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Barchullona said:
A bit late but just looked and no one seems to have mentioned the passing of
Dave Bartholomew, aged 100 on June 23rd. Most people, especially younger ones, will not have heard of him but they will have heard songs he wrote or performed on or produced. Worth reading a list of them, there are many classics amongst them.

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Some portfolio that.
RIP

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tigerscanada said:
Some portfolio that.
RIP

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50 years since the passing of Roy Hamilton, who died on the day of the moon landing. Elvis’s favourite singer and the man who inspired Sam Cooke to start singing secular music. His 1954version of You’ll Never Walk Alone was the one which inspired Gerry Marsden to record it. The Righteous Brothers copied his phrasing on Unchained melody. Ashamed to say I hadn’t known of him until watching a documentary about Elvis.
Worth reading about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton

These songs show how he influenced Presley and how Elvis adapted his style to Hamilton’s when he started to do ballads, especially in the second song in his Las Vegas days. Elvis made secret of his admiration for him and his influence. And Gerry Marsden who based his version on Hamilton’s superior one.

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Barchullona said:
50 years since the passing of Roy Hamilton, who died on the day of the moon landing. Elvis’s favourite singer and the man who inspired Sam Cooke to start singing secular music. His 1954version of You’ll Never Walk Alone was the one which inspired Gerry Marsden to record it. The Righteous Brothers copied his phrasing on Unchained melody. Ashamed to say I hadn’t known of him until watching a documentary about Elvis.
Worth reading about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton

These songs show how he influenced Presley and how Elvis adapted his style to Hamilton’s when he started to do ballads, especially in the second song in his Las Vegas days. Elvis made secret of his admiration for him and his influence. And Gerry Marsden who based his version on Hamilton’s superior one.

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And I've always been told Tom Jones was Elvis favourite singer.
 
Barchullona said:
50 years since the passing of Roy Hamilton, who died on the day of the moon landing. Elvis’s favourite singer and the man who inspired Sam Cooke to start singing secular music. His 1954version of You’ll Never Walk Alone was the one which inspired Gerry Marsden to record it. The Righteous Brothers copied his phrasing on Unchained melody. Ashamed to say I hadn’t known of him until watching a documentary about Elvis.
Worth reading about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton

These songs show how he influenced Presley and how Elvis adapted his style to Hamilton’s when he started to do ballads, especially in the second song in his Las Vegas days. Elvis made secret of his admiration for him and his influence. And Gerry Marsden who based his version on Hamilton’s superior one.

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Thats all new to me; never heard of the guy or the story - everyday really is a schoolday.
 
Barchullona said:
50 years since the passing of Roy Hamilton, who died on the day of the moon landing. Elvis’s favourite singer and the man who inspired Sam Cooke to start singing secular music. His 1954version of You’ll Never Walk Alone was the one which inspired Gerry Marsden to record it. The Righteous Brothers copied his phrasing on Unchained melody. Ashamed to say I hadn’t known of him until watching a documentary about Elvis.
Worth reading about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton

These songs show how he influenced Presley and how Elvis adapted his style to Hamilton’s when he started to do ballads, especially in the second song in his Las Vegas days. Elvis made secret of his admiration for him and his influence. And Gerry Marsden who based his version on Hamilton’s superior one.

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Great stuff Barchu :emoticon-0148-yes:

Influences percolate everywhere...

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Kempton said:
And I've always been told Tom Jones was Elvis favourite singer.
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Elvis liked Tom Jones as a person and enjoyed his company. But he was influenced by
Roy Hamilton. He only met him once. Elvis heard he was in the building where he was recording and stopped and insisted on meeting him. He had been given a song called Angelica but told Hamilton to record it as he could sing it better than him. Six months later Hamilton had a stroke, never recovered and died on the day of the moon landing.
It is on here. Well worth watching for insights from people who worked with Elvis.
Elvis: The Rebirth of the King: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09kkkbx via @bbciplayer
 
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Barchullona said:
Elvis liked Tom Jones as a person and enjoyed his company. But he was influenced by
Roy Hamilton. He only met him once. Elvis heard he was in the building where he was recording and stopped and insisted on meeting him. He had been given a song called Angelica but told Hamilton to record it as he could sing it better than him. Six months later Hamilton had a stroke, never recovered and died on the day of the moon landing.
It is on here. Well worth watching for insights from people who worked with Elvis.
Elvis: The Rebirth of the King: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09kkkbx via @bbciplayer
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Just watched that hour long clip Castro, Elvis truly was a musical god.
 
David Hedison, 92 - 60's tv watchers will remember him from Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, he also played Felix Leiter in Bond films. A good age, RIP.
 
Russian Boxer Maxim Dadashev died after injuries sustained during his fight on Friday night aged just 28.
 
Kempton said:
8 years ago today, the wonderful talent that was Amy Winehouse. RIP Amy x

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Saw her live once when supporting Arctic Monkeys at Old Trafford cricket ground. Seemed a bit spaced out but her vocals were absolutely perfect. Great shame.
 
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17th July: Andrea Camilleri, creator of Inspector Montalbano, aged 93. He was executed by the Mafia and his remains were found in a burned-out car. (Or, if you prefer the truth, he died in a Rome hospital after a heart attack.) RIP.
 
Art Neville, of The Neville Brothers and The Meters

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