[Dixielandjazz] Roberto Clemente

[dmr at domitype.com]

According to Wiki:

"Pico and Sepulveda" is a 1947 song by Freddy Martin and his orchestra. Composed by Eddie Maxwell and Jule Styne (Ambassador Records, 1947--b/w "She of the Coffee Brown Eyes"), it utilizes a Latin-style beat, and Martin used the alias "Felix Figueroa" when performing and recording the song. It was frequently featured on the Dr. Demento radio show in the 1970s. [1]
The lyrics are mostly just a recitation of Los Angeles-area streetnames: Doheny, Cahuenga, La Brea, La Jolla, Sequoia, Alvarado, Santa Monica, Beverly, and Vine (Figueroa is also a Los Angeles street). The intersection of West Pico Boulevard and South Sepulveda Boulevard is in the Rancho Park neighborhood, and is in truth fairly nondescript.
The song was featured in the soundtrack Richard Elfman's 1980 underground cult film, Forbidden Zone. "Pico and Sepulveda" was covered in 2002 by Lee Press-on and the Nails on their album "El Bando En Fuego!". Several amateur versions were submitted to and played on the Dr. Demento radio program by such groups as the Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band.

(but some other references put it at 1943.) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YPFvC-C_E  is a slightly different adaptation of the original song.

Dave Richoux

-----Original Message-----
From: "Don Robertson" <jdrobertson at att.net>
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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Roberto Clemente

Oh Yeah, I remember "Pico and Sepulveda".  Hearing it as a kid in Los 
Angeles area.  I think it was done by Freddy Martin's orchestra.

Definitely nothing like Roberto Clemente.  That is a slow ragtime type 
piano piece, often performed by the Devil Mountain Jazz Band here in the 
east San Francisco Bay area.

Napa Don Robertson

On 2/4/2011 2:35 PM, dmr at domitype.com wrote:
> I sort of remember hearing that a long time ago, but I may be confusing it with this:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D98BR1DYrkg  ;-)
>
> Dave Richoux
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> From: "Bruce Stangeland"<stangeland at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 4, 2011 10:52am
> To: "David Richoux"<dmr at domitype.com>
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Roberto Clemente
>
> Harry,
>
>
> David Thomas Roberts wrote "Roberto Clemente Rag" in 1978.
> Here's a YouTube link<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCKluDA-Bok>  to a
> version played by Bryan Wright.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
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