The Velvets - Revision history

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Duncan at 14:38, 28 May 2007

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Duncan at 14:20, 28 May 2007

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← Older revision		Revision as of 22:10, 11 June 2026
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−	[[Category:Favorite Artists\|Velvets]]	+	[[Category:Favorite Doo-wop and R&B Artists\|Velvets]]
	[[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists\|Velvets]]		[[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists\|Velvets]]

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 The Velvets - I on...
-[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i/297652214?i=297652295 Apple Music]
+[https://music.apple.com/album/i/297652214?i=297652295 Apple Music]
 [https://open.spotify.com/track/7aBnRZwjW32Y5mVGAzeOWA?si=88e07abd51ba43f1 Spotify]

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 [[File:The Velvets.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Velvets.]]
-'''The Velvets''' are an American doowop band, best known for their hit song ''"I"'' (1954). They should not be confused with [[The Velvet Underground]].
+'''The Velvets''' are an American doowop band.
 ==Zappa about The Velvets==
-''"My folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to [[Hunter Hancock]] on the radio, in L.A. He was the first R&B disc jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by The Velvets. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song..."'' - ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'', 2 December 1966.
+<blockquote>
-As a guest DJ on [[KPPC, Pasadena]], November 1968, Zappa played their song ''"I"'' on the radio.
+As a guest DJ on [[KPPC, Pasadena]], November 1968, Zappa played their song ''"I"''.
 The Velvets are also referenced during track ''[[The Blackouts]]'' on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
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 ==External links==
 * [[Wikipedia:The Velvets]]
 [[Category:Favorite Artists|Velvets]]
 [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Velvets]]

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 ''"My folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to [[Hunter Hancock]] on the radio, in L.A. He was the first R&B disc jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by The Velvets. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song..."'' - ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'', 2 December 1966.
-''"It [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/ZWJ/velvets.mp3 sounded fabulous]. My parents insisted it be dismissed from the radio and I knew I was onto something ..."'' - ''[[Stern Words In Knightsbridge]]'', 28 January 1978.</div>
+''"It sounded fabulous. My parents insisted it be dismissed from the radio and I knew I was onto something ..."'' - ''[[Stern Words In Knightsbridge]]'', 28 January 1978.</div>
 As a guest DJ on [[KPPC, Pasadena]], November 1968, Zappa played their song ''"I"'' on the radio.

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-I - [[The Velvets]] (Red Robin 122) 1954. Reissued (Pilgrim 706) 1956.
+[[File:The Velvets.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The Velvets.]]
-Charles Sampson（lead),  Donald Razor（tenor),  George Thorpe（bass),  Joe Razor,  Bearle Ashton
+'''The Velvets''' are an American doowop band, best known for their hit song ''"I"'' (1954). They should not be confused with [[The Velvet Underground]].
-<blockquote>...my folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to [http://www.electricearl.com/dws/hunter.html Hunter Hancock] on the radio, in LA. He was the first R&B Disc Jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by [[The Velvets]]. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song...
+''"My folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to [[Hunter Hancock]] on the radio, in L.A. He was the first R&B disc jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by The Velvets. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song..."'' - ''[[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]'', 2 December 1966.
-<blockquote>
+''"It [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/ZWJ/velvets.mp3 sounded fabulous]. My parents insisted it be dismissed from the radio and I knew I was onto something ..."'' - ''[[Stern Words In Knightsbridge]]'', 28 January 1978.</div>
-Referenced on the track ''[[The Blackouts]]'' on ''[[The Lost Episodes]]''.
+As a guest DJ on [[KPPC, Pasadena]], November 1968, Zappa played their song ''"I"'' on the radio.
 [[Category:Favorite Artists|Velvets]]
 [[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Velvets]]

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 <div align=right> -From [[Stern Words In Knightsbridge]]</div>
+[[Category:Favorite Artists|Velvets]]
-[[category:Favorite Music]]
+[[Category:Doo-wop and R&B Artists|Velvets]]

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 <blockquote>
-it [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/velvets.mp3 sounded fabulous]. My parents insisted it be dismissed from the radio and I knew I was onto something ...</blockquote>
+it [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/ZWJ/velvets.mp3 sounded fabulous]. My parents insisted it be dismissed from the radio and I knew I was onto something ...</blockquote>
 <div align=right> -From [[Stern Words In Knightsbridge]]</div>

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−	<blockquote>...my folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to Hunter Hancock on the radio, in LA. He was the first R&B Disc Jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by [[The Velvets]]. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song...	+	<blockquote>...my folks would always bash my hand, but I kept listening to [http://www.electricearl.com/dws/hunter.html Hunter Hancock] on the radio, in LA. He was the first R&B Disc Jockey out there about 11 or 12 years ago.... he would play things like "I" by [[The Velvets]]. Do you remember that record? It's a slow ooo-wah song...
	<div align=right>-From [[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]</div>		<div align=right>-From [[Don Paulsen interviews FZ]]</div>