Year 1967 Dean Martin LP “Happiness is Dean Martin” 423 Martin, Dean Happiness Is Dean Martin Reprise RS 6242 (US) 4.1967 Lay some happiness on me (piano!-background vocal?) – Think about me (piano!!) – I’m not the marrying kind (piano) – If I ever get back to Georgia (piano!!) – It just happened that way (background piano) – Let the good times in (no piano) – You’ve still got a place in my heart (solo organ) – Sweet, Sweet lovable you (intro harpsichord? or kazoos!) – He’s got you (piano) – Thirty more miles to San Diego (no piano) – Nobody’s baby again (no piano) – Certainly Leon! Prod. Jimmy Bowen - Arr. Ernie Freeman – Bill Justis Rec. date: Nobody’s baby again- It just happened that way-Aug. 17, 1966 - I’m not the marrying kind – Let the good times in - Dec. 11, 1966 – Lay some happiness on me-Mar. 13, 1967 – You’ve still got a place in my heart-Feb. 13, 1968 – (this must be a typing error for 1967?) The Astronauts LP “Travelin’ Men” Promotional copy 408 Astronauts Better Things /I Know You, Rider RCA Victor 47-9109 19-5-1967 Prod. Snuff Garrett – A-side arr. by Leon Russell – b-side arr. by Leon Russell and Bob Demmon No piano The Astronauts 1967: Richard Otis Fifield: vocal/guitar - Mark Bretz, guitar - Bob Demmon, bass - Jim Gallagher, drums Jimmy Bowen Singers and Orchestra – single 408 Bowen, Jimmy Singers It’s such a pretty world/ Reprise 0592 (US) 1967 Bowen, Jimmy Orch. & Chorus Raunchy Reprise 0592 (US) 1967 No piano on “It’s such a pretty world” - arr. by Billy Strange but Leon-like organ and piano on “Raunchy” arr. by Keely Smith (Mrs. Bowen) The Cascades - single 1248 The Cascades Flying on the ground (Neil Young)/Main Street Smash S 2101 (US) 06.1967 No piano on 1, but piano intro on 2. Arr. by Jack Nitzsche who recalls that Neil Young played guitar on his own song. Produced by Andy di Martino. Cascades was a vocal/pop band from San Diego, CA, notable for a classic early 1960's Top 3 hit, "Rhythm of the Rain”. From Lead-singer John Gummoe’s homepage: Gummoe: In 1962, Gummoe, (in 1967 replaced by Gabe Lapano) along with band mates Dave Wilson, Eddie Snyder, Dave Stevens and Dave Zabo ("everyone in the group sang") hooked up with a San Diego based guitar teacher with Hollywood connections – Andy Di Martino. Di Martino became the manager and took their demos to Barry DeVorzon's Valiant label, a Warner Bros.' subsidiary (and later the home of the Association). "Out of the stuff that was on the demo tape, DeVorzon liked 'Rain' and 'There's A Reason'." Valiant offered the group a deal and they changed their name to the Cascades. "The name was taken from a popular dishwashing detergent at the time." "The entire first album was done at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood with studio musicians known as 'The Wrecking Crew', but we did all the singing. Hal Blaine and Glen Campbell played on those sessions. Phil Spector happened to be recording at Gold Star at that time and I remember him asking us if we were recording a demo for Rick Nelson." For music history buffs, the Cascade's second most famous musical mark came that same year. "Neil Young and Jack Nitzsche came into the studio one day (pre-Buffalo Springfield) with the Young song 'Flying On The Ground' and as I recall they had already cut the tracks. I love this record (and also the flip side ‘Main Street’). Luckily, it was a good key for Gabe." Unluckily, the label never got behind this should have been a hit. This is one of the first (and probably best) covers of a Neil Young song. Delaney Bramlett - single 574 Bramlett, Delaney Guess I must be dreamin’/ Don’t let it (be the last time) Independence IND-76 (US) Don Nix and Leon are the producers of both sides, and Leon is co-writer of the a-side and he plays organ on it too. Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett - Delaney Bramlett was born July 1, 1939 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi – died Dec. 27, 2008 in Los Angeles Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell was born November 8, 1944 in Acton, Illinois (now: Bonnie Sheridan) Promotional copy 582 Bramlett, Delaney Heartbreak Hotel/You Never Looked Sweeter GNP Crescendo GNP 328x (US) 1967/68? Both from the album “Genesis” and both prod. by Jackie DeShannon. Recorded a couple of years before Delaney & Bonnie hit the high times. According to liner-notes Leon is on both tracks but he is not audible. Great guitar on “Heartbreak Hotel”! You can take your pick among these musicians: Leon Russell, piano, guitar – Billy Strange, guitar – Al Casey, guitar – Glen Campbell, guitar – James Burton, guitar – Delaney, vocals and guitar – Bonnie, vocals – Hal Blaine, drums – Jackie DeShannon, producer. Glen Campbell – LP and singles US single – front and back cover French single 152 Campbell, Glen My Baby’s Gone/Hey Little One Capitol 2076 (US) 1.1968 267 Campbell, Glen My Baby’s Gone/Hey Little One Capitol CLF 2076 (F) 1968 “My Baby’s Gone” arranged and conducted by Leon (there are some piano tinkling, that could easily be him also (listen to the outto!!)). No Leon on track 2. Al de Lory has produced. Recorded in 1967 released in early 1968. .