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Gary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three".
Safe as Milk is the debut studio album by American rock group Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, released in June 1967 by Buddah Records. A heavily blues-influenced work, the album features a 20-year-old Ry Cooder, who played guitar and wrote some of the arrangements.
Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records. The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios. The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines. It was produced by Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker. The album reached #167 on the Billboard 200.
Shine is a popular song with lyrics by Cecil Mack and Tin Pan Alley songwriter Lew Brown and music by Ford Dabney. It was published in 1910 by the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company and used by Aida Overton Walker in His Honor the Barber, an African-American road show. According to Perry Bradford, himself a songster and publisher, the song was written about an actual man named Shine who was with George Walker when they were badly beaten during the New York City race riot of 1900.
"Memo from Turner" is a solo single by Mick Jagger, featuring slide guitar by Ry Cooder, from the soundtrack of Performance, in which Jagger played the leading role of Turner, a reclusive rock star. It was re-released in October 2007 on a 17-song retrospective compilation album The Very Best of Mick Jagger, making a re-appearance as a Jagger solo effort. After its original release in 1970, it was included on Rolling Stones compilations, such as Singles Collection: The London Years as a track credited to the Jagger/Richards songwriting partnership. "Memo from Turner" was ranked #92 in the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs list of Rolling Stone.
"Little Sister" is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis Presley, who enjoyed a No. 5 hit with it on the Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Lead guitar was played by Hank Garland, with backing vocals by the Jordanaires featuring the distinctive bass voice of Ray Walker.
"I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" is a popular song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1932. The song was introduced in the musical play, Music in the Air. The first hit recording of the song was released in 1932 by Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, featuring the vocals of Paul Small. It has since been recorded by many artists.
Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galbán and producer Ry Cooder. The album was the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder, and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder. It was released on August 30, 2011, by Nonesuch Records.
Election Special is a 2012 album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder. After his 2011 album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, Cooder continued writing topical and storyline-inspired songs. Displeased with the Republican Party and its financial supporters, he also wanted to write an album that would address listeners during the United States presidential election of 2012, which he believed to be a critical event in the country's history. His fifteenth studio album overall, Election Special was recorded mostly at Drive-By Studios in North Hollywood and produced by Cooder.
"Go Home Girl" is a song written by Arthur Alexander. It was originally released in 1962 as Alexander's follow-up single to "Anna." It has since been recorded by the Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Gary U.S. Bonds and Frank Black.
"Speedoo" is a song written by Esther Navarro and performed by The Cadillacs featuring the Jesse Powell Orchestra. It reached number 3 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 17 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955. The song was featured on their 1957 album, The Fabulous Cadillacs.
"Out of Work" is a 1982 song by American singer Gary U.S. Bonds, from his album On the Line. The song was written by Bruce Springsteen and became a moderate hit in the United States.
Show Time is the sixth album and first live album by guitarist Ry Cooder, produced by Cooder and released on the Warner Bros. record label in January 1977.
The Slide Area is the tenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It was released in 1982 and peaked at #105 on the Billboard album chart.
"New Orleans" is a song written by Frank Guida and Joseph Royster and performed by Gary U.S. Bonds. It reached #5 on the U.S. R&B chart, #6 on the U.S. pop chart, and #16 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960. It was featured on his 1961 album Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds.
"The Fly" is a song written by John Medora and David White and performed by Chubby Checker. It reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart, #11 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #35 in Australia in 1961. It was featured on his 1961 album For 'Teen Twisters Only.
"Dear Lady Twist" is a song written by Frank Guida and performed by Gary U.S. Bonds. It reached #5 on the U.S. R&B chart and #9 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962. It was featured on his 1962 album Twist Up Calypso.
"Twist, Twist Senora" is a song written by Frank Guida, Gene Barge, and Joseph Royster and performed by Gary U.S. Bonds. It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962. It was featured on his 1962 album Twist Up Calypso.
"Sha La La" is a song written by Robert Mosley and Robert Taylor and performed by Manfred Mann. It reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart and #12 on both the U.S. pop chart and the Canadian chart in 1965. It was featured on their 1965 album The Five Faces of Manfred Mann.
References
- ↑ "Gary U.S. Bonds, "School Is Out" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Gary U.S. Bonds, Dance 'Til Quarter to Three with U. S. Bonds" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Chart Toppers", Billboard , December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Ray Ellis and His Orchestra, Ray Ellis Plays the Top 20" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Ry Cooder, Show Time" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Tonio K., School Is Out" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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