#Little Caesar

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Edward G Robinson as Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello 

Little Caesar (1931)

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Gang member introductions from Little Caesar (1931)

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Kiss - Little Caesar

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A Little Peculiar

Can someone please explain to me why Eric Carr's Ain't That Peculiar respectively Little Caesar from Hot in the Shade (1989) is not officially a cover version, but was credited as an original composition? To be honest, I've never fully understood this, or simply haven't had it explained to me well enough. Maybe it just doesn't fit into my big thick clumsy head, so I can't say for sure.

I'm talking about the vocals, riff and melody of Little Caesar, because whether it's the version by Marvin Gaye (1965) or by that Street Hawk guy (1979) (1) , regardless of arrangement or riff or whatever, the song and its melody remains one and the same for me. You can even see how the riff and arrangement get more and more similar from version to version, right up to Eric Carr's.

And somehow Gene has managed to get a credit here once again. How does he keep doing that?

Side Note:

(1) Not the nerd.

Aint That Peculiar (1965)

Ain't That Peculiar (1979)

Ain't That Peculiar (Demo, 1989)

Little Caesar (1989)

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This weekend’s car tunes: Little Caesar’s (not the pizza chain) 1990 self-titled/eponymous album.

Trivia: Lead singer Ron Young was the biker tossed through the bar window by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2.

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by Paul Noth in The New Yorker

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Little Caesar

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Little Caesar, 1990.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jnr and Glenda Farrell as Joe Massara and Olga Stassoff

Little Caesar (1831)

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Secret passage in a shop shelf, from Little Caesar (1931)

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The Other Little Caesar

Though we have been writing about lots of corporate brands of late, we regret to advise that today’s post is not about the pizza chain. Nor even the 1931 gangster movie with Edward G. Robinson. But it is about a guy who once ran with gangs. Harry Caesar (1928-1994), known professionally as “Little Caesar” was a singer and actor of the previous century. I first took note of him from that quirky…

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Inktober Día 22 - El descuido de Rico

El automóvil ya estaba encima y tres pistolas hicieron fuego a la vez. En el mismo instante sintió un dolor lacerante en la espalda y cayó al suelo. Uno de los agresores se inclinó y vació el cargador contra él, que, tumbado en el suelo sin poder moverse, oía silbar las balas a su alrededor. —Sois unos excelentes tiradores —dijo Rico irónicamente.