Photos
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This
is where I worked on Late Nite Comic in 1979 while I answered the phones
for owner Rick Newman. I performed here for several years working with
Larry Miller, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser and Bill Maher among many others.
Kinda funny whose face is looming above my head!
Larry Miller has always been
one of my favorite comics. His admiration for my songs was evident the
first time I heard him sing Late Nite Comic. This was taken in 1985 after
a successful engagement we had at Caroline's in NYC.
This
shot of me and the famous drummer Hal Blaine was taken at the Bottom Line
here in NYC about 1985. He is a great friend and probably the most creative
drummer I've ever known.
Here is the legendary songwriter
PF Sloan in an engagement I proudly put together in 1985 at the Bottom
Line in NYC. What a thrill to be on stage with a major influence on my
music!
This
is the band that I put together for the Sloan engagement. Left to right
it's Dennis Diken, Sloan, Don Ciccone, Brian Gari and Ray Van Stratten.
Leah
Kunkel has one of finest voices in pop music. She is the sister of Cass
Elliot and has all of the wonderful qualities Cass had and more. You heard
her on a million records including Handy Man by James Taylor. She sang
my songs beautifully!
You may not know the name Mae
Questel but you sure know the voices she did--Betty Boop, Olive Oyl and
a zillion others. That's me around 1985 with Mae at a Laurel
and Hardy convention.
While
we're on the subject of voices, this is a shot of me and Cheryl Chase,
the voice of Angelica in The Rugrats. This photo was taken in 1995 just
as the series was beginning.
Remember 'Can't You Hear My
Heartbeat?' and 'A Little Bit of Soul?' Well that's Ken Lewis from England
and he is the co-writer of those hits!
As
you can tell, songwriters hold a special place in my heart. This is Alan
Gordon, the co-writer of 'Happy Together' and so many other hits, when
we collaborated for a short time in 1986.
Jimmy Webb invited me and my
ex-wife to see him get inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame. We all
got on the bed at the Plaza Hotel and posed for this shot. Among my bed
partners were Michael Douglas, Thelma Houston and Webb.
Paul
O'Keefe, who played Ross on The Patty Duke Show, has been my friend since
junior high. We often perform together here in NYC.
Anthony
Newley at WNBC studios in NYC on August 12, 1987 after doing The Alan Colmes
Show. I played piano for him during Alan's show. It was an
incredible experience because I never knew Tony didn't play an instrument.
One of my favorite songs of his was an obscure one called LUNCH WITH A
FRIEND. When I mentioned I could play it, his eyes lit up because
it was one of his favorites too. We corresponded for a while after
this photo was taken. He was a kind, humble and talented man and
I'm going to miss him.
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