The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9 – Know They’re You
(The Torchbearers, 1968)
To alleviate the boredom of weekly Mass, students from Regis Jesuit High School in New York City started writing and performing their own songs. They ended up with a recording contract with the Church of the Apostle of St. Paul.
Hazel Manley – Soon Ah Will Be Done
(It’s So Good Just To Know Him, 1970)
Celia Lipton – Jingle Bells (Merry Christmas With Love, 1987)
Celia Lipton and Christmas songs? Now that’s ideal casting. Never content to be known simply as the wife of the man who invented the paper milk carton, the former actress and now legendary socialite was the driving force behind the Palm Beach Charity Scene in the 1980’s. In 1987, she teamed up with the Independent Record Corporation to release this Christmas album as part of her annual Socialites Against Scurvy campaign. Celia’s unique brand of warmth gives everyone that “I’m glad I’m livin'” feeling that is so much a part of the joyous holiday. It’s no wonder the project was one of her greatest triumphs, as sales from the album went a long way towards eradicating scurvy in southern Florida.
The Harmonika Boys – Ja Ja Die Katja (1987)
Gerhard and Herbert Albinus: two German teenagers in the middle of Ohio with vodka in their blood, fire in their hearts, and eyes aglow, covering one of Heino’s naughtiest songs.
Ben E. King – Street Tough (1981)
Rosa King – Summertime (1977)
The price of cotton’s jumping and swordfish are high out of their minds… for a few more days anyway.
The Brewers – Lord Don’t Move The Mountain
(The Brewers Sing Just For You)
Janey & Dennis – Take It From A Friend (1970)
Janine – Does The Sun Still Shine (1975)
When the pain from glaucoma forced her to have both eyes removed, Janine wrote this lovely album to thank her guide dog, Gretchen, and her God, Nehktergi, for giving her peace. The record was released on Lark Records out of Richmond, Virginia.
The Moments – Ride Your Pony (The O Jay’s Meet The Moments, 1974)
Happy birthday to Harry Ray, who would’ve turned 61 tomorrow had he not died in 1992.