What ever happened to Tony Carey? Was he a one-hit wonder?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

and why hasn't someone posted this song on YouTube?

When my Uncle Sonny blew back into town
I'd just go for a ride and have a look around
Took off his fedora
Stuck his fingers in the crown
And he pulled out twenty dollars
And he laid that money down
And he called out to a taxi cab "take me down to Central Park
and keep that meter runnin' to the twenty dollar mark"
And he kept his eyes turned forward
And he sat up straight and tall
And no one even noticed him
No one cared at all

It's a fine fine day for a reunion
It's a fine fine day for comin' home
You did your sittin' you did hard time
But you ain't gonna sit no more
They can't keep you there no more
It's a fine fine day
And nothin's gonna take you,
Nothin's take you away
It's a fine fine day
Oh, yeh

The last time I saw Sonny I was just about this tall
And he always made my momma kinda crazy when he called
And him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall
Then they'd disappear and maybe not come home at all
Then one day, Sonny stopped comin' around
Heard he got himself into a little trouble
out in town
Sometime after that he finally disappeared for good
But he pulled that old Houdini like we always knew he would

It's a fine fine day for a reunion
It's a fine fine day for comin' home
You did your sittin' you did hard time
But cha ain't gonna sit no more
They can't keep you there no more
It's a fine fine day, oh yeh
And nothin's gonna drag you
Nothin's gonna drag you away, oh yeh
It's a fine fine day, fine day

"oooooo a fine fine day, fine day
oooooo a fine fine day, fine day")

[Aristus]

1. I LOVED that song! It always reminds me of my sophomore year in high school.

I can't find the studio version on iTunes, but they have a live version from a few years ago. Evidently, he's still touring.

...I just love that song; I don't know why...

...I DO know why: It's haunting...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. it has THAT vibe ...

I always liked it, too. :toast:
Some one MUST post it on You Tube. :bounce:

Could that some one be you? :shrug: :D :hi:

[Aristus]

3. I wouldn't know how to find a video without YouTube.

Someone else will have to post it, if they can find it...

I just want the studio version on iTunes, so I can put it on my iPod. I've got almost all of my high school nostalgia songs on there.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. if you just post the sound...do you have a recording of the song?

there JUST has to be a way...:shrug:

[Aristus]

5. Not anymore. I found the song on Kazaa a number of years ago.

But I deleted it and went legit with iTunes. I didn't want someone battering down my door and hauling me away for piracy.

Oh HEY! It IS on Youtube!

Take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhSZAhepf1w&feature=related

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. well, I'll be damned. There it is...

thanks :hug:

[Aristus]

7. Sure.

:hug:

It was great to hear the song again. I'd never seen the video before, though...interesting...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. like finding a rare gem

I love it when I come across something on YouTube. More fun than finding a 5 dollar bill stashed back in you old coat pocket. :thumbsup:

wonder what happened to Tony...off to Google :D

[Aristus]

9. YouTube is amazing. I'm always finding old commercials that I liked as a kid,

music videos from when I was in high school, addictive comedy routines, etc.

Here's a recent favorite of mine. Maybe you saw the ad campaign when it was on television:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7lQ9b6cZQ

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Oh Yeah...

that commercial does what it is supposed to do without insulting one's intellignce :thumbsup:

good song, too ;)

[HughBeaumont]

11. Rainbow's ex-keyboardist with one of the more memorable tunes of the early 80s

"Fine Fine Day" was one of my favorite videos when I was 13. His other hit was "I Won't be Home Tonight".

Planet P is also good.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. thanks for the info...

here is the wiki entry:
With the band Rainbow, Carey appeared on the studio album Rainbow Rising (1976) and on the live albums On Stage (1977) and Live in Germany (1994). Carey performed the keyboard introduction to "Tarot Woman", the first track on the Rainbow Rising album and the keyboard solo on "A Light in the Black", the last cut on the album.

He had a minor hit in the early 1980s with "I Won't Be Home Tonight", and then a bigger hit in 1984 with "A Fine, Fine Day", which reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. A follow-up single, "The First Day of Summer", reached #33 on the Hot 100 in July 1984. Both songs are featured on the album, Some Tough City, which hit #60 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Carey opened for Night Ranger on many dates of their 1984 tour in support of this album. His 1985 follow-up album, Blue Highway, did not score a hit.

He also fronted the science-fiction-themed group Planet P Project (initially called just Planet P), which he used as a vehicle for his solo work. Planet P Project released two albums, Planet P (on Geffen Records) in 1983 and Pink World (on MCA Records) in 1984, for which he wrote the lyrics and music, sang the lead vocals, and played most of the instruments. Session performers on lead guitar, saxophones, programming, and drums on some tracks made up the rest of the group. The first album was released on CD in 1992, retitled Planet P Project.

Tony began producing and guesting on many major groups from the US and Europe in the mid 80's. Notables of the many included Jennifer Rush in 1985, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Chicago Line in 1988, keyboards and producer. In 1992 with Joe Cocker - Now That You're Gone, Forest McDonald's Color Blind, and in 2006 from Dire Straits, David Knopfler - Songs For The Siren.

more at link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Carey

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. oops. wrong place, n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. He was at least a two hit wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4