STAN FREBERG, 88, PIONEER OF SATIRE AND TAKE-OFFS , BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

Stan Freberg parodies Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music in one of his famous satiric songs        "Help, help! Wonnerful-a, wonnerful-a. Turn off the bubble machine!" 1955 - ABC Television premiered "The Lawrence Welk Show" nationally. It first aired in 1951 locally in Los Angeles. This is Stan Freberg's spoof of the series released in 1957. #dapimusic   #mymusichangout   #spoof   #comedy   #stanfreberg  #thelawrencewelkshow   #abctv   #onthisday   #onthisday   STAN FREBERG, 88,  PIONEER OF SATIRE AND TAKE-OFFS , BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE So who is Stan Freberg? "Stan has been doing historical satire for many years, and regular listeners to his  1957 Freberg CBS radio series will no doubt remember his riotous take-offs...  Over the past decade, master satirist Stan Freberg has been  making quite a bit of history on his own, not only as a star of  radioand TV, but as the man who actually pioneered the  now-booming field of comedy recording. For it was the  tremendous success of such Frebergian funnies as  St. George and the Dragonet,The Yellow Rose of Texas,  and the controversial Yuletide classicGreen Chri$tma$  which opened the floodgates for the current rash of hi-fi humo r for the home. More recently he has extended his talents  to the world of advertising, where he has been setting Madison  Avenue on its grey flannel ear with his brilliant comedy  commercials for both radio and T.V."

Original Notes From Stan Freberg Presents The United States  Of America FROM The Most Official Unofficial  Stan Freberg Website

Freberg's take on the Rock and Roll Payola Scandals of the late Fifties

STAN FREBERG, 88,  PIONEER OF SATIRE AND TAKE-OFFS , BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

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ROY ORBISON Birthday ! (4-23) Retrospective,Tributes from Bruce, Neil Diamond,Wilburys and Elvis Surprise!

Beatles John and Ringo , along with Roy's first wife, Claudette (dark hair) celebrate Roy's 27th in UK 50 years ago today. Pictured below is one of Orbison's two sons who would later die in housefire in 1968.

        Cheers on what would be his 77th birthday to the man, Roy Orbison, who Rolling Stone Magazine once wrote off as an 'insignificant' figure in rock and roll - that before all the big names schmoozed him on Black & White concert,etc on the big comeback (not that Roy had really ever gone away)!  



 
      

  

 Bruce Springsteen and 10,000 fans Sing Happy Birthday to Roy





 

 'Pretty Woman,' Roy Orbison's blockbuster hit from 1964, here in a Spanish presentation combining Orbison's  first big national appearance, on Ed Sullivan in 1965, along with interspersed background scenes from the movie, 'Pretty Woman,' which would help Roy, even in death, continue his new found popularity. Producers of the movie had originally wanted a younger voice to sing the song, but Roy won out as nobody could sing it like Roy.






 

The eerily, beautiful video from the movie, Blue Velvet, 1986, which raised eyebrows for using Orbison's 'innocent, sweet song' In Dreams  in such a strange, violent movie, but
a key factor in propelling Orbison back into the spotlight in late Seventies and Eighties. It's the most popular Roy YouTube video with over 5 million viewings!   Today Orbison is the second most popular and top selling artist next to Elvis from the pre-Beatles rock and roll era (1955-63). As a barometor of today, his facebook page has over 600,000 fan 'likes'; by contrast, Jerry Lee Lewis , who is alive, has  130,000 .








   

 ROY ORBISON still in the national spotlight witj one of many appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, lipsynching 'Oh Pretty Woman' before an enthusiasic throng of teenagers. Includes an interview, where Orbison talks about his upcoming movie.





   


 And, here's Roy in a medley of songs and scenes from his only movie 'Fastest Guitar Alive,' beginning with an impressive flamenco presentation by Roy on 'Pistolero.' Other songs include 'Good Time Party,' and the beat balad, 'Whirlwind.'






   


With the Boston tragedy still on our minds, here's the associated song, Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline,' performed by Orbison in Australia in the 1970s





 

 Orbison surprises Neil Diamond at a concert and sings 'Sung Song Blue ' together with Diamond and then performs 'Running Scared' solo (Pretty unusual for an artists to be brought on to sing
one of his own songs, unplanned, in someone else's concert !  (2-19-76)  ) 









 


 There were so many things that helped cement the Roy Orbison Comeback, which effectively began the night of Elvis' passing, August 17, 1977 when Roy managed to perform without a dry eye in the sold out Santa Monica auditorium before over 10,000 folks.  Orbison hadn't been appearing much in the 1970s - an RV show in Cincinatti before 600 in 1976 was pretty typical .  This would be a springboard for Orbison, who would  continue  to perform  regularly now and appear on TV more than ever , but his appearance with his old and new found adoring music associates that came together in the 'Black and White Night' tribute performance at Los Angeles' Coconut Grove might have been the single biggest contributing factor to his 10 year long comeback that culminated with the Traveling Wilburys and Mystery Girl top five album.  



Here Roy sings on an 'extra,' BLUE ANGEL -not included in the regular Black and White Night program footage that has been seen around the world thousands of times since first aired in 1987 on PBS TV. Backed by the likes of kd lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, James Burton and more, this is the tribute performance of all tributes, coming after Roy's Hall of Fame induction.  







 

 Orbison singing the Star Spangled Banner at a Los Angeles King hockey game, October 1988






 

 ROY ORBISON on top of the Rock World again with new Top Ten song, ' You Got It ', here performing the song live at an awards reception in Holland shortly before his passing in 1988.
It was the lead song from his new, comeback solo album, 'Mystery Girl' . The song would reach number nine  on the charts and the album number five. Sadly , Orbison passed before the album
was released and this was the only live performance of an album cut.










 


Intimate back stage footage of Roy working on his last album, .  'Mystery Girl,'  including
footage of 'leftover' songs used on subsequent, posthumous LP, 'King of Hearts.' (West 57th)









 

 TRAVELING WILBURYs Remember Roy






 


 More recent tributes, from Hollywood Walk of Fame presentation two years ago with Roy's wife , Barbara, and three living sons, Wesley, Alex, and Roy Kelton Jr, T Bone Burnett, Dan Akroid and others








And, now get read for a Big Surprise!
Ever wondered what Roy and Elvis might be doing today if they were still alive?
Well... here is it!
ELVIS PRESLEY and ROY ORBISON Together Again !  Amazing but true.   Elvis and Roy had long talked of doing a duet together. And, now, through   powers unbeknownst   to us... a dream
come true... the duet, 'Together Again.' 
  
We are told through  mysterious sources  that Roy and Elvis want  to return to Earth for a project -  and this is their first effort from their proposed 'Where Spirits Fly'  .  We will hope to channel them again , soon, and let you know if and when we do




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Happy Birthday BOBBY VINTON , AL GREEN

 Very nice, orchestral version of the Brian Hyland song, Sealed with a Kiss circa 1972- Bobby Vinton courtesy NostalgiaClassical youtube (top rated)



 

 Another gem , Mr. Lonely, written during the Korean War years but meant a lot to soldiers in the following Vietnam war - Live performance from Shindig, 1964 - top rated youtube thanks rainbow Happy Birthday BOBBY VINTON Bobby Vinton is 78  Today. Visit him @ http://www.bobbyvinton.com Al Green was 67 on April 13 . Happy Burtday to Al!



 


 Send this one out to my sister Joan, wherever she is... she liked this one and Al Green music thanks deeteedub