Clem Cattini: My Life, Through the Eye of a Tornado

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Musically, Joe was a moron, and I don’t mean that in a mean way, but he didn’t have a clue. But in terms of sound production he was incredible, the forerunner of the independent producer. He was just a genius with sound.”

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Clem Cattini has played on at least 44 UK number 1 singles, including "Telstar" and "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" by Tony Christie and Peter Kay. a b Bruce Eder (28 August 1939). "Clem Cattini | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 July 2016.Meek became a forgotten figure following his death. But thanks to RGMAS and the Joe Meek Society, which organised a music and charity event on Friday, his legacy continues to be recognised.

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Whether he shot Mrs Shenton on purpose or not, who knows, but I could never see Joe die a natural death,” Clem said. Wombling Merry Christmas" / "The Wombles Warning" / "Miss Adelaide (She's Got A Lot Of Knowledge)" / "The Jungle Is Jumping" Clem Cattini is one of the most prolific drummers in UK recording history, appearing on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Cliff Richard and Lou Reed, and has featured on 42 different UK number one singles. The lot of a session musician had pros and cons, remembers Graham. On the one hand, the money was good, but until a few years ago, paid then and there and with no royalties. But the legacy is questionable. Graham laughs that he and other sessioneers have claimed the same hits. He also played in the orchestra for BBC TV's Top of the Pops, and toured with Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison and many others.A song called "Wombling U.S.A.", written specifically to break into the American market, was recorded in 1975 but was not released until 2000 when it was included on the cassette version of " I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day". [5] However, a previous single entitled, "Wombling Summer Party" which was also written specifically to try to break into the American market charted on the USA Billboard Hot 100 Charts, peaking as high as No. 55 during August of 1974. Cattini was born in London, England. He started playing drums in the early 1950s when he was 16 years old and became a professional musician in 1954. In 1955 he started playing with Kenny Graham’s Afro-Cubists, where he met his future long-time friend and colleague, Joe Moretti. The group played around England and in Germany. Noted, Clem Cattini’s primary income source is Musician, We are collecting information about Clemente Anselmo Arturo Cattini Cars, Monthly/Yearly Salary, Net worth from Wikipedia, Google, Forbes, and IMDb, will update you soon. From the start, Trixon products were distinctive and of professional quality, and they were first exhibited at a trade show in 1948. Over the next few years, Weimer's success attracted business partners and capital, and in 1953 he registered the Trixon trademark at the German patent office.

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I think they had already recorded it before, and it hadn’t quite got what they were looking for. If I remember right, The Kinks had released a couple of records and hadn’t really done what they expected. ‘You Really Got Me’ was like their last chance in a way.Alcohol affected Graham’s career just as a new generation of session drummers were making their way onto vinyl. But he’s been sober for 36 years, and despite the arthritis in his hands, is still playing whenever he gets an opportunity. We couldn’t all have played on the hit version,” he laughs. “Clem Cattini [another in Mike Dolbear’s British Drumming Icons] said he played on Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’, but I know I was called to that session. I used to pull Clem’s leg about it. It was very exciting. One of the strange things about sessions was that you never knew what you were going to do the next day. The fixer would ring me up and all he would say is what studios and when. He wouldn’t tell you who the session would be for.” Filmfair acquired the television rights to The Wombles and commissioned Batt to write the theme song. He waived the flat fee for writing a single song and instead secured the rights to write songs under the name 'The Wombles'. [1] EurovisionAgain - Eurovision Song Contest 1974 - Full Show". YouTube.com. 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020 . Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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a b c d e Larkin C., Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music, (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), ISBN 0-7535-0149-X, p.101 a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.608. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. The truth of the sessions is probably better known now than any other time. It only recently was revealed that I played the drums on all the Dave Clark Five records, for example. That fact was hidden and I didn’t mind. It didn’t make me a fortune, but I didn’t feel aggrieved in any way, that the stuff I played on made a lot of people rich.Graham didn’t start out to be a session musician. His first big break came with Mike Berry and The Outlaws, where he was also musical director. He did ‘Johnny Remember Me’ [for Johnny Leyton] and then got offered the first of many sessions. Shutler, Ali (10 October 2022). "Wombles songwriter destroys master tapes to avoid The Beatles-style remasters". NME. London . Retrieved 11 October 2022.