By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 02:57 pm:

LET'S GIVE PROPS TO THE LATE GREAT BERT KEYES.

TALK ABOUT A GIANT IN THE MUSIC FIELD. HE IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE GREATEST OF THE GREATEST.

I BELIEVE HE WAS A MEMBER OF A DOO-WOP GROUP IN THE EARLY FIFTIES. ANYMORE INFO ON THE GREAT BERT KEYES. HE EVEN DID SOME WORK WITH THE DRAMATICS.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE FAMILY.

By Soultwine (195.93.50.9) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

Soulpuss
I agree..last year some kind soul on this forum put me onto an instrumental 45 on Clock records, "DO-DO DO BAH-AH" that Bert put out in the early 60's.
Another kind soul from this forum
got me the record (thanks Jeff!).It's great and i suspect it features Dave "baby" Cortez on organ and (possibly) Dee Dee Warwick on what "vocals" there are.
Since then i've been trying to find more records that he was involved with.He was certainly deserving of a high place in the R&B Hall of Fame.
I'd love to know more about his work.
Phil

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 04:22 pm:

I'm not sure where to even begin - he's the
arranger for literally hundreds of New York
records.

For starters you could check if there's a biography of him at Allmusic

www.allmusic.com

You should bookmark this URL - AllMusic is the
best on-line music encyclopaedia and I'd thoroughly recommend it as the first place to look
for biographies on just about any musician.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.37) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 06:42 pm:

Davie,
your right there mate.
Bert Keyes has done loads of stuff.
I have just been listening to
Faye Crawford's
'what have I done wrong' on RCA(no.-47-8555)
Which as you probably know
is arranged and conducted by the legendary Mr.Bert Keyes himself along with producer Joe Rene and composer J.L.Jackson.
Has a great use of the strings with an arragement by Mr Keyes that along with Fayes strong and very soulful vocals just goes ever so subtly along with a soft yet strong and very pronounced backing.
Say no more.
mel.

By dvdmike (12.84.141.22) on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 12:29 am:

Bert Keyes was well known as a keyboard and arranger. A few of his better known charts:

SOLDIER BOY - The Shirelles [1961]
ANY DAY NOW - Chuck Jackson [1962]
COME ON OVER TO MY PLACE - The Drifters [1965]
CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb [1967]
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE - Peaches & Herb [1967]

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 08:56 am:

Bert worked his magic on the following whoppers:

OH NO NOT MY BABY---MAXINE BROWN
THAT'S HOW HEARTACHES ARE MADE ---BABY WASHINGTON
i'M THE GUY --- THE YEOMANS
OH LORD WHAT ARE DOING TO ME---BIG MAYBELLE

A TRUE GIANT...