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It was written by a 16-year-old Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasizing a Calypso rhythm. First recorded in January 1957 by Williams' group the Gladiolas, it was quickly released as a single on Excello Records, a small swamp blues label owned by Nashville record man Earnie Young, who was responsible for creating the song's Latin feel, naming the group ...
The composition, in the words of jazz writer, Donald Clarke, is "an object lesson in how to swing at a slow tempo." [3]Gary Giddins expands on the importance of tempo in the performance of "Li'l Darlin '", saying that "in the enduring 'Li'l Darlin ' ', [Hefti] tested the band's temporal mastery with a slow and simple theme that dies if it isn't played at exactly the right tempo.
This is a category for bands that are part of the Long Island, New York music scene. Pages in category "Musical groups from Long Island" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total.
Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes US Country CAN Country; Again: Release date: 1970 [4]; Label: Certron Corporation (CS-7002) Format: LP — — Paycheck's only release with Certron. Originally recorded for Little Darlin' but released through Certron after the former went o
Get It is the third album by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds, released in 1977.Some of the songs were performed by an early "trio" version of Rockpile (Edmunds, Nick Lowe and Terry Williams); others (such as "I Knew the Bride" and "Little Darlin'") were recorded by Edmunds solo.
In February 1956 with the recommendation of Cleveland’s genius DJ, Dr. Bill Randle, they signed a long-term contract with Mercury Records. Somerville performed eight years with The Diamonds, singing lead on all sixteen of their Billboard chart selections, peaking with the song "Little Darlin';" for eight weeks, this selection remained at #2 ...
The members were Williams, Gaston, Wiley Bennett, and Charles Thomas. Later, Little Willie Morrow and Albert Hill were added. [2] One month later, in the early summer of 1959, the band recorded in a Quonset Hut on Shakespeare Road in Columbia. The recording engineer, Homer Fesperman, recorded several tracks that the band had hoped would include ...
Remembering – Part 1 is a compilation album by rock group Thin Lizzy, one of the first compilations of the band's early years with Eric Bell, released by their record company at that time, Decca Records, in an apparent attempt to cash in on the chart success Lizzy had recently begun enjoying with Vertigo.