Dennis Lambert Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

GGACP marks the 50th anniversary of the Four Tops hits, "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" and "Are You Man Enough?" (from "Shaft In Africa") with this ENCORE of a 2019 interview with Grammy-nominated songwriter Dennis Lambert ("One Tin Soldier," "Nightshift," "Don't Pull Your Love"). In this episode, Dennis discusses working the Catskills as a boy singer, shopping songs in the Brill Building era, producing hit records for the Righteous Brothers and co-creating the oft-maligned Starship hit, "We Built This City." Also, Neil Diamond hawks holiday tunes, Carole King demos "One Fine Day," Gilbert "covers" Glen Campbell (!) and Dennis becomes a superstar in the Philippines. PLUS: Freddie and the Dreamers! The artistry of Levi Stubbs! The versatility of Steve Lawrence! "Billy Jack" gets a message from God! And Dennis breaks down the construction of a Top 10 hit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm alright, nobody but about me
0:06.0	Hey, you got to give me a fight
0:09.0	You can't sit just letting me
0:12.0	Hi, this is Kenny Loggins
0:14.0	and you're listening to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast
0:30.0	Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried
0:37.0	and this is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast I'm here with my co-host Frank Santos Padre
0:51.0	and our engineer Frank Fertel-Rosa
0:54.0	and our guest this week is a musician recording artist and Grammy nominated record producer and songwriter
1:02.0	who's responsible for some of the most popular pop and rock hits of the last 50 years
1:10.0	some of the songs he's written, co-written or produced include
1:15.0	one tin soldier, don't pull your love
1:18.0	Ain't no woman like the one I got, keeper of the castle, too divided by love, rock and roll heaven
1:26.0	Rhyme Stone Cowboy, we built this city
1:30.0	Baby, come back, it only takes a minute, night shit
1:34.0	Just a name of you
1:36.0	He's also produced Rickens 4 or had his songs covered by
1:42.0	a whosle of 20th century musicians
1:46.0	including the four topstusty Springfield,
1:51.0	Jerry Lee Lewis, Glenn Campbell, the Temptations,
1:55.0	the Commodore's Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis Jefferson Starship,
2:01.0	Kenny Loggins, the righteous brothers, the Moody Blues and Santana
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