Surprised I can't find anything on CP about this. Some of the music geeks on here might get a kick out of this. I think it's kind of cool. The song "You and Me" is featured in the new movie "Blue Valentine." It's become kind of a hit. Problem is nobody knows the identity of any of the singers.
The search is on for a long-lost Columbus vocal group whose never-released song from the 1970s is drawing global attention in a movie soundtrack.
You and Me by Penny & the Quarters is featured in the critically acclaimed romantic drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The independent film, which has screened at festivals worldwide, is scheduled to open Friday in central Ohio theaters.
You and Me was probably recorded between 1970 and 1975, Shipley said, either at the since-defunct Harmonic Sounds Studio, 921 E. Broad St., or at the South Side home of studio co-owner Clem Price.
The singers, "Penny" and three or four male backup vocalists, were likely teenagers or maybe in their early 20s, and were invited to audition by the studio owners. They recorded three demo songs - sparsely produced with only a guitar accompaniment - that were put away and forgotten. No one knows who wrote the songs.
The work surfaced after Price's death in 2006, when a box of recordings was purchased at his estate sale. The tapes and acetates found their way to Dante Carfagna, a musicologist, writer and Columbus native who moved to Chicago in 1998.
And the song:
A couple of updates on possible identities of the band members:
Penny and the Quarters
