TUESDAYS MIX

Sonny James - Apache. A great vocal version of the Shadows hit.
Paul Anka - I love you baby
Dave Burgess - Whole lot of shaking going on
Marty Robbins - Just married and That's all right mama
Paul Petersen - Little boy sad. Acted as Donna Reed's son in her show and later went on to become an author.
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VOCAL GROUPS

The Teddybears - To know him is to love him. A Phil Spector find

The Howard Morrison Quartet - Hoki Mai and Pokarekare Ana

Beach Boys - CaliforniaGirls. This is an odd version - vocals only.

Paul Revere and The Raiders - Indian Reservation. Another John D Loudermilk song

Pussycat - Mississippi. Sung in German.

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FUNDAY

Here are some humorous and odd ones today starting with the great Harry Belafonte and Coconut woman.

I remember seeing the film Carmen Jones in which Harry starred but his voiced was dubbed as was the great Dorothy Dandridge (by the then unknown Lena Horne). Probably as a youngster this was my first real introduction to some classical music (albiet in a popular way) and the Toreadors song was terrific.

Gail Peevey (Jamie Horton) - I'm getting nuttin' for Xmas. I have posted Jamies cover of Connies Robot Man.

Buzz Clifford- Baby Sittin' Boogie.

Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me

And some Kiwi humour -

Pat Rogers - Taumarunui.

Howard Morrison Quartet - Mori the Hori. Some non PC humour in the Billy T James style - although Billy T was many years later.

Rodd Derritt - Kiwi Train. And unfortunately this is true as in the 1950's N Z Railways was simply awful.

ROAD SHOW

Two for the Tobacco Road - John D Loudermilk's song and his version of it plus the Nashville Teens who made it into a hit.

And two for the show - film shows that is -

Stubby Kaye & Nat King Cole from the film of the same name The Ballad of Cat Ballou and Doris Day with Bonny's father John Raitt from the Pyjama Game There once was a man.

John had a terrific baritone voice but preferred the stage (Broadway) to films. Bay Raitt the creator of the face of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings is his grandson. As an aside I spell pyjama with a Y but it seems the real name of the film is The Pajama Game as the Yanks spell it differently. Listen here.

AS EASY AS

As easy as A B C but todays shows my odd (eclectic!!) taste ranging from the jazz like Andre Previn, the rocking Bobby D and the almost classical Charlotte Church.

A

Andre Previn - Like young

B

Bobby Bland - Let the lttle girl dance

Bobby Darin - Queen of the hop

Bobby Goldsboro - Molly

C

Curtis Lee with Under the moon above and Pretty little angel eyes

Crickets & Sonny Curtis - Baby my heart

Charlotte Church - Men of Harlech - Royal Celebration 1998. Her boyfriend is the Welsh Rugby second five-eighth (inside centre to the rest of the world) who I have always rated as a player.

Below is Gavin in action. The music action is here.

WEDNESDAYS SELECTION

Starting off with Warren Smith and his Ubangi Stomp. Should have had a better career but went off the rails, even serving time in jail. But drugs seem to have been his down fall (although having a bad car accident didn't help) and he died young at 47 in 1980.

Carol Deene - Some People which is the vocal version of a instrumental hit for the ex Shadows Jet Harris and Tony Meehan.
Brook Brothers - Ain't gonna wash for a week. Another Everlys soundalike duo who had a big hit with Warpaint.
Paul Young - Love of the common people. British singer not to be confused with the Ozzie (Scottish born) John Paul Young.
Jimmy Bowen - I'm sticking with you
Gary Miles and the Statues - Look for a star
Look here for these stars.

100 PERCENT K1W1

Ricky May - I could have danced all night from My Fair Lady
The Chicks - The Hucklebuck
Ray Columbus - Till we kissed. Mr Mod himself. I will track down my copy of She's a mod and post it sometime.
John Rowles - Cheryl Moana Marie about his sister.
OMC - How bizarre. And it was as the Otara Millionaires Club (Pauly Fuemana and Alan Jansson) flared brightly as a OHW then went.
Ronnie Sundin - Sea of love. Better than the original by Phil Phillips. Ronnie lasted about 2 years in the late 50's. I saw him several times performing in the Showcase of Stars type of shows prevalent at that time.
Simple Image - Michael & the Slipper tree
Paul Walden - King of Holiday Island. His big hit was Molly which was a Bobby Goldsboro song.
Tommy Adderley - Painted tainted rose. More jazz than pop but another who had drug problems.

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