SHE USED TO WANNA BE A BALLARINA RECORDED BY LYN CHRISTOPHER OFF THE LYN CHRISTOPHER ALBUM 1973
| UNREQUITED (AL KOOPER) RECORDED BY LYN CHRISTOPHER OFF THE LYN CHRISTOPHER ALBUM 1973
| HARMONY (ELTON JOHN) RECORDED BY LYN CHRISTOPHER ON GRANITE RECORDS (VERY RARE)
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NO SUGAR TONIGHT,MOMMA MOMMA, TELL LAURA I LOVE HER, AND DRUMMER MAN WERE RECORDED ON AVCO EMBASSY RECORDS ALL RARE BIRDS YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE EXCLUSIVELY HERE!!!
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Meet Lyn Christopher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCIAbdFIhB0
80,000 have viewed on the above link site and continues to grow
http://daughtersofinvention.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-get-lifted.html
Now it is being used on LL Cool J track 'Heartbeat' from his new CD Exit 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPm4SYOlaxE
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You have probably been asked this already, but do you have the two tracks from this LP featuring Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley on backup vocals? "Weddin'" and "Celebrate I & II"? Oneof the best songs i've heard in a long time
These are some of the comments of this "Rare" Great Album
The Album was recorded in 1973, and great writers like Al Kooper and songs like Unrequited are unsurpassed even in today's present music venue, Neil Diamond, Buffy St. Marie and great musicians like Hugh McCracken who played guitar for John Lennon. This album is a "collector" that is GOLDEN. The strings are the real deal, the arrangements and breathtaking vocals on
Take Me With You, the great rendition of Neil Diamond's Canta Libre and of course the famous soul song "Take me with You" written by Kaplan Kaye. The list goes on so please visit the above link and post your comments here or there and here. Enjoy the music it is a gift of "Magic", that will live forever.
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From: NY Journal News
Lyn Christopher wants to take you with her on a musical journey - one that started in the days when she was backed on her first, self-titled album by a couple of session musicians named GENE SIMMONS and PAUL STANLEY.
You might say she gave them the KISS of success. Google her and you'll find that the 1973 album is a KISS collectible that isn't available anymore. (She has reissued that album on a signed CD, however.)
Now she's performing with the Jimi Natale Band - and her next area gig is on Friday at The Turning Point in Piermont.
"It's an honor to still be recognized as a force in KISS' early career. Now I believe it is time for my own recognition," Christopher says in an e-mail. "I'll be singing 'Take Me With You,' which seems to have incredible legs, and perhaps a couple of other songs from my first album."
"To me, Lyn is a legend," Natale says. "You don't work with the people she has on her albums, and you don't invite PAUL STANLEY and GENE SIMMONS on your album, even though they weren't known then."
Read the entire article at nyjournalnews.com. Rockland County
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“50 / 50”
YEARS TRACKS
This song is in Al Kooper's Compilation 50/50 number 16
16. Unrequited (Al Kooper) 2:47
“..... a biography of an affair I had with a woman who was in an open marriage. Covered wonderfully by Lyn Christopher shortly thereafter, but sadly out of print today. Musically influenced by Bachrach, Nilsson & Jim Webb......”
16. Unrequited 2:47 ( "Covered Wonderfully by Lyn Christopher"
Naked Songs
Please visit Al Kooper's Website for more on his great collection & history:
AlKooper.com
We would like to thank Al Kooper for personally inviting us to hear his concert
July 25th, 2009 at the Egg in Albany New York.
Also performing at the show were the legendary Doctor John who as well was magnificent.
Lyn Christopher & Jimi Natale love you!
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Weddin’ (Lyn Christopher, 1972)Written by Patti Dahlstrom and Robbie Leff around 1969/70 this song would originally be recorded by Lyn Christopher in September 1972 at Electric Lady Studios. Patti would be the lyricist and write the music for the chorus, while Robbie would write the music for the bridge and verses. This song was originally released on Patti Dahlstrom’s self-titled (MCA/Uni 73127) debut album in 1972, and the song had been among several she published in 1971. Both Patti and Robbie had moved to the West Coast, separately, from Houston where they had been high-school friends. They had started writing songs together in the mid-1960s, like many other musicians of the era inspired by the music of The Beatles. Two of the session players on the Lyn Christopher album, but not on this track - Terry Wilson (guitars/bass, who ironically had been in a band called Blackwell) and Tony Braunagal (drums/percussion) - had been in the Houston band Bloontz with lead singer Andy Chapman. Andy had been a childhood friend of Robbie Leff. Bloontz had made one self-titled album (Evolution/Stereo Dimension 3020, 1973) with Ron Johnsen. Their material had caught his ear and he’d flown them to New York from Texas to make the record. The three would later be members of Back Street Crawler with the legendary Paul Kossoff. The musicians on the recording of “Weddin’” would be Kirk Hamilton on bass, Pat Rebillot on piano, Hugh McCracken on guitar, and Alan Schwartzberg on drums. Lyn had been a backing singer for Laura Nyro in the late 1960s before embarking on her own solo career with a record deal with Paramount. With Ron Johnsen producing, Gene and Paul would be drafted to sing backing vocals on two tracks on the album. The notable result of Gene and Paul’s participation on the album would be the first appearance of their adopted names on the album’s credits. This would also be their first professional recording credit. Unfortunately Lyn’s career would not take off and by 1975 she had faded from view after a short stint on Granite Records. One song from the album, “Take Me With You,” was released as a single in the United States and would later become a popular piece for musicians to sample. Lyn’s version of “Weddin’” runs 2:55. Celebrate I & II (Lyn Christopher, 1972)Written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon in 1968 and originally called “Celebrity Ball.” “Celebrate” was originally a single song that was split into two segments to fit on the record and thus ended up as the last song on side A and the first song on side B. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley would be part of the “gang” backing vocals. The recording of this song is more notable in that Gene and Paul would meet Peter Criscuola, for the first time, that day at Electric Lady Studios.
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LYN CHRISTOPHER AND SONGS FROM HER "RARE SECOND ALBUM"
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Daisy May Driving to a Lyn Christopher Show
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All recordings are available upon request:
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