"Nightflight" Tue Oct 9, 9P-12M ET:...a 3 hour Tribute to Rev Frank Wilson [[RIP)

[midnight johnny]

Hello there, folks. The loss of Frank Wilson last week still reverberates with me as it does, I'm sure, with many of you. Reverend Wilson's involvement with Motown and it's artists created much of what has been the best and most unique of Motown. Whether the songs showcased Frank as a vocalist, writer or producer, he added a very special touch.

We all know his own recordings, as well as his writing and producing for Brenda Holloway, Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations, the Four Tops and the Jean Terrell led Supremes and many other Motown artists...solo or together...they made "such sweet music".

You'll hear 3 hours worth of those recordings, along with Frank Wilson rarities...music that brought us ALL "closer to heaven" [[where he is)...tonight...on "Nightflight"...on WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown and WFMR 91.3 FM Orleans
and streaming live worldwide in digital stereo at www.womr.org [[http://www.womr.org/)
Thanks so much!
John

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[Methuselah2]

Even though your special night tributes cannot help but start on a note of sadness, the notes of beauty and love that we'll hear tonight through Frank's music and your commentary, knowledge, observations, and opinions are just as real. And I know that's what I'll take with me once tonight's show has ended. Every single show you create, John, is a heartfelt tribute to great artists, writers, producers, and musicians. It's what you do continually--it never ends, and it doesn't begin because of their passing. It's NIGHTFLIGHT's "specialty of the house," and you serve it up fresh and delicious and piping hot every Tuesday night. My compliments to the chef!

[midnight johnny]

Bruce....thank you so much....glad you'll be here!

[sophisticated_soul]

Looking forward to a celebration of the music created by Frank Wilson.:cool:

[midnight johnny]

Looking forward to a celebration of the music created by Frank Wilson.:cool:


Joseph....so happy to see you....missed you lots!

[sophisticated_soul]

Joseph....so happy to see you....missed you lots!

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.:rolleyes:

[midnight johnny]

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.:rolleyes:

Good....as long as you didn't go TOO far [[*grin)....

[Methuselah2]

I was unavoidably detained. Anderson Cooper tried to beat me up for kissing his boyfriend in Central Park.:rolleyes:

"A man's kiss is his signature."
-- Mae West in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE

"I gotta brush my teeth and work on my penmanship."
-- Me

But Joseph, Anderson Cooper wouldn't hurt a fly.
Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MumI6KovUk

[JimBagley]

Thank you for devoting a show to the music of Frank Wilson. He was a great talent. Catch you later tonight, John.

Jim

[sophisticated_soul]

But Joseph, Anderson Cooper wouldn't hurt a fly.
Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MumI6KovUk

I saw this the night of the broadcast and I laughed so hard I . . .

[sophisticated_soul]

Good....as long as you didn't go TOO far [[*grin)....

When have I ever gone TOO far?:)

[Glenpwood]

Hi John and the gang!

Look forward to hearing all the goodies and extended mixes John has worked up. Frank Wilson had his hand in so many classics and cant wait to revisit them with everyone. See everyone later....

[midnight johnny]

Thank you for devoting a show to the music of Frank Wilson. He was a great talent. Catch you later tonight, John.

Jim

My pleasure, Jim....glad you'll be here!

[midnight johnny]

Hi John and the gang!

Look forward to hearing all the goodies and extended mixes John has worked up. Frank Wilson had his hand in so many classics and cant wait to revisit them with everyone. See everyone later....

Howdy, Glen P! Great to have you!! And thanks about the remixes....I JUST happen to have......[[*smile)!

[lovechild]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe! :)

[midnight johnny]

...in the studio.....

[sophisticated_soul]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe! :)

Hey Tone!:cool:

[midnight johnny]

Hi Johnny - I know we are in for a real treat tonight. Have a great shoe! :)


Hey there Tonyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Welcome!

[MotownLover]

Honoring Mr. Wilson is most appropriate tonight, BRAVO!

I have always had an ear for music with which he was creatively involved whether in writing, producing, and/or singing. Brenda's "Just Look What You've Done" has to be one of my most favorite classic Motown songs.

Howard in Long Beach, CA ;)

[JimBagley]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.

[sophisticated_soul]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.

Jim, please stick around a little longer!:)

[JimBagley]

Jim, please stick around a little longer!:)

It's not up to me. We'll see what happens.

[midnight johnny]

Honoring Mr. Wilson is most appropriate tonight, BRAVO!

I have always had an ear for music with which he was creatively involved whether in writing, producing, and/or singing. Brenda's "Just Look What You've Done" has to be one of my most favorite classic Motown songs.

Howard in Long Beach, CA ;)


Welcome, Howard!!!!!!

[greg jones]

it's not up to You? who is up to ?

[carole cucumber]

Vincent Dimirco was a New York songwriter & guitarist. Frank Wilson is quoted as saying that he usually built his songs around the piano accompaniment. In the case of Up the Ladder it was written with an eye to building it around Vincent's guitar

[greg jones]

i seem to recall reading that either the writer of Up The Ladder or Stoned Love was still a teenager. Believe that both Vincent and the writer of Stoned Love were from one of the NY boroughs... Queens or the Bronx maybe?

greg jones
los angeles, ca

[JimBagley]

I wish Brenda had stayed a couple more years at Motown and continued to work with Frank. What magic they made together.

[carole cucumber]

One reason Brenda claimed that she liked the BS&T version was because they performed it more in the manner that she had wanted to record/perform it. Instead Berry insisted on strings and other Motown flourishes.

[lovechild]

Up The Ladder is one of my 10 favorite recordings... period. I can die and go to heaven now.Jim - is All I Need on that list?

[lovechild]

Hey Tone!:cool:
Hey Joseph - just passed you on the shoeleather expressway... :)

[carole cucumber]

Thomas Kenny was the young Detroit teenager whose compositions Frank Wilson heard on a Detroit radio contest. Frank later contacted him & asked what else he might have. Thomas presented Stone Love & the rest is history.

[Methuselah2]

The extended remixes all sound so gorgeous. Everyone who was involved with the beautiful, original recordings is being acknowledged and appreciated in addition to the multi-talented Frank Wilson. Bravo.

[sophisticated_soul]

Hey Joseph - just passed you on the shoeleather expressway... :)

I thought that was you!:cool:

[greg jones]

Thanx Carole... can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards! Didn't realize that he was from Detroit.

[midnight johnny]

Jim - is All I Need on that list?

Is that a hint????

[JimBagley]

Jim - is All I Need on that list?

Why yes it is, Mr Kreskin. That makes two Frank Wilson productions in my top 10!

[lovechild]

I would love to have a 3 hour mix of Stoned Love ... that is how much I love the song :) Great job tonight JP

[lovechild]

Is that a hint????

woohoo I would love to hear it JP lol

[sophisticated_soul]

can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards!

Wow, they did! I never noticed that before. Good catch.:cool:

[lovechild]

Why yes it is, Mr Kreskin. That makes two Frank Wilson productions in my top 10!let us guess one more and then i can send the spaceship down to get you Jim..

[greg jones]

Nice remix johnny... do use a professional computer music program to do it?

[JimBagley]

let us guess one more and then i can send the spaceship down to get you Jim..

Let's go for it, Tony.

[carole cucumber]

About 'You Made Me So Very Happy' Brenda has been quoted:
"My boyfriend had quit me, I was so sad", Brenda says "I thought, you know what, I'm gonna write a song about being happy, 'cause this man is crazy. Leaving me? I'll show him " Brenda called her sister Patrice for help on the song, explaining simply 'This is a hit'. She called Berry Gordy and told him the same thing. He brought in Frank Wilson, who contributed the dynamic bridge, which Brenda says 'made the song'.
But the singer/songwriter didn't like the final result. " We were on the verge of psychedelic sounds, all that rock and funk", she says. Gordy's response was all business: "I'm Berry Gordy. You're Brenda Holloway. I'm putting up the money. We'll do it the way I want it, thank you".
Brenda's version barely dented the Top 40. Then the jazz-rock version by Blood, Sweat and Tears became a gold smash in 1969. It was arranged, Brenda has said, exactly the way she imagined it.

[lovechild]

Let's go for it, Tony.

well I know that Choo Choo Train isnt on the list lol how about Still Waters

[JimBagley]

well I know that Choo Choo Train isnt on the list lol how about Still Waters

NO and no. No Little Lisa tracks amongst my very favorites.

[carole cucumber]

Thanx Carole... can never remember his name because on the label and album credit they spelled it backwards! Didn't realize that he was from Detroit.

Ala Rednow Eivets......

[dba]

Tuning in from San Francisco. How about a little Here comes the sunrise?
go MJ

[lovechild]

wow I love I Can't Turnaround... thanks JP

[sophisticated_soul]

"I Can't Turn Around". Perfection!:cool:

[MotownLover]

Oh, WOW! "I Can't Turn Around" has got to be one of the GREATEST Marvelettes tunes!!! HOT!!!!!

:cool:

[JimBagley]

Thank you DataBaseAdministrator for requesting that Supremes' gem.

[dba]

Thanks MJ, one of my faves.

[midnight johnny]

Nice remix johnny... do use a professional computer music program to do it?

Thanks Greg...and welcome...yes..Adobe software!! I appreciate it...thanks!

[Methuselah2]

I love DMF so much; DMC and JMC less so. While Frank produced for JMC, were Mary and Cindy given leads on album cuts or was the emphasis solely on establishing Jean as the lead sound? Where The Andantes filling in much for Mary and Cindy during this period?

[lovechild]

Thank you DataBaseAdministrator for requesting that Supremes' gem.
Ditto that!

[JimBagley]

Cindy told me she sang on Up The Ladder [[which is obvious), Stoned Love, and Nathan Jones. Those are the tracks I asked her about. She also said they worked very hard on Nathan Jones to get the voices synchronized.

[midnight johnny]

I love DMF so much; DMC and JMC less so. While Frank produced for JMC, were Mary and Cindy given leads on album cuts or was the emphasis solely on establishing Jean as the lead sound? Where The Andantes filling in much for Mary and Cindy during this period?

Jean lead mostly...just a couple with Mary or shared....Andantes....yes....

[carole cucumber]

Don't forget that Dennis Lussier is also known as Deke Richards.

[Methuselah2]

Thank you, Jim and John, for the JMC/Andantes answers.

[johnjeb]

"I'll Be Alright" - the BEST!

[midnight johnny]

"I'll Be Alright" - the BEST!

Howdy, John!!!

[carole cucumber]

The Mary O'Brien writer credit on ' Castles In the Sand' always puzzles me. We know that England's Mary Isabelle Catherine Bernadette O'Brien went by the name Dusty Springfield. She did visit the U.S. on at least 2 documented occasions in 1964 and was in awe of the Motown sound.
I've never seen anything written that links Dusty Springfield to the Mary O'Brien of 'Castles In the Sand'. So this Mary O'Brien is likely another composer.

[midnight johnny]

Don't forget that Dennis Lussier is also known as Deke Richards.

Carole....thank you....youmight be surprised with what I DON'T know [[*smile)!

[carole cucumber]

How about back to back 'I Wish I Were Your Mirror'- Supremes/4 Tops? If not both versions, then how about Jean, Mary & Cindy's?

[JimBagley]

How about back to back 'I Wish I Were Your Mirror'- Supremes/4 Tops? If not both versions, then how about Jean, Mary & Cindy's?


That would be a nice medley

[Methuselah2]

Oh, those Isley guys!
ALL BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
So great. So Frank. So Isleys.
Thanks for spinnin' that tune!

[JimBagley]

Thank you for both All I Needs. This is my favorite David Ruffin performance.

[lovechild]

Thank you JP for the All I Needs .. love it ...

[midnight johnny]

The Mary O'Brien writer credit on ' Castles In the Sand' always puzzles me. We know that England's Mary Isabelle Catherine Bernadette O'Brien went by the name Dusty Springfield. She did visit the U.S. on at least 2 documented occasions in 1964 and was in awe of the Motown sound.
I've never seen anything written that links Dusty Springfield to the Mary O'Brien of 'Castles In the Sand'. So this Mary O'Brien is likely another composer.


Very interesting....thank you, Carole!

[greg jones]

I looked Dusty Springfield's full name and it is... Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE. The writing credit Mary Margaret O'Brien... so it is not looking like it's Dusty on the writing credit.

[lovechild]

WooHoo Eddie!!!!

[midnight johnny]

That would be a nice medley


Carole and Jim....will do....love both versions!

[JimBagley]

Thank you John. Great stuff.

[midnight johnny]

Thank you John. Great stuff.


My pleasure Jim!!!

[carole cucumber]

Barbara Randolph was an original... of another sort

[midnight johnny]

Barbara Randolph was an original... of another sort

Is that a sort of a kind of a hint?

[carole cucumber]

You just gave the hint when you pushed the wrong button.

[carole cucumber]

What ! You're not going to broadcast from the vault as you proposed?????!!!!

[carole cucumber]

Oh my , John, now your world is crumbling..... written by the Lewis Sisters & produced by Hal Davis..... but we love it anyway!!

[midnight johnny]

You just gave the hint when you pushed the wrong button.


You have the ears of a FALCON! Now I never said I was going to broadcast remotely from UME....even I know that is bearly possible...without a lot of prep. I was and still and intending to record something while there.....we'll see what we can do!

[Methuselah2]

You ain't gonna see NY at all. You're gonna be in the vaults! Period. And ya ain't comin' out till that baby coach ya go in with is stuff with master tapes! The LUCY episode in the butcher shop I know.


Thank you for playin' MY WORLD IS CRUMBLING.

[carole cucumber]

Don't forget that the Vow's 'My Baby Changes Like The Weather' uses the Miracle's backing track. Perhaps it can be part of next week's show?

[midnight johnny]

You ain't gonna see NY at all. You're gonna be in the vaults! Period. And ya ain't comin' out till that baby coach ya go in with is stuff with master tapes! The LUCY episode in the butcher shop I know.


Thank you for playin' MY WORLD IS CRUMBLING.


My pleasure, Bruce!!

[midnight johnny]

Don't forget that the Vow's 'My Baby Changes Like The Weather' uses the Miracle's backing track. Perhaps it can be part of next week's show?

Thanks, Carole...i will gather that one...must search for it!

[carole cucumber]

I wonder... did Frank also produce Jimmy Webb's 'Do What You Gotta Do' also on Four tops Now! ?

[midnight johnny]

Thank you all for your hearts and souls...and funny bones!!! RIP Rev Frank Wilson!!
See you next week for part 2 I hope!!! John

[carole cucumber]

Mary Wilson lists the title [[Standing Ovation) in Dreamgirls for JMC but it hasn't appeared yet, so it may not have been recorded by them. If you think of it, please ask Harry, Andy & George when you get to NY/NJ.

[lovechild]

Thank you for a great show Johnny! Looking forward to part 2 ... have a good week all:)

[sophisticated_soul]

Thank you for a great show Johnny! Looking forward to part 2 ... have a good week all:)

Ditto, ditto, ditto!:cool:

[Methuselah2]

Great shows run deep.
I've been floating for the last 3 hrs.
Thank you John.