Van Trevor

COUNTRYCLASSICS.COM.... In the “I wonder what ever happened to file” We wonder what ever happened to a young singer by the name of Van Trevor?Van, according to some 1966 publicity was born in Maine we don’t know the city but we do know he was well on his way during those 60’s years, and in those days he recorded for “Band Box” records out of Denver and was managed by the late Dick Heard.Van had appeared on Dick Clark’s Bandstand Show, the Joey Reynolds show out of Buffalo and many more TV shows during those years, he was also getting a lot of publicity in many Country magazines and news papers around the country.The last 45 we received from him was called “Born To Be In Love With You” b/w “It’s So Good To Be Loved” one he co/wrote with Dick Heard.If the publicity was right on Van back then he still should be a young man of about 62. ............................................................ .............................................. Behind the hits:Fred Clemens..................November proved to be a personal triumph for me in the collector category. Back in 1996 I'd learned for the first time that Bob Shannon had recorded a song in 1970 during his Don Bombard days at WOLF in Syracuse, N.Y. It was called "Satisfaction Is Guaranteed" as by Don Bombard and Headstone II. He played it once as a "Lost Hit" on his CBS-FM show and I managed to tape most of it. I met Bob soon afterwards, when he informed me that it was issued on the Eceip label, and was the flip of a thing called "Speed" by the Ron Wray Light Show. Determined and self-challenged as I was, I told Bob I could find a copy of his record within a year. Well a year passed and...nothing! I'd come up with a couple of leads at record conventions, yet still nothing. Keep in mind that this was before my Internet association. When my Internet days came to be in late 1998, I found I was having no further luck with it. Everyone I asked never heard of it. But then, they weren't from Syracuse, where it made the Top 10. Then, in October of 2001, Bob filled me in on more backound of his record. It turns out that the song was originally recorded by Van Trevor in 1964. Not only that, Don's record was originally on the Piece label and was changed due to sexual implications (Eceip is simply Piece spelled backwards). Now the hunt was on for more records! I managed to find the Trevor version within a few months. First I found the Canadian-American issue, and then the Corsican original, which is the release Bob remembered. But still no Don Bombard record!..................................................... ............................................................ ..................Friday, November 9, 2007 New York Times Archives... ''Connecticut was a real melting pot'' for rock, Mr. Bezanker said. ''There was a lot of activity in Boston and New York, and Connecticut, being midway, has always been a showcase and an influence.'' Besides the nationally known artists, like Mr. Pitney and the Carpenters, Mr. Bezanker said his book will include those who achieved some local fame in Connecticut. Among his favorites are the Downbeats, a rhythm-and-blues group from Hartford that performed from 1957 to 1971; Bill Flagg, a rockabilly artist from Granby, and a group called the Saturday Knights, ''who released three instrumentals and several rock-and-roll records with a vocalist named Van Trevor from 1961 through 1966,'' he said. Although he has spent years compiling information, Mr. Bezanker said he is still looking for names of local artists to add to his list........................................................ ............................................................ ............. (Eddie Rabbitt - Dick Heard - Van Trevor- Performed by Charlie Rich)I wake up in the morning and I watch you sleeping there I whisper that I love you and gently touch your hand Your eyes begin to open and you realize it's me Then you get that cold look in your eyes and it makes me wanta cry It makes me wanta cry.You used to be my woman and now you act so strange Eveyrthing I gave you but your love for me has changed You know it just ain't natural but you don't want your man I don't understand you won't even try and it makes wanta cry Woman, it makes me wanta cry.This room is cold and silent like your forbidding heart My hand can almost touch you yet we're so far apart But if that's how I must love you then I'll stay here by your side Dreaming of the love the love you deniend but it makes me wanta cry Baby, it makes me wanta cry, it makes me wanta cry... Long Time friend and co-writer Eddie Rabbitt, doing what he did best... Thanks to Eddie's Fan Site for all the memories!!!................................................. ............................................................ ..........WPOP Pop Radio...Van Trevor, "A Fling of the Past. Van is backed here by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons." Van was the leader of the Saturday Knights who backed Freddy Cannon on Buzz Buzz a Diddle It. He would later write Freddy Cannon's "Abigail Beecher" with his songwriting partner Dick Heard.Abigail Beecher Freddy Cannon Written by Richard Heard and Robert Boulanger...............Hey, everybody get out of the street now I hear the roar of an XKE now Sloppy sweater and pony tail And the cop on the corner is turnin' pale Whoo! It's Abigail Beecher, our history teacherAll the kids are just crazy about her Central High would be a drag without her She knows her history from A to Z She digs the monkey and the Watusi Whoo! It's Abigail Beecher, our history teacherWhoo!We're out in the hall and a-changin' classes Plays guitar, wears blue sunglasses She's prim and proper and a real swinger She's gonna be a rock-and-roll singer Whoo! It's Abigail Beecher, our history teacherWhoo!History class is getting' bigger and bigger They come from miles ..cause they really dig her The P.T.A. was real sore When she walked in with a red surf board Whoo! It's Abigail Beecher, our history teacherWhoo!C'mon, girl Aw, you're too much! Whoo! C'mon, girl Whoo!