Johannes in retroland

Archive for March, 2005

On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in the US for the first time. They had already conquered England and Europe, but they desperately wanted to succeed in America, the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll. The Beatles were well aware that other English pop stars like Cliff Richard had failed in America, and they were nervous about how they would fare.

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The fresh, sophisticated, and classic masterpiece, Citizen Kane (1941), is probably the world’s most famous and highly-rated film, with its many remarkable scenes and performances, cinematic and narrative techniques and experimental innovations (in photography, editing, and sound). Its director, star, and producer were all the same genius individual – Orson Welles (in his film debut at age 25!), who collaborated with Herman J. Mankiewicz on the script (and also with an uncredited John Houseman), and with Gregg Toland as his talented cinematographer. [The amount of each person's contributions to the screenplay has been the subject of great debate over many decades.] Toland’s camera work on Karl Freund’s expressionistic horror film Mad Love (1935) exerted a profound influence on this film.

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Jazz vocal groups of the this type consist almost always of vocalists only, but this group is unusual in that 3 out of the four vocalists play instruments as well. The result is cool 50s vocal Jazz in the setting of an excellent piano trio. The line up includes Pat Moran (Vocals and piano), Bev Kelly (vocal), John Doling (vocal and bass) & Johnny Whited (vocal and drums). Tracks include “I Should Care”, “Have You Met Miss Jones”, “Sunday Kind of Love” & “Pick Yourself Up.”