Sunday Second Show Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of the Fabulously Talented Tina Turner, John McVie, and Bobby Sharp
by Robert Wilkinson
Finishing our weekend of some of the best of the best, we get down to the music of one of the toughest women in show biz, John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac’s bass player, and a man known for giving the world one of its biggest hits!
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock, November 26, 1939), is an American-Swiss recording artist, dancer, actress and author, whose career has spanned more than half a century. She’s won 11 Grammys, and sold more tickets than any other female performer in history! She’s the most famous survivor of spousal abuse in history, and went on to be one of the biggest stars in the world. For your dancing enjoyment, the music of the beautiful Ms. Tina Turner!
Ike and Tina Turner delivering a live performance of their early hit “It’s Going to Work out Fine”
Here’s the original studio version from 1961 with the great Mickey Baker on guitar! “It’s Going to Work out Fine”
Live on the Hollywood A Go Go tv show in 1965, Tina giving us a blistering version of the Sam Cooke classic “Shake”
Here’s Tina with Marvin Gaye on Shindig in 1965 giving us Smokey’s “I’ll Be Doggone” (It begins with “Money,” and quickly moves into Doggone)
From The TNT Show in 1965, Ike and Tina giving us “Fool in Love” and “Work out Fine”
From the mid-60s, a live performance of her 1960 hit “A Fool in Love”
She gets down on this one on Shindig in the mid-60s, accompanied by the Blossoms, the Dancers, and more! “Ooh Poo Pah Doo”
From 1966, Tina cranking out the original promo for Phil Spector’s masterpiece “River Deep Mountain High”
Tina took this one into the stratosphere! Here’s a smokin' live performance of “Proud Mary”
From 1969, Tina and Ike Turner performing live on Playboy After Dark
Live on Italian tv in 1971, Ike and Tina giving us another great performance of “Proud Mary”
Here’s a full 56 minute video clip of various performances over the years. Some duplicate what’s above, but enjoy it anyway! Tina Turner backed by the Ike Turner Revue
From her post-Ike era when she became a superstar, the music video for “I Don’t Want to Fight”
Here’s the music video of her biggest hit! “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
Here’s the official music video of “Private Dancer”
Live in 2009, “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
From the Live in Europe cd, Tina delivering up the very grinding Robert Palmer hit “Addicted To Love”
We’ll close this celebration with her signature tune! Live in 1982, this probably qualifies her as the sexiest performer in the world! “Proud Mary”
Our first encore comes from 1993 in San Bernardino on her What’s Love Got to Do With It tour. Here’s 90 minutes of classic Tina! Tina Turner - What’s Love Love
Our second encore comes from the Summer of 2000! It’s an hour of her at her peak! Tina Turner Live at Wembley – 2000
So all thanks and huge appreciation to and for you, Miz Anna Mae! You've brought beauty, culture, and class to our world, and been a major player in the soundtrack of my life!
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Today is also the birthday of the great bass player John McVie (26 November 1945) founding member of Fleetwood Mac and before that, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Rather than reinvent the wheel, if you want to hear the solid bass work of this legend, please visit the recent 2022 Birthday Celebration of Blues Guitar Master Peter Green, where you'll find dozens of great clips of John's work as part of the rhythm section with Mick Fleetwood in that legendary band in the late 60s, as well as their work with John Mayall on A Hard Road. You can find more of his work with the mid-70s incarnation of Fleetwood Mac at Lindsey Buckingham's 2022 Birthday celebration.
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Our third birthday celebration goes out to Bobby Sharp (Nov. 26, 1924 - Jan 28, 2013), jazz cat who gave the world one gigantic hit! From the All About Jazz obit , it seems the adult world around him was amazing!
Despite the hardships of the Depression, the family enjoyed a rich cultural life surrounded by people who were making things “happen,” experiences that would later provide a spark for Bobby's songwriting talents. Their home at 409 Edgecombe Ave., on top of Harlem's “Sugar Hill," was a gathering place for prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Walter White, founder of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins, NAACP leader for nearly 25 years, and Aaron Douglas, the Topeka-born father of African-American art, all lived at 409 Edgecombe. Duke Ellington was a down-the-street neighbor. Poet Langston Hughes, Eddie Matthews, who performed baritone in Porgy and Bess, and Thurgood Marshall, then a young lawyer, all were part of young Bobby's extended family. Eva loved to entertain, and with only a hotplate and a few utensils, she somehow managed to host large parties for everyone in their two-room apartment. In those days, Depression or not, people would always get up and sing, and those songs got Bobby interested in music.
This is the most famous version of his most famous song that blew the world’s mind and launched Ray into the stratosphere in 1961! Here’s a truly electrifying performance from the 1964 movie Ballad in Blue of "Unchain My Heart"
Trini Lopez followed suit in 1963 with this live offering in his classic style! "Unchain My Heart"
This one goes into some serious soul zones! Here’s Shirley Johnson’s delivery of "Unchain My Heart"
This guy’s version wasn’t bad either, and he took it back into global hit status! If you don’t listen to any other except Ray’s this is the one to check out! From Germany in 1992, we rock, and rock hard to Joe Cocker’s grinding performance of "Unchain My Heart"
Hugh Laurie even did a very interesting arrangement which I dig. Here’s a 2012 live performance! "Unchain My Heart."
The last one of this classic is a smooth funky groove laid down by “The Black Cat Quartet.” The bass is walking and talking! "Unchain My Heart"
Here’s a great live tv performance in 1983 by Bobby of "You Took Advantage of Me," "Speak Low" and "Happy Talk" )from "South Pacific".)
Bobby also wrote some other tunes, none so well known, but I figured a few others would expand our sense of his music. In 1956, Bobby recorded “Sweet Baby of Mine” Ruth Brown did it later in 1956, and took it places Bobby never saw coming! This is GREAT R&B! “Sweet Baby of Mine”
Very strange lyrics! “I Am In Love”
Definitely a song looking for a night club lounge! “You’re Not My First Love”
Here’s 22 tracks of Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter
In 2003, he recorded this tune with Clara Bellino, originally written for Nat King Cole. Here’s a 6 minute video on how it came to be, with performance. Clara Bellino – The Hand in Hand Documentary
For our closer, a great one hour and 15 concert from the Café Carlisle! Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlisle - 1979
Our encore fast forwards to 2010, where we have another 21 minutes from the Café Carlisle. Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlisle - 2010
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