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Nanette, born in Mississippi in the United States, was discovered Tony Roman, New York, where she knew already well into an artistic career. It is Tony who brought him here and register his first solo records and duets. Here's the story according to the magazine Dis-Q-Ton .
debut pop
Among his recordings produced by Tony, there are a few songs tinged with soul. His first 45 laps, started in 1966, includes the A side, a cover of Now of Becaud, competing with that of the Clash on the charts. B side is My Home, an adaptation of Call me Petula Clark, recorded live. It's soft, smooth, pop. Somewhere between Easy Listening and Soul.
Nanette and Motown
In 1967, Nanette launches two albums in quick succession. A first pocket flanked by a quasi-psychedelic very attractive today - I'm waiting right now to get your hands on a decent copy! Found on it a cover of You Keep Me Hangin we the Supremes. As soon as possible, I will share with you this interpretation.
A second album titled simply Nanette seems, always in 1967, on which several successes already appeared on 45 rpm set. But there are also two other pearls lost, including a cover of Come See About Me Supremes becomes, in French, When I come back. The arrangements are not exactly "on the check, but it remains an interesting cover of Soul!
by The Million Children sing for Alex Chilton
On the same self-titled album released in 1967, there is also an excellent adaptation She knows how the famous Blue eyed soul combo The Box Memphis Tops. Following the success of The Letter , written and composed by Wayne Carson Thompson, Alex Chilton and his band return with two songs by the same author-composer Neon Rainbow and She knows how . In Quebec, under the artistic direction of Jacques Crevier, production of Tony Roman and Nanette sung by the song becomes He knows how , soaked in a fine fuzz that gives it a unique touch. Are we still in field Soul? Hard to say. But it's so good!
On a languid, seductive, Nanette expressed here in his mother tongue, singing The Look of Love , a standard jazz lounge and Burt Bacharach arranged tastefully in my opinion, comes with plenty of Soul.
After several successes under the leadership of Roman, Nanette moved to England in the late sixties when she was recruited to sing the choruses of songs as great as Honky Tonk Women and You can not Always Get What You Want Rolling Stones . It clearly recognizes his voice among the singers. Sing on the album Let it bleed Stones is quite an honor! Unfortunately, she was credited in the name of "Nanette Newman" in the liner notes of the original LP ... Fact should not be neglected, this recording took place edited by Jack Nitzsche !
Quite by chance, another major success in Quebec was Nanette Painted in black, his adaptation of Paint it black Rolling Stones, recorded before she even suspect one day she found herself in the studio with the band at Mick and Keith. This is another round of Johnny Destiny! I do not really think we find here a touch Soul, but I still shares the song for the story!
In the show Years Nanette to Musimax, reference is rooted Blues - especially related to his native Mississippi - and its disco hits of the 70s, but it also speaks inspirations Soul. It mentions in particular the lead singer of Soul singers, who must surely sing the Mass Gospel of Jesus to the little paradise, Sam Cooke. Not that I want to look here Nanette Sam Cooke. But I sincerely believe that Nanette has an undeniable Soul showed up here and there in his recordings of the 60s. Far be it from me to summarize the impressive career Nanette. I did not even mention his years with Johnny Hallyday!
debut pop
Among his recordings produced by Tony, there are a few songs tinged with soul. His first 45 laps, started in 1966, includes the A side, a cover of Now of Becaud, competing with that of the Clash on the charts. B side is My Home, an adaptation of Call me Petula Clark, recorded live. It's soft, smooth, pop. Somewhere between Easy Listening and Soul.
Nanette - In my
Nanette and Motown
In 1967, Nanette launches two albums in quick succession. A first pocket flanked by a quasi-psychedelic very attractive today - I'm waiting right now to get your hands on a decent copy! Found on it a cover of You Keep Me Hangin we the Supremes. As soon as possible, I will share with you this interpretation.
A second album titled simply Nanette seems, always in 1967, on which several successes already appeared on 45 rpm set. But there are also two other pearls lost, including a cover of Come See About Me Supremes becomes, in French, When I come back. The arrangements are not exactly "on the check, but it remains an interesting cover of Soul!
Nanette - When I come back
by The Million Children sing for Alex Chilton
On the same self-titled album released in 1967, there is also an excellent adaptation She knows how the famous Blue eyed soul combo The Box Memphis Tops. Following the success of The Letter , written and composed by Wayne Carson Thompson, Alex Chilton and his band return with two songs by the same author-composer Neon Rainbow and She knows how . In Quebec, under the artistic direction of Jacques Crevier, production of Tony Roman and Nanette sung by the song becomes He knows how , soaked in a fine fuzz that gives it a unique touch. Are we still in field Soul? Hard to say. But it's so good!
Nanette - He knows how
On a languid, seductive, Nanette expressed here in his mother tongue, singing The Look of Love , a standard jazz lounge and Burt Bacharach arranged tastefully in my opinion, comes with plenty of Soul.
Nanette - The Look of Love
After several successes under the leadership of Roman, Nanette moved to England in the late sixties when she was recruited to sing the choruses of songs as great as Honky Tonk Women and You can not Always Get What You Want Rolling Stones . It clearly recognizes his voice among the singers. Sing on the album Let it bleed Stones is quite an honor! Unfortunately, she was credited in the name of "Nanette Newman" in the liner notes of the original LP ... Fact should not be neglected, this recording took place edited by Jack Nitzsche !
Quite by chance, another major success in Quebec was Nanette Painted in black, his adaptation of Paint it black Rolling Stones, recorded before she even suspect one day she found herself in the studio with the band at Mick and Keith. This is another round of Johnny Destiny! I do not really think we find here a touch Soul, but I still shares the song for the story!
Nanette - painted black
In the show Years Nanette to Musimax, reference is rooted Blues - especially related to his native Mississippi - and its disco hits of the 70s, but it also speaks inspirations Soul. It mentions in particular the lead singer of Soul singers, who must surely sing the Mass Gospel of Jesus to the little paradise, Sam Cooke. Not that I want to look here Nanette Sam Cooke. But I sincerely believe that Nanette has an undeniable Soul showed up here and there in his recordings of the 60s. Far be it from me to summarize the impressive career Nanette. I did not even mention his years with Johnny Hallyday!
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Nanette Workman is one of Quebec’s most important star, even though she was born in Mississippi. She was discovered in the USA during the sixties by producer Tony Roman whom brought her back here and recorded with her. At a certain point, they kind of became Quebec’s Sonny & Cher. Nanette then moved to England, where she recorded back up vocals with various, artists including John Lennon and The Rolling Stones! She sang on Honky Tonk Women and You can't always get what you want, amongst others. She came back to Quebec in the seventies and had a huge disco career, making a big hit out of her version of Lady Marmalade (Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir).
Still Nanette was from a Blues state - Mississippi. And she always had these roots inside her. These roots also brought a Soul feel in a couple of her 60's recordings, as you may hear up here.
There's Chez moi (Petula Clark's Call me) and The Look of Love (yes, Burt Bacharach's tune), two sweet poppish tunes in which I think her Soul influences really come out. I just love these songs. Check them out.
She also covered The Supremes' You keep me hangin' on (which I will had later) and Come see about me, which is availble up here.
The best version she did I think is The Box Tops She knows how, turned into He knows how, with a nice fuzz. Cool cover of Memphis' blue eyed soul combo.
She also covered the Stones Paint it black in french - Peint en noir - before she went to England to sing with them on You can't always get what you want. Funny fact, she was credited as Nanette Newman in Let it bleed's liner notes... anyways, she did a nice job!
Nanette is more reknown for her Blues roots nowadays and for her disco hits in the seventies. But she did somme cool Soul covers in the sixties too.
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