LA PLAYA BEATLES TRIBUTE

LA PLAYA BEATLES TRIBUTE
TRIBUTES & COVERS

24 junho, 2022

PETER NERO - OS GRANDES SUCESSOS DOS BEATLES (2022)

In this post, I present another compilation from the blog LaPlayaMusic, with songs by the Beatles, performed on piano by Peter Nero, which were extracted from his long discography.

Musician Peter Nero was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Bernard Nierow. He began his musical training at the age of seven and studied piano with Frederick Bried.

He recorded his first album in 1961 and won a Grammy Award that year for "Best New Artist". Since then he has received another Grammy, ten additional nominations and has released 67 albums.

Over the years, Peter Nero has worked with several renowned musicians, such as: Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormè, Andy Williams, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Diane Schuur, Johnny Mathis, Roger Kellaway, Elton John, among others.

The selection of this compilation consists of 8 tracks that were composed by the members of the Beatles together or in a solo career, listed below:

01. And I love her;
02. Yesterday;
03. Michelle;
04. Hey Jude;
05. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da;
06. Something;
07. A taste of honey;
08. Love.






18 junho, 2022

JACK NITZSCHE - DANCE TO THE HITS OF THE BEATLES (1964)

To my Beatlemaniac friends, I present the instrumental album "Dance To The Hits Of The Beatles", by Jack Nitzsche, released in the United States, in 1964, by Warner Records, with the Reprise label.

American Jack Nitzsche (Bernard Alfred Nitzsche) was born in Chicago on April 22, 1937 and died in Hollywood on August 25, 2000, aged 63.

He was a jazz musician, composer, pianist, saxophonist and arranger. He became famous as a composer of film scores, winning an Oscar for the song Up where we belong, from the 1982 film "An Officer And a Gentleman", directed by Taylor Hackford, whose main actors were Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Louis Gossett Jr.

Thee following is a selection from the album "Dance To The Hits Of The Beatles", including two tribute compositions by Jack Nitzsche himself:

01.  I want to hold your hand;
02. She loves you;
03. Chains;
04. My bonnie;
05. I saw her standing there;
06. Ringo;
07. Please, please me;
08. From me to you;
09. All my loving;
10. Twist and shout;
11. It won't be long;
12. Beatle-mania.











Links:

JACK NITZSCHE - DANCE TO THE HITS OF THE BEATLES (Mp3)


WARNER BROS. RECORDS / REPRISE - USA 1964 (FLAC)