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Birthday (The Association Album)
''Birthday'' is The Association's fourth album. The album featured two hit singles, " Everything That Touches You", which hit number 10 in the charts, The Association USA chart history Billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012. and "Time for Livin, which reached number 39. This was the last LP by the group that spawned Top 40 hits. It peaked at number 23 in the Billboard charts. MacArthur Park The song "MacArthur Park", which was first recorded by Richard Harris, was originally offered to the Association for inclusion on this album. Producer Bones Howes challenged Jimmy Webb to write a pop song that incorporated classical instrumentation and an odd time signature, which he planned to have the Association record. According to rumors, the song was intended as a centerpiece for a twenty-four-minute cantata that would occupy one side of the record, but the group rejected the idea and were only interested (albeit reluctantly) in recording the “MacArthur Park” section. This rumor wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the ''Billboard'' charts (including " Windy", " Cherish", " Never My Love" and "Along Comes Mary") and were the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival. They are known for intricate vocal harmonies by the band's multiple singers. Their most well known lineup included; Terry Kirkman (vocals, woodwind instruments), Russ Giguere (vocals, guitar), Jim Yester (rhythm and lead guitar), Jules Alexander (lead and rhythm guitar), Brian Cole (bass) and Ted Bluechel Jr (drums) (and later Larry Ramos, who replaced Jules in early 1967.) History Beginnings Jules Alexander (born September 25, 1943, Chattanooga, Tennessee) was in Hawaii in 1962 serving a stint in the Navy when he met Terry Kirkman (born December 12, 1939, Salina, Kansas), a visiting salesman. Kirkman grew up in Chino, California, and attended Chaffey College as a music ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, five of which became No. 1 albums; he has had 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as both a vocalist (" This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979). Alpert has reportedly sold 72 million records worldwide. He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award, and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2013. Early life and career Herb Alpert was born and raised in the Boyle Heights section of Eastside Los Angeles, California, the younger child (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Deasy
Michael William Deasy (born February 4, 1941) is an American rock and jazz guitarist. As a session musician, he played on numerous hit singles and albums recorded in Los Angeles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He is sometimes credited as Mike Deasy Sr. Biography He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he learned to play guitar as a child. While still at high school, he played in bands backing visiting musicians such as Ricky Nelson and The Everly Brothers, and also played in Ritchie Valens' touring band with Bruce Johnston, Larry Knechtel, Sandy Nelson, and Jim Horn. After graduating in 1959, he joined Eddie Cochran's band, the Kelly Four, where he played both guitar and baritone sax and made his first recordings.Mike Deasy at Musicians Hall of Fame . Retrieved August 22, 2013< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bennett Cohen
David Bennett Cohen (born August 4, 1942) is an American musician best known as the original keyboardist and one of the guitar players for the late-1960s psychedelic rock and blues band Country Joe and the Fish. Early life and influences Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied classical piano from the age of seven, and later learned to play guitar. When he was fourteen, he heard boogie-woogie piano for the first time, and from then on his playing was influenced by boogie-woogie, as well as piano blues. When he was young he attended live performances of Otis Spann, Professor Longhair, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Seeger, Joshua Rifkin and Josh White, among others. In April 1961, he was one of the musicians involved in the "Beatnik Riot" in Washington Square Park, protesting against the authorities' refusal to allow musicians permits to play in the park. As a guitarist, who performed regularly in Greenwich Village, he started a folk group, the Lane County Bachelors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Pohlman
Merlyn Ray Pohlman (July 22, 1930 – November 1, 1990) was an American session musician and arranger who played both upright bass and bass guitar, and also did sessions as a guitarist. He is credited with being the first electric bass player in Los Angeles studios in the 1950s. Biography Pohlman was a first-call member of The Wrecking Crew, who recorded with Phil Spector and The Beach Boys. He was the musical director of the house band, "The Shindogs", on the 1960s television show ''Shindig!'' His bass guitar playing is credited on hundreds of tracks including The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations. Pohlman died of heart failure at the age of 60. Artists with whom Pohlman recorded Per AllMusic. * Richie Allen * Ann-Margret * The Association * Chet Baker * The Beach Boys * Pat Boone * Tim Buckley * Glen Campbell * Leonard Cohen * Sam Cooke * Doris Day * Dion * Duane Eddy * The Everly Brothers * The 5th Dimension * The Four Preps * Merle Haggard * Emmylou Harris * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Osborn
Joseph Osborn (August 28, 1937 – December 14, 2018Joe Osborn, Wrecking Crew Bassist, Dies at 81 ''Billboard''. Retrieved January 8, 2019.) was an American player known for his work as a session musician in with the Wrecking Crew and in |
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1943 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work. He became one of the regulars in Phil Spector's de facto house band, which Blaine nicknamed " the Wrecking Crew". Some of the records Blaine played on include the Ronettes' single "Be My Baby" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and the Byrds. Blaine's workload declined in the 1980s as recording and musical practices changed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well as the compilation album ''Pillows & Prayers''. In addition to releasing new music, Cherry Red also acts as an umbrella for individual imprints and catalogue specialists. Cherry Red was listed by ''Music Week'' as one of the UK's top ten record companies in Q1 2015 for sales of artist albums. History Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs) founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens. In the wake of the independent record boom that followed the advent of punk rock, founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) and Richard Jones released the label's first single, "Bad Hearts" by punk band The Tights in June 1978. Cherry Red's earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Cole (bass Guitarist)
Brian Leslie Cole (September 8, 1942 – August 2, 1972) was the bass guitarist, bass vocalist and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band the Association. Biography Brian was born in Tacoma, Washington to Perry Anthony Cole and Violet Elanor Cole. Before working as a musician, he was an Actor and Comedian. In 1966, he co-founded the Folk rock band The Association. Brian rarely sang lead, most notably singing lead on their song Reputation, featured on their 1967 album Insight Out. Cole became a heavy drug addict in his final years and died in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose at the age of 29, a few weeks before his 30th birthday. He has three sons, Jordan, Chandler, and Brant. Jordan Cole is now a member of the Association, and has provided keyboards, guitar, vocals and drums since 1999. Brant Cole is a drummer for the Los Angeles-based band Briana and the Fates. Brian is currently the only original member of the Association to have died. See also *List of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addrisi Brothers
The Addrisi Brothers were an American pop duo from Winthrop, Massachusetts. The brothers themselves were Donald "Don" Addrisi (December 14, 1938 – ) and Richard "Dick" Addrisi (born ). Biography Both Don and Dick played parts in their family's acrobatic group, The Flying Addrisis. In the 1950s, they got in touch with Lenny Bruce about starting a singing career and moved to California. The Addrisi Brothersat AllMusic They auditioned for parts on the '' Mickey Mouse Club'', but were rejected. Soon after, however, they signed to Del-Fi Records and recorded several singles. Aside from the modest chart hit "Cherrystone" (1959), these were not successes. Further releases from Imperial Records and Warner Bros. Records fared no better, so the pair began working more as songwriters. The Addrisi Brothers biggest success as a songwriting duo was " Never My Love", a hit for The Association; the brothers themselves had a hit with it in 1977. They also charted several more hit singles i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Kirkman
Terry Robert Kirkman (born December 12, 1939) is an American musician, who was the lead vocalist for the folk rock group the Association and writer of their hit songs " Cherish", " Everything That Touches You", and "Six Man Band" among many others. He was inducted as a member of the Association into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. Biography Kirkman was born in Salina, Kansas, and grew up in Chino, California, and attended Chaffey College as a music major. He was a salesman visiting Hawaii in 1962 when he met Jules Alexander, who was in the Navy at the time. The two promised to meet up when Alexander was discharged. Kirkman moved to Los Angeles with Alexander the following year and played with Frank Zappa before Zappa formed The Mothers of Invention. Kirkman and Alexander were members of a thirteen-piece band, The Men. The group disbanded in February 1965 and Kirkman and five other members formed their own band. They tried to think of names by going through a dictionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Ramos
Hilario D. "Larry" Ramos Jr. (April 19, 1942 – April 30, 2014) was a guitarist, banjo player, and vocalist with the 1960s American pop band the Association. In 1963, he won a Grammy with The New Christy Minstrels. Early years Ramos was of Filipino descent with a blend of Chinese and Spanish. He was born and raised in Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii. He was born to Larry Ramos Sr. and Pat Ramos. His father operated pool halls in Honolulu, Kakaako, and Kalaheo. Ramos' father taught him how to play the ukulele, learning "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" at the age of four. He recalled practicing on the floor of the hotel gift shop where his mother worked and sleeping with the instrument so he could wake up and play. He won a local music contest with his sister at the age of five, and when he was 7, Ramos played ukulele on ''The Arthur Godfrey Show'' after winning a statewide ukulele contest organized by Godfrey. That year, he also played ukulele and sang in the 1950 musical roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
