11 George Harrison Hits sung and played from the first musician to portray "George Harrison" in The Original Cast Of Beatlemania. Features the iTunes hit "Do You Want To Know A Secret." On RRO-"The Sound Of Your Digital Lifestyle"

11 MP3 Songs
POP: Beatles-pop, POP: 60's Pop



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FEATURES THE iTUNES HITS:
"Taxman"
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You"

Les Fradkin has the singular distinction of having been the first musician to portray "George Harrison" in the Original Cast Of the Broadway production of "Beatlemania." Chosen from over 2000 guitarists back in 1976, Les starred in the smash Broadway musical which ran for over 2 years and has toured all over the world.

Now, Les brings you 11 more George Harrison hits in a musical tribute to The Quiet One of Beatles- this time, with full vocals, jangling Rickenbacker 12 String Guitar and featuring a brand new never heard arrangement of George's tune "You Know What To Do" which was originally heard in demo form on The Beatles "Anthology, Volume 1." Also included are some interesting takes and detours on familiar George Harrison material: A Nick Drake meets Donavan slant on "Don't Bother Me" and a Dillards style Electric Bluegrass vision of "You Like Me Too Much."

This release is pressed on special LIMITED edition BLACK Colored CD's which reflect crimson burgundy in bright light.

A BIT OF BIO:

Les Fradkin is one of the pop legends of the 1970's. As well as being a veteran member of The Original Cast of Beatlemania, he has found success as a recording artist, composer and producer with MGM Sunflower, ESP-Disk', Bell, Arista, RCA, and Laurie Records. Les has written the well known French hit "La Chansons Des Souvenirs" ("Song Of A Thousand Voices") for the famous Mireille Mathieu. He has played 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's , scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.

He has played and sung as a multi-instrumentalist on many Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's.

A member of Edison Lighthouse, his new recording of "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" has sold tens of thousands of copies on iTunes in the last two years.

His Bass, 12-string guitar, vocals and production with legendary underground psychedelic folk- rock group,The Godz, resulted in several albums for ESP Disk among which "Pass On This Side" (featuring Les' song "God Bless California"), continues to influence and mentor generations of new musicians to this day.

Also, in the early 70's, he produced an album by The Left Banke and recorded and performed with them frequently during 1972 and 1973 and recorded with them for their reunion album in 1978. His song "I Could Make It Last Forever" is in current release and features the entire Left Banke on the recording.

In the early 80's, he played bass in a short lived group which also featured Mick Ronson on lead guitar and Hilly Michaels on drums.

In 1983, Les took up the Guitar Synthesizer and has been a prime exponent of it ever since. Using various Roland Guitar Synthesizers over the years and the Roland VG-8 Guitar System since 1997, Les' musical forays using this advanced guitar technology has graced dozens of commercials, soap opera and movie soundtracks and all of his solo CD's.

Influenced by such icons as The Byrds, Procol Harum, The Yardbirds,The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Yes, Badfinger, The Left Banke, The Moody Blues, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Joe Meek and of course, The Beatles, Les' CD's have racked up over 250,000 downloads on the internet since 1999! He has enjoyed chart success on the net as well with his songs reaching mp3.com's #1 position 16 times! New Gandy Dancer Rock Magazine has just named "A Day At The Beach" it's 2004 Album Of The Year. In addition, Les has performed with The Ventures as 2nd Lead Guitarist. Nokie Edwards of The Ventures has performed with Les on several occasions and is a featured guest on his "While My Guitar Only Plays" CD. In fact, Les has been acknowledged as a guitar virtuoso for over 30 years and he has been featured in issues of 20th Century Guitar Magazine, Pipeline and New Gandy Dancer Magazines.

His "Jangleholic", "Goin' Back", "While My Guitar Only Plays", "Splash!", "A Day At The Beach", "Something for George" and "Perfect World" CD's have proven best seller download items at Apple iTunes throughout 2005 and 2006.

Les now lives in Colorado where he produces records in his own custom built recording studio as a recording artist, composer and producer with his indie label-RRO Entertainment.