Category: Music

Little Girl, by Carl McVoy

Cover of the single by CarlMcVoy – from Bear Family Records

Carl Everett Glasscock McVoy was an American singer and pianist, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis (their mothers were sisters), born on January 3, 1931 in Epps, Louisiana. Due to financial reason, most of his musical recordings were distributed in small numbers or even not issued. He combined his unsuccessful musical career with a day job in the construction business, and indeed around 1965 he quit the music business and opted for a more secure future in the construction industry, in which he worked until his death on January 3, 1992 in Jackson, Mississippi. Several of his records have been reissued posthumously. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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When My Little Girl Is Smiling

Catherine Demongeot, Zazie dans le métro
Louis Malle – Catherine Demongeot dans Zazie dans le métro (1960)

The lyricist Gerry Goffin and the composer Carole King, husband and wife, formed a prolific songwriting team throughout the 1960s. Their love song “When My Little Girl Is Smiling” was first recorded in October 1961 by The Drifters, an American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group. Released as a single on the Atlantic label in February 1962, it reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, while in Britain it reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1962. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Zombie Skin, by Murp

Murp
Murp – from murp.bandcamp.com

America’s Got Talent is a televised American talent show competition on the NBC television network. It runs a season each year during the network’s summer schedule. The 4th episode of Season 8, devoted to auditions, aired on June 25, 2013 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. It featured a sensational performance by 6 years old Aaralyn O’Neil singing her black metal song “Zombie Skin,” accompanied by her 9 years old brother Isaiah (“Izzy”) on drums. Some members of the Jury were shocked by her raucous shrieking voice, while the public got enthusiastic. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Ah ! Les petites filles, par Roméo

Russell Lee - Mass jumping of rope by schoolchildren
Russell Lee – Mass jumping of rope by schoolchildren, San Augustine, Texas (1939) – historyinphotos.blogspot.com

Georges Brize, né à Belleville en Beaujolais le 29 janvier 1961, connut sous le nom de Roméo une brève carrière de chanteur de 1973 à 1976. En décembre 1973, il sortit chez Disques Carrère un 45 tours dont la face A donnait une nouvelle interprétation de « Petit Papa Noël » et la face B était une chanson écrite et composée par Claude Carrère et Jim Larriaga, « Ah ! Les petites filles ». CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Ghiţă, by Cleopatra Stratan

Cleopatra Stratan - Ghiţă
Cleopatra Stratan – Ghiţă – from last.fm

The Moldovan-Romanian singer Cleopatra Stratan was born on October 6, 2002 in Chişinău, Moldova. Her father Pavel Stratan is a singer and musician. In 2006 she released her first album La vârsta de 3 ani (“At the age of 3”), which sold more than 150,000 in Romania. It included the hit “Ghiţă,” which reached number 1 in the Romanian Singles Chart. Then in 2008 she released her second album La vârsta de 5 ani (“At the age of 5”). CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Little girl, don’t be blue

Mary Cassatt - Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Mary Cassatt – Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878)

The Scruffy Group was a band formed in 1965 by Jack Van Pelt (guitar) and Max Freeland (drums), two students at Ohio State University, who joined with two friends from their hometown Lima, Ohio: Jim Buehl (rhythm guitar) and Alan Ulrich (bass). The band moved to Strongsville, Ohio, where they played night concerts at the Skyline Inn. After being suggested to make a single, Jack Van Pelt composed the two songs “Little Girl” and “Do” in four hours. The band recorded them in a few hours at Audio Recording in Cleveland. The record was released in the summer of 1965 by Jimmy Testa’s Tema label, with “Little Girl” on the A side. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Jailbait, by Ted Nugent

Front cover of the album Intensities in 10 Cities by Ted Nugent
Front cover of the album Intensities in 10 Cities by Ted Nugent – from Vinyl Records and Album Cover Gallery, vinyl-records.nl

Theodore Anthony Nugent (born December 13, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Redford, Michigan. He started as the lead guitarist of the rock band The Amboy Dukes. After dissolving the band, he embarked on a successful solo career in the 1970s and 1980s. His second live album Intensities in 10 Cities consists of 10 songs recorded during the last ten dates of his 1980 tour; it was released on March 2, 1981. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight, by Spinal Tap

Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap – from Canal+

Spinal Tap is a made-up English heavy metal band created by the comedians and musicians of The T.V. Show on the American commercial broadcast television network ABC. The 1984 mock documentary film This is Spinal Tap gave a dramatised fictional history of this parodic band, which satirises in its image, sound, and lyrics some of the biggest bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The soundtrack of the film was released on March 2, 1984. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…

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