 | The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey
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Description: The Beatles - A Taste Of Honey
High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGl9yqreEzg&feature=email&fmt=18
Copyright - 1963 EMI Records Ltd.
"A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was first performed by Scott, and its title may have been inspired by the 1958 English play A Taste of Honey which reached Broadway in 1960.
The most famous version of this song was the instrumental cover by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on their album Whipped Cream & Other Delights, becoming a top ten hit in 1965 and winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. While this is the best remembered version, two others had competed in the charts in 1962: both Martin Denny and The Victor Feldman Quartet had minor hits with their takes on the song. The only vocal version to chart was the 1964 minor hit for Tony Bennett. The newest version recorded as a single release was by Howard Bailey. Sticking close to the Herb Alpert version, Bailey played all the main brass melodies on the guitar.
Beatles' version
It was covered by The Beatles on their debut album Please Please Me. It was a favourite of Paul McCartney's, and was included in the Beatles' repertoire in 1962. John Lennon sometimes played around with the title, calling it "A Waste of Money".[citation needed] (Satirist Allan Sherman actually recorded a parody song called "A Waste of Money") The Beatles performed "A Taste of Honey" on many BBC radio shows, including Here We Go, Side by Side and Easy Beat.
Recorded February 11, 1963
Lyrics:
A taste of honey
tasting much sweeter than wine
Do dut don du, do dut don du
I dream of your first kiss and then
I feel upon my lips again
A taste of honey
A taste of honey
tasting much sweeter than wine
Do dut don du, do dut don du
I will return, yes I will return
I'll come back for the honey, and you
Do dut don du, to dut don du
Yours was the kiss that awoke my heart
There lingers still though we're far apart
A taste of honey
A taste of honey
tasting much sweeter than wine
Do dut don du, do dut don du
I will return, yes I will return
I'll come back, I'll come back
for the honey, for the honey
and you
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 | Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey (HQ Audio)
Tags: 70's, 70s, a, boogie, classic, honey, Luiscmck70x, of, oogie, retro, taste
Description: Late 70's Classic A Taste Of Honey Great Song Vid
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 | Sukiyaki A Taste of Honey-No Copyright Infringment Intended
Tags: Geishas, Honey, of, Sukiyaki, Taste
Description: I always think of Geishas when I hear this song.
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 | A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Tags: 70s, boogie, disco, honey, music, of, oogie, tast, USA
Description: This is a live performance for a disco track from 1978, from US band's self-titled album.
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 | A Taste Of Honey - Sayonara 1982
Tags: 80's, ATasteOfHoney, BoogieOogie, Funky, R&B, Soul, Sukiyaki
Description: From the 1982 album
Ladies Of The Eighties
Biography by Ed Hogan
A Taste of Honey had two huge hits that were very dissimilar from each other -- "Boogie Oogie Oogie" and a cover of Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 gold hit "Sukiyaki." The former was foot-stomping disco and the latter was languid and lush. Around 1971, singer/bassist/guitarist Janice Marie Johnson and keyboardist Perry Kimble decided to start a band after meeting at an audition for vacation cruise gigs for Princess Cruises. Taking their group name from one of their favorite songs, the band added several friends to the lineup and began playing Southern California bars and military bases in the U.S. and abroad. Their lead singer, Greg Walker, quit to join Santana and guitarist Hazel Payne was added. After meeting with producer Fonce Mizell and his brother Larry, the group were signed to Capitol Records.
The group's first single, "Boogie Oogie Oogie," was inspired by an unresponsive audience during a date at a military base; Johnson believed the crowd was chauvinistic toward the group's two female guitar players. The notorious bass solo intro came about when Johnson was warming up before the recording session, unaware that she was being recorded. The single sold more than two million copies and topped Billboard's charts for three weeks in fall 1978. The follow-up single, the slinky and funky "Do It Good," went to number 13 R&B and number 79 pop, and A Taste of Honey went platinum.
After hearing Linda Ronstadt's version of Smokey Robinson's "Ooh Baby Baby," Johnson decided that the group (now Johnson and Payne) should remake a classic song. In their pre-Capitol days, Johnson used to sing the lyrics to Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" when the group toured Japan and performed at the Yamaha Song Festival. She contacted her Japanese sub-publisher, who in turn contacted the original writers, Ei Rokusuke and Hashida Nakamura Rokusuke, to get permission to redo the song with English lyrics. Two translators were employed, and one of them came up with lyrics that were close to the maudlin theme of the original song, translated into English as "I Look up When I Walk." Johnson decided to add her own original lyrics to the song. At first she thought her lyrics were too simple, but producer George Duke encouraged her to write from her heart. A publishing-rights dispute almost stopped the song from being released. After it was recorded, Johnson found out that one of the original writers had signed his rights away years before. His publisher had Johnson give up all songwriting and publishing rights to her new version before Capitol was able to release it. The bassist relented, knowing that this song would be the one to take A Taste of Honey out of the disco category. But Capitol wasn't too keen on "Sukiyaki," promising to release it as a single but then releasing "Rescue Me" (number 16 R&B, summer 1980) and "I'm Talkin 'Bout You" (number 64 R&B, late 1980). Others discouraged Johnson for donning Japanese attire and doing a fan dance while performing the song. Forced by album track radio play, the label finally released "Sukiyaki" as a single, which went to number one R&B and number three pop in spring 1981. The Twice as Sweet LP went to number 36 pop in spring 1981. After "Sukiyaki" was a hit, the duo went to Japan and toured with Kyu Sakamoto. A Taste of Honey also covered Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "I'll Try Something New." Johnson released a solo Capitol LP, One Taste of Honey, which yielded a charting single, the softly "Sukiyaki"-ish "Love Me Tonite," (number 67 R&B), in summer 1984. The Burger King national fast food chain began using "Boogie Oogie Oogie" in a national TV ad campaign in summer 1999, introducing another generation to the late-'70s smash. The track has also been sampled by hip-hop and rap artists MC Lyte, Mack 10, and others. Around the same time, Johnson announced plans for an EP, Hiatus of the Heart, for her own Tastebuds label to be released in 2000. She also said she had projects with Ice Cube and Con Funk Shun founder Felton C. Pilate II. Payne tours Japan with her own Top 40 band. Perry Kimble died in 1999. A Taste of Honey's greatest hits can be found on Anthology (One Way, 1995) and "Sukiyaki" is listed on Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 7 (Rhino, 1996).
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 | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass A Taste of Honey Video 1966
Tags: Alpert, Brass, Herb, Honey, Taste, Tijuana
Description: Extremely rare video taken from his 1967 "Singer" show. Timeless...Enjoy.
P.S. I had the once in a lifetime opportunity to see Herb and Lani play at Blues Alley in Georgetown Washington DC 12 May 2008. The show was absolutely spectacular. After all these years, they both still have it: the skills and the love. Truly a remarkable show. Herb and Lani, thanks to all of the wonderful years of warming our hearts with your great art work. You both are truly blessed as well as I was at your show.
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 | A Taste of Honey - Sukiyaki (Covers Slide)
Tags: '70, A, Honey, of, Oldies, Sukiyaki, Taste
Description: I make this video is for my Yahoo! 360 Blog, My favourite music, My music world ... A tribute to A Taste of Honey & the late Kyu Sakamoto ĺćŹ äš ...
Artist: A Taste of Honey
Album: Twice As Sweet 1980
Song: Sukiyaki
It's all because of you
I'm feeling sad and blue
You went away
Now my life is just a rainy day
I love you so
How much you'll never know
You've gone away and left me lonely
Untouchable memories
Seem to Keep hauting me
Another love so true
That once turned all my gray skies blue
But you disappeared
Now my eyes are filled with tears
I'm wishing you were here with me
Soaked with love all my thoughts of you
Now that you're gone
I don't know what to do
If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
Once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
You and i will never be
Cos you took your love away from me
If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
Once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
You and i will never be
Cos you took your love away from me
Baby you took your love away from me
Sayonara
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 | A Taste Of Honey
Tags: Boogie, Honey, Of, Oogie, Taste
Description: Boogie Oogie Oogie
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 | A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978)
Tags: Boogie, Honey, Of, Oogie, Taste
Description: Classic from 1978
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 | Esther Ofarim - A Taste of Honey - ×ץתר ע×פר××
Tags: Bobby, Esther, Ofarim, Scott, ע×פר××
Description: Esther Ofarim sings Bobby Scott's A Taste of Honey 1979
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 | A Taste Of Honey
Tags: Delaney, Honey, Melvin, Murray, Of, Richardson, Rita, Shelagh, Taste, Tony, Tushingham
Description: Jo feeling depressed. Geoff tries to help. Great scene from 'A Taste Of Honey' (1961).
From the film by Tony Richardson. Based on the play by Shelagh Delaney.
One of the best dramas to come out of the British New Wave/kitchen sink movement of the 1950's and 1960's.
With Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Robert Stephens, Dora Bryan, PaulDanquah.
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