Obscure Singers, Musicians Recalled
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The Youngbloods and Jessie Colin Young Ride The Wind
Sunlight This is a scenic road near San Francisco On Sir Francis Drake Morning Sun Jessie Colin Youngs daughter Juli -
Regina Spektor...somebody I really appreciate mentioned her, and I shuddered because when Moggy (remember him?) praised her I checked Regina out, and could not endure her singing or her songs--was like Chinese water torture (but worse). Might be interesting to listen to her again now and find out if the same big turned-off reaction ensues.
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One of my fav guitarists is Mike Bloomfield. Love the Super Sessions album & Al Cooper. He's just wailing away on the Hammond... Sublime... Albert's Shuffle
Stop rawer version with more soul than the album one His Holy Modal Majesty, wish the bass was a little bit forward in the mix at the beginning Season of the Witch a classic -
Nancy R:
Haven't read all this thread, so don't know if anyone has mentioned Gilbert O'Sullivan. He had a couple of hits in the early '70's (Alone Again Naturally, Claire) thought you might be interested ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_O%27Sullivan
Gilbert O Sullivan on Tour 2016
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There was a band by the name of Smith, in the late-60s, early-70s. Had a hit with "Baby, It's You." The lead singer, Gayle McCormick, passed away in St. Louis on March 1.
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Betty Who (her name) had a hit sometime in 2015 but I must have missed out on that one. So it's literally "Betty Who" ? Who is she, what was her hit?
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Norma Tenaga ("Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" "I'm the Sky")
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Happy 96 Birthday Ravi Shankar! It would have been Ravi's 96 birthday and Google is recognizing him today...
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As the singer for Pretty Poison said on VH-1 a few years back: "It's better to be a one-hit wonder than a NO-hit wonder." "SNAP!" (hair flip)
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audi:
As the singer for Pretty Poison said on VH-1 a few years back: "It's better to be a one-hit wonder than a NO-hit wonder." "SNAP!" (hair flip)
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Wendy and Lisa, Prince's back up singers in the 80's--I had an album by them I sort of liked
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Ella Henderson has a hit album in the U.K., a hit single "Ghost" but apparently is unknown in the U.S.? Hasn't made it in the States?
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"Vashti" early 60's folksy type singer--I only found out about her a few years ago and I freaked 'cause she looked like Marianne Faithfull, only with light brown hair, and was said to sound like Faithfull sounded then, when she sang with the soprano. Found out Vashti ran off to join a gypsy commune
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Toni Child--I have a cd by her from the 90's that's a huge heady rush with loud African drum beats and intense wailing and stuff. Very emotional singing and lyrics. Jessie Bridges--she shouldn't be obscure, I love her songs, she hasn't made it big yet. She's Jeff Bridges' daughter
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Paula Cole from the 90's with her big hit "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" and the theme song to "Dawson's Creek" t.v. show, has a very pretty voice but her second album bombed rather inexplicably and she seemed to exit the scene
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Black Crows lead singer Chris Robinson hails the late Judee Sill in a recent Rolling Stone mag, calls her life "bizarre"--well, she was a junkie prostitute who became a Christian mystic, she was interesting--I love some of her songs such as "Jesus was a Cross Maker," "Have You Met My Man on Love," "Lady O" although she sang with a pronounced twang
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Karla Bonoff
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Karla Bonoff
Haven't heard that name in a while. Good singer, great songwriter in that laid-back, reflective 1970s, southern California mellow style.
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Englishman Moggy who used to post here a lot revealed loads of musicians and singers I'd not previously known about, including Arctic Monkeys. I didn't like them. Introduced me to Paloma Faith (not in person, LOL) and...oh, there were so many. Gave quite a music education, provided vids of them, too.