[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > WOW! Thanks Philip...that song had been brought to my attention, so I'm
> excited to hear it! Do you know if she contributed musically, lyrically, or
> both?
> >
>
> I don't know Bob. John Guerin produced the album and LA Express guys
> played on it.
>
> >
> > Now, wasn't O.C. Smith the "(Little Green) Apples" guy? Maybe Joni wrote
> the song for him because she thought he was singing about Kelly Dale? ;~)
> >
>
> He's a regular on oldies stations over here by virtue of a big hit in the
> 60's with Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp. Never heard him in connection
> with Little Green Apples. Roger Miller had the hit with that one on this
> side of the water.
>
> Philip
Yes, O.C. Smith's big hit was "Little Green Apples".
There is another connection to Joni. When she picked up
her lifetime achievement award from the National Songwriters
Association a few years ago in LA (and performed 4 songs), O.C.
Smith came on later and performed "Stand By Me". Bluffed his
way through it, didn't know the words! Everybody else in the
house did. Maybe they met at that time.
Also, Joni did a song that I have never heard since. The only
thing I remember about it was a line about Betty Grable's legs.
RR
