"other four members recruited new bassist Ted Smith. Maddox won a lawsuit against Sunny James Svetnic, the manager of Johnson's group, for trademark infringement in 1996. Johnson reunited with Harp, Mundy and Knauss in 1999 for the PBS special ""Doo Wop 50"". The Marcels were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002. Original lead singer Cornelius ""Nini"" Harp died on June 4, 2013 at the age of 73. Ronald ""Bingo"" Mundy (born on April 20, 1940) died of pneumonia on January 20, 2017 at the age of 76. ""Blue Moon"" ""Summertime"" ""Heartaches"" ""My Melancholy Baby"" ""Flowerpot"" ""Friendly"
"after they signed with RCA Victor and a string of best-selling albums followed. Never having a true chart-topping hit record, they were well known for their repertoire of rousing songs including such as ""There's a Meetin' Here Tonight,"" ""City of New Orleans,"" ""A Dollar Down"" (their only charting single, peaking at #60 in 1961), ""Have Some Madeira M'Dear"", ""Lonesome Traveler,"" ""Wabash Cannonball,"" ""Whiskey in the Jar,"" and many others which are performed on their more than 25 record albums and in their concerts. The Limeliters' album ""Tonight: In Person"" reached number 5 on Billboard in 1961, and was on the"
"Marotta, freeing Wells Kelly up to sing more and play keyboards. ""Still the One"" (released in July 1976), from ""Dreaming"", cemented Orleans' relationship with the American public. While the single was climbing the charts to peak eventually at No. 5, the band did a major cross-country ten-week tour with label-mate Jackson Browne, ending in November 1976. In January 1977 the single was chosen as the theme song for the ABC television network (the parent of ABC Records) and has since been used for numerous commercials and movie soundtracks. The follow-up, ""Reach"", with John Hall on lead, peaked at No. 51"
"The Marbles (duo) The Marbles were an English rock duo that consisted of Graham Bonnet and Trevor Gordon, who operated between 1968 and 1969. Their only well-known singles were ""Only One Woman"" and ""The Walls Fell Down"". They also became associated with the Bee Gees members Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb at that time. ""Only One Woman"" reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1968. The duo disbanded in 1969. Shortly after their split, in 1970, they released their only self-titled album. Bonnet and Gordon are cousins. They were born in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, although his webpage"
"well. A final 'Mark One' Moodies single, Pinder-Laine's ""Life's Not Life"", was scheduled for release in January 1967 (Decca F 12543) c/w ""He Can Win"" even though Laine couldn't perform it live because the group had relaunched themselves without him a few months earlier. (This single's release is often listed as being cancelled; however, both promo and regular stock copies have been seen over the years.) The group re-formed in November 1966. By then, ""Boulevard de la Madeleine"" had made the Belgian charts and won them more fans, which came in handy when they relocated to Belgium for some time."
"M&M Boys The ""M&M Boys"" were the duo of New York Yankees baseball players Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who were teammates from 1960 to 1966. They gained prominence during the 1961 season, when Maris and Mantle, batting third and cleanup (fourth) in the Yankee lineup respectively, both challenged Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season record of 60 home runs. The home run lead would change hands between the two teammates numerous times throughout the summer and fueled intense scrutiny of the players by the press. Maris eventually broke the record when he hit his 61st home run on the final day"
"Number One (1969 film) Number One is a 1969 American film drama released by United Artists and directed by Tom Gries. The film stars Charlton Heston as Ron ""Cat"" Catlan, aging quarterback for American professional football's New Orleans Saints, and Jessica Walter as his wife. Musician Al Hirt plays himself, as do several real-life members of the 1968 Saints. The football scenes were shot at the Saints' then-home field, Tulane Stadium. Ron ""Cat"" Catlan once led the New Orleans Saints to a championship (something the real-life Saints wouldn't experience until Super Bowl XLIV in the 2009 NFL season). After fifteen"
"in their short-lived career. It entered the UK chart at number 24 and eventually peaked at number five on 2 November 1968. In the Netherlands, it reached number three. Their performance in a French TV of the song was televised on 192TV. Only One Woman ""Only One Woman"" is a song and the first single by English duo The Marbles, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. It later also appeared on their self-titled album ""The Marbles"". It was recorded around July 1968 in IBC Studios, London. The backing track was created by Barry Gibb, Maurice"
"and ""Do You Love Me"" helped the group land a major recording contract with Capitol Records in 1961. Today the group is known almost exclusively for ""Rama Lama Ding Dong"", written by lead singer George ""Wydell"" Jones Jr. The song was recorded in 1957 and released, under the erroneous title ""Lama Rama Ding Dong"", in 1958. It did not become popular until 1961, after a disc jockey in New York City began to play it as a segue from the Marcels' doo-wop version of ""Blue Moon"". The song eventually became popular throughout the US, peaking at number 21 on the"
"the Marbles and also provided some background vocals on their recordings, the most successful being the hit, ""Only One Woman"". With Bonnet's powerful vocals taking over the Marbles sound, Gordon felt under utilized and the duo soon disbanded. Gordon secured a contract with Polydor Records in London and released one album called ""Alphabet"". Gordon was also a cast member of the Billy Cotton TV program in the UK before giving up performing and becoming a music teacher. The Marbles were typical one-hit wonders because ""Only One Woman"" became their one and only major hit. It reached Number 5 in the"
"market. One of these was Oliver Onions, which eventually became the name they were mostly identified with. Their recording ""Santa Maria"" was German number one single for six weeks in 1980, followed by the German language version by Roland Kaiser, that was number one for another five weeks, see List of number-one hits of 1980 (Germany). The Roland Kaiser version was also number one in the Netherlands and Belgium. Although they released many standalone albums, it is for their soundtrack work for which the De Angelis brothers are best known. Out of their many scores, which includes the main theme"
"the Mala and Castle labels, before having his only pop hit in 1961 when his version of ""Blue Moon"" recorded with vocal group the Classics on the Promo label, in a similar style to the more successful recording by the Marcels, reached #50 on the ""Billboard"" pop chart. In 1961 Lance, billed as ""Cousin Herb"", started working as a DJ on radio station WERD in Atlanta. He also set up a record production company in Atlanta with his friend Calvin Arnold. They produced and released several soul singles during the 1960s at their Atlanta Sound Studio, by singers including Grover"
"The Motels The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California that is best known for the singles ""Only the Lonely"" and ""Suddenly Last Summer""---each of which peaked at No. 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song ""Total Control"" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks), and their song ""Danger"" reached No. 15 on the French chart. Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called ""The Motels featuring Martha Davis"" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians."
"The album was praised by the critics who compared it to the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" which was released weeks earlier. AllMusic's Bruce Eder wrote that Gibb's Mellotron on ""Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You"" 'was close in the spirit of the Moody Blues and was opened by a Gregorian chant.' The band's first number 1 single in the UK, ""Massachusetts"" was released in September 1967. In early 1968, the ""Horizontal"" was released. In August 1968 the Marbles released their first and only successful hit ""Only One Woman"" a song co-written by Gibb. In the"
"and their only song to reach #1 on the Hot 100, ""Summer in the City"" (August 13–27, 1966). Later that year, the #10 hit ""Rain on the Roof"" and the #8 hit ""Nashville Cats"" (which went on to become a staple in the concerts of bluegrass legend Del McCoury) completed the group's first seven consecutive Hot 100 hits to reach that chart's top 10. The only other 1960s act to achieve that feat is Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Some years later, Bobby Weinstein and The Lovin' Cohens turned ""Nashville Cats"" into ""Noshville Katz"", a frequent Dr. Demento staple. The"
"as the record-holder. When commissioner Fay Vincent removed ""The Asterisk"" in 1991, Maris was finally given credit as the single-season home run record-holder. However, Maris had died in 1985, never knowing that the record belonged to him. In addition to the individual exploits of Maris and Mantle, the '61 Yankees hit a major league record 240 home runs. The record stood until 1996 when the Baltimore Orioles, with the added benefit of the designated hitter, hit 257 home runs as a team. In 1961, the American League expanded from eight to ten teams, generally watering down the pitching, but leaving"
"band released their only album, ""Hot Cargo"", which received only mild success due to a complete lack of national promotion and a failure by Shelby Singleton in 1969–70 to recognize the upsurge of FM radio. ""Wendegahl the Warlock"" was the follow-up single to ""You, I"", but was not as successful, charting at #122 on the Cash Box charts and #84 on Record World. ""Hot Cargo"" would later be released on CD along with an album by a group named Lazarus on the same disc, called ""The Rugbys meet Lazarus"". More recently, in 2007, Gear Fab Records released an anthology album"
"61* 61* is a 2001 American sports drama film written by Hank Steinberg and directed by Billy Crystal. It stars Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle on their quest to break Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season home run record of 60 during the 1961 season of the New York Yankees. The film first aired on HBO on April 28, 2001. In 1998, the family of the late Roger Maris goes to Busch Stadium to witness Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals break their father's record with a 62nd home run. Maris' widow, Pat, is hospitalized"
"(MVP) Award in the same year as their 50 home run season. Mantle is the only player to have earned the Major League Triple Crown alongside achieving 50 home runs, leading both leagues in batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBI). Mantle and Maris—collectively known as the M&M Boys—are the only teammates to reach the 50 home run club in the same season, hitting a combined 115 home runs in 1961 and breaking the single-season record for home runs by a pair of teammates. Albert Belle is the only player to amass 50 or more doubles in addition"
"teen dance television shows, including ""American Bandstand"" and ""The Dick Clark Show"". They appeared seven times on the latter. In 1961, The Crests recorded a new single, ""Little Miracles"", with Tony Middleton, lead singer of The Willows, singing lead; it was their first single not to chart in the Top 100. Gough quit the group after the single, moving to Detroit, to work for auto giant General Motors, and was replaced by Gary ""Kit"" Lewis (not to be confused with Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis & the Playboys fame). Maestro recorded with other backup singers under the name ""Johnny Maestro"
"1960, Maestro would leave The Crests for a solo career. Maestro was unable to reach his former chart heights with The Crests, but did have Top 40 hits with ""What A Surprise"" and ""Model Girl"" in 1961 as solo artist Johnny Mastro, ""The Voice of the Crests"" for Coed Records. For his next three singles with the label, he was known as Johnny Maestro, the third spelling change for the label. None of those records charted and Maestro recorded for three different labels before recording with new backup singers (none from the original group) as Johnny Maestro & The Crests"
"Motels. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention recorded Just Another Band from L.A. at the Pauley Pavilion in 1971, and was released in 1972. In 1984, it was the Los Angeles venue for the 1984 Summer Olympics Men's and Women's gymnastics and Women's rhythmic gymnastics events. Mary Lou Retton became the first Olympic gymnast outside of Eastern Europe ever to have won the Olympic all-around title. On April 26, 1986, a birthday tribute for actress/comedian Carol Burnett was held inside. Singer Neil Diamond performed ""Sweet Caroline"" in her honor. Two years later in 1988, it was the site of"
"out of the New Orleans R&B/rock & roll sound, he rode the crest of the popular teen music wave in the 1950s and 1960s. His records charted in the U.S. Top 40 seven times (all released on Ace); his Top 10 records were: the song ""Just a Dream,"" (Pop #4, R&B #1 in August 1958, credited to 'Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets'), ""Go Jimmy Go"" (peaked at number five in early 1960) and ""Venus in Blue Jeans"" in September 1962 (written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller). In early 1961, Clanton was drafted and spent the next two years in"
"released the two singles ""It Must Be a Dream"" and ""Only a Dream"", both of which were met with regional success. After winning a battle of the bands contest in 1968, the group earned an appearances on Dick Clark's television program ""Happening '68"", competing on three shows. However, without a nationally distributing record label to back them, the Lewallen Brothers could not capitalize on the exposure. In 1969, Gamble departed the band and was replaced by Mike Ramsey. The band returned to Tucson, becoming the house band for the Cedars music club, with the brothers also working part-time as plumbers"
"Only One Woman ""Only One Woman"" is a song and the first single by English duo The Marbles, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. It later also appeared on their self-titled album ""The Marbles"". It was recorded around July 1968 in IBC Studios, London. The backing track was created by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Colin Petersen, with an orchestral arrangement by Bill Shepherd. Colin plays the same percussion effect as on ""I've Gotta Get a Message to You"". The song exists only in a mono mix. The song was the biggest hit they had"
"one at the end of 1985 instead of Ballesteros. All the other year-end number ones, however, would have remained as they were on the three-year system. The first ranking list, taking account of results from January 1966 to December 1968, included five American players in the top ten (Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Julius Boros and Frank Beard) and five non-Americans (Gary Player, Bob Charles, Neil Coles, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle). By 1976, the ranking list was almost totally dominated by American players – Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and Johnny Miller were the world's top three – and only"
"very popular and together with Ole Bredahl they made up the front figures of the band. The same year the band changed record label to EMI and achieved a number of hits, among others: ""Times Are Getting Hard"", ""Beautiful Brown Eyes"" and ""Marianne"", which were all released in 1966. During the autumn of 1967, the single ""Camp"" was released and became an international hit, especially in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The song was an instrumental track where the main instrument was the comb and paper. It was later used in an advertisement for the chocolate Rolo. The distinctly odd"
"was called ""61*"" (pronounced ""sixty-one asterisk"") in reference to the controversy. The controversy over season length in relation to home run records had somewhat subsided by the time Hank Aaron broke Ruth's career home run record in 1974 (although Aaron received an even larger volume of hate mail and death threats which in his case often focused on race). Maris's single season mark was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who both broke it in under 154 games. McGwire's record of 70 home runs was later eclipsed by Barry Bonds, who set the current mark of 73"
"time the band's style came to represent New Orleans funk. In the late 1960s the band changed its name to The Meters and released three instrumental albums. Early on, compositions were through live improvisation, however this changed in the early 1970s. The band gained notoriety in the rock music community including with musicians Paul McCartney, Robert Palmer and The Rolling Stones. The group released five more albums and disbanded in late 1970s due to financial, managerial and artistic factors. The band's musical style emphasized rhythm over melody and had a lasting impact on upcoming musical styles such as hip-hop as"
"to Minnesota and became the Twins. 1961 is also noted as being the year in which Roger Maris surpassed Babe Ruth's single season home run record, hitting 61 for the New York Yankees, albeit in a slightly longer season than Ruth's. To keep pace with the American League—which now had ten teams—the National League likewise expanded to ten teams, in 1962, with the addition of the Houston Colt .45s and New York Mets. In 1969, the American League expanded when the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots, the latter in a longtime PCL stronghold, were admitted to the league. The"
"especially with ""I Love How You Love Me"". The Sensations, the Chiffons, the Angels, and the Orlons were also prominent in the early 1960s. In early fall 1963 one-hit wonder the Jaynetts' ""Sally Go 'Round the Roses"" achieved a mysterious sound quite unlike that of any other girl group. In 1964, the one-hit wonder group the Murmaids took David Gates' ""Popsicles and Icicles"" to the top 3 in January, the Carefrees' ""We Love You Beatles"" scraped the top 40 in April, and the Jewels' ""Opportunity"" was a small hit in December. The girl group sound also extended to existing acts"
"""The Jack Benny Show"" and ""Town Hall Party"". His contract with 4-Star ended in 1957, and he wrote for ""American Music"" for a few years. ""Rockin' Red Wing"" was issued on Warner Bros. Records in September 1959 before signing with Lode Records in 1960. Lode re-issued ""Rockin' Red Wing"" in January that year, which became a regional hit in Los Angeles and eventually reached No. 64 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It gave Masters his only appearance in the UK Singles Chart when it peaked at No. 36 in June 1960. His next single, ""Golden Slippers"", was released nationally by"
"during sports events. 1967's ""Jimmy Mack"" inspired what Reeves later said was a ""virtual legend"" of the name of the song ""Jimmy Mack."" ""For a detailed listing of albums and singles, see Martha and the Vandellas discography"" The following singles reached the Top Forty on the US or UK Pop Singles Charts: Martha and the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) were an American all-female vocal group formed in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. Selected members of the group were inducted into the Rock and"