Singer/songwriter Don McLean recently revealed to Yahoo! Music that the West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir credited as back-up singers on his iconic song “American Pie” actually consisted of James Taylor, Carly Simon, Pete Seeger, and Livingston Taylor.
It’s hard to tell from the mix, but producer Ed Freeman confirms it. “It was quite a star-studded cast, and one that I really should have photographed.”
James, Carly and Livingston also sang together on Liv’s “Loving Be My New Horizon” from his third album Over the Rainbow (1973).
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Corey Blake does things on the Internet, and sometimes even in real life. As a comic book pundit, advocate and educator, he regularly contributes to the Comic Book Resources blog Robot 6 and runs the web-magazine The Comics Observer, which provides a variety of perspectives on the comic book art form and industry. He also advises for the award-winning documentary and comics advocacy movement Dig Comics, and is a recurring member of the podcast Part-Time Fanboy. As a comedic performer/actor, Corey has been seen in online web-series such as The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour (Best Web Comedy-Episodic, Clicker.com), The Starmind Record (Best Direction and Editing, LA Web Series), and Poopdog Entertainment’s Mayer for Mayor (Funny or Die featured video). He is a founding member of the improv comedy group The You Convention, a house team at The Improv Space. See http://www.coreyblake.com for more.
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