Guest JJMMWGDuPree Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 OK, I just heard a live version of that 'La la la' thing by Zoot Money and to kick it off he shouts to the audience "This one's by Stevie Wonder...". Now as far as I'm concerned it's by The Blendells 'cause that's the version I've got, I'm willing to be put right on that though. What I am sure of is that Stevie Wonder never recorded it, so the question is, did he? or was Money confusing the song with that Stevie W. track about 'Living in La La Land'? I think we should be told. Oh by the way, Zoot's version... It's crap.
Iancsloft Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Its a Jobette recording so its possible than Stevie has recorded it
Jaco Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 OK, I just heard a live version of that 'La la la' thing by Zoot Money and to kick it off he shouts to the audience "This one's by Stevie Wonder...". Now as far as I'm concerned it's by The Blendells 'cause that's the version I've got, I'm willing to be put right on that though. What I am sure of is that Stevie Wonder never recorded it, so the question is, did he? or was Money confusing the song with that Stevie W. track about 'Living in La La Land'? I think we should be told. Oh by the way, Zoot's version... It's crap. Tamla 54070 October 1962. Label has "Little Stevie Wonder on vocal & drums"
Harry Crosby Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Tamla 54070 October 1962. Label has "Little Stevie Wonder on vocal & drums" As someone once said you beat me to the punch
Chalky Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 La La La La La (Clarence Paul) publ. Jobete Stevie Wonder; rec 28-May-62 ; [studio] ; produced by Clarence Paul Aug-62; 45 (M): Tamla T 54070 B [1st pressing] 03-Oct-62; 45 (M): Tamla T 54070 B [2nd pressing] 13-May-05; CD (M): Hip O Select B0004402-02 The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 2 1962 Stevie Wonder ; [live Apollo NY] 31-May-63; LP (M): Tamla TM240 Recorded Live / The 12 Year Old Genius The LaSalles ; produced by Carl Cisco 22-Jun-66; 45 (M): V.I.P. 25036 A 24-Nov-06; CD (M): Hip O Select B0007872-02 The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6 1966
stomper45 Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 extract on wikipedia 9tho appreciate not always 100 on there) The Blendells were a 1960s Mexican American brown-eyed soul group from East Los Angeles, California. They garnered success in 1964 with their Latin-tinged cover of Stevie Wonder's "La La La La La."
Guest JJMMWGDuPree Posted March 15, 2008 Posted March 15, 2008 Wow. Thought I'd heard everything that Stevie Wonder had ever recorded... What would be really annoying would be for me to now discover that I've got it somewhere, I've already found another version of the song but when I played it it was by some Brit soul band whose name I've already forgotten as it was almost as rubbish as the Zoot Money version. I've really got to catalogue all this stuff someday...
hipshaker 05 Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) cliff does a nice version .... well two actually i think, one on a live album ...... live at the talk of the town, including "ain't nothing like a house party": https://www.7digital.com/artists/cliff-rich...lk-of-the-town/ Edited March 16, 2008 by hipshaker 05
Guest JJMMWGDuPree Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 'We're sorry, this video is no longer available'? Wo'hoppen? Wo' hoppen? I think we should be told.
Guest Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 cliff does a nice version .... well two actually i think, one on a live album ...... live at the talk of the town, including "ain't nothing like a house party": https://www.7digital.com/artists/cliff-rich...lk-of-the-town/ Got a better Mexican version,rockin`6ts on a cool label. oh!!sung in whatever Mexicans sing.
Guest JJMMWGDuPree Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 Aaugh!!! So I've now heard it by some long forgotten English soul band, Little Stevie Wonder, The Blendells, and Cliff Richard (Who in the hall thought it would be a good idea to put a C&W guitar solo in the middle???) and I can now say two things for certain... 1/ I no longer like it as much as I used to do. 2/ None of these are the version I heard on Juke Box Jury all those years ago, so who else has recorded it?
Guest Pete Griffin Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) Dont no what happen then, lets try again "> Edited March 16, 2008 by Pete Griffin
Guest JJMMWGDuPree Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 And he reckons he's blind? Pull the other one Stevie-boy, you bin sussed!
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