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New releases - 08.01.07: REVIEWS Catalogue.(Sound recording review)
Tony Orlando
Halfway To Paradise - The Complete Epic Masters 1961-1964 (Ace CDCHD 1137)
Best known in the UK (if at all) as the moustachioed male lead vocalist of cheesy Seventies popsters Dawn, Tony Orlando had a previous and more honourable career as an early Sixties crooner of quality pop/R&B from the Brill Building. This retrospective gathers together his 27 records for the Epic label and includes the original US hit of Gerry Goffin and Carole King's Halfway To Paradise, which less discerning UK audiences passed over in favour of a local cover by Billy Fury. It's one of seven Goffin/King songs on the album which also includes Orlando's one bona- fide UK solo hit, Bless You, a glorious Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil classic that allows full reign to his smooth and elastic vocals. Throw in a few Bacharach/David songs, the original of another Billy Fury steal (I'd ...
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