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Chris Da Doo king
- Brighton, London and South East, UK
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.. You'll NEVER Hear a MALE lead vocal at Da Doo Ron Ron! ..
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Playing with my daughter, Crete (I really want to move there as soon as I can), Paris, Brighton, boot fairs, charidee shops, eBay, curry, chilli, Greek food, mustard, toast, marmite, cats - big (tigers, leopards, lions ...) & small (moggies), radio (Radio 4 & 6 Radio especially), the lions of Longleat, country pubs, brandy and coke, cherry beer, cider, showers, long baths listening to music, red and white wine, sorbet, cranberry, ice cream, cheese on toast, Tobago, bears, the sea, lakes, waterfalls, rivers, desolate beaches out of season, wild weather, frost, rain, quiet, calm, privacy, shade, spicy Bloody Mary's, picnics, walking through virgin snow, hotels, sleep, penguins, the Downs, footie (Hammers), cricket (Sussex)Music
This is Jacqueline Taieb's '7 Heures Du Matin'. It's pure Gallic garage My Generation-filching genius and a Da Doo floor-filler for the last 3 years or so.
Here's some kind words from the swingin' mademoiselle herself!
"DA DOO RON RON is the BEST 60s club night!
You go there and you feel all right!
Vive les YE-YEs!
Mille baisers."
Jacqueline Taieb - 60s Ye-Ye legend - February 2006
As seen on BBC1 TV & Channel 4 TV, as heard on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on BBC 6 Radio & BBC Radio 4, as featured in the NME, Guardian, Time Out, The Times, The Pittsburgh (USA) City Paper & Grazia.
"At least two thirds of the crowd are girls who come to dance, so the atmosphere's always really special!" Time Out.
"Edwyn Collins and friend / producer Seb Lewsley are man enough to join Da Doo Ron Ron regular DJs Chris 'Da Doo' King & Simon Bridger to help celebrate 10 years of spinning records made and sung by ladies like Dusty Springfield. Males are welcome to the 1960s girl pop night, just leave all Stones requests at home!" The Guardian Guide - Book now .. Sat 6 Sept '08
"The rise of Miss Winehouse has marked 2008 as the year of the young soul warbler. Hear how the old guard did it." The Guardian Clubs 'Pick of the Week'. 8th December 2007.
"Brighton's eccentric club life draws numerous nightlife-tourists to Da Doo Ron Ron, the nationally influential all-60s-girl-pop dance night." Pittsburgh City Paper (USA) - Nov 15th 2007
"Chris King’s tuneful shebang celebrates nine years of existence with a feast of femme pop, Motown and 1960s soul." The Times - Top Five Clubs of the Week - Sat 27th Oct
"Chris King's night of fabalicious 1960s femme pop, Motown and soul celebrates nine years with a big shebang of sounds from The Shangri-Las to Betty Everett. Boys, no knee-high boots, please." Guardian Clubs 'Pick of the Week'. 29th September 2007
"At least two thirds of the crowd are girls who come to dance, so the atmosphere’s always really special!" Dave Swindells - Time Out. March 2007
"Da Doo Ron Ron is absolutely brilliant!" - Riot Becki of The Pipettes. Oct 06
"Legendary 60s girl pop extravaganza." NME 'Club of the Month'. Oct 2004The Guardian on Da Doo
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Movies
Grace Of My Heart, Godfather 1 and 2, Mean Streets, This Is Spinal Tap, Taxi Driver, Most Woody Allen movies, Sweet Smell Of Success, Some Like It Hot, Get Carter (the original), Scarface, M*A*S*H, La Dolce Vita, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, High Hopes, Once Upon A Time In The West, Gorky Park, Once Upon A Time In America, Look Back In Anger, The Rebel, Georgy Girl, The Party, The Punch And Judy Man, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, High Plains Drifter, The Medusa Touch, The Wicker Man, On The Waterfront, Heathers, Thelma & Louise, Psycho, Badlands, The Clockwork Orange, Repulsion, Double Indemnity, Citizen Kane, Bonnie And Clyde, Duck Soup, East Of Eden, The Grapes Of Wrath, Don't Look Now, If ..., Belle Du Jour, Jules Et Jim, The Long Good Friday, Goodfellas, Casino, All The President's Men, The Conversation, Pulp Fiction, Diner, Tin Men, Trees Lounge, Annie Hall, American Graffitti, Carry On Screaming, Once Upon A Time In America, The Italian Job (the original), Alfie (the original), Billy Liar, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Head, Chinatown, Rushmore, Heathers, A Kind Of Loving, Saturday Night Fever, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, L-Shaped Room, Grosse Pointe Blank, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! Kill!, Smashing Time, Bedazzled, Billion Dollar Brain, Blow Up, Funeral In Berlin, A Taste Of Honey, Poor Cow, Up The Junction, Donnie Brassco, Jackie Brown, Jaws, The Deerhunter, Coming Home, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, Wild At Heart, Elephant Man, The Maltese Falcon, The Knack ... And How To Get It, Darling, Georgy Girl, Gambit, Scandal, The Jokers, Apocalypse Now, To Sir With Love, Sleuth, Gregory's Girl, Beetlejuice, My Beautiful Launderette ...Television
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Twin Peaks, The Singing Detective, The Beiderbecke Affair, Blue Remembered Hills, Blackeyes, Edge Of Darkness, The World At War, Abigail's Party, Nuts In May, Have I Got News For You?, Question Time, Brass Eye, The Day Today, Black Books, Dead Head, Fawlty Towers, Hancock, The Prisoner, Persuaders, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?, The Simpsons, Hill Street Blues, ER, Blakes 7, Cathy Come Home, Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, The Avengers, M*A*S*H, The Young Ones, Ed, The Wonder Years, Big Train, Everyone Hates Chris, Randall And Hopkirk Deceased (original NOT remakes), Father Ted, The Office, The Clangers, Day Of The Triffids, The Sweeney, The Beiderbecke Affair, Star Trek, Bewitched, X-Files, Malcolm In The Middle, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Extras, Nathan Barley, The Thick Of It, Minder, Budgie, Taggart (before Mark McManus died!), Max Headroom, Most history progs ...Books
Everything by Joe Orton, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, PG Woodehouse & Raymond Chandler, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, A Confederacy Of Dunces, The Catcher In The Rye, Perfume, To Kill A Mockingbird, Head On, On The Road, A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, Please Kill Me, The Butcher Boy, The Painted Bird, Lord Of The Flies, Be My Baby, Ball The Wall, Our Fathers, Erasure (not the synth pop duo!), Stoned, The Legendary Joe Meek, Uptight, Drugstore Cowboy, England's Dreaming, Revolution In The Head, Hangover Square, Absolute Beginners, City Of Spades, Secret History, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, The Great Gatsby, Catch-22, The Rotters Club, A Clockwork Orange ...Heroes
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- Status: Married
- Hometown: Brighton, England, by-the-sea
- Zodiac Sign: Gemini
- Children: Proud parent
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.. Da Doo Ron Ron - It's what's happening, Baby! NEXT DA DOO RON RON TONIGHT! DA DOO RON RON PRESENTS:-A Swingin' Mademoiselles & Yé-Yé Special! TONIGHT! SAT 13th JUNE '09 @ the KOMEDIA Studio Bar, BRIGHTON 11pm to 3am Tkts are ONLY £4 in advance / £4 on the door bd Midnite / £5 after £4 adv tix are available NOW on-line via the Komedia web-site:- & in-person fm the Komedia box-office / cafe (Mid-day to late) or Tel:-01273-647100 / 0845 293 8480 Go back to mono with yesterday's sound today at Da Doo Ron Ron ... The ORIGINAL & BY FAR THE FABBEST SIXTIES GIRL POP, SOUL & FUNK club night Established in October 1998, Da Doo Ron Ron is a fabalicious night of 60s femme pop, soul sirens, sister funk and chicks with licks (spanning the late 50s, right through the 60s and up to 1973), that takes place monthly @ the Komedia in Brighton. As seen on BBC1 TV & Channel 4 TV, as heard on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on BBC 6 Radio & BBC Radio 4, as featured in the NME, Guardian, Time Out, The Times, The Pittsburgh (USA) City Paper & Grazia. "At least two thirds of the crowd are girls who come to dance, so the atmosphere's always really special!" Time Out. "Edwyn Collins and friend / producer Seb Lewsley are man enough to join Da Doo Ron Ron regular DJs Chris 'Da Doo' King & Simon Bridger to help celebrate 10 years of spinning records made and sung by ladies like Dusty Springfield. Males are welcome to the 1960s girl pop night, just leave all Stones requests at home!" The Guardian Guide - Book now .. Sat 6 Sept '08 "The rise of Miss Winehouse has marked 2008 as the year of the young soul warbler. Hear how the old guard did it." The Guardian Clubs 'Pick of the Week'. 8th December 2007. "Brighton's eccentric club life also draws numerous nightlife-tourists to events such as Da Doo Ron Ron, the nationally influential all-60s-girl-pop dance night." Pittsburgh (USA) City Paper - Nov 15th 2007. "Chris King’s tuneful shebang celebrates nine years of existence with a feast of femme pop, Motown and 1960s soul." The Times - Top Five Clubs of the Week - Sat 27th Oct 2007. "Chris King's night of fabalicious 1960s femme pop, Motown and soul celebrates nine years with a big shebang of sounds from The Shangri-Las to Betty Everett. Boys, no knee-high boots, please." Guardian Clubs 'Pick of the Week'. 29th September 2007. "A proper Brighton institution, Da Doo has been hailed by everyone from Grazia to The Guardian as one of the best club nights in the known universe (and, unlike most nights, they've got the clippings to prove it too!). A lively mix of casual punters and soul fantaics make up the friendly crowd while the inimitable Chris King spins girly genius from The Ronettes to stomping northern soul via 60s garage and top pop. Now almost ten years old,there's no better house-free night to twirl your stuff on the dancefloor." Latest 7 - July 17th to 23rd 2007. “Great 60s soul and girl pop tunes plus lovely people. Why is everyone else making it so complicated?" The Brighton SOURCE. June 2007 "Da Doo Ron Ron is absolutely brilliant!" - Riot Becki of The Pipettes. Oct 06 "DA DOO RON RON is the BEST 60s club night! You go there and you feel all right! Vive les Yé-Yé's Mille baisers." Jacqueline Taieb - Sixties Yé-Yé legend - February 2006 Da Doo Ron Ron "The legendary girl pop extravaganza" The NME Club of the Month September 2004 Est. October 1998 "Legendary girl pop extravaganza". NME - Club Of The Month - September 2004 ... ..
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BANDS / ARTISTS:
PLEASE LISTEN UP!
Da Doo Ron Ron club nights
- & therefore this site -
pay specific homage to:-
GIRL groups, FEMALE artists and
FEMALE-fronted bands (ie. those with a girl singer),
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!
if you DO NOT fit into this category
ie. you are an all-MALE band,
a MALE artist or even
a MALE-fronted band with a
NON-SINGING female member / members,
PLEASE DO NOT attempt to become a friend.
Pretty purrrleeeeze.
Many, many thanks in advance.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
DA DOO RON RON
THE ORIGINAL & FABBEST SIXTIES GIRL POP, SOUL & FUNK CLUB
THE GANG THAT DIG DOO LANG| THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DA DOO RON RON THE ORIGINAL & FABBEST SIXTIES GIRL POP, SOUL & FUNK CLUB |
You will NEVER Hear a MALE lead vocal at Da Doo Ron Ron!
LEE HAZLEWOOD R.I.P
.... Established in October 1998 (in North London), Da Doo Ron Ron is a 60s orientated club night with a unique slant. In tribute to original 'girl power', DDRR DJs Chris 'Da Doo' King & Simon Bridger spin a fabalicious mix of 60s femme pop, soul sirens, sister funk and chicks with licks (spanning the late 50s, right through the 60s and up to 1973), embracing; Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Tamla Motown, Girls in the garage, Soul / Northern soul, Sister funk, Yé-Yé, Jazz, Latin, Country & the occasional Ska & Japanese tune!
Expect to hear the groovy likes of The Supremes, Ronettes, Shangri-Las, Chiffons, Crystals, Marvelettes, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Etta James, Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrell, Brenda Holloway, Marlena Shaw, Nancy Wilson, Bobbie Gentry, Laura Nyro, Nancy Holloway, Nancy Sinatra, Petula Clark, Della Reese, Brigitte Bardot, Lesley Gore, Jacqueline Taieb, France Gall, Lulu, Cilla, Shirley Bassey, Francoise Hardy and Helen Shapiro. All spun on crackly vinyl rekkids. You will NEVER EVER hear a MALE LEAD vocal at DDRR!
The essence of Da Doo Ron Ron lies in the sheer danceability of great tunes. The Da Doo DJs - Chris 'Da Doo' King + Simon Bridger (Brighton Northern Soul all-dayers) + occasional guests - aim to fill that dancefloor! Although the majority of these epic anthems are almost 40 years old, they possess a potent vitality, with sweeping orchestral sounds, effortlessly uplifting vocals, singalong choruses and relentless, pounding beats.
The club ethos is DEFIANTLY non-elitist, which means that as well as lesser known northern / soul, sister funk and 60s pop rarities we also spin instantly recognisable tunes such as 'Be My Baby' by The Ronettes, The Supremes 'Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart', 'Give Him A Great Big Kiss' by The Shangri-Las and the foot stompin' 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' courtesy of Nancy Sinatra.
Indeed, Da Doo is proudly unpretentious; the discussing of catalogue numbers is strictly banned! Trainspotters and chin-strokers will be soundly flogged with a warped copy of Leader Of The Pack.
One of the truly ridiculous myths peddled by the snobby, chin-stroking "Is it on the original label?" brigade is that "Obscure somehow equals brilliant".
This is patently Horlicks!
A jaw-dropping tune is a jaw-dropping tune whether it sold a million and topped the US charts (Diana Ross & The Supremes 'Love Child' for instance) or shifted a handful of copies and was re-discovered years later (e.g The Flirtations 'Nothing But A Heartache'). It's the MUSIC that matters! Maaan. NOT the label!
So, for a truly thrilling, goose-pimple inducing, utterly unpretentious night of fabalicious femme pop, soul sirens, sister funk and chicks with licks, make a beehive for DA DOO RON RON.
The next Da Doo date is
DA DOO RON RON PRESENTS:-SUPERSTAR GUEST DJ ANDY SMITH
FRIDAY 27th MARCH '09
downstairs @ KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON
11pm to 3am
***Advance tkts ONLY £5!
..Chris 'Da Doo' King
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"At least two thirds of the crowd are girls who come to dance, so the atmosphere’s always really special!"
Dave Swindells - Time Out. March 2007
Established in October 1998 (in North London), Da Doo Ron Ron is a 60s orientated club night with a unique slant. In a tribute to original 'girl power', DDRR DJs Chris 'Da Doo' King & Simon Bridger (Brighton northern soul all-dayers) only spin female-fronted tracks from the swingin' sixties and occasionally early seventies. You will NEVER hear a male lead vocal at DDRR! The club's musical menu is a femme-centric celebration of 60s girl groups such as The Supremes, Ronettes, Marvelettes, Shangri-Las, Chiffons, Crystals etc, sassy soul sisters like Aretha, Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Etta James, Brenda Holloway, Tammi Terrell and playful popstrels in the vein of Petula Clark, Brigitte Bardot, Jacqueline Taieb, Lesley Gore, Lulu and Helen Shapiro.
Chris's Current Top 15
| POSITION | ARTIST | TRACK TITLE | |
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| 1 | Jacqueline Taieb | 7 Heures Du Matin | |
| 2 | Cilla | Aquarius|
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| 3 | Shirley Bassey | Vehicle | |
| 4 | Nina Simone | Ain't Got No - I Got Life | |
| 5 | Billie Davis | Make The Feeling Go Away | |
| 6 | Wanda Jackson | Funnel Of Love | |
| 7 | Lulu | Day Tripper | 8 | Dolly Parton | Jolene | ..
| 9 | Chiffons | One Fine Day | |
| 10 | Bonnie St. Claire | I Surrender | |
| 11 | Candi Staton | Young Hearts, Run Free | |
| 12 | Brigitte Bardot | Moi Je Joue|
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| 13 | Hattie Littles | Love Trouble Heartache And Misery | |
| 14 | Kiki Dee | Magic Carpet Ride | |
| 15 | Cinderellas | Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) |
Si's Da Doo All-time Top 10
| POSITION | ARTIST | TRACK TITLE |
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| 1 | Teardrops | Here Comes Loneliness |
| 2 | Bonnie & The Treasures | Home Of The Brave |
| 3 | Ronettes | Be My Baby |
| 4 | Martha & The Vandellas | Third Finger, Left Hand |
| 5 | Supremes | Time Changes Things |
| 6 | Chiffons | Sweet Talkin' Guy |
| 7 | Darlene Love | Lord, If You're A Woman |
| 8 | Shangri-Las | Right Now And Not Later |
| 9 | Betty Everett | Getting Mighty Crowded |
| 10 | Etta James | Seven Day Fool |
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Comments
Sep 4 2008 5:25 PM
Wish they had a place like this in NYC!! It would be awesome.
Kisses,
Karen
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It now begins at 9pm.
£7 advance tickets are available
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Plus, check out our redesigned
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Happy Festivities to all.
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Tickets on sale now 0207 323 7229 or boxoffice@229thevenue.co.uk
Easter 2008 LBB4 programme coming soon!
Nov 14 2007 1:28 AM
Cheers for the request!
Good luck with the gig, Chris is a great DJ!
You can listen again to the show at any time on www. bbc. co. uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/
This week:-
Interviews with Gwen McCrae and Nile Rogers;
and music from Archie Bell & The Drells, The New Mastersounds, Georgie Fame, Tuomo, Kool & The Gang, The Apples, Johnny Greenwood, AIFF, Ann Peebles,Diesler, Billy Paul, Budos Band, James Carr, and many more.
Please feel free to get in touch with comments/requests etc about the show either though the myspace page or directly at funk.6music@bbc.co.uk
All the best,
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show Team
BBC 6Music
Nov 5 2007 5:56 PM
Fish Fry This Friday:
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We feel so at home here...
Sep 16 2007 5:58 PM
Happy Birthday for next month.
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Matt
Jun 22 2007 4:41 PM
Cheers
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