[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/captain-lou.mp3|titles=NRBQ — Captain Lou] Captain Lou Albano, professional wrestler, actor, rock singer, and all-around legend, has died. He was 76. Here’s a song NRBQ wrote for Lou, on which he’s featured.
Category: Music
Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters: Tonight You Belong to Me
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/the-jerk.mp3|titles=Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters sing Tonight You Belong to Me (from the Jerk)] Tonight You Belong To Me, a hit from the 50s, is performed here by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters (and someone else on cornet, presumeably). The audio is taken from the romantic walk-on-the-beach scene of the Jerk (1979).
Moondog, Bird’s Lament
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/birds-lament.mp3|titles=Bird’s Lament — Moondog] Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) was an incredibly talented, blind New York City composer. He spent much of his career busking on the streets of midtown Manhattan in (homemade) Viking garb and his iconic horned Thor helmet. Buy Birds Lament 1, “Bird’s Lament” here.
a capella Pet Sounds: You Still Believe in Me
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/beach-boys-a-capella.mp3|titles=You Still Believe In Me Beach Boys] This stand-alone vocal track is from a 4-CD Pet Sounds box set released in 1997 called The Pet Sounds Sessions. You Still Believe in Me is one of over a dozen vocal tracks and snippets featured on the fantastic 30th anniversary collection.
Mah Nà Mah Nà, 1969 (alt. Mahna Mahna)
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/MahNaMahNa-1969.mp3|titles=Mah Nà Mah Nà — Bip Bipadotta and the Anything Muppet Girls — Seasame Street 1969] This version of the Mah Nà Mah Nà song (or Mahna Mahna) is from 1969, from the first year of Seasame Street. It appeared on the program a few months after it was popularized on the Ed Sullivan Show.