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The Los Engeles County Coroners Office was assisted in their investigation by experts from the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Team. It was estimated that Monroe had died between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., and the toxicological analysis concluded that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning, as she had 8 mg of chloral hydrate and 4.5 mg of pentobarbital (Nembutal) in her blood, and a further 13 mg% of pentobarbital in her liver. Empty bottles containing these medicines were found next to her bed. The possibility of Monroe having accidentally overdosed was ruled out as the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit. Her doctors and psychiatrists stated that she had been prone to "severe fears and frequent depressions" with "abrupt and unpredictable" mood changes, and had overdosed several times in the past, possibly intentionally. Due to these facts and the lack of any indication of foul play, her death was classified a probable suicide.
The next track it's back to Ray Charles and gospel chord changes for this side. The record makes it clear that when recorded as tastefully as they were here strings and voices don't have sabotage good music.
02 – ''FINALLY FOUND OUT'' – B.M.I. - 2:18
Composer:
- Charlie Rich
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - P 430 - Master
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - October 18, 1962
First
appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single > PI 3582-B < mono
FINALLY FOUND OUT / SITTIN' AND THINKIN'
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4-21 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6
''There's Another Place I Can't Go'' was Charlie Rich's only flirtation with music submitted by New York writers. Unless he was covering music by one of his heroes like Chuck Willis, Rich usually recorded his own material. Although this wasn't a weak composition by any reckoning, it didn't have 'hit record' written all over it. It seems to fall in the cracks between teen and adult music. Certainly the lyrics were within the life experience of many young adults, although Charlie's performance takes it to another realm. The finger snapping opening suggests Charlie is closer to his ''ring-a-ding-ding'' Sinatra bag than swaggering down teen-idol lane. If anything worked against the commercial pop success of this disc, it was probably the hip/jazz/bluesy feel Charlie managed to wrestle from the material. Indeed, in the hands of most pop singers, this would have been a strictly lightweight outing. In Charlie's hand, it is considerably more, although it didn't keep those cash registers ringing.
03
''THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE I CAN'T GO'' – A.S.C.A.P. 2:36
Composer: - Tobias-Pockriss
Publisher: -
Northern Music
Matrix number: - P 433 - Master
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: April 1963
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single > PI 3584-A < mono
THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE I CAN'T GO / I NEED YOUR LOVE
Reissued:
- 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4-22 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6
04 - ''GENTLE AS A LAMB'' – B.M.I. - 2:47
Composer: - Charlie Rich
Publisher:
- Sun Entertainment
Matrix number: - None - Not Originally Issued
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - 1971
First appearance: - Sun International (LP) 33rpm Sun-123-A-1 mono
A TIME FOR TEARS
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16152-2-27 mono
LONELY
WEEKEND - THE SUN YEARS 1958 – 1962
''Gentle As A Lamb'', Margaret Ann plainly recalls writing this ''darling song'' with Charlie in hopes that could pitch it to Elvis. ''At the time he was barraged with people trying to sell him songs. I don't know if he ever heard it. I didn't even remember that Charlie had recorded such a finished version for Sun, but I do know they never released it''. The truth is, this kind of teen fluff was thankfully rare in Charlie's written or recorded legacy although, in search of the elusive dollar sign, he was not above it.
05 - ''GOODBYE MARY ANN'' -
B.M.I. - 3:15
Composer: - Charlie Rich
Publisher: - Sun Entertainment
Matrix number:
- None - Chatter - Unknown Take - Not Originally Issued
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - 1971
First appearance: - Sun International (LP) 33rpm Sun-123-B-1 mono
A TIME FOR TEARS
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records
(CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16405-20 mono
THAT'LL FLAT … GIT IT! - VOLUME 17
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16152-2-7/8
stereo
LONELY WEEKEND - THE SUN YEARS 1958 – 1962
"Goodbye Mary Ann" was recorded several times by Charlie Rich and two other versions have been previously issued. This version is special for two reasons. First, it is recorded in stereo. Second, it is preceded by a fascinating exchange between Charlie and Sam Phillips, in which the label owner tries to get his reluctant artist to crank up the Presley sound a bit. That spend nearly a minute arguing over the "we..ll..ll" that begins the song. At one point, Charlie breaks off the debate and launches into the opening lines of "Whirlwind", his first single for the label. Later, he tells the incessant Mr. Phillips "Don't put me down like that or I can't hit it at all". Ultimately, Phillips gets his way and Charlie tears into one of his best unreleased Sun recordings.
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Charlie Rich - Vocal & Piano
Kelton D. ''Kelso'' Herston - Guitar
Floyd B. Lightnin' Chance - Bass
James Wilkerson - Guitar
William P. Ackerman - Drums
Homer Boots Randolph - Saxophone
Brenton Bolden Banks - Violin
Solie Isaac Fott -Violin
Lillian Vann Hunt - Violin
Cecil Lee Tanner - Violin
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U-2 flight discovers further missile bases in Northern Cuba.
U-2 flight reveals Soviet bombers and Migs numbers increasing.
As soundtrack album sales far outstripped his regular album sales (''Blue Hawaii'' outselling ''Pot Luck by Elvis'' by ten to one) Presley found himself firmly entrenched in songs designed for a light-entertainment formula of beautiful scenery and girls galore. With this discrepancy in sales, the formula of the soundtrack music became the focus.
Sixteen songs were recorded at the sessions in March, of which thirteen were used for the soundtrack album. Banished from the kingdom after running afoul of the Colonel, songs from favored writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller could only be those already written for someone else, in this case the title track being a hit for The Coasters in 1961 before being adapted for the Presley film. This song and two others, "Return To Sender'' and "Because Of Love," appear on the 1995 soundtrack compilation Command Performances; The Essential 60s Masters II''.
The tracks "Return to Sender" and "Where Do You Come From" were issued as the both sides of a single in October 1962, one month before the release of the soundtrack LP. "Return to Sender" became a substantial hit for Presley, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the b-side "Where Do You Come From" peaked at only number 99 independently of the hit side. The Presley fan-club label ''Follow That Dream'' released an expanded version of the album in 2007, including alternate takes and songs recorded but not used for the soundtrack. The outtake "Plantation Rock" saw a performance by actor Rob Schneider on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1996. The songs performed by Stella Stevens in the film, "Never Let Me Go", "The Nearness Of You'' and "Baby, Baby, Baby" — were in fact mimed to the singing voice of Gilda Maiken and have yet to be commercially released.
NOVEMBER 9, 10, 1962 FRIDA/SATURDAY
Aretha Franklin Headlines the Reagal Theater in Chicago. Dion sings "Love Came To Me" on American Bandstand.
Although no formal announcement was ever made by the United States following the Soviet dismantling of Missiles in Cuba the United States did Withdraw all nuclear missiles from Turkey by April 24th 1963 and because the Soviet Union and the United States came the closest in history to all out war a direct communications hot line was established between Moscow and Washington, D.C.
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