All three of the DS What's My Line appearances are available for viewing on YouTube. The three clips have been posted together as a Dark Shadows special program which means that it's probably been directly from the DVD.
And, yes, Bob, I love the Ohio Express. I has the pleasure of seeing the lead singer, Joey Levine, perform at a tribute to bubblegum music at BB Kings in NYC several years ago. Joey has had an impressive career as the composer and occasional singer of various commercial jingles. Sometimes you feel like a nut. You Asked For It, You Got It. Toyota. This Bud's For You. These are a few of his works.
But he also contributed vocals to a lot of bands that were basically composed of studio musicians. The most successful of these was probably Reunion with the rapid fire Life Is A Rock
But The Radio Rolled Me.
Oh, yeah, Uncle Roger, they’re showing around 20 minute clips of DS episodes on Dark Shadows Fans Unite over on YouTube, I think that they are currently showing the first year or “Pre-Barnabas” DS episodes.
That’s great that you saw Joey Levine, an original member of Ohio Express at B.B. King’s in NYC. It’s located at Times Square, right? I’ve never been there for a concert, but I understand that many of the classic 1960s bands, like The Association, The Lovin’ Spoonful and The Classics Four have performed there in the past.
I didn’t know that Joey Levine was such a prolific song writer and composer. Charles Fox is another talented guy, who wrote music for films and tv shows like “Love American Style” and “The Love Boat.” Jim Yester, one of the original members of The Association, told me that Charles Fox wrote the film score for “Goodbye, Columbus,” which also included several Association songs (like “Goodbye, Columbus”) on the album.
Have you seen the documentary, “The Wrecking Crew,” about all of the legendary studio musicians, who played on a ton of 1960s albums for groups like The Byrds, The Monkees and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and many others? It’s a fascinating look into the great music from our generation, nearly sixty years ago.
You know, it’s too bad that DC did NOT play any of this tremendous ‘60s music on DS. I would have liked it if Bob Rooney had arranged for “Happy Together” or “Satisfaction” to have been on the juke box at The Blue Whale.
Bob