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    The Left Banke was an American baroque pop band, formed in New York City in 1965. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée"...
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    with the Left Banke. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of violinist and arranger Harry Lookofsky. Brown was the principal songwriter for the 1960s...
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  • The Left Banke Too is the second studio album by American baroque pop band the Left Banke, released by Smash Records in 1968. It would be the final album...
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    classical instrumentation by early 1966. The term "baroque rock" was coined in promotional material for the Left Banke, who used harpsichords and violins in...
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    founding member of the 1960s baroque pop group The Left Banke, on bass and vocals. At age sixteen, Finn was a founder member of The Left Banke in Manhattan...
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    Walk Away Renée (category The Left Banke songs)
    Sansone for the band the Left Banke, released as a single in July 1966. Steve Martin Caro is featured on lead vocals. It spent 13 weeks on the US charts...
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    this period, Tyler sang backing vocals on The Left Banke Too, the second album by baroque pop group the Left Banke. Before Aerosmith, Tyler wrote what would...
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    early 1967, he was briefly a member of the New York City "baroque pop" band the Left Banke and played on the "Ivy, Ivy" single (B-side: "And Suddenly")...
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  • Renée Fladen-Kamm (category Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area)
    In the 1960s, Fladen was the partner with Tom Finn, bass guitarist for The Left Banke. Fladen is said to have been the inspiration of the Left Banke songs...
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  • Pretty Ballerina (category The Left Banke songs)
    a single by his band the Left Banke in December 1966. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 4 on the Canadian RPM chart. "Pretty...
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  • by Bell Records for the baroque pop group the Left Banke, famous for their hit "Walk Away Renee". Although left unreleased at the time, one song, "I Could...
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  • Right Bank (disambiguation) The Left Banke, a 1960s American pop group Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester This disambiguation...
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  • Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina (category The Left Banke albums)
    Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina is the debut studio album by the American baroque pop band the Left Banke, released in January 1967. Named after its two...
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  • Brown The Free Design Robin Gibb Margo Guryan Harpers Bizarre The Kinks The Left Banke Mannheim Steamroller The Merry-Go-Round The Millennium The Moody...
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    "Beside the Sea", co-written with producer Felix Pappalardi and his wife Gail Collins. In 1967, Sommer joined Michael Brown's band, The Left Banke, as lead...
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    songs of 1966. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of...
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  • was the band's only top 40 hit. The band's chart success paved the way for tours with contemporaries like The Left Banke and The Easybeats. On the band's...
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  • Strangers on a Train (album) (category The Left Banke albums)
    Train (also known as Voices Calling) is the third and final studio album by American baroque pop band the Left Banke and was released in March 1986. Strangers...
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  • Scholz, the idea of beautiful vocal harmonies was inspired by The Left Banke, and the guitar-driven aspect was influenced by the Kinks, the Yardbirds...
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  • composed by Joe Walsh for the "Rides Again" track "Tend My Garden". Scholz credits "Walk Away Renee" by The Left Banke as the song's main inspiration....
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  • Baker The Leaves Led Zeppelin Lee Dorsey Lee Hazlewood The Left Banke The Lemon Pipers Len Barry Lennie Tristano Leon Russell Leonard Cohen The Lettermen...
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  • Smash Records (category 1961 establishments in the United States)
    after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included Frankie Valli, James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis...
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  • success, having led and performed with his group The Left Banke, which had made the U.S. charts with the Brown-penned singles "Walk Away Renee" (No. 5,...
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  • the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2022. Damir Petranović (26 March 2017). "'Spavam 3-4 sata, više otkidam od obitelji nego od banke,...
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  • violinist. He was also the father of keyboardist-songwriter Michael Brown, who most notably was a founding member of the Left Banke and Stories. Harry Lookofsky...
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  • Everything Harmony (category The Lemon Twigs albums)
    Simon and Garfunkel, Curtis Mayfield, and the Left Banke; reviewers also noted influence from the Bee Gees, the Byrds, James Taylor, and Teenage Fanclub...
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  • décédée à l'âge de 59 ans". Le Figaro (in French). January 14, 2020. "The Left Banke's Steve Martin Caro Dies", Bestclassicbands.com. Retrieved January 15...
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  • 43 years said the cause was leukemia. 1967: Blowin' Your Mind! – Van Morrison 1967: Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke 1968: Did She Mention...
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  • song types, and forms. From the mid-1960s the Left Banke, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys, had pioneered the inclusion of harpsichords...
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  • became a producer and arranger for the Left Banke, producing and arranging the majority of the songs on The Left Banke Too. Leka won many awards including...
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