Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 20 October 2023
Another week another remembrance. Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers died last week.
My favourite song of theirs will always be Behind a Painted Smile (no 5 in 1969) but their first UK hit reached no 3 in 1966.
The Isley Brothers: This Old Heart of Mine
Rudolph Bernard Isley: 1/4/1939 – 11/10/2023. So it goes.
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 14:00 on 17 December 2010
You may have noticed I’ve not put up any Tamla Motown tracks in this category so far despite that label (or collection of labels if you lived in the US) by and large soundtracking the sixties. While I enjoyed a lot of Motown stuff it wasn’t what I was mainly into. Certainly not enough to buy any Motown records.
This is one that started out in 1967, as a B-side I believe, and wasn’t very big in the US. When (re?)-released over here in 1969 it reached no. 5 in the UK charts.
It mines that same stream of unrequited/spurned love as Tracks Of My Tears and Tears Of A Clown but I always preferred this song to either of those.
From its quiet intro to that final drum sign off it’s just a perfect pop song.
Isley Brothers: Behind A Painted Smile
