POLITICAL & ODDITIES

A couple of political ones here -

Leonard Cohen - Democracy - a brilliant song. His album with this on is worth every penny
Billy Bragg - Internationale - the song of the working class - or the Communists (the very opposite of democracy!!)

It was until 1944 the national Anthem of the Soviet Union until replaced by Hymn of the Soviet Union as it seems the soldiers were prepared to die for mother Russia but not the working class.

Some odds -

David Whitfield - Cara Mia - almost classical
Joe Dassin - Pour Un Flirt Avec Toi - a little bit of France
Millie Small -Tom Hark - the Elias and his Zig Zag Jive Flutes version is said to the the most played song at UK football (Soccer) grounds
Royal teens - Who wears shorts shorts
Tommy Steele - What a mouth - a brilliant piece sung live by the great steelman himself who did turn himself into an allround entertainer and sculptor.

ANOTHER LOT FEATURING TWO RONNIES

Ronnie Carroll - Footsteps - the original was by Steve Lawrence

The original two Ronnies above - Corbett and Barker. It is claimed that at 1m 56 (5'1) Corbett who served in the RAF was the shortest commissioned officer ever.

Chris Andrews - Pretty Belinda
Everly Bros - True Love
Lonnie Donnegan - The Party's Over
Marty Robbins Return to me.
Seekers - Isa lei
Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino

(See link in previous posting)

OVER 50 YEARS AGO

The great Billy T James (The Tainui Kid)

"I'm half Scot, half Maori. One half wants to get pissed
(drunk) the other doesn't want to pay for it"

Some from well in the past - well they seem to be from a hundred years ago; still I like them

Billy T James - Goodnight everyone - from his TV show. The Entertainer of the Decade in the 80's.

Not one to worry about being 'politically correct' he was the star of the film Came a Hot Friday
as The Tainui Kid.

Winifred Attwell - Big Ben Boogie
John Charles Thomas - Bluebird of happiness
Donald Peers - Dads birthday waltz
Jo Stafford - Ragtime cowboy Joe
Johnny Standly - Its in the book
Rudy Valee - The stein song
Richard Tauber - Pedro the fisherman
Bing Crosby, William Bendix, Sir Cedric Hardwicke -Busy doing nothing
Wilfred Pickles-Good luck good health god bless you
Joseph Locke - Blaze away - in the 'good old days' of State Radio I think they played this every morning at about 10 to 8 to remind the kids to leave for school as it was a marching song played over speakers into the playground that we marched along to. !!! Ahhhhhh.....

1950's STRIKE AGAIN

All Dave Burgess who sang I'm available - a song I would take on a trip to Mars -
Butterfly - A white sports coat - A teenagers romance

Plus some more from over a half a century ago -

Alma Cogan - Mama teach me to dance
Buddy Holly - It's So Easy
Eddie Fisher - I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do (Then I'll Be Happy)
Gaylords - O Sole Mio (There's No Tomorrow)
Johnny Ray - I'm gonna walk & talk with my Lord
Michael Holiday - Starry Eyed
Morecome & Wise - Run rabbit run
Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star
Richard Chamberlain - True love
Ted Heath - The Faithful Hussar

SATURDAYS SELECTION

Some for the weekend here

Freddy Fender - Wasted Days & Wasted Nights - this is the original 1960 Version.
Gary Miller - Robin Hood. From the TV series - quite a rousing tune.
Bill Haley - Bouquet Of Roses. From his C&W days as Bill Haley and his Saddlemen
Lonnie Donegan - Just A Closer Walk With Thee. I'm not religious but there are a couple of religious songs around (How great thou art is another) that are terrific songs. Jimmy Rogers also did a great version.
Eddie Cochrane - Have I Told you Lately That I Love You.
Don Cornell - Heart of my heart. Another great from the '50's.
Teresa Brewer & Don Cornell - You'll Never Get Away. Don again with Teresa

BACK AFTER A BREAK

Had the flu so nothing posted recently. So back on deck with a lot to make up for.

Another electic mix right here!!

Adam Faith - Made you & What do you want
Winifred Attwell - Poor people of Paris - She started out as a classical pianist
Piltdown Men (The 4 Preps) - McDonalds Cave
Tony Perkins - Rocket to the moon
Russ Hamilton - Wedding Ring & I still belong to you
Jim Reeves - Stand at your window
Jim Edward Brown (The Browns) - The blue skirt waltz
Gunter Kallman Choir - The Elizabethan Serenade
Jorgen Ingman - Anna
Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie

Down Under and one over

All from down under with one from over our heads.

From Kiwiland -

Fourmyula - with the song voted as the greatest NZ popular song of of last century - Nature. Excellent song from this great Upper Hutt (where I lived for a number of years with both my children being Upper Huttians) group, with the simply superb Wayne Mason.
The Best song of the Century ?? - an excellent song but headed off by Blue Smoke in my opinion. I would rate Pokarekare Ana as the greatest but was it a 'Pop' song?? So my top 3 are Pokare, Blue Smoke and Nature.
Also they sing another great hit Come go with me.

Johnny Devlin with 5 minutes more & Susie Darling
Ray Columbus & the Invaders with She's a mod - the first NZ pop song to top the Oz charts.

And the Aussies -
Frank Ifield - Abdul Abulbul Amir
Deltones - Come a little bit closer

And not an Aussie but an Oz song - Michael Holiday and Little Boy Lost. Other versions were posted on 6 April and 23 June this year.

And the one from over - well overhead John Stewart (ex Kingston Trio) with his song honouring the man who walked on the moon 40 years ago last month Armstrong.

Listen here and not up there when, on a July afternoon, a man named Armstrong walked upon the moon.