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The 1967 album Music to Watch Girls By by the Bob Crewe Generation features instrumental versions of several Bob Crewe produced hits, including "Concrete and Clay". On 28 October 2011, a new version of "Concrete And Clay" by original singer and co-writer Tommy Moeller was released on the Chance Music record label based in Sydney Australia, 47 ...
Unit 4 + 2's song "Concrete and Clay" became a big hit the following year, reportedly thanks to exposure on pirate radio stations, most notably Wonderful Radio London. [10] Tony Windsor, the radio station's music director, later recalled in an interview that he initially rejected the song for the station's playlist, but was persuaded to change ...
The song was written around March 1965 at Moeller's house in between hectic touring resulting from the success of "Concrete and Clay". [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Band historian John Reed suggests that the song boasts influences from the Brill Building writers, [ 6 ] while journalist John Tracy suggests that the song followed a " pop soul " direction while ...
Rambeau recorded the song on DynoVoice Records, and his cover version came out about a week before the original Unit 4 + 2 version was released as a single by another label in the U.S. [1] Both versions of "Concrete and Clay" made the United States Top 40, running about neck and neck as they jockeyed for position on the charts.
Martin Edward Murphy (born 1 January 1956), [ 1] commonly known by the pseudonym Martin Plaza, is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and visual artist who is a founding member and vocalist and guitarist of the new wave band Mental As Anything. He has also worked with other bands and is an accomplished artist. [ 2]
History. Hong Kong Syndikat formed at the beginning of the Eighties after decorator and disc-jockey Bruno Grünberg, graphics designer Hartmut Möller and Gerd Plez, all from Bremen, met in West Berlin. They were signed to a record contract, and in 1982 they released their debut album, Erster Streich . The first single, Berlin Bleibt Doch ...
Odetta also made a new studio recording of the song for her 1963 album One Grain of Sand. The Springfields included "Cotton Fields" on a 1962 EP release; this version is featured on the CD On an Island of Dreams: The Best of the Springfields. "Cotton Fields" was also recorded by Unit 4+2 for their Concrete and Clay album (1965).
Doll Congress released two records, including the 1983 self-titled 12" record on the Enigma Records label, with three songs: a cover of "Concrete and Clay" (originally by Unit 4 + 2), and two originals; "Easy to Touch" sung by Morgan and "The Main" sung by Penn. "The Main" featured the steady beating of a suspended steel pipe for percussion ...