If The Brill Building had survived as the fulcrum of pop songwriting activity through the 1970s, chances are that Andy and Jonathan Paley would have been found in a cubicle there, turning out one infectious pop nugget after another like “Come Out and Play” and “Here Comes My Baby.” Read the complete review from The Second Disc
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Paley Brothers Recording Review by Allmusic.com
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com All the ingredients for massive success were there but success never came, leaving the Paley Brothers as perhaps the greatest example of a band that, by nearly every measure, should’ve been stars. Read the full review on Allmusic.com
The Paley Brothers: The Complete Recordings available now on Real Gone Records
Scroll down to listen to tracks from the album. For power pop fans and aficionados of the mid-to-late-‘70s Boston and downtown New York scenes, news that at last a CD is coming out containing ALL of the sides the Paley Brothers released on the Sire label would be reason enough for rejoicing. But news that […]
The Annoying Orange Theme Song
Tom Shephard hired Andy to write music for Dane Boedigheimer’s “The High Fructose Adventures Of the Annoying Orange” on the Cartoon Network. Andy scores and regularly writes songs for “Annoying Orange.” “Annoying Orange” Music by Andy Paley Lyrics by Andy Paley Performed by Andy Paley & Dane Boedigheimer
It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! Album
For the first time in the franchise’s thirteen-year history, the hugely popular SpongeBob SquarePants animated TV series has spawned a holiday album. It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! Album is out this month from Nickelodeon Records, offering 12 tracks of original SpongeBob music in tune with the season. The album features vocals and songwriting by voice actor Tom Kenny. Kenny co-wrote ten of the album’s songs with producer Andy Paley, and has voiced the character since the show’s inception. SpongeBob SquarePants was recently named “the most loved TV series in America” by USA Today.
The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show
Andy’s friends Dave “The Gruber” Allen (a.k.a. “The Naked Trucker”) and David Koechner (a.k.a. “T-Bones”) recruited him to join their band The Dick-Around Gang on drums (joining Tommy Chan on guitar and J.P. Fitting on bass). The band performed live shows at venues like Largo and the Troubador in Los Angeles, as well as shows in New […]
Andy Paley and Tom Kenny (The voice of SpongeBob SquarePants)
Andy’s dear friend the late Tommy Ardolino introduced Andy to voice actor Tom Kenny before an NRBQ show in Los Angeles. Ardolino suggested that Andy and Tom should write songs together. It turned out he was 100% right. The songwriting partnership has proven to be very fruitful, first writing songs for SpongeBob but expanding their […]
Andy Paley in after a Sidewinders gig
Andy Paley in Harvard Square after a Sidewinders gig in Boston Photo by Steve Nelson