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Post by jk on Aug 13, 2022 9:18:39 GMT -5
Absolutely. Another of my favorites, featuring great work by The Jordanaires and James Burton, Believe What You Say. Rockin! (Listen to the original record from 1958. I heard a couple of versions that don’t have The Jordanaires for some reason ) I only just saw this! As I understand it, Lizzie, the original hit record from 1958 was recorded without The Jordanaires: It seems they were overdubbed for the album version ( Ricky Sings Again, 1959): Willing to be proved wrong, of course.
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Post by lizzielooziani on Aug 13, 2022 16:07:17 GMT -5
Interesting. That’s probably the case. My recording *on a greatest hits album * had the extras. And the first time I heard the song, back in 1980, the oldies radio station also played what I guess was the album version (Taped it off the radio along with other oldies music -including a couple of BB songs - onto a 90 minute cassette tape. Played that tape many times over the following years on a battery powered portable tape player while on long road trips)
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Post by jk on Aug 18, 2022 16:12:54 GMT -5
Eek. I see I've addressed Ritchie and Bopper in this thread but not Buddy -- shame on me. There are so many Buddy Holly tracks I could choose -- and I sincerely hope others jump in with favourites of their own -- but I'm opting for the slowed-down spooky rendition of "Slippin' And Slidin'", which seems to be the version included on the posthumous compilation *Reminiscing* (1963), with overdubs added by The Fireballs the previous year. I first heard it on the flip of my brother's copy of Buddy's great take on Chuck's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", a UK #3 hit in 1963: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscing_(Buddy_Holly_album)
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Aug 18, 2022 20:04:31 GMT -5
I'm a big Buddy fan also Jk. My dad who recently passed away, 'Was' the Buddy Holly fanatic and I have inherited his original 45's/EP's and Lp's. Some of them are quite rare and he really looked after his stuff. It's kind of bitter sweat listening to Buddy these days, as I'm a bit lost in hearing great music and hanging onto my memories. There's a story my dad told me how they were so poor.... He bought a Buddy Holly 45 as a young guy, but where they were living at the time, did not have power and the place had dirt floors! His brother found a way to connect a portable record player to the neighbors electricity in order to play their few and limited 45's. That's poverty for you... The record he bought was 'That'll Be The Day' on a very rare pressing here in Australia on 'Festival' records featuring 'The Three Tunes'. It's not even listed on 'discogs' yet, but something I hope to get around to.
Very hard to pick Buddy favorites, and mine changes all the time. If I had to pick a favorite as of today, again, it comes with a memory.... My Uncle was never a Buddy Holly fan, but he was Elvis Presley mad and nothing could ever top him in his opinion. In his later years, he said I actually sat and listened to 'Raining In My Heart', and it's one of the most beautifulest songs I've ever heard. It 'chuffed' my ol' man, and he was surprised at how a person's strong willed opinion could change. I listen to it myself and think too, what a beautiful production and lovely song. 'Raining In My Heart'
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Post by jk on Aug 20, 2022 17:06:53 GMT -5
Classic rock and roll was blessed with two peerless raconteurs, Eddie Cochran (with four earlier posts to his name) and Chuck Berry (more songs to follow). This is the definitive version of "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)", a #3 hit for Chuck in 1957, and an unmistakable influence lyric-wise on the Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Days_(Chuck_Berry_song)
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Post by jk on Aug 21, 2022 12:19:59 GMT -5
During our summer holiday in 1963 my brother and I came across a 78 of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode". I'd read about it and knew it had a reputation but was still floored when they played it for us. Needless to say we bought it (along with a 78 of Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City"). "JBG" has the envious reputation of being the sole Western pop recording (no Elvis, no Beatles) to make it onto the Voyager Golden Record. Apparently, complaints were levelled against its inclusion as being for adolescents, to which selection committee chairman Carl Sagan riposted that there were a lot of adolescents on Earth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_B._Goode
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Aug 23, 2022 17:37:00 GMT -5
Sad News in the land of 50' Rock 'n' Roll, as drummer and founding member of Buddy Hollys' 'The Crickets' Jerry Allision, recently passed away. He was 82 years old. One of the greatest and innovative drummers who influenced a whole generation of up and coming drummers with him memorable drum 'licks'. 'Peggy Sue', 'Not Fade Away' played on a cardboard box, his hand taps on his legs for 'Everyday' and co-writer of the classic Buddy Holly hit, 'That'll Be The Day' among many other achievements. One of the great guys of the generation, and was great in his many interviews over the years. RIP Jerry Allison
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Post by jk on Oct 1, 2022 6:20:02 GMT -5
A video my wife sent me from the UK featured this slice of late fifties nostalgia. "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" was a transatlantic top ten hit for Paul Anka in 1959, following on the heels of his US #1 that year, "Lonely Boy". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anka
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Post by jk on May 21, 2023 5:32:07 GMT -5
Digging Ronnie Hawkins singing "Forty Days" back in 1959 on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show with Jimmy Ray "Luke" Paulman on guitar, his cousin Willard "Pop" Jones on piano and a teenage Levon Helm on drums. (Luke's brother George on upright bass is missing from the video.) Forgive the less-than-great quality, to say nothing of the utterly inept audience clapping on the on-beat (the music starts at 1:30): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins
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Post by Rick Bartlett on May 21, 2023 6:16:19 GMT -5
A video my wife sent me from the UK featured this slice of late fifties nostalgia. "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" was a transatlantic top ten hit for Paul Anka in 1959, following on the heels of his US #1 that year, "Lonely Boy". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anka Paul Anka had huge success here in Australia in the 50's, and for good reason. He created and sang and wrote many great 50's and early 60's Pop tunes, and it's a shame he never quite got the love and affection in the US as far as I can tell, even though he appeared on Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'. I have many 45's of Paul's, and his early hit records are not 'rare' or 'hard to find' by any stretch, but they are great 50's Pop records just the same. Very hard to pick a favorite, but I'll throw this one in the ring....One a bit more uncommon, 'Dance On Little Girl' from 1961. I love the stereo image, and you can even smell the sound of what would become Phil Spector in the air with these production techniques. A lot of people find the early 60's music 'sappy' with the likes of Frankie Avalon, and all of the Bobby's... Darin, Rydell and Vee... The Johnny's... Burnette, Tillotson.... But I have a spot in my heart for them all, including Paul Anka. And guess what? He is still very active and performing still as of 2023!
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Post by jk on May 21, 2023 7:07:30 GMT -5
Actually, Paul was headlining the above show featuring Ronnie and had his fair share of screams when his name was announced! I remember "Dance On Little Girl" -- great record.
Maybe Fabian deserves to be thought of as sappy, hahaha, but none of the others! I thought the early sixties was a fascinating time, full of unique records and not the "doldrum years" at all.
So Paul is a survivor!!
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Post by jk on Jul 22, 2023 12:13:50 GMT -5
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Post by lonelysummer on Jul 22, 2023 21:51:58 GMT -5
My exposure to a lot of the non-rock 50's music has been through a local AM oldies station. I started listening to it around the time my grandmother died in 2007. Now, in 2013, they are playing more and more rock and pop hits of the 70's and 80's, which is kind of sad. The same station that used to wake me up in the morning with Perry Como and Dean Martin is now serenading me with Bob Dylan and Steppenwolf!
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jul 23, 2023 0:23:26 GMT -5
My exposure to a lot of the non-rock 50's music has been through a local AM oldies station. I started listening to it around the time my grandmother died in 2007. Now, in 2013, they are playing more and more rock and pop hits of the 70's and 80's, which is kind of sad. The same station that used to wake me up in the morning with Perry Como and Dean Martin is now serenading me with Bob Dylan and Steppenwolf! Same here! We had a great AM band radio called 'Magic 693', and they played wonderful stuff from the 40's and 50's... Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters, Pat Boone, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Stan Freberg, Les Paul & Mary Ford.... just off the top of my head. Sadly, there's not a station in sight remotely playing this era of music. I do miss the AM sound with these older artists too, it doesn't quite sound the same on a streaming service. Love that lo-fi and 'white noise' of AM radio.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jul 23, 2023 11:51:29 GMT -5
My exposure to a lot of the non-rock 50's music has been through a local AM oldies station. I started listening to it around the time my grandmother died in 2007. Now, in 2013, they are playing more and more rock and pop hits of the 70's and 80's, which is kind of sad. The same station that used to wake me up in the morning with Perry Como and Dean Martin is now serenading me with Bob Dylan and Steppenwolf! Same here! We had a great AM band radio called 'Magic 693', and they played wonderful stuff from the 40's and 50's... Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters, Pat Boone, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Stan Freberg, Les Paul & Mary Ford.... just off the top of my head. Sadly, there's not a station in sight remotely playing this era of music. I do miss the AM sound with these older artists too, it doesn't quite sound the same on a streaming service. Love that lo-fi and 'white noise' of AM radio. It could be argued, that's the way that music was meant to be heard. It sure is sad to see it recede into history. And now the same is happening with pre-hippie era rock and roll. We're very lucky to have a couple FM stations that still play Paul Revere and the Raiders, Herman's Hermits, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Roy Orbison, the Hollies, and Dion. Last weekend I mentioned the Smothers Brothers to someone, and they had no idea who they were.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Aug 14, 2023 15:11:32 GMT -5
'perusing' through my music and every so often a song just sticks out and I just get hooked on it. Case in point is Buddy Holly's beautiful recording of 'Raining In My Heart'. Recorded sometime in late 1958 with an orchestra and 'Not' with The Crickets. It's such a beautiful song and lovely recording, that it just stops me doing whatever I'm doing and instructs me to me listen. Who knows what Buddy Holly may have become, it's one of those amazing 'what if's' if he was given the chance. He was doing things in music even before Brian Wilson, with overdubbing and getting involved in record production. It's hard to know what may or may not have happened. Anyway, a nod to a young fella who only lived to 22 years of age, Buddy Holly and 'Raining In My Heart'.
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Post by jk on Sept 3, 2023 4:49:05 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Oct 7, 2023 5:28:37 GMT -5
Prompted by a thread at BBT, here's the super-talented Bobby Darin with one of his many late fifties, early sixties hits, "Dream Lover": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin
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