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Post by Ken on Apr 28, 2009 23:02:28 GMT -5
Love Jim Stafford! I remember listening to this along with "Spiders & Snakes" and "Swamp Witch" when I was a kid (thank you K-tel!) |
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on May 4, 2009 17:03:28 GMT -5
I know I posted the lyrics eons ago, but MusicMike put up a video, so here it is!
(I've said it before and I'll say it again--this one should have totally done better than #44.)
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on May 13, 2009 18:50:53 GMT -5
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Post by jpkansas on May 14, 2009 2:04:24 GMT -5
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Post by jpkansas on May 14, 2009 5:28:15 GMT -5
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Post by jpkansas on May 17, 2009 4:31:58 GMT -5
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on May 29, 2009 14:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on Jun 29, 2009 16:01:14 GMT -5
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Jun 29, 2009 19:40:35 GMT -5
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Jun 29, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5
Hey Smitty, thanks for bringing this old feature back!  This is one I remember well, and I've burned it on to one of my No One Else Remembers CDs. Cool song. The Group Gunhill Road was named for a thoroughfare in New York City. Gun Hill Road is in The Bronx. Gunhill Road's lead singer was a guy named Glenn Leopold. When I was about 10 or 11 I was at summer cam, and there was a younger kid there (maybe 8 or so) named Glenn Leopold and he was from The Bronx. I remember him as a little short kid that everyone called Napoleon. I would be surprised if this isn't the same guy who grew up to sing lead on Back When My Hair Was Short. (Even in a place as large as the Bronx, how many Glenn Leopolds could there be in the correct age range?) Smitty, I don't think I ever saw when you posted the YouTube link to this song back a year and a half ago. So I didn't see the group picture until just now. -- Now I'm going back over 50 years, but I remember the kid had an angular face. He could easily be the same person in the center of the photo. I'd say a good chance that it is him. I may be able to get another opinion. Over the past few days I hooked up, thanks to FB, with a guy I knew back in the same summer camp. I haven't seen him in 53 years. Yesterday we talked on the phone for 90 minutes. He may remember Glenn also. I'll try to find out. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 29, 2009 22:55:29 GMT -5
Hey Smitty, thanks for bringing this old feature back! This is one I remember well, and I've burned it on to one of my No One Else Remembers CDs. Cool song. The Group Gunhill Road was named for a thoroughfare in New York City. Gun Hill Road is in The Bronx. Gunhill Road's lead singer was a guy named Glenn Leopold. When I was about 10 or 11 I was at summer cam, and there was a younger kid there (maybe 8 or so) named Glenn Leopold and he was from The Bronx. I remember him as a little short kid that everyone called Napoleon. I would be surprised if this isn't the same guy who grew up to sing lead on Back When My Hair Was Short. (Even in a place as large as the Bronx, how many Glenn Leopolds could there be in the correct age range?) Smitty, I don't think I ever saw when you posted the YouTube link to this song back a year and a half ago. So I didn't see the group picture until just now. -- Now I'm going back over 50 years, but I remember the kid had an angular face. He could easily be the same person in the center of the photo. I'd say a good chance that it is him. I may be able to get another opinion. Over the past few days I hooked up, thanks to FB, with a guy I knew back in the same summer camp. I haven't seen him in 53 years. Yesterday we talked on the phone for 90 minutes. He may remember Glenn also. I'll try to find out. Not to derail the thread, but this reminds me - Ed, you should share that discovery you made about your former classmate and Orpheus. I thought that was very cool! |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 30, 2009 16:53:40 GMT -5
Wow, somehow I missed a bunch of these when they were first posted. I first heard this on a compilation LP called 20 Chartstoppers that I picked up in the late '80s or early '90s. Good song. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 30, 2009 16:56:38 GMT -5
I got interested in the Cryan' Shames after reading some of Adam's posts about the band here, and have a couple of albums. Good band; it's a shame they didn't have more success at the national level. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 30, 2009 16:57:53 GMT -5
Nice early effort from Rick, very different from his '80s and later work. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 30, 2009 17:00:40 GMT -5
Somewhere I have a magazine with a trade ad for Chi's album, which had just been released at the time. I've never heard the rest of the songs from it, but if they're as good as Thunder and Lightning, that must be a great album. She had a really good voice; it's unfortunate this was her only hit. |
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