Day: March 30, 2015

HOLD ON! HERMAN’S HERMITS HITS SILVER SCREEN ’66!

Hold On! Movie Poster (MCRFB)
HERMAN’S HERMITS * “Hold On!” * MGM (HOLD ON! Soundtrack LP) 1966

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Hermans-Hermits-Hold-OnTHIS DAY 1966 : The film Hold On! starring Peter Noone and Shelley Fabares, launched its gala premiere in Los Angeles, today, Wednesday, March 30. The 85 min. musical film is directed by Arthur Lubin, film cast co-stars Herbert Anderson, Bernard Fox and Sue Ane Langdon. The film’s soundtrack features ten new songs by Herman’s Hermits and one by Shelley Fabares, while casting band members on tour in the movie’s plot as a fictionalized band version of themselves. Produced by Sam Katzman. (Source: Wikipedia)

Peter Noone and Shelley Fabares 1965 (mcrfb)
SHELLEY FABARES * “Make Me Happy” * MGM (HOLD ON! Soundtrack LP) 1966
Herman's hermits 'Hold On!'

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WESTON HAS DETROIT SOUND WRAPPED UP . . . APRIL 29, 1967

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logo (2015)From the MCRFB news archives: 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Weston 'I Got What You Need' MGM singleNEW YORK — Kim Weston’s Detroit sound came across loud and clear at the Riverboat here Tuesday night (April 18), as the recently signed MGM artist delivered a mixed bag of soul and standards.

Miss Weston’s opening number, “I Got What You Need,” was easily the most effective of the evening. It’s a hard-driving pop song with R&B overtones, and it’s also the title of her first MGM single. The material and delivery speak well of Miss Weston’s Motown background.

She demonstrated power and range in “The Man That Got Away,” and a good dramatic sense in the title song from the Broadway musical, “Walking Happy.”

But Miss Weston is strongest with the Detroit sound, although she’s versatile enough to handle show tunes and standards. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; April 29, 1967).

I GOT WHAT YOU NEED * Kim Weston * MGM Records (1967)

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