Bay Area Composer and Teacher Michael Kaulkin » Chuck Jackson http://www.michaelkaulkin.com Composer and Teacher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:14:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I Keep Forgettin’ http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/i-keep-forgettin/ http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/i-keep-forgettin/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:41:58 +0000 Michael Kaulkin http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/archives/148 Check out the instrumentation in this little 45-second clip.

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It’s the Lieber and Stoller song “I Keep Forgettin’”, recorded in the early Sixties by Chuck Jackson. I’m really enjoying the syncopation and the crazy percussion, particularly the little xylophone riff, which if you listen carefully, you’ll notice is actually doubled with piano. Very cool effect.

Chuck Jackson is best known for having recorded the Bacharach songs “Any Day Now” and “I Wake Up Crying”. This song turned up on The Very Best of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967. I like his voice a lot, but after about the fourth or fifth song, this album wears thin. The songs are all too similar to hold my attention, and some of the lyrics are just unbearable.

But, I’m mainly in it for the arrangements.

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