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The Bongos receiving a Proclamation from the City of Hoboken, September 30, 2007. From left: James Mastro, Frank Giannini, Mayor David Roberts, Richard Barone, and Rob Norris.
The Bongos receiving a Proclamation from the City of Hoboken, September 30, 2007. Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. From left: James Mastro, Frank Giannini, Mayor David Roberts, Richard Barone, and Rob Norris. Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter arranger author director and producer and releases albums as a solo

The Bongos were a pop band active in the 1980s. They formed in Hoboken, New Jersey and were led by Richard Barone (vocals, guitar). Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter arranger author director and producer and releases albums as a solo The band also included Rob Norris, formerly of the Zantees (bass) and Frank Giannini (drums). James Mastro (guitar), later of The Health & Happiness Show, joined the band after the release of their first LP. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter

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Biography

The group grew out of a band called, "a", which had included the three original Bongos and Glenn Morrow, who later formed the The Individuals and helped found Bar/None Records. The Individuals were a Hoboken New Jersey -based band led by Glenn Morrow (guitar vocals sax keyboards and featuring Janet Wygal (bass vocals guitar keyboards Janet's Bar/None Records is an Independent record label based out of Hoboken New Jersey. "a" were the first band to play Maxwell's, a rock and roll club in Hoboken. Maxwell's is a music club in Hoboken New Jersey that also has a restaurant and bar

The Bongos recorded their early singles and their well-received debut EP for UK-based Fetish Records. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Their debut U. S. album, Drums Along The Hudson, compiled from the band's British singles, was released in 1982 to mostly favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. While Trouser Press suggested that the group "may trade a certain amount of substance for easy appeal," it added that "there's no better musical equivalent of whipped cream anywhere. A trouser press is an Electrical appliance used to smooth the Wrinkles from a pair of Trousers ( pants in Australia, " [1] Writing in the Village Voice, Robert Christgau dryly commented that "for all their jumpy originality [the songs are] still slight, and Richard Barone's lyrics are so oblique you have to wonder what his angle is. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American "[2] Regardless, in 2007, Jim DeRegotis wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times: "The initial impression of naivete is offset by deceptively simple lyrics that actually hint at deep, dark mysteries and unfathomed mystical enigmas. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. " [3] The group's cover of T. Rex's "Mambo Sun" reached #72 on the Billboard Dance Chart. TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry

In 1983, the group was signed to RCA Records, which subsequently released the album, Numbers With Wings. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. New York Times' critic Robert Palmer -- coincidentally also a former Hoboken-based musician with The Insect Trust -- subsequently marked this as the beginning of the Bongos' creative decline, lamenting the "slick, overproduced records which vitiated the raw vitality the group had originally displayed. Robert Franklin Palmer Jr ( June 19, 1945 &ndash November 20, 1997) was a 20th century American writer Musicologist, The Insect Trust was a rock band that formed in New York in 1967 whose characteristic sound was a Psychedelic mixture of progressive rock, jazz " [4] However, the album spawned a popular MTV video of the title song (nominated for 'Best Direction' on the first, 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, while the song itself remained at the number one spot on the College Music Journal (CMJ) chart for six consecutive weeks), as well as the tribal, dancefloor hit "Barbarella". MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The 1984 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 14, 1984, honoring the best Music videos from May 2 1983 to May 2 1984 Their follow-up album, Beat Hotel, along with relentless touring, raised the Bongos' profile further. The band split up in 1987. Barone subsequently released a series of solo albums, including one currently in progress for 2008 release, and has established a career as a producer of recordings and major concert events.

In 2006, the original three Bongos re-entered the studio with long time fan Moby producing to create bonus material for a CD reissue of the group's debut album. Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ The remastered, 27-track Special Edition of Drums Along The Hudson, which was released internationally by Cooking Vinyl Records in June, 2007, includes rare, live bonus tracks and new studio recordings. Cooking Vinyl is a UK -based Independent record company, founded in 1986. An accompanying video for "Bulrushes 2007," a reprise of the band's early single, "The Bulrushes" featuring Moby, was released simultaneously on iTunes.

The original three Bongos also reunited for two shows at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in Greenwich Village in October 2006, and two in February 2007. Joe’s Pub ( Public Theater) is a nightclub in Lower Manhattan that hosts live performances regularly The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as The Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan On September 30, 2007, the foursome played again in Hoboken for the first time in twenty years to an overflowing and appreciative crowd, and received a Proclamation from Mayor David Roberts commending them for their contributions to Hoboken's culture and heritage. They headlined a day-long bill that featured the Chris Stamey Group, Glenn Mercer (formerly of the Feelies) and The Health and Happiness Show. Chris Stamey (born December 6, 1954, Chapel Hill North Carolina) is an American Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Glenn Mercer is the former leader vocalist and guitarist of the influential Haledon -based rock band The Feelies. The Feelies are a rock band from Haledon New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992 after having released four albums

Richard Barone's memoir, FRONTMAN: Surviving the Rock Star Myth, was published on September 28, 2007 by Backbeat/Hal Leonard Books. Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter arranger author director and producer and releases albums as a solo Hal Leonard Corporation is a US music publishing company headquartered in Milwaukee WI

In Spring, 2008, SONY/Legacy re-issued the Bongos RCA catalog for the first time to iTunes and other digital retailers.

Discography

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Richard Barone is a rock musician born in Tampa, Florida. He also works as a songwriter arranger author director and producer and releases albums as a solo
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