Kim Fowley
Producer and Musician
The RunawaysThe two met on their own to discuss the possibilities. After rehearsing together, the pair contacted Fowley to let him hear the results. Fowley then helped the girls find the other members. Although Fowley would continue to take credit in... In this article: The Runaways, Cherie Currie, Joan Jett, Kim Fowley, Sandy West, Lita Ford, Jackie Fox, Laurie McAllister, Ramones, and Saturday Night Fever |
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | November 03, 2009
Music: Nashville or Bust:Week 22: Lee Hazlewood, space cowboy/peculiar guy
...progeny greased her path to pop stardom, but the sad saga of Frank Sinatra Jr. suggests otherwise. Like Sonny Bono, Serge Gainsbourg, Kim Fowley, and Phil Spector, Hazlewood was one of what Randy Newman calls "froggish men, unpleasant to see,"...
In this article: Lee Hazlewood, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mojo, Melody Maker, Nashville, A.V. Club, Nancy Sinatra, and Some Velvet Morning
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
B. Bumble and the Stingers
...for B. Bumble and the Stingers, taking the same approach to a piece of classical music. Prompted by record producer Kim Fowley, he approached pianist Jack Fina, whose 1946 swing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee"...
In this article: B. Bumble and the Stingers, Nut Rocker, Ernie Freeman, Rene Hall, Earl Palmer, and Jack Fina
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
The Murmaids
...Post would occasionally have the Fischer sisters and Sally Gordon provide back-up vocals on sessions at Gold Star Studios; it was there Kim Fowley - then in-house record producer at Chattahoochee Records - heard the trio and offered to record...
In this article: The Murmaids, Chattahoochee, Los Angeles, Sam Butera, and Frankie Laine
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Pitchfork | October 05, 2009
Various Artists - Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968
...just such a trippy travelogue on "You I'll Be Following", a bouncy number from Love's debut with killer harmonies and his electric vocal. Kim Fowley's hysteric "Underground Lady" tries to capture the scene in the surreal slang of the times,...
In this article: Where the Action Is, Los Angeles, Nuggets, L.A., Yellow Balloon, Riot on Sunset Strip, Standells, and For What It's Worth
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Wikipedia | October 03, 2009
Kim Fowley
...performance of "Hard Sell" (aka Brain Placement: 7 Inches of Fury.) Fowley announced in a very slow and deliberate monotone, "I'm Kim Fowley and that was the Hard Sell." 2008 was a busy year for Kim Fowley, seeing both the unlikely...
In this article: Cherie Currie, The Runaways, Sandy West, Helen Reddy, Cat Stevens, The Innocents, and Slade
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Wikipedia | September 27, 2009
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
...to form a new band, initially called The Laughing Wind, and they recorded demos for a mutual friend, record producer Kim Fowley. Fowley already knew Markley, and suggested that the band use some of the latter's lyrics. In 1965, Fowley...
In this article: The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Velvet Underground, Rogues, and Los Angeles
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The Hollywood Reporter | August 25, 2009
Joan Jett has hopes for 'Runaways'
..."Neon Angel," features "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart as Jett, Dakota Fanning as Currie and Michael Shannon as original producer Kim Fowley. It was directed by Floria Sigismondi and is currently in post-production, with a release planned...
In this article: Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Kristen Stewart, The Runaways, Twilight, The Runaways, Business partner, and New Moon
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L.A. Times - Sports | August 19, 2009
Y.E. Yang belongs with the greats in talk of upsets
...Times pop music writer Richard Cromelin e-mails to nominate a favorite sports-themed song: "St. Louis Browns," written by Skip Battin and Kim Fowley and recorded by Battin, formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. . . . Also...
In this article: Tiger Woods, The Baseball Project, USC, NFL, Vladimir Guerrero, and Dodgers
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Boston Herald | July 20, 2009
Former prodigy Mike Viola shares hard-won wisdom
...was gigging at Boston rock clubs; he even spent a few weeks in Los Angeles living and recording with legendary cult-rock producer/writer Kim Fowley. After spending his teen years with his band Snap, which opened for Quiet Riot, Billy Idol...
In this article: Mike Viola, Mandy Moore, Stoughton, Svengali, Billy Idol, Quiet Riot, and Walk Hard
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Entertainment Weekly | May 31, 2009
Michael Shannon cast in 'The Runaways'
...known for his Academy Award-nominated performance in last year's Revolutionary Road, will next star as infamous record producer/manager Kim Fowley in The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart as rocker Joan Jett. Dakota Fanning is set to portray...
In this article: The Runaways, Michael Shannon, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Academy Award, The Beautiful People, Floria Sigismondi, Svengali, and Dakota Fanning
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Kim Fowley (born July 21, 1939) is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter and occasional recording artist. The son of Hollywood character actor Douglas Fowley (Singin' in the Rain), his career in the music industry has been as varied and eccentric as it has been long. He has generally remained on the fringes of the mainstream industry, immersing himself in obscure and offbeat projects while occasionally stumbling on (and then exploiting) commercial success. Of all his ventures, he is perhaps best known for being behind a string of novelty and/or cult rock 45s during the 1960s, for co-founding the all-girl punk group The Runaways in the 1970s with Joan Jett and Sandy West— whence also came Cherie Currie and Lita Ford — and, perhaps surprisingly, for working as a producer and songwriter with Helen Reddy in the late 1970s, including her album Ear Candy.
During the 1960s in Los Angeles, Fowley produced and/or wrote hundreds of recordings with a wide range of acts and in a remarkably broad spectrum of styles - from bubblegum novelty rockers to girl group ditties, from folk and country to acid rock. While many attained a cult status over time, only a few achieved mainstream commercial success. His three biggest hits - all as producer - were "Alley Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles (a US #1 in 1960); a cover of "Nut Rocker" by B. Bumble and the Stingers (a UK #1 in 1962); and "Popsicles and Icicles" by The Murmaids, a US #3 in 1963. The latter was written by a pre-Bread David Gates, then a jobbing musician and songwriter who had met Fowley while hitch-hiking in LA.
In 1972 and again in 1973 he produced early recordings by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, many of which were released several years later.
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