Bob Crewe tribute with guest Dennis Diken!: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

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I am excited to post the first comment but by the time I press "post it!" there will be another one up there because that's how things go. Keep rockin Joe!!

12:09pm PGB:

Hoboken Jack...you beat me!

12:09pm bobdoesthings:

hey joe and all

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12:10pm Hoboken Jack:

No shame in second PGB!! (Now third, that's another matter....)

12:14pm Joe B:

Hi everyone, thanks for tuning in! Gonna be joined by Dennis Diken via phone at 1 pm for a tribute to Bob Crewe!

12:14pm KP:

Hiya, joe. Liked that opener.

12:14pm SmokinJ:

All drugged up and ready to rock! ;-)>

12:17pm Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Joe. Helluva fast start! Just the thing needed here:-D

12:17pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Love you, Mighty Joe Belock!

12:19pm Claw!:

Hey Joe! Long-time listener, first time commenter to this peanut gallery. Keep kickin out the jams, Brother! Show sounds great so far (as always)!

12:20pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Plus Dennis Diken coming up! My day that started out crappy just getting better and better!

12:22pm Sigurdur:

Sounding like my day Sissophonic.....

12:24pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

@Sigurdur, Joe Belock's making it all better for us!

12:25pm Nanker de Tucson:

Great opening set, JoeB ! Knockin' out me cobwebs on an early, rainy day in the desert SW.

12:26pm Sigurdur:

uknow

12:26pm Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe B., loved the Easybeats-sorry-cover ...
Bob Crewe? OMG!
Play some lotti Golden maybe ...

12:32pm Claw!:

Yeah, Joe - you seem to have really been diggin on this Adam Widener guy and the OBN-IIIs for the past few weeks. Good finds!

12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...how come when Ian Dury numerated reasons to be cheerful, he didn't mention the 3CMonte Opening Set - ??...

12:37pm ken in denver:

Think I better go buy the new Allah-La's today. Whadda ya say, Joe?

12:37pm Mike East:

@RevoRabbit - that might have been in Part I or II.

12:38pm Claw!:

Oooh, I'm already digging the kick-off to the Bob Crewe tribute. Perfect music for listing old Playboys on eBay. Hah!

12:38pm Mike East:

that's a great idea, ken. I haven't gotten a new record in a while.

12:39pm Claw!:

New Allah-Las?? Um, yes, please. I didn't even know this was a thing! Wow. Maybe you can play some for us later, Joe?

12:42pm bobdoesthings:

I could use some new Allah Las as well

12:45pm KP:

Byrdsian intro!

12:46pm Mike East:

Can't believe I've never heard this Queen Jane Approximately cover. freakin awesome

12:49pm common:

me neither, mike. that was great

12:52pm doctorjazz:

What a cover, Tina, wow!

12:53pm Dominick:

Diggin' out some gems!

12:54pm Parq:

Not to rush this set, but I was just reading forward on Crew's Wikip. bio. He formed Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, I see. I remember when that album came out, and I assumed at the time it was a new Joe Tex project. Oh, youth ...

12:57pm ken in denver:

Gonna play some Disco Tex, Joe?

1:00pm Parq:

Maybe there will be a Freddy Boom-Boom Cannon biopic some day. I might actually see that, if only to see how the recreate Palisades Park (the place, I mean).

1:00pm MenfussMike:

i can thank Andy Kaufman for turning me on to Freddy Cannon

1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Flamin'Groovies brought me that tune...

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1:02pm Hoboken Jack:

The great Dennis Diken, yeah!!

1:02pm Claw!:

Yeah, I can't really say I've listened to much Freddy Cannon til just now, and I am looking forward to going back to work at the record store tomorrow and playing a bunch of his stuff!

1:02pm efd:

Dennis Diken! Now we're talking! Just a few days before he passed I flipped by Bob Crewe's solo LP (or one of them, at least) while record shopping on vacation. I considered picking it up but it struck me as a little pricey at the time.

1:06pm Dominick:

Yes, Dennis. Drums on "The Sun" are outstanding! Both the playing and the sound!

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1:10pm David Shortell:

The New Jersey Oi! band, Niblick Henbane, would always cover Tallahassee Lassie in their sets.

1:12pm efd:

Larry Uttal, who would go on to found the Private Stock label!

1:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- haven't seen 'Jersey Boys' ; KCRW's film critic said Eastwood made it unnecessarily harsh & charmless or such...

1:26pm Guido from Cologne:

To bad!
STREAM IS SHUT DOWN HERE!
Other streams work.
Anyone else?

1:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Guido - no problems here *today* (yet) !
- that review: www.kcrw.com...

1:29pm SHIMMY:

Just found this pre-Generation 45 in a collection: http://www.45cat.com/record/nc669973us

"Don't Call Me Chicken" -- kind of a doowop novelty record.

1:30pm SHIMMY:

Also this is the youtube clip of Bob live-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcgOZUjjso

1:31pm Guido from Cologne:

It is back.
No idea.
Maybe some connection to Germany.

1:33pm Michael Shelley:

Loving this!

1:37pm Guido from Cologne:

Great interview!
I have to check from the archives what i missed.

1:40pm bobdoesthings:

great interview!

1:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- was that not a brilliant exposition by Mr. Diken ?

1:44pm efd:

That was great, Joe! Good call getting Dennis to come on!

1:46pm Joe B:

thanks everyone! thanks to Dennis, wish he could have been here in person!

1:46pm Cisco Pike:

Whoa Joe, er, I mean Professor. That was some blast info!

1:50pm common:

thanks joe!

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1:50pm Jeff from Rahway:

The Four Seasons? Jeez, Joe, you're gonna get my Dad tuning in!

1:52pm dennis diken:

Joe, thanks for having me on board today, great trib to the great Bob Crewe! thanks to everyone for the nice comments.

1:53pm Woo:

She will tell. She will.

1:53pm Cheri Pi:

YOU RANG???

1:53pm Cheri Pi:

Oh wait, that was for Jerry..

1:56pm Joe B:

Thanks for doing it DD! Hi everybody, sorry behind on the comments, appreciate the check ins and nice words and for tuning in!

1:57pm Dominick:

Mind now exploding

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1:59pm Jeff from Rahway:

Music to Watch Girls By in the background....one of my fave instrumentals!

2:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Lesley Gore had the 1st 4-track recording, no ?
....visions of Batman : ) ...

2:14pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

LOVE this one!

2:15pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Dennis Diken rules!

2:17pm windyellow:

WHAT?! THIS TOO?! 'sun aint gonna shine' = alltimefavorite of ALL TIME. <3

2:18pm NY in Atlanta:

Great version!

2:18pm Dominick:

Oh yeah!~

2:19pm ccrides:

About Bob Crewe prductions...I've had the Mitch Ryder album 'What Now My Love' for about 40 years, now and I couldn't believe that I came across another copy of it a a recent garage sale...Ya hardly ever come across that album!!!...:)O(:....

2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I don't know where I got that about Lesley & 4-tracks...not backed up by websearch so far

...show basically flawless, btw...

2:19pm thriftstoreleather:

F@#$%&G Great Show! dig that sax, whew!

2:28pm ccrides:

Oh yeah!!!...:)O(:...

2:30pm Joe B:

just realized Crewe shares a birthday with Neil Young

2:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

dangerousminds.net... :
...'On Batman, she’s seen performing music from her then-forthcoming LP California Nights, “Maybe Now,” and the title song, which would enter the top 20 within a couple months of the episode’s broadcast'...
- w/ YouTube links to each there...

2:32pm ccrides:

Gettin' way down!!!...:)O(:...

2:32pm Dominick:

Teenage memory of first hearing "Devil With a Blue Dress" Sounded like the car radio was exploding!

2:33pm Parq:

Sad but true, my opinion of even Mitch Ryder's greatest stuff is colored by his by-the-numbers performance in Lincoln Center in 2010.

2:33pm Guido from Cologne:

this is what I'd call "doubtfull Stereo" ...
... do theese things exist in Mono?

2:34pm drewo:

Thanks Joe! Bob Crewe was the man. "Sock It To Me Baby!" was a family rec-room staple of my youth.

2:35pm Joe B:

I hear ya Parq. thankfully we were denied permission to record it!

2:36pm thriftstoreleather:

Joe, you are seriously On Fire!

2:37pm Dominick:

Jim McCarty on this one?

2:39pm Joe B:

dunno!

2:40pm thriftstoreleather:

eat your heart out , Rolling Stones!

2:42pm common:

that guitar sound is crazy!

2:42pm ccrides:

My older sister bought the Sock It To Me album when it first came out and my mother took it away from her because of the supposedly questionable lyrics..."Everytime you kiss me feels like a f-ck" and "feel the fuzz now, gettin wet now"...etc...anyway I got the album and hid it and have had it ever since...it still plays OK but I've never heard the exact same version of it on-line...there are more voices cheering at the beginning of the cut on the album??? it seems like it goes into the song in a smoother fashion as well??...:)O(:...

2:42pm Woo:

Electric Stories reminds me of Leo Sayer.

2:43pm Guido from Cologne:

certain need to observe the Four Seasons a little bit more than i even suspected

2:46pm thriftstoreleather:

just wonderful!

2:47pm Guido from Cologne:

Discogs prices for "Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story" are not very encouraging ...

2:49pm Davis:

Guido, i recommend the rhino anthology

2:53pm Guido from Cologne:

Thank you for the tip Davis.

2:53pm ccrides:

Gee...If ya got the Riviera 45 I hope ya play it for us???...:)O(:...

2:56pm kw:

now there's a #1 hit!

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2:56pm Jeff from Rahway:

I never knew Michael Shelley had the pipes to sing TFC. Ya learn something new on WFMU every day.

2:56pm ccrides:

Great show, Joe..!..may God rest Bob's soul!!!!...:)O(:...

2:56pm RF:

that tribute was gorgeous! thank you

2:57pm Dominick:

Yes, thanks Joe.

2:58pm Claw!:

Awesome tribute, Joe. Nice 'n' classy.

3:02pm Parq:

At work, had to run in and out, but from what I heard of the show, it was one of the greats.

10:34am John W.:

Everybody should know Bob Crewe. I did not until yesterday and I am listening to the tribute again. It is amazing the music that came from this man. Thanks Joe for doing this tribute.

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
The Ugly Beats	Beataroo	Brand New Day	Get Hip	2014		0:00:00 Pop-up)
The Waldos	Sorry	Rent Party	Sympathy For the Record Industry	1994		0:02:15 Pop-up)
A-Bones	Sorry	Ears Wide Shut	Norton	2014		0:05:00 Pop-up)
Dan Melchior und Das Menace	Rip It To Pieces	Hunger	Castle Face	2014		0:10:19 Pop-up)
The Muzzlers	Her Blue Habit	Wash Your Hands With The Muzzlers	The Muzzlers	2014		0:10:34 Pop-up)
The Martinets	Places You'll Go	Rock and Roll Will Probably Never Die	MuSick Recordings	2014		0:12:15 Pop-up)
The Sloths	Wanna New Life	cd single	The Sloths	2013		0:14:48 Pop-up)
Marvelous Darlings	Teenage Targets	Single Life	Deranged Records	2011		0:16:57 Pop-up)
The Plimsouls	How Long Will It Take	One Night In America - Live 1981	Oglio			0:20:37 Pop-up)
Figures of Light	Nothing To Do (demo version)	The Nebraska Sessions	Figures of Light	2007/2014		0:23:42 Pop-up)
Adam Widener	Glow Crush	Vesuvio Nights	Speakertree Records	2014		0:25:29 Pop-up)

RIP Bob Crewe
The Bob Crewe Generation	Music To Watch Girls By	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)			0:35:31 Pop-up)
The Toys	Can't Get Enough of You Baby	The Toys Sing "A Lover's Concerto" And "Attack!"	Sundazed	1966/1994		0:37:41 Pop-up)
The 4 Seasons featuring the 'sound' of Frankie Valli	Dody	7"	Philips		flip side of Beggin'	0:40:41 Pop-up)
The 4 Seasons	Queen Jane Approximately	The 4 Seasons Sing the Big Hits by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Bob Dylan	Ace			0:43:41 Pop-up)
Frankie Valli	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)	Jersey Beat box set	Rhino		the original, a 45 on Smash	0:46:49 Pop-up)
Ike and Tina Turner	Two To Tango	7"	Philles		the rare Philles release not produced by Phil	0:50:12 Pop-up)
The Rays	Daddy Cool	various - Cameo Parkway 1957-1967	ABKCO		the record that started it all for Bob	0:52:39 Pop-up)
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon	Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It	Boom Boom Rock 'N' Roll: The Best Of Freddy Cannon	Shout Factory			0:55:32 Pop-up)
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie	Big Beat From Boston: The Best of	Rhino			0:58:17 Pop-up)
Dennis Diken	interview
Four Seasons	Betrayed	Jersey Beat box set	Rhino
Four Seasons	Ronnie	Jersey Beat box set	Rhino
George n Sonny Sands	Down By the Ocean	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)
Tracey Dey	I Won't Tell	various - One Kiss Can lead To Another	Chronicles/ Polydor			1:49:19 Pop-up)
Tracey Dey	Jerry (I'm Your Sherry)	7"	Vee Jay			1:51:52 Pop-up)
The Rag Dolls	Dusty	7"	Mala		for Gary Mitchell!	1:54:24 Pop-up)

Diane Renay	Growin' Up Too Fast	various - Grown' Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology	Chronicles/ Polydor			2:03:28 Pop-up)
The Orlons	Goin' Places	The Best of	ABKCO		Bob Crewe productions and co-write	2:05:48 Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	I'm Fallin' Down	7"	Mercury		questionable stereo mix of the b-side of Summer and Sandy	2:08:52 Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	California Nights	It's My Party: The Mercury Anthology	Chronicles/ Polydor			2:11:05 Pop-up)
The Little Bits featuring Karyl Mann	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)			2:15:33 Pop-up)
Maggie Thrett	Soupy	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)			2:16:26 Pop-up)

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels	Little Latin Lupe Lu	Rev Up: Best Of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Rhino			2:27:39 Pop-up)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels	Sock It To Me - Baby	Rev Up: Best Of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Rhino			2:29:58 Pop-up)
The Motivations	The Slow Fizz	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)			2:33:30 Pop-up)
The Chicago Loop	(When She Needs Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To Me	various - Bob Crewe Presents The Dynovoice Story	West Side (UK)		Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg and others on here	2:36:41 Pop-up)
The Four Seasons	Electric Stories	7"	Philips		A Crewe-Gaudio Production	2:39:35 Pop-up)
Frankie Valli	The Proud One	7"	Philips		The Angels on background vocals	2:42:14 Pop-up)

Miriam	Let Him Go Now	Nobody's Baby	Norton	2014		2:50:37 Pop-up)
Michael Shelley	I Don't Want Control of You	Leftovers	Confidential Recordings		WFMU's own covering Teenage Fanclub	2:53:24 Pop-up)
Johnny & the Shy Guys	Moon Dawg	various - Lost Legends of Surf Guitar Vol. IV	Sundazed			2:57:17 Pop-up)

September 16, 2014

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