Normie Rowe It's Not Easy (45 RPM Vinyl)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- It’s Not Easy was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for the Righteous Brothers just before their 1966 break up.
This epic production from 1966 was recorded in London, with Normie Rowe laying down a blistering vocal. The orchestra on the recording was 36 piece which included John-Paul Jones and Jimmy Page, both of whom went on to form Led Zeppelin.
This should have been an international smash for Normie, unfortunately the stars did not align.
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Should have made number #1 on the charts A classic
thank you for my wonderful memories of my childhood .. I loved this song...
Anna Gibson I remember this on Uptight, love it too.
Absolutely beautiful lost Aussie classic.
Thanks Dominic. Did you per chance attend Northcote High in the 1970s?
@@GlowingTube I did actually. Did you also??
Dominic Tucci I did as well. It’s Nick, I used to come over to your place with Ross at lunch times. Welcome to my channel
@@GlowingTube wow, it really is a small world!! Hi Nick, yes I remember seeing you at our last small reunion with some of the NHS boysin Northcote pre- pandemic. Great music on your tube mate. Keep up wiy old classic tunes. Love your work mate!
Cheers
Dom
This was my friend Marty's favorite song. Summer of '69? We lived in Oregon at the time. Had airplay on the Portland radio stations
Normie is one of the ausie greats i had this and mary mary on a single but all my old 60s singles got to the piont where they wouldnt play any more none of my other singles have done this and my 60s albums still play wgi could for get when normie was decked by ron casey
I agree, Normie is one of the greats. Wayne, are you connected to Yallourn per chance?
This was meant to be a Righteous brothers song however they had split up so Normie Rowe was lucky enough to grab it.
A great song, produced and performed beautifully.
If his number had not come up in the draft lottery, he would have been a far bigger star internationally Fate.
In Australia we call it National Service. He and I were in Nam the same time but he was in the Armoured Corps and me Medical. he has been a backbone for veterans in this country ever since he got back. I admire him a lot.
@@happyolddude Thanks for correcting me, sorry, I lived in the USA for too long. You may find this a nice tribute to him from the early 1980's. ua-cam.com/video/b4-ONrVsOYo/v-deo.html
engineered rather than fate I think. (It was rigged so that his date came out)
His birth date was not drawn.
Either he volunteered or a corrupt Govt. wanted an "Elvis" type pop star to serve in the Australian Army. I can't believe Rowe did not know that it may have been rigged.
Two draws per year live on TV.
Everyone I knew, in the second draw for my year, knew if their birth date was drawn. Fortunately mine wasn't.
No i have never heard of it
That's quite a wobble on that record.
Plays good but
@@GlowingTube When I had my EP collection of around 4,000 records one of the EP's I had trouble finding was his EP named 'Penelope'. It took me years to find one and finally did but it cost me plenty. Normie and I were in Vietnam at the same but he was in the Armoured Corps and I was in the Medical Corps in Vung Tau. Vietnam just about ruined his career but he managed to survive. I admire him a lot.
@@happyolddude Wow, that’s amazing. Normie had just left our local neighbourhood when my family moved to Northcote in 1966. The grown ups were talking about him and as 4 year old I was thinking, Normie who? He is very talented guy who managed to keep his career going, I really love this song and his performance, what better way to celebrate it by giving this 45 a spin on high end equipment to make it sound decent.