother, Jerry Scholl (high tenor), and Eddie Quinn (second tenor) got together as a result of try-outs for a version of "South Pacific," being held at Washington High School. Pianist/Arranger Dick Levister liked the way they sounded and formed them into a group, initially known as the Mellotones. Auditions brought in two additional members:, Neil Arena (baritone) and Larry Esposito (bass). The group's main influence was Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the originators of the "kid-sound" in popular music. In fact, the Mellotones were told they sounded too much like the Teenagers, so to create a different sound, Bob Scholl switched to lead. One night, they were appearing at an amateur show when they met a songwriter named Joe (whose last name has long since been forgotten). He promised to arrange an audition for them, if they would reciprocate by using it to sing one of his songs. When they agreed, he brought them to Al Silver, owner of Herald and Ember Records. Silver was taken with the group and signed them on the spot (although he hated Joe's tune). So Silver had a Herald/Ember staff songwriter named William Myles Nobles (who would record "The Joker" as "Billy Myles") audition three or four of his songs for the guys. The only one they liked was "Tonite, Tonite," which they took home and rehearsed, bringing the finished vocal back a week later. Sliver said "Let's go into the studio immediately and cut it." As the flip, they used a song written by Dick Levister, "Do Baby Do." After about a thousand copies had been pressed, everyone discovered that there was another Mellotones group around (this would have been Jerry Carr and the Mello-Tones, whose "Rosie Lee" was released, on Gee, the same month as "Tonite, Tonite"). A quick name change was in order and the "Mellokings" were born. (The "King" part came from Dick Levister's middle name. He had once been leader of the King Levister Orchestra and would become the keyboardist for the Earls [of "Remember When" fame] in the future.) The platter was reviewed on May 20, 1957, with "Do Baby Do" being ranked "excellent" ("Tonite, Tonite" was only "good"). Other reviews that week went to the Drifters' "Hypnotized," Shirley & Lee's "Rock All Night," Charlie & Ray's "Sweet Thing," Aaron Collin's "Rum, Jamaica Rum," the Titan's "G'win Home Calypso," the Channels' "What Do You Do," and the Mondellos' "100 Years From Today." In August, "Tonite, Tonite" was reported a Tip in Los Angeles. The song, although it has sold over 3 million copies to date, never made it past #87 on the national charts for 1957, hardly qualifying for hit status. In fact, everything happened so fast (or so slow) that the group never even realized that they had a hit. With the [limited] success of "Tonite, Tonite," the group went on the road doing one-nighters, sometimes for as long as three months at a time. Jerry Scholl, being of small stature, used to sleep in the luggage rack above the seats. On one tour, his "rack-mate" was Paul Anka. September 1957 was a busy month for the Mellokings. First, they appeared on American Bandstand on the 3rd (it's unclear what they sang). Then, Herald released "Chapel On The Hill" (another Billy Myles tune)/"Sassafras." After that, they went on Ted Steele's Bandstand (on WOR-TV, New York's Channel 9) to introduce the songs. On the basis of that appearance, they were booked into Washington D.C.'s Howard Theater for a week (starting September 20), followed by a week at Baltimore's Royal (starting the 27th). Both sides of the new disc were rated "excellent" on October 14. Other reviews that week were for the Titan's "Sweet Peach," the 5 Satins' "Our Anniversary," Billy Myles' "The Joker," the Crawford Brothers' "I Ain't Guilty," Don & Dewey's "Leavin' It All Up To You," the Juveniles' "I Lied," the Hollywood Flames' "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz," the Medallions' "Unseen," and the El Dorados' "A Rose For My Darling." Neither "Sassafras" nor any of their subsequent releases did well on the charts. Since they had a ballad on the market, the Mellokings felt that it was wrong for Herald to have pushed "Sassafras" (a Bob Crewe composition) as their next release. In all the time they were with Herald, they never really cut anything they wanted to cut. When asked the reason why none of their subsequent recordings went high on the charts, Jerry Scholl said, "Just the way the business was run in those days. The capital wasn't there. I think Herald wanted to back up 'Tonite, Tonite' with as big a hit but just didn't have the resources. Distribution was a big problem. You were trying to go up against the big companies. Here we were, a little operation. You had to hire peddlers in the street to run around with the record trying to break it in small towns and then start all over again. That was the difficulty in those days." However, Al Silver is remembered fondly by the group. He constantly had recording sessions for them. Unlike most record companies of the day, Herald stood behind its artists with as much promotion and financing as possible. The Mellokings appeared on American Bandstand with every new release and did hundreds of radio programs. Jerry recalls doing Bandstand at the time of their fourth or fifth release (just after "Tonite, Tonite" was re-released) and Dick Clark would not let them do the new song. They had to do "Tonite, Tonite" as it was then the #1 record in Philadelphia. [That was probably in the spring of 1958, since "Tonite, Tonite" had started to take off again in some markets.] When the Mellokings first started, the Rhythm & Blues/Rock 'n' Roll field was dominated by black groups. The Mellokings, therefore, sometimes played in tours where all the other groups (as well as most of the audience) were black. They played the Apollo (the week beginning October 4, 1957, along with Slim Galliard, the Del Vikings, Earl Bostic, and the Tunedrops), as well as the Howard, Royal, Regal, and Earl Theaters. They watched the other groups dance and with the help of manager/arranger Dick Levister, (who was black) taught themselves the choreography needed to impress their fans. Right after the Apollo stint, they made two appearances on American Bandstand (October 16 and 26). Later that month, they appeared with DJ George "Hound Dog" Lorenz (WKBW in Buffalo, New York) at the State Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Others on this Eighth Anniversary Show Of Stars were the Billy Williams Quartet, Roy Hamilton, the Tune Weavers, Little Joe, the Bobbettes, the Clovers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Thurston Harris, and Doc Bagby. November 8 found them at a show at Chicago's Regal Theater. Hosted by DJ Al Benson, it featured other acts booked by Archer Associates (the Dells, Titus Turner, Frankie Lee Sims, and Mercy Baby), as well as Big Maybelle, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Priscilla Bowman, and the Al Smith Orchestra. In December 1957, Herald released "Baby Tell Me Why, Why, Why" (another Dick Levister tune)/"The Only Girl." It was reviewed on December 16 (both sides "good"), along with the Sophomores' "Charades," the Turbans' "Congratulations," the Escorts' "Misty Eyes," the Rays' "Second Fiddle," the Dominoes' "When The Saints Go Marchin' In," the Wanderers' "Thinking Of You," and La Fets and Kitty's "Christmas Letter." On December 24, they performed the tunes on American Bandstand. Strangely, the record was reviewed again on January 6 (receiving the same ratings). January 1958 opened with the Mellokings part of an Irvin Feld touring show. This 17-day extravaganza featured the Everly Brothers, the Crickets, the Rays, the Hollywood Flames, Eddie Cochran, and Jimmy Rodgers. In March, they released "Valerie"/"She's Real Cool," which was reviewed on April 14 (with "Valerie"written by Paul Evans of "Seven Little Girls" famerated "excellent"). Other reviews that week were for the Chanters' "My My Darling," the Dells' "The Springer," Frankie Lymon's "Portable On My Shoulder," the Cadillacs' "Speedoo Is Back," the Turks' "Fathertime," and the 4 Jokers' "Written In The Stars." In February, Herald had announced that, almost a year after its initial release, sales of "Tonite, Tonite" were picking up again. Possibly as a reaction to that, they released an EP (as by the "Mello-Kings") with "Tonite, Tonite," "She's Real Cool," "The Only Girl (I'll Ever Love)," and "Do Baby Do." In May 1958, Herald imported a British album for resale in the U.S. It was called Dance To The Sweet Beat Of The Tony Crombie Orchestra. This was a strange title, as Crombie had been part of the British Rock 'n' Roll scene in 1957, when he was in the movie Rock, You Sinners. While that has little to do with our story, the term "Sweet Beat" will come up again in a moment. Sometime in the spring of 1958, Neil Arena left. The Mellokings continued on with four singers for a while. It was during this four-voice period that they recorded the footage of "Tonite, Tonite" that was later used in the British movie Sweet Beat. (Released November 1959, it also contained their labelmates, Billy Myles and the 5 Satins.) Within a few months after this, Larry Esposito also left, and the Mellokings got two new members: Louis Janacone and Tony Pinto. This was the group that recorded "Chip Chip" in November 1958. All the songs from that session were released over the next year and a half or so, but the group didn't record again for almost two years. "Chip Chip" and "Running To You" were released in January 1959. "Chip Chip" received an "excellent" review on February 9, along with the Flamingos' "But Not For Me," Lloyd Price's "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)," the Titans' "No Time," the Heartbeats' "One Million Years," Sheriff and the Ravels' "Shombalor," the Crescendos' "Sweet Dreams," Jo Medlin's "I Kneel At Your Throne," Sammy Turner's "Sweet Annie Laurie," and the Diablos' "I Am With You." Beginning on March 27, 1959, the Mellokings were part of Alan Freed's Easter Show at the Fabian-Fox Theater in Brooklyn. Others on the show were Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, the Cadillacs, the Impalas, Joe Medlin, Bobby Darin, Fabian, Duane Eddy, Dale Hawkins, the Skyliners, Thomas Wayne, Larry Williams, Bobby Freeman, Jo Ann Campbell, and Jimmy Clanton. Mid-1959 saw the release of a seminal Rock 'n' Roll album: Oldies But Goodies. "Tonite, Tonite" was deemed worthy to be included along with the likes of the Penguins' "Earth Angel," the Medallions' "The Letter," and the Meadowlarks' "Heaven And Paradise." [As far as I remember, this was the first time I'd ever heard "Tonite, Tonite." If not, I had certainly totally forgotten it since 1957.] It took until mid-1960 for the next Mellokings record to appear: "Our Love Is Beautiful"/"Dear Mr. Jock." These were two tunes from the November 1958 session. By this time, Eddie Quinn had left to pursue a solo singing and songwriting career. Quinn, along with Dick Levister, had written "The Only Girl," "Chip Chip," "Running To You," and "Our Love Is Beautiful." I'm only aware of him having had a single release, on Mark-X.) Finally, the Mellokings had another Herald session. From it came "Kid Stuff"/"I Promise" in September 1960. This group was a quartet: Jerry Scholl, Bobby Scholl, Louis Janacone, and Tony Pinto. In late 1960, Herald released The Mellokings Sing, an LP that had a nice selection of all their released tunes, along with the previously-unreleased "Once On A Windy Day" and "Starbright," both by the current group. March 1961 saw the next Mellokings record: "Penny"/"'Till There Was None." Their final Herald release came in October of that year: "Love At First Sight," backed with a reissue of 1958's "She's Real Cool." Sometime after this, Bobby Scholl was drafted. It's unclear who replaced him or even if they remained with four singers or expanded to five again. But they kept on recording and, in October 1962, "But You Lied"/"Walk Softly" were released on Lescay (as the "Mello-Kings"). A 1965 entry on Flashback was just reissue of "Tonight, Tonight" (note spelling), backed with "Thrill Me" (a Herald cut from a January 1957 session). By 1966, when they re-recorded "Tonite, Tonite" and "Chip Chip" for Lana, Bronxite Eddie Rabinowitz had joined the group (he called himself "Eddie Robbins"). [I vaguely remember him from the Concourse "Y," where I misspent part of my youth.] Other than Jerry Scholl, I have no idea who else was in the group. With many changes in personnel, the Mellokings have been performing non-stop since their "Tonite, Tonite" days. Today [this was written in 1981], the group is led by Jerry Scholl, who took over lead chores after the unfortunate drowning of his brother, Bob, in 1975. Eddie Quinn is a hotel manager in Las Vegas, Nevada; Neil Arena is an insurance agent; and Larry Esposito is in the construction business. In the new century, both Jerry Scholl and Eddie Robbins have active Mellokings groups. (Less)
Jackson Browne's 'The Load-Out' intro on piano This is the intro to Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out", as you might have guessed from (More) This is the intro to Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out", as you might have guessed from the title. When I was first learning this, I went on YouTube to get some help, but for some reason nobody has uploaded this song in any form. I can't figure out why, because it's a great song. So, I thought I would stick it up here so if anyone else is in the process of learning this tune they have something to go by. It's not perfect, I know (it's a little fast), but it's better than nothing.
Oh, and my room isn't as messy as it looks, there's just a lot of stuff in a small area. In fact, just for fun, I am going to tell you what everything in the shot is, starting on the left side going roughly clockwise. Ok, ready?... here goes.
- All the way on the left you see the corner of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" sheet music.
- On top of that is a tiny bit of the corner of a Beatles song book.
- A list of places around the world that I want to visit on top of that.
- A shiny blue and silver spiral design pencil.
- A guitar capo.
- The Beatles new "LOVE" CD (amazing).
- A standard #2 pencil (made in China).
- This weeks music lesson, "Two Guitars (Russian Gypsy Song)" I still don't know it.
- You can see the corner of a empty can of AXE.
- The thing on the wall above that is a paper cut out of a guitar (you can only see part of the neck)
- By the corner of the music page is a Wii remote.
- It's on top of a paper with suggestions for my friend's movie script.
- Then an original Game Boy.
- You see my door there, with a poster of Kurt Cobain on the top.
- Below that you can see the corner of a Wizard/Dragon poster than has half fallen down.
- My door knob with a special handle I put under it.
- To the right of the door is a Bob Dylan poster (my hero).
- Right next to that is a small picture of Jimmy Page.
- Below those posters is a big pile of clothes on a little table that I use to pile my clothes on.
- The bag on top of the pile is an Abercrombie and Fitch shirt I got for Christmas, with a moose on it, that I just opened. I don't like it because the sleeves are too short.
- Sticking out from behind the pile is the red top of a carpet cleaner spray.
- Right behind that is all my old NES games.
- On top of them is a blue clay bowl I made in high school art class, in which i have a bunch of change, some spent batteries and a bunch of 'Homies' out of the 50 cent machine.
- Behind that is some Game Cube/PS2 games and some DVDs.
- Also a few Sega Genesis, PS1, and N64 games, and a harmonica.
- All that stuff is on my dresser, with a mirror on the back, on which my harmonica holder hangs.
- Behind all that is a cool, sorta' surreal poster, with a Post-it note stuck on it, reminding me when my first piano lesson was (it's been there for like 7 months for some reason).
- In front of that you see a blue wooden "sculpture" I made in high school Art.
- Right next to that is a red can of fancy chocolates I got a few years ago (my aunt bought it for me 'cause it said Mozart on it, even though it's not the famous Mozart) it's pretty much the worst chocolate ever.
- To the left of that is an old digital camera
- On the right of the chocolate you can see a white line, which is Gran Turismo 4 for PS2.
- In the upper right you see the bottom corner of a poster that shows every Simpsons character.
- Below that, is a Napoleon Dynamite poster my cousin gave me.
- Below that is a guitar case with my Fender Telecaster in it (yeah I know, awesome right).
- Leaning on that is my banjo case.
- In front of that is a Stratocaster body with nothing on it that my friend gave me the other day.
- Leaning in front of that is a music stand.
- Below the guitar is some socks and a shirt.
- To the left of the socks is a weird old stuffed squash man toy with yellow feet.
- A USB chord by his foot.
- Go strait down and you can see the corner of my little amp sticking out from behind my leg.
- Then you see my leg, if my hands arn't in the way.
- And now we are back to my Kawai digital piano.
Phew... See, not messy at all, just stuff. I guess you could say it's... stuffy.
Please leave a comment and rate my video, it will help me feel complete. Any constructive criticism is great, just don't be pretentious or dumb.
If you took the time to read this I reward you with the sheet music. http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r220/altoidyoda/The_LoadOut.jpg?t=1175919065 If you need a larger version I can e-mail it to you, just send me a message.
(Filmed with a Kodak EasyShare Z710) (Less)
wayne st john - something s up love me like the first time.mp3 2009-07-25 - extension: mp3 - size: 9 MB
wayne st john - something s up love me like the first time
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