Songwriter and session musician Les Fradkin released the first ever single on the Sunflower label under his nickname, Fearless Fradkin. The song, Song Of A Thousand Voices, was covered by Mireille Mathieu and became a #1 hit in France on the Philips label. This success led to Patty Cake by The Yummies, Fradkin's one-man-band stab at bubblegum that was a regional hit in Baltimore, the Midwest and Colorado in 1970. Over the years, Les has worked with Edison Lighthouse of Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) and Tony Burrows fame, Barry Winslow of The Royal Guardsmen, and the rock group Godz. And he was in the original Broadway cast of Beatlemania as George! He is currently involved in a project called 'Get Wet' which combines Classic Surf with Classical Music and is touring in a bona-fide incarnation of Edison Lighthouse (sans Burrows, but with a new singer. Oh, come on, does anyone keep track anymore?) with a new album in the works.
Check out Fradkin's new projects at www.trackbytrack.com (which is under construction, but check often!) and at his home page: http://home.earthlink.net/~lfradkin/index.html
And a new article in Denver's usually fact-less "alternative" magazine, Westword: Swimming Through History
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Patty Cake (Fradkin - Deane - Katz)/Hippie Lady (Fradkin - Deane - Katz - Ripley) (SUN-103, MGM/Sunflower) 1970
