Surprised to see Terry Dene still recording in the sixties. I thought his career was over by about 1959.
He was one of the first British teen pop idols (he arrived on the pop scene after Tommy Steele, but preceded Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde), and made headlines by constantly getting drunk and into fights, so he can claim to be the first British pop star with a bad boy reputation.
He was called up for National Service, but was given a hard time by his fellow recruits and couldn't hack it, so was demobbed after only a few weeks for the sake of his psychological health. Only doing a few weeks of National Service instead of the full two years did not impress the tabloid press who went out of their way to destroy his career, and pretty soon that career was effectively over, so as I have already mentioned, I'm surprised to see him still recording in the sixties.
Surprised to see Terry Dene still recording in the sixties. I thought his career was over by about 1959.
He was one of the first British teen pop idols (he arrived on the pop scene after Tommy Steele, but preceded Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde), and made headlines by constantly getting drunk and into fights, so he can claim to be the first British pop star with a bad boy reputation.
He was called up for National Service, but was given a hard time by his fellow recruits and couldn't hack it, so was demobbed after only a few weeks for the sake of his psychological health. Only doing a few weeks of National Service instead of the full two years did not impress the tabloid press who went out of their way to destroy his career, and pretty soon that career was effectively over, so as I have already mentioned, I'm surprised to see him still recording in the sixties.
Cheers for that tbh id never heard of him, before my time and general taste in music.
Vabosity's Fifth Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #24.
Four tracks originally submitted to the thread on pages 93 to 96 respectively.
The Scott Bedford Four - How Does It Feel (1965) Genre: Pop Rock Original thread page: 93 Date originally submitted: 6th January 2014 Original poster: Randy Gibbons Comments:
This is a very nice track from the Scott Bedford Four, an obscure American band who remind me a little of the Searchers, while their singer (Scott Bedford, presumably) reminds me a little of Gene Pitney, a combination that gives them a rather interesting sound.
Frida Boccara - Through The Eyes Of A Child (1969) Genre: Eurovision Pop Original thread page: 94 Date originally submitted: 29th January 2014 Original poster: mushymanrob Comments:
The result of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest was perhaps the most farcical in the entire history of the event. The entries from four nations (France, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) all tied for first place, and as no tie-break mechanism existed at the time, all four were declared as co-winners.
The French entry was a song entitled Un Jour Un Enfant sung by Frida Boccara, and Through The Eyes Of A Child is the English language version of that song.
Of the four songs that won in 1969, Frida Boccara’s beautiful ballad is unquestionably my favourite. The fact that it didn’t win the Contest outright, but had to share the honours with three other (imho inferior) songs does rather annoy me, and the fact that one of those other three songs was Boom Bang A Bang by Lulu just adds insult to injury.
Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi (1960) Genre: Eurovision Pop Original thread page: 95 Date originally submitted: 18th February 2014 Original poster: mushymanrob Comments:
We’ve just had an English language version of the French song that was a co-winner of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, so how about a French language version of the French song that was the outright winner nine years earlier?
France won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest with this very, very quaint song, but as Gallic quaintness does rather appeal to me, how can Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer be anything but a real guilty pleasure?
if anyone bothers to listen to these, youll note that 'donkey train' and 'me nah worry' is the same song but with different lyrics. 'donkey train' is published as denzil winston, but its clearly the same guy.
Vabosity's Fifth Anniversary Review Of The Thread - Post #25.
Four tracks originally submitted to the thread on pages 97 to 100 respectively.
Dusty Springfield - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (1968) Genre: Pop Original thread page: 97 Date originally submitted: 25th March 2014 Original poster: JohnnyForget Comments:
The magnificent Dusty Springfield with a flawless interpretation of a great Randy Newman song.
Eric Burdon and the Animals - Mama Told Me Not To Come (1966) Genre: Rock Original thread page: 98 Date originally submitted: 15th April 2014 Original poster: mushymanrob Comments:
Let’s follow one great Randy Newman composition with another. While I do actually prefer the 1970 hit version by Three Dog Night, I can’t deny that the Eric Burdon version from four years earlier is pretty darn good.
Anthony Newley - Sweet Love Child (1969) Genre: Pop Original thread page: 99 Date originally submitted: 15th May 2014 Original poster: Vabosity Comments:
David Bowie and Anthony Newley are two very different types of singer, and yet the former often cites the latter as a major influence. Just like Bowie I too am a great admirer of Anthony Newley, an actor turned singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late fifties and early sixties with a mix of novelty ditties and conventional pop songs, but all sung in his very own unique and unconventional way. Sweet Love Child, which was recorded a good few years after Newley’s chart heyday, is a rather twee song, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like it a great deal. The song was specifically written for inclusion in a long forgotten 1969 film directed by and starring Newley, the very bizarre and somewhat pretentious, but wonderfully titled Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
Aretha Franklin - Evil Gal Blues (1964) Genre: Soulful Jazzy Blues Original thread page: 100 Date originally submitted: 19th May 2014 Original poster: Barney06 Comments:
This is the 100th and final track to be repeated in Vabosity’s Fifth Anniversary Review, and what better way to finish than with the fabulous Aretha Franklin.
Vabosity's Fifth Anniversary Review has now been completed.
I did what I said I'd do at the start of the Review. I have repeated one track from each of the first 100 pages of the thread. All repeated tracks are ones that I like a great deal and none of them have previously been repeated in either my First or my Third Anniversary Reviews.
It was good to be posting to this thread again after quite a long absence. I'm going to take a bit of a break now, but I will resume posting at some point in the future, although I don't know exactly when.
In the meantime, keep listening to all the good tracks that Rob is submitting every day.
cheers for that vabosity, its nice to pop back and see whats already been posted. theres so many good acts that need deeper investigation.
ok, just a few today as next week kicks off with a big artist which will be posted over a couple of days (being ocd i didnt want to straggle the weekend).
not heard of it... got to #22 in '64, so will be featured when i get to the everleys early next year. (unless someone wants to post it before then... which of course they can!)
well...... i cant believe this guy charted so highly and i cannot say ive heard any one of them! obviously wimoweh is well known, but for a 60's fan like menot to have heard any of those high placing tracks, on the radio or pop quizes is very odd!... needless to say they qualify for this thread by being 'unknown'
well...... i cant believe this guy charted so highly and i cannot say ive heard any one of them! obviously wimoweh is well known, but for a 60's fan like menot to have heard any of those high placing tracks, on the radio or pop quizes is very odd!... needless to say they qualify for this thread by being 'unknown'
I have heard "Mexicali Rose" and "Never Goodbye" once or twice on oldies radio, but certainly not "Marcheta" nor "A Little Love A Little Kiss". The only Karl Denver track that gets played on oldies radio on a regular basis (and these days it's more semi-regular than regular) is "Wimoweh".
Also, "Wimoweh" is the only Karl Denver track that is likely to appear on a sixties compilation album.
Oh, by the way, you've supplied the wrong link for "Marcheta". Here's the right one:-
I have heard "Mexicali Rose" and "Never Goodbye" once or twice on oldies radio, but certainly not "Marcheta" nor "A Little Love A Little Kiss". The only Karl Denver track that gets played on oldies radio on a regular basis (and these days it's more semi-regular than regular) is "Wimoweh".
Also, "Wimoweh" is the only Karl Denver track that is likely to appear on a sixties compilation album.
Oh, by the way, you've supplied the wrong link for "Marcheta". Here's the right one:-
must say, hes not my cuppa tea.. i dont like falsetto, i dont like yodeling, i dont like brits trying to be american and i dont like country.... lol...
... and ive just seen whats coming up , pages of 'bluebeat' record label... oh no...
just a note.... in two weeks time im off to ibiza to see my lads dj set @ eden (judge jules - judgemental) so there will be no submissions from about the 26th until sept 2nd fro me. i will continue after.
ok.... a change.... personally im fed up of playing hundreds of ska tracks, theres been so many and its looking like nothing much is going to change.
so ill not be posting a vid to every track listed when , like today, theres a long list of them. ill post 6 with vids and simply list the rest - its then up to you if you like them to listen in for yourself or indeed are free to post them up here, no probs, but i cannot be doing with going through every track listed.
Comments
66 - loves just a broken heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9hk3wjRfw
64 - its for you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T2DERNmLP0
65 - ive been wrong before - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT_MjGWenQg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_De_Lyon
60 - rich in love - no youtube vid
Julie De Marco
no info (but might have been an assistant on 'op knocks'
64 - and this is my beloved - no youtube vid
Demensions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demensions
60 - over the rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfQ4JdJIh0
61 - count your blessings - no youtube vid
Demons
no info
69 - you belong to my heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifngjxj0elc
Terry Dene
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Dene
60 - geraldine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0YKyOaeII
61 - like a baby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUYLcI3z07w
63 - the feminine look - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmO6TukhsH4
well that vid was interesting! (like a baby)
Surprised to see Terry Dene still recording in the sixties. I thought his career was over by about 1959.
He was one of the first British teen pop idols (he arrived on the pop scene after Tommy Steele, but preceded Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde), and made headlines by constantly getting drunk and into fights, so he can claim to be the first British pop star with a bad boy reputation.
He was called up for National Service, but was given a hard time by his fellow recruits and couldn't hack it, so was demobbed after only a few weeks for the sake of his psychological health. Only doing a few weeks of National Service instead of the full two years did not impress the tabloid press who went out of their way to destroy his career, and pretty soon that career was effectively over, so as I have already mentioned, I'm surprised to see him still recording in the sixties.
Cheers for that tbh id never heard of him, before my time and general taste in music.
Four tracks originally submitted to the thread on pages 93 to 96 respectively.
The Scott Bedford Four - How Does It Feel (1965)
Genre: Pop Rock
Original thread page: 93
Date originally submitted: 6th January 2014
Original poster: Randy Gibbons
Comments:
This is a very nice track from the Scott Bedford Four, an obscure American band who remind me a little of the Searchers, while their singer (Scott Bedford, presumably) reminds me a little of Gene Pitney, a combination that gives them a rather interesting sound.
Frida Boccara - Through The Eyes Of A Child (1969)
Genre: Eurovision Pop
Original thread page: 94
Date originally submitted: 29th January 2014
Original poster: mushymanrob
Comments:
The result of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest was perhaps the most farcical in the entire history of the event. The entries from four nations (France, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) all tied for first place, and as no tie-break mechanism existed at the time, all four were declared as co-winners.
The French entry was a song entitled Un Jour Un Enfant sung by Frida Boccara, and Through The Eyes Of A Child is the English language version of that song.
Of the four songs that won in 1969, Frida Boccara’s beautiful ballad is unquestionably my favourite. The fact that it didn’t win the Contest outright, but had to share the honours with three other (imho inferior) songs does rather annoy me, and the fact that one of those other three songs was Boom Bang A Bang by Lulu just adds insult to injury.
Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi (1960)
Genre: Eurovision Pop
Original thread page: 95
Date originally submitted: 18th February 2014
Original poster: mushymanrob
Comments:
We’ve just had an English language version of the French song that was a co-winner of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, so how about a French language version of the French song that was the outright winner nine years earlier?
France won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest with this very, very quaint song, but as Gallic quaintness does rather appeal to me, how can Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer be anything but a real guilty pleasure?
Solomon Burke - Keep A Light In The Window Till I Come Home (1967)
Genre: Soul
Original thread page: 96
Date originally submitted: 6th March 2014
Original poster: JohnnyForget
Comments:
Sol certainly had soul. Marvellous track!
no info
65 - im your man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-Dn_z0yvA
Roger Dennison
no info
66 - im on an island - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYK49J3NYZ8
67 - she wanders through my mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6_8PsJHHjI
Wade Denning and the Port Washingtons
no info (?)
67 - tarzans march - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XT6ffAkSs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Dennis
63 - seven nights in rome - no youtube vid
68 - donkey train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5M6VrGFP_4
68 - me nah worry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o662dlYkD0w
69 - oh carol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqb6YsHddpo oh sweet jesus...
if anyone bothers to listen to these, youll note that 'donkey train' and 'me nah worry' is the same song but with different lyrics. 'donkey train' is published as denzil winston, but its clearly the same guy.
Four tracks originally submitted to the thread on pages 97 to 100 respectively.
Dusty Springfield - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (1968)
Genre: Pop
Original thread page: 97
Date originally submitted: 25th March 2014
Original poster: JohnnyForget
Comments:
The magnificent Dusty Springfield with a flawless interpretation of a great Randy Newman song.
Eric Burdon and the Animals - Mama Told Me Not To Come (1966)
Genre: Rock
Original thread page: 98
Date originally submitted: 15th April 2014
Original poster: mushymanrob
Comments:
Let’s follow one great Randy Newman composition with another. While I do actually prefer the 1970 hit version by Three Dog Night, I can’t deny that the Eric Burdon version from four years earlier is pretty darn good.
Anthony Newley - Sweet Love Child (1969)
Genre: Pop
Original thread page: 99
Date originally submitted: 15th May 2014
Original poster: Vabosity
Comments:
David Bowie and Anthony Newley are two very different types of singer, and yet the former often cites the latter as a major influence. Just like Bowie I too am a great admirer of Anthony Newley, an actor turned singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late fifties and early sixties with a mix of novelty ditties and conventional pop songs, but all sung in his very own unique and unconventional way. Sweet Love Child, which was recorded a good few years after Newley’s chart heyday, is a rather twee song, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like it a great deal. The song was specifically written for inclusion in a long forgotten 1969 film directed by and starring Newley, the very bizarre and somewhat pretentious, but wonderfully titled Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
Aretha Franklin - Evil Gal Blues (1964)
Genre: Soulful Jazzy Blues
Original thread page: 100
Date originally submitted: 19th May 2014
Original poster: Barney06
Comments:
This is the 100th and final track to be repeated in Vabosity’s Fifth Anniversary Review, and what better way to finish than with the fabulous Aretha Franklin.
Vabosity's Fifth Anniversary Review has now been completed.
I did what I said I'd do at the start of the Review. I have repeated one track from each of the first 100 pages of the thread. All repeated tracks are ones that I like a great deal and none of them have previously been repeated in either my First or my Third Anniversary Reviews.
It was good to be posting to this thread again after quite a long absence. I'm going to take a bit of a break now, but I will resume posting at some point in the future, although I don't know exactly when.
In the meantime, keep listening to all the good tracks that Rob is submitting every day.
ok, just a few today as next week kicks off with a big artist which will be posted over a couple of days (being ocd i didnt want to straggle the weekend).
Dennisons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dennisons
63 - (come on) be my girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJr2h7SJ3Y
64 - walkin the dog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npUoNwvRNs
64 - nobody like my babe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mfx-1gVCt4
they were ok, featuring emmerdales jack sugden.
Martin Denny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Denny
62 - a taste of honey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7lpDw4E3MA
(unfortunately sandy denny doesnt feature as a 60's artist)
Susan Denny
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219676/ (might be inaccurate)
65 - dont touch me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfJa28QKrk
the cyrkle - 'kites' , - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ALKWpTPYtg
Sandy Denny - Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B8OJ2cq9yI
nice one!
i didnt look as i use my catalogue.
Sorry I have been listening to other radio shows whilst on DS, but we can listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PopqLoWkQ8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Denver
61 - marcheta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Denver #8
61 - mexicali rose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBXpn7mxAw #8
62 - never goodbye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWcv3bTZlKU #4
62 - a little love a little kiss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BM370yMSYQ #19
62 - blue weekend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBZieqJ2EE #33
62 - dry tears - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjg9MN3OV-g
well...... i cant believe this guy charted so highly and i cannot say ive heard any one of them! obviously wimoweh is well known, but for a 60's fan like menot to have heard any of those high placing tracks, on the radio or pop quizes is very odd!... needless to say they qualify for this thread by being 'unknown'
I have heard "Mexicali Rose" and "Never Goodbye" once or twice on oldies radio, but certainly not "Marcheta" nor "A Little Love A Little Kiss". The only Karl Denver track that gets played on oldies radio on a regular basis (and these days it's more semi-regular than regular) is "Wimoweh".
Also, "Wimoweh" is the only Karl Denver track that is likely to appear on a sixties compilation album.
Oh, by the way, you've supplied the wrong link for "Marcheta". Here's the right one:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjJ2g3IVbUE
D'oh! Cheers for that i did listen to it butmuzt have forgot to copy n paste the link.
63 - can you forgive me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwJrapmBUA
63 - indian love call - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzBcH7pmN_E
63 - still - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tltrpiUUqcw
64 - my world of blue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YjmfZKtxLU
64 - love me with all your heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gojCLib8ZiA
64 - sally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWwb7YvyTuw
65 - cry a little sometimes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMZAUhZlYo
65 - marta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49dPHwgEIAo
65 - the tips of your fingers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KfnxwmOsA
68 - youve still got a place in my heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npJDgnkibuc
must say, hes not my cuppa tea.. i dont like falsetto, i dont like yodeling, i dont like brits trying to be american and i dont like country.... lol...
... and ive just seen whats coming up , pages of 'bluebeat' record label... oh no...
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Deputies
http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/tonymarshalldeputies/tonymarshaldeputies.php
66 - given half the chance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKRCc_XaxE
Derek
no info
68 - cinnamon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3FTpaYP0vQ
Derek and the Freshmen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freshmen_%28band%29 (mentioned a few weeks back)
65 - gone away - no youtube vid, i guess thats gone away...
Derek and Ray
no info
65 - the adventures of moll flanders - no youtube vid
Derrick Morgan and lloyds clarke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Morgan
62 - love and leave me - no youtube vid
Derrick Morgan and Naomi Campbell
(see above)
65 - two of a kind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1TBK3tIZQ
65 - heart of stone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0fI50N0Is4
65 - i wish i were an apple - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08TOmAAW4f8
so ill not be posting a vid to every track listed when , like today, theres a long list of them. ill post 6 with vids and simply list the rest - its then up to you if you like them to listen in for yourself or indeed are free to post them up here, no probs, but i cannot be doing with going through every track listed.
Derick Morgan and Patsy Todd
see above
61 - feel so fine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIqwZrobx5E
61 - baby please dont leave me
62 - love not to brag
62 - in my heart
62 - oh shirley -
62 - crying in the chapel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqhSfPBxQE
62 - oh my love
62 - housewives choice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5uLYjhqLls
63 - little brown jug
63 - trying to make you mine
63 - sea wave
64 - lover boy
64 - steal away
64 - troubles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndw3P73s3aE
65 - you i love
65 - eternity
65 - the national dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uaLsaczh9A
66 - i found a queen
68 - hey boy hey girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip9wzNwo3Q8
http://www.irishshowbands.net/pg_sounds.htm
69 - power of love - no youtube vid
69 - my sly sadie - no youtube vid
69 - morning papers and margarine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUQBLOvr0o
but heres a version of 'my sly sadie' by the paul williams set - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4tLRyur-E
Derringers
no info
61 - (if you cry) true love true love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0I3rbuuKI4
Glen Derry Orchestra
no info
61 - blue sax - no youtube vid
Des and Dave
no info
66 - thats us - no youtube vid
Sugar Pie DeSanto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Pie_DeSanto
64 - soulful dress - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_bIjXU2hw0
64 - i dont wanna fuss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEspOHuIfYo
66 - theres gonna be trouble - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9JLd_oX64
well thats a pleasant surprise! never heard of her but shes good.
Descendants
no info
67 - garden of eden - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJKTbKS1PU
they are good too
a big name next week thatll take two days.
She's very good! I think she's been on the thread before, but a long while ago.
Time for some Robert Zimmerman:-
Bob Dylan - Pledging My Time (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N81eudRXg4s
my short term memory is shocking, i know ive 'discovered' several 'new' acts that have been previously featured, apologies to the original posters.
How is anyone supposed to remember anything posted by a another poster 2, 3, 4 or 5 years ago? Anywhow, if something's good it's worth repeating.
maybe... but arent we supposed to remember the ones we like?...
hold on a mo, if we forget things from 5 years ago, ill just go back to the begining and repeat every post! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoSPkL4jWsE