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RANDAZZO/WEINSTEIN... any leads?

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david lincoln brooks

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Jul 2, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/2/00
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In my explorations of 60's music, I've noticed that the
songwriting team of RANDAZZO/WEINSTEIN put out some great singles,
including "Goin' Out Of My Head" for Little Anthony & the Imperials (and
many others), "Hurt So Bad" for The Lettermen (later Linda Ronstadt),
"It's Gonna Take A Miracle" for their "showcase" group, The Royalettes
(later a smash hit for Deniece Williams in 1980).

When that wonderful anthology of "forgotten gems" of the girl
group era, GROWIN' UP TOO FAST (Mercury, 1996) came out, I was blown
away by the cut "I Want To Meet Him", also by The Royalettes.

Now I'm on a crusade to learn as much as I can about these
great, under-appreciated songwriters of the 60's, as well as to
uncover more of their "forgotten gems"... Any leads here?

Thanks, DAVE

Andy

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Jul 2, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/2/00
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 13:02:21 -0500, david lincoln brooks
<pops...@boernenet.com> wrote:

> In my explorations of 60's music, I've noticed that the
>songwriting team of RANDAZZO/WEINSTEIN put out some great singles,

I share your sentiments entirely - If you search www.bmi.com there are
almost 900 songs accredited to Teddy Randazzo. I have collected
anything with his name associated, but I only have a fraction of his
output and I know very little about him. He bridges the gap between
Bacharach/David & Gamble/Huff.
Let's hope the experts step in here:-)

Andy

david lincoln brooks

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Jul 2, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/2/00
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Gentlemen: Many thanks for these valuable leads. DAVE

Norm Katuna wrote:
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> He'll also be in "Mr. Rock and Roll" and "Rock Rock Rock" which is also in the
> marathon.
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> Norm K

bobdirk

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Jul 3, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/3/00
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Teddy was a minor heartthrob himself as a solo act. Pretty sure he wrote
"Hurt So Bad" for Little Anthony- maybe the Lettermen covered it.
Bob


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g.christmas

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If anyone has Teddy Randazzo's "Lost Without You" b/w "Less Than Tomorrow"
could you please post it to one of the binaries groups and let us know
here. It is one of the greatest "make out" songs of all time.

THANKS very much


John Frank

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Jul 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/4/00
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I think that Teddy Randazzo worked with Phil Spector for awhile, and went on to
produced some Spectoresque girl group songs, as did Nino Tempo.

John

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