Webb-Mann-Dozier, "The Soundtrack of Our Lives"

Lamont Dozier

Jimmy Webb

Barry Mann

Here's the set list from my gig on Friday, January 8, 2010:

"W-M-D" aka Jimmy Webb/Barry Mann/Lamont Dozier

Barry Mann
On Broadway
Don't Know Much
Here You Come Again
Somewhere Out There

Jimmy Webb
Galveston
Wichita Lineman
MacArthur Park

Lamont Dozier
Supremes Medley: Where Did Our Love Go, You Can't Hurry Love, Stop in the Name of Love
Baby I Need Your Loving
I Can't Help Myself

Webb/Mann/Dozier
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Webb)
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (Dozier)
You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Mann)

This was a showcase gig for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) convention at the NY Hilton. The show is called "The Soundtrack of Our Lives" and is a semi-unplugged format, hence why I was playing upright bass.

Here are just a few stats for you: All of the songs in this set were penned by the performers. Jimmy Webb is a multiple Grammy winner, the only artist in history to receive Grammys for Music, Lyrics, and Orchestration. "Phoenix" is the #3 most played song of the past 50 years according to BMI.

Barry Mann's "You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling" is certified by BMI as the #1 most performed song of the 20th century (16 million plays). He is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Lamont Dozier wrote 25 #1 hits while at Motown for the Four Tops, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas, etc. He is credited with 54 #1 hits total and is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This gig ups my tally of Rock Hall inductees I've performed with to 27. I'm still trying to absorb the enormity of what just happened on stage. When luminaries like Paul Shaffer and mega producer Danny Kortchmar show up as audience members, you know something heavy is about to go down.

Your pal,
Ivan

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