On December 31, 1967, Bertrand Russell Berns died aged 38. He was songwriter, music producer, and label executive. Some of his best known songs are “Twist and Shout”, “Hang on Sloopy”, “Piece of My Heart”, “Here Comes the Night”, “I Want Candy”, and “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”. His productions include “Please Don’t Go”, “Under the Boardwalk”, and “Brown Eyed Girl”.
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The Beach Boys: Wild Honey
On December 18, 1967, “Capitol” label released “Wild Honey”, the 13th Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded September – November 1967, and was produced by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Mike Love..
Personnel:
- Brian Wilson– vocals
- Carl Wilson– vocals
- Dennis Wilson– vocals
- Mike Love– vocals
- Al Jardine– vocals
- Bruce Johnston– vocals, organ solo, electric bass guitar
- Jim Lockert – engineer
- Bill Halverson– engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.
- Wild Honey
- Aren’t You Glad
- I Was Made to Love Her – Cosby, Moy, Hardaway, Wonder
- Country All
- A Thing or Two
- Darlin’
- I’d Love Just Once to See You
- Here Comes the Night
- Let the Wind Blow
- How She Boogalooed It – Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson
- Mama Says
The Beach Boys: L.A.
On March 19, 1979, “Brother / Caribou / CBS” label released “L.A. (Light Album)”, the 23rd Beach Boys album. It was recorded July 1978 – January 1979, and was produced by Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine and James William Guercio.
Personnel:
- Mike Love- lead, harmony and backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
- Brian Wilson- harmony and backing vocals, piano
- Carl Wilson- lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar
- Al Jardine- lead, harmony and backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson- lead, harmony and backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Bruce Johnston- harmony and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Ritchie Zito – guitar
- Melvin Wah Wah Watson – guitar
- Ed Carter – guitar, bass guitar
- Carlos Munoz – piano
- Ron Altbach – keyboards
- Bob Esty – synthesizer
- Jim Guercio- bass guitar
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar
- Gary Mallaber- drums
- Mike Baird- drums
- Bobby Figueroa – drums
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Victor Feldman- percussion
- Joel Peskin – alto saxophone
- Jimmy Lyons- alto saxophone
- Mike Meros – clavinet
- Sterling Smith – harpsichord
- Phil Shenale – oberheim
- Bill Fletcher – engineer
- Chuck Britz – engineer
- Joel Moss – engineer
- Earle Mankey – engineer
- Tom Murphy – engineer
- Curt Becher- engineer, co-producer
- Chuck Leary – engineer
- Greg Venable – engineer
- Jeff Guercio – engineer
- John Hanlon- engineer
Track listing:
- Good Timin’ – Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson
- Lady Lynda – Johan Sebastian Bach, arr. by Al Jardine, Ron Altbach
- Full Sail – Carl Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
- Angel Come Home – Carl Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
- Love Surrounds Me – Dennis Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
- Sumahama – Mike Love
- Here Comes the Night – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
- Baby Blue – Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson, Karen Lamm
- Goin’ South – Carl Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
- Shortenin’ Bread – traditional, arr. by Brian Wilson
David Bowie: Pin Ups
On October 19, 1973, “RCA” label released “Pin Ups”, the seventh David Bowie album. It was recorded July1973, at the “Château d’Hérouville”, in Hérouville, France, and was produced by Ken Scott and David Bowie. “Pin Ups” featured cover versions of songs from other authors. The cover art showed super model Twiggy.
Personnel:
- David Bowie- lead and backing vocals, guitar, tenor and alto saxophone, harmonica, arrangements, Moog synthesizer
- Mick Ronson – vocals, guitar, piano, arrangements
- Ron Wood– guitar
- Mike Garson- piano, organ, harpsichord, electric piano
- Trevor Bolder- bass guitar
- Aynsley Dunbar- drums
- Ken Fordham – baritone saxophone
- A. MacCormack- backing vocals
Track listing:
- Rosalyn – Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley
- Here Comes the Night – Bert Berns
- I Wish You Would – Billy Boy Arnold
- See Emily Play – Syd Barrett
- Everything’s Alright – Nicky Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson
- I Can’t Explain – Pete Townshend
- Friday on My Mind – George Young, Harry Vanda
- Sorrow – Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer
- Don’t Bring Me Down – Johnnie Dee
- Shapes of Things – Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend
- Where Have All the Good Times Gone – Ray Davies
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