Pam & Charlie Horner's 5th
Anniversary Celebration
Part 6 - Concert Video Clips
We've posted below, YouTube high definition video clips of all
of the performers at Pam & Charlie Horner's 5th Anniversary celebration, October
23, 2010, Somerset, NJ. All are posted here with permission from the
singers involved. In fact, we are proud to say that all the singers at
our anniversary are not only extremely talented but are considered personal
friends of ours. We should add that many of the dozens of other singers
among our guests would have also gotten up to sing had time permitted.
We (Pam and Charlie) are certainly blessed to have such a great musical
family.
We also acknowledge Joe DeVico of JDV Music and
Design,
www.jdvmusic.com,
for his fine videography and great job editing and preparing these
clips for us.
All videos on this page remain the property of Classic Urban
Harmony LLC, but we will allow them to be embedded on other websites, so long
as
www.classicurbanharmony.net is credited.
In the case of the Masqueraders, we've edited several of their
song clips into a couple of medleys rather than post complete songs.
This was done to let you hear the Masqueraders and still allow the group to
work some of their songs into a forthcoming CD. Similarly, the Vic Donna
Group's version of "Hurt" was edited to let you hear it but also allow its
inclusion into the group's new CD. The Sheps' performance was edited
into a medley of clips to conserve time, but we have included the full songs
of "It's Not The End" and "These Foolish Things". All other songs are
posted here in their entirety. Click on the arrow of each Youtube to
watch the video. We hope you enjoy them. [Our video
clips can also be reached from our YouTube channel, chorner1.]
The Sheps (Tommie Shider, Richie Camacho, Johnnie Barlow, Charlie Coleman,
Tommy Lockhart) sing acappella. Here's a clip with excerpts from "WPLJ"
(the 4 Deuces song with Richie leading), "I Know" (the Jubalaires song with
Charlie leading), "All I Want" (the 5 Chances song with Richie leading) and
the entire song of "These Foolish Things" (the Five Keys arrangement with
Tommie leading).
The Sheps' tenor Tommy Lockhart led a group called the Master
Four back in 1967 when he was 16 years old. It's always been a
favorite of ours. As a special request from
us, Tommy re-created the Master Four record, "It's Not The End," acappella
with backing from the Sheps.
Bobby Thomas led the Asbury Park, NJ, group, the Vibranaires
on their 1954 recording of "Doll Face" (After Hours label). One of the
Vibranaires failed to make the group's original recording session and the
Vibranaires were forced to make a last minute arrangement which Bobby was
never happy with. At our anniversary, Bobby Thomas was able to sing
"Doll Face" with the desired vocal arrangement for the first time, with
acappella help from the Sheps. After the Vibranaires, Bobby Thomas
went on to sing with the V-Eights and Orioles.
Sam Campbell (lead) and Ron Taylor (tenor) are original
members of the Del Larks from Plainfield, NJ. During the late 1950's
they recorded doo wop classics like "Remember The Night" and "Lady Love".
In the 1960's they recorded the Northern Soul gem, "Job Opening". With
the help of the Sheps' Tommie Shider, Charlie Coleman and Johnnie Barlow,
Sammy and Ron sang their early 1960's cross-over R&B/soul song "I Never Will
Forget" (Ea-Jay label). Sam Campbell later recorded solo under the
name Tyrone Ashley.
Harry Schmitt has always had one of the more powerful lead
voices in Philadelphia, singing first with Neighbors Complaint and in more
recent years with Cornerstone. "Golden Voice Harry", as he
is known, with backing from
the Sheps, gave us a great acappella rendition of the Dreamlovers classic, "When We Get Married."
Vic Donna began singing as a youngster in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn.
His initial recordings were with the Parakeets on the Atlas label. While Vic has been singing all
of his life, he now has another extremely talented group behind him.
Besides Vic, the Vic Donna Group contains Dom D'Elia (formerly of the
Sparrows Quartette), John Mirablia, Danny Pesci and George Marchese. The Vic
Donna Group's first two numbers, heard here, were strong acappella versions
of Vic's Atlas recordings, "Teenage Rose" and "Love Was A Stranger To Me".
After that, you'll hear a clip of the last half of "Hurt", done with music.
"Hurt will be heard in its entirety on the Vic Donna Group's forthcoming CD.
Shelly Buchansky is an original member of Vito & the
Salutations (Unchained Melody). He also sings with the Five Discs,
Silk City and Kid Kyle's Kool Kats. We were thrilled when Shelly
volunteered to sing the Cadillacs' song, "Zoom" acappella with backing from
Dom D'Elia, John Mirablia, Danny Pesci and George Marchese of the Vic Donna
Group.
Bill Keith was Charlie Horner's radio co-host for several years. He
also was a member of the Blendtones ("Lights Please"), A Moments Pleasure,
the Students (Philadelphia), Classic Harmony, the Accords, and several other
vocal groups. For our anniversary, Bill assembled a super group of
Philadelphia area acappella singers, including himself, John Jones
(Neighbors Complaint, A Moments Pleasure, the Norristones), Jim Bakay
(Street Corner Five) and Kamau Osceolo "Smitty" Akiba (Quiet Storm).
Bill Keith chose to lead the Revels' song, "Talking To My Heart" because he
and John Jones had sung it with a later incarnation of the Revels during the
1990's.
Frank Lafaro is a founder and original member
of numerous Philadelphia vocal groups including Frankie & the Fashions and
49th Street. Frank is one of the more versatile and talented singers
around Philly, having also sung with Billy & the Essentials, the Balladeers
and dozens of other groups. He currently sings with JT's Emeralds.
Frank's is also a talented songwriter and sang for us one of his most
popular tunes, "What Do I Have To Do," a song he originally recorded with
Frankie & the Fashions.
Little Isidore (of Little Isidore & the
Inquisitors) is one of the most creative and entertaining performers we
know. We asked Little Isidore to sing his popular song "Oceans Apart".
Little Isidore initially questioned the appropriateness of a song about
separation for an anniversary setting, but we requested it anyway because it
is a great song.
Our headlining act of the celebration was the
Masqueraders. The great soul harmony group from the sixties and
seventies had not been seen in the Philadelphia/New Jersey/New York area in
about 30 years. In fact, we wanted to assemble five original members
of the Masqueraders. Original Masqueraders Harold "Sundance" Thomas
and Robert "Tex" Wrightsil were still singing in Memphis, along with Sam
Hutchins who firs became associated with the group in the mid-1960's.
We were also able to bring in from Dallas, TX, David "Cowboy" Sanders, and
original Masqueraders lead Abdur Rahman "Lee" Hatim. It had been
twenty years since all five members had shared the stage.
Here you'll hear excerpts from the
Masqueraders singing "One More Chance" (a song they recorded in 1964 for
Detroit's LaBeat label), "I'm Just An Average Guy" (the group's
classic hit for the AGP label) and the Louis Armstrong hit "What A
Wonderful World".
The Masqueraders performance drew standing
ovations after just about every song! Here are clips from an
incredibly emotional rendition of the Sam Cooke song, "A Change Is Gonna
Come", followed by excerpts from two of the Masqueraders huge soul hits, "I
Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else" and "Call Me The Traveling Man".
We would love to bring the Masqueraders back
to this area for an open concert.
Our thanks to all of the singers who
performed and to all of our guests at the anniversary.
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