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DJ Jimmy Jay’s radio show “Rewind” – ( Remembering the life of Marshall Lytle Part 1 )
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DJ Jimmy Jay’s radio show “Rewind” – ( Remembering the life of Marshall Lytle Part 1 – B )
DJ Jimmy Jay’s radio “Rewind Show” – ( Remembering the life of Marshall Lytle – band member of Rock n Roll’s 1st, Bill Haley and The Comets ) at MusicChartsMagazine.com
Go through time with legendary DJ Jimmy Jay “Rewind” as he speaks with multiple celebrities in this special radio show remembering the great Marshall Lytle. Including special guest appearances from James Marvell of “Mercy”, Al Jardine of “The Beach Boys”, Paul Revere of “The Raiders”, Charlie Thomas of “The Drifters”, Diamond Dave Summerville of “The Diamonds” and so many more celebrity names we all know and love.
Remembering the life of Marshall Lytle (below) of Bill Haley and The Comets
Music Charts Magazine Celebrity Interview with James Marvell of “The Skopes”, “Surprise”, the mega hit rock band “Mercy” & the original country music outlaws – “The Country Cavaleers”.
In 1969 James Marvell was in the group Mercy and sitting at #2 on Billboard’s Top 10 music charts and # 1 on Cash Box’s Top 10 music charts with The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra with the “Mercy” million selling Warner Brother’s smash hit, “Love Can Make You Happy.”
In 1969 The Beatles were at number 1 on the music charts with the song “Get Back” and Mercy
was at number 2 on the music charts with the song “Love Can Make You Happy”.
Elvis Presley was at number 5 on the charts with “In The Ghetto” and Frank Sinatra was at number 7 on the charts with his signature song, “My Way.”
It was the only time that those three pop legends shared the top 10 simultaneously. James Marvell still can’t believe that he was part of this music time in history. Marvell says “not only did Jack Sigler write a great song then, he has written many potential hits for this new millenium!”.
“Love (Can Make You Happy)” was originally recorded on the small Tampa, Florida based Sundi record label, at which time it was also featured in the movie, Fireball Jungle. The B-side of the Sundi single was entitled “Fireball”.
MERCY’s first album spun off two more hits – “Forever” and
another Jack Sigler original – “Hello Baby”. Both hits broke
into the national charts and stayed in the top 100 across the
country. MERCY toured the U. S. and Canada appearing with other great
bands like Gary Pucket and the Union Gap, The Turtles, The
Association, The Cowsills, The Box Tops, The Rascals, The
Mama’s and Papa’s The Four Seasons, Tommy James and The
Shondells along with many others.
MERCY’s national television appearances include The Mike
Douglas Show – The National March of Dimes Telethon (with
Gary Collins and Mary Ann Mobley) plus interviews on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.
Enjoy ( part 1 ) of this “exclusive” three part Celebrity Interview with James Marvell. Grab a coffee and let’s step through time with James
Marvell and enter the 60’s era of Rock-n-Roll.
For Part 2 ( James Marvell’s life in Country Music ) and Part 3 ( James Marvell’s life in Gospel Music ) – stay tuned to Music Charts Magazine Celebrity Interviews this June 2013.
– Celebrity Interview done by Big Al Weekley
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More great interviews coming soon! Stay tuned, you’ll be glad you did.
Sept 2013:
1/ Music Charts Magazine’s CBO Big Al Weekley does a celebrity interview with none other than the Hit maker Mr. “Razzy Bailey” AKA “The Midnight Hauler”.
– right here at MusicChartsMagazine.com.
2/ Music Charts Magazine will be joined by World famous DJ Jimmy Jay. This special Rewind radio show called “Remembering Marshall Lytle” will be played at MusicChartsMagazine.com in it’s entirety. The interview host a slew of Celebrities honoring the father of Rock -n- Roll. This radio show is full of music legends includes the Drifters, Mercy, The Beech Boys, Paul Revere and the Raiders and so many more celebrity guest appearances. Who wouldn’t want to hear this?
3/ In our new category called New Discovery, we have chosen CCMA award winning Canadian country music singer Patricia Conroy as the Music Charts Magazine “NEW DISCOVERY” for the month of September 2013.
More great interviews for September 2013!
– Music Charts Magazine Celebrity Interviews.
Trace Adkins has been even busier than usual lately. On May 19, just five days after the release of his new CD, Love Will, the country artist was named the winner of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. T he last time Trace was on that show, he finished in second place. This time he took home top honors, and received $500,000 for his favorite charity. Trace was playing for the American Red Cross. Fans always enjoy seeing their favorite artists on television, and Trace’s fans are also going to enjoy this new album.
Ronnie Dunn Jim Arndt June 2013
Dunn Debuts New Music During CMA Music Fest;
Ronnie Dunn – Photo Credit – Jon-Paul Photography
because there are no rules. The band and crew snuck in and set-up to ambush the unsuspecting crowd coming out of the CMT Awards. We don’t have a clue what we’re doing, but we’re having fun and working overtime to come up with unorthodox ways to get music to people who simply like music. I hope that those of you who rambled into the line of fire had a good time!”
Photo Credit – Jon-Paul Photography
Joey Covington of Jefferson Airplane
Joseph “Joey” Edward Covington (June 27, 1945, East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania – June 4, 2013, Palm Springs, California)was an American drummer, best known for his involvements with Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane.
A self-taught drummer since the age of 10, Covington (also known in his childhood as Joey Michno) helped found Blues-rock group Hot Tuna in 1969, alongside Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, while the latter band was still in its beginnings.
However, the recordings he did for Tuna were unreleased and he eventually rejoined Casady and Kaukonen at the Airplane and featured on three studio albums, the first being Volunteers, as he replaced Spencer Dryden midway through the recording process. He wrote and sang the last hit for Jefferson Airplane, 1971’s “Pretty As You Feel”, featured on the Bark album.
Covington was well-known around the Palm Springs area as a talented musician who delighted his audience by playing free gigs whenever possible. His last performance was for a Marilyn Monroe celebration in Palm Springs June 1, 2013. Covington thrilled his audience and signed autographs following the performance.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Covington
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– Song for the month of June 2013:
Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”
Listen to Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” song here:
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in popular music and a major artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. His singing style has been influential among the soul artists of 1960s and helped exemplify the Stax Sound. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” with Steve Cropper.
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released in January 1968 and became Redding’s only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts after his death in a plane crash. Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was also a #1 single on the “Soul Hits” chart at Cash Box Magazine for one week beginning on March 2, 1968 and was replaced March 9th by Aretha Franklin’s song “Think” which remained the number one single on Cashbox’s Soul Hits chart for four continuing weeks after. Redding also was the first posthumous number-one single in US chart history. It sold approximately four million copies worldwide and received more than eight million airplays. The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to also reach the #1 top spot on the UK Albums Chart.
Otis Redding has been called the “King of Soul”, an honorific also given to Brown and Cooke.He remains one of the genre’s most recognized artists. His lean and powerful style exemplified the Stax Sound, and gave Stax a new identity; he was said to be its “heart and soul”, while artists such as Al Jackson, Dunn and Cropper helped to expand its structure.
Otis Redding favored short and simple lyrics; when asked whether he intended to cover Dylan’s “Just Like a Woman”, he responded that the lyrics contained “too much text”.Furthermore, he stated in an interview:
- “Basically, I like any music that remains simple and I feel this is the formula that makes ‘soul music’ successful. When any music form becomes cluttered and/or complicated you lose the average listener’s ear. There is nothing more beautiful than a simple blues tune. There is beauty in simplicity whether you are talking about architecture, art or music.”
Read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding
George Strait – Love Is Everthing
George Strait just celebrated his 61st birthday last week, but it is his fans who got the present. George released his 40th studio album, Love is Everything on May 14. Fans will not find any surprises in this new album. All 13 songs give us George’s laid back, easy going, southern sound that we have found in his music since his first album back in 1981.
Like most of today’s country artists, George writes some of the music he sings. On this album, he wrote or co-wrote four of the 13 songs. The album starts off with “I Got A Car.” The song makes a point, without a lot of fanfare. It talks about what a simple introduction might lead. You see a pretty girl, walk over, and introduce yourself starting with the sentence ‘I got a car’. Listen to the song and you’ll find out exactly where that opening line might take you.
The second song is George’s current single, “Give It All We Got Tonight.” It’s simply George doing what George does best. It can’t be classified anything but a love song.
“Blue Melodies” could have been sung by Merle Haggard or George Jones, or anyone from our ‘older era of country music.’ But George Strait has his own way of making the song fit right in with the rest of today’s country music.
George originally recorded the fourth song back in 1995, and it was part of his Strait Out of the Box album. “I Just Can’t Go On Dyin’ Like This,” is more proof that George Strait can take a song that is nearly 20 years old, and make fans fall in love with it all over again.
” I Thought I Heard My Heart Sing” is a song you can expect to hear in a dance club in the southwest. I don’t think this one will ever be released as a radio single. And, I’m not so sure it would do well on the radio if he did release it. But, I am sure there will be a lot of Texans kicking up their heels to this great dance tune.
I found my ‘sing-a-long’ song with “That’s What Breaking Hearts Do.” There’s always one song on every album I review that I want to listen to more than once. And, that I find myself singing along with. ‘That’s what breaking hearts do, They cause you so much pain, Make you go insane, That’s what breaking hearts do’. Easy to remember lyrics added to a catchy melody definitely equals a sing-a-long with me song.
“When Love Comes Around Again” is just what you would expect. It’s a song about looking at an old love in a new way. Getting someone back, giving it another try.
I’ve already said that “I Thought I Heard My Heart Sing” is more of a dance tune than a ‘ready-for-radio’ song’. But, I did find one that I think George would do well to release to radio as his next single. The song is “the Night Is Young,” It’s uptempo, with almost a 1960’s rock and roll beat. He’s singing about a Friday night, a place to go, and big plans for what will be a fun-filled weekend. One of my favorites on the album.
“Sittin’ On the Fence” would probably also work as a single. The music is good, the message is simple – when you’re coming out of a bad relationship, you may have trouble getting into a new relationship – even if it has the makings of being a great one. He follows that one with “I Believe.” I’m sure all of his fans remember, “I Saw God Today,” and in this song – like that one – George doesn’t mind telling us that when he’s at a low point in his life there is someone watching over him.
The title track, “Love Is Everything,” would make you think of George Strait, even if someone else were singing it. The song is his style, his music, and the great harmony is an added bonus.
George is currently hoping for his 60th No. 1 single. I think he is the only artist about which I can truly say ‘He’s never done a song I don’t like.” However, I wasn’t really thrilled with the 11th song on the album. It’s called “You Don’t Know What You’re Missing.” I’m not really sure why it’s not one of my favorites, I just know it never will be. It’s a good song. It sounds a lot like something George would do. But maybe that’s the problem. Maybe it sounds a little too much like everything else George does. While it isn’t one of my favorites, and I don’t think it’s a bad song, I don’t expect him to eve release this one to radio,
That brings us to “When the Credits Roll.” It’s a little look back at what George has done over the past 40 years. It’s full of mistakes, choices, and wondering … what will the critics think about all this “When the Credits Roll.” I don’t know how it would do as a single. But it is definitely a well-written song that deserves to be heard.
George is currently on his final tour, The Cowboy Ride Again Tour, which will run through 2014. To check show dates, visit www.georgestrait.com. For the latest country music news, be sure to log on to www.countryschatter.com, and follow us on Twitter @countryschatter.
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George Strait’s Love Is Everything debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) – Love Is Everything, the new album from MCA Nashville recording artist George Strait, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart this week, selling 119,843 units in its first week. That also earned Strait the No. 2 position on the Billboard Top 200. The album contains the hit single “Give It All We Got Tonight,” which Mediabase named as the most played song on country radio this week, earning Strait an unprecedented 60th No. 1 song. Love Is Everythingis Strait’s 40th studio album.
George Strait – Photo Credit_by Art Streiber
When you think of an artist, do you remember the first time you heard them sing?
When it comes to Frank Solivan (pronounced soul-live-on), I can say yes. It was November 2006 and Prime Cuts of Bluegrass #84 came out with a single “Somebody’s Missing You” by, to me, an unknown singer named Frank Solivan.
I was an instant fan and knew that Solivan would become a name in bluegrass.
Fast forward six plus years and here we are with the release of ON THE EDGE, the sophomore project of Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, and the band is ready to be recognized.
This project, the band’s first release with Compass Records and their first release since receiving the 2012 IBMA nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year, is a showcase not only of Solivan’s soulful tenor voice but also of the talented musicians that make up the Dirty Kitchen band.
In addition to Solivan’s mandolin and fiddle playing, making up Dirty Kitchen are three extremely gifted musicians that can hold their own against any headline picker today. Mike Munford plays the banjo for the group and is a true monster on the five string. On the upright bass is Danny Booth. In addition to playing bass and harmony vocals, Booth penned and sang lead on “Wild Unknown”. Rounding out the ensemble is Chris Luquette on guitar and harmony vocals. Just saying the Luquette plays the guitar is such an understatement, he owns the guitar...
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