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Post by JosephD on May 19, 2018 16:13:49 GMT
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Post by razorbacker on May 21, 2018 11:34:11 GMT
All the songs I shared over on the other place are no more. Oh, well...it seems that not many folks ever viewed the music page anyway.
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Post by Realitychick on May 22, 2018 20:52:51 GMT
Recently downloaded three or four Bob Dylans albums... I saw him in concert for the first time last year and never was really familiar with his music... My genre is usually punk music. But loving his music.
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Post by razorbacker on May 22, 2018 21:23:56 GMT
Recently downloaded three or four Bob Dylans albums... I saw him in concert for the first time last year and never was really familiar with his music... My genre is usually punk music. But loving his music. I saw the final show on what became to be known as the Before The Flood tour with Dylan and The Band. It was an incredible night.
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Post by Realitychick on May 22, 2018 21:28:51 GMT
That sounds awesome. It was a really good concert. Hope he tours again but I know he is getting older...
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Post by razorbacker on May 24, 2018 12:13:20 GMT
I think it is time to post an oldy but a goody. Perhaps you are familiar with the big hit this song became in the 70's but maybe you hadn't heard the original, so here it is. This version began life at #99 on October 16,1961: Gypsy Woman – The Impressions This was the first of two different versions of this song to chart & even though it goes all the way to #20, Brian Hyland will still outdo it when he goes to #3 in 1970. The Impressions will do better on another chart as it goes to #2 over on R&B. Curtis Mayfield was the writer of this one. This was the first song The Impressions recorded without Jerry Butler, who fronted the group in the '50s but left for a solo career. Curtis Mayfield kept working with Butler as a guitarist and songwriter, and when Mayfield wrote "Gypsy Woman," he regrouped The Impressions and recorded the song with them, taking over for Butler as their front man. The song was a hit and The Impressions soon became regular chart-dwellers, racking up 30 more Hot 100 entries in the '60s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRHQZkFPGR4
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Post by MissScarlet on May 24, 2018 17:58:49 GMT
All the songs I shared over on the other place are no more. Oh, well...it seems that not many folks ever viewed the music page anyway. I've always loved your posts & songs. I love reading the backgrounds you tell us. Keep up the good work here.
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Post by razorbacker on May 28, 2018 10:17:51 GMT
So back in the days of am radio, you could hear any genre, any time & it wasn't thought to be too weird. Here is a classic song than began life on the Hot 100 at #65 on October 23, 1961. Crazy – Patsy Cline This song hits #2 on the Country Chart (evidently held out of the top spot by the song Walk On By by Leroy VanDyke which spent an incredible 19 weeks at #1), #2 on the AC Chart & #9 on the Pop Chart. Willie Nelson wrote this one & it is in The Grammy Hall Of Fame & listed as #85 on the Rolling Stone top 500. With some help from a friend named Oliver English, Willie wrote the song in early 1961; at the time he was a journeyman singer-songwriter who had written several hits for other artists but had not yet had a significant recording of his own. He originally wrote the song for country singer Billy Walker who turned it down for the same reason Roy Drusky turned down "I Fall to Pieces" the previous year - that it was "a girl's song". The song's eventual success helped launch Willie as a performer as well as a songwriter. According to Mojo magazine, Willie Nelson originally tried to sell this along with several other of his songs to country music singer Larry Butler for $10 apiece. Butler refused to take advantage (how many millions has Willie made off of this song), fortunately for Patsy Cline who, despite initially disliking "Crazy," made it into a huge hit. Both her husband Charlie Dick and her producer Owen Bradley loved the song, and they persuaded her to record it. Patsy was thrown through a windshield in a car accident two months before she recorded this (they didn't have seat belts back then). At the first session, she couldn't hit the high notes because of a broken rib, so the studio musicians recorded their parts without her. Two weeks later, she did her vocals while standing on crutches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYtrGjJOMpE
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 1, 2018 11:13:14 GMT
I have a couple of songs this time around. One because it seems to be so far ahead of its time & the other because it was the first hit single from a future mega star. Both songs debuted on Oct. 30, 1961. This one made its appearance at #97: Turn Around, Look At Me – Glen Campbell Here we have the very first hit single for Glen. It is going to get only to #62 on the Pop Chart but it goes to #15 over on the AC Chart. The Vogues will release the song in 1968 & go all the way to #7 with their version. Jerry Capehart was the writer. Glen was the seventh son in a family of 12 children in the small town of Delight, Arkansas, He got his love of music from his family. They made their living as sharecroppers, but they also instilled an interest in music in him when he was a young boy. By the time he was 16 he had pawned his guitar and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to join his uncle's band. This launched a career that saw him become a successful country and pop recording star, host his own variety television show (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, which ran 1969-1972), and earn a Golden Globe nomination. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1960, he moved from Albuquerque to Los Angeles, where he quickly became known as one of the best session musicians in the industry(and offered a job in The Beach Boys which he declined), playing guitar and bass on tracks by Frank Sinatra, The Monkees, Jan and Dean, and many others. Jerry Capehart, the writer of this song also wrote the legendary rock anthem Summertime Blues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1el-i4srwAnd this one started out at #94: Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson Sandy (drums) co – wrote this one with Richie Podolor (guitar). It is going to stay around for sixteen weeks & go to #7. This was his 2nd & final Top 10 hit. To me this song is light years ahead of its time. This was 1961 after all. This instrumental piece is a guitar and drums duet and is an early example of surf music. The two writers had previously been in a band called The Renegades with , Bruce Johnston (future Beach Boy), and Nick Venet. For anyone that might recognize the name Richie Podolor & not know why...In later years he will become one of the bigger named producers in the rock industry. He goes on to produce almost all of the albums from Three Dog Night, he produces albums from such diverse groups as Iron Butterfly, The Blues Image, The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, Alice Cooper, Dwight Twilley & Steppenwolf, just to name a few. You know his work, you just may not recognize his name. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AODrbE629Io
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 2, 2018 1:32:24 GMT
I really enjoyed that video of Let There Be Drums, with all the drummers. It was a fun watch to a good song.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 2, 2018 10:28:53 GMT
I really enjoyed that video of Let There Be Drums, with all the drummers. It was a fun watch to a good song. Even Cubby from the Mickey Mouse Club...I had the great opportunity to see many of them in concert & man could those folks play. Sandy Nelson the drummer on that song had a motorcycle wreck in 1963 that required the amputation of his right foot & part of his leg, but he continued drumming & recording releasing a new album as late as 2008. Now that is some sticktoitivness....
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 2, 2018 20:32:21 GMT
I saw Cubby too. And the child versions of Alex Van Halen & I think Eddie Van Halen. It was fun to see what some of these guys looked like years ago.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 9, 2018 17:12:08 GMT
I have a couple more to share today. These songs hit the chart for the first time on November 13,1961: This one saw first light at #99, but it won't be there for long: I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More) – Barbara George Barbara wrote this one herself & she is going to be rewarded for her efforts. This is one stays around for a long, long time making it to 19 weeks & a peak of #3 way out at the end of next January. The song also spends 4 weeks at #1 on the R&B Chart. This was the first of three Hot 100 hits for Barbara & her only Top 40 hit on either of these charts. She was an R&B singer/songwriter from New Orleans. This is a much covered song that has been recorded by The Newbeats, Cher, Ike & Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Anne Murray, & Steve Marriott among others. www.youtube.com/watch?v=66AbuZjikkgThis one debuted at #70. The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens These guys take this one all the way to #1 where it stays for three weeks & it comes in as the 6th biggest hit single of the year. This version also goes to #7 on the R&B Chart, but somehow avoids the AC Chart. This was the only time these guys hit the Top 10, not to mention #1. The song has a long list of associated writers including Hugo & Luigi, who were everywhere as both writers & producers during this era. Robert John will get his version to #3 in 1972 & then it gets released again in 1994 by The Tokens. This was the last song to hit #1 in 1961. The success of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" didn't ensure long-term recording security for The Tokens as a singing group. They didn't have a singing/recording contract, but they DID have a producing contract! After "Lion," members of the group had producing success with The Chiffons ("He's So Fine," "One Fine Day," "Sweet Talkin' Guy"), The Happenings ("See You in September," "My Mammy") and Dawn ("Knock Three Times," "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree"). In 1971, they produced a note-for-note remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" for Robert John - with group members Jay, Hank, and Mitch singing backgrounds and Ellie Greenwich singing bass. The new version peaked at #3. When Hank left the group in 1972, the Tokens renamed themselves Cross Country and recorded an album. Their version of the Wilson Pickett hit "In the Midnight Hour" hit the Top 30 in 1973; the group disbanded shortly afterwards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBmUwi6mEo
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 10, 2018 16:29:16 GMT
A lot of younger people would recognize The Lion Sleeps Tonight from The Lion King. When I told my daughter it was a much older song that I still remembered from when I was a little kid, she was shocked.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 13, 2018 11:53:39 GMT
Hank Ballard began a craze that wasn't going to die off any time soon when he wrote & released The Twist with his band The Midnighters. Even though he wrote the song, it would not become a major hit single until it was released a bit later by Chubby Checker. And then it was Katy bar the door on the Twist. Everyone wanted to get in on the new craze & here is another example. This song debuted for the first time on November 20, 1961. It began life at #68: Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee And The Starliters Just to show how hot these types of songs were at the time, The Twist by Chubby Checker will be the 1st #1 hit single of 1962 (the 2nd time the song had hit #1) & it is going to be replaced at the top by this song. The Peppermint Twist will stay at #1 for five weeks & it lands at the 5th biggest hit of 1962. It was the first hit single for these guys & it also goes to #8 on the R&B Chart. Joey Dee co – wrote the song with Henry Glover. These guys were from Passaic NJ. Other than Joseph DiNicola (Joey Dee), the Starliners included David Brigati, Carlton Lattimore, Willie Davis, Larry Vernieir, & Don Martin. Later in the history of this group a few pretty famous folks will join in for short term membership.Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish will join & then go on to form The Young Rascals & a guy named Jimmy James will play guitar, but he will become a bit better known as Jimi Hendrix. The Peppermint part of this song comes from the famous Peppermint Lounge in New York City which was the place responsible for the unleashing of the Twist craze. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIvZu4dPQQ
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 16, 2018 13:09:27 GMT
Evidently no one much liked the Twist or any of the follow up hits dedicated to the craze. LOL! Perhaps you feel different about the upcoming craze....no, not DISCO. We are talking about Surf Music. This song debuted at #94 on November 27,1961, but it has gone on to some pretty nice accolades. Let’s Go Trippin – Dick Dale This one stays on the charts for nine weeks & comes in at #60. It was the first chart hit for Dick. He wrote the song himself & the song has been installed in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Dick was born in Boston but gained his fame in Southern California. His real name was Richard Monsour. "Let's Go Trippin'" was the first surf-rock hit. Dick's guitar sound that he used on this instrumental track was appropriated by acts that became far more successful - notably Jan & Dean and The Beach Boys. He wrote this song with the ocean waves in mind. It is the driving beat of his Fender Stratocaster that gives the song the twang that is immediately associated with surf music. Leo Fender himself gave Dale his first Stratocaster and amp in the 1950s; Dale, looking to replicate the sound of Gene Krupa on the drums, proceeded to play so loud and so hard that he blew out the amp. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8qq6Op5D7Q
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Post by Arielflies on Jun 16, 2018 15:25:31 GMT
Please don't assume I didn't like the music of my middle school years, I do, but I don't always feel like commenting.
The Twist, The Stroll, The Mash Potato - all the dance "crazes" of the day made me love to dance to a beat.
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 16, 2018 21:57:56 GMT
That was one weird video on Let's Go Trippin'. I especially loved the dancing white cat. He'd fit in well with my avatar. As for The Peppermint Twist, I liked that one too, but what got me was that in the process of reading your background I somehow got wrapped up in about a 1.5 to 2 hour search of all things Jimi Hendrix. See, your posts have effects you don't even realize.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 16, 2018 23:08:20 GMT
That was one weird video on Let's Go Trippin'. I especially loved the dancing white cat. He'd fit in well with my avatar. As for The Peppermint Twist, I liked that one too, but what got me was that in the process of reading your background I somehow got wrapped up in about a 1.5 to 2 hour search of all things Jimi Hendrix. See, your posts have effects you don't even realize. That’s super. I have always thought that the history and behind the scenes stories of rock music is as interesting if not more so than the music itself. Did you you read anything about the stories developing around the death of Jimi and how many now consider it to have been a murder. The official story said he died of a combination of drugs and alcohol yet there was no alcohol found in his system. Interesting stuff, things that make you say hmmmm
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 17, 2018 2:24:40 GMT
That was one weird video on Let's Go Trippin'. I especially loved the dancing white cat. He'd fit in well with my avatar. As for The Peppermint Twist, I liked that one too, but what got me was that in the process of reading your background I somehow got wrapped up in about a 1.5 to 2 hour search of all things Jimi Hendrix. See, your posts have effects you don't even realize. That’s super. I have always thought that the history and behind the scenes stories of rock music is as interesting if not more so than the music itself. Did you you read anything about the stories developing around the death of Jimi and how many now consider it to have been a murder. The official story said he died of a combination of drugs and alcohol yet there was no alcohol found in his system. Interesting stuff, things that make you say hmmmm No, I didn't get to that. Darn you. Now I'll be going back to search again. There goes another 2 hours of my life.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 17, 2018 11:27:20 GMT
If you are interested, here is a link to a podcast all about the Hendrix death & folks that knew him talking about the events surrounding it. The podcast is about a half hour long, so it won't take up much of your time. www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-96nve-3a45ea2
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 18, 2018 17:56:06 GMT
Some of you know but I have been following the Hot 100 Billboard charts since the beginning of the Rock Era on January 1955. I am now up to December of 1962. I research all the singles that debut on any given week. There could be as few as 6 new songs out of 100 or there may be as many as 20. Some weeks you are left shaking your head & wondering what were people thinking about by making some of this stuff a hit & then there are those weeks where some special things happen. And that was the case with the week of December 4, 1961 when these three singles hit the chart for the first time together: This one debuted at #81: Turn On Your Love Light – Bobby Blue Bland This is going to be a very popular song to record & this was the first of five times it hit the Pop Chart. Bobby has the biggest of the five as his version goes to #28 on the Pop Chart & #2 on the R&B Chart. The song was written by Deadric Malone & Joe Scott. "Turn On Your Love Light" was one of Bobby 's most popular singles. In 1999, the song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bF64D05VXMThis one saw first light at #79: The Wanderer – Dion Eighteen weeks on the charts & a #2 position is in store for this one. The song was written by Ernie Maresca. Dion seemed to have some headwind when it came to crossing over to other charts, he did not do it very many times & this one did not accomplish that feat either. Dion recalled in Mojo magazine March 2008: "I was trying to do what they (his record label) wanted me to do. It was the times, you know? You could say 'The Wanderer' is my little white version of 'I'm A Man.' I saw Bo Diddley do 'I'm A Man' and he had this big belt buckle and I thought, I gotta get a song like that, so I did 'The Wanderer.' But if you listen to the lyric, it's really a sad song, and it actually turns in on itself, because it says 'I roam from town to town/I go through life without a care/I wave my two fists of iron/but I'm goin' nowhere.' You've got a thin veneer of what a man is. The guy's goin' to hell, but he's having a lot of fun doin' it." This is another song on the Rolling Stone rankings of "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". And it was actually a “B” side which was promoted to a hit by DJ's who played it more than the "A" side. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkoidwsLXCgAnd this one showed up at #57: Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley This one goes to #2 on the Pop Chart, but it spends six weeks at #1 over on the AC side of the equation. Here are a couple of names we have seen many times before, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore were the writers accompanied by George David Weiss. The Movie version master of the song came from take 23, while they added a new piano introduction & continued to work on the record version until they were satisfied with Take 29. This was Elvis' most popular and famous "love song," but it was not sung to his love interest in Blue Hawaii - It was sung to his grandmother on the occasion of her birthday. Elvis presented her with a music box, which she opened and it played the song, which Elvis then sang along with. The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii hit #1 on the US charts in the fall of 1961 and remained there for 20 weeks in a row, a record that wasn't broken until 1977 by Fleetwood Mac's landmark album Rumours. Note his girlfriend Shelly Fabares. She starred in 3 movies with Elvis & she is going to release a #1 hit song herself in early 1962 when Johnny Angel throws her into another level of stardom. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhKWWCCdk8I reckon you will remember all three of these, hopefully you liked them as well.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 24, 2018 13:06:14 GMT
I have to share this one for three reasons. 1) It's Fats 2) It's Live 3) It's smokin good. The song debuted on the chart at #63 on December 11, 1961: Jambalaya – Fats Domino This was the second version of this song to hit in the Rock era & the first one to hit the Top 40. Fats gets the song to #30, but the highest charting version comes in 1973 from The Blue Ridge Rangers. This was the “A” side to I Hear You Knocking & it was of course written by Hank Williams. Hank Williams originally recorded this in 1952. His version was a #1 Country hit and also went to #20 on the US pop charts. Brenda Lee also performed the song, making her US television debut on Ozark Jamboree in 1955 at age 11. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDj7VfU3368Get you heart started this morning. Get up & dance!
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Post by MissScarlet on Jun 24, 2018 18:07:28 GMT
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Post by razorbacker on Jul 3, 2018 20:07:35 GMT
Well here is an interesting song for you to chew over, not necessarily because the music is so great, but because of who it is: The song debuted at #99 on January 6,1962 & quickly faded into the ether! Motorcycle – Tico & The Triumphs I guarantee you that there will be some big hit singles during the year, but, this won’t be one of them. This was a one week chart stay & because it began life at #99, it comes in at #664 on the year end chart. This was the first of just two chart hits for the group. Tico & The Triumphs were a group put together by, that included,& were produced by the guy that wrote this song. His name is Paul Simon. The record label shows the song being written by Jerry Landis. That was also Paul Simon & goes back to the days he was recording with Art Garfunkel as Tom & Jerry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr9JcJwgIT4
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Post by razorbacker on Jul 7, 2018 13:23:08 GMT
As I have said before, I am working my way through the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, week by week & I am now moving into 1962. Even though it is still early in the Rock era, there will be some big names that debut this year including: Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Tommy Roe, Peter, Paul & Mary & Booker T. & The MG's just to name a few... So here are some singles that had their debut on the week of January 13, 1962. Maybe you'll remember them. Artists & writers always seemed to be fodder for producers & executives to take advantage of. Here is a story of either do it my way, or someone else will. The song debuted at #93. Duke Of Earl – Gene Chandler We have a debut artist & a successful debut it will be. The song goes all the way to #1 on the Pop Chart where it stays for three weeks & it does even better over on the R&B Chart where it gets five weeks at the top. Gene co – wrote the song with Earl Edwards & Bernice Williams. The single is in The Grammy Hall Of Fame. It will come in as the ninth biggest hit of the year. Even though this was his first hit single as a solo artist he had been a member of a group called The Dukays & they had also charted. This was first recorded by The Dukays for Nat Records in 1960. Vee Jay Records bought it and had one of their members, Eugene Dixon, change his name to Gene Chandler and take credit for it. Vee Jay bought the master tapes to Duke of Earl and wanted to release it immediately, but Nat Records did not want the Dukays' name on the record (as their song "Night Owl" was struggling to make the charts); so, the producers offered Eugene Dixon a choice: Start a solo career with "Duke of Earl" and be replaced as lead singer of the Dukays by a man named Charles Davis, or stay with the Dukays and have Davis start HIS solo career with "Duke of Earl." Chandler chose option #2 with the blessings of the group. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Uht69h8IsThe Brill Building was becoming a hit factory with single after single charting every week. This one began at #89 & is interesting because of the story behind the song. Crying In The Rain – The Everly Brothers So the Everly Brother escape their usual stable of go to writers & settle on a song written by Howard Greenfield & Carole King (this was the only time the two of them wrote together). And it pays off for them with a thirteen week chart run & a #6 final placement. They will never get this high on the Pop Chart again. This was the Everlys' first hit with a song from the Brill Building stable of songwriters. Carole King, writing with her usual partner Gerry Goffin, had just previously come from two top-charting successes: "Run To Him" and "Take Good Care Of My Baby," both for Bobby Vee. Don Kirshner, co-producer at Aldon Music, had originally intended "Run To Him" to be for the Everly Brothers, but Vee's producer had snagged that song, too. Kirchner had been eager to produce a hit for the Everlys since his first day in business, so this was a dream come true for him. Shortly after this song came out, the performance rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc., held their annual awards to honor the most-played songs of the year. Out of the 90 awards handed out that night, Aldon Music took home 12, four times more than any other music publisher. So this song comes from a golden age of the Brill Building music era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzh94bzYO2MAnd this one debuted at #56: Brenda was on a big roll & had been for years already. Break It To Me Gently – Brenda Lee Juice Newton will release this single in 1982 & take it all the way to #11, but here is the original version & Brenda gets it to #4. The song stays around for thirteen weeks. It was written by Diane Lampert & Joe Seneca. This was her 13th Top 40 hit & she had just turned 17 a month before the single charted. Brenda recorded "Break It to Me Gently" on August 31, 1961 with Owen Bradley producing the session at his Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville. The same session produced Fool #1 which was a #3 hit in late 1961. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5vLJJyD0pE
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Post by razorbacker on Jul 13, 2018 11:58:21 GMT
I see the views count going up on this thread, but I seem to be the only one with anything to say, which probably means I just ain't picking the right songs. So, I try try again. As we progress through the month of January 1962, these songs all had their debuts on the chart dated January 27. AM Radio could cook up some true variety as these three songs were very different, yet very popular. This one debuted at #96: She’s Got You – Patsy Cline Here is another hit single written by Hank Cochran. Patsy sees this one stay on the chart for thirteen weeks & land at #14 on the Pop Chart. It does much better over on the AC Chart where it goes to #3 & then it gets a five week stay at #1 on the Country Chart. According to the Ellis Nassour biography Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline, writer Hank Cochran remembers calling Cline and telling her that he'd just written her next number 1 hit. She told him to come over to her house with a bottle of liquor and play it on the guitar for her and friend Dottie West who was visiting that afternoon. Cline was emotionally moved by its lyrics and loved the song so much that she learned it that night, calling up her manager and producer to sing it to them over the phone. At her next session, she recorded it. This was a rare instance, as Patsy and her producer, Owen Bradley, often disagreed with each other's choice of material. This time, they both agreed they had a hit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNATIdymvsThis one started out at #85: Cry To Me – Solomon Burke Solomon has the first of three different versions of this song to hit the Hot 100 it will go to #44 on the Pop Chart, but it gets to #5 over on R&B. The song was written by Bert Russell. Bert Russell, the credited song writer, is really Bert Berns, the prolific writer of hit records in the 1960s who tragically died of a heart attack aged 38 in 1967. Among his songwriting credits are "Twist And Shout" by The Isley Brothers, "Tell Him" by The Exciters, "Here Comes The Night" by Them and "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys. Bert Berns was Solomon Burke's designated producer/writer, but he was getting very frustrated with the young soul singer as he kept turning down all his offerings. Burke recalled in an interview with Mojo magazine August 2008 that finally Berns told him that he had one more song. The writer/producer proceeded to sing to him very slowly, "When your baby, leaves you alone." Burke continued: "I said 'That's terrible. It's just too slow for me, I don't like slow songs.' And (record label executive) Mr Wexler says, 'Listen this guy writes for you, you're pissing him off. You're pissing me off, too.' (Laughs) I tried to sing it a couple of times that way, couldn't even feel it. Then I asked the young man in the studio, the engineer Tommy Dowd, 'Could we have them speed this up?'" This went on to become Burke's second chart entry in the US after "Just Out Of Reach," www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEu8DrO9PbYAnd this one began at #74: Hey! Baby – Bruce Channell This is a popular song title. There are six different singles to chart under this name & there were three versions of this song alone. This was the first of the three & the most popular by a bunch. Bruce gets his version all the way to #1 on the Pop Chart where it stays for three weeks & comes in as the 8th biggest hit of the year, he also goes to #2 over on R&B (his only time to hit that chart). The song will hit #71 for Jose Feliciano in 1969 & 74 for Ringo Starr in 1977. Bruce co – wrote the song with Margaret Cobb. This was the first chart hit for Bruce. He was a Pop Singer from Jacksonville, Texas. He will have a few hit singles into the late 60’s, but never gets this high again. Delbert McClinton played the harmonica part. While Bruce was touring the UK in 1962 with The Beatles, John Lennon was so impressed with the harmonica intro that he asked Delbert how to play it. A year later a similar harmonica passage showed up on The Beatles "Love Me Do & later Please, Please Me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik9dxkKriV0Hope you find something to like...
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Post by MissScarlet on Jul 13, 2018 21:19:32 GMT
Hey! Baby made me smile. I'd never heard it before until my dance class started doing a dance to it. It's a fun little dance to a fun song. At the end of each verse, I can't help but say: "One-Two-Three-Four-Five-Six-Seven-Eight.
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Post by razorbacker on Jul 24, 2018 11:02:56 GMT
In the early 60's Doo Wop was big, bigger, biggest. But even though it had begun to fall out of favor by 1962 there were still some true classics on the charts. Here is one I suspect everyone will remember. It began life at #72 on February 10, 1962: What’s Your Name – Don & Juan These guys have the first & bigger of the two times this song charts. In 1974 it gets to #92 for Andy & David Williams, Don & Juan are able to get the song to #7. It was written by Claude “Juan” Johnson. This was the first of just two Hot 100 hits for this duo. Surprisingly enough they won't crossover to any other chart, not even R&B, & this was their biggest hit single. They were an R&B duo out of Brooklyn named Ronald “Don” Trone & the songs writer Claude “Juan” Johnson. The song was recently nominated to the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkqVU8PQOgE
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Post by MissScarlet on Jul 24, 2018 17:19:11 GMT
I've never understood what a Doo Wop song was, but I do like that one. I guess I always thought it was when a song was sung acapella, but I can clearly hear background music. Where did the name Doo Wop come from? And what makes a song a Doo Wop song?
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