By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk The conversation was about how during, especially the Fifties, so many American actresses somehow adopted very British accents- almost posh. Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn come to mind. I guess it gave them a “class distinction”. But then again, both actresses radiated class. Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn were different to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Leon Russell’
LOOKING FOR AUDREY HEPBURN
Posted: 8th September 2017 by We-Enhance in Entertainment Industry, LoveTags: Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Gold Digger, Grace Kelly, Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Webb, Joan Crawford, Kanye West, Katherine Hepburn, Kim Novak, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Leon Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, TIN PAN ALLEY
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AS WE SAILED INTO THE MYSTIC
Posted: 29th June 2017 by We-Enhance in Love and Music, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Into The Mystic, John Mayer, Johnny Rivers, Leon Russell, Poor Side Of Town, The Whiskey
By Hans Ebert And that’s the beauty of music- when it sneaks up on you when you’re not looking for it, and how one song can affect your entire being for that moment and it’s then up to you how long you want it to last. I had first heard “Into The Mystic” by Johnny [...]
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SONG
Posted: 7th April 2017 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Entertainment Industry, Justin Bieber, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Bacharach and David, Brian Wilson, Drake, George and Ira Gershwin, Harry Nilsson, Henry Mancini, Irving Berlin, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Justin Bieber, LED ZEPPELIN, Leon Russell, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, Paul Williams, Pet Sounds, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Stones, The Beatles, Tin Pan Alley- Cole Porter
By Hans Ebert It’s all become so formulaic, but how does one politely tell someone who believes they have written something original that it’s derivative? My singer friend Jennifer remarked the other day that she didn’t know whether it was just her, or was “Pop” music all sounding the same- meaning almost a nursery rhyme [...]
THE DIM SUM DIARIES: JAMES TAYLOR
Posted: 16th January 2017 by We-Enhance in Hong Kong, MusicTags: Alison Krauss, Country Roads, Drake, DYLAN, Ian Matthews, J-Lo, Jackson Browne, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Webb, Kenny Rankin, Leon Russell, Loggins, McCartney, Paul Simon, Scarlet Johansson, Selena Gomez, Smokey Robinson, Steve Gadd, Stevie Wonder, The Weeknd, Todd Rundgren
By Hans Ebert Word is that James Taylor is performing in Hong Kong next month and that drummer Steve Gadd will be part of his backup band. Guess so. Musician friends are looking forward to the gig and have taken it for granted that I’ll be there. But I’m not too sure I will as [...]
THANK YOU, LEON RUSSELL
Posted: 17th November 2016 by We-Enhance in Music, Music IndustryTags: A Song For You, Back To The Island, Bluebird, Bob Dylan, Denny Cordell's Shelter, Don Henley, ERIC CLAPTON, Gary Lewis, GEORGE HARRISON, Glenn Frey, Joe Cocker, Lady Blue, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Marc Benno, Strangers In The Night, Tightrope
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk In the space of two short days, we lost Leonard Cohen and Leon Russell. The curse of 2016 struck again robbing the world of two more extraordinary creative talents just like it’s taken Prince and Bowie and Glenn Frey and so many others from us, and replacing all that wonderful music [...]
THE RISE AND RISE OF THE STUPID PEOPLE
Posted: 21st October 2016 by We-Enhance in FASHION AND MUSIC, Facebook, Gorillaz, MUSIC AND POLITICS, Marketing, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Ahmet Ertegun, Alpert and Moss, Andrew Gold, Berry Gordy Jr, Big Jim Sullivan, CNN, Danny Kortchmar, David Lindley, DONALD TRUMP, E!, Geffen, George Martin, Gus Dudgeon, Jac Holzman, Jim Ed Davis, Jim Keltner, Jimmy Miller, Karla Bonoff, KIM KARDASHIAN, Leon Russell, Lou Adler, Music industry, Russ Kunkel, Spector, Steve Gadd, The Wrecking Crew, Waddy Wachtel
By Hans Ebert “There’s something happening, but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mister Jones?” Dylan sang those lines years ago without realising just how many “Mister Joneses” have been given a free pass to run free in so many industries. Look at what has been allowed to happen in the theatre of [...]
SAYING IT IN A SONG
Posted: 6th June 2016 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Love, Love and Music, Music, Music IndustryTags: 10cc, Beyonce, Brian Wilson, Calvin Harris, Chris Martin, ERIC CLAPTON, Jackson Browne, JAMES TAYLOR, Jay-Z, Jimmy Webb, John Lennon, John Mayer, joni mitchell, Leon Russell, Patti Boyd Harrison, Paul Anka, Paul MCCARTNEY, Taylor Swift
By Hans Ebert The news that Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have broken up will have bookmaker Ladbrokes offering two cents on the dollar that the lady in question will do what she always does: put pen to paper and pour out her innermost feelings about the breakup for public consumption. Remember “Dear John” after [...]
FORGOTTEN HEROES OF MUSIC: THE SONGWRITERS
Posted: 23rd March 2016 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Justin Bieber, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: BERNIE TAUPIN, Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Cat Stevens, Drake, Elton John, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Lennon, Leon Russell, McCartney, OneDirection, Pet Sounds, Rihanna, Rihanna Work, Rubber Soul and Revolver, Simon Cowell, SPOTIFY, Taylor Swift
By Hans Ebert Listening to “Work”, the new recording by Rihanna, and then hearing a brilliant Remix of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” recently in a club, one had to wonder whether, like everything else, if writing songs for a living and trying to make this a financially viable career, there’s a need to rethink one’s modus [...]
SAD SONGS SAY SO MUCH
Posted: 17th March 2015 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Don Henley, MusicTags: 10cc, Badfinger, Cat Stevens, Don Henley, Fred Neil, GEORGE HARRISON, Glen Campbell, Godly and Creme, Harry Nilsson, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Webb, Leon Russell, Maybe I’m Amazed, Paul MCCARTNEY, Peter Ham, the Byrds, The Heart Of The Matter, THE SUPREMES, Tom Evans
A group of us were discussing and dissecting and coming to grips with the saddest song we’ve heard. It was tough getting to the heart of the matter as what was sad then isn’t sad now. One either stays in a relationship or moves on with memories of what was then, and what is now, [...]
WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC TODAY
Posted: 15th June 2013 by We-Enhance in Beatles, India Music Market, MUSIC AND POLITICS, Marketing, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Aretha Franklin, Cocker Power, Howlin’ Wolf, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Lady Soul, Leon Russell, Muddy Waters, Mustang Sally, Rufus Thomas, Sitting On The Dock Of The Way, the Animals, The Beatles, The Stones, When A Man Loves A Woman, Wilson Pickett, Woodstock
After great artists like Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul herself, and James Brown, the Godfather of Soul who, I will admit, I never ever got as a kid, there was a quaint term called “blue-eyed soul”. As for this “blue eyed soul”, did it start with Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker or even the brilliant Leon [...]