[coastie65]

Okay Boys and Girls, back to the business at hand. This singer practically grew up before our eyes in a sit com. He had a slew of hits, and tragically died in a New Years Eve plane crash on the way to a performance. His daughter co starred in a TV series, and his twin sons also became musicians in their own right. Who was this singer, Coastie65

[Adama]

mjd420nova said:

Here's one only the oldest would remember. A rock group started in the mid sixties with a lead singer named Kenny Rogers had a single hit and then dissappeared. What was the name of the group and the song that made it to the charts??

Kenny Rogers went country shortly there after and didn't do rock anymore but had a few cross-over hits. On the 45 vinyl, what was the song on the flip side of the big hit? A funny song, even for rock.

I think I found a different answer to MJD's first question, according to Wikipedia (see below) in the mid 50s he recorded with a doo-wop group called The Scholars, who had success with only a single "Poor Little Doggie." Looks like they disbanded shortly after that.

It was not until 1967 when he formed The First Edition, later called Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. :p
h3. [edit] Early life and career
Kenny Rogers was the fourth of seven children born to Floyd Rogers, a carpenter, and his wife Lucille, a nurse. Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston. According to the Texas birth records, his middle given name is Ray and he is sometimes credited in his film roles as "Kenneth Ray Rogers."

His career began in the mid-1950s, when he recorded with a doo-wop group called The Scholars who had some success with a single called "Poor Little Doggie". Rogers was not the lead singer of the group and after two more singles they disbanded when their leader went solo.

Now on his own, Kenneth Rogers (as he was billed then) followed the break up with his own single, a minor solo hit called "That Crazy Feeling" (1958). After sales slowed down, Rogers joined a jazz group called The Bobby Doyle Trio, who got a lot of work in clubs thanks to a reasonable fan following and also recorded for Columbia Records. The group disbanded in 1965, and a 1966 jazzy rock single Rogers recorded for Mercury Records, called "Here's That Rainy Day" failed. In 1966 he joined the New Christy Minstrels.

Feeling that the Minstrels were not offering the success they wanted, Rogers and fellow members Mike Settle, Terry Williams and Thelma Camacho left the group. They formed The First Edition in 1967 (later renamed "Kenny Rogers and The First Edition"). They chalked up a string of hits on both the pop and country charts, including "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Reuben James" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." In his First Edition days, Rogers had something of a hippie image, with long brown hair, an earring, and pink sunglasses. Known affectionately in retrospect as "Hippie Kenny", Rogers had a much smoother vocal style than in his later career.

When the group split in 1976, Rogers launched his solo career. Rogers soon developed a more middle of the road sound, with a somewhat rough but tuneful voiced style that sold to both pop and country audiences; to date, he has charted more than 60 top 40 hit singles (including upwards of 25 #1's) and 50 of his albums have charted. His music has also been featured in top selling movie soundtracks, such as Convoy, Urban Cowboy and The Big Lebowski.

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coastie65 said:

Okay Boys and Girls, back to the business at hand. This singer practically grew up before our eyes in a sit com. He had a slew of hits, and tragically died in a New Years Eve plane crash on the way to a performance. His daughter co starred in a TV series, and his twin sons also became musicians in their own right. Who was this singer, Coastie65

Oh, I think I know this one. Was it Ricky Nelson? Don't know much about his daughter, but I know he has twin sons who are also singers. yes/no?

[coastie65]

Yup, you get a gold star. His daughter is Tracy Nelson, she played a nun in " The Father Dowling Mysteries". I can't remember the Father's name, but it was set in Chicago, and Tom Bosley played the Father. At least I think tit was Tom Bosley, it was the same guy who Play Mr. C on Happy Days. Okay, here comes a real easy one, What was the circumstances around Eric Clapton writing the song " Tears In Heaven" ? coastie65

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Wow, I get a gold star too? Awesome! Thank you!

[DBS1]

I don't come here often but this thread peaked my interest.

Eric wrote that song just after his 4 year old son fell to his death

[mcbarker]

Here's a pretty easy one...

Who was the inspiration for the Clapton songs Bell Bottom Blues and Layla, and the George Harrison song Something, and what was the Clapton/Harrison connection to this person?

[coastie65]

Hi DBS1, Yep, I thought I would throw a fairly easy one out there as the story was pretty well known. coastie65

[Knifeblade]

Harrison's wife, Patty, who Clapton had a crush on and wrote Layla for.

[mcbarker]

Knifeblade said:

Harrison's wife, Patty, who Clapton had a crush on and wrote Layla for.

You're right KB. Pattie was the inspiration for those, and other songs. Just before her breakup with Harrison, she had affairs with both Clapton and Ron Wood of the Faces, and eventually married (and divorced) Clapton. Clapton and Harrison remained friends throughout all of this.

[mcbarker]

OK boys and girls... This one is tougher.
In the mid 60's, the following musicians played in what is sometimes referred to as England's first supergroup. The core musicians were Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Rod Stewart, Brian Auger, Gary Boyle, Richard Brown, Dave Ambrose, Mickey Waller, Vic Briggs, Ricky Brown, and Clive Thacker. Other members (part time?) were Dusty Springfield, Jeff Beck and Elton John (then still using his real name, Reg Dwight). I only remember them releasing a 45 rpm single called "Incense", but apparently there is an album out there somewhere. Who was that group?

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Hi, McB. Just curious, where do you get all this stuff? Were you/are you in the music industry?

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[Knifeblade]

Yardbirds? If so, youforgot Jimmy Page. ;-)

[mcbarker]

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Hi, McB. Just curious, where do you get all this stuff? Were you/are you in the music industry?

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I was a music buff in my youth. Also, made a living playing guitar in a band for several years, and we met some good recording artists along the way. We were a pretty good local band, but not nearly good enough to peak the interest of any recording companies. None of us had the ambition (or the funds) to tough it out among the competition in London. We eventually went the way of all bands... We played off into the sunset.



Hey! I resemble that Coastie remark :p. Although, you never know... I might be Coastie in disguise, trying to sneak back onto the pub trivia team.

[Knifeblade]

Prolly alreay answered, maybe even by me later, with Page as the rub, LOL. Yardbirds. Somehow I really think Ted Nugent was there, before Amboy Dukes days.

[mcbarker]

Knifeblade said:

Yardbirds? If so, youforgot Jimmy Page. ;-)

KB... No, they were more obscure than that. They only had one minor hit in the UK (the single Incense that I mentioned in the question), but they got quite a bit of publicity in the music world because of their star studded lineup.

[Knifeblade]

I wanna play, me me me!!!!!!!!!! :^0
What group, very popular in the late 70's and early '80's, took care of business by splitting from the Guess Who?

What group tried the free ride by splitting from Savoy Brown?

Who's the bad band Zep loved, with the singer out of Free?

Name the band Rick Wakeman left so he could help form YES.

[Knifeblade]

Nuts, before the Yarbirds, hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm.?:|

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mcbarker said:

I was a music buff in my youth. Also, made a living playing guitar in a band for several years, and we met some good recording artists along the way. We were a pretty good local band, but not nearly good enough to peak the interest of any recording companies. None of us had the ambition (or the funds) to tough it out among the competition in London. We eventually went the way of all bands... We played off into the sunset.






Hey! I resemble that Coastie remark :p. Although, you never know... I might be Coastie in disguise, trying to sneak back onto the pub trivia team.

Pretty impressive, McB. I'm honored to be in your thread. :D

[coastie65]

AAAhhh, no sneaking on to the Trivia team ( I was a regular fixture in that place), and a team of one and got disinvited from playing. Also the bar closed down about 5 years ago ( probably due to my lack of participation) and is now an all you can eat buffet. coastie65