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Bensonhurst Blues (album)
"Bensonhurst Blues" is a song written by Artie Kaplan and Artie Kornfeld. It was originally released in 1971 on Kaplan's album ''Confessions Of A Male Chauvinist Pig''. Oscar Benton went on to record the song in 1973 for his ''Bensonhurst Blues'' album and again, eight years later, for the soundtrack for the French film ''Pour la peau d'un flic''. The latter version was subsequently released by EMI Records and enjoyed success in Europe. One of Benton's recordings also appears in the 1999 film ''La Bûche''. Bensonhurst Blues has been recorded in several different languages. Adriano Celentano included an Italian language version of the song („Vengo Dal Jazz“) on his 2004 album, ''C'è sempre un motivo''. The song has been recorded in Romanian by both Margareta Pâslaru and Aurelian Andreescu Aurelian Andreescu (; 12 May 1942 in Bucharest – 22 July 1986 in Constanța) was a Romanian singer. He is considered by some the greatest voice in Romanian history. He graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artie Kaplan
Artie Kaplan is an American recording artist, songwriter and a session musician. He has also been a music contractor where he was hired to musicians for sessions. In the 1960s, he was casting musicians for sessions for Aldon Music. When musician Joe Delia was asked about the best advice he had ever had, he said it was from Kaplan, who said "Always show up on time and bring a pencil." Background Kaplan is a singer-songwriter, producer and composer and the instruments he plays are saxophone, Clarinet, flute and piccolo. His saxophone playing and sax solos can be heard on over 150 songs that made it to the top 10. The songs he has played on are " 1-2-3" by Len Barry, "The Locomotion" by Little Eva, "Mandy" by Barry Manilow, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" by Neil Sedaka and " Sunday Will Never Be the Same" by Spanky & Our Gang. In 1972 he released an album with the title ''Confessions of a Male Chauvinist Pig''. In a review, Billboard Magazine's Sam Sutherland referred to it as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bûche
''Season's Beatings'' (french: La Bûche) is a French comedy-drama film directed by Danièle Thompson, released in 1999. Plot Following the recent death of her second husband, for Christmas, Yvette tries to meet the three daughters from her first marriage with Stanislas, the gypsy violinist, again. During the preparations, questions and revelations are well underway from Louba, the artist, Sonia, the middle child and Milla, the rebel. Yvette and Stanislas' daughters dreaded celebrating Christmas festivities because it coincides with the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. Ever since Yvette's divorce from Stanislas, and her remarriage, the siblings have had a strained relationship with their mother. Yvette and her daughters had an emotional reunion and reconciliation following the tragedy that took the life of her second husband. Cast * Sabine Azéma as Louba * Emmanuelle Béart as Sonia * Charlotte Gainsbourg as Milla * Claude Rich as Stanislas * Françoise Fabian as Yvette * Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |