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In my opinion this is as good as any well known Shirelles track , classic girl group sound .
The Shirelles - What Is Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu0WFixgW0s |
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Was never really keen of many of Lulu's recordings , but I really like here version of this song .
Lulu - Here Comes The Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In7ieVRP3zg Another Goffin & King song , which was the B side of Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees , this time by Rising Sons featuring Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal Take A Giant Step - Rising Sons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=939vPkkz_64 |
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I'm really in the mood for the beautiful harmonies of the Association.
Their more well known tracks have already featured on the thread (they may be quite well known tracks, but they qualified for the thread by virtue of the fact that they failed to chart in the UK), so below you'll find some lesser known but equally wonderful Association tracks. The Association - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (1965) The Association - Standing Still (1966) The Association - No Fair At All (1967) The Association - Requiem For The Masses (1967) The Association - Everything That Touches You (1968) |
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I'm really in the mood for the beautiful harmonies of the Association.
Their more well known tracks have already featured on the thread (they may be quite well known tracks, but they qualified for the thread by virtue of the fact that they failed to chart in the UK), so below you'll find some lesser known but equally wonderful Association tracks. The Association - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (1965) The Association - Standing Still (1966) The Association - No Fair At All (1967) The Association - Requiem For The Masses (1967) The Association - Everything That Touches You (1968) i think 'we' got this one wrong! |
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The original version of a classic Dusty song .
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7It1ATSCRxM |
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The original version of a classic Dusty song .
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7It1ATSCRxM WOW! |
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Mike Wallbank played Herb Alpert's Mexican Shuffle on The Show that Time Forgot today. He played it last around September 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IvKTspkhnw
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Here's a fantastic, and very different, cover of a Bob Dylan classic:
Solomon Burke - Maggie's Farm (1965) |
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The original version of a classic Dusty song .
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7It1ATSCRxM
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didnt know dustys was a cover!
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i see theres been a cull of old threads on ds.... sadly we have lost the sister thread to this, the rare 70's thread.
personally i find it hard to get enthused about an era i had little time for, hence my lack of input. but lets see if we can keep the momentum going for this thread as it approaches its 3 year aniversary in may! edit oops.... wrong!
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Not sure if this has been posted before , but in my opinion a excellent version of :
In The Midnight Hour by The Young Rascals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdhAziMsips The B side of The Elgins 1966 American release Heaven Must Have Sent You . Of these two fabulous tracks i prefer thr B side Stay In My Lonely Arms - The Elgins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm5zU3KHpMc |
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i see theres been a cull of old threads on ds.... sadly we have lost the sister thread to this, the rare 70's thread.
personally i find it hard to get enthused about an era i had little time for, hence my lack of input. but lets see if we can keep the momentum going for this thread as it approaches its 3 year aniversary in may! edit oops.... wrong! ![]() http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1342150 |
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Following on from my post featuring The Young Rascals , a track from The Rascals - See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi5GOq817VM I've never heard this track before , I think it's fantastic |
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3 songs with the same title, beautiful people. No surprises then that they're all from the Stateside hippie/flower power era.
Bobby Vee did a cover of this but I prefer the original, this was Kenny O'Dell's first and only single to enter the US charts. Kenny O'Dell - Beautiful People The first single by chart topping 70's singer Melissa Manchester, the flute opening gives it a folk feel. Melissa Manchester - Beautiful People Now known mainly for the much parodied Brand New Key Melanie Safka was a great sixties folk singer as demonstrated in this live performance Melanie Safka - Beautiful people |
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Guilty pleasure time:-
Ed Ames - My Cup Runneth Over (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyA55x0-gqE Wayne Fontana - 24 Sycamore (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4xIlkxqmE |
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Guilty pleasure time:-
Ed Ames - My Cup Runneth Over (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyA55x0-gqE Wayne Fontana - 24 Sycamore (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4xIlkxqmE |
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Don't know if this counts as rare, but the original version of Streets of London from 1969 by Ralph McTell is even sparser than the hit version from the 70's and doesnt seem to be heard as often:
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didnt know wayne did that, im only familiar with gene pitneys version...
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Don't know if this counts as rare, but the original version of Streets of London from 1969 by Ralph McTell is even sparser than the hit version from the 70's and doesnt seem to be heard as often:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2r97Fo_HWE The Wayne Fontana version is in our library at the station and talking of odd versions of songs does anyone have or access to the ORIGINAL version of "Sounds of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, the version With out Session drummer Hal Blaine on it? BTW, I'm a big fan of Hal Blaine
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There was certainly no shortage of male singers with amazing voices back in the sixties - Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison and Scott Walker to name but three. The late, great Brook Benton is nowhere near as well known as the aforementioned artists, but imho his fabulous voice is second to none.
Below you'll find some of my favourite tracks by this classy singer. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - Baby, You've Got What It Takes (1960) Brook Benton's first single release of the sixties was a duet with the legendary Jazz singer, Dinah Washington. The song itself is nothing to write home about, but the performance of it by these two great vocalists is something quite special. Brook Benton - Fools Rush In (1960) This version by Brook Benton and the 1963 hit version by Rick Nelson are very different from each other, but both imho are wonderful. Brook Benton - Kiddio (1960) This song is a lot better than its title might suggest. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - A Rockin' Good Way (1960) Brook and Dinah once again (and why not?) with a single that deserved to be a big hit in the UK, but failed to chart. A version by Shakin’ Stevens and Bonnie Tyler was a Top Five UK hit in 1984. Brook Benton - Hit Record (1962) The song’s lyrics are an instructions manual on how to make a hit record. The irony is this was never a hit record. Brook Benton - Walk On The Wild Side (1962) Although I prefer Elmer Bernstein's wonderful instrumental original version (please see Post #645 on Page 26 of the thread) this is a more than decent vocal version. Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness (1963) Like the first track the song itself is nothing to write home about, but the vocal delivery of it is something quite special. |
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There was certainly no shortage of male singers with amazing voices back in the sixties - Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison and Scott Walker to name but three. The late, great Brook Benton is nowhere near as well known as the aforementioned artists, but imho his fabulous voice is second to none.
Below you'll find some of my favourite tracks by this classy singer. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - Baby, You've Got What It Takes (1960) Brook Benton's first single release of the sixties was a duet with the legendary Jazz singer, Dinah Washington. The song itself is nothing to write home about, but the performance of it by these two great vocalists is something quite special. Brook Benton - Fools Rush In (1960) This version by Brook Benton and the 1963 hit version by Rick Nelson are very different from each other, but both imho are wonderful. Brook Benton - Kiddio (1960) This song is a lot better than its title might suggest. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - A Rockin' Good Way (1960) Brook and Dinah once again (and why not?) with a single that deserved to be a big hit in the UK, but failed to chart. A version by Shakin’ Stevens and Bonnie Tyler was a Top Five UK hit in 1984. Brook Benton - Hit Record (1962) The song’s lyrics are an instructions manual on how to make a hit record. The irony is this was never a hit record. Brook Benton - Walk On The Wild Side (1962) Although I prefer Elmer Bernstein's wonderful instrumental original version (please see Post #645 on Page 26 of the thread) this is a more than decent vocal version. Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness (1963) Like the first track the song itself is nothing to write home about, but the vocal delivery of it is something quite special.
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The original version of Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Orlons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5XUZYSkpQc The Orlons with their version of Heartbreak Hotel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgPN-KNWqNk |
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The original version of Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Orlons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5XUZYSkpQc The Orlons with their version of Heartbreak Hotel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgPN-KNWqNk |
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There was certainly no shortage of male singers with amazing voices back in the sixties - Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison and Scott Walker to name but three. The late, great Brook Benton is nowhere near as well known as the aforementioned artists, but imho his fabulous voice is second to none.
Below you'll find some of my favourite tracks by this classy singer. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - Baby, You've Got What It Takes (1960) Brook Benton's first single release of the sixties was a duet with the legendary Jazz singer, Dinah Washington. The song itself is nothing to write home about, but the performance of it by these two great vocalists is something quite special. Brook Benton - Fools Rush In (1960) This version by Brook Benton and the 1963 hit version by Rick Nelson are very different from each other, but both imho are wonderful. Brook Benton - Kiddio (1960) This song is a lot better than its title might suggest. Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - A Rockin' Good Way (1960) Brook and Dinah once again (and why not?) with a single that deserved to be a big hit in the UK, but failed to chart. A version by Shakin’ Stevens and Bonnie Tyler was a Top Five UK hit in 1984. Brook Benton - Hit Record (1962) The song’s lyrics are an instructions manual on how to make a hit record. The irony is this was never a hit record. Brook Benton - Walk On The Wild Side (1962) Although I prefer Elmer Bernstein's wonderful instrumental original version (please see Post #645 on Page 26 of the thread) this is a more than decent vocal version. Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness (1963) Like the first track the song itself is nothing to write home about, but the vocal delivery of it is something quite special. Perhaps the reason that "Hit Record" by Brook Benton wasn't a hit record, in this country anyway, was because it had strong competition from a very good cover version by Tommy Steele. On the other hand, "Hit Record" by Tommy Steele wasn't a hit record either, so it would seem to be more a case of the record buyers in 1962 just not liking the song very much. I do though. Here's Tommy Steele's version:- Tommy Steele - Hit Record (1962) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHYtsVMAUmU |
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