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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on October 14, 2010, 08:47:38 PM
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General Johnson dies at 67; lead singer of 1970s soul group The Chairmen of the Board, had a Top 10 hit in '70 with 'Give Me Just a Little More Time.' A songwriter and producer, he wrote 'Patches,' which was a hit for Clarence Carter, and hits for Freda Payne and the Honey Cone.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-general-johnson-20101015,0,7832206.story
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Damn, I just posted his cover of "Rockaway Beach" the other day in the Internet radio thread. One of the great idiosyncratic voices in Soul.
Here's a great rare clip of him doing "Dangling on a String":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkhnm4JXPOA
But hey -- when you dance to the music, don'cha know you gots to pay to the piper -- ass yo' Mama!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQizt8o6gU
I didn't realize he wrote "Bring the Boys Home"!
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Listening to that Carolina Beach Music station -- needless to say they're playing a lot of Gen'l Johnson/COTB today.
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Listening to that Carolina Beach Music station -- needless to say they're playing a lot of Gen'l Johnson/COTB today.
listening to the COTB best-of; their version of "Patches" is a bit less saccharine than the Clarence Carter hit, and now I realize -- duh! -- that the melody to the chorus is remarkably similar to that of "Dangling on a String".
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
The Commodores! (Does that count?)
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
The Commodores! (Does that count?)
Not just soul but music acts in general(pun intended): Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen!
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
The Commodores! (Does that count?)
Not just soul but music acts in general(pun intended): Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen!
I think they all should've gotten together to do a cover of "Private Dancer"
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
The Commodores! (Does that count?)
Not just soul but music acts in general(pun intended): Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen!
I think they all should've gotten together to do a cover of "Private Dancer"
Or...I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang Of Four ;)
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So how many soul stars have names that are military ranks? So far I can think of two others: Major Harris (Love Won't Let Me Wait) and Major Lance (The Monkey Time).
Ha, that would make a good My Three Songs. I can't think of any others.
The Commodores! (Does that count?)
Not just soul but music acts in general (pun intended): Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen!
I think they all should've gotten together to do a cover of "Private Dancer"
Or...I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang Of Four ;)
OK, if we're gonna go in that direction: Generals & Majors- XTC, Major Tom- Peter Schilling, I'm Your Captain- Grand Funk, Captain of Her Heart- Double, Der Kommissar- Falco/After The Fire, Private Eyes- H&O ;-)
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I am so stealing "Private Dancer" for a someday script.
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I am so stealing "Private Dancer" for a someday script.
Sounds like one of the numerous silly names from Catch 22.