[GreenKeys] tty trivia from the 1960s

[Paul A. Pennington]

    The drum track DOES sound like a teletype machine printing away.

    Click below and listen for yourself:

http://www.knology.net/~paulpenn/Easier.mp3

    This is just for the teletype list.  Please don't post the link 
elsewhere.  I'll be taking it down in a few days anyway.  The Time-Life Rock 
'N' Roll Era 1963 CD is out of print in any case.  The booklet notes agree 
with the story:

    "...Although the Essex were composed of four men and one woman, all 
Marines, their records were definitely in the girl-group mold.  Featuring 
Anita Humes's lead vocals, the Essex first release, Easier Said than Done, 
reached No. 1.  Co-written by the Essex' friend William Linton, the song was 
inspired by the sound of the teletypewriters in Linton's communications 
office at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina..."

    Enjoy,

    Paul Pennington
    Augusta, Georgia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Strangfeld" <bstrang at isoc.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:52 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] tty trivia from the 1960s


> Remember "Easier Said Than Done" by The Essex from 1963?  It apparently 
> had tty roots.
>
> "This was co-written by another Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune, William 
> Linton: 'I was working in the
> communication department. We had a bunch of teletype machines, and when 
> they were all running together,
> they had a beat. The sound of the teletype machines inspired the beat of 
> Easier Said Than Done.'"
>
> For the original of this claim, see here:
>
> http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1911
>
> Bill W8FIX