[78-L] Davy Jones dies

[David Lennick]

By the way, I have never owned or played or heard a Monkees record in my life, 
nor seen their tv shows. Total other world to me..I was in easy listening FM 
when they emerged. The songs turned up in other versions of course, done by 
people like Neil Diamond (who wrote I'm a Believer) and Anne Murray and a half 
decent album of instrumental arrangements by The Living Strings, but their 
career was remarkably short. Not one top ten hit after March 1968. Hell, 
nothing higher than 51 between then and June '70.

dl

On 2/29/2012 2:26 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Shorty Rogers wrote the brass and string arrangments for 'Daydream
> believer' among a number of their hits, and he was writing for and/or
> playing in bands such as Woody Herman's second Herd and Stan Kenton's....a
> fair number of which were on 78s originally.
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Kristjan Saag<saag at telia.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 2012-02-29 19:51, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Not 78-RPM era of course, but something to make those of us who just
>> happen to
>>> be the same age look over our shoulders...a couple of weeks ago I saw an
>> obit
>>> for a kid I'd known in Grade 2. Yikes.
>>> http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/29/davy-jones-dead-monkees/
>> --
>> In the March 4, 1968 epiosde of "The Monkees" ("Some Like it Lukewarm"
>> a.k.a. "The Band Contest") the following happens:
>>
>> To enter and win a band contest hosted by radio DJ Jerry Blavat, David
>> poses as a girl and falls in love with Daphne (Deana Martin), posing as
>> a boy.
>> Songs: "Last Train To Clarksville" (at 78 RPM speed!), "The Door Into
>> Summer", "She Hangs Out".
>> Kristjan