Darlene Love's voice can be found on records by The Righteous Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Gaye, and Elvis Presley. Her own hits include: "He's A Rebel," "The Boy I'm Gonna Marry," "Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home," "He's Sure the Boy I Love" and the #1 holiday classic "Christmas Baby Please Come Home." In 2011, Darlene Love received the industry's highest honor when Better Midler inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the celebration, the two ladies enjoyed performing "He's A Rebel" together. As part of the festivities, Darlene also sang "He's A Fine, Fine Boy" backed by Bruce Springsteen, another one of her fans.
Felix Cavaliere formed the Young Rascals in 1965 with Dino Danelli, Eddie Brigati, and Gene Cornish. That October, they caught the attention of promoter/manager Sid Bernstein with their high-energy set at Long Island's elite club, Barge. Signed to Atlantic Records, and now called The Rascals, the mega hit "Good Lovin'" struck No. 1 in February 1966. They followed suit with a string of hits like "I've Been Lonely Too Long," "Groovin'(No. 1 in 1967), "How Can I Be Sure," "A Girl Like You," "A Beautiful Morning," and "People Got to Be Free" (No. 1 in 1968). The Rascals are considered the best ‘blue-eyed soul' group to come out of the 1960s, as well as one of the groups with the most record sales.
By the early 70s, The Rascals experimented with more jazz-influenced sounds, and moved to Columbia Records. The Rascals disbanded in 1972. FELIX CAVALIERE's solo career thrived during this decade. He released his self-titled debut album with Todd Rundgren at the producer helm. His follow-up albums were Destiny (1974), Castles in the Air (1979) (Castle in the Air produced another Top 40 hit – "Only a Heart Sees" reached No. 2), Dreams in Motion (1994) and in 2008 he collaborated with Stax guitar legend, Steve Crooper, on the Grammy-nominated Nudge it Up a Notch and again in 2010 with Midnight Flyer.
In addition to Darlene Love and Felix Cavaliere, the event has a local favorite in Pat Guadagno on the bill as well. Pat, who has one of the greatest voices along the Jersey Shore, will bring his masterful interpretations to the stage.
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Little Kids Rock trains public school teachers and donates all of the instruments, curricular resources and support they need to ensure that their kids receive the right to rock! What makes Little Kids Rock different is that they do more than just donate instruments like guitars, drums and keyboards; they build lasting music programs that focus on teaching kids to perform, improvise and compose the popular music genres that they already know and love, like rock, pop, blues, hip-hop, country, reggae and R&B.
Tickets for A 'Souled' Out Christmas range from $39 - $99. The Count Basie Theatre is located at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank, NJ. For more information on the show visit www.countbasie.org
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