This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Showtime. Here's what I came up with:
Clyde McPhatter: Everybody Loves A Good Time (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVSvcLrZz8
The Fantastic Four: The Whole World Is A Stage (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZwbFX_crVk
Tony Clarke: The […]
I"m on the podcast LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUTHOR, talking about my book HAVE MERCY BABY: THE LIFE OF CLYDE MCPHATTER. #DOOWOP #DOO-WOP #CLYDEMCPHATTER #MONEYHONEY
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This is going to be a fun event, which I'm doing with well-known music-historian David Menconi. This will follow book signing at the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Busy in NC. #northcarolinamusichoffame #clydemcphatter #davidmenconi #wakeforestuniversity
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First weekend after pubication for HAVE MERCY BABY: THE LIFE OF CLYDE MCPHATTER Clyde McPhatter the book reached #11 on Amazon's Rock & Soul Biographies list. #clydemcphatter #havemercybaby Deborah McPhatter #bookSky #musicSky
“Come What May” by Clyde McPhatter was a US #43 hit in 1958. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #clydemcphatter
#EveryHitSongEver
"Money Honey" is a song written by #JesseStone, which was released in September 1953 as the first single by #ClydeMcPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed #Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known when he was the lead singer for #BillyWardAndTheDominoes.
#OnThisDay in 1932, #ClydeMcPhatter, American R&B and doo-wop tenor vocalist, arranger and songwriter (The Dominos, 1950-53 - "Sixty Minute Man"; The Drifters, 1953-55 - "Honey Love"; solo - "Treasure My Love"), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 1972).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🪽🥀
"Lover Please" is a 1962 song written by #BillySwan and first recorded by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960. It is most known for the version performed by #ClydeMcPhatter on his 1962 album Lover Please! which set it up to reach No.7 on the #USPopChart. Overseas, it reached No.6 in #Norway.
Clyde McPhatter, American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer, "a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B" (Wikipedia), was born on Nov. 15, 1932 (d. 1972). #ClydeMcPhatter
"A Lover's Question" (Brook Benton, Jimmy T. Williams) (1958)
#Music
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#Interestingly As a teenager in a group named Mirt Mirly & the Rhythm Steppers, Billy Swan wrote “Lover Please.” R&B/early rock & roll star Clyde McPhatter covered it in 1962 and it soared to #7 on the US #Billboard #Top40. Not a bad start. #BillySwan #ClydeMcPhatter #OneHitWondered
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#ClydeMcPhatter #RNB #RockHistory #AmericanMadeMusic
"Money Honey" is a song written by #JesseStone, which was released in September 1953 as the first single by #ClydeMcPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed #Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known when he was the lead singer for #BillyWardAndTheDominoes.
This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #BeneathTheWaves. Here's what I came up with:
Eddie Hodges: The Water Is Over My Head (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08JbThk3tc4
The Dominoes: Deep Sea Blues (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVlpJ1tqxgE
The Beatles: Octopussy's Garden […]
"Money Honey" is a song written by #JesseStone, which was released in September 1953 as the first single by #ClydeMcPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed #Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known when he was the lead singer for #BillyWardAndTheDominoes.
"Money Honey" is a song written by #JesseStone, which was released in September 1953 as the first single by #ClydeMcPhatter backed for the first time by the newly formed #Drifters. McPhatter's voice, but not his name, had become well known when he was the lead singer for #BillyWardAndTheDominoes.
