WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT...

• Enjoyed Joe Cocker. Thanks folks. - Jim  2/8/2008
  

• This is a great song. Larry keep the tunes coming.
  

TC YF JJ  2/8/2008

• A WONDERFUL site-  Thanks for keeping GOOD MUSIC- Alive. - Big Doc-Bdge, GA  2/8/2008
  

• Greetings to all at FIA!
  

I've been longing to hear "The Bus' by the late, great Billy

Preston. Any chance you got that in your vaults? Here's to

a soulful 2008! Carlos - Cleveland, OH  1/29/2008

• Hey Larry, I just read about Miles and Jimi being friends. How about some Hendrix soon.
  

Love the website, Joy  1/18/2008

• Great to get the Twelve Days of Christmas.
  

  Thanks, Pat M. 12/28/07

• A great way to enjoy the history of music and the  beautiful sounds of the blues.  Robert B.  12/7/2007
  

• Enjoyed your special on the Rolling Stones. I would like to see more on Blues Artist old and young. Keep it Groovin.  Robert B.  11/28/2007
  

• Larry, Johnny Guitar Watson really brings back some wasted brain cells!  Wore out the grooves in that album the year it came out.  Thanks David L.  11/9/07
  

• Watson is the man!!!   Your Bro. Young Robert!  11/9/07
  

• OMG, This song (Humble Pie - Thirty Days In The Hole) so reminds me of you Larry and 1972! LOL  Andrie - 10/5/07
  

• I love this website, I have to listen to this each and every day.  Thank you very much.  I will share this with all my
  

  co-workers and friends.  Nate  9/30/07

• Love this site! I call it "Continuing Music Education"! I know the songs, but I didn't know all the stories behind the people who performed them.   Andrie - 9/23/07
  

• Can you dig up Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares?  Thanks! D. - Cleveland OH   8/17/07
  

• The site is wonderful Larry and the music is just awesome!!!  I love visiting It's Friday In Athens!!!!  Please keep this going forever!!!! - Dierdra L. - President/CEO, Getan Records, THE LIGHTHOUSE GOSPELETTES!!! Athens, GA  7/29/07
  

• It's Friday? How about "Don't Roll Your Bloodshot Eyes at Me" for a little local flavor?  Mark B. 7/27/07
  

• Consider the Manhattans on Friday’s!  Frank P.  7/27/07
  

• Larry!!!! You MADE my day with "Build Me Up"! I'm on vacation in Santa Barbara and sent it to my co-workers with the threat that I can now play it anytime I want! Psych! Hello Don M in the bay area and to Betsy! Everyone raves about your site, Larry! It's awesome! Gratefully yours, Scotty  7/20/07
  

• Hey Larry,  Before the summer's over we need something from the summer of love for its 40th anniversary. It's for us in the bay area.  Don M.  7/13/07
  

• Hey Larry The music is just great.Would also like to hear'The Horse' by Cliff Nobles. Thanks.  Double Divine 7/6/07
  

• Hey Larry,  Remember those instrumentals that played before the top of the hour on AM Radio?  How about "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles or "Soul Finger".
  

Thanks!  Betsy K.  6/30/07

• Larry, If I ever need a D.J. Guess what,You The Man!!! Thanx: Corndog  6/22/07
  

• Yes! it's Friday and I'm up here jammin' in Cleveland, OH. How about some Soul Generation - Body & Soul (That's the Way It's Got to Be) Ya'll remember that one?  Have a great weekend!  losplus 6/22/07
  

• How about Earth, Wind and Fire?  Angie G.  6/6/07
  

• Hooray for Friday!!   Mary A. 6/1/07
  

• This group (The Four Tops) is great. Thanks VM Jimmy J. - 5/25/07
  

• Thanks for a Friday of Dusty Springfield, The Look of Love. Erica from Red Lobster, thanks for the look. - F.L. 4/5/07
  

• I love this site! Any chance I could hear "Coldest Days Of My Life" by the Chi-Lites?  -  4/4/07
  

• I would love to hear "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous
  

Brothers or "Fats" Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" or

"Blueberry Hill."  Thanks, Patrick - 3/30/07

• Hey Larry! You are amazing! I have my whole office dancing to these! Just great! Can you do a BeeGees for my boss and slip in Build Me Up Buttercup? I sing it anyway at work, may as well have the music to go along with it (the more to torture my co-workers with! Looking forward to all the Fridays-with-Larry! :) Scotty - 3/30/07
  

• Oh, my goodness, you found "Black Pearl."  I nearly fainted this am, when I opened the site.  Thank you sooooo much.  Blessings  P.W. Smith - 3/30/07
  

• Please add "Black Pearl" by The Checkmates...not sure what year, but thinking mid 60's.  Thanks sooooooo much.
  

P. Smith - 3/23/07

• This is a great website.  My mom always listened to the "Oldies" station here, and I wanted to be just like my Mom, so I started listening to it and I loved it, and this website has some of my favorites.   M. Pierce - 3/22/07
  

• Hey, I love the t-shirt.  I have had it on
  

  since I got home from Arizona.  You did a

  good job. That was a great song last Friday (Wang Dang Doodle)

  - didn't know it but who ever requested it is someone I

      would like to hang with. And then today we had

  The Zombies....that took me back to 8th grade and one of

  my first boy/girl parties. They were always held in

  someone's basement and the lights would go off by 9:00.

  That song always seem to bring on lots of smooching.  I will

  not be naming names....  ;)

  Thanks again,

  Betsy

• This is awesome!!! Thanks for the great
  

  site and fabulous music!! WooHoo!! Jen B. - 2/18/07

• I could not have picked a better artist. Thanks, Pat M.
  

• Thank you Larry - You have made my day! Betsy K.
  

• Mr. Larry, I really enjoyed Roy Head-Hey Hey. YF
  

Jim J. - 2/5/07

• This always gets my Friday off to a great start!  Love it!
  

  Debbie - 1/26/07

• Every once in a while my mornings are worth rising for, this has been one of them with Tina Turner.
  

  Thanks Bill S. - 1/19/07

• Keep up the good work. JJ - 1/19/07
  

• Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2007!  I remember at this time in 1969 we were really gettng into Abbey Road!  But oh, how I love the sweet soul music of the 60's and 70's as well.  Thanks for your work in keeping this music alive.  And keep on sending it, Brother!    Dennis M. - 12/29/06
  

• Moonchild Diva in Motown - found the site by looking for Billy Stewart!  I think you answered my question...who played bass on Billy's recordings?  SO THANK YOU for clearing up the mystery! - 12/11/06
  

• Billy Stewart , alright, one of my favorites.   Also, Jerry Butler, Major Lance, Willy Tee....
  

Your friend, Dirk H.

• Thanks for Billy Stewart Larry - You have made
  

my day!  Betsy K. - 12/8/07

• I look forward to Friday's email.  This is great.
  

Linda L. - 12/8/07

• Wow! From your personal E-Mail account. I forward "Its Friday in Athens!!!" on to my friends often. The folks here at work are trying to figure me out. Their 56 year old C.E.O. sits in his office every Friday morning booming out R&B. Though it works for me, its not the type of behavior they  expect from someone in my position. BLUES BANKER!
  

  T. Turgeon -

• Thanks for Joe T. Luv'd it! Roy Head and the Traits?
  

Hope you had a good Turkey Day.

  T. Turgeon - 11/27/07

• I keep waiting for Jackie Wilson and Billy Stewart....I have
  

  decided that like me, you have an older brother or sister

  who had you listening to this music as a kid.

    Hope all is well your way.

    Betsy K. - 11/25/06

• How about a little Joe Tex?  T. Turgeon
  

• Thanks, "I LOVE IT! Makes my day! M.N. - 9/29/06
  

• WOW WOW WOW AN OUTSTANDING REVIEW OF THE real STYLE OF MUSIC - Atlanta Cooking - 9/23/06
  

• In my time, this is the most fascinating music I have ever heard.  **86 - 8/17/06
  

• Keep up the great and extremely important work. We met I believe at Michael Guthrie's house a few weeks ago at the HVARII Reunion. I am a great lover of our R&B and it's great to see someone who truly cares about it. Ole!
  

T. Turgeon - 8/2/06

• Again, the "It's Friday" series is great - I love it
  

      every week and have sent it on to so many folks -

      thanks again.  Betsy K.

• Aretha is my personal favorite so far!  Peggy M.
  

• LOVE THIS...I NEED SOMETHNG TO GET ME THROUGH THE DAY !!!!  C. Lady - 6/3/07
  

• Great! Perfect! Dance Music I Love It!!!  Laine L.
  

• I think you missed your calling as a DJ!   Nicki S.
  

• Keep 'em coming!!   I really enjoy listening to "my kind of music". Thank you.  Mary M.
  

• I like getting your email every Friday, keep it coming!
  

       Carlas A.

• DON'T FORGET THE 'QUEEN OF SOUL'........ ARETHA!!!!! YOUR MAKING MY FRIDAYS.    RONK
  

• MY FRIENDS REALLY LIKE FRIDAY IN ATHENS! ONE IS SENDING EVERYONE AT THE COURTHOUSE AN  EMAIL.   Ron H.
  

• THANKS SO MUCH EACH WEEK!  Nancy W.
  

• This makes me smile!  Ray C.
  

• Great job, keep up the good work.  Terry T.
  

• I SAVE UNTIL FRI AFTERNOON, BY 5:00 P.M. I'M REVVVVED!!!   RONK - 5/19/06
  

• Thanks for this humanitarian service to get us crunk for district wide planning.  Wilson Pickett reminds us to put a “spotlight on Otis Redding y’all”.  Yeah,yeah, oh yeah. Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-Faaa!  Karl S.
  

• Thanks. What a pleasant surprise to get to work and open this e-mail- glad I started with yours first.  Melanie B.
  

• Thanks for the Friday emails Larry!!  I really enjoy them.
  

Kim S.

• Thanks for the sound of good music. I really do love my oldies but goodies. E. Luke - 5/19/06
  

• Thanks!!!  This is great! Jane B.
  

• Great site!  How about some Sam Cooke??? - 5/19/06
  

• Thanks for the music!  Steve P.
  

• I love this! Thanks.   Dianne M.
  

• I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your
  

      Friday emails.  Thanks for including me!  Betsy K.

• I appreciate the link – good stuff!  Jon W.
  

• I LIKE IT!!!!!!  Thanks and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!  Barbara S.
  

• THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!  Susan R.
  

• So in your spare time you try to cheer up everyone?   Thanks, Lori R.
  

• I love these songs. Thanks. Terri S.
  

• Awesome……Thanks for doing this, we all look forward to it every week.  I’ve sent it to everyone I know!  Debi D.
  

• I needed this today! Thanks.  Susan S.
  

Good selection for this fabulous Friday!!!!!

• Thanks for the Music this morning. I think I could listen to this all day, if people didn't think I was crazy for MOVING in my chair. Have a great weekend.  Joyce G.
  

• This is awesome!   Thanks,  Debi D.
  

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The Left Banke

 

Walk Away Renee

Walk Away Renee

And when I see the sign that

points one way

The light we used to pass by

every day

(Chorus):

Just walk away Renee,

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my

block are not the same

You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears that

I'm forced to cry

From deep inside the pain I

I chose to hide

(Chorus)

Now as the rain beats down

upon my weary eyes

For me it cries

(Solo)

(Chorus)

Your name and mine inside

a heart upon a wall

Still finds a way to haunt me,

though they're so small

(Chorus)

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The Left Banke was an American 1960s pop-music group, best remembered for their two hit singles, "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina." The band often utilized so-called "baroque" string arrangements which led their music to be termed "Bach-rock". Their use of harmonies saw them compared to contemporaries such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Zombies, and other British Invasion groups of the era. Rolling Stone has placed "Walk Away Renee" at number 220 in the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The group was formed in 1965 and consisted of keyboardist/songwriter Michael Brown, guitarist George Cameron, bassist Tom Finn, drummer Warren David and singer Steve Martin (aka Steve Martin Caro). Brown's father, Harry Lookofsky, a well-known session violinist, ran a studio in New York and took an interest in the band's music, and acted as producer, manager, and publisher. After some initial sessions, David was ousted, with Cameron switching to drums and Jeff Winfield eventually being brought in on guitar. Meanwhile, Brown's song, "Walk Away Renee", was sold to Smash Records, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, and became a hit in late 1966. "Pretty Ballerina," also written by Brown, charted in early 1967, and the Left Banke released an LP entitled, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, by which time, Rick Brand had replaced Winfield on guitar.

At this point, tension between Brown and the rest of the group began to surface, as Brown recorded a single, "And Suddenly"/"Ivy Ivy," under the Left Banke name, using session musicians (including future member of Spinal Tap Michael McKean) and Bert Sommer on lead vocals. The remaining Left Banke numbers used their fan club to boycott the record, which led to confusion among radio stations over which "Left Banke" to support. Radio and Smash Records ultimately pulled their support from the single, which subsequently failed to even crack the Hot 100. ("And Suddenly" was eventually recorded by a group called the Cherry People and was a minor hit.)

In late 1967, the group reunited and recorded more material, including the single "Desiree," which just slipped into the Hot 100 - radio was still reluctant to plug the Left Banke after the controversy surrounding the previous single.[citation needed] Brown left the group for good soon afterwards, replaced for touring purposes by Emmett Lake. Cameron, Finn and Martin continued to record and tour, with Tom Feher replacing Lake on keyboard and writing half the band's new material: The songs cut by the various incarnations of the group in 1967-68 were assembled into a second LP, The Left Banke Too, which appeared in November of 1968. The band tottered on as a live entity into 1969 (apparently now without Martin) but soon fell apart due to lack of success and money frustrations. Later that year, Brown and Martin reunited in the studio to cut yet another flop single as The Left Banke, Myrah b/w Pedestal, which would be their final single on Smash.

In the early 1970s, the group (Brown/Cameron/Finn/Martin) reunited briefly to record two songs for the movie, Hot Parts. The songs, "Love Songs in the Night" and "Two by Two," were credited to Steve Martin and released as a single on the Buddah Records label. In the late 1970s, Martin reunited with George Cameron and Tom Finn to release the album Strangers on a Train (Released as Voices Calling in Europe). The album did little to restore the popularity of the group, despite the modest success of the single, "Queen Of Paradise".

After leaving the Left Banke in 1967, Mike Brown helped form the band, Montage. While Brown was not an official member of the group, his presence is unmistakable. They released one self-titled album featuring a re-make of "Desiree", before Brown left. Brown's next project was the band, Stories, featuring singer Ian Lloyd. The band had a hit with 1973's "Brother Louie", which made #1 in the Billboard top 100 charts. However, Brown had left the group prior to the success of Brother Louie. Brown's next, (and last), band was The Beckies. Only modest success was achieved and Brown soon left.

In 1992, Mercury Records released a compilation CD of The Left Banke's complete recorded output, titled There's Gonna Be A Storm--The Complete Recordings 1966-1969.

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Walk Away Renee

1966

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