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"Native New Yorker" is a disco song written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. It was first recorded in 1977 by Frankie Valli and released on his album Lady Put the Light Out . Later in 1977, the song became a hit single for the soul dance band Odyssey , reaching No. 3 on the U.S. disco chart. [ 1 ]
Odyssey is a vocal trio originally from New York City, who are best known for their disco hits including "Native New Yorker" (1977), "Use It Up and Wear It Out" (1980), and "Going Back to My Roots" (1981). Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.
Native New Yorker may refer to: A person who was born in or spent their formative years in New York state; Native New Yorker "Native New Yorker" (song)
Native New Yorker (2005) is the title of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short [1] by Steve Bilich. [2]Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera, [3] Shaman Trail Scout 'Coyote' takes a journey which transcends time, from Inwood Park (where the island was traded for beads and booze), down a native trail (now 'Broadway'), into lower Manhattan (sacred burial ground, now ...
They later wrote "Native New Yorker", performed by Odyssey on the soundtrack of the film Eyes of Laura Mars; it was later featured in the film The Nanny Diaries and the final year of HBO’s Sex and the City.
In the mid-eighties, Young, then 65, retired from the concert stage to spend more time with his family in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Sandler, the younger of the two by 16 years, was not ready to stop performing and toured the country with his repertoire of musical theatre and European songs as well as his one man-show Chevalier, Maurice and Me.
The song "Native New Yorker", which was later covered in a hit version by the band Odyssey, was written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who had been writing songs for the Four Seasons since the 1960s. [5] "I Need You" was also a hit for the band 3T.
Native New Yorker (2005) Oil on Ice (2004) Asphyxiating Uma (2002) Deep Under the Ice (2000) aka NASA Explores Under the Ice; Daydream Believer (1998) Alaska's Arctic Wildlife (1997) Indonesia (1996) The Philippines (1996) Southern Africa Safari (1995) Discovering the Amazon and the Andes (1994) The Elephant Seals of Ano Nuevo (1994)