Sangam (1964)

Sangam is a 1964 Indian Hindi movie produced by R.K. Films and directed by Raj Kapoor. The music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri. Sangam was Raj Kapoor’s first color film, the film was distinguished by its technicolor and epic length (even by Bollywood standards). The film became a smash hit in India and is considered a classic today. One of the features of the film that became widely used later on in Bollywood are the foreign locales (Venice, Paris, Switzerland) for the honeymoon sequence. They started the trend of Indian films of shooting songs abroad (primarily Switzerland), in “exotic” landscapes. [wikipedia]

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian epic film, remniscient of the older style of Indian cinema. It was produced and directed by K. Asif and released in 1960. It took nine years to finish and was the most lavish production for its time.

The film broke box office records in India when released and held the record for the highest grossing film ever until the 1975 film Sholay broke its record.

Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Its most famous dance sequence takes place in the Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors) of the Lahore Fort, where a defiant slave-girl (played by Madhubala) dances for the Mughal Emperor and his court, singing Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya, “I have loved, so what is there to fear?” This song was one of three sequences shot on Eastman Kodak color film, while the rest of the movie was in black and white. The singing is, of course, playback singing by Lata Mangeshkar and lip-synched by Madhubala.

In 2004, a colorized version of the movie was released theatrically for the first time. The movie was again a success. [wikipedia]

Pyar Kiya Tho Darna Kya

Village Of The Giants (1965)

Village of the Giants is a 1965 science-fiction/comedy movie produced, directed and written by Bert I. Gordon, based loosely on H.G. Wells’s book The Food of the Gods. The story revolves mostly around a chemical substance called “Goo”, which causes giant growth in living things, and what happens after a gang of rebellious youngsters get their hands on it. The cast was mostly teens, or young actors playing teens, and The Beau Brummels and Freddy Cannon make musical guest appearances. [Wikipedia]

Teesri Manzil – Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera (1966)

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John Coltrane Quartet – Afro Blues

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Emi Jackson – Koi No Angelfish (The Angelfish of Love)
Emi Jackson – Namida No GoGo (GoGo of Tears)
Flower Travelling Band and Terumasa Hino Quartet – Doob
Hajime Kaidou – Snacky De Odorou
Jackie Yoshikawa And Blue Comets – Psychedelic Man
Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets – Taiyou No Musume (Daughter of the Sun)
Mayuzumi Jun and the ox – black room
The Dynamites – Koiwa Mo Takusan
The Mammies – Futari no Boogaloo
The Mojo – Crazy Midnight
The Mops – Bera Yo Isoge
The Mops – I Can t Wait
The Mops – San Franciscan Night
The Silvy Fox – Kaza ga Saratta Koibito
The Spiders – Go Go
The Spiders – Hey Boy
The Taxman – Koi Yo Koi Yo Koi Yo [Love Love Love]

Vicki Anderson – The Message From The Soul Sisters

One of James Brown’s Soul Sisters. According to Mr. Brown’s autobiography, Vicki Anderson was the best female singer he had in his revue. She Joined Brown in 1965 replacing Anna King and she held her position there until she was replaced by Marva Whitney 3 years after in 1968. But she re-joined after Marva departed in 1969 for further three years until Lyn Collins took over. She disapeared after she left Brown for a while and resurfaced in 1975 with a single, featuring a cover of Rufus & Chaka Khan Hit Once You Get Started and Bobby Womack’s Stop On By on Browns I-Dentify label, but this single failed to do any damage, and after this, Vicki never showed any signs to do studio work but she was regulary appearing in James Brown Funky People revue in the late 80s, and again with Bobby Byrd in the early 90s.

But then in 1994 she returned to the studio, recording Gil Scott Herons classic Home Is Where The Hatred Is with Bossa Nostra and it did very well. Today she sometimes does live shows around US and UK. [discogs]

The Dukes – Friday On My Mind

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Dee Dee Sharp – I Really Love You

Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 9 September 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an R&B singer who began her career recording back-up vocals in 1961.

In 1962 she began a string of very successful Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits: “Slow Twistin’” (with Chubby Checker) (#3), “Mashed Potato Time” (#2), “Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)” (#9), “Ride!” (#5) and “Do the Bird” (#10).

In 1967 she married record producer Kenny Gamble and has since recorded under the name Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble. She had a brief career resurgence during the disco era: as a member of the Philadelphia International All Stars (which also included Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O’Jays and Archie Bell) she had a minor hit with “Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto.”

In 1981 she spent four weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with “Breaking and Entering” / “Easy Money,” from her album Dee Dee.

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