The Left Banke

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Pretty Ballerina 02:34 Tools
I've Got Something On My Mind 02:50 Tools
She May Call You Up Tonight 02:19 Tools
I Haven't Got The Nerve 02:15 Tools
Barterers And Their Wives 02:56 Tools
Let Go Of You Girl 02:56 Tools
Evening Gown 01:46 Tools
Lazy Day 02:26 Tools
Shadows Breaking Over My Head 02:35 Tools
What Do You Know 03:04 Tools
Desiree 02:44 Tools
Dark Is The Bark 04:03 Tools
Sing Little Bird Sing 03:09 Tools
Ivy Ivy 03:14 Tools
And Suddenly 02:08 Tools
Nice To See You 02:44 Tools
My Friend Today 03:06 Tools
Goodbye Holly 02:56 Tools
Give The Man A Hand 02:34 Tools
Men Are Building Sand 02:22 Tools
In The Morning Light 02:50 Tools
Bryant Hotel 03:25 Tools
There's Gonna Be A Storm 00:00 Tools
Pedestal 00:00 Tools
Myrah 00:00 Tools
Walk away Renée 02:45 Tools
And One Day 00:00 Tools
01 - pretty ballerina 02:39 Tools
Things Go Better With Coke 00:00 Tools
07 - Walk Away Renée 00:00 Tools
Desirée 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina - Single Version 00:00 Tools
11 - Lazy Day 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina (single mix) 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee - Single Version 02:44 Tools
Left Banke - Walk Away Renee 02:42 Tools
Lazy Day (single mix) 00:00 Tools
Coke Spot 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (Single Mix) 00:00 Tools
Dark Is The Bark (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Strangers on a train 00:00 Tools
Hertz Rent-a-Car 00:00 Tools
Heartbreaker 00:00 Tools
I Haven't Got The Nerve (Single Mix) 00:00 Tools
There´s Gonna Be A Storm 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina (remix) 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (remix) 02:45 Tools
I Can Fly 00:00 Tools
Hold on Tight 02:44 Tools
Evening Gown (remix) 00:00 Tools
Love Songs in the Night 00:00 Tools
She May Call You Up Tonight (single mix) 00:00 Tools
Lorraine 00:00 Tools
Queen of Paradise 00:00 Tools
Barterers And Their Wives (single mix) 00:00 Tools
You Say 00:00 Tools
Yesterday's Love 00:00 Tools
She May Call You Up Tonight (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Only My Opinion 00:00 Tools
I Have Been Searching 00:00 Tools
I Haven´t Got The Nerve 00:00 Tools
I've Got Something On My Mind (remix) 00:00 Tools
Barterers And Their Wives (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Toni Hair-Spray 00:00 Tools
Let Go Of You Girl (remix) 00:00 Tools
What Do You Know (remix) 00:00 Tools
14 - Desiree 00:00 Tools
Lazy Day (remix) 00:00 Tools
I Haven't Got The Nerve (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Poor Boy 00:00 Tools
Sing Little Bird Sing (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Claudia 00:00 Tools
Toni Hair Spray Radio Spot 00:00 Tools
Shadows Breaking Over My Head (remix) 00:00 Tools
Love is What You Are (acetate) 00:00 Tools
Sing Little Bird Sing (early mix) 00:00 Tools
I´ve Got Something on My Mind 00:00 Tools
You Say (Rough mix) 00:00 Tools
Hertz Rent-A-Car & Toni Home Perm! 00:00 Tools
Two by Two 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (stereo) 00:00 Tools
There’s Going To Be A Storm 00:00 Tools
foggy waterfall 00:00 Tools
You Say (remix 10) 00:00 Tools
Evening Gown (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Baron Saturday 00:00 Tools
26 - Myrah 00:00 Tools
Ты должен победить 00:00 Tools
Toni Hair Spray [ad] 00:00 Tools
Любимый город 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 03 00:00 Tools
Hertz Rent-A-Car Spot 00:00 Tools
Ты слышишь мои мысли 00:00 Tools
На небе нет ветра 00:00 Tools
Lazy Day (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Walk away Reneé 00:00 Tools
Я занял свою нишу 00:00 Tools
Desiree (Original Mono Single Mix) 00:00 Tools
You Say (remix announced as 4971) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 02 00:00 Tools
Hertz Rent-A-Car Ad 00:00 Tools
The Worst That Could Happen 00:00 Tools
Shadows Over My Head 00:00 Tools
Myrah (Original Mono Single Mix) (1st version) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 01 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 09 00:00 Tools
Holla(feat A-Flava) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 05 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 04 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 06 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 10 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 07 00:00 Tools
Happy End 00:00 Tools
Don't Walk Away Rene 00:00 Tools
Barterers And Their Wives (Smash 2097) NY, NY. 1967 00:00 Tools
Pedestal (Original Mono Single Mix) (1st version) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 11 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 08 00:00 Tools
Coke Ad (Day When You're Down) 00:00 Tools
Люблю и мучаюсь(Грязная версия) 00:00 Tools
Ледяное сердце(feat Градус Грасс) 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina edit 00:00 Tools
Theres Gonna Be A Storm 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 18 00:00 Tools
Ivy Ivy (Original Mono Single Mix) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 14 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 20 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 17 00:00 Tools
Left Bank -- Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 12 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 21 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 19 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 16 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee ('66) 00:00 Tools
Airborne 00:00 Tools
She May Call You Tonight 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 15 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 13 00:00 Tools
I Can Fly (1978) 00:00 Tools
foggy waterfal 00:00 Tools
I havent got the nerve 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (66) 00:00 Tools
What Do You Know ? 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 22 00:00 Tools
I'm coming home 00:00 Tools
Sing Little Bird Song 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 24 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 26 00:00 Tools
The Fear 00:00 Tools
There`s Gonna Be A Storm 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 25 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Pista de audio 23 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina (single version) 00:00 Tools
Brother Louie 00:00 Tools
I've Got Someting on My Mind 00:00 Tools
Только для тебя 00:00 Tools
On a Day Like Today When You're Down 00:00 Tools
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee 02:43 Tools
Pretty Ballerina/Walk Away Renee 02:45 Tools
Glad All Over 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee-The Lefte Banke 00:00 Tools
Barterers And Their Wives (Extended) 00:00 Tools
Это не запрещается (Sinima instr) 00:00 Tools
01 pretty ballerina 00:00 Tools
10- I Haven't Got the Nerve 00:00 Tools
01 Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
Музыкой боль залечи (NzamBeat instr) 00:00 Tools
07 - Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
04 i've got something on my mind 00:00 Tools
She May You Call You Up Tonight 00:00 Tools
220 - Left Banke - Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renée 00:00 Tools
Думай головой (Sinima instr) 00:00 Tools
Things Go Better 00:00 Tools
Evening jGown 00:00 Tools
Мой бог (Fly Beatz instr) 00:00 Tools
toni hair spray 00:00 Tools
Goddbye Holly 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee 1966 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renйe 00:00 Tools
Toni Hairspray 00:00 Tools
‘Pretty Ballerina’ 00:00 Tools
Walk Away, Renée 00:00 Tools
Barterers and Their Wifes 00:00 Tools
04 she may call you up tonight 00:00 Tools
Дансхолл презент (Riva stone instr) 00:00 Tools
08 what do you know 00:00 Tools
I Haven’T Got The Nerve 00:00 Tools
Lazy Day [1967] 00:00 Tools
I’ve Got Something On My Mind 00:00 Tools
I Haven't Got There Nerve 00:00 Tools
Desiree' 00:00 Tools
06 evening gown 00:00 Tools
Desirée 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (Smash 2041) NY, NY. 1966 00:00 Tools
The Left Banke: Coca-Cola Radio Spot: Things Go Better With Coke (Fast) 00:00 Tools
Until the End 00:00 Tools
03 Pretty Ballerina 00:00 Tools
All the Pain (All the Wonder) 00:00 Tools
07 let go of you girl 00:00 Tools
What Do You Know (Extended) 00:00 Tools
Left Banke - 03 - Pretty Ballerina 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renée 00:00 Tools
She May Call You up 00:00 Tools
Любовь рядом 00:00 Tools
Walk Away 00:00 Tools
I Havn't got the Nerve 00:00 Tools
07 - Walk Away Renйe 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee ('67) 00:00 Tools
Love Is What You Are 00:00 Tools
the left banke - 03 - pretty ballerina 00:00 Tools
Hard To Resist 00:00 Tools
#105. Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
Dark Is The Bark [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Here It Comes Again 00:00 Tools
Pedastal 00:00 Tools
05 I've Got Something on My Mind 00:00 Tools
The Left Banke - Lazy Day 00:00 Tools
High Flyer 00:00 Tools
18 and suddenly 00:00 Tools
Air 00:00 Tools
09 evening gown 00:00 Tools
I've Got Something In My Mind 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know 00:00 Tools
The Left Banke - 01 - Pretty Ballerina - Walk Away Renee w Pretty Ballerina LP 65 00:00 Tools
220 - Walk Away Renee 00:00 Tools
12 ivy ivy 00:00 Tools
14 Desiree 00:00 Tools
13 men are building sand 00:00 Tools
15 Dark is the bark 00:00 Tools
02 i haven't got the nerve 00:00 Tools
06 I Haven't Got The Nerve 00:00 Tools
Evening Grown 00:00 Tools
My Morphine 00:00 Tools
23 nice to see you 00:00 Tools
pedestral 00:00 Tools
#039b. I Haven't Got The Nerve 00:00 Tools
Pretty Ballerina (Smash 2074) NY, NY. 1966 00:00 Tools
Nothing Sacred 00:00 Tools
10 Dark Is The Bark 00:00 Tools
Left Banke - Pretty ballerina 00:00 Tools
Myrah (Smash 2243) NY, NY. 1969 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I haven`t got the nerve [1966] 00:00 Tools
Nice to See You (1968) 00:00 Tools
10 Lazy Day 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee (Alternate Mix) 00:00 Tools
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke 00:00 Tools
09 shadows breaking over my head 00:00 Tools
Give The Man A Hand (1968) 00:00 Tools
20 In The Morning Light 00:00 Tools
THE LEFT BANKE - Walk Away Ren 02:42 Tools
Левый берег 00:00 Tools
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The Left Banke was an American 1960s pop-music group which produced the two hit singles of "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina". Often utilizing so-called baroque pop string arrangements, the band's music was an imaginative response to the work of The Beatles, The Zombies, and other British invasion groups of the era. The band was short-lived, but it had a major influence among many later American groups. The group was formed in 1965 and consisted of keyboardist/songwriter Michael Brown, guitarist Jeff Winfield (later replaced by Rick Brand), bassist Tom Finn, drummer George Cameron and singer Steve Martin (aka Steve Martin Caro). Brown's father, Harry Lookofsky, a well-known session violinist, ran a studio in New York and took an interest in the band's music, acting as producer, manager, and publisher. Brown's song "Walk Away Renee" was sold to Smash, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, and became a hit in late 1966. "Pretty Ballerina," also written by Brown, charted in early 1967, and the Left Banke released an LP entitled, appropriately enough, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina. At this point, tension between Brown and the rest of the group began to surface, as Brown recorded a single, "And Suddenly"/"Ivy Ivy," under the Left Banke name, using session musicians and Bert Sommer on lead vocals. The remaining Left Banke numbers used their fan club to boycott the record, which led to confusion among radio stations over which "Left Banke" to support. Radio and Smash Records ultimately pulled their support from the single, which subsequently failed to even crack the Hot 100. ("And Suddenly" was recorded by a group called the Cherry People and was a minor hit.) In late 1967, the group reunited and recorded more material, including the single "Desiree" which just slipped into the Hot 100 - radio was still reluctant to plug the Left Banke after the controversy surrounding the previous single. Brown left the group for good soon after. Cameron and Martin continued to record, and the songs cut by the various incarnations of the group were assembled into a second LP, The Left Banke Too, which appeared in November of 1968. Later that year, Brown and Martin rejoined to cut yet another single as The Left Banke, Myrah b/w Pedestal, which would be their final single on Smash. In the early '70s, the group reunited briefly to record two songs for the movie Hot Parts. The songs, "Love Songs in the Night" and "Two by Two," were credited to Steve Martin and released as a single on the Buddah label. In the late '70s, Martin reunited with George Cameron and Tom Finn to release the album Strangers on a Train (Released as Voices Calling in Europe). The album did little to restore the popularity of the group despite the modest success of the single Queen Of Paradise. After leaving the Left Banke, Mike Brown helped form the band Montage. While Brown was not an official member of the group, his presence is unmistakable. They released one self-titled album featuring a re-make of "Desiree" (recently reissued on the Sundazed label) before Brown left. Brown's next project was the band Stories featuring singer Ian Lloyd. The band had several hits, including 1973's "Brother Louie" which made #3 in the Billboard top 100 charts. However, Brown had left the group prior to the success of Brother Louie. Brown's next (and last) band was The Beckies. Only modest success was achieved and Brown soon left. Although best known for their two hit singles, the Left Banke produced many other songs that have achieved "classic" status, including "She May Call You up Tonight," "Goodbye Holly," and "Desiree." Despite their short and troubled history, they are widely regarded as one of the finest pop bands of the era. Their string arrangements and Steve Martin Caro's emotional, but sometimes unclear vocals are cited as a major influence on Michael Stipe of R.E.M.. In 1992, Mercury released a compilation CD of The Left Banke's complete recorded output titled There's Gonna Be A Storm--The Complete Recordings 1966-1969. On March 22, 2006, while Harry Shearer was being interviewed on the Opie and Anthony Radio Show about the movie "Spinal Tap", he stated the following, "Well, Michael McKean had been in a band called 'The Left Banke'. They'd done a hit called 'Walk Away Renee', and 'Pretty Ballerina' was their follow-up that was a semi-hit, and he joined the band right after they had their hits." Postings found on various Left Banke fan sites and blogs seemed to indicate that Brown, Martin, Finn and Cameron along with Jimmy McAllister, member of The Beckies and The Chesmann Square, had reunited and had been rehearsing. McAllister died in 2006. The latest reunion news is that the group may reform to do a few shows in the UK. Many former members of the Left Banke (as well as associates of the group) frequent various internet discussion forums, particularly the Leftbankism Yahoo Group. Due to their participation and fan interest, a two-volume set of unreleased recordings from both the Left Banke and its various, solo offshoots were torrented through various torrent sites and is also available at leftbanke.nu. Noel Gallagher of Oasis is interested in doing a cover record based on songs by The Left Banke. The Band Eels covered "Pretty Ballerina" on their 2005 "Live with Strings" tour. It was recorded on the subsequent 2006 release of "With Strings: Live at Town Hall." Swedish singer/songwriter, Jens Lekman used a sample of their song Something on my mind for his song Black Cab. The Left Banke song "Walk Away Renee" was a major influence of the classic arena rock song "More than a Feeling" by Boston. Lead singer Michael Brown died on March 19, 2015. Band members Current members Steve Martin Caro — lead vocals, guitar, drums, tambourine, bass (1965–1969; 1971; 1978) Sam Kogon — lead vocals (2014–present) Tony Waldman — drums (2014–present) Dan LeBrun — bass (2014–present) Stefan Paolini — keyboards (2014–present) Finnegan Shanahan — violin, vocals (2014–present) Former members George Cameron — drums, percussion, backing vocals; lead vocals, guitar (1965–1969; 1971; 1978; 2011; died 2018) Michael Brown — piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, organ, lead vocals (1965–1967; 1969, 1971, 1978; died 2015) Tom Finn — bass, guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (1965–1969; 1971; 1978; 2011) Warren David-Schierhorst — drums (1965–1966) Jeff Winfield — guitar (1966; died 2009) Rick Brand — guitar, banjo (1966–1967) Bert Sommer — lead vocals, guitar (1967, died 1990) Michael McKean — guitar (1967) Tom Feher — piano, guitar (1968–1969) Read more on Last.fm. 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