Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1985 - (page 203)

stonerblue said:
Fuck me, you five can't half bang on..
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It’s the perfect antidote to where thousands of YouTube links are posted in 5 minutes on a thread and nobody says a thing. Like posting a link to “Stairway of Heaven”, “Stand by Me” or “I Am The Ressurection” and then it being lost in the rush does anybody any favours.
 
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Finding one not yet mentioned, on any of the previous lists, not easy. I'm picking one my Mom liked in her teenage years.

Lots of Elvis qualified on the Pop lists, but I see what's in store for next week and don't want to blur those lines of what's next to Roll.

This song was written by Ted Snyder and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It was published in 1923. The song gave an American singer her major solo debut hit, which in March 1958 reached number 4 on Billboard's Hot 100.

The single, which would become her signature record, spent a total of 22 weeks on the Hot 100 – the longest of any of her hits — and was the first of her eight singles to be certified gold in America. In May and June of 1958, the single spent six weeks at number 1 on the UK singles chart.

"Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis
 
threespires said:
SD Jnr is arguably massively underrated in the UK, I think loads of people in this country just think of him as a mate of Bruce Forsyth!!
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The guy was a freak more than once in a generation with all the disadvantages that came along with his physical stature and upbringing and the list can go on.

Yes not the most noisome character off stage but whether you have a passion for the genres and he covered trad pop , jazz and the blues with equal aplomb you cannot objectively deny his immense talent and craft on stage and on record.

He could easily have made it big time as a stand up comedian alone and while acting in movies wasn't he strong suit he didn't disgrace himself in this art form by a long stretch.

From what I know he is massively underrated in the UK but he isn't in OZ

Incredible vocal range for such a small stature.
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
Finding one not yet mentioned, on any of the previous lists, not easy. I'm picking one my Mom liked in her teenage years.

Lots of Elvis qualified on the Pop lists, but I see what's in store for next week and don't want to blur those lines of what's next to Roll.

This song was written by Ted Snyder and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It was published in 1923. The song gave an American singer her major solo debut hit, which in March 1958 reached number 4 on Billboard's Hot 100.

The single, which would become her signature record, spent a total of 22 weeks on the Hot 100 – the longest of any of her hits — and was the first of her eight singles to be certified gold in America. In May and June of 1958, the single spent six weeks at number 1 on the UK singles chart.

"Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis
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Doh, how did I miss out Connie Francis ? Top choice B&W.
 
Pop is such a nebulous term but I would suggest that the crooners starting in the thirties were really the start of pop. They were massively popular and sold millions of records. Britain’s best was undoubtedly Al Bowlly. He had a fabulous voice and was popular in Britain, the US, and even in India. Sadly killed in the Blitz.
His surname Incidently was really Pauli which was misheard and thus misspelt by the authorities when he lived in S.Africa.
 
Just listening to a 1961 playlist to decide what to include when we get there.
Couldn't help but smile/cry when this came on...

Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces

Anyone got a happy pre 60s track to cheer us up ?
 
threespires said:
Just listening to a 1961 playlist to decide what to include when we get there.
Couldn't help but smile/cry when this came on...

Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces

Anyone got a happy pre 60s track to cheer us up ?
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I think we need something to help us wake up out of this nightmare...

"Mr. Sandman" - The Chordettes

Please turn on your magic beam and get us a WIN
 
Saddleworth2 said:
how about 'Good morning heartache' by Sam Cook.
Seems very apt.
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A great we've not had yet, another early death that robbed the world of a great star.

As we're going soulful I've realised we don't have any Ray Charles either :-( ,"Drown in my own tears" fits yesterday's weather and result! However "What I'd Say" sneaks into the pre 60 cutoff so it needs to be that.
 
KS55 said:
Pop is such a nebulous term but I would suggest that the crooners starting in the thirties were really the start of pop. They were massively popular and sold millions of records. Britain’s best was undoubtedly Al Bowlly. He had a fabulous voice and was popular in Britain, the US, and even in India. Sadly killed in the Blitz.
His surname Incidently was really Pauli which was misheard and thus misspelt by the authorities when he lived in S.Africa.
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Got Al Bowlly singing Blue Moon in the playlist.
 
Just to echo the observations about what is 'pop' we've ended up with a playlist that currently starts with Noel Coward and ends with Sam Cooke via Vera Lynn and Lonnie Doengan! But the "trad pop" singers who went on to become known as crooners or easy listening are well represented and they are what in my head I think of as early pop.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Just to say this thread is at times informative but always a great read.

I don't have either the depth or volume of knowledge to post anything really meaningful as of yet but hopefully as the 60's rock on I'll be active.
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Yes, I think this thread will get even better as we move through the 60s.

I've certainly not contributed much to this week's subject. I appreciate that there are a lot of good songs on here and most are very listenable, but the art of singing to a backing is not high on my music loves. I think this week is more about the singers than the bands.
 
RobMCFC said:
Yes, I think this thread will get even better as we move through the 60s.

I've certainly not contributed much to this week's subject. I appreciate that there are a lot of good songs on here and most are very listenable, but the art of singing to a backing is not high on my music loves. I think this week is more about the singers than the bands.
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But there are a lot of beautiful singers, which brings me to my final addition...

This song was number 1 this week in 1957 and would stay there until January.

Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child

It also had the distinction of the being the first UK #1 to do something never done before by songs that got to the top.
 
threespires said:
But there are a lot of beautiful singers, which brings me to my final addition...

This song was number 1 this week in 1957 and would stay there until January.

Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child

It also had the distinction of the being the first UK #1 to do something never done before by songs that got to the top.
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If it's specifically to do with that song and that version by HB, then my guess would be it was the biggest fall in chart position from the #1 spot - the first time a #1 had fallen out of the top 10 the following week ?
 
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