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And then, the horses.

Block chords come from Milt Buckner,

Crick McMurky - Are You Sure About That?

Yes and yes. But it sure seems like once Clive Davis came in that things got really weird for Bennet, like he would do one two "current" songs, and the rest of the album would be vault stuff of varying vintages. Even the record that made him vomit used a version of "Something" that had been the title cut of an album of his just a year or two earlier Pre-Davis, that record of new songs had one cut on their that SCREAM 50s Columbia, Frank DeVol and industrial reverb. I'm not in any way a "fan" of Tony Bennett overall, but on any given record...a song, a chart, and his skill set can come together quite nicely

And the closer you get to either side of the turn of that decade, the truer that seems to get. It's like they were trying to empty it out so they could get him out of there.

Not really... more like a pop singer who went slumming. At least at the time it seemed like that. Other than that, though...there was a process for getting songs placed on records like these, it's not like James Moody popped in to the Columbia studios one day and Tony said hey Moods, got anything for us today? Ya know? I can think of two people who might have been a conduit, Teo Macero or Torrie Zito. But even then, you're picking tunes for a Tony Bennett record date in 1967, what,/who the hell puts THIS in the pipeline? Or maybe Bennett heard somebody else do it, asked them to pass it along and he got Torrie Zito to do a chart and it got done? Whose tune is this Tony? James Moody. I'm delighted that whoever did it did it, but... recorded in 1967, not released until 1972... not anybody's priority, right?

I've been using Spotify to go back through MOR records of the late 60s/early 70s just to see what treats might be buried in there. This song was one such treat

Or maybe whoever it was just didn't know by the time it came to write in down on whatever they wrote it on to get it printed on the label? This was Columbia, right? Hardly a one man shop... Bureaucracy galore!

Moody is the only composer listed, so he would be the lyricist on his own song. Although the lyrics do have a bit of Eddie Jefferson vibe to them, maybe. I am just wondering how this ended up on a Tony Bennett record! And check out Milt Hinton!!!

Date September 1, 1967 Location New York, NY Vocals Tony Bennett Musicians Conductor Marion Evans, Torrie Zito Piano John Bunch Bass Milt Hinton Drums Sol Gubin Guitar Bucky Pizzarelli Reeds Pete Fanelli, Romeo Penque, Sol Schlinger, Joe Soldo, Bobby Tricarico Trumpe tAl De Risi, Johnny Frosk, Bernie Glow, Marky Markowitz Trombone Sy Berger, Urbie Green, Dick Hixson, John Messner Harp Corky Hale Percussion Bobbie Rosengarden Violin Julius Brand, Fred Buldrini, Leo Cahn, Max Cahn, Paul Gershman, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Joe Malin, George Ockner, John Pintavalle, Max Polikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Aaron Rosand, Tosha Samoroff, Julius Schachter, Gerald Tarack Viola Al Brown, Leon Frengut, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi https://discography.bloggingtonybennett.com/session/september-1-1967/

https://bloggingtonybennett.com/song-of-the-day-coffee-break-2/ Alos....I can't find a recording by Moody of this. So...wtf? How did THAT get HERE????

Ford Frick Warren Giles Bowie Kuehn

It's a Blood Oath.

Paul Bley was Canadian too. Those folks stick together to save money

Dale Bumpers Freddie Fender Bill Hood

Impeccable, at times astonishing, technique in the service of easily grasped, seldom challenging ideas. Couple that with an ingratiating and dignified demeanor and yes, broad scale popularity and acceptance will follow. SHOULD follow, actually. Some people like that kind of thing.

Often unfortunate, occasionally fine. But a few times through, at me leisure, is probably enough. Still looking at Farnon, trying to figure out what's what. This Spotify thing is saving me time and money. Apparently I'm a bit late figuring this out.

Thus, Mosaic of yore.

Olan Mills. Karaoke.

Cat Anderson Ivie Anderson Divine

Lesbian Jewish Princess, to be even more precise!

Sears, JC Penney, K-Mart...

Except Larry David.

Ok, deal sealed, thanks!