LIVE24SEVEN // Motoring, Sport & Entertainment B E V B E VAN’ S - CD P I C K S JUNE 2 0 1 7
Bev Bevan shares four of his favorite CD’s for our listening pleasure, enjoy the June fab four...
The June fab four...
Neil Diamond – 50th Anniversary Collection (Capitol) Neil Diamond was born on January 24th, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. He began his musical career in 1954 as a member of local folk group the Roadrunners, before becoming a record plugger then later a staff songwriter in New York City. For seven weeks at the end of 1966 and beginning of 1967, the number one record in America was I'm A Believer by made for TV's The Monkees. The biggest selling single in the country for all of 1967, I'm A Believer was written by Neil Diamond and so began his extraordinary career.
To celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business, here is a beautifully packaged, 50-track, triple-CD boxset collection of his songs. His biggest UK hits have been Cracklin' Rosie in 1970, Sweet Caroline and I Am I Said in 1971 and You Don't Bring Me Flowers, his duet with Barbra Streisand, from 1978. His biggest USA hits were the chart-topping Song Sung Blue, Cracklin' Rosie and You Don't Bring Me Flowers plus top tenners Cherry Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Holly Holy, I Am I Said, Longfellow Serenade, Love On The Rocks, Hello Again, America and Heartlight.
The Turtles – It Ain’t Me Babe (Edsel) The Turtles enjoyed 18 American hit singles between 1965 and 1970, three of which (Happy Together, She'd Rather Be With Me and Elenore), were also big hits in the UK. From their original incarnation as surf band The Crossfires, all the way to their final single, The Turtles traversed several different musical paths during their career. They were certainly one of my all-time favourite American bands of the sixties.
Their debut album, It Ain't Me Babe was issued in October 1965 (hot on the heels of their second Top 40 single Let Me Be, which followed Top 10 hit It Ain't Me Babe). The album is now re-released as a 2-CD digipak edition and has been newly remastered in both stereo and mono. As well as the aforemen- tioned hit singles, other standout tracks include It Was A Very Good Year, Eve Of Destruction , Love Minus Zero and Like A Rolling Sone.
To Love Somebody – The Songs of the Bee Gees 1966 – 1970 (ACE) Performed by a diverse array of international artists, both familiar and obscure, here are versions of two dozen great songs from the Bee Gees' earlier songwriting period.
Artists from the full spectrum of musical styles have covered the Gibb brothers’ compositions, from stoner rock bands to much more easy listening fare, stopping off even at psychedelia , soft rock, power ballads and classic pop. Top American soul singers of the late sixties seemed to be particularly adept at interpreting Bee Gees songs.
Top tracks include How Can You Mend A Broken Heart by Al Green, To Love Somebody by James Carr, I've Gotta Get A Message To You by Percy Sledge and I Can't See Nobody by Nina Simone, plus the Marbles' Only One Woman, Tommy Roe's interpretation of Massachusetts, Jose Feliciano's First Of May and Sharon Tandy's version of World.
When Colours Come Together – The Legacy of Harry Belafonte (RCA) Born Harold George Belafonte Junior on 1st March 1927 in Harlem , New York, his career began as an actor and pop singer, but it was when he tried his hand at calypso music that his music career really took off. During the late fifties he scored three massive hits with The Banana Boat Song, Island In The Sun and Mary's Boy Child.
This new CD introduces the music of Belafonte to a new generation with a message of inspiration in the fight for equality, diversity and social justice. Revered for his jubilant calypso recordings and tireless activism around the world as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Harry Belafonte has personally selected 18 classic recordings from his catalogue. This collection also debuts the new recording of When Colours Come Together (Our Island In The Sun), sung by a children's choir.
See Bev Bevan Appearing Live In Your Area. Stand Up and Rock: Wolverhampton Grand, 1st June - Malvern Forum Theatre 21st, 22nd & 23rd June Shrewsbury Theatre Severn 26th, 27th & 28th June
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