ADAM LAMBERT WINS AMERICAN IDOL!
April 29, 2009
When it was leaked that Adam Lambert received 97% of the call in vote on “American Idol” for his rendition of “Feelin’ Good”, the judges officially should have ended the competition and declared Lambert the winner!
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO of ADAM LAMBERT, the TRUE “AMERICAN IDOL” in a better performance than anything he ever did on “American Idol”! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/new-exclusive-video-adam-lambert-performing-live-better-than-any-idol-show/
EXTRA!! EXTRA!! HERE”S THE HIT VERSION OF “NO BOUNDARIES” ADAM LAMBERT, the TRUE “AMERICAN IDOL” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vokM1z8on5g
Here are three URLs that will take you to the video of “Feelin’ Good”
(If one is disabled try another one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqhS8OtGqAk
http://www.inquisitr.com/22996/adam-lambert-sings-feeling-good-on-american-idol-video/
http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20090429/video-adam-lambert-feeling-good-on-american-idol-2009/
“IF IT’S ON THE INTERNET, IT’S GOTTA” BE TRUE!”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
TO SEE SUSAN BOYLE, HER SPECTACULAR MAKEOVER AND HER MUSIC! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/exclusive-photo-susan-boyle-makeover-and-her-new-video/
This week’s top story seems to be that Barbara Walters, Larry King, and most of the free world have joined TWITTER.
It’s amazing how quickly TWITTER, the social network, has become part of the world’s collective consciousness. The first time I heard about it was at the end of the Presidential campaign when Senator John McCain sent telegrams and used land lines to keep in touch with his staff, while Senator Barack Obama used cell phones and TWITTER to stay in touch with his…with the whole world following his every “Tweet”.
What impresses me most about the service is the message or “Tweet” is limited to 140 characters (about six lines), which forces the user to communicate more concisely. Although I had a problem with TWITTER initially, everything has been resolved. Even though I like the idea of communicating quickly, I haven’t become an active member because I’ve never been a “follower” and I don’t like the idea of being “followed” around by anyone.
As I was discussing my dilemma with my friend Art Munson at Over 50 Music, he suggested that I look into Face Book, which presented another problem. I’ve always seen Facebook as one of the places where you can delude yourself into thinking that you’re popular, but I found that it is one of the best places to make a reconnection.
Two months ago I decided I wanted to include a paragraph or two from people in my past to use in my forthcoming book “I Did It For A Song”, and through e-mails and Google I was able to locate 30 people. Exactly one month ago I joined Facebook and found 300 PEOPLE who I’ve since added as “friends”! Now with the recent addition of TWITTER to its pages I can follow everyone I know, everywhere they go, and read every message they send and/ or receive. DAMN, isn’t technology wonderful?
You have to excuse me, but it’s time to go on Facebook to check on all my pals. I wonder if Peter Greenberg’s back from Shanghai, mmm, Gary Stromberg says he saw a report on Fox news how bacon cures hangovers, Unsteady Freddy saw the Association perform, Bruce Garfield is up before the sun in London, Patti LaBelle is in the studio with Alicia Keys…..Looks like it’s gonna’ be a long night!
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
NOW FROM OUR PAL BARRY OSLANDER, HERE”S A SHORT VIDEO ON FACEBOOK MANNERS
To reach Art Munson http://over50music.com
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO! SUSAN BOYLE MAKEOVER AND HER NEW VIDEO!
April 22, 2009
I feel foolish for calling Susan Boyle, Sarah Boyle in yesterday’s post, but she’s become popular so fast, such mistakes are inevitable. Anyway, enough frivolity, here’s her latest video with a promise in the future to be more accurate in identifying people in my articles.
French actress Gina Lollobrigida looks askance at the “NEW SUSAN BOYLE”
FOR THE NEW SUSAN BOYLE VIDEO FROM “ENGLAND’S GOT TALENT!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk
“IF IT”S ON THE INTERNET IT”S GOT TO BE TRUE!”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
I read in Variety online, “Paramount has announced plans to fast-track a remake of Footloose, with plans to start filming in the spring of 2009, with Dylan Sellers, producer of The Replacements, and the original producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as co-producers. Chase Crawford of “Gossip Girl” will be starring.”
Wow…It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since the original “Footloose” starring Kevin Bacon, was released. It’s also hard to believe that Genghis Cohen, the trendy Chinese Restaurant which I named and hosted off and on for nine years, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary!
What do the two have in common? Kevin and his girlfriend Tracy Pollen, who also was in the movie, were two of our first regular customers. They turned Sarah Jessica Parker (who was also in “Footloose”), and her boyfriend Robert Downey, Jr., on to the restaurant. It wasn’t long before Academy Award winning songwriter Dean Pitchford, “Fame”(Pitchford/ Gore), who collaborated on the nine-song “Footloose” score with songwriters Eric Carmen, Michael Gore, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow and Bill Wolfer, was coming into the Chinese restaurant as well.
One night Dean brought in his “Fame” collaborator, Michael Gore who I’ve known since he was 15, when I administered his sister Lesley Gore’s publishing companies. Dean also introduced me to the producers of the film, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Being an amateur musicologist, I was excited to meet Craig who wrote a biographic book of composer Stephen Sondheim entitled “Sondheim & Co.” in 1976.
There were nights when everybody from the film would show up at the same time, which made me feel like I was on a movie set (fortunately I was wearing taps on my shoes!) During one of the quieter moments I asked Dean, who also wrote the screenplay, what he thought about the phenomonon he created.
“People sometimes speak of “Footloose” as “that movie about the town where you can’t dance.” I think that if that had been all it was, it wouldn’t have continued to enthrall and entertain audiences for the last quarter-century. At the heart of the film is a story of loss — about a boy who has lost his father and a man who has lost his son. And the tale of how those two characters work through their grief (Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow in the original movie) still speaks to people’s emotions year after year, all over the world.”
See and hear “FAME”, “FOOTLOOSE”, and his other hits click onto THE DEAN PITCHFORD VIDEO JUKEBOX https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-dean-pitchford-video-jukebox/
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
To reach Dean Pitchford http://www.deanpitchford.com/
For STAR STUDDED NIGHTS AT GENGHIS COHEN https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/star-studded-nights-at-genghis-cohen/
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH PHIL SPECTOR!
April 15, 2009
L to R: Artie Ripp, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, Paul Case, Ellie Greenwich, Jerry Leiber, and Ed Silvers at BMI award dinner in 1964
Yesterday I was talking to a pal from the past, Ira Howard, the former editor of Cashbox Magazine, who ran the music division of Readers Digest for 28 years. He was telling me about a new super website he’s about to launch especially for our generation, who never lost our love for the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. As we talked about old times, the conversation turned to the headlines and Phil Spector, and our encounters over the years with him.
I told Ira, “After I left Aldon music, I started hanging out at Paul Vance’s (“Itsy, Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”) office at 1650 Broadway. Ellie Greenwich (“Hanky Panky”) dropped in one day to see Paul who wasn’t there, and wound up writing a song with me and Danny Jordan (The Detergents), “You Should’ve Told Me”, which the Angels recorded. As Danny and I were dreaming of further collaborations with this talented young lady, Ellie, her fiance Jeff Barry (“Tell Laura I Love Her”) had other plans.
The two of them had started writing songs with 21 year-old producer, Phil Spector (“To Know Him Is To Love Him”). ..songs that defined a generation. “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes, “Da Doo Run Run” by the Crystals, and “River Deep Mountain High” by Ike and Tina Turner.”
Ira Howard recalls, “I was at Cashbox in the early ’60s when Phil came in and immediately blurted out “I got a hit record and I need a name for this new group I’m producing.” (the group, by the way, included Bobby Sheen, Darlene Love and Fanita James, who recorded under many group names back them.) We began throwing around some ideas, when, out of left field, I mentioned that we could possibly name them after the clothes the kids were wearing. I then said “how about dungarees…or blue jeans?’ Phil’s eyes lit up and said “bingo…it’s The Blue Jeans.” He followed it by saying, “now how about a lead singer?” I then followed with “how about bobby sox?” Phil had a grin from ear to ear and said “great…it’s Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans.” The recording was “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” and it went Top Ten in November of ’62. Ira went on to mention that Phil had an amazing memory. The two didn’t meet until 40 years later at a songwriters awards dinner in New York. Ira got past Phil’s bodyguards and went up to him and just smiled. Phil then said “Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans as his hello.”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
For more personal encounters with Phil Spector click onto
To see and hear Phil’s brilliant recordings with the Beatles as well as EVERY BEATLE VIDEO EVER MADE! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/every-beatle-video-ever-made-for-free/
EVERY BEATLE VIDEO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET FOR FREE!
April 11, 2009
When I looked through my inbox yesterday I found an incredible surprise from my friends Kent Kotal of Forgotten Hits, one of the best music forums on the internet and producer/songwriter John Madera (“At The Hop”, “You Don’t Own Me”, “The Fly” (all co-written with Dave White)
They each sent me a list of EVERY BEATLE VIDEO EVER MADE! YES EVERY BEATLE VIDEO EVER MADE! within minutes of each other and I hope you enjoy them as much as I am!
Thanks again to Kent at Forgotten Hits http://forgottenhits.com who has an especially exciting blog this week.
And to John Madera, http://thatphillysound.com
A Day in the Life <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=A+Day+in+the+Life>
A Hard Day’s Night <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=A+Hard+Day’s+Night>
A Taste of Honey <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=A+Taste+of+Honey>
Across The Universe http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Across+The+Universe
Act Naturally <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Act+Naturally>
All I’ve got to Do <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=All+I’ve+got+to+Do>
All My Loving <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=All+My+Loving>
All Together Now <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=All+Together+Now>
All You Need Is Love http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=All+You+Need+Is+Love
And I Love Her <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=And+I+Love+Her>
And Your Bird Can Sing <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=And+Your+Bird+Can+Sing>
Anna (Go To Him) <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Anna+(Go+To+Him)>
Another Girl <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Another+Girl>
Any Time At All <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Any+Time+At+All>
Ask Me Why <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Ask+Me+Why>
Baby It’s You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Baby+It’s+You>
Baby You’re A Rich Man http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Baby+You’re+A+Rich+Man
Baby’s in Black <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Baby’s+in+Black>
Back In The USSR <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Back+In+The+USSR>
Bad Boy <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Bad+Boy>
Because <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Because>
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Being+for+the+Benefit+of+Mr.+Kite!>
Birthday <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Birthday>
Blackbird <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Blackbird>
Blue Jay Way <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Blue+Jay+Way>
Boys <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Boys>
Can’t Buy Me Love <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Can’t+Buy+Me+Love>
Carry That Weight <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Carry+That+Weight>
Chains <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Chains>
Come Together <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Come+Together>
Cry Baby Cry <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Cry+Baby+Cry>
Day Tripper <http://www..beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Day+Tripper>
Dear Prudence <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Dear+Prudence>
Devil In Her Heart <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Devil+In+Her+Heart>
Dig A Pony <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Dig+A+Pony>
Dig It <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Dig+It>
Dizzy Miss Lizzie <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Dizzy+Miss+Lizzie>
Do You Want to Know a Secret <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Do+You+Want+to+Know+a+Secret>
Doctor Robert <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Doctor+Robert>
Don’t Bother Me <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Don’t+Bother+Me>
Don’t Let Me Down <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Don’t+Let+Me+Down>
Don’t Pass Me By <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Don’t+Pass+Me+By>
Drive My Car <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Drive+My+Car>
Eight Days a Week <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Eight+Days+a+Week>
Eleanor Rigby <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Eleanor+Rigby>
Every Little Thing <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Every+Little+Thing>
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Everybody’s+Got+Something+to+Hide+Except+For+Me+and+My+Monkey>
Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Everybody’s+Trying+to+be+My+Baby>
Fixing a Hole <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Fixing+a+Hole>
Flying (instrumental) <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Flying+(instrumental)>
For No One <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=For+No+One>
For You Blue <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=For+You+Blue>
Free As A Bird <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Free+As+A+Bird>
From Me To You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=From+Me+To+You>
Get Back <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Get+Back>
Getting Better <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Getting+Better>
Girl <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Girl>
Glass Onion <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Glass+Onion>
Golden Slumbers <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Golden+Slumbers>
Good Day Sunshine <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Good+Day+Sunshine>
Good Morning, Good Morning <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Good+Morning,+Good+Morning>
Good Night <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Good+Night>
Got To Get You Into My Life <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Got+To+Get+You+Into+My+Life>
Happiness is a Warm Gun <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Happiness+is+a+Warm+Gun> 
Hello, Goodbye <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Hello,+Goodbye>
Help <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Help>
Helter Skelter <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Helter+Skelter>
Her Majesty <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Her+Majesty>
Here Comes The Sun http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Here+Comes+The+Sun Here, There And Everywhere <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Here,+There+And+Everywhere>
Hey Bulldog <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Hey+Bulldog>
Hey Jude <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Hey+Jude>
Hold Me Tight <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Hold+Me+Tight>
Honey Don’t <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Honey+Don’t>
Honey Pie <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Honey+Pie>
I Am the Walrus <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Am+the+Walrus>
I Call Your Name <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Call+Your+Name>
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Don’t+Want+to+Spoil+the+Party>
I Feel Fine <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Feel+Fine>
I Me Mine <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Me+Mine>
I Need You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Need+You>
I Saw Her Standing There <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Saw+Her+Standing+There>
I Should Have Known Better <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Should+Have+Known+Better>
I Wanna Be Your Man http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Wanna+Be+Your+Man
I Want To Hold Your Hand <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Want+To+Hold+Your+Hand>
I Want To Tell You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Want+To+Tell+You> I Want You (She’s So Heavy) <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Want+You+(She’s+So+Heavy)>
I Will <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I+Will>
I’ll Be Back <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ll+Be+Back>
I’ll Cry Instead <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ll+Cry+Instead>
I’ll Follow the Sun <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ll+Follow+the+Sun>
I’ll Get You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ll+Get+You>
I’m a Loser <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+a+Loser> 
I’m Down <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+Down>
I’m Just Happy to Dance with You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+Just+Happy+to+Dance+with+You>
I’m Looking Through You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+Looking+Through+You>
I’m Only Sleeping <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+Only+Sleeping>
I’m so tired <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’m+so+tired>
I’ve Got A Feeling <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ve+Got+A+Feeling>
I’ve Just Seen a Face <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=I’ve+Just+Seen+a+Face>
If I Fell <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=If+I+Fell>
If I Needed Someone <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=If+I+Needed+Someone>
In My Life <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=In+My+Life>
It Won’t Be Long <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=It+Won’t+Be+Long>
It’s All Too Much <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=It’s+All+Too+Much>
It’s Only Love <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=It’s+Only+Love>
Julia <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Julia>
Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Kansas+City/Hey,+Hey,+Hey,+Hey>
Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Komm+Gib+Mir+Deine+Hand>
Lady Madonna <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Lady+Madonna> 
Let it Be <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Let+it+Be>
Little Child <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Little+Child>
Long Tall Sally <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Long+Tall+Sally>
Long, Long, Long <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Long,+Long,+Long>
Love Me Do <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Love+Me+Do>
Love You To <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Love+You+To>
Lovely Rita <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Lovely+Rita>
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Lucy+in+the+Sky+with+Diamonds>
Maggie Mae <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Maggie+Mae>
Magical Mystery Tour <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Magical+Mystery+Tour>
Martha My Dear <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Martha+My+Dear>
Matchbox <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Matchbox>
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Maxwell’s+Silver+Hammer>
Mean Mr. Mustard <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Mean+Mr.+Mustard>
Michelle <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Michelle>
Misery <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Misery>
Money (That’s What I Want) <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Money+(That’s+What+I+Want)>
Mother Nature’s Son <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Mother+Nature’s+Son>
Mr. Moonlight <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Mr.+Moonlight>
No Reply <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=No+Reply>
Norwegian Wood <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Norwegian+Wood>
Not a Second Time <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Not+a+Second+Time> Nowhere Man <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Nowhere+Man>
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Ob-La-Di,+Ob-La-Da>
Octopus’s Garden <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Octopus’s+Garden>
Oh! Darling <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Oh!+Darling>
Old Brown Shoe <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Old+Brown+Shoe>
One After 909 <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=One+After+909>
Only A Northern Song <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Only+A+Northern+Song>
P.S. I Love You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=P.S.+I+Love+You>
Paperback Writer <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Paperback+Writer>
Penny Lane <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Penny+Lane>
Piggies <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Piggies>
Please Mister Postman <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Please+Mister+Postman>
Please Please Me <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Please+Please+Me>
Polythene Pam <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Polythene+Pam>
Rain <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Rain>
Real Love <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Real+Love>
Revolution 1 <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Revolution+1>
Revolution 9 <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Revolution+9>
Rock and Roll Music http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=Rock+and+Roll+Music
Rocky Raccoon <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Rocky+Raccoon>
Roll Over Beethoven http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Roll+Over+Beethoven
Run For Your Life <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Run+For+Your+Life>
Savoy Truffle <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Savoy+Truffle>
Sexy Sadie <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Sexy+Sadie>
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Sgt.+Pepper’s+Lonely+Hearts+Club+Band>
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Sgt.+Pepper’s+Lonely+Hearts+Club+Band+(Reprise)>
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=She+Came+In+Through+The+Bathroom+Window>
She Loves You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=She+Loves+You>
She Said, She Said <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=She+Said,+She+Said>
She’s A Woman <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=She’s+A+Woman>
She’s Leaving Home <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=She’s+Leaving+Home> Sie Liebt Dich <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Sie+Liebt+Dich>
Slow Down <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Slow+Down>
Something <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Something>
Strawberry Fields Forever <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Strawberry+Fields+Forever>
Sun King <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Sun+King>
Taxman <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Taxman>
Tell Me What You See <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Tell+Me+What+You+See>
Tell Me Why <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Tell+Me+Why>
Thank You Girl <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Thank+You+Girl>
The Ballad of John And Yoko <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Ballad+of+John+And+Yoko>
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Continuing+Story+of+Bungalow+Bill>
The End <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+End>
The Fool On The Hill http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Fool+On+The+Hill The Inner Light <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Inner+Light>
The Long And Winding Road <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Long+And+Winding+Road>
The Night Before <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Night+Before>
The Word <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=The+Word>
There’s A Place <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=There’s+A+Place>
Things We Said Today <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Things+We+Said+Today>
Think For Yourself <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Think+For+Yourself> This Boy <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=This+Boy>
Ticket to Ride <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Ticket+to+Ride>
Till There was You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Till+There+was+You>
Tomorrow Never Knows <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Tomorrow+Never+Knows>
Twist and Shout <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Twist+and+Shout>
Two of Us <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Two+of+Us>
Wait <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Wait>
We Can Work It Out <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=We+Can+Work+It+Out>
What Goes On <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=What+Goes+On>
What You’re Doing <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=What+You’re+Doing>
When I Get Home <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=When+I+Get+Home>
When I’m Sixty-Four <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=When+I’m+Sixty-Four>
While My Guitar Gently Weeps <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=While+My+Guitar+Gently+Weeps>
Why don’t we do it in the road <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Why+don’t+we+do+it+in+the+road>
Wild Honey Pie <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Wild+Honey+Pie>
With a Little Help From My Friends <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=With+a+Little+Help+From+My+Friends>
Within You Without You <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Within+You+Without+You>
Words of Love <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Words+of+Love>
Yellow Submarine <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Yellow+Submarine>
Yer Blues <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Yer+Blues>
Yes It Is <http://www.beatlestube..net/video.php?title=Yes+It+Is>
Yesterday <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Yesterday>
You Can’t Do That <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Can’t+Do+That>
You Know My Name http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Know+My+Name
You Like Me Too Much <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Like+Me+Too+Much>
You Never Give Me Your Money <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Never+Give+Me+Your+Money>
You Really Got a Hold on Me <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Really+Got+a+Hold+on+Me>
You Won’t See Me <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You+Won’t+See+Me>
You’re Going to Lose That Girl <http://www.beatlestube.net/video..php?title=You’re+Going+to+Lose+That+Girl>
You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away <http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=You’ve+Got+to+Hide+Your+Love+Away>
Your Mother Should Know http://www.beatlestube.net/video.php?title=Your+Mother+Should+Know
The Beatles video from Albums:
Please Please Me <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Please+Please+Me>
With The Beatles <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=With+The+Beatles>
A Hard Day’s Night http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=A+Hard+Day’s+Night
Beatles For Sale <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Beatles+For+Sale> Help! <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Help!>
Rubber Soul <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Rubber+Soul>
Revolver <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Revolver>
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band <http://www..beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Sgt.+Pepper’s+Lonely+Hearts+Club+Band>
Magical Mystery Tour <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Magical+Mystery+Tour>
The Beatles – White Album <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=The+Beatles+-+White+Album>
Yellow Submarine <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Yellow+Submarine>
Abbey Road <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Abbey+Road>
Let It Be <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Let+It+Be>
Past Masters Volume 1 <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Past+Masters+Volume+1>
Past Masters Volume 2 <http://www.beatlestube.net/album.php?album=Past+Masters+Volume+2>
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“ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY!”
April 11, 2009
The “American Idol” for 2009 Adam Lambert
Maybe I’m a little old for a steady diet of new music, but I still enjoy singing along to the best of the current top 40. The All-American Rejects (“I Hope It Gives You Hell”), Nickelback “(If Everyone Cared”) and Kelly Clarkson (“My World Would Suck Without You”), make me feel like a kid again. I can almost taste the rebellion in the music and feel the same emotions I felt when I first heard Rock and Roll!.
I recently reconnected with a pal from the past, John Madera who was a member of Danny and the Juniors, co-writer of “At The Hop” (Madera/White), and the prophetic “Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay” (Madera/White). I was thrilled to hear that his Rock and Roll spirit is alive and well. He told me about a new film he’s working on “At The Hop”, which is a story of life and love in Philadelphia set in late fifties, when it’s music and artists, dominated the charts.
Then I smiled and told John about the first time I saw Danny and the Juniors Perform. When I was living in New York as a kid in the’50s I couldn’t wait for Easter to arrive, not for the candy or a new outfit my mother would buy me, but for the Alan Freed Easter Rock and Roll Show!
Disc Jockey Alan Freed would always have the top black artists, including the architects of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry (“Maybeline”, “Sweet Little 16”), Little Richard (“Rip It Up”, “Good Golly Miss Molly”), or Bo Diddley (“Bo Diddley”, “Who Do You Love”), sharing the stage with the top white rockers, Buddy Holly and the Crickets (“That’ll Be The Day”), Jerry Lee Lewis (“Whole Lotta’ Shakin’ Goin’ On”), The Diamonds (“Lil Darlin’’), Danny And The Juniors, (“At The Hop”, “Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay”.
Imagine if they had a show like that today with the greatest stars of the past…the present…and the future…imagine…
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MORE WAYS BMI SCREWS THE SONGWRITER!
April 8, 2009
Two weeks ago the owner of the desert apartment complex I live in tried to remove and hide an official notice to the tenants that the place was in foreclosure and would be sold at public auction on April 10, 2009. What an asshole!
You can probably tell that I’m in no mood for any further bullshit. After reading dozens of e-mails responding to my article, BMI FINDS A NEW WAY TO SCREW THE SONGWRITER, I can see that most of you aren’t either.
It appalled me that no songwriter was informed that a new minimum of $250.00 must be accrued before a check would be issued…an amount FIVE TIMES THE PREVIOUS $50.00 MINIMUM just a few months ago.
Until now, no one thought to complain. Here are a few excerpts from the dozens of e-mails I’ve received (without the sender’s names to protect their privacy).
“This is just another scheme BMI came up with to pay the rent, which comes at a time when many writers, I suspect, are having trouble paying theirs. A threat of a mass exodus to ASCAP would take care of this problem…”
“If you will ask BMI to direct deposit your royalties to your bank account, nothing will be withheld until you reach a certain minimum. This is simply an effort by BMI to encourage songwriters to use direct deposit, which will increase efficiency and reduce overhead, which will benefit all BMI songwriters through increased royalties. Nobody is trying to screw you — but rather you are being encouraged to adapt to a better way of getting paid. No postage, no checks to lose, no trips to the bank, no delay at the post office. I’m amazed that nobody explained this to you!”
I’m sorry, but I refuse to be punished for not making life easier for BMI.
“Yeah, Artie, I discovered this SCREW ‘EM UP a few days ago when I called BMI because I hadn’t received a statement. Like you stated in your blog, I was informed that I had only accumulated about $100 and wouldn’t receive a check until the total reached the $250 mark…assholes, are investing my money AND REAPING THE PROFITS instead of sending it to me. I really need my $$ NOW. Geez!”
“My wife is a long-lapsed BMI affiliate, having been an ASCAP member almost forty years. But she has works still in the BMI repertory, and is accounted to regularly. That is until now. Last week she received a statement and a $500+ check, but we only then noticed she’d missed the statement that had been due in January. She called and was told about the $250 minimum rule and that she hadn’t been sent the January statement because her balance due was less than the minimum. To our minds, this is doubly egregious: establishing an unfair minimum plus withhold accountings if earnings fall below the minimum. Can’t help but wonder if the interest earned on all the withheld funds accrues to the benefit of writers and publishers.”
“What does the BMI contract say? Is there any provision which gives them the right to withhold royalties? If not demand payment with interest!”
“BMI is mirroring the SAG rules, which suck. Direct Deposit is fine, though…”
I don’t care what SAG does. As far as direct deposit goes, why would I want my money go directly into a bank that I no longer trust?
“I just read your story and you’re so right. They are investing or otherwise using the money due others so they can get the extra income/interest. Everything you said you’ve gone through is almost the same for most of us. I’m too small and too tired to fight, but I keep trying any way.” the story
“With BMI handling 375,000 different songwriters/publishers – going to Direct Deposit makes sense in this modern, digital banking time. Anything that cuts overhead costs for them makes me happy. I have been a BMI member since 2000 (small publisher) and receive small direct deposits (followed by a mailed statement) with happy regularity.”
I’m glad you’re so “happy”, unfortunately there are thousands and thousands of songwriters who aren’t like you. Many aren’t computer literate, and many aren’t even able to read. They, along with the more educated are being denied their own money, during the greatest economic crises of our lifetime, by a corporation who is more concerned with its own existence than the welfare of its members. The most disturbing part of this is BMI’s attempt to keep the new rules quiet and to brush aside any questioning of its practices.
Remember, for every 4,000 members who only earn up to $249.00 in a quarter almost A MILLION DOLLARS IS WITHHELD BY BMI! Multiply this by the “Real” statistics, and we’re talking MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
As a former mover and shaker, I once steered hundreds of young writers to BMI, because I believed in it, now I’d do anything to help them escape. Who knows what other dubious things the organization might be up to that haven’t been discovered…yet!
Regretfully, Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
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BMI FINDS A NEW WAY TO SCREW THE SONGWRITER!
April 6, 2009
For almost 50 years I’ve been a member of Broadcast Music, Incorporated, the organization that collects radio and TV performances for songwriters and publishers. I was a staunch supporter of it as a songwriter, when I was General Manager of Warner Brothers Music, and when I ran Irving-Almo Music.
When I went into business for myself 30 years ago, Ron Anton, my friend and senior VP at BMI, named my company Wayne Art Music, which I’ve always been proud of. Now I have to look at the organization with a big question mark, because of a practice they recently initiated.
Up until the last quarter, if a songwriter earned less than $50.00 BMI wouldn’t issue a check until the amount owed exceeded that minimum. Now they have raised the minimum amount to $250.00, FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO, before they issue a check!
Are they crazy? Yeah crazy like a fox, it sounds like someone in accounting came up with this brilliant idea to hold onto millions of dollars of the songwriters diminishing royalties for as long as possible…and who’s going to complain?
Most songwriters who are affected by this are too old; too tired, or too stoned to fight for what is rightfully theirs…so they let it slide.
I’m sorry, but I can’t let this go! In recent years I’ve lost money due to illegal downloads, piracy, unscrupulous record and publishing companies. I never expected an organization who is supposed to be on the songwriter’s side to treat us all like this!
What can we look forward to in a year the minimum being raised to $1000.00…$2,000 dollars? Can you imagine the tens of thousands of songwriters, publishers, and estates who will be affected by this?
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