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Quincy Jones died yesterday, age 91. Here is an interesting vignette
from his obituary, something I never heard before:
<<Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961,
assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Shirley Horn and others. But this was a moment when pop was taking over; jazz’s margins, and perhaps its audience, too, were in steep decline.
<<He changed his focus accordingly. His first pop success was with the
singer Lesley Gore, only 16 when Mr. Jones came into possession of her
demo tape. “She had a mellow, distinctive voice and sang in tune, which
a lot of grown-up rock ’n’ roll singers couldn’t do, so I signed her,”
he wrote. He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No. 1 hit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before another version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil Spector,
which remains unreleased.>>
On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:30:36 +0000, DianeE wrote:-------------
Quincy Jones died yesterday, age 91. Here is an interesting vignette
from his obituary, something I never heard before:
<<Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961,
assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan,
Shirley Horn and others. But this was a moment when pop was taking over;
jazz’s margins, and perhaps its audience, too, were in steep decline.
<<He changed his focus accordingly. His first pop success was with the
singer Lesley Gore, only 16 when Mr. Jones came into possession of her
demo tape. “She had a mellow, distinctive voice and sang in tune, which
a lot of grown-up rock ’n’ roll singers couldn’t do, so I signed her,”
he wrote. He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No. 1
hit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before another
version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil Spector,
which remains unreleased.>>
Don't forget Quincy conducted and arranged Big Maybelle's version of
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in 1955 two years before Jerry Lee got to
the song
On 11/4/2024 10:48 AM, Roger wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:30:36 +0000, DianeE wrote:
vignetteQuincy Jones died yesterday, age 91. Here is an interesting
Mulligan,from his obituary, something I never heard before:
<<Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961,
assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry
over;Shirley Horn and others. But this was a moment when pop was taking
decline.jazz’s margins, and perhaps its audience, too, were in steep
the
<<He changed his focus accordingly. His first pop success was with
hersinger Lesley Gore, only 16 when Mr. Jones came into possession of
whichdemo tape. “She had a mellow, distinctive voice and sang in tune,
anothera lot of grown-up rock ’n’ roll singers couldn’t do, so I signed her,”
he wrote. He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No. 1
hit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before
Spector,version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil
which remains unreleased.>>
Don't forget Quincy conducted and arranged Big Maybelle's version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in 1955 two years before Jerry Lee gotto
the song-------------
Obit didn't mention that, but did mention his work for Ray Charles in
the 1950s. Have you ever heard of this unreleased Crystals version of
"It's My Party" before? Very tantalizing!
On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:10:48 +0000, DianeE wrote:
On 11/4/2024 10:48 AM, Roger wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:30:36 +0000, DianeE wrote:vignette
Quincy Jones died yesterday, age 91. Here is an interesting
Mulligan,from his obituary, something I never heard before:
<<Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961,
assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry
over;Shirley Horn and others. But this was a moment when pop was taking
decline.jazz’s margins, and perhaps its audience, too, were in steep
the
<<He changed his focus accordingly. His first pop success was with
hersinger Lesley Gore, only 16 when Mr. Jones came into possession of
whichdemo tape. “She had a mellow, distinctive voice and sang in tune,
1a lot of grown-up rock ’n’ roll singers couldn’t do, so I signed >> her,”
he wrote. He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No.
anotherhit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before
Spector,version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil
towhich remains unreleased.>>
Don't forget Quincy conducted and arranged Big Maybelle's version of
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in 1955 two years before Jerry Lee got
the song-------------
Obit didn't mention that, but did mention his work for Ray Charles in
the 1950s. Have you ever heard of this unreleased Crystals version of
"It's My Party" before? Very tantalizing!
The Lesley Gore thing is very well known. And another version f "It's My Party" is not tantalizing at all. It's an extremely mediocre record by
Gore, and will not be any better by any other act.
Don't forget Quincy conducted and arranged Big Maybelle's version of------------
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in 1955 two years before Jerry Lee got to
the song