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| From | "Judy B" <HeyJude@socal.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Preferences ... |
| Date | Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:29:59 -0700 |
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OH, that's right.....Gloria was released as a single. It only went to #93
nationally, though. Was the Shadows of Knight version cleaned up and did
they leave out that "then she comes to my room" line? Yeah, they bleeped
that part out all the time here. But, I never ever remember hearing the
Shadows of Knight version here in the Los Angeles area. I'll have to ask my
brother about that, but I just don't remember it and I listened to the radio
all the time.
As far as the New Colony Six goes, I loved that group and I have several of
their 45's. They were played here a lot and I loved Merry-Go-Round. I love
Live and She's a Very Lovely Woman. So, not everyone got to hear them?
They were great!
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Preferences ...
> At 10:04 AM 6/10/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >Wow, Greg. A fight over the best version of Gloria? I had never even
heard
> >the Shadows of Knight version of Gloria until a few years ago. It was on
> >one of my compilations. It was never released here in the L.A. area, I
> >don't think, because I sure don't remember it (anybody know???). I loved
> >Them's version. The Doors' version is great, too, but it's a lot cruder.
> >When Them's Gloria was played here back in the '60s, they wouldn't play
part
> >of it, either, though. I don't think Them's version was even released as
a
> >single, was it? I don't know why it got so much airplay here then.
> >
>
> Thats strange Them's version was released as a single on Parrot Records
in
> 1965.
>
> The story goes that most radio stations wouldnt play Them's "Gloria"
> because of
> the line "then she comes in my room" - a Chicago DJ mentioned to the head
of
> Dunwich (Bill Traut) that a cleaned up version would be a smash. The
Shadows
> Of Knight version of "Gloria" made it to Billboard's Top10 in 1966.
>
> Maybe KHJ and KRLA didnt play it as much as Them's version or not at all.
Or
> maybe because Dunwich was such a tiny label it didnt get the right
> promotion or
> distribution to make it a smash on the west coast. Most of thier other
45's
> were distributed by Atlantic so it shouldnt have been a problem.
>
> The New Colony Six early releases ("I Confess", "Love You So Much") went
Top 5
> in Chicago, but because they were on a small label (ran by thier parents!)
> they
> were seldom heard outside of the midwest. Theres plenty of records like
The
> Merry Go-Round's "Live" that were monster hits on the west coast but never
> made
> it in the rest of the county.
>
> Billy
> (who prefers Them's "Gloria")
>
>
> Billy G. Spradlin
> http://listen.to/jangleradio
>
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