Marcie blaine biography books

Just after graduation, in the summer of , Marcia had an opportunity to sing on some demonstration discs and at least one of these caught Holtzman's ear. He arranged for her to record "Bobby's Girl" with backup by guitarist Billy Mure 's orchestra. She attacked the tune with all the innocence of a teenager vying undying love, positively submissive when delivering lines like ' The single, crediting her as Marcie Blane , started getting airplay on New York stations at the beginning of October ' Someone over at Philips Records in England had his or her ear close to the ground on this one; before Seville could even think about licensing the record for U.

Both versions reached the top ten in their respective countries the third week in November. Of course, here at home, we had no idea there was another version of "Bobby's Girl. Bobby Rydell couldn't resist the temptation to put out his own version of the song, adjusting it to his perspective ' Joan Baez. Jim Corr of The Corrs. Southern Sons.

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Marcie blaine biography books

Meat Puppets — Waiting. Nick Lowe. Mark Seymour — Football Train. The Black Sorrows — Storybook Love. Join our mailing list for daily updates. The first song they came up with was "Bobby's Girl". That was the first recording session. But for the time being, life went on as before, "I went away to camp that summer to be a counsellor. No one at school even knew I had recorded that.

With its spoken introduction and "You're not a kid anymore" backing refrain, the disc struck a chord with teenage Americans almost immediately, entering the charts in mid-October and rocketing into the Top 10 within a month. By December it was at 3 on the Billboard Hot , a position it maintained for four weeks. Over on the Cash Box chart, "Bobby's Girl" was even bigger news, peaking at 2 during an impressive week run, nine of those spent in the Top The year-old was the best-selling female singer in the land.

Marcie's debut was also successful all around the world, with the exception of the UK, where a cover version of the song by Susan Maughan stole her thunder. As was common practice back in the day, Seville Records rush-released Marcie's follow-up while "Bobby's Girl" was still on the charts, lest her fans forget her. When the song entered the Hot in February, it must have seemed as if smash hit number two was about to happen, but it wasn't to be, and it stalled at a lowly 82, disappearing after just two weeks.

Overseas, American singers like Brenda Lee, Connie Francis and others were enjoying hits with recordings in the German language. But by now she had higher things than the fickleness of fans on her mind, having recently enrolled as a fulltime music major at Queens College, the alma mater of Paul Simon, Carole King and Marvin Hamlisch, to name just a few.