The Cake
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Origin | New York, United States |
Genres | Baroque pop, psychedelic pop, R&B, blue-eyed soul |
Years active | 1966–1968, 2006 |
Labels | Decca |
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The Cake was a 1960s girl group consisting of Jeanette Jacobs, Barbara Morillo and Eleanor Barooshian. They were managed and produced by Charles Greene and Brian Stone, two Sunset Strip impresarios who also managed Sonny & Cher, Buffalo Springfield and Iron Butterfly.[1]
History
The Cake formed in 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 1968 documentary film produced by Peter Yarrow. In the film, Barooshian performed the Sonny & Cher hit "I Got You Babe" with Tiny Tim. She sang the male part, while Tiny Tim sang the female.[1]
What set The Cake apart from other girl groups of the time is that they
Their debut single was the Jack Nitzsche and Jackie DeShannon penned song, "Baby, That's Me". The production of the song, which was arranged by Harold Battiste, mimicked the Wall of Sound technique created by Nitzsche and Phil Spector. Billboard named the song #64 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[2] Barooshian also contributed back-up vocals to "Why Are We Sleeping?", a track on The Soft Machine, the 1968 debut album by the British psychedelic rock band of the same name.[3]
Following the break-up of The Cake in 1968, Jacobs and Barooshian toured with
Jacobs married Chris Wood of the English group Traffic in 1972. Jeanette Jacobs Wood died on January 1, 1982, aged 32.[3]
The Kevin Ayers song "Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her)" from the LP Joy of a Toy released in 1969 was written about Barooshian.[1]
In 2006, after a thirty seven-year hiatus, Barooshian and Morillo reformed The Cake, to perform at a one-off
Jeanette Jacobs was the inspiration for the
Eleanor Barooshian died in 2016 at the age of 66.[4][5]
Discography
Studio albums
- The Cake (Decca, 1967)
- A Slice of Cake (Decca, 1968)
Compilation
- More of Cake Please (Rev-Ola (Cherry Red), 2007[6])
Singles
- "Baby, That's Me" / "Mockingbird" (Decca, 1967)
- "I Know" / "You Can Have Him" (Decca, 1967)
- "Fire Fly" / "Rainbow Wood" (Decca, 1968)
- "P.T. 280" / "Have You Heard The News 'bout Miss Molly" (Decca, 1968)
References
- ^ a b c d Campion, Chris (22 September 2016). "THE CAKE: A REAL LIFE 'BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS'". dangerousminds.com.
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c "The Dead Rock Stars Club - The 1980s". thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Altman, John (19 September 2016). "Eleanor Barooshian obituary". the Guardian.
- ^ "RIP Eleanor Barooshian AKA Chelsea Lee of The Cake".
- ^ cherryred.co.uk Rev-Ola Records: More of Cake Please compilation Archived 2010-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- The Cake on Myspace
- The story of The Cake at Dangerous Minds
- The Cake discography at Discogs