From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #180 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, June 21 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 180 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) [Paul Castle ] Jeanette Winterson and Joni? ["Marion Leffler" ] What's It All About, Pat? (njc) [Paul Castle ] Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) [Catherine Mc] Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) [Catherine Mc] Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) [Catherine Mc] Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) [est86mlm@amerite] Re: Clarence Clemmons Pub Radio Special ["Paul Ingles" ] Re: Fund Raising drive [Lieve Reckers ] Re: Fund Raising drive [Catherine McKay ] Please remember to vote everyday (NJC) [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:59:47 +0100 From: Paul Castle Subject: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) Laura wrote: > This is amazing to see. > It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard). Catherine wrote: > I've just gotten around to watching this now. This is ca-razy! Wonderful stuff!! - But not Little Richard, it seems - Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson from the 1946 movie "No Leave No Love" playing 'Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard)' - http://youtu.be/Rcq93txBdtM Found his bio interesting - >> SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON (By Dave Penny) Born Frank Robinson, 1940, Detroit, Michigan The history of 20th century entertainment is littered with child prodigies; from Shirley Temple in the 1930s, Toni Harper in the 1940s and Frankie Lymon in the 1950s. On the whole, although precociously talented, child entertainers were usually saddled with inferior, childish material that, while perhaps cute at the time, were usually novelty acts that grew tiresome pretty quickly. Some couldn't handle the swift drop in popularity and turned to drink or drugs, while others retired gracefully and concentrated their energies in other directions. One such was that tiny bundle of Detroit dynamite, "Sugar Chile" Robinson. Born Frankie Robinson, the youngest of six children, in Detroit in 1940, "Sugar Chile" began pounding on the family piano as a toddler - he reputedly banged out a recognisable version of Erskine Hawkins' Tuxedo Junction at the age of two - and by 1945 he had been "discovered" by pianist and bandleader Frankie Carle. Within a year he was asked to play at a White House party for President Harry Truman, had guested with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra and even appeared performing the title song in the 1946 MGM romantic comedy film "No Leave, No Love". It was not until July 1949, however, that he made his first records for the Capitol label, when, in the consummate company of jazz veterans Leonard Bibbs on bass and drummer Zutty Singleton, Robinson took his first two releases into the Billboard R&B chart in late 1949; Numbers Boogie made it to number four, while Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard) only reached number 14. His subsequent national tour broke box-office records everywhere and it is claimed that his appearance at Chicago's Regal Theatre remains the biggest one-week attraction of the theatre's entire history, easily beating the jazz royalty of the day like Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Robinson toured with Basie in 1950 and made a celebrated musical short with the Basie Sextet and Billie Holiday in Hollywood in August to showcase his hits. The Christmas season of 1950 witnessed Sugar Chile's first European release and Christmas Boogie c/w Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer sold well enough to spark a European tour in 1951, including rave reviews for his spot at the London Palladium. He was a big hit on US radio and TV all through 1951 and then, while still in his pre-teens, Robinson's career was suddenly over; his last single release was issued in August 1952, shortly followed by a 10" compilation LP of boogie woogie that featured many of his 1952 recordings. Apart from a few radio transcriptions and film soundtracks, "Sugar Chile" Robinson's complete recording career - a period of just under three years - has been reissued in its entirety on one 2003 CD compilation, "Chronological Classics 1949-52". If he really was only nine years old at the time, the performances from his first session such as Vooey, Vooey Vay, Caldonia and Numbers Boogie were quite astonishing. As with other child stars, like Toni Harper, Robinson was frequently burdened with immature material, but even nursery rhyme knock-offs such as Sticks And Stones, Christmas Boogie and (Rock-A-Bye) Baby Blues were transformed into entertaining performances with hip and clever touches. The youngster acquitted himself as a pianist exceptionally well on the few instrumentals, particularly Lazy Boy's Boogie, and for variety he occasionally switched to organ or celeste on later sessions. Once the hits had dried up and he was released from his Capitol Records contract, there were one or two more reports in the trade papers of the day - he was reported in August 1954 as playing The Blue Note in Chicago with modern jazzer Gerry Mulligan (!) - and then nothing! What happened? Did his voice break? Did the novelty of an infant boogie virtuoso suddenly lose its appeal when he hit 12? Was he really found out to be an adolescent midget in disguise? Last year it was announced that a 62 year-old "Sugar Chile" Robinson had been rediscovered living in Detroit, where he has worked mainly outside music for almost 50 years (although he is rumoured to be the same Frank Robinson who co-owned the obscure Detroit-based soul label, Lando Records, in the 1960s) , and was brought out of retirement to pound the ivories once again at a music festival which celebrated pre-Motown music from the Motor City. The internet has been strangely silent since, so I am unsure whether the festival even took place. Does anybody know? CD: The Chronological Sugar Chile Robinson, 1949-1952 (Classics 5052, released in 2003). 24 tracks. >> best to all PaulC NW - Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson with Count Basie http://youtu.be/KYLaE4Gj1oA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:55:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Angela Subject: Re: Really Little Richard NJC Whoa! I'm blown away by that video!!! He doesn't look older than maybe 7 or 8 (at the very most!) I love watching his hands - how he plays with the sides of his fists and with his elbow too! And how he doesn't really look at his hands much while playing - - he's looking up and singing (and talking) and playing at the same time, and it comes so naturally to him - I find that so difficult to do on piano! Wow. Angela :-) (a.k.a. Apod) - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:39:50 -0700 (PDT) rom: Catherine McKay ubject: Re: Really Little Richard NJC I've just gotten around to watching this now. This is ca-razy! - - ----- Original Message ---- From: "est86mlm@ameritech.net" To: Joni List Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 11:31:33 AM Subject: Really Little Richard NJC My hubby just emailed this to me. Thought you might enjoy too! Laura This is amazing to see. It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard). About fifteen years before "Tutti Frutti, oh, Rudy.....". If you're familiar with early period Beatles, you'll know that McCartney was heavily influenced By Little Richard. This is some rare footage of "Little Richard" as a child, when he was just starting out in the music biz'..... From some movie with Van Johnson..... A-whop bop-a-lu bop a-whop bam boom Http://WWW.wimp.Com/oldschool/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:32:51 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: Jeanette Winterson and Joni? Hello jonipeople, last night I finished re-reading one of my favourite books, Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are not the only fruit. On page 240 I found the following: "But where was God now, with heaven full of astronauts and the Lord on death row?" No explicit reference to Joni here but surely? Does anyone know if JW ever said anything about JM? (The book was first published in 1985 so JW is quoting JM, not the other way around). Love to you all, Marion in Sweden ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:25:03 +0100 From: Paul Castle Subject: What's It All About, Pat? (njc) Loving Pat Metheny's new solo acoustic album of covers - http://www.patmetheny.com/ Interested to hear him talking about the tuning of his baritone guitar (sounds amazing!!) here - http://youtu.be/dD0X1AFuMtM Really love his version of The Association's 'Cherish' http://youtu.be/HbW4FmlN3M8 and The Beatles' 'And I Love Her' http://youtu.be/MYcZ6s3z1jg best to all PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:37:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) That's a bit of a relief, really. That child looked too young to be Little Richard who (I think) was born in 1932. And people's looks do change from childhood to adulthood, but he didn't bear any resemblance to LR that I could see. As well, you can see that he has a few missing teeth, which would make him six or seven when this film was made. Here's what I love about the jmdl: there is always someone who knows something about any old thing you could imagine. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Castle > To: joni@smoe.org > Cc: "est86mlm@ameritech.net" ; Jim > > Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 3:59:47 AM > Subject: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) > > Laura wrote: > > > This is amazing to see. > > It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard). > > Catherine wrote: > > > I've just gotten around to watching this now. This is ca-razy! > > Wonderful stuff!! - But not Little Richard, it seems - > > Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson from the 1946 movie > "No Leave No Love" playing 'Caldonia (What Makes > Your Big Head So Hard)' - > > http://youtu.be/Rcq93txBdtM > > Found his bio interesting - > > >> > > SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON (By Dave Penny) > Born Frank Robinson, 1940, Detroit, Michigan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:44:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) Here's a newsreel from the 40s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtblsH1drkA&feature=related Next up, the one Paul included at the bottom of his email. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Castle > To: joni@smoe.org > Cc: "est86mlm@ameritech.net" ; Jim > > Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 3:59:47 AM > Subject: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) > ... > Wonderful stuff!! - But not Little Richard, it seems - > > Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson from the 1946 movie > "No Leave No Love" playing 'Caldonia (What Makes > Your Big Head So Hard)' - > > http://youtu.be/Rcq93txBdtM > ... > best to all > PaulC > > NW - Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson with Count Basie > http://youtu.be/KYLaE4Gj1oA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:56:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) One last thing and then I'll shut up about it. Here he is in 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpr2wM6LB7o&NR=1 - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Catherine McKay > To: Paul Castle ; joni@smoe.org > Cc: "est86mlm@ameritech.net" ; Jim > > Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 7:44:59 AM > Subject: Re: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) > > Here's a newsreel from the 40s: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtblsH1drkA&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:04:03 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson - Not Little Richard (NJC) Paul, Thanks for the REAL information!!!! This was interesting reading you sent. Emailed my hubby back your information. He did some more research and came up with this short video he just emailed me again. Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson ..... about 70 years old and still sounding G O O D !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpr2wM6LB7o&feature=related Laura Paul Castle wrote: > Laura wrote: > > >> This is amazing to see. >> It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard). >> > > Catherine wrote: > > >> I've just gotten around to watching this now. This is ca-razy! >> > > Wonderful stuff!! - But not Little Richard, it seems - > > Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson from the 1946 movie > "No Leave No Love" playing 'Caldonia (What Makes > Your Big Head So Hard)' - > > http://youtu.be/Rcq93txBdtM > > Found his bio interesting - > > > > SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON (By Dave Penny) > Born Frank Robinson, 1940, Detroit, Michigan > > The history of 20th century entertainment is littered with child > prodigies; from Shirley Temple in the 1930s, Toni Harper in the > 1940s and Frankie Lymon in the 1950s. On the whole, although > precociously talented, child entertainers were usually saddled > with inferior, childish material that, while perhaps cute at the > time, were usually novelty acts that grew tiresome pretty > quickly. Some couldn't handle the swift drop in popularity and > turned to drink or drugs, while others retired gracefully and > concentrated their energies in other directions. One such was > that tiny bundle of Detroit dynamite, "Sugar Chile" Robinson. > Born Frankie Robinson, the youngest of six children, in Detroit > in 1940, "Sugar Chile" began pounding on the family piano as > a toddler - he reputedly banged out a recognisable version of > Erskine Hawkins' Tuxedo Junction at the age of two - and by > 1945 he had been "discovered" by pianist and bandleader > Frankie Carle. Within a year he was asked to play at a > White House party for President Harry Truman, had guested > with Lionel Hampton's Orchestra and even appeared > performing the title song in the 1946 MGM romantic comedy > film "No Leave, No Love". It was not until July 1949, however, > that he made his first records for the Capitol label, when, in > the consummate company of jazz veterans Leonard Bibbs on > bass and drummer Zutty Singleton, Robinson took his first two > releases into the Billboard R&B chart in late 1949; Numbers > Boogie made it to number four, while Caldonia (What Makes > Your Big Head So Hard) only reached number 14. His > subsequent national tour broke box-office records everywhere > and it is claimed that his appearance at Chicago's Regal Theatre > remains the biggest one-week attraction of the theatre's entire > history, easily beating the jazz royalty of the day like Count > Basie and Duke Ellington. Robinson toured with Basie in 1950 > and made a celebrated musical short with the Basie Sextet and > Billie Holiday in Hollywood in August to showcase his hits. The > Christmas season of 1950 witnessed Sugar Chile's first European > release and Christmas Boogie c/w Rudolph The Red-Nosed > Reindeer sold well enough to spark a European tour in 1951, > including rave reviews for his spot at the London Palladium. > He was a big hit on US radio and TV all through 1951 and then, > while still in his pre-teens, Robinson's career was suddenly over; > his last single release was issued in August 1952, shortly followed > by a 10" compilation LP of boogie woogie that featured many of > his 1952 recordings. > > Apart from a few radio transcriptions and film soundtracks, > "Sugar Chile" Robinson's complete recording career - a period of > just under three years - has been reissued in its entirety on one > 2003 CD compilation, "Chronological Classics 1949-52". If he > really was only nine years old at the time, the performances from > his first session such as Vooey, Vooey Vay, Caldonia and Numbers > Boogie were quite astonishing. As with other child stars, like Toni > Harper, Robinson was frequently burdened with immature material, > but even nursery rhyme knock-offs such as Sticks And Stones, > Christmas Boogie and (Rock-A-Bye) Baby Blues were transformed > into entertaining performances with hip and clever touches. The > youngster acquitted himself as a pianist exceptionally well on the > few instrumentals, particularly Lazy Boy's Boogie, and for variety > he occasionally switched to organ or celeste on later sessions. > > Once the hits had dried up and he was released from his Capitol > Records contract, there were one or two more reports in the trade > papers of the day - he was reported in August 1954 as playing The > Blue Note in Chicago with modern jazzer Gerry Mulligan (!) - and > then nothing! What happened? Did his voice break? Did the > novelty of an infant boogie virtuoso suddenly lose its appeal when > he hit 12? Was he really found out to be an adolescent midget in > disguise? Last year it was announced that a 62 year-old "Sugar Chile" > Robinson had been rediscovered living in Detroit, where he has > worked mainly outside music for almost 50 years (although he is > rumoured to be the same Frank Robinson who co-owned the obscure > Detroit-based soul label, Lando Records, in the 1960s) , and was > brought out of retirement to pound the ivories once again at a music > festival which celebrated pre-Motown music from the Motor City. The > internet has been strangely silent since, so I am unsure whether the > festival even took place. Does anybody know? > > CD: The Chronological Sugar Chile Robinson, 1949-1952 (Classics 5052, > released in 2003). 24 tracks. > > > > best to all > PaulC > > NW - Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson with Count Basie > http://youtu.be/KYLaE4Gj1oA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:19:53 -0600 From: "Paul Ingles" Subject: Re: Clarence Clemmons Pub Radio Special For those of you who want to spend some time enjoying Clemons' craft, check this out... http://www.prx.org/pieces/64476-the-best-of-clarence-clemons-58-00-53-00-29 Saxman Clarence Clemons, original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died from complications following a stroke, June 18, 2011 at the age of 69. In the first half of this special, some of his signature solos with the E Street Band. In the optional second part, a few of Clemons' other collaborations and solo work. Paul Ingles produced and hosts. Paul Ingles Independent Producer / Reporter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:09:34 -0400 From: Stewart.Simon@sunlife.com Subject: Products with Joni Song Titles California (Pizza) Dog Eat Dog Tea Leaf Prophecy) Cool Water Now I'm hungry !!!!!!! - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary , confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and erase this e-mail message immediately. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:57:48 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Fund Raising drive Congratulations to all who made their contribution to keep JoniMitchell.com hosted for another year. We made the goal 6 weeks ahead of the deadline! Thanks to you and the tireless Les Irvin we can all enjoy the best website on the internet. If you were intending to make a contribution but did not get around to it you still can and should because it will make next year's fund drive all the quicker. http://jonimitchell.com/donate.cfm Remember, all who contribute will shortly receive their download link to grab an album of Joni covers by JMDL members (and a couple of guests) put together especially for this. Let me tell you, the tracks so far are wonderful. If you are going to submit a Joni cover for this compilation contact me asap for details as I'd like get these "thank yous" out soon now that we've met our goal ahead of schedule. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:45:01 +0100 (BST) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Fund Raising drive ... and I feel it's only right to say a big "thank you" to Dave for doing all this fund raising and coordinating! So a big THANK YOU it is! Lieve ________________________________ From: Dave Blackburn To: "joni@smoe.org LIST" Sent: Monday, 20 June 2011, 19:57 Subject: Fund Raising drive Congratulations to all who made their contribution to keep JoniMitchell.com hosted for another year. We made the goal 6 weeks ahead of the deadline! Thanks to you and the tireless Les Irvin we can all enjoy the best website on the internet. If you were intending to make a contribution but did not get around to it you still can and should because it will make next year's fund drive all the quicker. http://jonimitchell.com/donate.cfm Remember, all who contribute will shortly receive their download link to grab an album of Joni covers by JMDL members (and a couple of guests) put together especially for this. Let me tell you, the tracks so far are wonderful. If you are going to submit a Joni cover for this compilation contact me asap for details as I'd like get these "thank yous" out soon now that we've met our goal ahead of schedule. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:32:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Fund Raising drive Agreed! Here's to Les and Dave! - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lieve Reckers > To: Dave Blackburn ; "joni@smoe.org LIST" > > Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 3:45:01 PM > Subject: Re: Fund Raising drive > > ... and I feel it's only right to say a big "thank you" to Dave for doing all > this fund raising and coordinating! > So a big THANK YOU it is! > Lieve > ________________________________ > From: Dave Blackburn > > To: "joni@smoe.org LIST" > Sent: > Monday, 20 June 2011, 19:57 > Subject: Fund Raising drive > > Congratulations to > all who made their contribution to keep JoniMitchell.com hosted for another > year. We made the goal 6 weeks ahead of the deadline! Thanks to you and the > tireless Les Irvin we can all enjoy the best website on the internet. > > If you > were intending to make a contribution but did not get around to it you still > can and should because it will make next year's fund drive all the quicker. > http://jonimitchell.com/donate.cfm > > Remember, all who contribute will shortly > receive their download link to grab an album of Joni covers by JMDL members > (and a couple of guests) put together especially for this. Let me tell you, > the tracks so far are wonderful. If you are going to submit a Joni cover for > this compilation contact me asap for details as I'd like get these "thank > yous" out soon now that we've met our goal ahead of schedule. > > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:25:52 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Please remember to vote everyday (NJC) Please click here: http://www.vivint.com/givesbackproject/charity/1270?code=BhJkFCPAMtiwc5RxTVhq i912D6eG2WYl7EkJW1p7AXM.eyJpdiI6Ilc2WWJwSHM1SExKQ2tpVWFQWjljLVEifQ.-YpDWFa6Kc M6R3PVlgjvlljHEz-3PM9ZEGln0JhNt6G79Sti5SvxPAQdXDScDaENPqxV5CV2hHhxQeR5JYdUOKI gAAC6ddPCfLgxUv6D0OokCpJkFoemA7humyxoxds8&state=9afa12a57c97c8075932721961076 282. Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:21:18 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Fund Raising drive Well thank you. All I did was volunteer to play the heavy so Les wouldn't have to! Call me Luigi. Dave On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Lieve Reckers wrote: > ... and I feel it's only right to say a big "thank you" to Dave for doing all this fund raising and coordinating! > So a big THANK YOU it is! > Lieve ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #180 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------