The Magnificent Goldberg

Master Po Ping Edgar Allen Poe The Posers

Matt Dillon John Dillinger Dillinger

Ygor Bela Lugosi Balla Onivogui

Gigi Jimmy Wheeler (Brit comedian - His catchphrase 'Aye Aye That's Your Lot') Ian Dury

Tom Dowd Roy DuNann Tricky Sam

The Sandals Robert Parker Ava Gardner

Donna Ritchie Valens Ricky Valance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Valance

Freddie Mercury Frankie Avalon Fabian

Ruby Ruby Ruby Baby

'Straight no chaser' and 'The old country', a Nat Adderley tune. MG

I just visited my optometrist, Wayne Evans. When I saw this thread just now, I got a shock. They look a lot alike! Wayne's about the age of Rudy in that photo. You think some things will go on forever. RIP. MG

Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG

Yep, you got it. I think Mr King's a hard singer to pin down; not truly, honestly a soul singer, though he nonetheless made important classics in soul's development period. And a few later. But, after I heard 'Songs for soulful lovers', I realised he was really a pop singer, who sang in many different styles, not many of them necessarily black styles. I think I've seen somewhere that the trumpet player is Sweets Edison. The sleeve notes are no help at all, however. MG Sorry, no correct guesses, Randy. Some interesting misses and observations - you're right about #4 - Jim just got a friend to tell him last night As I expect you've seen, Jim Sangrey & co got pretty well everything. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG Yes, it IS one of those Chicago vets - Jimmy 'Fastfingers' Dawkins. It's from his LP 'Blisterstring' on Delmark, from 1976. MG

Yeah, a charade! Re 14 - you're kind of on the right track, though you may well disagree. Re Koko - I guess you mean Isham Jones... MG

I remembered that the backing band for that show was Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers. They weren't a bunch of good session musicians, just a bunch of guys from Norfolk, which his kind of like being from the Appalachians. But they backed up all three acts well. The baritone player doubled on piano. Two bass guitars, plus lead and rhythm. Even people from out the back could be good back then. MG OK, the man with friends... Yes, and another BOINGGG! It's Koko. Well, gotta say, she damn well scared me with 'Insane asylum' back in the day. I don't know her detailed discography but it wouldn't surprise me to find that 'Blue prelude' was recorded at the same session as 'Insane asylum'. That's why I said you should listen to the room. MG

Rock Hudson Chuck Rock Eva Brick

Yes, you're right about Gene McDaniels. I saw him in Harrow in 1961, with my mates Rose and Sue. He was on a rock package tour with Johnny Burnette (over whom Rose used to lust rather a lot) and Gary US Bonds, whom we all liked. We also liked Gene, particularly because of the B side of his third single, 'Chip chip', not as compelling a hit as '100 lbs of clay' and 'Tower of strength' but not bad. But the B side, 'Another tear falls' was quite a different matter. So we went and I put up with Burnette who, after all, wasn't entirely awful, despite looking like the typical teen idol. Gene came on after the interval, did his singles to mucho applause, though people probably didn't know he'd written those hits that UK artists had covered very successfully. Then he sang 'Spring is here' and stopped the goddamn show! After he'd finished it, there was about half a minute's silence, then WILD applause. (How different audiences were then!) So I never heard much about him until 'Compared to what' by Les McCann & Eddie Harris, then, a couple of years later, his own 'Headless heroes of the apocalypse', which I don't think I appreciated - didn't like it anyway. But I always knew, somewhere, there'd be a Gene McDaniels album that would be IT! And I found it on a blog a few months ago. So, no personal credit to you, Jim? Don't tell me one of your kids recognised him. No, The good Mrs Sangrey? Not impossible, but how old was she in '61, so unlikely. So who fingered him for you, Jim? And, by the way, it ain't Sister Rosetta Tharpe, of whom a little also goes a LOOOOONG way with me. Fer Crissakes, Jim, listen to the room! MG Well, I guess not from you Not Ed Townsend. Nice idea, though. Oh, not even west coast. MG

Sir Angus of the Prune Prunesqualor Bill Plummer

Correction - it's not from the Goodman book, it's from the Isham Jones band book and was also a Herman item. I don't remember like I used to, either MG

Not Big Mama Thornton, either. And you WON'T say it's weird when you find out who it really is, so you won't stand by that part of the post MG

Yeah, no doubt. But it's not the song on the BFT, Jim. That's a different song, sung by someone else you should be equally familiar with. And I'll bet you've got recordings of the same song by other people. It's from the Benny Goodman band book. MG

Sorry, didn't understand. This is not a song written by either of them. And it's not sung by Big Maybelle, either. If memory serves, Valerie Simpson was a sixties/seventies songwriter. This song is a good bit older than that. MG

Lorna Doone Dickey Doo The Dont's

Many happy returns of the DAY! MG

Sailor Vernon Mike Vernon Fleetwood Mac