Thursday, August 12, 2010

Another mixture of oldies

Listen to these -

Willie Nelson - America the beautiful. And he is in full voice and just beautiful
Herb Alphert - America - from West Side Story
S & G - Bye bye love (live) - almost but not quite as good as the Everlys
Graham Bonnet - I''ll be your baby tonight
Delaney Bonnie and Friends - Never ending song of love. Interestingly Eric Clapton often used to perform with the group.
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers - A picture of you
Reg Lindsey of Australia with his version of the John Stewart favourite about the first man on the moon - Armstrong
Left Banke - Walk away Renee

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Hank and Donna Marie Koopman


Hank and Donna Marie Koopman

I couldn't find out much about this couple. By surname sounded Dutch but I think they are Australian C & W singers. Listen to them here with Caribbean, Mr Fire Eyes, Round and Round, On the wings of a dove, Don't let the stars get in your eyes and Melodie da amour.

Their records are well worth hunting out and buying.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Kiwi


All Kiwi again here.

As an aside I see Mitch Miller died at age 99. His Sing-a-long stuff is not really my cup of tea, but he did do the theme to the River Kwai film (Colonel Bogey) and found several great artists such as Rosie Clooney (Georges Aunt), Guy Mitchell and Tony Bennett. He hated R 'n' R but did take it on board to a degree as he realised it was the way to go.


Back to NZ

Howard Morrison - How great thou art
John Grenell or Hore depending on your taste - I've been everywhere man - Kiwi version
Warratahs (Ozzie name but a Kiwi group)- Cruising on the Interislander
Prince Tui Teka - E Ipo
Unknown - Pokarekare ana