Magic Touch -Teddy Neeley -Third Version

[Mike]

not seen talked about much

somewhere in between the two other versions ?

[Ady Croasdell]

Yes it's good but just a bit too slow in parts to get the dancefloor going. A very rockish voice too.

Very interesting, i didn't know about it.

Cheers

Ady

[Mike]

Yes it's good but just a bit too slow in parts to get the dancefloor going. A very rockish voice too.

Very interesting, i didn't know about it.

Cheers

Ady

always had it in the back of mind that there was another version out there

maybe from a 3am conversation somewhere

recent thread made me have a look again

this time round this lp showed up

on spectropop the actual writer does give a fair bit of background on this along with a mention of yourself

on this thread here

However, Melba's Musicor session did take place in the

spring of '66 and out of it came the single, "DON'T CRY,

SING ALONG WITH THE MUSIC" written by Steve Duboff and

Artie Kornfeld who were also on the K&R staff.

Concurrently, Bob Keane of Mustang Records was in New

York looking for songs for The Bobby Fuller Four.

Charlie and Don played him Melba's demo and Keane took

it back to Los Angeles with him for the band. Within

days they had recorded an exciting single (with Barry

White in the producer's chair) on "THE MAGIC TOUCH"

that charted just a couple of weeks before Fuller's

untimely death in July of '66.

Whether the activity at Mustang Records impacted the

decision at Musicor to hold back on Melba's version at

the time remains unclear but certainly plausible.

Later in '66, a third version of the song was recorded

by Teddy Neeley (best remembered for his starring role

in JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR) for his Capitol Records

album.

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