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<v Speaker 1>Hi'stle Anthony, Little Anthony in the Imperials, and you're listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the Doctor Sky Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to our show today. Always

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<v Speaker 2>special guests here on our radio show as we now

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<v Speaker 2>go back into the history of rock and roll. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a real privilege and honor to welcome a very special

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<v Speaker 2>man with a very special group of the nineteen fifties,

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<v Speaker 2>Little Anthony in the Imperials, as we talk on the

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<v Speaker 2>phone today with Little Anthony Gordian himself, the namesake of

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<v Speaker 2>this very fascinating band of the nineteen fifties and sixties.

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<v Speaker 2>And before we introduce our very special guest, just a

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<v Speaker 2>brief read and history of Little Anthony and the Imperials.

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<v Speaker 2>Little Anthey in the Imperials is an American rhythm and

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<v Speaker 2>blues soul vocal group from New York City, first active

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<v Speaker 2>in the nineteen fifties. Lead singer Jerome Anthony Little Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Gordian was noted for his high pitched falsetto voice, influenced

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<v Speaker 2>by none other than Jimmy Scott. The other original members

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<v Speaker 2>were Clarence Collins, the group founder, Ernest Wright, Nate Rogers,

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<v Speaker 2>and Tracy Lord. The last two of whom were replaced

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<v Speaker 2>by Sammy Strain. The group was one of the very

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<v Speaker 2>few groups to maintain success on the rhythm and blues

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<v Speaker 2>and pop charts throughout the nineteen sixties, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>inducted into rightfully so, the Rock and Roll Hall of

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<v Speaker 2>Fame on April ninth, two thousand and nine, twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>years after the group's first year of eligibility for induction.

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<v Speaker 2>And with that, it's a real privilege and honor to

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<v Speaker 2>welcome to our radio show today none other than Little

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Gordine of Little Anthony in the Imperials. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much for joining us today as we talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the history of rock and roll.

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<v Speaker 3>Good afternoon, Hey, what's up?

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<v Speaker 1>How you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing fine, and I'm just so excited here A

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<v Speaker 2>big fan of the fifties. I grew up in New

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<v Speaker 2>York City, and I want to hear a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>about the story of how your career group, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>started in New York City, and tell us a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit about that, because well, I remember, being born in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen fifty six, I got the sound of many of

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<v Speaker 2>the New York Street corner harmony groups.

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<v Speaker 3>But how did you guys get started.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the same way you did those kind of groups.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean as a kid, I listened to all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dells, the Flamingos, the Orioles when I was like ten, nine,

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<v Speaker 1>eleven years old. So I was influenced and actually lovestip.

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<v Speaker 1>You was in the fifties, you know. Actually it was

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<v Speaker 1>a tail end of the fifties that our life became.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though I was with other groups, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of interviewers loved to talk about something that

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<v Speaker 1>happened with another group that I was with because it's

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<v Speaker 1>me yes or whatever, but I'd never relate to it

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<v Speaker 1>because I was a baby. I was fourteen, and you

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<v Speaker 1>really can't use that fourteen year old as a as

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<v Speaker 1>a measuring stick to what my career became. It just

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<v Speaker 1>was the beginning of a kid singing like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of kids in those days. Actually, the most important part

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<v Speaker 1>of that time and in the fifties late fifties was

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<v Speaker 1>really fifty eight Wow, when we when we met, when

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<v Speaker 1>we met George Goldner and and Richard, that was the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of a real career. And prior to that was

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<v Speaker 1>just flowning around like everybody else, taking on the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, but I don't. It's very difficult for

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<v Speaker 1>me relate. And I know fans tend to be more

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<v Speaker 1>deeper into that sort of thing, and you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>almost like fantasy football. They go deeper than the people

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<v Speaker 1>that actually play the game. Sure it, we don't really care.

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<v Speaker 1>Right in my mind, it's it's really when when that

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<v Speaker 1>began in nineteen fifty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Great story here, I'm reading from one of the album

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<v Speaker 2>jagged covers here, and I'm reading this my friend calling

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<v Speaker 2>themselves the Chesters. They visited that, as Richard Barrett is reminiscing,

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<v Speaker 2>you visited Richard Barrett on the twelfth floor of sixteen

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<v Speaker 2>fifty Broadway in Manhattan. Tell us that story, because this

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<v Speaker 2>is the story that we want to hear, the beginnings

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<v Speaker 2>of this most amazing life legacy here in rock and

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<v Speaker 2>roll history with little Anthony in the Imperials.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we were a bunch of kids out of Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 1>out of fourteen project like all a bunch of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of the little groups kind of get a deal in

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<v Speaker 1>those days. I was very fortunate to live in your

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<v Speaker 1>see where the independent record companies were all located in

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen fifty Broadway, and so it's easy to know where

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<v Speaker 1>they were. And in those days you got to understand

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<v Speaker 1>the technology did not exist. It exists today. You literally

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have to do a demo and go and hey,

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<v Speaker 1>listen to my demo. You actually walked in and asked

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<v Speaker 1>for an audition. Can you imagine that? Yeah, they talked,

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<v Speaker 1>all of them. Man, that's the way it was in

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<v Speaker 1>those days. So we just happened to be fortunate enough.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't me Class Collins and knew Richard Barrett isn't directly.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know where he met him and what, but

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<v Speaker 1>he knew him, and he kept saying, Hey, I got

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<v Speaker 1>this guy. It just came with my group and his

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<v Speaker 1>name is Anthony Goudene, and man, I think you should

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<v Speaker 1>listen to us because he's got a really, really good voice.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's how that started. And then when we actually

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<v Speaker 1>went in and I was that was let me see

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<v Speaker 1>what was that? There was a winter of fifty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>We walked into the Uh, Richard Barrett heard us had

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<v Speaker 1>an audition, and then promptu audition and we sang the

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<v Speaker 1>song that Ernest wrote or just the kinds of People

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, and that was it. That was it.

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<v Speaker 4>He called it.

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<v Speaker 1>George Golden was the president of Going and then Records,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, she said, gott listen to this, and

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<v Speaker 1>that was the beginning of my career. Even though prior

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<v Speaker 1>to that, I'm just like everybody else, be hitting this,

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<v Speaker 1>hitting this. You know, there was no real uh Korea

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<v Speaker 1>at that point. I was just a kid on a

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<v Speaker 1>high school, West High School of Brooklyn and just trying

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<v Speaker 1>to make it like kids.

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<v Speaker 3>In today, you better believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know something I was in that same well

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't say the same error. But later on in

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<v Speaker 2>the seventies, we used to be part of a track

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<v Speaker 2>team and we'd run against the good folks at the

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<v Speaker 2>Boys High School and they always won. I mean, that

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<v Speaker 2>was a powerhouse school.

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<v Speaker 1>Get two things. They were really at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the games track team, in the basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, my friend, just an amazing story. My mother hails

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<v Speaker 2>from the benson Hurst in that area and also Flatbush

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<v Speaker 2>area in Brooklyn, so we have a lot in common.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why as we talk to you today, this

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<v Speaker 2>is so fascinating. Again, I'm grateful for your time. As

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<v Speaker 2>we reminisce about the history of rock and roll, the

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<v Speaker 2>early days. Anthony Gordeen, Little Anthony Gordeen of Little Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>in the Imperials. He's our special guest on our radio

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<v Speaker 2>show today and all throughout this radio show folks, or

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<v Speaker 2>in the extended version that you can hear on our website,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll give you that information. At the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>radio show, you can hear select pieces of music from

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<v Speaker 2>the best of Little Anthony and the Imperials. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this is so fascinating as we talk with you today.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been doing music and performing for how many years now?

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<v Speaker 2>This is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Sixty years.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, well, God, God bless that's an amazing time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sixty years young and you've been doing this for

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<v Speaker 2>as long as I've been on the planet. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>a tribute.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually I was fifteen years old and I was nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>That's incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Sixty years prior to that, even when I was fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I was singing and then recording in very local stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that was doing. You know, like every kid in those

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<v Speaker 1>days wanted to be a star because they all those

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<v Speaker 1>different records on radio, Doctor Jib you know, WWRL, Tommy

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<v Speaker 1>Smalls for the Ball, you know, on and on and

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and Alan Freed Wims Wins and every

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<v Speaker 1>kid'll be saying, you wanted to be you if you

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<v Speaker 1>could you imagine and mine? Well what if? Well if

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<v Speaker 1>I can, I'm good enough to just saying. People say

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<v Speaker 1>they like the way I sound, and then they like

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<v Speaker 1>the guys that I'm singing with, you know what they sound?

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<v Speaker 5>What if?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's all show Busness is is what if?

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<v Speaker 3>You better believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's amazing to hear these stories. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to remind our listeners as we go to the break.

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<v Speaker 2>Each time we're going to be promoting an individual song

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<v Speaker 2>from Little Anthony and the Imperials in which you may

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<v Speaker 2>be hearing the entirety of from our website, but again

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<v Speaker 2>excerpts here for the radio show today. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>amazing because you know, I must say this from the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of my heart, sir, I really feel your music

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<v Speaker 2>is absolutely beautiful. It brings back happy times and happy

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<v Speaker 2>memories for me. And I'm sure that's the same with people.

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<v Speaker 2>What not only here in America, but around the world

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<v Speaker 2>too well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure that every generation had that. I'm sure the

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<v Speaker 1>people in the forties and in the beginnings of like

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen forty one thirty nine, before the World War Two

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<v Speaker 1>and the big bands and Elephant Joe. Every everybody, every

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<v Speaker 1>generation has that where we latched on into that particular

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<v Speaker 1>sound that represents where we're living at that time. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we were no different. We came up to the

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<v Speaker 1>Patty Page area era. You know, how much is that

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<v Speaker 1>dog get in the window? You know, you know Tony Bennett,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I go to rags to riches, and we

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<v Speaker 1>the big bands kind of disappeared and Patty Page all

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<v Speaker 1>these great you know singers and you know, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it went into the fifties, which was sort of a

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<v Speaker 1>this really uh kind of milky white ray type down

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the four aces, you know, three goardings of

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<v Speaker 1>the fountain and this and that and that, and so

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<v Speaker 1>that was it. Here comes in music that comes out

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<v Speaker 1>of Nowhere, which was played being played at black stations,

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<v Speaker 1>R and B Rhythm yes and both did lea who

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<v Speaker 1>is that guy? You know? And Schuck Berry and the

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<v Speaker 1>mingos and the slip Mingos and elder Roddalds, and people say, whoa.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoa, you know, it's so incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>Little Anthony, Anthony Gordine of the namesake of that very

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<v Speaker 2>famous still to this day, a most amazing time in

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<v Speaker 2>rock and roll history, Little Anthony in the Imperials, and folks,

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<v Speaker 2>as we continue to do our radio show, in this

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<v Speaker 2>in this, of course, going back to August of nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>time and continuing here throughout the whole time and space

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<v Speaker 6>We'll be right there time on the outside looking him.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't want to be I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 8>I don't know what to do because I'm still in

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<v Speaker 6>You on the outside looking him.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't want to be I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 9>Be Annie outside all alone.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, I guessed I've had my daid. Can you let

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<v Speaker 6>Now it's me who has to pay.

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<v Speaker 7>I never should have gone away.

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<v Speaker 10>I've never shooting away like.

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<v Speaker 9>Right away, gotta right away, back to your.

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<v Speaker 7>Once again. Won't you take me back again?

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<v Speaker 6>I'll be waiting here then, on the outside looking in.

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<v Speaker 6>here to then, on the outside looking in, on the outside.

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<v Speaker 7>How the wall be cut?

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to our very special

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<v Speaker 2>radio show today as we continue to celebrate the history

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<v Speaker 2>exclusive interview today, and we're grateful for his time. Little

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Anthony Gordene of the namesake of the band Little

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony in the Imperials. He joins us throughout the entirety

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<v Speaker 2>of our radio show reminiscing about old times, at present

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<v Speaker 2>times and times.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the future. In the Story of rock and Roll.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to start off this way nineteen sixty four,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm reading this from one of the excerpts here

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<v Speaker 2>in the jacket of one of the albums I have.

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<v Speaker 2>The year of the British Invasion. It was a time

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<v Speaker 2>when musicians who weren't from England had a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>trouble getting airplay. Even Elvis Presy, the King of rock

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<v Speaker 2>and roll, couldn't make it into the top ten. If

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<v Speaker 2>you were an American act, you had to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the top of your class to survive. And you did

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<v Speaker 2>the Beach Boys, as you know, the Four Seasons, and yes,

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<v Speaker 2>little Anthony in.

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<v Speaker 1>The Imperial Wow. It was some of us that's held

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<v Speaker 1>our own well, we didn't know what was happening. We're

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<v Speaker 1>just doing It was on rush music coming out of

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<v Speaker 1>the out of the England, and obviously it was led

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<v Speaker 1>by the Beatles. And then you went from there because

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<v Speaker 1>z and acts came out of there, man, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and and they all were trying to get that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of whatever the Beatles were doing. And but on the

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<v Speaker 1>other hand, the contemporary R and B or contemporary pop

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<v Speaker 1>still hold us all if there was talent, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>dal Walk had them this mount of time, and you

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<v Speaker 1>noticed Stan Applebaum, the Drifters, Lib and Stroller who wrote

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<v Speaker 1>all those great songs Coasters, you know, they hunted it.

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<v Speaker 1>They were just unique. Each act was so different from

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<v Speaker 1>the other. That's a different in the day because it's

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<v Speaker 1>very hard to differentiate between zoom because basically, if you listen,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard. You know, great you said that because I

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<v Speaker 1>was just sitting in a car in my car on

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<v Speaker 1>serious radio that I got in the car and I'm listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have some really nice thingers today. See you

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<v Speaker 1>sure she's a dell. Most of them are women.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, they are Sam Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>Sam Smith. But and when we came up, it was similar,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're sort of in another category because basically everything

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<v Speaker 1>else starts to sound the same and it loses whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is that we had there was. There was only

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<v Speaker 1>one Elvis, there was only one uh uh Bo Diddley.

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<v Speaker 1>There was only they are one different. The founds were different.

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<v Speaker 1>Their whole approach and and creativity was different. And we

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<v Speaker 1>were living in and Arrow when everybody was excited about

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<v Speaker 1>the new technology. Okay, oh you know new technology was

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<v Speaker 1>forty five.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, don'tnuts.

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<v Speaker 1>Or those big gickets give those big old tapesmen, like

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<v Speaker 1>he was amazing and everything cool Man colored TV was

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<v Speaker 1>just coming out, you know, so it was excited. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't time Spot came on TV.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, And I remember this Anthony. I remember going

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturdays with my parents down to the Woolworth. I

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<v Speaker 2>was in New Jersey at the time, and they would

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<v Speaker 2>be looking at me funny because I wanted to buy

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<v Speaker 2>the latest forty five. And that was so amazing because

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<v Speaker 2>you bought your forty five maybe it was what sixty

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<v Speaker 2>nine cents or whatever, And then I.

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<v Speaker 5>Think and then you went over to the counter where

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<v Speaker 5>they had the little cafe there, and my mother and

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<v Speaker 5>father would say, okay, you might as well get an

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<v Speaker 5>egg cream.

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<v Speaker 2>Unless you're not from New Jersey or New York. Most

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<v Speaker 2>people don't even know what that is, right right, And I.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember when when to seventy eight, people don't remember that sure,

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<v Speaker 1>And and then they had to figure out, wait, how

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<v Speaker 1>do you pay the forty five? So they got the

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<v Speaker 1>little up to playing it. That's so cool, it's amarsible.

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<v Speaker 1>It was analogue sound that can't be duplicated today. I've

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<v Speaker 1>talked to some of the top performances. Ove all said, man,

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<v Speaker 1>when you came up, man, it was we missed something, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>all of it. Of the technology today, it's it's almost

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<v Speaker 1>like it's sanitized.

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<v Speaker 3>You got that right.

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<v Speaker 1>Listening to the those seventy eighth and albums and analog

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<v Speaker 1>vo you know, you can even hear a horn sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was it was leakage everywhere you got it.

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<v Speaker 3>It was real, it was real, It was real. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to ask, on a serious note, the story

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<v Speaker 2>of Jimmy Scott. I've read a little bit of his bio,

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<v Speaker 2>but the importance of Jimmy Scott to you personally, on

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<v Speaker 2>a more emotional level, talk about Jimmy Scott because he

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<v Speaker 2>deserves a lot of recognition.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, his lovely wife, Mean Scott, I've been friend for years.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, we just talked to her on Facebook just

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<v Speaker 1>today this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, Jimmy. I knew Jimmy when I was king

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<v Speaker 1>was I I think I've been my first bend in

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<v Speaker 1>I was like nineteen or twenty, Yes, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>I heard his songs on radio. Jimmy was an enigma

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<v Speaker 1>he was this very tall guy with his fety giddy

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<v Speaker 1>by voice. Yeah. And and at that time you're hearing Sinatra,

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<v Speaker 1>you're hearing that Cold, you're hearing Tony Manette. You had

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<v Speaker 1>all these powerful uh melt tomad, do you have any

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<v Speaker 1>powerful voices? They delsa, the fmingos, you know, on and

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and on and and every voice was powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>But here comes this guy that's like almost like a

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<v Speaker 1>woman's voice, not almost you if you didn't know the

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<v Speaker 1>time out he was a guy, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thought he was a lady or somebody. Right, you never know, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Nancy Wilson Dandy.

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<v Speaker 1>Told me, she said, a whole career.

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<v Speaker 3>Is built on Jimmy amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>She told me, did you listen to their styles and

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<v Speaker 1>simula we go whole notes, not a lot of my bottle,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll hold it. And that's what he did. He made

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<v Speaker 1>it famous and then he was a most honored respected

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<v Speaker 1>singer from Miss Peers. Now he's the guy I've never

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<v Speaker 1>had a gold ricket, never had any platinum, he never

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<v Speaker 1>had easy Franklin not just said he was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the prolistic voices of our time. Tony Bennett talked about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Every major singer keyed in on this guy, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was no different Frankie Lyman. If you listen to Frankie Lemon,

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<v Speaker 1>who are you here?

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<v Speaker 3>You know something you're doing and.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me that's what I was listened to.

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<v Speaker 3>You got that right.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me say this, frank Frankie Lyman is another

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<v Speaker 2>story that I'd like to talk about too. But you're

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<v Speaker 2>so right. That voice of Frankie Lymon.

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<v Speaker 3>You're right.

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Scott very similar and all these greats that we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about today. But here's something that I learned too.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you know this. Lionel Hampton gave him

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<v Speaker 2>the nickname Little Jimmy Scott.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know that. That's quite interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I assume what I heard was this just a

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<v Speaker 1>miss of what His voice was so light that he

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<v Speaker 1>called him little even though he was It's the same

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<v Speaker 1>with me. That name Little Anthony came back Alan free.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't because of my statue on Friday.

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<v Speaker 3>Half Sure.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a voice are so light. If you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know what you think, there were little guys and that's

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<v Speaker 1>how we got those names.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's why we want to do these interviews because me,

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<v Speaker 2>I like to talk about living history. And I've been

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<v Speaker 2>saying this sincerely sir, you and your organization, your band,

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<v Speaker 2>your group, everyone, and in this particular conversation today, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to share this information. This is from me as

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<v Speaker 2>the host. We need to pass along this torch so

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<v Speaker 2>other generations understand all the great musicians of their time.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's sad because I know and I'm not asking

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<v Speaker 2>you this personally about Little Anthony Imperials, but so many

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<v Speaker 2>young people grow up today with that, you know, cell

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<v Speaker 2>phone in their hand, the smartphone. And maybe I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what you think, and that's why we have you here.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe many of them are forgetting about the great periods

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<v Speaker 2>of music history. We need to presume.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're forgetting about it. Our schools are

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<v Speaker 1>not teaching.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go, that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can get on the whole subject this too.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm a charter school guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Good for you. I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>And and because we don't, there's no time you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>When somebody said to forget one's history, that it is

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<v Speaker 1>condemned to repeat it.

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<v Speaker 3>You're exactly right.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you don't know who where you came from,

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<v Speaker 1>and I mean, it's so sad. I've noticed even back

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<v Speaker 1>in the eighties where they were sampling records all the

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<v Speaker 1>hip hop groups and the rappers, they didn't even know

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<v Speaker 1>the people that they were sambling, but they knew something

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<v Speaker 1>was good about it. So there were certain artists still

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<v Speaker 1>out there was just differently different, and they held their

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<v Speaker 1>own world, like like James Brown. Yes, and he's the most,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the most. He the most. What do they call

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<v Speaker 1>it with the artist? Uh? You know, uh, they use

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<v Speaker 1>your your music and they put it in the record.

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot what they call that, but anyway, Uh, they

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<v Speaker 1>passed my mind right now. But anyway, that's what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>They constantly listened that they don't know what the history

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<v Speaker 1>of what was happening. Now, let's go back a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was a kid, I was blessed to have

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<v Speaker 1>a father was a jazz musician also and a saxo man.

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<v Speaker 1>I played with Buddy Johnson and some of the top

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<v Speaker 1>bands of those days in the forties and early fifties,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was exposed to the to that error even

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<v Speaker 1>though I was eight years old. Nine. I remember Illinoi's

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<v Speaker 1>jacket and all the great uh you know, uh uh

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<v Speaker 1>bird and all of them man and and and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like what an experience I all about that I

427
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<v Speaker 1>knew because my dad jave this history this.

428
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<v Speaker 3>And what was going on that's so important.

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<v Speaker 1>To tell me. Right, So, even though I was very young,

430
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<v Speaker 1>I had the great pleasure of Lucid and then blessed

431
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<v Speaker 1>to have the villainy. I had made a lot of

432
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<v Speaker 1>them as a kid, became a friend. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>was amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we want to hear about excumy. We want to

435
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<v Speaker 2>hear about this, but we're coming up on that break

436
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<v Speaker 2>again here on our radio show. And as we go

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<v Speaker 2>to the break, leads and gentlemen, let's talk about another

438
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<v Speaker 2>of the great singles here, going out of My Head.

439
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<v Speaker 2>We're talking, of course, with Little Anthony Gordeen of Little

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony in the Imperials rock and roll history here on

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<v Speaker 2>our radio show today. Here it is, folks, Going out

442
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<v Speaker 2>of My Head from October of nineteen sixty four, and

443
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<v Speaker 2>we'll be back in just a few moments with our

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<v Speaker 2>very special guest here. Throughout the entire hour, Little Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Gordeen of that very famous rock and roll group, as

446
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<v Speaker 2>it talks about so many wonderful stories about love and

447
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<v Speaker 2>music of the late nineteen fifties and sixties, Little Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>and the Imperials.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I think I'm going out of my head.

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, I think I'm going.

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<v Speaker 7>Out of my head.

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<v Speaker 12>Oh for you, Oh, I want you, want me.

453
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<v Speaker 8>I need you so badly.

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<v Speaker 7>I can't think I'm anything and everything.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm going out of my head because I can't explain

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<v Speaker 6>it to you.

457
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<v Speaker 12>Is that I shave.

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<v Speaker 6>For you.

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<v Speaker 8>To I'll see each morning, But you just walk past me.

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<v Speaker 7>You don't know that?

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<v Speaker 10>How with you out of mynd my?

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<v Speaker 13>Okay, oh my to you. There's no reason why.

463
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<v Speaker 6>My being shy should keep us apart. And I think

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<v Speaker 6>I'm going out of mind. Yes, I think I'm going

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<v Speaker 6>out of my head.

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<v Speaker 7>How my, oh my.

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<v Speaker 2>You and welcome back to our show, Ladies and gentlemen,

468
00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:22.799
<v Speaker 2>always great guests. Here today we have the privilege and

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<v Speaker 2>honor of speaking with Little Anthony Anthony Gordeen of none

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<v Speaker 2>other than Little Anthony in the Imperials, reminiscing about rock

471
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<v Speaker 2>and roll history of the late nineteen fifties and sixties

472
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<v Speaker 2>musical icons themselves inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall

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<v Speaker 2>of Fame back in April of two thousand and nine,

474
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<v Speaker 2>twenty three, years after the group's first year of eligibility

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<v Speaker 2>for induction. Welcome back, mister Gordean. A privilege and honor

476
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<v Speaker 2>to hear your voice and to share this with all

477
00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:52.440
<v Speaker 2>those folks out there that love your music and your organization.

478
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<v Speaker 3>Your group.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk a little bit about this particular time period.

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<v Speaker 2>There's one man that I wanted to highlight here and

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<v Speaker 2>he gets so much coverage, some of it maybe not

482
00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.599
<v Speaker 2>so wonderful, and that is the story of Alan Freed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm enamored by this guy. Being a broadcaster myself, talk

484
00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:09.960
<v Speaker 2>about Alan Freed, No, I could do it.

485
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<v Speaker 1>Briefly, I met Alan freedland I was really young. I

486
00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.960
<v Speaker 1>was fourteen years old and I and I was with

487
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<v Speaker 1>a local group that didn't in a lot. It was

488
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<v Speaker 1>called a Ducran and Miguelttle story short, we ended up

489
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<v Speaker 1>on a record couple of called Royal Roofs, which is

490
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<v Speaker 1>Teddy Reeg, who was one of the managers of Alan Freed.

491
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<v Speaker 1>And so they told us, hey, he's gonna have a

492
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<v Speaker 1>big show with the New York Paramount. Was that nineteen

493
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<v Speaker 1>fifty five? Yeah, fourteen, Yeah, he was having a big show.

494
00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.559
<v Speaker 1>Because I was in high school, I had to get

495
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<v Speaker 1>Smith to do the show for a week at the

496
00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:49.200
<v Speaker 1>New York Paramou and had everybody on there, you know,

497
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<v Speaker 1>like Laman, teenagers, the Platters.

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<v Speaker 5>On and on and on and on, yes, sir, and.

499
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<v Speaker 1>So that we got to open the show, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was the first time that I met him.

501
00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:06.559
<v Speaker 1>And he didn't forget. He didn't forget, you know, he

502
00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:10.559
<v Speaker 1>would stand by the wings and watch. And also the

503
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.799
<v Speaker 1>unique thing about this that I met another man by

504
00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:16.359
<v Speaker 1>the name of Tevye Donzell, who became a prolific in

505
00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:20.240
<v Speaker 1>my life a few years later because he was with

506
00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:23.920
<v Speaker 1>a group called the Chuckles, the Three Chuckles of that

507
00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:28.160
<v Speaker 1>and yeah, and he was his dresser was next to mine,

508
00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:32.359
<v Speaker 1>and that was it. He said to me one day, says, kid,

509
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<v Speaker 1>you know, one of these days we would have worked together.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knew that was? It was a prophecy, because ten

511
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<v Speaker 1>years later, seven years later, whatever it was, in nineteen

512
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<v Speaker 1>sixty four, we ended up hooking up again. And that's

513
00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:50.000
<v Speaker 1>another story. I have a book out called My Journey,

514
00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:52.920
<v Speaker 1>My Destiny and then they just won't detailed about it.

515
00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.279
<v Speaker 1>If anybody wants to check it out and can get

516
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<v Speaker 1>on Amazon or whatever is yeah, and it tell you

517
00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.759
<v Speaker 1>more in depth, because I know we don't have the

518
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<v Speaker 1>time to get deep, you know, and to work. But

519
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<v Speaker 1>that's at the same time I met these two people,

520
00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.920
<v Speaker 1>and a lot of people ask me, well, how did

521
00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:14.039
<v Speaker 1>you get that name? Little Afty? It was It was

522
00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:17.920
<v Speaker 1>our great because Alan found out that, oh, you used

523
00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:20.079
<v Speaker 1>to be that kid. And they opened the show in

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<v Speaker 1>the DuPont you know, back in the wind when when

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<v Speaker 1>you know, nineteen fifty five, ninety eight, he he, he,

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<v Speaker 1>there was somebody one of the record promoters came into

527
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<v Speaker 1>his office to try to promote our record tairs and

528
00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.839
<v Speaker 1>my pillow, and he says, man, that kid's voice is sure.

529
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<v Speaker 1>I mean, she's that girl's voice.

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<v Speaker 5>Kids.

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<v Speaker 1>She's got a great book.

532
00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:48.559
<v Speaker 3>Said she. I gotta laugh today. It's so cool.

533
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<v Speaker 1>He said, well, what in day Anthony bad? He says,

534
00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:57.559
<v Speaker 1>he starts a little Anthony. Later on, when I saw

535
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<v Speaker 1>him and did a show with him, he said, yeah,

536
00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.759
<v Speaker 1>figured it out who he was. You were the kid

537
00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.000
<v Speaker 1>who started with the dust.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's an amazing story. But I got to

539
00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.039
<v Speaker 2>go back to this whole thing of the DuPonts. Most

540
00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:12.039
<v Speaker 2>people don't know this, but the namesake of DuPont you

541
00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.200
<v Speaker 2>can figure it out if you think long enough. You

542
00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.640
<v Speaker 2>named it after what the chemical company? Tell me how

543
00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.160
<v Speaker 2>that came about?

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<v Speaker 1>I do anything. I was inducted, reducted William doy the

545
00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:29.160
<v Speaker 1>name we got out it right. I don't know why

546
00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:31.119
<v Speaker 1>where he got it, but yes, he did get it

547
00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:34.480
<v Speaker 1>from the chemical company DuPonts. I'm sure he was riding

548
00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:38.279
<v Speaker 1>along or walking along show named Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'd be remiss if I didn't ask about

550
00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:43.839
<v Speaker 2>Tears on my below the Imperial's first million selling hit.

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<v Speaker 2>That's incredible. I mean, a million selling hit in any

552
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<v Speaker 2>time period, but we're going back into the late fifties

553
00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:54.279
<v Speaker 2>and sixties. That's incredible. I mean that must have been done.

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<v Speaker 2>A big smile on your face.

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<v Speaker 6>You know what.

556
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<v Speaker 4>The most incredible thing is what's hit ahover me and

557
00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:05.640
<v Speaker 4>just because of people roll over the empasize and solo

558
00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.799
<v Speaker 4>me and we're the only.

559
00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.559
<v Speaker 1>Group that did that.

560
00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.400
<v Speaker 3>That's incredible.

561
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.680
<v Speaker 1>That is the rock Wall of fame. It was our

562
00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:16.039
<v Speaker 1>body of work that they put together and figured, my gosh,

563
00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:20.400
<v Speaker 1>we never run at Grammy. They weren't the Grammys where we.

564
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<v Speaker 3>Were coming up, No such thing, right, so.

565
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:26.039
<v Speaker 1>They we would just passed by with us. Take this

566
00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:29.880
<v Speaker 1>gray area. But they realized people like Paul Shape for

567
00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:34.200
<v Speaker 1>Paul Simon, Billy Joel, all the catch I knew on

568
00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:36.440
<v Speaker 1>the committee and they said, this is this is stupid.

569
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<v Speaker 1>The stupid is I'm figuring. We can't even think about

570
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<v Speaker 1>Billy Joel said, I was inspired him when he was

571
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<v Speaker 1>a high school to really, I want to be like you,

572
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.519
<v Speaker 1>but I want to sound like you.

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<v Speaker 3>Now what an honor is that? Wow? The powerhouse of

574
00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.640
<v Speaker 3>Billy Joel and.

575
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<v Speaker 1>Look at you quite a long time. In fact, I

576
00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:55.000
<v Speaker 1>was at his concert here and a half ago in

577
00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:59.240
<v Speaker 1>New York. But uh, you know he induced me actually

578
00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.759
<v Speaker 1>saying this is my pillow and Madison Square got nineteen

579
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<v Speaker 1>thousand people.

580
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<v Speaker 2>Oh my goodness. You know I remember this. I remember

581
00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.559
<v Speaker 2>something too, and it helped me on this. Back in

582
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<v Speaker 2>the seventies, I'd go live in New Jersey, would take

583
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<v Speaker 2>the bus over to Madison Square Garden. Who didn't you

584
00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.960
<v Speaker 2>know or if you lived there you went there by

585
00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.000
<v Speaker 2>subway or bus. And I remember going in the seventies

586
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<v Speaker 2>to Richard Nader's rock and roll revivals in Madison Square Garden.

587
00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.039
<v Speaker 1>They called it revivals in.

588
00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:29.640
<v Speaker 2>Yes, no, And let me say this, I know the

589
00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:32.319
<v Speaker 2>sensitivity of the term doop and I and I wasn't

590
00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.839
<v Speaker 2>going to bring that name into the conversation, but no,

591
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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to say how wonderful it was, Anthony.

592
00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:40.200
<v Speaker 2>When we would go there as kids in high school.

593
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<v Speaker 2>We would sit there and see the likes of Chuck

594
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.440
<v Speaker 2>Berry and Bo Didley on stage, and who knows, maybe I.

595
00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:50.880
<v Speaker 1>Saw you too, everybody. And it was called those days

596
00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.519
<v Speaker 1>a revival.

597
00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.720
<v Speaker 3>You bet that was amazing.

598
00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:57.519
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and it was just a bad era and

599
00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:00.160
<v Speaker 1>it was a big success. And Richard Nada was the

600
00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:03.440
<v Speaker 1>pop dog. He was the first to really deal with that,

601
00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:08.159
<v Speaker 1>you know, and figure, I'm doing his revivals, so he

602
00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:12.719
<v Speaker 1>really he really started that and it was hugely successful.

603
00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.239
<v Speaker 3>You know, I watched it.

604
00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:18.239
<v Speaker 2>I was watching television about three months ago on PBS

605
00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.199
<v Speaker 2>and it's latest Saturday Night and I'm turning on and

606
00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:25.239
<v Speaker 2>I see this amazing bunch of fifties and sixties rock

607
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:28.440
<v Speaker 2>and roll type acts and there you are on stage.

608
00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.639
<v Speaker 2>And I said to myself, you know what, I'm going

609
00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.639
<v Speaker 2>to give this a try. I'm going to see if

610
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<v Speaker 2>I'm lucky and see if I can get in touch

611
00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.280
<v Speaker 2>with Anthony Gordine, and you know what, we're doing. It

612
00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.920
<v Speaker 2>my friend, and it was just amazing to watch these concerts.

613
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<v Speaker 2>So you're going strong, five by five all over the place.

614
00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:45.639
<v Speaker 2>I mean, your your schedules never end. You just keep

615
00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:47.360
<v Speaker 2>going and going and going. And that's great.

616
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<v Speaker 1>Well man, you know, it's just like I said. People

617
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.920
<v Speaker 1>have asked me, man, how do you how do you

618
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<v Speaker 1>What do you do for your voice? What do you do?

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<v Speaker 10>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously take care of it, you know what I tell people,

621
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<v Speaker 1>it's not my voice. It's it's my father, God's voice.

622
00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.400
<v Speaker 1>He catered to me.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's a beautiful thing. That really is.

624
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<v Speaker 1>Because it's seventy five years old. I blow my mind.

625
00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.519
<v Speaker 1>I hit a note, it's supposed to sound like that.

626
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<v Speaker 1>It's seventy five.

627
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<v Speaker 7>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's not natural, it's supernatural.

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<v Speaker 2>It is it. It's a special talent. It's it's something

630
00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:23.280
<v Speaker 2>that you're right. It's coming from the divine And I

631
00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:25.440
<v Speaker 2>believe very strongly on what you're saying. I'm not just

632
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<v Speaker 2>mincing words.

633
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<v Speaker 1>It has to I wouldn't have that.

634
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<v Speaker 3>It has to be.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm living that truth. I mean living it. So I

636
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<v Speaker 1>was in fact the other day I like to power walk,

637
00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, because it builds up my lung power. Idea

638
00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:44.559
<v Speaker 1>and then I do vocalizations while I'm really running. Try

639
00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.679
<v Speaker 1>that one downtime much for you, but that's not why

640
00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:51.679
<v Speaker 1>I do it. And and sometimes I'll hit a note

641
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<v Speaker 1>and go, Nick, do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's amazing that you maintain that smoke strength. I mean,

643
00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:04.199
<v Speaker 2>there are many performers and I'm not kissing up here, Anthony.

644
00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:06.599
<v Speaker 2>I'm just being very honest. There are many performers that

645
00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.159
<v Speaker 2>obviously have retired, you know, they've hung up their coat

646
00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.199
<v Speaker 2>and they you know, they go on the laurels of

647
00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.199
<v Speaker 2>the great things they've done in the past, but you continue,

648
00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:18.599
<v Speaker 2>the group continues, and I'm thinking I spoke with your son,

649
00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:21.000
<v Speaker 2>and you know, I can't guarantee anything. I'm not that important.

650
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.639
<v Speaker 2>I just try to do a good show and people

651
00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:24.960
<v Speaker 2>say they enjoy it. It'd be awesome to have you

652
00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:27.199
<v Speaker 2>come out here to the folks in Arizona, and I

653
00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.920
<v Speaker 2>know the perfect place to do it. I mean, we

654
00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:32.159
<v Speaker 2>could talk about that off air sometime because you're popular

655
00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:34.679
<v Speaker 2>wherever you guys go, and it's timeless.

656
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.679
<v Speaker 3>So there you go, right.

657
00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.440
<v Speaker 1>I think I used to be in a Zona a

658
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<v Speaker 1>lot esis the eighties. In the eighties or some reads,

659
00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:45.039
<v Speaker 1>the kind of dried up, but show like that coceptive generations.

660
00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:49.320
<v Speaker 1>You got different pace music and that's expected, Like I'm

661
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:51.960
<v Speaker 1>going to where am I going? Oh? I'll be in

662
00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:56.719
<v Speaker 1>Angling for a week. So we're doing concerts there and

663
00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:59.800
<v Speaker 1>sols that were not hit here, but songs that we

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<v Speaker 1>big hits in Europe, like better use your head is

665
00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:06.360
<v Speaker 1>gonna fix you now? And you tell that the people today,

666
00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:10.639
<v Speaker 1>they go, WHOA, what so huge in Europe?

667
00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.239
<v Speaker 3>That's amazing it.

668
00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:17.000
<v Speaker 1>So I get these calls sometime and I'm off and

669
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<v Speaker 1>running the Europe and I'm amazed sometimes how they how

670
00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:25.119
<v Speaker 1>they reveal that. And I'm going in America knowing, would

671
00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.159
<v Speaker 1>you remember what it was?

672
00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.360
<v Speaker 3>You got that? Right?

673
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<v Speaker 2>We're coming up out another break here, and I hate

674
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<v Speaker 2>to catch you short again, brother. One more segment we

675
00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.199
<v Speaker 2>have with a very very special guest here, Anthony Gorden,

676
00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:38.000
<v Speaker 2>otherwise known as Little Anthony of Little Anthony in the Imperials.

677
00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:40.880
<v Speaker 2>As we go out with this particular segment, we go

678
00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.360
<v Speaker 2>back in the time tunnel and time capsule and hear

679
00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.519
<v Speaker 2>a rendition of hurt so bad? Can you imagine?

680
00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.920
<v Speaker 3>Folks?

681
00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:49.320
<v Speaker 2>You were heard in love and all of a sudden,

682
00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:52.159
<v Speaker 2>now you're wondering what the heck's going to happen to me?

683
00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:55.440
<v Speaker 2>These songs are powerful. You're listening to me. Steve Kate's

684
00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.599
<v Speaker 2>here on a very special edition of our radio show today,

685
00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:01.519
<v Speaker 2>reminiscing about many of the greats of the rock and

686
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:04.719
<v Speaker 2>roll era, and today that honor is bestowed upon us

687
00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:08.039
<v Speaker 2>by Little Anthony and the Imperials. We'll be right back

688
00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:11.400
<v Speaker 2>after these short but important commercial announcements that keep our

689
00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:14.320
<v Speaker 2>radio show going. We'll be right back, and thank you

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00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.000
<v Speaker 2>for joining us.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you.

692
00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:21.199
<v Speaker 7>Don't know what I'm going through.

693
00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:31.639
<v Speaker 11>Standing here looking at you, let me tell.

694
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<v Speaker 9>You that it's all bad. It makes me feels lot.

695
00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:44.639
<v Speaker 9>It makes me so bad to see.

696
00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.320
<v Speaker 7>You work.

697
00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:50.400
<v Speaker 12>Like needles and pins.

698
00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:53.239
<v Speaker 3>People say.

699
00:38:54.159 --> 00:39:00.840
<v Speaker 6>I've been making our own cave. She's in loud.

700
00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:06.679
<v Speaker 7>Don't stand in your way. Let me take you the

701
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.480
<v Speaker 7>bad bad.

702
00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:14.760
<v Speaker 9>It makes me feel so sad.

703
00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:18.039
<v Speaker 7>It's called it so bad.

704
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<v Speaker 6>If you why don't you can let me make it

705
00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:28.079
<v Speaker 6>up to you.

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00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:31.800
<v Speaker 14>I'll do anything you want me to.

707
00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:36.440
<v Speaker 6>You love me before, please love me again.

708
00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.400
<v Speaker 7>I can't let you go back.

709
00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:41.599
<v Speaker 10>You love me.

710
00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.199
<v Speaker 7>Go back?

711
00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:52.880
<v Speaker 10>It's all bad, don't it's bad?

712
00:39:53.719 --> 00:40:11.119
<v Speaker 7>Okay?

713
00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.639
<v Speaker 2>And welcome back to that has done them into this

714
00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:18.159
<v Speaker 2>excite radio show that you tell us you like so much.

715
00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:20.960
<v Speaker 2>Our special show today talks about the history of rock

716
00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:23.519
<v Speaker 2>and roll with none other than the legend himself, Little

717
00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:27.400
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Gordeen, the namesake of Little Anthony and the Imperials.

718
00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.880
<v Speaker 2>He's been kind enough to join us throughout this entire

719
00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:33.639
<v Speaker 2>hour reminiscing about the past and also talking about the future.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, this organization, this group has been inducted into

721
00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.199
<v Speaker 2>the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back on April

722
00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:43.159
<v Speaker 2>fourth of two thousand and nine, a great honor, mister Gordean,

723
00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Welcome back. We were talking a little bit about so

724
00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:48.559
<v Speaker 2>many of the stories that you came across in this

725
00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:51.960
<v Speaker 2>life journey in the music world. But this is fascinating.

726
00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:55.199
<v Speaker 2>Talk a little bit more about this particular time and

727
00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:58.239
<v Speaker 2>in music history, because we wanted to talk before I

728
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<v Speaker 2>mentioned a little bit about frank talk about him. I

729
00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:04.280
<v Speaker 2>always thought Frankie Lymon was an excellent performer, as I'm

730
00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:06.320
<v Speaker 2>sure you do too well.

731
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<v Speaker 1>He was. He was one of the greats of his time.

732
00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:13.000
<v Speaker 1>He was like Jackie Wilson. You know, those kind of

733
00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.800
<v Speaker 1>people come along every hundred years, it seems, Sammy Davis,

734
00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:21.079
<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing and that's where he was. Unfortunately, Frankie.

735
00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.159
<v Speaker 1>I became his friend when I went when I performed

736
00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:26.679
<v Speaker 1>for Alan Fie, when I was at the DuPont and

737
00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:29.599
<v Speaker 1>Drankie Lammon and the Teenager on the same show at

738
00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:32.840
<v Speaker 1>the Bromin and so I got to know him. Then

739
00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:34.679
<v Speaker 1>that was the beginning of our relationship and then we

740
00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:38.400
<v Speaker 1>became best a friend. At the same time we're both

741
00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:43.199
<v Speaker 1>performing and making records. And he was a unique cat.

742
00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:46.559
<v Speaker 1>But he had a lot of problems. Yes, you know,

743
00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:49.159
<v Speaker 1>he got caught up in the drug drug world, which

744
00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.239
<v Speaker 1>all of us did, but in this case it was

745
00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:57.159
<v Speaker 1>picking his life. I mean, the story about him is

746
00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:03.079
<v Speaker 1>unbelievable because this guy was really absolutely outstanding, saying him

747
00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:06.000
<v Speaker 1>performing and I lived in a lot just watching Frankie

748
00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:08.360
<v Speaker 1>and it is to be his friend and hanging out

749
00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:11.400
<v Speaker 1>and going to dinner and know all this stuff was

750
00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.639
<v Speaker 1>it was, it was. It was a real blessing to me.

751
00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:18.519
<v Speaker 1>And in fact, when he I got that in the

752
00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:22.239
<v Speaker 1>book when I was in Chicago before me and the

753
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:25.960
<v Speaker 1>Regal Theater in Chicago, and I got a call my

754
00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:30.320
<v Speaker 1>wife's Oh, I was coming home. And when I got

755
00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:32.320
<v Speaker 1>to the airport, my wife picked me up. She had

756
00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:34.360
<v Speaker 1>that look put her face if something's wrong, And I'm

757
00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:39.119
<v Speaker 1>thinking that, what is the kid's okay? First she says,

758
00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.159
<v Speaker 1>I got something to tell you. I said, what, thank you?

759
00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:44.559
<v Speaker 1>That with the city wall. He died the night before

760
00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:49.159
<v Speaker 1>and I did that. Uh, he called me to meet

761
00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:52.400
<v Speaker 1>him at a place. We always liked to go over

762
00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:56.960
<v Speaker 1>the fifty fourth Street and Broadway. It would always hooked

763
00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:00.159
<v Speaker 1>up and be over there, and and he was I

764
00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:02.559
<v Speaker 1>was supposed to be in that day.

765
00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.159
<v Speaker 3>Sad.

766
00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:05.800
<v Speaker 2>See how precious life is. And you know, I don't

767
00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:08.760
<v Speaker 2>want to get dramatic here, but I thought this quote

768
00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:11.119
<v Speaker 2>appropriate a good friend of mine. I didn't create this,

769
00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:13.400
<v Speaker 2>nor do I take credit for it, but people describe

770
00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:15.599
<v Speaker 2>that this friend of mine describes life as this anthony,

771
00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:19.760
<v Speaker 2>life is but a short dance in the sun. And

772
00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.280
<v Speaker 2>I thought that's a very appropriate quote, don't you, Because

773
00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:25.239
<v Speaker 2>it talks about how life is so precious and how.

774
00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.079
<v Speaker 3>Short it is.

775
00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:28.360
<v Speaker 2>And in this case, when you're talking about the sad

776
00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:30.840
<v Speaker 2>death and the untimely passing of Frankie Lyman and others,

777
00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.239
<v Speaker 2>we all recognize that.

778
00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:36.000
<v Speaker 1>I've been touched. I have a believer, and I know

779
00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:38.800
<v Speaker 1>who my redeemer is. I know who that that's clear

780
00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.039
<v Speaker 1>to me.

781
00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:39.880
<v Speaker 3>That's beautiful.

782
00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.760
<v Speaker 1>It doesn't dance, it does not end, It just goes

783
00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:45.639
<v Speaker 1>for moon station the other week. These were not meant

784
00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:47.920
<v Speaker 1>to die. But we all know about that and all

785
00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:49.800
<v Speaker 1>of that stuff, and we're just the said list of that.

786
00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.639
<v Speaker 1>Like you see a cat a cat and a dog's

787
00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:56.079
<v Speaker 1>a dog. We have the nature of the first man

788
00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:58.800
<v Speaker 1>a work deserves to do it and so bad of

789
00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:02.920
<v Speaker 1>life and death. Now whole world is moaning for that

790
00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:06.760
<v Speaker 1>day when it when it's three days and it's turnal life.

791
00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.119
<v Speaker 1>But that has been turned over for us. Whether you

792
00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:12.239
<v Speaker 1>believe it or not, it doesn't change the fact that

793
00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:17.079
<v Speaker 1>it happened. And I say this without any trepidation. That

794
00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:19.920
<v Speaker 1>looks that when Jesus Christ gave his life, he cadence

795
00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:23.639
<v Speaker 1>in this earth. God was here to get the only

796
00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:26.000
<v Speaker 1>thing that can pay for what we did, so that

797
00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:29.599
<v Speaker 1>we can look there. I don't you know what, I'll

798
00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:33.320
<v Speaker 1>always say this every day I decor the morment. My

799
00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:38.000
<v Speaker 1>best years are head to be. You know's going to happen.

800
00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:42.000
<v Speaker 1>So someday I'm going to leave this earth. I need

801
00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:45.199
<v Speaker 1>what kind of legacy would I leave? Well, I hope

802
00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:48.840
<v Speaker 1>it's something that can people can look back on. But

803
00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:51.880
<v Speaker 1>you can't stay here now because we're under that curse.

804
00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:55.400
<v Speaker 1>We gotta go. But it's a good news. We can live.

805
00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:59.480
<v Speaker 1>It's eternal. You don't you leave the body. The body

806
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:01.840
<v Speaker 1>is not going to Nurse Twanty have to go back

807
00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:05.480
<v Speaker 1>to grave. But you yourself, the real person that's spirited

808
00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.679
<v Speaker 1>you is a lie. It will stay left. You could

809
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<v Speaker 1>be in one place or another.

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00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:13.239
<v Speaker 2>Well, I love that you know, you've said so much

811
00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>in two and a half minutes here. And I mean this,

812
00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:18.360
<v Speaker 2>my friend, that you know. I'm a spiritual beating too,

813
00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:21.559
<v Speaker 2>and I'm a believer in Jesus Christ is my savior.

814
00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:25.119
<v Speaker 2>And I say this with no trepidation. Nowadays, and I

815
00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:27.719
<v Speaker 2>don't mean to get political. It seems like many of

816
00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:30.519
<v Speaker 2>these traditions are being sequestered or stepped on. And that's

817
00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:31.519
<v Speaker 2>that that's shame.

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00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:34.280
<v Speaker 1>It was fore told that these days would come, Yes,

819
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<v Speaker 1>sir and and so, But that's okay because you know

820
00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:40.599
<v Speaker 1>the action from the bodies to be the president of

821
00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:43.159
<v Speaker 1>the Lord. Now, that's for believers, but also for the

822
00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:46.679
<v Speaker 1>non believe. It says in the Bible says it's a

823
00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:49.639
<v Speaker 1>point of demand that died once and then the judgment,

824
00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.599
<v Speaker 1>I don't want that part.

825
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.880
<v Speaker 3>That's right.

826
00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:56.000
<v Speaker 1>So in other words, thanks to God, man, we'll all here.

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00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:57.119
<v Speaker 5>You're here, that's right.

828
00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:02.400
<v Speaker 1>We're talking into good stuff. Time, beautiful. It's beautiful, all

829
00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:05.800
<v Speaker 1>the bad, the good, whatever. It is wonderful gift to

830
00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:08.800
<v Speaker 1>be able to have this physical body. Yeah, and we know,

831
00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:11.880
<v Speaker 1>I know my day some days I think about one

832
00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:15.079
<v Speaker 1>when I was seventy five. I've been as gracious you know,

833
00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:20.360
<v Speaker 1>you know, and I fell so many people, man, Frid

834
00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:24.599
<v Speaker 1>it's incredible of all the people that are gone that

835
00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:27.800
<v Speaker 1>I came up with Ruth Brown, this one, that one,

836
00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:30.400
<v Speaker 1>and it goes on and on and all. Lily got

837
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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of seams right not here anymore.

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00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:33.559
<v Speaker 3>You know.

839
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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing the way you put it. And I totally

840
00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:37.800
<v Speaker 2>agree with you, my friend. And in the short four

841
00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:39.360
<v Speaker 2>minutes that we have with you, I wanted to try

842
00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:42.119
<v Speaker 2>to cram in as many reminiscing stories as possible. You

843
00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:46.039
<v Speaker 2>and your entire group are what the first musical group

844
00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:49.119
<v Speaker 2>to actually play the prestigious Copa Cabana nightclub.

845
00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:52.280
<v Speaker 3>Talk about that. That's amazing, the first, the.

846
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<v Speaker 1>First city group of that area. Yes, before TEPS A

847
00:46:54.880 --> 00:47:01.320
<v Speaker 1>second people second, Yes, Uh, yeah, you know, it's kind

848
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<v Speaker 1>of complicated. Like I said, you get the book, you

849
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<v Speaker 1>can read it. It's in the book. It's more get

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<v Speaker 1>more detailed. But yeah, we were we were the first

851
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<v Speaker 1>to go in and mister Juist, who's a trip, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a book in itself.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's amazing, my friend.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, and many things we did when Weak in

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<v Speaker 1>the Center with the Well in the Philarmonic Orchestra. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had so many wonderful things over the years, and

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<v Speaker 1>I look back and I have no regrets. Regret was

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<v Speaker 1>if I could go back and do it again, I

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<v Speaker 1>would do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to be there. I'd like to be there

861
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<v Speaker 2>with you as the listeners. Because here's a couple of

862
00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:46.159
<v Speaker 2>cool things. You made two appearances on the Ed Sullivan

863
00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:49.800
<v Speaker 2>Show That's Big Time. You're also on Soul Train, Dick

864
00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:54.679
<v Speaker 2>Clark's American Bandstand, the midnight special Tonight's show. Wow, it

865
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<v Speaker 2>keeps going, Anthony, It's just incredible.

866
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<v Speaker 1>And that's what the reason is that. Uh, Paul Seiban

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<v Speaker 1>told me saying that when we started looking at this,

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<v Speaker 1>we did your body of work that got you the

869
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<v Speaker 1>first group. They didn't have any Grammy didn't have anything. It

870
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<v Speaker 1>was inducted into the Rock Hall day because of your

871
00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:14.920
<v Speaker 1>body of work. Yes, it's una.

872
00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:19.000
<v Speaker 2>It's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing. So let's talk

873
00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:22.320
<v Speaker 2>about the future here. We're talking about you not stopping great,

874
00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:25.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, keep going, keep going. So you have concerts.

875
00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:27.440
<v Speaker 2>People just go to your website and they're going to

876
00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:29.920
<v Speaker 2>see where you're performing. Not only here, but you're talking

877
00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:32.920
<v Speaker 2>about going to England. So this is a worldwide sensation,

878
00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:35.599
<v Speaker 2>as rightfully it should be. So describe some of the

879
00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:38.320
<v Speaker 2>things coming up for a little Anthony Gardian in the

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00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.039
<v Speaker 2>next year or so.

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<v Speaker 1>Total, we're all over the place and I'm really going

882
00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:45.920
<v Speaker 1>that's gonna be rough in October, yeah, you know for me,

883
00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:47.840
<v Speaker 1>and then I'll go off and then what I'm doing

884
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<v Speaker 1>in England is just me, little aftery. I do things

885
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<v Speaker 1>a little affey, I do things lit pissed. But people

886
00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:57.119
<v Speaker 1>don't understand. This is not what they think. This adopted

887
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<v Speaker 1>perils fifty years ago. That do something said the eight

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. That's no, people believe they die brand. We

889
00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:08.920
<v Speaker 1>became a brand like that, the name the Imperials a

890
00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:12.559
<v Speaker 1>little and the it of the brand. So we had many, many,

891
00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:16.079
<v Speaker 1>many many members and there's only one cat survive other

892
00:49:16.159 --> 00:49:19.280
<v Speaker 1>than me, and that's Ernest right with the guys with us,

893
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<v Speaker 1>But all the rest there's been many many people that

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00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:23.719
<v Speaker 1>have some and became an imperial.

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing, what an amazing, what an amazing journey that

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00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:30.360
<v Speaker 2>you've given us here, my friend and I and I

897
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<v Speaker 2>want to thank you here. We got about a minute

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<v Speaker 2>and a half here before the top of the hour here,

899
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<v Speaker 2>but I want to thank you so much, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to stay in touch with you. I mean, I

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00:49:37.719 --> 00:49:40.760
<v Speaker 2>appreciate your son Tony giving me the introduction to this

902
00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:42.519
<v Speaker 2>and you know, folks, I want to say this to

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00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:45.840
<v Speaker 2>the audience, Anthony. It's not so simple, you know. You

904
00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:47.519
<v Speaker 2>just don't pick the phone up and look up in

905
00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:49.960
<v Speaker 2>the phone directory or the computer. I want to call

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<v Speaker 2>a little anthei.

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<v Speaker 5>It is.

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00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:58.079
<v Speaker 1>My wife told me today, she's a she's you got

909
00:49:58.119 --> 00:50:03.920
<v Speaker 1>thirty messages on your Facebook people back in May.

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<v Speaker 2>See, Well you're a popular guy, and you know how

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with today.

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00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:12.239
<v Speaker 1>I say, oh, my guys are gonna answer some of

913
00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:16.760
<v Speaker 1>these people, you know, and but took out today. It

914
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<v Speaker 1>was different than it was years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Well, thank you for your time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to cut it short, but here's what we

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<v Speaker 2>have to tell the audience. First of all, God bless

918
00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:27.519
<v Speaker 2>you and your family. Thank you for giving us the

919
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<v Speaker 2>music strong for these years, and thank you for being

920
00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:33.679
<v Speaker 2>a believer. And your story of life is a great inspiration.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to have you back sometime if that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>But stay on the line, I do, sir, I do, sir.

923
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<v Speaker 2>Stay on the line with us as we go to

924
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<v Speaker 2>the heartbreak. But I wanted to let the audience we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go out with this song, ladies and gentlemen,

926
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<v Speaker 2>probably one of the most prolific songs of Little Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>and the Imperials. Of course, would be remiss if we

928
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<v Speaker 2>didn't play Tears on my pillow. Thank you so much

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00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:58.320
<v Speaker 2>to Little Anthony. That is Anthony Gordene of an incredible

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<v Speaker 2>rock and roll legend and a band. Little Anthony and

931
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<v Speaker 2>the Imperials once again inducted into the Rock and Roll

932
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<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame back in April of two thousand and nine.

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<v Speaker 2>He continues strong and has some amazing stories. Thank you

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00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:14.280
<v Speaker 2>for being with us today, Little Anthony Gordine of Little

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony and the IMPERI.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't remember me, but I remember you.

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00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.199
<v Speaker 3>It was not so long.

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<v Speaker 7>Ago you wrote my heart.

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<v Speaker 12>Into tears on my.

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<v Speaker 6>Pain in my heart, call by you. If we could

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00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:54.360
<v Speaker 6>start an I wouldn't hesitate. I'd sadly take you back.

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<v Speaker 14>And tempt the hand of faith tears on my pillow,

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<v Speaker 14>pain in my heart, Gobe.

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<v Speaker 7>Love is not a gadget. Love is not at.

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<v Speaker 13>All when you find the one you loved to fill

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<v Speaker 13>your heart with joy.

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<v Speaker 6>If we could start a no, I wouldn't hesitake.

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<v Speaker 7>I'd gladly take you back and.

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<v Speaker 14>Tell the hand of faith DearS on my pillow, pain

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<v Speaker 14>in my heart, for fi.

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<v Speaker 10>Who for fire,