Some folks seem to push for pain, your Uncle Marty and The 3D RadioActivity prefers to pluck for pleasure, so on our 578th time around the virtual and real turntables we'll be calling Brenda Holloway, Billy Ocean, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley and others for help as we will be HURT'in for certain. We've had 15 different HURTS and one rebuttal to close it out. After all this … [Read more...] about 3D Hz
Big Band
Today in Rock History – March 1
1967, The Beatles began recording "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" at Abbey Road studios, London. Work on the new John Lennon song began the day before with extensive rehearsals. Despite the acronym of the song spelling out LSD, the origins of the composition came from a drawing that Lennon's son Julian had made of his classmate Lucy O'Donnell. John wrote a song inspired by … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 1
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sax-O-Phun” by George Olsen And His Music
During the Jazz age of the mid-1920s, the dance band leader as personality came into vogue with Paul Whiteman, Art Hickman and George Olsen at the forefront of the trend. Their music was closely tied to that of the stage with lots of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein in their repertoires. This song was recorded in … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Sax-O-Phun” by George Olsen And His Music
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Beware Brother Beware” by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Some stone cold advice from Mr. Jordan and company waxed back in 1946. That's Wild Bill Davis on the piano and, of course, Jordan himself on the vocals and the alto saxophone. When it came to big band, jump blues, jazz and boogie woogie, Jordan was top of the heap ranking just behind Duke Ellington and Count Basie in popularity back in the day. His releases regularly topped the … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Beware Brother Beware” by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Trees" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
I first came into contact with this song in a rendition by Alfalfa on "The Little Rascals." This version hails from 1930 by the Chicago sweet band led by Isham Jones. Jones was a cold taskmaster of a bandleader which is kind of at odds with the sweet music he made with his group. At one time or another, Jones' orchestra featured such greats as Woody Herman and Benny Goodman. … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Trees" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra