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invented prior to its composer's win
crafty instrumental arrangement, sea
yet McCoy claimed that he had
never even seen anyone do it until he
wrote the song.
Although "The Hustle" wasT
clearly the pinnacle of its com-
poser's short-lived career, Van Mc- yea
Coy had been an extremely active son
music industry figure for many tun
years, writing and producing hits for of b
such artists as Gladys Knight and fro,
the Pips, The Shirelles, Peaches and sold
Herb, David Ruffin, and Melba "Is
Moore. ran
Backed by "The Hustle's sales of lice
six million, McCoy launched an do.
enormous global tour in 1975 with his i
Soul City Symphony. He was joined Ter
by several of his former colleagues, "Se
such as Ruffin, Moore, and Faith, hiti
Hope & Charity. a p
Van McCoy died of a cardiac spe
arrest on July 6th, 1979; he was 38- hea
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We had joy, we had fun/we
d seasons in the sun/ but the
ne and the song, like the
sons, have all gone.
Ti'S 1985 and Terry Jacks is
cutting his first album in over 10
ars. Of course, the Canadian
gwriter has been extremely for-
ate in that he has had the luxury
being able to take such a hiatus
im his career. "After 'Seasons'
d 11 million copies," he explains,
said 'screw this noise.' I bought a
ch, a fishing boat, got a fishing
nse and did the things I wanted to
I you haven't guessed by now,
rry Jacks is the man behind
easons in the Sun;" a number-two
in 1974. The song was derived from
poem by Jacques Brel about a
nt old miner dying of a broken
art, written in a whorehouse in
ngiers. Jacks worked from an

types of songs. The '70s were
economically much fatter times,
and people ... they'd think more."
"Seasons in the Sun" was not the
first Jacks collaboration to hit the
pop charts. In 1970, he enjoyed a
number-one hit, "Which Way
You Going Billy," as the Poppy Family
- a duo composed of Jacks and his
wife, Susan. This song evoked the
fear and despair over the Vietnam
War.
When "Seasons in the Sun" was
first composed. Jacks intended it for
the Beach Boys. Jacks got in touch
with Al Jardine and went to Califor-
nia to stay at Brian Wilson's house.
They tried a few takes of the piece,
but as Jacks explains, "Brian
Wilson just wasn't into it. He went a
little crazy ... there was no guidan-
ce."
When asked how he feels about the
music of today, Jacks replied,
"We've gone too far ahead elec-
tronically. I think people are going
to want to get back to feeling. It's
nice to have fuck-ups. Things are too
constant now, it's really hard on you.
You used to be able to listen to it for
hours."

Jacks
... he had joy, he had fun

English translation by Rod McKuen,
changing the chorus and adding a lost
verse to make the song about a per-
son dying of leukemia from the per-
spective of a close friend.
When asked what could make such
a depressing theme an enormous
pop hit, Jacks suggested, "Those
were the '70s. People liked those


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for solo release, Jacks said, "I've
utilized the electronics of today. It's
quite wild, quite neat.'" He adds, ",No
tear-jerkers."
Jacks will be appearing in the lead
role of a made-for-TV movie,
"Seasons in the Sun," for which he
has also composed the score.
Come a little closr/a little closer
now/when you gonna give me
some time, Sharona...
THEY WERE the next Beatles.
Everyone knew it. It just had to be.
For in the summer of 1979, The
Knack suddenly burst upon the
scene with one of the hottest singles
ever, "My Sharona." With its
twangy bassline and sharp rhythm,
the number-one single helped propel
their debut album, Get the Knack to
a gold record in 13 days, platinum in
seven weeks, and sales of five
million copies.
In time, though, the legend wore
thin. Their follow-up album, But the
Little Girls Understand, sold a
discouraging 600,000 copies. After
one more unsuccessful release and
constant bickering, the band broke
up in 1982.
But there's much more to the story
of the Knack than an initially im-
pressive bunch of statistics.
Singer/guitarist Doug Fieger star-
ted off in his native Detroit with a
band called Sky, which made two
albums on RCA. Fieger moved to
Los Angeles in 1971 where he got
caught up in the local music scene
and eventually assembled The
Knack out of some of his musical
associations.
The Knack became a favorite of
the L.A. club scene. During their live
shows The Knack were often joined
on stage by such names as Bruce
Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Ray
Manzarak. According to Scott
Bergstein, an original co-manager
of the band, the combined effect of
turn-away crowds and a general
hype about town led to bidding from
14 record companies. And it was
Capitol Records that eventually won
the goose which laid but one golden
egg.
When asked why The Knack was
able to make it so big, Bergstein
said, "It was a reaction. People
were real tired of disco. It was just
reaction against disco, dance music,
the whole progressive rock - people
wanted something real and fresh.
They were tired-of bands like Jour-
ney, Styxx, Emerson Lake and
Palmer-that whole progressive
rock scene."
Assto the downfall of the band,
Bergstein can see several factors at
play. "They probably couldn't han-
dle the success," he siad. "They just
did everything wrong. Not talking to
the press, TV or radio-it caught up
with them."
He explained, "You have to be
careful you don't alienate the rest of
the music industry like the Knack
did. This is a much more business-
like age. I would hope musicians
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customers to put each of Olga's
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woman came up to me and told me
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on a special thick pita with lettuce,
tomato, and cheese) I'd tell her
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bit of her own peculiar brand of
public relations, which included of
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special Olga sauce. Public relations
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restaurant's food and service, as
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On Friday Olga gave away three
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to a woman who, as Olga later ex-
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the restaurant. The woman's three
children, each the proud recipient of
an Olga-dog, smiled and thanked
Olga. In fact, they smiled a lot, and
Olga smiled a lot, and our Daily
photographer took lots of pictures.
Swell. Now that's P.R. Olga also
begged me to have a sandwich and
after four no thank you's I succum-
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smiled, Olga smiled, no pictures.
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