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Sal Valentino (born Salvatore Spampinato; September 8, 1942) [1] is an American rock musician, singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of The Beau Brummels, subsequently becoming a songwriter as well. The band released a pair of top 20 U.S. hit singles in 1965, "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little".
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino (lead vocals), Ron Elliott (lead guitar), Ron Meagher (bass guitar), Declan Mulligan (rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica), and John Petersen (drums). [1]
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band that formed in 1964 and originally consisted of singer Sal Valentino, lead guitarist Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, rhythm guitarist Declan Mulligan and drummer John Petersen. Local radio disc jockeys Tom Donahue and Bobby Mitchell discovered the band at a club near San Francisco. [1]
The Beau Brummels, Volume 2 is the second studio album by the American rock group the Beau Brummels.Released in August 1965, the album contains the U.S. top 40 hit "You Tell Me Why" [2] and follow-up single "Don't Talk to Strangers."
Christmas with the Everly Brothers: 1:32 Deep Water Ron Elliot / Sal Valentino: July 19, 1968 Chained to a Memory: Backing tracks only Deliver Me Daniel Moore: June 21, 1967 The Everly Brothers Sing: 2:31 Del Rio Dan Doug Lubahn / Holli Lynn Beckwith November 10, 1971 Stories We Could Tell: 4:00 Devil’s Child, The
After 1968's Bradley's Barn album, the duo Beau Brummels split. The duo consisted of lead singer Sal Valentino and guitarist-songwriter Ron Elliott. [2] Valentino recorded a few solo singles for Warner Bros. Records before forming a new band, Stoneground, which released three albums between 1971 and 1973.
Band manager and former Autumn Records executive Tom Donahue introduced the band to ex-Beau Brummels singer Sal Valentino and John Blakely (guitars, bass), both of whom joined Stoneground. [1] Four female vocalists—Annie Sampson, Lynne Hughes, Lydia Phillips, and Deirdre LaPorte—were also added to the group. [1]
After forming the Beau Brummels with lead vocalist Sal Valentino, Elliott wanted to create simplified music that had mainstream appeal. [10] He noted that "Laugh, Laugh" had a "very complex chord structure, but instead of using the major seventh chords and the passing chords that I prefer, I wrote the song in flat major and minor keys using a ...