{"id":6950,"date":"2017-02-26T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2017-02-26T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T16:55:45","slug":"the-lasalles-la-la-la-la-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6950","title":{"rendered":"The LaSalles – La La La La La"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The LaSalles aka Kathy Lynn and the Playboys<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – The LaSalles – La La La La La MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every once in a while you find yourself pulling on a loose thread, and it just keeps unravelling.<\/p>\n

Back in the day, during the storied Asbury Park 45 Sessions<\/strong>, one of my compadres dropped the needle on a monstrous banger called \u2018Kick-Back\u2019 by a group I\u2019d never heard of before called Willie Tell and the Overtures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As was often the case, the 45 went right onto my want list, and I set out in search of a copy for my play box.<\/p>\n

It took a while, but I finally scored a copy.<\/p>\n

While I was searching, I stumbled on another 45 with the same A and B sides as the Willie Tell and the Overtures record, this time by the already familiar Buena Vistas (<\/strong>the exact same recordings, with an earlier release) .<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, down the rabbit hole I went, discovering a whole bunch of cool things in the process.<\/p>\n

The Buena Vistas were connected to a pair of Upstate New York characters by the names of Carl Cisco<\/strong> and Tom Shannon<\/strong>, and a band by the name of Kathy Lynn and the Playboys.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story \u2013 at least as I was able to pick it apart \u2013 was that Cisco, Shannon and the aforementioned band had varying degrees of involvement (from peripheral all the way down to not at all) with the Buena Vistas 45s, most of which were in fact the work of various and sundry Funk Brothers<\/strong> (I still haven\u2019t figured out how the Buena Vistas 45 got rereleased as Willie Tell et al)<\/em>. Cisco\/Shannon also had their hands in records by the Rockin\u2019 Rebels,<\/strong>\u00a0Revlons<\/strong> and other Western NY\/Detroit acts).<\/p>\n

That said, Kathy Lynn and the Playboys were a real, working group, and they are (as far as I can discern) the people behind the smoking version of Stevie Wonder\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018La La La La La\u2019 that was released on the Motown subsidiary VIP as by the LaSalles<\/strong> in 1966.<\/p>\n

Though originally written and recorded by Stevie, \u2018La La La La La\u2019 is best known by the hit version by the East LA group the Blendells<\/strong> from 1964.<\/p>\n

As much as I love the Blendells version, the recording by the LaSalles (yet another alias) is amazing.<\/p>\n

Kathy Lynn (nee Kathy Keppen<\/strong>, who would go on to marry Playboys\/Buena Vistas\/LaSalles guitarist Nick Ameno<\/strong>) opens the tune with the traditional spoken passage, then rips into it sounding like a crazed version of Brenda Lee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The band lays into a heavy groove, with organ, drums, bass and soul clapping, making their version of the song perfect for the dance floor.<\/p>\n

Lynn went on to record as Lynn Terry<\/strong>, and it appears that a modern version of Kathy Lynn and the Playboys was playing as recently as 2012.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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