THE SUPREMES: 12 NUMBER ONE HITS IN A ROW!

Diana Ross Mary Wilson Florence Ballard

Brian Holland / Eddie Holland / Lamont Dozier composed all of these hits...One right after the other. Can't imagine anyone having that kind of success in today's music world...What a fabulous time to listen to the radio! AND did you know the Supremes never won GRAMMY!!!

1964 - "Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes (My favorite)

1964 - "Baby Love" The Supremes

This is the second of twelve number number 1 singles by the Supremes. Baby Love stayed at the number one position for 4 weeks. Their biggest competition on the billboard charts were the Beatles.

1964 - "Come See About Me" The Supremes



1965 - "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes



1965 - "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes



1965 - "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes



1966 - "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes

1966 - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes



1967 - "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes



1967 - "The Happening" The Supremes



1968 - "Love Child" Diana Ross & the Supremes



1969 - "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes

MOTOWN LEGEND BOB BABBITT DEAD AT 74

Funk Brother and Bass Player Bob Babbitt

One of the most fantastic Bass Players from Motown's Funk Brothers Band passed away in Nashville... Bob Babbitt who is on the soundtrack of our lives.. will be missed greatly.. Take a look at this amazing musician's career.. please watch the videos.. it's hard not to have a tear streaking down my cheek.. but our Motown history is so very important to share with future generations...

By Susan Whitall
Detroit News Music Writer

Bob Babbitt, a bass player for Motown's studio band the Funk Brothers, died at 7:15 a.m. Monday in a Nashville hospice, according to his son, Joe Kreinar. Babbitt was 74.

Born Robert Kreinar in Pittsburgh, the veteran musician had been battling brain cancer for some time.

"He was a tough man, strong," said his son, Joe. "He could take pain. Right now I miss him deeply, and it's only been a few hours."

Although Babbitt's playing was always known by other musicians, his fame spread to a broader audience after the release of the 2002 film about the Funk Brothers, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," in which he appeared.

©2009 Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum / Royce DeGrie, photographer

Bob Babbitt's Amazing Discography!

From Bob Babbitt's website:

In 1993, Bob Babbitt was flown into Philadelphia to play on a recording session for 60’s teen idol Bobby Rydell. The recording engineer, unaware of who the mystery bass player on the floor was, turned to the producer with an ear-to-ear grin after Bob had played just a few notes and said, “this isn’t just any bass player, is it?”

Over the past four decades, Bob Babbitt has transcended the supportive, background role of electric bassist to become an institution, an icon of the groove so to speak. As a major role player in the Detroit, Philadelphia, New York and Nashville recording scene from the 1960’s through the 1990’s, Bob’s bass lines have graced over 200 Top 40 hits.....

NIAGARA'S WAR PAINT OPENING RECEPTION WAS A BLAST!

What a fabulous night to be in Downtown Detroit..... Niagara's paintings are on exhibit at the Re:View Gallery 444 Willis St.

Tonight was the Niagara Reception Party. Called Bootsey X and Niagara's band mate Rob King the drummer to see if they would come out. It was exciting for me to see Niagara again. Haven't seen her since the Ann Arbor Rock n Roll Revival show we did in 2009.

Niagara and her fans

This painting sold tonight

We love Niagara's art so much... I made a web page dedicated to her paintings in 2007 before I met any of these legendary Ann Arbor musicians.

Colonel Galaxy and Kimmer

Had such fun running around with the totally cool Colonel... Thanks for the Margarita Col..!!

Colonel and Bootsey X

Old friends Rob King and Niagara

Rob King drove with me to Detroit and he is such a fun guy... Niagara was s shocked to see him at the party.

Rob King Niagara and Bootsey 

It has been 3 years since Hiawatha, Niagara, Rob King and I have been at the same gig.. That made this show really special for us.

Re: View Gallery 444 Willis St

Niagara signed my book.... :)

Hiawatha and Rob King

Artist Ron Zakrin Colonel Galaxy and Artist Davin Brainerd

Niagara and the Colonel

MYSTERY MANSION GETAWAY

Kimmer definitely needed a break from all this heat and turmoil... Then out of the blue I got a phone call from some dear friends from my past show promoter days... I won't reveal their names or the address for their privacy...

Many years ago I went to visit them and they drove in the driveway of this really wild and cool looking ultra modern home.

I am in the pool shooting this shot. Just gorgeous...Hot Tub to the left... my room is on the second floor far right end... That morning sunrise blew me right out of bed everyday...

This is the rear side of the home.. it is the living room..just breathtaking this beautiful place..

Red is my favorite color and the red umbrellas were to die for and the gorgeous red geraniums all over the gardens...sigh

Just loved my time here and to my hosts....much love and gratitude....xxook

MICHAEL ALLMAN IS ON TOUR IN MICHIGAN

Just spoke with Michael Allman and he is in great form... He is leaving for Muskegon tomorrow and here visiting family as well.


We had such a great time last year with Michael and Terry Sack. I will be at one of these gigs...most likely Lansing. We'll have a big story after that show...

Michael is very dynamic.. he is his own man that is certain.. Reminds us of his father Gregg but much edgier... Go check him out his show is really good. Email me if you need further info...xK

• Thu Jul 19 2012
The Loft Lansing
Lansing, MI | 8:00PM
• Fri Jul 20 2012
Freddy's Bar & Grill
Charter Township of Clinton, MI | 9:00PM
• Sat Jul 21 2012
The Globe Theatre
Kalamazoo, MI | 8:00PM
• Sat Jul 28 2012
Taste of Lincoln Avenue Festival
Chicago, IL | 8:15PM

EMMY ETIE: ROCK N ROLL SHOTS EXHIBITION

We love this girl photographer...first of all she an eye for composition that is stunning. Plus this girl..Emmy is not stingy...she has been wonderful to me over the years supplying me with photos of my favorite Australian rockers in action... Here are 3 of my favorites in one shot...

My friends Steve and Art Godoy with Deniz Tek...

Emmy emailed me her press kit for her new exhibition in Sydney... Sure wish I could attend! I will be visiting Australia soon.... I believe... Check out Emmy's work.... Emmy Etié photographer

Hi Kimmer,

I'm glad to inform you that this year I will be part of Sydney Fringe from the 7th to the 30th of September with my exhibition Rock and Roll Shots.Rock and Roll Shots is an exhibition of international music photographs including portraits, band shots and concerts photos.

A large portion was commissioned by record companies, magazines, and the artists themselves. The rest is personal work. The exhibition will be hosted by the Green Room Lounge on Enmore road, Enmore. You'll find a media kit attached to this email with all the information about the event but don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions and need photos.

Best regards,

Emmy

Emmy Etié photographer

+61 459 317 554

Rock and Roll Shots

French-born Emmy Etié, music photographer, brings her exhibition Rock and Roll Shots to the 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival from 7 to 30 September. The exhibition at Enmore’s Green Room Lounge showcases both Etié’s live and portrait work and features more than 50 images of rock luminaries including: Iggy and the Stooges; Deniz Tek; The Hoodoo Gurus; Frank Black, The Hives and the White Stripes.

Etié enrolled in photography at Paris’ Gobelins l'École de l'Image , a professional school specialising in advertising photography. She pursued her love of music photography whilst studying, becoming a fixture in the Parisian music scene and a favourite with music promoters who invited her to cover tours from acts including: The Hives; The White Stripes; The Libertines, The Vines and The Mars Volta. Commissioned work from bands, record labels and music press (Rolling Stone France, Crossroads, Rock Sound and Rock One) soon followed.

In 2007, Etié collated her favourite images to create Rock and Roll Shots an exhibition which toured France in 2007-2008 and now debuts in Australia at the very cool Sydney Fringe Festival.

Etié now lives in Sydney and very excited to present Rock and Roll Shots to her new hometown. The images in the exhibition have updated to include recent local work as part of the 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival.

“I am so happy to bring this exhibition to Australia and very pleased to be part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. Some of my favourite photos in this exhibition were shot during my sojourns to Sydney and it will be fantastic to share them with music and photography fans during the Festival.” Says Etié.

“If you are out at a gig and you see Emmy, you’ll know when she’s going to get her camera out. You see the dawning of the idea come over her face first. It is only then she starts examining the angles and the ambient light. She hunts down the spot; the perfect spot. A hunter by trade, she works her way into position and waits.

She doesn’t fire off a million shots and hope for the best. She waits for that perfect twenty fifth of a second. (YAY) But don’t take my word for it. Just look at her work. Have you seen that photo of Joan Jett caught mid wink? Genius.

If a picture paints a thousand words, she had me hopelessly outgunned already. Emmy chooses nothing except the best thousand words,” says musician Bob Short.

What: Emmy Etie’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Shots 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival
Where: Green Room Lounge, 156 Enmore Road, Enmore.
When: 7 to 30 September, 2012
Cost: Free
EmmyEtiePhotography

For more information or images or interviews please contact EmmyEtié via email...

Read more about Emmy on RK:

Deniz Tek and The Godoys Tour Australia!

ERNEST BORGNINE: MC HALE'S NAVY STAR

Ernest Borgnine 1917-2012

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino, January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning an Oscar in 1955 for Marty.

Ernest Borgnine

We loved Mc Hale's Navy as a kid and thought that show was so funny.. Then when I was young I was the film "Marty" on Bill Kennedy's Movie Show on the weekends. This film and Ernest Borgnine in particular, blew my mind with his acting... The film was so sad to me that I never watched it again. Maybe I will be brave and see it again this week as I am certain it will be playing all over TV.

Marty is a 34-year-old butcher whose Italian family is constantly after him to get married. He meets plain-looking school teacher Clara. They are both lonely, unglamorous people who have resigned themselves to their lonely lives. But they manage, in time, find their way to love.

In 1962, Borgnine joined the ranks of other sitcom stars such as John Forsythe, Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Alan Young, Fred MacMurray and Buddy Ebsen. That same year he signed a contract with Universal Studios for the lead role as the gruff but lovable skipper Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale in what began as a serious one-hour 1962 episode called Seven Against the Sea for Alcoa Premiere, and later reworked to a comedy called McHale's Navy, a World War II sitcom. The insubordinate crew of PT-73 helped the show become an overnight success during its first season, landing in the Top 30 in 1963.

Just like the McHale character, Borgnine was a longtime navy man in real life. He thrived on the adulation from fans for their favorite navy man, and in 1963 received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

At the end of the fourth season, in 1966 low ratings and repetitive story lines brought McHale's Navy to an end. Borgnine was not happy about the show’s cancellation and was concerned about what television role he might play in the future. He also starred in the 1964 film version of the series and later appeared in a cameo performance in the 1997 remake.

After McHale's Navy Ernest co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine was also known for his role as Mermaid Man in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER.

Borgnine married five times. He was first married to Rhoda Kemins (1949–1958), whom he met while serving in the Navy;[8] They had one daughter, Nancee (born May 28, 1952). Then he married actress Katy Jurado (1959–1963) Borgnine once referred to his second ex-wife this way: "Beautiful, but a tiger."

He later married singer Ethel Merman (1964); the marriage barely lasted a month. Their divorce was finalised on May 25, 1965. Borgnine married Donna Rancourt (1965–1972), with whom he had a son, Christopher (born August 9, 1969) and two daughters, Sharon (born August 5, 1965) and Diana (born December 29, 1970). His fifth and last marriage was to Tova Traesnaes (married February 24, 1973).

On January 24, 2007, Borgnine celebrated his 90th birthday at a bistro in West Hollywood, California. Guests included his wife Tova, decades-long friend Tim Conway, Dennis Farina, Army Archerd, Andy Granatelli, Bo Hopkins, Burt Young, Steven Bauer, his son Cris Borgnine, grandson Anthony Borgnine, Connie Stevens, David Gerber, Debbie Reynolds, Joe Mantegna, Norm Crosby and many more.