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Speedoo
"Speedoo" is a song written by Esther Navarro and performed by The Cadillacs featuring the Jesse Powell Orchestra. It reached number 3 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 17 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955. The song was featured on their 1957 album, ''The Fabulous Cadillacs''. Lyrically, the song tells of Mister Earl who acquired the nickname "Speedoo" because, when it comes to his pursuit of pretty girls, "he don't believe in wastin' time" and "he don't never take it slow". The song was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981). Other versions *Steve Lawrence released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1955 single "The Chicken and the Hawk (Up Up and Away)". *The Tokens released a version of the song on their 1966 album, ''I Hear Trumpets Blow''. *Fred Weinberg released a version of the song on his 1970 album, ''The Weinberg Method of Non-Synthetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cadillacs
The Cadillacs were an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York, active from 1953 to 1962. The group was noted for their 1955 hit "Speedo", written by Esther Navarro, which was instrumental in attracting white audiences to black rock and roll performers. History The group came together as The Carnations in 1953, with the members Earl Carroll (lead vocalist), Bobby Phillips, Lavern Drake (bass vocalist), and Gus Willingham. As the group moved into the recording studios, James "Poppa" Clark was added as a fifth member, and the name "The Cadillacs" was given to them. The group's first recording came in July 1954, with Josie Records #765, featuring "Gloria" and "I Wonder Why." In 1955, Willingham and Clark left the group and were replaced by Earl Wade and Charles Brooks. At this time, the group first began to experiment with choreography, suggested by manager Esther Navarro. Later that year came the group's biggest hit, "Speedoo", Carroll's nickname. Lavern Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodfellas (soundtrack)
''Goodfellas Music from the Motion Picture'' is the soundtrack for the 1990 film ''Goodfellas'', directed by Martin Scorsese, notable for its use of popular music from the various periods it portrayed. In a similar manner to ''American Graffiti'' and Scorsese's earlier ''Mean Streets'', the songs served roughly the same purpose as a composed musical score. While an official soundtrack was released at the same time as the film, it only featured a small fraction of the songs used. Scorsese chose the songs for ''Goodfellas'' only if they commented on the scene or the characters "in an oblique way". The only rule he adhered to with the soundtrack was to only use music which could have been heard at that time, deciding that he could use any song released before the scene in which it played took place. According to Scorsese, a lot of non-dialogue scenes were shot to playback. For example, he had "Layla" playing on the set while shooting the scene where the dead bodies are discovered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Records
Josie Records was a subsidiary of Jubilee Records in New York City that was active from 1954 to 1971. The label's best selling bands were The Cadillacs ("Speedoo"), Bobby Freeman and the Meters. Other hits for Josie Records included the Chips' "Rubber Biscuit" (immortalized many years later by the Blues Brothers), and J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers' version of Wayne Cochran's "Last Kiss". Discography Josie Jazz Series *JOZ-3500 - ''Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd'' - Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd - 1962 *JOZ-3501 - ''Cu-Bop'' - Art Blakey and Sabu Martinez - 1962 - Reissue of Jubilee JGM- 1049 *JOZ-3502 - ''Alto Saxophone'' - Herb Geller - 1962 *JOZ-3503 - ''Jackie McLean Quintet'' - Jackie McLean -1963 - with Donald Byrd, Doug Watkins, Ronald Tucker, Mal Waldron *JOZ-3504 - ''Ray Draper Tuba Jazz'' - Ray Draper - 1963 *JOZ-3505 - ''Teddy Charles Trio Plays Duke Ellington'' - Teddy Charles - 1963 *JOZ-3506 - ''Med Flory Big Band'' - Med Flory - 1963 *JOZ-3507 - ''Jackie McLean Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Don't Ever Change
''Please Don't Ever Change'' is a pub rock album by Brinsley Schwarz, released in 1973, named after the featured Goffin/King song, also recorded by The Crickets and The Beatles. Track listing All tracks composed by Nick Lowe; except where indicated # "Hooked on Love" (Ian Gomm) – 2:31 # "Why Do We Hurt the One We Love" – 3:47 # "I Worry ('Bout You Baby)" – 2:59 # " Don't Ever Change" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:48 # "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie Self) – 5:28 # "Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)" – 4:24 # "I Won't Make It Without You" – 4:19 # "Down in Mexico" – 3:48 # "Speedoo" (Esther Navarro) – 2:41 # "The Version (Hypocrite)" (Leroy Sibbles) – 2:46 Personnel ;Brinsley Schwarz * Brinsley Schwarz - guitar, Alto saxophone, piano, vocals * Ian Gomm - guitar, vocals * Billy Rankin - drums * Bob Andrews - piano, organ, vocals * Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theme Time Radio Hour (season 2)
The second season of the ''Theme Time Radio Hour'' began on September 19, 2007, and ended April 2, 2008. Overview The missing shows of Season 2 In early September 2007, XM Radio announced the return of ''TTRH'', beginning September 19. The press release read in part..."Future shows will center on such motifs as "Young & Old", "California", "Dreams", "Fruit," "Something", "Nothing", "Streets", "Parties" and "Mail..." The highlighted shows were not aired during Season 2. Caller on Line 2 The theme of the first episode of Season 2 was "Hello." As in Season 1, Ellen Barkin opened the show, announcing the "Hello" episode with the lines: "''It's night time in the big city. Something isn't quite right. Nobody will answer the phone''." The show followed the same general format as Season 1, and introduced a new segment that would continue intermittently through the season, the "Caller on Line 2" (occasionally on "Line 3" and "Line 6"). This was a comedy segment featuring a liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borderline (Ry Cooder Album)
''Borderline'' is the ninth album by Ry Cooder and was released in 1980 on the Warner Bros label. Track listing Side one # " 634–5789" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 2:56 # "Speedo" (Esther Navarro) – 3:20 # "Why Don't You Try Me" (E. Young) – 4:54 # " Down in the Boondocks" (Joe South) – 3:21 # "Johnny Porter" (Bobby Ray Appleberry, William Cuomo) – 5:21 Side two # "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" (John Hiatt) – 4:28 # "Crazy 'Bout an Automobile" ( William R. Emerson) – 5:03 # "The Girls from Texas" (James Lewis, Jimmy Holiday, Cliff Chambers) – 4:40 # "Borderline" (Ry Cooder) – 3:19 # "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Will Jennings, Nesbert Hooper Jr.) – 6:08 Charts Personnel Source: album cover * Ry Cooder – guitar, vibes, vocals * Jim Keltner – drums * George "Baboo" Pierre – percussion * Tim Drummond – bass * Reggie McBride – bass * William D. Smith – piano, organ, vocals * John Hiatt – guitar, vocals * Jesse Harms – syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Employee Of The Month (The Sopranos)
"Employee of the Month" is the 30th episode of the HBO original series ''The Sopranos'' and the fourth episode of the show's third season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, and directed by John Patterson, and originally aired on March 18, 2001. Starring * James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano * Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi * Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano * Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti * Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano Jr. * * Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante * Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri * Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano Jr. (voice only) * Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano * Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva * Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano * Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta * Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto ''* = credit only'' Guest starring Synopsis Johnny Sack and his wife Ginny have moved to a large house in New Jersey. Tony goes there and asks Johnny insistently why he didn't tell him about it. Johnny says they moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Con Safos
''Con Safos'' (''With Respect'') is an album by Ruben and the Jets. The title of the album is a graffiti tag used by Mexican-American graffiti artists to discourage other graffiti artists from painting over or altering their graffiti, sometimes painted as "c/s". Released in 1974, the album is the second and final release to feature the lineup led by musician Rubén Guevara Jr. The album's eclectic sound draws from genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, progressive rock and rock and roll. Track listing ;Side one #"Cruisin' Down Broadway" - 3:20 #"To Be Loved" - 3:07 #"Stronger" (preview) - 0:32 #"Speedoo" - 3:31 (Esther Navarro) #"Honky Tonk" - 3:45 #"Low Ridin' Cruiser" - 3:27 ;Side two #"Stronger" - 3:35 #"Earth to Buffalo" - 1:09 #"I Wanna Know" - 3:08 #"Honky Tonk" (replay) - 0:49 #"Dust My Blues" - 2:47 (Robert Johnson, credited to Elmore James) #"A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me" - 3:01 #"Durango" - 4:16 Personnel Personnel adapted from AllMusic. ; Ruben and the Jets * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, Virtuoso, musical virtuosity and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and ''musique concrète'' works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse musicians of his generation. As a self-taught composer and performer, Zappa had diverse musical influences that led him to create music that was sometimes difficult to categorize. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Persuasions
The Persuasions are an American a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1960s. The Persuasions were formed in Brooklyn in 1962, singing a cappella under corner streetlights and in subway corridors. Their style combined gospel, soul, early rock and jazz into melodic five-part harmonies. Since being discovered by Frank Zappa, The Persuasions have recorded 23 albums to date. Career The Persuasions appeared on such public affairs television shows as ''Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant'' on WNEW-TV and '' Like It Is'' on WABC-TV in 1968. Frank Zappa was responsible for The Persuasions' first LP, ''Acappella''. He heard The Persuasions singing over the phone from a New Jersey record shop known as Stan's Square Records. The store's owner, Stan Krause, was the group's manager. Before that time, The Persuasions had recorded several a cappella tracks for Krause's record label, Catamount Records. Zappa appreciated soul and street corner style singing, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodfellas
''Goodfellas'' (stylized ''GoodFellas'') is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book '' Wiseguy'' by Pileggi. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980. Scorsese initially titled the film ''Wise Guy'' and postponed making it; he and Pileggi later changed the title to ''Goodfellas''. To prepare for their roles in the film, De Niro, Pesci and Liotta often spoke with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked most and put them into a revised script ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mothers Of Invention
The Mothers of Invention (also known as The Mothers) was an American rock band from California. Formed in 1964, their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Originally an R&B band called the Soul Giants, the band's first lineup included Ray Collins, David Coronado, Ray Hunt, Roy Estrada, and Jimmy Carl Black. Frank Zappa was asked to take over as the guitarist following a fight between Collins and Coronado, the band's original saxophonist/leader. Zappa insisted that they perform his original material, and on Mother's Day in 1965, changed their name to the Mothers. Record executives demanded that the name be changed, and so "out of necessity," Zappa later said, "we became the Mothers of Invention." After early struggles, the Mothers earned substantial popular commercial success. The band first became popular playing in California's underground music scene in the late 1960s. With Zappa at the helm, it was signed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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