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/ Little Anthony and the Imperials

March 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Its Whats Happening Baby DVD

It's What's Happening, Baby!  That's the name of the 1965 television special hosted by influential New York disk jockey Murray Kaufman, a.k.a. Murray The K.  Over the course of 90 minutes, the jocular, hep-talking Murray (who christened himself The Fifth Beatle as an early friend and supporter of the Fab Four) shared musical performances by the day's biggest pop and soul acts including The Supremes, Dionne Warwick, Ray Charles, The Righteous Brothers, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Rivers,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Four Tops, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Herman's Hermits, Johnny Rivers, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Murray the K, Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles, Ray Charles, The Drifters, The Ronettes, The Supremes, The Temptations

July 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 22 Comments

TJ Lubinsky and Jerry Butler

"Be My Baby." "Can't Take My Eyes off You." "Stand by Me." "You Don't Own Me." Songs such as these not only defined the era in which they were first written and performed, but continue to resonate today. They're just four of the classic songs included on an upcoming 7-DVD set from Treasury Collection that serves as a definitive concert anthology of classic American R&B music. Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop has been curated by executive producer and director TJ Lubinsky from his acclaimed onstage

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Maestro, Lesley Gore, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Little Richard, Ronnie Spector, The Isley Brothers, The Miracles, The Righteous Brothers

June 12, 2013 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

little anthony on a new street

Paul Simon once said, "Little Anthony Gourdine has one of the purest voices to come out of the New York doo-wop scene.  [The Imperials] will be remembered as great musicians from the streets of my hometown."  Bob Dylan was also a fan: "The Beatles weren't rock and roll, nor were The Rolling Stones.  Rock and roll ended with Little Anthony and the Imperials."  But by 1973, the group was ready for a new direction, or a "new street," as it were.  The group first worked with then-budding producer

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