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Ciao Baby (song)
"Ciao Baby" is a song written by Larry Weiss and Scott English, and recorded by several artists. It was most successful in Australia and New Zealand, where a prominent local artist in each country released a hit version. Toys version The original release of "Ciao Baby" was on a single by American female vocal group the Toys in February 1967, followed soon after on singles by the Montanas and by Lynne Randell, both in March 1967. Montanas version The release by English band the Montanas was produced by the notable British composer, arranger and producer Tony Hatch. According to British music magazine ''Record Mirror'', 10,000 copies of the single sold in the United Kingdom, not enough to register on the unofficial British charts then in use. It was heard on Radio London, a pirate radio station where it was highlighted as a "climber" or predicted hit by disc jockey John Peel. It appeared once on Radio London's playlist chart The Fab 40, at number 31 on 19 March 1967, alongside th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toys
The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. Their most successful recording was "A Lover's Concerto" (1965), which sold more than two million copies and reached the number-two spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Members The trio consisted of: * Barbara Harris (born Barbara Ann Harris, August 18, 1945, Elizabeth City, North Carolina), who sang lead most of the time * Barbara Parritt (born October 1, 1944, Wilmington, North Carolina) * June Montiero (born July 1, 1946, Queens, New York) Career Barbara Harris started singing in her hometown churches at an early age and moved to Queens, New York, when she was 11 years old. In high school, she joined a group with four other young singers: Barbara Parritt (later Toomer), June Montiero, Betty Stokes and Betty Blocker. Stokes and Blocker eventually left the group, and Harris, Parritt and Montiero formed a trio. Bobby Uri, a manager and friend, named the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fab 40
The "Fab 40" (''i.e.'' "Fabulous Forty") was a weekly playlist of popular records used by the British pirate radio, "pirate" radio station "Wonderful" Wonderful Radio London, Radio London (also known as "Big L") which broadcast off the Essex coast from 1964 to 1967. Basis of the chart "Fab" (short for "fabulous") was a very fashionable adjective in the mid-1960s, associated with the Beatles, who were known as the "Fab Four", and much used by such trend-setters as Cathy McGowan (presenter), Cathy McGowan, who presented the weekly rock music show ''Ready Steady Go!'' on ITV (TV network), independent television. Unlike the charts published in the ''Melody Maker'', ''New Musical Express'' and other music papers (or, for that matter, used by the BBC or the rival pirate station Radio Caroline), the Fab 40 was not based on sales of records. Thus, although it mostly contained what was current and popular, it was often ahead of movements in the authentic charts and was subject to more d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Songs
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species '' Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Child (TV Series)
''Love Child'' is an Australian drama television series that follows the lives of staff and residents of the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and Stanton House in Sydney, starting in 1969 and continuing into the 1970s. The program was created by Sarah Lambert and was first broadcast on the Nine Network on 17 February 2014. The program is based on the real-life forced adoption in Australia for which former Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered a national apology to those affected in 2013. ''Love Child'' was renewed for a second series on 2 March 2014. The series was renewed for a third series on 23 February 2015. The series was renewed for a fourth series on 8 November 2016 at Nine's upfronts. In December 2017, ''Love Child'' was cancelled after four series. Background On 8 April 2013, the Nine Network announced a new drama project from Playmaker Media named ''Love Child'', an eight-part drama series by the creators of ''House Husbands''. Joint heads of drama at Nine, Andy Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Birdsall
Emma Birdsall (born 21 January 1992) is an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney. She was a participant in the first season of ''The Voice'', and placed in the top 16. Since then she has signed with Island Records Australia under the Universal Music Group, with her debut album set to be released in 2016. Her debut single, titled "Lovers & Friends", was released 16 August 2013. Birdsall has a recurring role in Nine Network's drama '' Love Child'', in which she also features on the soundtrack. Career She came to fame in 2012 as a finalist in Team Seal of ''The Voice Australia''. Performances Following ''The Voice'', Birdsall released "Lovers & Friends" and several songs in the following years through the soundtrack of Channel 9's hit drama Love Child (TV series). She has also spent time doing stage shows internationally (Barbie in '''Barbie...I Can Be','' Indonesia) and locally (playing Miriam Aarons in '''The Women, Edgewise Productions for Sydney Fringe Festival). Bird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine McKinnon
Catherine McKinnon (born May 14, 1944) is a Canadian actress and folk/pop singer. Early life and education Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, McKinnon began as a child performer, making her debut radio broadcast at age eight and her television appearance at age 12. She subsequently studied music at Mount St. Vincent College in Halifax. Career In the 1960s she was a regular on CBC radio and television, including the Halifax based CBC television program ''Singalong Jubilee''. In 1964, she popularized the song "Farewell to Nova Scotia" when she used it as the theme song for the ''Singalong Jubilee''. McKinnon's first and biggest selling album, ''Voice of an Angel'', was a collection of folk material, but she has also recorded ballads, torch songs, and songs by notable pop songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot and Buffy Sainte-Marie. She has also been a stage actress, appearing in Canadian productions of '' Turvey'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', and ''My F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Early life Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Torme, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Torme (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A child prodigy, he first performed professionally at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant. He played drums in the drum-and-bugle corps at Shakespeare Elementary School. From 1933 to 1941, he acted in the radio programs ''The Romance of Helen Trent'' and ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy''. He wrote his first song at 13. Three years later his first published song, "Lament to Love", became a hit for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long John Baldry
John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English musician and actor. In the 1960s, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing the blues in clubs and shared the stage with many British musicians including the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Before achieving stardom, Rod Stewart and Elton John were members of bands led by Baldry. He enjoyed pop success in 1967 when " Let the Heartaches Begin" reached No. 1 in the UK, and in Australia where his duet with Kathi McDonald "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" reached No. 2 in 1980. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death. He continued to make records there, and do voiceover work. Two of his best-known voice roles were as Dr. Ivo Robotnik in ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'', and as KOMPLEX in ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars''. Early life John William Baldry was born at East Haddon Hall, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, which was serving as a makeshift wartime maternity ward, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunter Gabriel
Gunter Gabriel (born Günter Caspelherr; 11 June 1942 – 22 June 2017) was a German singer, musician and composer. Gabriel became famous in Germany as singer of Schlager songs. Gabriel lived in Harburg, Hamburg. He was a friend of Johnny Cash and introduced American Country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ... to German audiences, even covering some of Cash's songs in German.https://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.htmlhttps://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.html Gabriel was married four times and had four children. He fell down a flight of stairs a couple of days before his death and died of complications that occurred afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Flame (band)
Eternal Flame is a Dutch hard rock band founded in 1987 in Enschede. History The band was founded in 1987 by Gerrit Tijhof (1956, Rijssen) and André Romita. By late 1987 the initial line up was complete, with the addition of Robert Buitink (drums) and Harry Pünt (bass). The band premiered in concert at De Wippert ( Laren) in September 1988. In 1993, Harry Pünt left the band, replaced by Aldo Quattrocchi. Later that year, the band was split up. Stalingrad Eternal Flame recorded its first album, ''Stalingrad'' on 17 September and 18 September 1988 at ''R.D.S. Studio'' in Jubbega, Friesland. Millstone In 1991, the band released their second album, a split album with three other artists. Production was assisted by Gerrit Tijhof (Eternal Flame). The band released three songs on this album. Released by ''Metal Mustang Media'' in Hengelo, a label from SMN (Stichting Muziek Nieuws). Discography *''Stalingrad'' (1988) Demo tape A demo (shortened from "demonstration") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Scott (singer)
Craig Scott is a New Zealand pop singer who had several commercially successful singles in the 1970s. Life and career Singing career Scott is a former bank clerk from Dunedin who started his music career in the late 1960s, singing with the local Dunedin band Klap. In 1968 Scott joined the band The Fantasy which shortly thereafter moved from Dunedin to Christchurch. For some time Craig Scott and The Fantasy were the resident group at "The Scene" dance hall/nightclub at 224 Tuam St Christchurch. Scott then joined the band Revival which won a Battle of the Bands contest in May 1969. Winning the contest brought the band to the attention of HMV records and they were invited to Wellington to record a single, ''Viva Bobby Joe'', which peaked at #14 on the national singles chart. In April 1970 Scott was offered a solo career and left Revival, which subsequently broke up. He was given a starring role in the television music series ''Happen Inn'', which brought him national attention. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
