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Gary "U.S." Bonds - New Orleans/Quarter To Three

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Uploaded by on May 4, 2007

3/14 - A few years ago a portable jukebox was discovered which belonged to John Lennon in the 1960s. The jukebox conntained a tracklist of 40 records - soul, R&B and Rock 'n' -Roll - written in Lennon's own handwriting. These are the songs which shaped his musical education and they reveal many of the original sources of inspiration for his later songwriting.

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  • Gary is from Norfolk, VA. I remember one Easter he hung my hat up on a pole and my mom went to his house and he had to apologize.  My where has the years gone. The last time I saw him was in New Jersey perfoming at this hotel. He was so fine as a young man.

  • Gary says the public didn't know he was black until 1962. I don´t know about that...I saw him doing "Quarter to Three" on "Bandstand" in mid-1961 and he sure didn't look white to me! That song was such a smash that the kids in the Bandstand audience insisted that he sing it twice! I never saw that happen before, the guy was a sensation.

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  • I dare say that black stations are just as racist as any white station then as now - nothing seems to have changed somehow. I was 11 or 12 years old when I first heard Gary US Bonds and I was dancing with a girl in a poodle skirt !!! This was an all white school in Utah. I knew that a lot of our popular music was by black artists and I didn't care ... I am not prejudiced. In England the prejudice is class prejudice and kids from Liverpool experienced it. Accent in language was the tip-off.

  • That film is MEMPHIS TN not New Orleans

  • I got news for Gary US Bonds, the radio stations are back to that white/ black format.

    Although his music wouldn't make it on the black stations now.

  • You are the best, Gary!

  • I don' think he meant to mislead anyone, just make the point and it goes without saying memory is far from perfect

  • Wow what a Great Video,and he really was Cute,has a Wonderfull Smile and Personality. Enjoyed This So Much. Thanks,Pat

  • lennon was the greatest

  • John Lennon had top taste.

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