BUDDY SALTZMAN R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
May 3, 2012
THIS MORNING I WAS AWAKENED BY A FACEBOOK POST FROM MY FRIEND ARTIE KORNFELD, “THE FATHER OF WOODSTOCK, ” THAT OUR FRIEND BUDDY SALTZMAN HAD PASSED AWAY.
I USED BUDDY ON MY DEMOS WHEN I WAS A STAFF WRITER AT ALDON AND MASTERS WHEN I STARTED PRODUCING. (“MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT MARY”).
HE WAS ALWAYS MORE THAN HELPFUL IN FINDING THE “RIGHT THING TO PLAY” AND WAS WILLING TO SPEND WHATEVER TIME IT TOOK TO EXECUTE IT PROPERLY SOMETIMES WITHOUT CHARGING ME.
ARTIE KORNFELD WRITES…
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“Buddy Saltzman was, from 1955 through 1968 the most used studio drummer in recording history.You have in your collections many hits from “The Locomotion to”, “Any One who had a heart” and on and on. Buddy must have the most #1 records he played drums on.He did about 100 sessions with me.He even played on “The Rain,ThePark, and Other Things”.
John Cowsill now drummer for a long time with Mike Love and the Beach Boys , in gratitude has kept contact with Buddy and brought much happiness.A year ago, when the Boys played in Palm Beach John invited me and surprised me by putting me next to Buddy.His walker that he needed broke my heart .
Buddy died 3 days ago and was buried today.
I was going to go until I found out that his gravesite was within 30 yards of Linda Kornfeld,The Mother of Woodstock.
Buddy Rest In Peace.
Artie Kornfeld
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BUDDY…MAY YOU ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
RESPECTFULLY, ARTIE WAYNE
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Copyright 2012 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/celebrating-two-million-views-today-on-artie-wayne-on-the-web/
BUDDY SALTZMAN WEBSITE http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/buddy-saltzman/
ARTIE KORNFELD http://www.artiekornfeld-woodstock.com/
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THE CONDOLENCES ARE STARTING TO COME IN…
Dear Artie:
Buddy did quite a few hits with me, notably TIGHTER TIGHTER by Alive
and Kicking, and the Cowsills first and iconic hit, THE RAIN – THE PARK.
The Lord got a great drummer.
Best, Jimmy Wisner
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ARTIE..I WAS SAD TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF BUDDY SALTZMAN..WHEN I WORKED FOR BOB CREWE IN THE LATE 60’S I REMEMBER HE RARELY DID A SESSION WITHOUT BUDDY, WHO ACCENTED THOSE FRANKIE VALLI/FOURSEASONS HITS IN HIS UNIQUE STYLE..HE PLAYED ON MY EARLY DEMOS AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS..I HOPE HE I NOW AT PEACE PLAYING IN THE BEST BAND IN HEAVEN..
LARRY WEISS (“RHINESTONE COWBOY”)
AND HERE’S THE ANTHEM THAT WILL WELCOME BUDDY AT THE GATE… WRITTEN BY ALAN O’DAY AND JOHNNY STEVENSON “IF YOU BELIEVE IN FOREVER LIFE IS JUST A ONE NIGHT STAND…IF THERE’S A ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN”, YOU KNOW THEY’VE GOT A HELL OF A BAND!
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years when we first heard “THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT” and the incredible falsetto of Jay Siegel of the Tokens. One of the defining records of the sixties that is still so fresh it could have been recorded yesterday. I talked to my old friend Jay a few days ago, and was amazed when he told me that he hasn’t lost the stratospheric top notes in his vocal range, which is probably why i guess Jay Siegel and the New Tokens do so incredibly well on the oldies circuit…they sound like the hit records!
The original group, Hank Medress, Jay, Phil, and Mitch Margo in addition to making hit records themselves produced classic hits for other artists, The Chiffons (“He’s So Fine”, “One Fine Day”) Tony Orlando and Dawn (“Knock Three Times”, “Candida”). Although I never got a single cut with any of their artists I enjoyed playing material for them and engaging in the knock hockey tournaments they held in their offices at 1697 Broadway.
When I interviewed Hank Medress, for Spectropop, just before he passed away, I asked him how the group got together and how they came to record “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” 
Hank said, “I knew Jay Siegel from school, and Neil Sedaka, who was still halfway in our group, thought Jay sang great! Then I heard about these two brothers, Phil and Mitch Margo. I went down to Ocean Parkway to check them out. Right away we all started writing songs together, which included ‘Tonight I Fell In Love’. I borrowed $60 and we made a demo of the song. I was riding the subway home to Brighton Beach, some lady overhears me talking about the record we just made, says she and her son have a record company … they release it and we have our first hit! On that same session, we recorded ‘Wimoweh’, before it became ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’. That was the song we used to sing on street corners. Jay Siegel was the one who turned us on to that song. He was a big Pete Seeger fan and he loved his version of ‘Wimoweh’.”
Hank continued, “We had an audition with Hugo and Luigi at RCA. First we played them our original songs, but they weren’t very interested. Then they asked if we had anything else? I said there’s a song we sing on the beach. It’s a chant and it doesn’t have words. They wanted to hear it. They said, “That’s a hit! What does the lyric mean?” We told them Jay had checked with the African consulate and it was about a lion hunt, etc. Hugo and Luigi said they wanted to put a lyric to it. When we came to the recording session, they handed Jay the lyric as he was about to go on microphone. Jay changed the melody to make the lyric fit the meter … and the rest is history!”
FOR THE TOURING SCHEDULE OF JAY SIEGEL AND THE NEW TOKENS VISIT THEIR WEBSITE http://jaysiegelandthetokens.com/
top photo left to right- Jay Traynor, Jay Siegel, and Bill Reid
bottom photo Hank Medress, Jay Siegel, Phil and Mitch Margo
R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY ARCHIVES
August 20, 2008
These are personal tributes to my friends or major influences in my life who have passed away. R.I.P. May they ROCK IN PERPETUITY! Just click onto the name.
REMEMBERING OTIS REDDING WITH MY FRIEND STEVE CROPPEr
JOHN BARRY R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
BERT BERNS R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY
FREDDY BIENSTOCK R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
NEIL BOGART R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
JOHN BRAHANEY R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
MARLON BRANDO And His Influence On Pop Music
JOHNNY CASH R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
RAY CHARLES R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
HERB COHEN R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
CLAY COLE R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
JIM CROCE R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
JIMMY DEAN R.I.P. “ROCK IN PERPETUITY”
BO DIDDLEY R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
DENNY DOHERTY R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
AHMET ERTEGUN R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
DOUG FIEGER R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
CHARLIE FACH R.I.P.ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
REDD FOXX R.I.P. RAUNCH IN PERPETUITY!
ALAN FREED R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
AL GALLICO R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
ALAN GORDON R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
IRVING GREEN R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
A TRIBUTE TO FLORENCE GREENBERG!
ELLIE GREENWICH R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
JIMI HENDRIX R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
BUDDY HOLLY R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
LENA HORNE R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
MICHAEL JACKSON…THE GRAND FINALE!
RICK JAMES R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
SHEILAH KENT R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
DON KIRSHNER R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETITUITY!
LARRY KNECHTEL R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
SYLVIA KRISTEL R.I.P. ROMP IN PERPETUITY!
STEVEN KURTZ R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
VAN MCCOY R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
JOHNNY MAESTRO R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
HUEY MEAUX R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
BOB MARLEY R.I.P. RASTAMAN IN PERPETUITY!
JACKIE MILLS R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
WILLIE MITCHELL R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
JIM MORRISON IN 2011
MICKIE MOST R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
MARTY OSTROW R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
STEVE PAUL R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
FREDDIE PERREN R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
IRWIN PINCUS R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
GENE PITNEY R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
ELVIS PRESLEY R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
BILLY PRESTON R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
BEN RALEIGH R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
LOU RAWLS R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
BOB RENO R.I.P.”ROCK IN PERPETUITY”!
ALLAN RINDE R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
SOUPY SALES R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
AARON SCHROEDER R. I. P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
SIDNEY SHELDON R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
SHEL SILVERSTEIN R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
SHELBY SINGLETON R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
LEVI STUBBS R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
ELIZABETH TAYLOR R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
LUTHER VANDROSS R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
RANDY WOOD R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
JERRY WEXLER R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
BARRY WHITE R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
NORMAN WHITFIELD R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY
WARREN ZEVON R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
I feel honored to have known most of the people I’ve written about, and shared some of the moments with you…In the words of my friends, Alan O’Day and the late, Johnny Stevenson, in their classic hit
“If you believe in forever, then life is just a one night stand,
If there’s a Rock and Roll Heaven, You know they’ve got a hell of a band!”
Here is “Rock And Roll Heaven-2008” Performed by Ronnie Kimball Directed by Sebastian Prooth
R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
Respectfully, Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne
Special Thanks to Sharon Link for her help in creating this compilation.
To reach Alan O’Day http://alanoday.com
Sebastian Prooth http://tektrekgamer.wordpress.com
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