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Author Archives: Franko
DAVID DUNDAS – Jeans On – (Crysalis) – 1977
Does one song justify a career? Well maybe but it’s not a question I have to think about because there wasn’t quite a career here. Does one song justify an album? Perhaps not, but in pop it has on … Continue reading
TONY BENNETT – Yesterday I Heard the Rain – (Columbia) – 1968
Here I will just be a little more random with my thoughts. Bennett, born 1926, is the last of the great male trad pop singers. As a kid, Elvis led me to Bobby Darin and Bobby led me to trad … Continue reading
DAVE EDMUNDS – D.E. 7 – (Arista) – 1982
Not another Dave Edmunds album I hear you say. Tough. I like Dave Edmunds and you should do. That’s not an order but a suggestion. If we had more Dave Edmunds in this world we would have less James Blunts … Continue reading
JOHN STEWART – Fire in The Wind – (RSO) – 1977
Stewart had a strange career. Perhaps, but I don’t know, for a time he was known as one of the vocalists for the (successful) folk band The Kingston Trio. Nowadays, that isn’t that widely known. Normally people may recall him … Continue reading
THE ASTRONAUTS – Down The Line – (RCA) – 1965
Yes, another Astronauts LP – hey, don’t complain it could have been another Bobby Vee. I get on these kicks. Look at my other comments on The Astronauts for background detail on them. I would be repeating myself (again) if … Continue reading
MELANIE – Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face – (Philips) – 1978
I commented on another late Melanie album no so long ago, “Arabesque” (1982).. It was a revelation as I thought she had gone off the boil by the mid-1970s. That album proved me wrong. See my other comment for biographical … Continue reading
WILLIE NILE – Willie Nile – (Arista) – 1980
I never really listened to any Willie Nile before even though I’ve seen this album many times. I assumed he was another rock n roller snapped up and taken for a ride with the new wave. And that’s about right. … Continue reading
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – Love on the Wing – (Warner Brothers) – 1977
Very early in my blogging I commented on another Jesse Colin Young album. You can search that it you wish though here I will flesh out a few of the points I raised there. Wikipedia: “Jesse Colin Young is an … Continue reading
BRIAN HYLAND – Sealed with a Kiss – (ABC Paramount) – 1962
When it comes to white boy pop from the 60s Brian Hyland is the person I know the least about. Maybe it’s because he isn’t a Bobby? I know the Bobby’s : Darin, Vee, Rydell, Vinton. I also know Lou … Continue reading
