THE RAVENS MAHZEL ( Also spelled Mazel) Great Upbeat Early Doo Wop
The Ravens song that never gets posted. Mahzel (Yiddish for luck ), with Leonard Puzey, Jimmy Ricky Ricks singing bass, and Maithe Marshall sharing lead (featuring Ricky). The writers of Mahzel (Artie Wayne and Jack Beekman) came to a Ravens rehearsal with the song. Pianist, Arranger Howard Biggs started playing around with it and worked out an arrangement. They all thought it was cute. Why, however, would two writers of an essentially Jewish song first show up at the doorstep of a black RB group detouring from their route to present it to Artie Shaw Possibly because they were friends of National Record s Al Green, the Ravens new label.
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