I can't find any news reports yet, but apparently he died yesterday.

[en.wikipedia.org]

For those who don't know, Carl was the lead singer on Poison Ivy, I'm A Hog For You, Youngblood, Charlie Brown, Yakety Yak & many others.

RIP Carl

A great singer with a legendary group. Another one off to the great gig in the sky. RIP Carl.

[www.kltv.com]

From Rolling Stone Magazine .

[www.rollingstone.com]

Love his quote at the end of the story .

Godspeed .

RIP

"Stand in the mirror and dig yourself!"

I wish I could find The Coasters' awesome version of "Besame Mucho" with the great King Curtis playing some mind-bending sax. It never seems to get included on Coasters compilations (digital format). I used to have it on tape.



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I wish I could find The Coasters' awesome version of "Besame Mucho" with the great King Curtis playing some mind-bending sax. It never seems to get included on Coasters compilations (digital format). I used to have it on tape.

Well it's on the 4 CD box-set which I highly recommend (a bit pricey though), if not there's a LOT of compilations out there, though be careful of re-cuts by later line-ups. Great guide here: [www.angelfire.com]

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I wish I could find The Coasters' awesome version of "Besame Mucho" with the great King Curtis playing some mind-bending sax. It never seems to get included on Coasters compilations (digital format). I used to have it on tape.

You can listen to it here:

[grooveshark.com]

If you do a search on Google blogs, you can find it for download, IF that's your thing. Not that I recommend doing that, of course.

Thank you, good people! Muchas gracias.

Apparently "Besame Mucho Part 2" is the one I'm looking for, where King Curtis really stretches out with the most beautiful, melodic phrasing. The song that Grooveshark calls Part 2 is, correct me if I'm wrong, the same recording as Part 1.

The search goes on. Hey! That reminds me of another Coasters song.







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Was just listenin to their greatest hits album a couple of days ago. They were excellent.

Remember this great scene from Tarantino's 'Death Proof' ?





and this little gem (only a b-side, I think), which was used as an ad for the Volkswagen Passat in the 90s on British TV

Down In Mexico from the Tarantino movie is a later recut. The original (their first A side, from 1956) is far superior in my opinion:







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.............................The Robins 1955 - Bobby Nunn - Carl Gardner - Grady Chapman - Terrell Leonard - Billy Richard




.............................The Coasters 1956 - Will "Dub" Jones - Carl Gardner - Cornel Gunter - Billy Guy


Safe Journey Carl and thanks for all you gave RIP



ROCKMAN