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The Beach-Nuts — Out In The Sun (Hey-O)
Listen!New York, USA - When songwriter and record producer Bob Feldman passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 83, we lost another giant of 1960s Brill Building pop.
Born in Brooklyn to Orthodox Jewish parents, Feldman initially considered becoming a cantor before he channeled his vocal talents into singing doo-wop on the street corners of Brighton Beach. He began writing songs of his own with the help of neighborhood pal Jerry Goldstein....
....A deeply underrated summer pop gem, 1965’s “Out in the Sun (Hey-O)” took the island vibe of Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song” and dropped it firmly into the Coney Island sand. Essentially a one-off collaboration between the Angels and the Strangeloves, the song was also one of the first pop-rock tracks to feature backing from a steel band, and definitely deserved better than its lowly “bubbling under” placement on the Billboard charts.
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