The Playboy All-Star Band, 1974 The Playboy Music Polls from the 1960s and 1970s were a classic part of music culture from that period. The idea of having an All-Star Band with your favorite musicians, singers, songwriters, etc. was another way – besides the cheese cake models – that Playboy allowed you to live a fantasy. The caricature of the band members brought it all to life and were one of the best parts of feature. Imagine a trumpet section that featured Doc Severinsen, Miles Davis, Al Hurt and Herb Alpert, and a reed section with Edgar Winter, Pete Fountain, Stan Getz and Cannonball Adderley. The 1974 band had all of that as well as Neil Diamond, Elton John, Carly Simon, the Allman Brothers and the Chicago instrumental combo. And then there was Paul McCartney on bass, Eric Clapton on guitar, Keith Emmerson on organ and the great Buddy Rich on drums. #neildiamond #herpalpert #eltonjohn #carlysimon #paulMcCartney #milesdavis #ericclapton #musician #popularmusic #gilbertbecaud #ポールマッカートニー #エルトンジョン - ◇The current episode of The O&F Studios’ radio-documentary series ‘Documenting Popular Music’ takes a look at the remarkable songwriting partnership between Neil Diamond and French composer Gilbert Bécaud in the late 1970s. The episode is available as a podcast on iTunes (link in bio), iHeartRadio, Google Play Music, TuneIn and a variety of other outlets, including the ‘Documenting Popular Music’ site, http://documentingpopularmusic.libsyn.com.◇
