Another Spector production: River Deep Mountain High, Tina Turner. The fact that it was tracked LIVE with the band is amazing, considering how many takes it took.

I'm not sure whether 'Unchained Melody' was actually produced by Spector though.....Bill Medley may have been the producer on that cut.

[The Box Tops - The Letter (Alex Chilton)]

Some songs have lead vocals that are not just good, but exceptionally good; the vocals lift the song to a whole new level. Just two that come to mind right now:

The Box Tops - The Letter (Alex Chilton) - Just about THE coolest lead vocal ever. The fact that Chilton was only in his teens when he sang this is just incredible.

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Bobby Hatfield) - Perfection. That high note near the end is just....wow. I don't even know how to describe it.


What other songs have lead vocals THAT good?

Guys - does anyone have a correct tab of the first two bars of 'Fun Fun Fun'? The tab by the late Andrew Rogers that's on all guitar sites is good, but the first two bars of the intro are incorrect I think.

What? Another 'Prof' came along? Geez, you're gone a couple of months....

He won't be able to read that message, as he is not registered here! You may want to try other forums...

Then howcome he posted in this very thread (as a guest)?

See a couple of posts back.

Andrew,

one thing I've wondered about: why do you refer to Mike and Al by their surnames, and to Brian, Carl, Dennis and Bruce by their first names? It's almost always 'Love' and 'Jardine', as opposed to 'Mike' and 'Al', which really annoyed me.

Other than that, I enjoyed your book very much. Of course, reviews being reviews, there are still plenty of instances where I'd beg to differ, but....