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{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |
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| Name = The Cake |
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| Img = The_Cake_at_Gold_Star.jpg |
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| Img_capt = The Cake |
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| Background = group_or_band |
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| Origin = [[New York City|New York]], [[United States]] |
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| Genre = [[Baroque pop]]<br/>[[Psychedelic pop]]<br/>[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<br/>[[Blue-eyed soul]] |
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| Years_active = 1966–1968, 2006 |
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| Label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] |
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| Current_members = Jeanette Jacobs (deceased)<br/>Barbara Morillo<br/>[[Eleanor Barooshian]] |
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'''The Cake''' are a 1960s [[girl group]] made up of Jeanette Jacobs, Barbara Morillo and [[Eleanor Barooshian]]. They were managed and produced by Greene & Stone, two [[Sunset Strip]] impresarios who also managed [[Sonny & Cher]], [[Buffalo Springfield]] and [[Iron Butterfly]]. |
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==History== |
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The Cake formed in [[New York City|New York]] in 1966, starting out as an [[a cappella]] vocal group singing at Steve Paul's The Scene. Barooshian and Morillo both appeared in ''[[You Are What You Eat]]'', a 1967 [[documentary film]] produced by [[Peter Yarrow]]. In the film, Barooshian performed the [[Sonny & Cher]] hit "[[I Got You Babe]]" with [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]]. She sang the male part, while Tiny Tim sang the female. |
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What set The Cake apart from other girl groups of the time is that they [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] their own material, as well as a number of [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] standards. Their own songs were in the vein of 1960s [[baroque pop]] with intricate [[madrigal (music)|madrigal]]-style vocal harmonies. They released two [[album]]s on Decca Records, ''The Cake'' (1967) and ''A Slice Of Cake'' (1968). Both were recorded at the [[Gold Star Recording Studios]] in [[Los Angeles]]. |
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Their debut [[Single (music)|single]] was the [[Jack Nitzsche]] and [[Jackie De Shannon]] penned song, "Baby, That's Me". The production of the song, which was arranged by [[Harold Battiste]], aped the [[Wall of Sound]] technique created by Nitzsche and [[Phil Spector]]. The Cake also contributed [[backing vocalist|back-up vocals]] to "Why Are We Sleeping?", the closing track on ''[[The Soft Machine (album)|The Soft Machine]]'', the 1968 debut album by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[psychedelic rock]] band of the same name.<ref name="Dead"/> |
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Following the break-up of The Cake in 1968, Jacobs and Barooshian toured with [[Dr John]], who was one of the [[session musician]]s on their albums, and subsequently moved to the [[United Kingdom|UK]], where they became part of [[Ginger Baker's Air Force]].<ref name="Dead"/> Barooshian also recorded an album in [[Japan]] with [[Tetsu Yamauchi]]. |
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Jacobs married [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]] of the English group [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] in 1969. Jeanette Jacobe-Wood died on January 1, 1982, aged 32.<ref name="Dead">[http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com] - accessed December 2010</ref> |
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In 2006, after a thirty seven year year hiatus, Barooshian and Morillo reformed The Cake, to perform at a one-off [[Jimi Hendrix]] tribute concert in New York, organized by Hendrix archivist and documentary film-maker, [[David J. Kramer]]. The show also featured [[Buddy Miles]], [[Johnny Winter]], [[Jose Feliciano]] and [[Leon Hendrix]]. Their two Decca albums have been re-released on [[Compact disc|CD]] by [[Rev-Ola Records]]. |
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==Discography== |
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====Albums==== |
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*''The Cake'' ([[Decca Records|Decca]], 1967) |
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*''A Slice of Cake'' (Decca, 1968) |
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*''More of Cake Please'' ([[Rev-Ola]] ([[Cherry Red]]) [[compilation album]], 2007<ref>[http://www.cherryred.co.uk/revola/artists/cake.php cherryred.co.uk Rev-Ola Records: ''More of Cake Please'' compilation]</ref>) |
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====Singles==== |
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*"Baby, That's Me" / "Mockingbird" (Decca, 1967) |
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*"I Know" / "You Can Have Him" (Decca, 1967) |
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*"Fire Fly" / "Rainbow Wood" (Decca, 1968) |
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*"P.T. 280" / "Have You Heard The News 'bout Miss Molly" (Decca, 1968) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{myspace|thecakebabythatsme|The Cake}} |
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*[http://www.dangerousminds.net/index.php/site/comments/the_cake_a_real_life_beyond_the_valley_of_the_dolls/ The story of The Cake at Dangerous Minds] |
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*{{discogs artist|artist=Cake,+The+(2)|name=The Cake}} |
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[[Category:Girl groups]] |
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[[Category:1960s music groups]] |
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[[Category:American expatriates in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:American pop music groups]] |
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[[Category:Musical groups from New York City]] |
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[[Category:Psychedelic musical groups]] |
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1966]] |
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[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1968]] |
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