love it! i was a good friend of "jules kruspir" the manager of the marcells. i have been truly blessed to know these people from the pittsburgh music scene. thanks for the post..... joey
@jowemusic Their first hit, Blue Moon was recorded in a single take! I spent an hour with Stu Phillips last week - the producer who put the Marcels on the map 50 years ago this month. An amazing composer/arranger/conductor, he did the music for Battlestar Gallactica, Buck Rogers & Knight Rider & 12 albums as leader of Hollyridge Strings. go to his channel at bsgkr2000 & show Stu some love - he's earned it. We wouldn't have had Blue Moon & the Marcels without him !!! chuck
@jowemusic Stu Phillips said Jules was bugging the crap out of him in late 1960 to produce the Marcels, but they had no original material then. Stu finally said if they could get to NYC he'd record them, just to get Jules off his back. Marcels showed up out of the Blue 2 months later to Stu's GREAT surprise!! The Marcels AND Blue Moon almost never happened. The whole story is in the book Stu Who available AUTOGRAPHED by Stu at stuwho dot com
Wasn't this originally the Moonglows?
Dudley1948 10 months ago
love it! i was a good friend of "jules kruspir" the manager of the marcells. i have been truly blessed to know these people from the pittsburgh music scene. thanks for the post..... joey
jowemusic 10 months ago
@jowemusic Their first hit, Blue Moon was recorded in a single take! I spent an hour with Stu Phillips last week - the producer who put the Marcels on the map 50 years ago this month. An amazing composer/arranger/conductor, he did the music for Battlestar Gallactica, Buck Rogers & Knight Rider & 12 albums as leader of Hollyridge Strings. go to his channel at bsgkr2000 & show Stu some love - he's earned it. We wouldn't have had Blue Moon & the Marcels without him !!! chuck
chkjns 10 months ago
@jowemusic Stu Phillips said Jules was bugging the crap out of him in late 1960 to produce the Marcels, but they had no original material then. Stu finally said if they could get to NYC he'd record them, just to get Jules off his back. Marcels showed up out of the Blue 2 months later to Stu's GREAT surprise!! The Marcels AND Blue Moon almost never happened. The whole story is in the book Stu Who available AUTOGRAPHED by Stu at stuwho dot com
chkjns 10 months ago
phunky....you've got some great acapella on your videos, including this. I love them all......I hope you continue with more of them.
Dudley1948 11 months ago
This is the best version that I've heard PJ...very nice!! Phyllis...
sleepytimegalz 1 year ago 2
WOW!!! great sound...is this the one on STARLIGHT?
MrTyronety 1 year ago
The original group had two white members,
and sounded different from this group.
In fact , the version used in the movie
"Electra Glide in Blue" ,1973, is the original
group.
tumsabai1 1 year ago
@tumsabai1 ,true, the guy at the top left,the one in the middle and the bottom right are originals.
tuzwol 1 year ago
Wow!!! great stuff from Starlight Discs/Records...I have this one and others.
cyndogg1 2 years ago
woweeee, how great is this !!!!!! ahhhhhhh.
Thank you,
ken
kjboogie 2 years ago
i`ts goood i can`t write this with two O. couse i`ts too goood for that.
doowopwill 2 years ago
Bet they sang this on the street corner somewhere on the north side of Pittsburgh, where they hail....good post....
bro1945 3 years ago 3
This is wonderful.....this song was featured in a scene from ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE with Robert Blake...
alanhfrank 3 years ago
Gorgeous. Thanks for uploading this gem!
joelba1 3 years ago