"The Entertainer" continued a tradition of using "quotes" from classic Tin Pan Alley songs as intros and/or bridges in mid-60s R&B hits. The quote in this Tony Clarke song is "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin" from Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess".
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"The Entertainer" continued a tradition of using "quotes" from classic Tin Pan Alley songs as intros and/or bridges in mid-60s R… read more
"The Entertainer" continued a tradition of using "quotes" from classic Tin Pan Alley songs as intros and/or bridges in mid-60s R&B hits. The quote in this Tony C… read more
Tony Clarke (died 1970) was an American soul singer-songwriter born in New York City and raised in Detroit. He wrote the songs Pushover and Two Sides to Every Story, hits for Etta James. Clarke scored a chart hit of his own with The Entertainer which hit #10 R&B and #31 Pop in the US in 1965. Clarke died in 1970, too late to see his career see a resurgence in the 1970s on the UK northern soul scene. The intense devotion was given to an obscure Chess single, Landslide, and a song recorded later in Detroit on MS called (They Call Me) A Wrong Man. Clarke also had a minor role in t… read more
Tony Clarke (died 1970) was an American soul singer-songwriter born in New York City and raised in Detroit. He wrote the songs Pushover and Two Sides to Every Story, hits for Etta James. C… read more
Tony Clarke (died 1970) was an American soul singer-songwriter born in New York City and raised in Detroit. He wrote the songs Pushover and Two Sides to Every Story, hits for Etta James. Clarke scored a chart hit of his own with The E…read more