First take at 10:05 pm below
Second Take @ 10:14 pm
At 10:14 pm while watching Law & Order with Chris Meloni, I started working on an arrangement of "Groupie," written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett.
I co-produced Bonnie in 1988 at the New Kids on the Block studio, Mission Control.
This is my first take on the song. Will be working on the arrangement, but I like where it is going.
The Carpenters recorded it as "Superstar."
"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell with a songwriting credit also given to Delaney Bramlett[1] that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best-known versions are by the Carpenters in 1971, and by Luther Vandross in 1983.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_(Delaney_and_Bonnie_song)
10:05 First take of "Groupie" (Superstar)
LUTHER VANDROSS
SUPERSTAR
Carpenters
Karen Carpenter destroys the chorus, such a melancholy longing...and she makes it sound like ...the Partridge Family....horrible....
Once my arrangement is complete we'll teach Karen a good lesson in arrangement and legitimacy. Sweet syrupy voice obliterates Bonnie's amazing original, GROUPIE
Now hear a REAL blues singer...
Leon Russell, co-writer, in the audience
Bonnie Bramlett performing "Groupie (Superstar)" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 6.08.2016
groupie/superstar from Roxanne Fontana
Wow, amazing version from my good friend Roxanne Fontana...had no idea that she covered it... https://youtu.be/NaOss-faFcg
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