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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Youtube = Me dunce |
| Date | Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:03:21 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@...> >
Hell, I was *way* into my 30s before I discovered that the black
woman
> who sang lead on "More Today Than Yesterday" by the Spiral
Starecase
> was a white dude!
**Great, great song. Totally does sound like a black woman.
snip
> I think you're thinking of Tony Burrows, but according to Wayne
> Jancik's BILLBOARD BOOK OF ONE-HIT WONDERS, bizarrely enough, no
one
> seems to know for sure who sang the lead vocal on "Smile A Little
> Smile For Me," although most people seem to think it's Tony
Macauley,
> who co-wrote and co-produced the song.
Yes, that is who I was thinking of. I never heard that it's unclear
who provided the vocals! The plot thickens!
> Although just to be anal: White Plains was the band that did "My
Baby
> Loves Lovin'," not "Hitchin' A Ride." Tony Burrows *was* the
singer
> of White Plains, but he wasn't the singer of "Hitchin' A Ride,"
which
> was done by Vanity Fare, who were a proper band led by a singer
named
> Trevor Brice.
*** I appreciate the correction. The 45's in my head got mixed up.
Honestly, they wre in my top 20 45's as kid too.
> Also according to Jancik, the touring lineup of the Flying Machine
was
> a band that had previously recorded under the name Pinkerton's
> Assorted Colours, so I assume Samuel Kempe, their lead singer, is
the
> guy in the second video.
**Thanks for all the info!
Steve
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