Leiber and stoller biography of abraham

There are many examples of music capturing the emotion of a moment in time. There is a distinction to be made here. Sometimes songs that define a specific period speak to style. The listener enjoys a piece of music and momentarily it turns into a time machine. We see ourselves as we were when we first enjoyed the song. Songs allow us to create a timeline of our lives, and they serve as a personal soundtrack. When music or specific songs can do this for a wide audience it transcends the individual space and moves into the collective sphere. In a broader context it becomes historically significant. Many songs that speak to specific events serve as markers that illustrate public sentiment. The best of these are seen as classics. Years later, they remain relevant, serving as both a barometer of the time they were first written and recorded, and most remarkably, as a sad reference to how little things may have changed since the artist first put pen t

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A young Dion DiMucci in his s swagger.

     Dion DiMucci – better known simply as &#;Dion&#; from his s doo-wop fame – is a highly successful recording artist much loved by Baby Boomers. Dion flourished first with The Belmonts and then alone, scoring a series of hit songs in the s and s.

Among the more famous of his Top Ten hits are: &#;A Teenager in Love&#; (, with the Belmonts), &#;Runaround Sue&#; (), &#;The Wanderer&#; (), &#;Ruby Baby&#; (), and &#;Abraham, Martin and John&#; (). In later years, as he continued recording, Dion took on new musical genres – folk, Christian music, blues, country, and back to rock. 

During these years, he did not always have the commercial success he once had. And sometimes he was dismissed by critics as being defined by his teen idol years. But reassessments of his work found value in his later recordings, with a range of artists – including Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and others – citing his influence.

As a teenager gro

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A dual portrait of the music team that shaped rock-and-roll music in the s and s, describes their humble origins, their relationships with such performers as Elvis Presley and the Coasters, and their record-setting collaborative achievements.

East Coast roots -- West Coast convergence -- Makin' the scene -- Coastin' -- Absolute harmony -- Hound Dog -- Spark -- Hard times -- New Times -- Searchin' -- In the King's court -- Girdles -- What's my line? -- Driftin' in the City -- There goes my baby -- The Brill Building -- He wore his ambition like a topcoat -- Tigers and daisies -- Al and Dick's -- The bird flies -- The magnificent merger that never happened -- The bird dies -- Happenings -- A new era -- Take 36 -- Romance and finance -- Mirrors -- The last clean shirt -- Life and art -- Smokey Joe's.