By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 08:27 am:

WE ALL KNOW JOHNNY[I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW]NASH,BUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT IN THE EARLY 60'S HE SANG THE THEME SONG OF A CARTOON SHOW.WHAT WAS THE SHOW?

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 09:20 am:

Was it Hercules?

By Common (209.2.55.170) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 09:26 am:

Mighty Mouse?

Peace!

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 09:32 am:

Somebody come up with an answer. This is going to be in the back of my mind all day.

By medusa9e (66.73.5.225) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 09:58 am:

Hercules, hero of song & story
Hercules, winner of ancient glory
fighting for the right, fighting with his might
with the strength of 10 ordinary men
Hercules, people are safte when near him
Hercules, only the evil fear him
darkness in his eyes, iron in his thighs
virtue in his heart, fire in every part
of the mighty Hercules

That was the theme song Johnny Nash on that particuliar cartoon show...how 'bout that!

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 10:06 am:

YOU ALL ARE TOO GOOD,HERCULES IT WAS IN 63.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 10:57 am:

Okay R&B, my turn...
Remember the theme from "The Banana Splits" TV show - "Tra La La." What legendary soul icon composed that diddy in 1970 for the "Splits"?

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 11:06 am:

I'LL TAKE A WILD STAB AND SAY,QUINCY JONES?

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 11:08 am:

R&B:
Naaaah! But close (he lived in California at the time Q was there!).
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 11:22 am:

KEV,YOU GOT ME ON THIS ONE,WHO WAS IT?

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 11:27 am:

Barry White composed the Banana Splits theme in 1970.
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.48) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 12:26 pm:

Talking of Johnny Nash
check these by him.
Strange Feeling/Spring is here-Argo(5492).
(Im So)Glad,you're my baby/stormy-MGM(13805).
I'm Movin'on(stomper)/cig,whiskey&wild-WB(5336).
Big City/Somewhere-Atlantic(2344).
Love aint nothing/Talk to me-Argo(5471).
Town of lonely hearts/its no good for me-Groove(26).
You'll never know/good goodness-MGM(13683).
What kind of love is this/deep in the heart of Harlem-Groove(21)with picture sleeve.
I'm Leavin/oh mary,dont you weep-Groove(30).
mel.

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 12:28 pm:

What was the duet Johnny Nash recorded with Kim
Weston and what label was it on?

By Common (209.2.55.170) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 12:33 pm:

Randy: I have that LP. I brought it up in Kim's thread but no one seemed to know what I was talking about. I'm glad that you mentioned it! It was a solid LP & the chemistry between Kim & Johnny was wonderful. The label was called "Banyan"(??) & was distributed by MGM. It was produced by Kim's former hubby, William "Mickey" Stevenson. I'm not sure what song was released from the LP but is it "Baby Don't You Leave Me" or "Without You"?

Peace!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 12:52 pm:

Common:
Was the label called "Banyan Tree"? According to my discographies, they list two Kim Weston-related singles under that label:

BANYAN TREE 1001
Kim Weston & Johnny Nash
"We Try Harder"/"My Time"

BANYAN TREE 1002
Kim Weston
"Changes"/no b-side listed

Hope this helps!
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 01:01 pm:

I wasn't aware they did a whole LP together. I
only remember hearing a single on the radio--and
I only heard it one time! Thanks for the info.

By Common (209.2.55.169) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 01:02 pm:

KevGo: Yes, that's the label name! I wasn't sure since I hadn't played the LP in a while. I didn't know that Kim recorded another single for the label. It looks like Kim's stay with the label was shortlived?

Peace!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 02:37 pm:

According to Berry Gordy's autobiography and a few sources, Mickey Stevenson left Motown in the mid to late 1960s to produce at MGM Records. I believe Kim recorded a solo LP at MGM as well as the duet album with Johnny Nash (who was hot with "Hold Me Tight" on the JAD label). Mickey also produced the Righteous Brothers' "Souled Out" LP on Verve.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Mark Speck (199.183.93.107) on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 02:39 am:

One more to add to your list, Mel: "Moment of Weakness" on Warner Bros.

I just picked it up cheap a couple of weeks ago. It's a great beat ballad.

Best,

Mark

By Wonder B (81.50.37.143) on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 06:33 am:

Funny you mention this LP by Kim and Johnny... I only found it 4 days ago in a little shop in downtown Philly... I was so very lucky to get it for a VERY fair price and more so as it is in mint condition... I had been trying to get it for years without any success (most copies I wanted to buy were totally ruined!)
Great LP indeed...

Wonder B

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (205.188.209.109) on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 07:14 am:

Here's another one going for 'record' trivia, and when I found the 'answer' to this one, it just totally blew me away!

Back in 1967, Johnny Rivers came out with a 'Top 40' hit, the song in question was "Summer Rain", remember that number?

Now, can anyone 'reaffirm' on this forum who wrote, who actually penned... this particular Johnny Rivers hit?


Summer rain, taps at my window
West wind, soft as a sweet dream
My love, warm as the sunshine
Sitting here by me, yeah
She's here by me

Golden hair, shining like moonglow
Warm lips, soft as her soul
Sitting here by me, now
She's here by me

All summer long, we were dancing in the sand
Everybody just kept on playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

We sailed, into the sunset
Drifting home, caught by a gulf stream
Never gave a thought for tomorrow
Let tomorrow be, yeah
Let tomorrow be

She wants to live in the Rockies
She says that's where we'll find peace
Settle down, raise up a family One to call our own, yeah
We'll have a home

All summer long, we were groovin' in the sand
Everybody just kept on playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Winter snows, drift by my window
North winds, blowing like thunder
Our love, is burning like fire
And she's here by me, yeah
She's here by me....


Now somebody, tell me again, who was it that wrote this song?
When I found out-- wow, I've would've never guessed!

By Ed Golick (68.42.155.37) on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 07:44 am:

I Wonder who...

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 08:21 am:

Well, anybody have the 'answer' to this?
Surely somebody out there has to know!

By Ed Golick (68.42.155.37) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 09:04 am:

see my clue above.

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 09:42 am:

Stevie?

By john dixon (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 10:18 am:

James Hendricks wrote "Summer Rain", Johnny's 11th US Top 20 single. Hendricks drifted to Canada and hooked up with Cass Elliott and Denny Doherty(later of The Mamas & Papas) and Zal Yanovsky(later of The Lovin' Spoonful) to form The Mugwumps(yep, immortalized in that dreadful "Creeque Alley" hit by the M's & P's), which later incorporated John Phillips. The story gets freaky(for me) right about here; at one point he actually married Cass Elliott(pre-Mama Cass)to avoid the draft. Yikes! Personally I would have enlisted to avoid marrying Mama Cass!

Hendricks and Johnny Rivers also collaborated on "Look To Your Soul" and "Something's Strange".

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 10:52 am:

Well, I tried.....
.....extended trivia. The Mugwumps cut a version of "Jug Band Music" that puts the Lovin' Spoonful's version to shame.

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 12:59 pm:

John Dixon,
You're the winner!

Actually James Hendricks was a.k.a... Jimi Hendrix, when Tom Ryan mentioned that on WOMC some time ago, that just blew me away!

By motown_david (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 01:20 pm:

The b side for the Banyan Tree 45 is "Both Sides Now", the Joni Mitchell song from memory.
David.

By john dixon (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 02:15 pm:

Jim F.--James Hendricks and Jimi Hendrix can't be the same guy. Hendrix was never affiliated with the Mugwumps and certainly was never married to Cass Elliott.

Plus, think about it; "Summer Rain" has no earmarks whatsoever of a Jimi Hendrix composition. I don't think Jimi could write a song like that.

I know it's either brave or foolhardy to contradict you Jim (Mr. Factoid) but I can't help but feel that you're mistaken on this one. Peace.

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 02:20 pm:

I don't know any of the details, but James was a white singer/songwriter in the James Taylor mold who released a couple lp's in the late '60's. Must of suffered severely under that name handicap.

By john dixon (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 02:28 pm:

ps. Jim, I got some of the above information from the sleeve notes of Johnny's "Realization" CD which goes on to state that James Hendricks released an LP around that time called "Songs Of James Hendricks" that included solo versions of "Summer Rain" and his other co-written composition w/ Johnny Rivers, "Look To Your Soul", another song that couldn't possibly have been written by Jimi Hendrix. Stylistically it was just not his bag. If Hendricks/Hendrix were the same guy I'm sure the sleeve notes would have pointed it out.

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 03:10 pm:

John Dixon,
Well, I see... but that's what struck me about having heard, about who was it that actually wrote, "Summer Rain"!

I couldn't believe it was Jimi Hendrix, that just maybe he could have possibly wrote that? Then I thought to myself what 'diverse' talent, this 'kid' must've really had!

You know, I guess I have to email Tom Ryan on http://www.womc.com because that is where I initially had 'picked' it up, on the TOM RYAN SHOW, after he had played the Johnny Rivers song, and that was well, quite some time ago.

Of course my reaction,after having said, was... WOW... I didn't know that. And who would have guessed!

Anyone else can fill the blanks, by all means go ahead! But now, if this is true... and John, I have no reason to doubt all you have stated, well that surely puts the 'jeopardy' into this whole 'trivia' game, and now the very question, was all for naught.

So the question now remains... then who was Tom Ryan's 'source' for that bit of information he shared with us, heard on the radio?

Thank you... John Dixon and Douglasm for the clarification-- just goes to show it now seems, that I was dead WRONG on this one!

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 03:33 pm:

try this....
www.the-coop.com/jimhendircks/
He's apparently been resonably active, especially in the Christian field. Wrote the theme for the TV show "Then Came Bronson", and is doing another project with Johnny Rivers.

By Ed Golick (68.42.155.37) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 04:14 pm:

ASCAP lists Stevie Wonder as the writer. If Hendrix wrote it, Stevie's gettin' the residuals!

By john dixon (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 05:43 pm:

"Then Came Bronson", wow, what a flashback. I used to love that show; kinda like "Route 66" on a motorcycle. The titular guy (Bronson), travelling from town to town, making friends, giving advice, playing Cupid, putting to rest simmering conflicts, and solving problems before moving on to the next town.

Hey, leave the motorcycle part out and it sounds like the Jimmy Ruffin persona on his records!

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 07:38 pm:

James hendricks is definately not Jimi Hendrix. When MTV started, dj's used to say that JJ Jackson of "It's Alright" fame was the same guy that was the VJ on MTV ; that wasn't true either.

SteveK

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, April 27, 2003 - 08:14 pm:

Hey... thanks for your input as well, SteveK!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 02:13 pm:

Jim:
James Hendricks was a LA-based songwriter who worked in the same circles as P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri, Jim Webb & John Phillips. He started his career with the folk group the Mugwumps (which also featured Zal "Lovin Spoonful" Yanovsky and Jim's girlfriend Mama Cass Elliot). When Johnny Rivers started his own publishing company, Webb & Hendricks were hired as staff songwriters (Fifth Dimension manager Marc Gordon was the company's Professional Manager).

James wrote the two A-sides from Rivers' gold album "Realization" - "Summer Rain" (Billboard Pop #14) and "Look To Your Soul"(Billboard Pop #49).

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Jim Feliciano, embarassed, in Detroit. (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 06:21 pm:

KevGo my man,

You know... I made a BIG mistake in not consulting with you prior, on this, only because I took the very 'information' at face value, without question Mr. WOMC Tom Ryan... for all it was worth!

But next time if there's any 'uncertainty' on my behalf, well... now there, I have your e-mail!

By 1Wicked (24.126.64.120) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:15 pm:

Hey...wait a sec ! Wasn't the Hecules theme sung by Johnny Mathis ? I'm hearing the song in my head....but I can't visualize the credits.

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:35 am:

NOPE,IT WAS NASH.

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 08:47 am:

Speaking of Jimi Hendrix, he used to hang around
with Ronnie Spector in LA while he was "hot" and
she was married to Phil. I don't mean in the
boy-girl sense, just friends. She used to drive
him around in her camero and says he was always
having a problem getting money from his record
company-Warner Bros. She and Estelle also went
down to the studio one night and did backgrounds
on the song "Earth Blues" on the Rainbow Bridge
LP. The sleeve credits "Ronettes" on background
vocals.

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10:46 am:

I have a trivia question--maybe too easy, but
here goes: What 70s singing star lived across
the street from Dee Dee Sharp in the early
'60s and when he saw Dick Clark bring her home
one day decided then he wanted to be a singer
too?