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Edinburgh Reporter
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Edinburgh music legend honoured at Goodison Park
The stadium, packed with 38,000 fans, heard the familiar sound of the Z Cars theme as players from Everton and Southampton emerged onto the pitch. The tune, closely associated with Everton for decades, was arranged by Johnny Keating, a talented musician and composer born in Bakehouse Close, just off Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Keating, who passed away ten years ago this month, brought the theme to life and took it to number five in the UK music charts. Johnny Keating's musical achievements went far beyond football. He taught himself piano, trombone, arranging and composing as a teenager. In the 1960s, he helped shape the career of British pop star Eden Kane, co-writing and producing a string of hits. He also worked with artists such as Adam Faith, Petula Clark, Anthony Newley, and Sammy Davis Jr. Tony Bennett once said Keating's arrangement of The Very Thought of You was the best he had ever sung. Figures like Burt Bacharach and Beatles producer George Martin praised Keating for his talent and called him one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. His classical compositions, including Overture 100 Pipers and Hebridean Impressions, were performed at the Royal Albert Hall. In 1972, his album Space Experience introduced innovative sound effects that were so unique, the musicians involved were sworn to secrecy. Back in Scotland, Keating was a devoted Hibernian fan. According to his family, he asked to be cremated wearing his Hibs tie. In 1973, he produced two songs for the club, Give Us a Goal, Glory to the Hibees and Turnbull's Tornadoes, which were recorded by the team at the time. I remember attending a small commemoration for Keating at the Stella Maris Club in Leith after his ashes were placed beside his parents' at Mount Vernon. The event was organised by Willie McEwan, now a Midlothian Labour councillor, and John Gibson, late of The Edinburgh Evening News. Gibson shared fond stories about Keating and the Hibs while enjoying the buffet. The room featured simple but meaningful decor, including a soft-glowing LED Crazy Neon sign that added a warm, modern touch to the gathering. Johnny Keating earned international respect and left a legacy that still resonates today. Hearing the Z Cars theme during Everton's final match at Goodison reminded many of his talent and influence. As the club prepares to move into a new stadium next season, Keating's music will likely continue to inspire fans and players alike. Composer Musician and songwriter, John Keating photographed for John Gibson at Edinburgh Evening News Credit PAUL PARKE Used here with permission. Marie Colvin This author does not have any more posts. Like this: Like Related
Scotsman
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh man's music helps The Toffeemen celebrate end of an era
Everton FC played their last game at their home stadium, Goodison Park, last Sunday against Southampton FC to a full house of 38,000 fans. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Both teams emerged from the tunnel to the strains of the theme tune from the TV programme Z Cars, which ran for 801 episodes from 1962 until 1978. This was a popular series about mobile uniformed police and detectives in the fictional town of Newton, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Johnny Keating's version rang out across Goodison Park for the final time as Everton and Southampton players walked out for kick off on Sunday (Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire) The version of this tune, adopted by Everton FC, was arranged by musician and songwriter, Johnny Keating, who took it to number five in the music charts. Johnny was born here, in Bakehouse Close, off The Royal Mile, in 1927 and the 28th of this month will be the tenth anniversary of his death at the age of 87. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Johnny played piano and trombone and taught himself how to arrange and compose when he was in his early teens. In the early 1960s he, and songwriter Johnny Worth, moulded the career of the British pop star, Eden Kane, writing and producing a string of top ten hits for him. They also wrote and produced several hits for Adam Faith, Petula Clark, Anthony Newly and Sammy Davis Jr, among others and Tony Bennet said that Keating's arrangement for his version of The Very Thought of You was the best arrangement he ever sung to. Music heavyweights such as songwriter Burt Bacharach and the Beatles producer, George Martin, were fulsome in their praise, calling him one of the greatest all-round musicians of the 20th century. He wrote a classical piece called Overture 100 Pipers and another called Hebridean Impressions which was first performed at the Royal Albert Hall as he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. One of his futuristic works, the 1972 album Space Experience with its innovative sound techniques led him to get the musicians to swear to secrecy as to how the effects had been realised. Closer to home, he was a lifelong Hibs fan and, according to his family, he wanted to be cremated wearing his Hibs club tie. In 1973 he produced two songs for the club Give us a Goal, Glory to the Hibees on the A-side and Turnbull's Tornadoes on the B-Side, both of which were recorded by the team of the time. I well remember being invited to a small commemoration event in the Stella Maris Club in Leith after his ashes were placed beside his mother and father's ashes at Mount Vernon. The reception was arranged by Willie McEwan, now a Labour Councillor in Midlothian and John Gibson, formerly of this paper, was also there, waxing lyrical about Keating and the Hibs – while filling his plate with mince pies! Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad There is no doubt that Johnny Keating had an international reputation of some renown and was recognised by his peers in the music industry as one of the greats. And it was while watching the Everton game on the telly last Sunday and hearing the Theme from Z Cars tune blasting out the sound system in the stadium that I resolved to devote my column today to the works and achievements of Johnny Keating. I have no doubt that when Everton move into their new stadium next season, the teams will still run out on to the pitch with Keating's music ringing in their ears!
Boston Globe
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Peter Asher just produced Barbra Streisand with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and James Taylor. Now, he heads to Arlington.
I did not bat an eye to learn that veteran producer Peter Asher had a hand in it. 'One thinks Dylan and Streisand come from different worlds, and they do, but those worlds have a degree of similarity,' Asher, 80, muses in a recent phone interview from his Malibu home. 'And clearly they're mutual admirers.' Advertisement Co-produced by Asher, Streisand's new album sees Babs duet with Dylan, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Ariana Grande, Seal, Sting, Mariah Carey, Sam Smith, Tim McGraw, Josh Groban, Laufey, and Hozier. (A single with Hozier, ' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Like a British Forrest Gump, Asher has taken part in, or witnessed, so many major 20th-century pop culture moments, it could fill a book — The show is packed with songs and Gump-like tales: A Advertisement I called to talk Streisand, the upcoming Beatles biopics, Martha's Vineyard gas stations, and more. Barbra Streisand in the control booth with Peter Asher and Walter Afanasieff (seated, far left and right), who produced her forthcoming album. Standing: Jochem van der Saag. Jay Landers Q. The list of names on your upcoming Streisand album is mind-blowing. How did you get all these artists? A. Barbra, of course. Everyone says yes. That's the amazing part. What singer could possibly get all these people to say yes without any questions? Barbra Streisand. Q. How did this project come together? A. Jay Landers, who works with Sony, had this idea of putting myself and [Grammy-winning] producer Walter Afanasieff together on the project. Then it was just going through lists of songs and lists of people, assembling the right mixture. We had great arrangers. Barbra's singing is extraordinary. She's older than me [at 83], and she totally nailed it. Q. She and Dylan sing 'The Very Thought of You.' How did that get picked? A. As I recall, Barbra told us he didn't want to do one of his own songs, that he felt more comfortable doing something in the way of a standard, and Ray Noble's 'The Very Thought of You' came to mind. That was a song he particularly liked. He and Barbra worked on ideas together. He was very amenable to Barbra's suggestions. He sings it like Bob Dylan but at the same time, Barbra gave Dylan some hints on maybe how to sing it, and he was incredibly obliging. Q. The two names that strike me as people you might've helped connect here are Paul McCartney and James Taylor. Advertisement A. I helped connect them, yes. At the same time, everything went through management channels and so on. Paul was an obvious choice in that he's such an amazing singer and great songwriter. He'd written 'My Valentine' for his own (2012) album 'Kisses on the Bottom.' I've always loved that song and it seemed the obvious one to turn into a duet. Q. Taylor duets on his own song, 'Secret O' Life,' which inspired the album title. A. I just thought — for someone who's accomplished everything Barbra has — 'the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time' was a sentiment that might well appeal to her. Q. McCartney dated your sister and lived in your house for two years. A. Yes, our parents offered him the guest room on the top floor, and he moved in. He wrote quite a few songs. 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' I know was written in the house, because he and John [Lennon] played it to me as soon as they finished it. Paul used the piano my mother had in a practice room in the basement. One day, John came over; they called to me upstairs asking if I wanted to hear the song they'd just finished. I sat on this tiny sofa, and the two of them sat side by side on the piano bench and hammered out 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' Q. Paul gave Peter & Gordon ' A. He wrote it when he was, like, 16. John didn't like it. He thought 'Please lock me away' was an insane way to start a song. He apparently said 'It's ridiculous, yes I will lock you away.' Advertisement So the Beatles weren't going to record it. He didn't finish it. When Gordon and I got a record deal, I asked Paul: That 'World Without Love' song — can we have it?' He said yes, quite casually, not realizing how significant a moment that was in my life. Q. Paul later asked you to join Apple Records; you were head of A&R. You discovered James Taylor. A. Exactly so. Q. He was living on Martha's Vineyard when you started managing him. He didn't have a phone, so you'd have to call a gas station in Tisbury. A. That's right. I forget the guy's name — James would probably remember. But I had to leave a message with the guy: 'James you have a gig on Thursday.' Q. You also discovered his sister, A. Yes, they were singing in this empty pool, which had fantastic acoustics. I realized Kate was even more of an R&B-influenced soulful singer than James. Kate called Linda Ronstadt and [suggested she call me]. That's how I got to manage Linda. Advertisement Q. Linda has A. It's a creeping disease. But she's in good spirits. She's up in San Francisco, and I go up there fairly often just to say hi. Q. You also managed Joni Mitchell. A. I did for a few years. Elliot Roberts was Joni's manager forever — they had a parting of the ways briefly, and I was honored to step in for a bit. Q. You were the best man at the late A. Yes, she married my partner at Indica Books and Gallery, John Dunbar. Q. Then you introduced her to Mick Jagger. A. Not the best move I ever made. I've been the best man three times, and all three were disasters. Q. I have to ask: Are you excited about the four Beatles biopics from Sam Mendes A. I am. This whole thing about four different films, and what order you watch them in — it's going to be fascinating. Q. Is anyone going to play you? A. There's been discussion about whether I'm necessarily in it or not. [laughs] I imagine I will be somehow. Q. Ed Sheeran would be great. A. His name has come up, yes. Advertisement Q. Any thoughts on the Beatles cast? [Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn.] A. They're all great actors. It's certainly not a band of lookalikes. This is not a Beatles tribute band. These are brilliant actors playing fascinating people. Lauren Daley can be reached at
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Barbra Streisand Unites With Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande for New Duets Album
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways Barbra Streisand performing at Madison Square Garden in New York in August 2019 - Credit:/BSB Barbra Streisand's upcoming album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, is a collaborative effort that will feature duets with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Sting, Hozier, Laufey, Sam Smith, Tim McGraw, Josh Groban, Seal, and Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande. It arrives in stores on June 27, but Streisand released her first single, 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' featuring Hozier, today. More from Rolling Stone 'I've always loved singing duets with gifted artists,' Streisand says in a statement. 'They inspire me in unique and different ways … and make our time in the studio a joy! My new album gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists too. I admire all of them … and I hope that you'll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners.' Streisand and Dylan have never appeared on a song together before. But a 1971 letter from Dylan to his friend Tony Glover surfaced in 2020 that said 'Lay Lady Lay' was originally written for Streisand. And in 2016, The New York Times revealed that Dylan saved a 1978 letter from Streisand thanking her for sending flowers, and suggesting they record a song together. 'I was so touched to find out he had saved a note from me,' she wrote in response to The New York Times. 'It prompted me to go back into my own archive and retrieve a letter I had saved from him. As I remember it, first he sent me flowers and a lovely note, asking me if I would like to sing with him. In return, I sent him the note that's in his archive, thanking him for the flowers and the invitation. But for whatever reason, it never happened at the time.' It's taken 47 years, but the Dylan/Streisand collaboration dreamed up in 1978 is taking the form of a duet on the Thirties pop standard 'The Very Thought of You.' (By coincidence, Dylan recorded an original song in 1985 also called 'The Very Thought of You.') Streisand also teams up on the album with McCartney for 'My Valentine,' 'One Heart, One Voice' with both Carey and Grande, 'To Lose You Again' with Smith, 'I Love Us' with McGraw, 'Fragile' with Sting, 'Where Do I Go From Here?' with Groban, 'Love Will Survive' with Seal, 'Secret O' Life' with Taylor, and 'Letter to My 13 Year Old Self' with Laufey. The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two was produced by Walter Afanasieff and Peter Asher. It was recorded at the Streisand Scoring Stage in Culver City, California, and at Abbey Road Studios in London with the London Symphony Orchestra. Best of Rolling Stone Sign up for RollingStone's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
News18
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Barbra Streisand's New Album Features Historic First Duet With Bob Dylan
Last Updated: Barbra Streisand and Bob Dylan have teamed up to sing The Very Thought of You, which also marks their first duet together. They started their careers around the same time. Barbra Streisand is set to release a new album on June 27. Called The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, the album features the singer teaming up with talented musicians like Hozier, Paul Mccartney, Sam Smith, Laufey, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Tim McGraw, James Taylor, Sting, Josh Groban and Seal. Among all the artists, fans are particularly excited about Streisand's duet with Bob Dylan. The two iconic artists have teamed up to sing The Very Thought of You, which marks their first duet together. Despite starting their careers around the same time, Dylan and Streisand never collaborated before this track. The Nobel Prize winner had once revealed that he wrote Lay Lady Lay with Barbra in mind. Making the announcement on Instagram, Barbra wrote, 'I've always loved singing duets with gifted artists. They inspire me in unique and different ways…and make our time in the studio a joy! My new album, The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two, gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists, too. I admire all of them… and I hope that you'll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners." In some old interviews, Bob Dylan had confessed that he wanted Barbra Streisand to sing Lay Lady Lay. In a conversation back in 1971, Dylan's friend and blues musician Tony Glover had asked the singer, 'You said Father of Night was written for a play, and Lay Lady Lay was done for Midnight Cowboy." To this, Dylan replied, 'Actually it was written for Barbra Streisand." Other than her duet with Bob Dylan on The Very Thought of You, Barbra Streisand has many other exciting collaborations on her new album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2. She is collaborating with Hozier for a track called The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. The singer is working with Paul McCartney on My Valentine. With Sam Smith, she will perform To Lose You Again. Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande join Barbra for One Heart, One Voice, while Tim McGraw teams up with the singer for I Love Us. Secret O' Life with James Taylor, Fragile with Sting, Where Do I Go From You with Josh Groban and Love Will Survive with Seal are other tracks on Barbra Streisand's new album. First Published:
