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Posted By: Jim Liddane on: 05/26/2008 03:28:33 EDT
Subject: RE: EZ TRIVIA - Name The TV Show

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It could have been intended for the proposed film - he also recorded "Because They're Young" (film of same name), "Peter Gunn Theme" (TV series), "Pepe" (movie starring a famous 1950's clown whose name I have forgotten), "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (movie) and "Ring Of Fire" (movie) - all as singles, but none were used in the movies or series as the actual theme tunes.

It was not unusual for movie companies to try get pop covers of their forthcoming movie themes - thus helping to sell the movies to teens, and it worked. I doubt if I would have gone to see "Summer Place" except I already loved the theme - the same with "Town Without Pitney".

In fact, I can remember going to see "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" only to be very disappointed that it was not the Gene Pitney song which was the theme, but an instrumental version

Movie was good though!

As you rightly say, these were big big productions - some of them far better than the original film scores.

Although he had a "band", called The Rebels, they were not used on his records, and instead you had top Hollywood session musicians like Al Casey, Larry Knechtel and Jimmy Troxel, who worked on movie scores in the day time and recorded with Duane Eddy at night.

Similarly, the Rebelettes were top LA session singers like Fanita James, Darlene Love, Gtazia Nitzsche who was married to Jack Nitzsche, the Williams sister, Gloria Jones, all of whom took part in the "Crystals" sessions, and were also the voices of Bob B Soxx and the Blue Jeans, as well as providing backing for Dionne Warwick on her early singles, Elvis, Paul Anka, the Beach Boys!!! etc.

In those days, nothing was quite as clearcut as the printed label on the record suggested!

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