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This was the album that made Lopez explode nationally, reaching number two, staying in the Top 40 LP charts for about a year, and yielding the hit "If I Had a Hammer." All of this seems to have been largely forgotten today, but at the time Lopez was ubiquitous indeed. What he did, at the head of a trio with Mickey Jones (later to play briefly with Bob Dylan) on drums and Dick Brant on bass, was to make folk-pop swing. There is certainly some folk music on here, including "If I Had a Hammer," "This Land Is Your Land," and "Gotta Travel On." It could be surmised that by treating such material in this fashion, Lopez had a tiny influence upon the subsequent folk-rock movement; Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane has said as much. In truth, however, Lopez was more the all-around entertainer with a Latin lilt than he was a folk singer, so you also get "America" (from West Side Story), "La Bamba," Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," "Volare," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." The live party-a-go-go atmosphere did much to put Lopez's likable energy over, and likely influenced the similar live-in-a-small-club ambience on Johnny Rivers' early hits, especially as Jones played with Rivers as well.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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S. Sondheim, Writer - L. Bernstein, Writer - Trini Lopez, Guitar, MainArtist
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside.
Trini Lopez, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - PETE SEEGER, Writer - Lee Hays, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records
M. Dixon, Writer - Trini Lopez, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - R Henderson, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Warner Records Inc.
Trini Lopez, Arranger, Performance, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - BRENT, Composer - Caiola, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Warner Records Inc.
Trini Lopez, Performed by, MainArtist - Woody Guthrie, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1966 Reprise Records
Trini Lopez, Performance, MainArtist - Ray Charles, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records
Trini Lopez, MainArtist - RITCHIE VALENS, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records
D. Dodd, Writer - Trini Lopez, MainArtist - AGUSTIN LARA, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records
T. GILKYSON, Writer - F. HELLERMAN, Writer - R. DEHR, Writer - F. Miller, Writer - Trini Lopez, MainArtist - PETE SEEGER, Writer - Traditional, Writer - R. Gilbert, Writer - M. PARISH, Writer - F. Migliacci, Writer - P. CLAYTON, Writer - L. Hays, Writer - T. LOPEZ, Writer - D. Lazar, Writer - D. Modungo, Writer - L. EHRLICH, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records
Bobby Sharp, Writer - Trini Lopez, Vocals, MainArtist - Teddy Powell, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1963 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International for the world outside of the U.S.
Album review
This was the album that made Lopez explode nationally, reaching number two, staying in the Top 40 LP charts for about a year, and yielding the hit "If I Had a Hammer." All of this seems to have been largely forgotten today, but at the time Lopez was ubiquitous indeed. What he did, at the head of a trio with Mickey Jones (later to play briefly with Bob Dylan) on drums and Dick Brant on bass, was to make folk-pop swing. There is certainly some folk music on here, including "If I Had a Hammer," "This Land Is Your Land," and "Gotta Travel On." It could be surmised that by treating such material in this fashion, Lopez had a tiny influence upon the subsequent folk-rock movement; Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane has said as much. In truth, however, Lopez was more the all-around entertainer with a Latin lilt than he was a folk singer, so you also get "America" (from West Side Story), "La Bamba," Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," "Volare," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." The live party-a-go-go atmosphere did much to put Lopez's likable energy over, and likely influenced the similar live-in-a-small-club ambience on Johnny Rivers' early hits, especially as Jones played with Rivers as well.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:58
- Main artists: Trini Lopez
- Composer: Brent
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed Warner Strategic Marketing.
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