Just found this out: Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is related to 'School House Rock' Composer Bob Dorough: Apparently they are 4th cousins, twice removed. Their common ancestor is James L. Dorough 1736-1813. (Bob Dorough - Biography - IMDb )
Sol Weinstein was a comic writer supplying material for Joe E. Lewis and eventually for the Dean Martin Roasts. In between, he wrote four James Bond parodies deep in Jewish/Yiddish schtick starring Israel Bond,including Loxfinger. For a while,the Trenton,N.J.-born writer did a free form talk show in Philly(50,000 watts clear channel at night,sometimes reaching the west coast) back when they were fun-I called in a few times and for a second,thought I was famous. No one lied(unless for a joke),no one insulted,no taking sides. He also wrote a song for comedian Jerry Lester,back when Lester was on latenight NBC,pre Tonight Show. One fun fact-he hired a curvy beauty,now named Dagmar,as the dumb blonde sidekick-she was dumb like a fox and eventually took over the show. Yes,it was Dagmar who had duet with Frank Sinatra,Mama Will Bark,often used as an example of how much Sinatra hated producer Mitch Miller. The song,The Curtain Falls,was commented as being butchered on air by Lester. Then Bobby Darin discovered it and ended his nightclub shows with this-there is a studio version and the live recordings include it. Steve & Eydie recorded it. It has that "clown taking off his makeup" pathos but a great final line that adds a little seltzer down the pants. A different era.
Here's something from the Jerusalem Post no less regarding one of my favorite British invasion bands from the sixties, The Searchers, who are well known for their early introduction of the 12-string guitar, even before The Byrds. “That 12-string sound on ‘Needles and Pins’ was a total mistake, and it wasn’t even done with 12-string guitars,” chuckled an affable [John] McNally during a recent phone call from his home in Liverpool. We used two regular six-string guitars playing the same riff and added a little echo and reverb, and suddenly it sounded like a 12-string. We thought it sounded great and decided to leave it like that, and everyone thought we were using 12-strings. To recreate the sound on the road, we actually had to go out and buy 12-string guitars.” (The Searchers still on ‘needles and pins’ )
The psychedelic riff of "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by The Status Quo was something like that too. Two guitars playing the same thing, with one slightly out of tune to create a slight depth/bending in the notes...
Dolores Fuller, former girlfriend of my favorite director Edward D. Wood, was in Glen or Glenda and Bride of the Monster (Bride of the Atom, space age stuff, very big with the kids right now), went on to write or co-write "Rock a Hula Baby," "I Got Lucky" , "Spinout" and "Do the Clam" for a certain singer from Tupolo, Miss. She said that Ed wanted to marry her, and that they broke up not because of his transvestitism, but because of his alcoholism
I used to think Grandpa Munster wrote Blueberry Hill, but it turns out that was a different Al Lewis.
One for the Brits, but well-known actor Hugh Fraser, think Captain Hastings in Poirot, wrote and played the theme tune to Rainbow!
Per Wikipedia, Kim Carnes (who had a hit with "Betty Davis Eyes") was a background singer for the theme song of the Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids animated show.
Dean Torrance (of Jan and Dean) financed the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...1-b62e-9f312893d60b/?itid=lk_inline_manual_11
Ravel (classical composer) submitted the first movement of his Sonatine for a composition competition and lost despite being the one and only submission because it was one bar longer than the rules stipulated.
I love that theme! There's a longer version of it I heard on youtube once, I wondered if there had been a single? Also there was a bear in the show, can't be too bad if there's a bear!
She was also one of the singers in the Sugar Bears group! I'm thinking she'd be the one in the blonde wig who sings Feather Balloon...
Some versions of the bear were angry/scary. There was also a big pink camp hippo and what ever the **** Zippy was. The 00's dance/ techno/rave remix It's A Rainbow Oh yeah, re music off of Rainbow, rumour was that Jane supposedly left Rod for Freddy - wiki says Jane was married to Rod, divorced him then eventually married Freddy decades later.
& before Rod, Jane & Freddy were Rod, jane and Freddy, they were Rod, Jane & Matthew Corbett off Sooty. Discovered this ridiculous fact off twitter the other day Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden having a drum battle/duet with Sooty & Sweep on The Sooty Show
So Bob Dorough, eminent Jazz pianist, songwriter, vocalist, arranger and producer, is related to Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys. By happenstance, Bob's name popped up just today when I was researching Spanky and Our Gang. Bob apparently arranged the tune 5 Definitions of Love from the band's eponymous 1967 hit album. If you listen to the song, it sure does sound a lot like what one would later hear in Schoolhouse Rock videos, composed and performed by none other than Bob Dorough.
Eric Clapton's 1998 single "My Father's Eyes" starts with the line, "Sailing Down Behind The Sun," which was the title of his 1985 album.
The bear you speak of was Bungle - who ran about naked then put shorts on when it got warm And here's the full version for you. Definite good and bad trip vibes off of this.
