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Title: Dee Dee Ramone - Baby Doll
Description: rare presskit/bio from sire records in promotion of his album "standing in the spotlight":
The street level is the same. So are the cutting edge lyrics, the razor sharp humor and the intensity and integrity that grab you from the first cut. Even the face on the cover is familiar.
But that's about as far as the comparisons stretch. In fact, any similarity between Dee Dee King, one of rap's most innovative new arrivals, and his creator, Dee Dee Ramone, exist only in the ear of the beholder. As one of the founding members of, and bassist for, The Ramones -- one of modern rock's most influential groups -- Dee Dee Ramone has taken a startling and sensational step in a new musical direction with his rapping alter ego, Dee Dee King.
The proof is on dazzling display on Standing In The Spotlight, Dee Dee King's debut album on Sire Records. One of the most upfront, exciting, and explosively entertaining entries so far this year, Standing In The Spotlight features nine Dee Dee (make that King) rap originals, plus a hip-hop version of "Mashed Potatoe" that blows other recent dance craze remakes right off the floor. In some ways, Dee Dee King is the next logical step for the man behind the words of "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment," "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," "Lobotomy" (sic) and "Rockaway Beach." In other words, it's as completely unexpected as Dr. Jeckyl's transformation into Mr. Hyde.
This particular transformation began about three years ago, when Dee Dee (make that Ramone) first picked up on the burgeoning rap world. "I fell in love with the stuff," he enthuses. "It was happening on the street, which is right where my music has always been. The words just knocked me out, maybe because I've always considered myself first and foremost a lyricist. In fact, I'd been exploring ways to expand the whole verse-chorus-verse structure, to take it a step further and make it more like a short story."
After some intensive study of the best and brightest rappers on the New York City circuit, Dee Dee was ready to make his move. "I'm not black and not interested in pretending I am," he asserts. "My roots are in rock and roll and that is the direction I took my raps." What began to take shape is a sound Dee Dee called "Rap In' Roll," a mixture of Ramones energy and King-style rhymes that taked out a whole new musical turf. "The sound had to be there," he continues, "but in rap, the image can be just as important. I went out and bought the sweatsuits and Adidas sneakers, but it didn't feel right. So I mixed my own style with what the other rappers were wearing. I spent a lot of time getting just the right jewelry -- the best I could find -- and mixed it with my traditional Converse hi-top sneakers." The end result resembles a modern day hip-hop James Dean look, with which Dee Dee feels very comfortable.
Taking the name Dee Dee King, his next step was to try out his rapology on the public. An early single, "Funky Man," garnered favorable response and invited comparisons to such inventive rappers as Rappin' Rodney and Jazzy Jeff. "A lot of people including Schooly D. wanted to work with me after that and believe me, I was tempted. But I knew I was going in my own direction and I wanted to stay on track."
With producer Daniel Rey behind the boards, and such special guests as Debbie Harry and former Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, Dee Dee King started work on an album of his own. The result is "Standing In The Spotlight" and if it's safe to say The Ramones changed rock forever, you can be sure Dee Dee King will do the same for rap. "As my alter ego, King is able to do a lot of things I've always wanted," explains Dee Dee. "On 'The Crusher,' he becomes a professional wrestler. In 'Commotion In The Ocean,' he goes to California and becomes a surfer, and in 'German Kid,' he actually raps in German. But I think what was the most exciting to me was the chance to be really romantic on rap ballads like 'Baby Doll.' I think people have always seen me as a very hard-edged guy. Actually, love is the most interesting thing I can think of to write and sing about. Maybe some Ramones fans will be shocked at the sentiments coming out of Dee Dee King's mouth, but that's just another part of who I am and how I feel."
The pieces are all in place for Dee Dee King's "Standing In The Spotlight" to emerge as a sizzling solo debut. The immediate future holds plans for a video or two off of the LP and a possible tour, but one thing is certain: Dee Dee King is set to make the same kind of impact on rap that Dee Dee Ramone has made on rock.
Title: Baby Dee "The Dance of Diminishing Possibilities" VIDEO
Description: Music video from the Baby Dee album "Safe Inside the Day" on Drag City. Directed and shot by Jim Newberry. (c)2008 Drag City Inc.
Title: Baby Dee `Black But Comely` live at Wiltons
Description: Baby dee performing `Black But Comely` live at Wiltons music Hall 4/5/07
Title: Baby Dee Big Titty Bee Girl From Dino Town Live in Duesseldo
Description: The amazing Baby Dee with arguably the silliest song ever written (at least by her) performing at Duesseldorf's "Pretty Vacant" club on September 16th 2007
Title: Baby Dee at home in Cleveland
Description: A video accompaniment to a Plain Dealer story, entitled "You could try to pin down Beachland-bound Baby Dee, but why?" (2/24/08)
Title: Roy Ayers - Coffy Mix (4 Songs!)
Description: Roy Ayers' 1973 Soundtrack for 'Coffy' (starring Pam Grier) is truly a classic. I created a special mix with 4 of my favorite songs from the soundtrack..'Coffy Is The Color', 'Aragon', 'Brawling Broads', and 'Coffy Baby' (featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater on Vocals). In addition to my exclusive mix, check out the slideshow, which includes a few scenes from the classic movie & more!
Title: Baby Dee `Look What The Wind Blew In` and `Small Wonder`
Description: Performed live at Wiltons Music hall, London, 04/5/07
Title: Baby Bull - Mai dtong maa dee gwaa - ไม่ต้องมาดีกว่า
Description: Baby Bull - Mai dtong maa dee gwaa - ไม่ต้องมาดีกว่า
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Title: Bringing Up Baby Music Video "Tweedle Dee"
Description: This is my one of my fav films set to a live performance of Connie Francis singing "Tweedle Dee".
I stole some ideas for the video from a user ZeeVids, I hope you don't mind, but your Baby video had so many great clips in it set in a certain order that worked great for this one so I hope you don't mind I stole a few of the ideas.
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Title: JOEY DEE SINGS "BABY YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY"
Description: JOEY DEE RECORDED THIS SONG IN 1963 ON THE ROULETTE LABEL.
Title: double dee and steinski lesson 3 - genius sampling!
Description: 0.00-0.03 - Otis Redding "Good To Me" from Live at the Whiskey A-Go Go
0.03-0.10 - John Bonham/Led Zeppelin - The Crunge
0.10-0.14 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Inaugral Address
0.18-0.25 - Putney Swope Quote 1969 "Got to have Soul!"
0.25-0.42 - Herman Kelly & Life "Dance to the Drummers Beat"
0.43-0.49 - Mars Needs Women Trailer over "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band
0.54-0.58 - Buchanan & Goodman "The Flying Saucer"
58 - "Listen to me" by Baby Huey 1.13-1. - Ralph McDonald "Jam on the Groove"
1.46-1. - Incredible Bongo Band Apache , JJ Johnson - "Willie Chase"
1.48- - Hernandoes Hideaway Musical and Ralph Mcdonald
2.04-2.06 - Incredible Bongo Band "Apache"
2.05-2.13 - Newcleus "Jam on it" / Ed McMahon
2.15-2.26 - Dynamic Corvettes "Funky music"
2.30 - "Listen to me" by Baby Huey 2.48-2.58 P-Funk Allstars "Pop Generation" over Ralph Mcdonald
2.58-3.02 - Otis Redding "I've been loving you too long" from Live at the Whisky A-Go Go
3.03- - Afrika Bambaataa "Planet Rock"
3.10-3.21 - Lauren Bacall from "To Have and Have not"
3.23- Human beat box Disco 3
4.04-4.10 - Groucho Marx from "Duck Soup"
4.31-4.40 - Fiorella LaGuardia reading comic strips
P.s Thanks to everyone for updating the sample list
Title: UNIQUE MUSIC OF BABY DEE
Description: THE ECHO CLUB.
Title: 60S PERSONALITY FUN RADIO RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES
Description: GO TO http://60sradio.com 1950S AND 1960S MUSIC OLDIES, PERSONALITY, JINGLES, AUDIO PROCESSING AND 50S AND 60S VINTAGE COMMERCIALS THAT ARE GROOVY FOR BABY BOOMERS. WOOLY BULLY SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHAROAHS GOOD LOVIN' YOUNG RASCALS KICKS PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY MANFRED MANN GLAD ALL OVER DAVE CLARK FIVE I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION ROLLING STONES LIGHTNING STRIKES LOU CHRISTIE THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' NANCY SINATRA I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU DUSTY SPRINGFIELD DOWNTOWN PETULA CLARK THE NAME GAME SHIRLEY ELLIS RESPECT ARETHA FRANKLIN MY GUY MARY WELLS THIS DIAMOND RING GARY LEWIS AND THE PLAYBOYS LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE MONKEES RED RUBBER BALL CYRKLE THE LETTER BOX TOPS KIND OF A DRAG BUCKINGHAMS HANG ON SLOOPY MCCOYS HANKY PANKY TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE PETER AND GORDON I'M TELLING YOU NOW FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND BEATLES BUS STOP HOLLIES SHE'S NOT THERE ZOMBIES MRS. BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER HERMAN'S HERMITS GAME OF LOVE WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS WILD THING TROGGS THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN ANIMALS MR. TAMBOURINE MAN BYRDS SUMMER IN THE CITY LOVIN' SPOONFUL 96 TEARS ? AND THE MYSTERIANS DIANA PAUL ANKA MACK THE KNIFE BOBBY DARIN RUNAROUND SUE DION SHEILA TOMMY ROE DON'T BE CRUEL ELVIS PRESLEY GREAT BALLS OF FIRE JERRY LEE LEWIS CHANTILLY LACE BIG BOPPER LA BAMBA RITCHIE VALENS RUNAWAY DEL SHANNON PALISADES PARK FREDDY CANNON OH, PRETTY WOMAN ROY ORBISON PEGGY SUE BUDDY HOLLY TUTTI-FRUTTI LITTLE RICHARD ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN CHUCK BERRY QUARTER TO THREE GARY U. S. BONDS I'M WALKIN' FATS DOMINO TOSSIN' AND TURNIN' BOBBY LEWIS THE LOCO-MOTION LITTLE EVA ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS SURF CITY JAN AND DEAN SURFIN' USA BEACH BOYS AT THE HOP DANNY AND THE JUNIORS LITTLE DARLIN' DIAMONDS DENISE RANDY AND THE RAINBOWS CHARLIE BROWN COASTERS SHOUT ISLEY BROTHERS DA DOO RON RON CRYSTALS HEAT WAVE MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS CALENDAR GIRL NEIL SEDAKA TRAVELIN' MAN RICKY NELSON THE TWIST CHUBBY CHECKER CHAIN GANG SAM COOKE DUKE OF EARL GENE CHANDLER IT'S MY PARTY LESLEY GORE MASHED POTATO TIME DEE DEE SHARP BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY FOUR SEASONS CATHY'S CLOWN EVERLY BROTHERS THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT TOKENS SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME DRIFTERS BLUE MOON MARCELS WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS COME GO WITH ME DELL-VIKINGS MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK ANGELS WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW SHIRELLES PLEASE MR. POSTMAN MARVELETTES HE'S SO FINE CHIFFONS BE MY BABY RONETTES GREEN ONIONS BOOKER T. AND THE MG'S STAND BY ME BEN E. KING JOHNNY ANGEL SHELLEY FABARES SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU SKYLINERS EARTH ANGEL PENGUINS THE GREAT PRETENDER PLATTERS IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT FIVE SATINS TEARS ON MY PILLOW LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS GOING TO A GO-GO MIRACLES BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING FOUR TOPS LEADER OF THE PACK SHANGRI-LAS STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE SUPREMES CHAPEL OF LOVE DIXIE CUPS I GOT YOU BABE SONNY AND CHER CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' MAMAS AND THE PAPAS LIGHT MY FIRE DOORS EVE OF DESTRUCTION BARRY MCGUIRE CHERISH ASSOCIATION YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS KEEP ON DANCING GENTRYS HAVE I THE RIGHT HONEYCOMBS SURFIN' BIRD TRASHMEN I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD JAMES BROWN DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON MITCH RYDER AND THE DETROIT WHEELS TIME WON'T LET ME OUTSIDERS WE AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' YET BLUES MAGOOS HEY LITTLE COBRA RIP CHORDS G. T. O. RONNY AND THE DAYTONAS CALIFORNIA SUN RIVIERAS PSYCHOTIC REACTION COUNT FIVE LITTLE GIRL SYNDICATE OF SOUND DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS BILLY JOE ROYAL THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERET SGT. BARRY SADLER THE PIED PIPER CRISPIAN ST. PETERS CHERRY, CHERRY NEIL DIAMOND I FOUGHT THE LAW BOBBY FULLER FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN BILLY J. KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS RINGO LORNE GREENE DANG ME ROGER MILLER LIKE A ROLLING STONE BOB DYLAN EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY DEAN MARTIN ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY BOB LIND SUNNY BOBBY HEBB TEARS ON MY PILLOW LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS KISSIN' TIME BOBBY RYDELL SEA CRUISE FRANKIE FORD IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY JIMMY SOUL WHAT'D I SAY RAY CHARLES LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR CONNIE FRANCIS NORMAN SUE THOMPSON JIM DANDY LAVERN BAKER AND THE GLIDERS PEPPERMINT TWIST JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS BARBARA-ANN REGENTS FINGER POPPIN' TIME HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS SPEEDOO CADILLACS TALL PAUL ANNETTE AND THE AFTERBEATS (DOWN AT) PAPA JOE'S DIXIEBELLES MR. LEE BOBBETTES VENUS FRANKIE AVALON TURN ME LOOSE FABIAN ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI BRIAN HYLAND POETRY IN MOTION JOHNNY TILLOTSON GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD JAMES DARREN
Title: Marc Almond `Saint Judy` Live At Wiltons Music Hall
Description: Marc Almond performing `Saint Judy` live at Wiltons 5/5/07
Title: Dee Jay Double U - Baby I Miss You
Description: For Emmy, I Miss You. Katreeya English's Baby I Miss You. Remix by Dee Jay Double U.