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valjean I'm Asleep  299 posts   Mood Now:  
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1/4/1962 -
Gene McDaniels recorded "Point of No Return". |
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valjean I'm Asleep 299 posts Mood Now:
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I wonder if anyone ever heard of him --
I've always been a big Gene McDaniels' fan. His hit song "100 Pounds of Clay" was one of my first ever favorite rock n roll songs. I remember my father bringing me home the Hit Parade Magazine when I was 9 and it had the words to the song. I was so happy! I know somebody covered his song "Tower of Strength" not too long ago, but I don't know who. He wrote "Feel Like Making Love" for Roberta Flack. |
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jimbo9 I'm Asleep 12277 posts   Mood Now: 
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Is he country, valjean?
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That_70s_Gal I'm Asleep 650 posts   
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I wonder if Kerry Livgren from Kansas was inspired by that song.
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CanuckYank I'm Asleep 1930 posts   Mood Now: 
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Yeah, it could be possible!
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jimbo9 I'm Asleep 12277 posts Mood Now:
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Is that tune folk rock?
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CanuckYank I'm Asleep 1930 posts Mood Now:
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The tune by Kansas? No, it's hard rock.
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HighwayGirl  I'm Asleep 1697 posts   Mood Now: 
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Yeah, I like Kansas, too!
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led_zep_head I'm Asleep 1610 posts  Mood Now: 
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I'm not sure if there is any relation.
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valjean I'm Asleep 299 posts Mood Now:
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I think that Gene McDaniel would be considered pop, early pop - his string of hits were 1960-1962,
I looked him up on The Covers Project to find out who covered that song, but it seems nobody covered Tower of Strength, at least on record, though I know my son told me that he was at a show when the act onstage did the song, and my son said, hey I know this song (either from my 45 record collection and I always played the oldies station in the car and he is often told he is too young to know all the songs he knows, or who sang them originally) Elvis Costello and Georgie Fame covered "Point of No Return". |
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jimbo9 I'm Asleep 12277 posts Mood Now:
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Did he have a storied career?
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pyxi_styx I'm Asleep 3982 posts   Mood Now:
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I'm really not familiar with this guy.
Peace out. 
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valjean I'm Asleep 299 posts Mood Now:
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Here is a link to his page on soulwalking uk, jim, if you're interested in knowing more about him
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Gene%20McDaniels.html though I disagree with their statement: "He sadly fell from favour when the publics tastes made a bee-line towards the Beatles and their like." We could say that was true of a lot of US artists as far as the Beatles go and let that cover it, but to me, I'd say it would be more accurate to say music was evolving into a style that he just wasn't doing or his label wasn't letting him do. All 3 of his top hits had somewhat of a calypso beat to them and - don't get me wrong - I love that stuff, but that was very popular in the 50s and early 60s and then faded out to be replaced by rock even before the British Invasion. The Four Seasons were one particular group that was becoming very popular and that is one group that held its own against the British Invasion. |
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jimbo9 I'm Asleep 12277 posts Mood Now:
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Ty for the link Valerie; labels have to known to hold an artist back creatively in the past.
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tragicallyhip_babe I'm Asleep 2815 posts  
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Yeah, I guess that's true.
Keep Hipping! 
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jimbo9 I'm Asleep 12277 posts Mood Now:
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there were ":experts" in 59 /60 who claimed guitar bands were on their way out!
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