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Memories of El Monte

Index Memories of El Monte

"Memories of El Monte" is a metasong released in 1963 by the Penguins featuring Cleve Duncan. [1]

40 relations: A Thousand Miles Away, Ace Records (United States), Advertising, Art Laboe, Cherry Pie (Joe Josea song), Chief Records, Chuck Higgins, Colors (film), Cross-cultural communication, Cucamonga (album), Dance hall, De facto, Doo-wop, Earth Angel, El Monte, California, Elmer Valentine, Frank Zappa, In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins song), Los Angeles, Marvin & Johnny, Meta, Oldies, Ontario, California, Original Sound, Pal Recording Studio, Phonograph record, Rancho Cucamonga, California, Ray Collins (musician), Singing, Tenor, The Champs, The Chimes (US band), The Five Discs, The Five Satins, The Heartbeats, The Medallions, The Mothers of Invention, The Penguins, World War II, Xylophone.

A Thousand Miles Away

"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1957 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats.

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Ace Records (United States)

Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary.

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Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

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Art Laboe

Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian on August 7, 1925) is an Armenian American disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner, generally credited with coining the term "Oldies But Goodies".

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Cherry Pie (Joe Josea song)

"Cherry Pie" is a song written by Joe Josea and performed by Skip & Flip.

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Chief Records

Chief Records, together with its Profile and Age subsidiaries, was an independent record label that operated from 1957 to 1964.

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Chuck Higgins

Charles Williams Higgins (April 17, 1924 – September 14, 1999) was an American saxophonist.

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Colors (film)

Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper.

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Cross-cultural communication

Cross-cultural communication is a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavour to communicate across cultures.

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Cucamonga (album)

Cucamonga is a compilation album consisting of songs recorded with the involvement of Frank Zappa and Paul Buff at Pal Recording Studio in 1963-1964.

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Dance hall

Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing.

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De facto

In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.

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Doo-wop

Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that was developed in African-American communities in the East Coast of the United States in the 1940s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Earth Angel

"Earth Angel" (occasionally referred to as "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)") is a song by American doo-wop group the Penguins.

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El Monte, California

El Monte is a residential, industrial, and commercial city in Los Angeles County, California, the United States.

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Elmer Valentine

Elmer Valentine (June 16, 1923 – December 3, 2008) was the co-founder of three famous nightclubs on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California: the Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Bar & Grill.

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker.

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In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins song)

"In the Still of the Night", also subsequently titled "In the Still of the Nite", is a song written by Fred Parris and recorded by his Five Satins.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marvin & Johnny

Marvin & Johnny were an American doo-wop duo which recorded in the 1950s.

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Meta

Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning "after", or "beyond") is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction behind another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.

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Oldies

Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on rock and roll and pop music from the latter half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1970s or 1980s.

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Ontario, California

Ontario is a city located in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Original Sound

Original Sound is a Los Angeles, California-based record label.

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Pal Recording Studio

Pal Recording Studio (1957–1964) was an independent recording studio that operated in Cucamonga, California (now known as Rancho Cucamonga.) The studio was started by engineer/innovator Paul Buff.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Rancho Cucamonga, California

Rancho Cucamonga is an affluent suburban city situated at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County, California.

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Ray Collins (musician)

Ray Collins (November 19, 1936 – December 24, 2012) was an American musician.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The Champs

The Champs were an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged instrumental "Tequila".

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The Chimes (US band)

The Chimes (later Lenny Cocco & the Chimes) were an American doo wop group from Brooklyn.

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The Five Discs

The Five Discs were a doo-wop group from Brooklyn, New York.

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The Five Satins

The Five Satins are an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1956 million-selling song, "In the Still of the Night.".

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The Heartbeats

The Heartbeats were a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away", which charted at #53 in the US Billboard listings in 1957.

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The Medallions

The Medallions were an American doo-wop vocal group led by Vernon Green (1937–2000).

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The Mothers of Invention

The Mothers of Invention were an American rock band from California.

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The Penguins

The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, "Earth Angel", which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross over to the pop charts.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Xylophone

The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον—xylon, "wood" + φωνή—phōnē, "sound, voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_El_Monte

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