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Vabosity
12-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Last Saturday's Boat Race was certainly dramatic, and that's not a word that's normally used to describe this annual event.

As well as providing drama, it also provided me with an idea for a post to this thread, so for boat lovers everywhere I proudly present a fine selection of sixties tracks each of which has the word Boat (or Boats) in its title.

Emile Ford and the Checkmates - On A Slow Boat To China (1960)
Emile Ford and the Checkmates' almost as successful follow up single to What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For, which had been the last UK Number One single of the fifties and the first of the sixties.

The Highwaymen - Michael Row The Boat Ashore (1961)
I really like this track, but I was surprised to discover that it was a UK Number One single. I don't know why, but to me it just seems like an unlikely chart topper.

Burt Bacharach and his Orchestra and Chorus - Trains And Boats And Planes (1965)
A fabulous song from the pen of Burt Bacharach (weren't they all?), only this time his name appears on the record label as artist as well as composer.

Lulu - The Boat That I Row (1967)
This Neil Diamond composition gave Lulu her first UK hit single in well over a year.

Every Mother's Son - Come On Down To My Boat (1967)
A fine piece of pop that was a big hit in the USA. It didn't chart in the UK, but that was par for the course for so many good American singles during the mid and late sixties.”

Moving on from small sailing vessels to large sailing vessels. Here's a fine selection of sixties tracks each of which has the word Ship (or Ships) in its title.

The Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming In (1965)
One of many classic Walker Brothers tracks showcasing the amazing voice of Scott Walker. I wonder if John and Gary ever felt somewhat superfluous.

The Doors - The Crystal Ship (1967)
I can't think of any sixties band who divides opinion amongst fans of that decade's music as much as the Doors. You either love them or you hate them. I'm definitely in the former category.

Reparata and the Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (1968)
This fine track was Reparata and the Delrons' only UK hit single. If you want to hear some lesser known tracks by this girl group that are imho much better than this one, then please do a Search for Reparata on the Rare 60's Classics thread and you'll find some absolute gems.

Cliff Richard - Big Ship (1969)
Despite being a UK Top Ten single this is not one of Cliff's better remembered sixties tracks. It's not unpleasant though and it does make an interesting contrast to one or two of the other tracks in this post.

Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships (1969)
Excellent track, but for me not quite in the same league as the magnificent White Rabbit, but then, what is?
ohglobbits
12-04-2012
^good selection,the Doors song is a graet reminder of their roots playing and drinking the bars of San Francisco,
Originally Posted by Multimedia81:
“It occurs to me that I must decide my retrospective top 40 fave songs of the 60s. A good date would be Jubilee Monday, as that is when the Queen's concert is due. I think I have the Guinness Book of 60s Hit Singles, and can use Youtube or other websites to listen to them.”

Missed your post yesterday, look forward to it.
Vabosity
15-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Last Saturday's Boat Race was certainly dramatic, and that's not a word that's normally used to describe this annual event.

As well as providing drama, it also provided me with an idea for a post to this thread, so for boat lovers everywhere I proudly present a fine selection of sixties tracks each of which has the word Boat (or Boats) in its title.”

Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Moving on from small sailing vessels to large sailing vessels. Here's a fine selection of sixties tracks each of which has the word Ship (or Ships) in its title.”

Following my two previous posts, a few more fine sixties tracks about sailing the sea or rolling on the river.

Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (1959)
Yes, I know this one is not from the right decade, but it only missed the sixties by one year and it's a fabulous track.

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea (1960)
This song was originally entitled La Mer and recorded by the French artist Charles Trenet in 1946. Fourteen years later Bobby Darin's had a smash hit single with this very different sounding English language version. As much as I admire Bobby Darin as an artist, and as much as like this track, I have to say that I prefer's Trenet's version.

Lonnie Donegan - I Wanna Go Home (1960)
Despite being a big UK hit single this track has well and truly been lost in the mists of time, primarily because it's been completely overshadowed by Sloop John B by the Beach Boys (see below), which is essentially the same song with a different title.

Sailor - Petula Clark (1961)
Petula Clark had two UK Number One singles, Sailor in 1961 and This Is My Song in 1967. Both songs are very cheesy indeed, but whereas there is absoluely no way I could ever find myself liking This Is My Song, I'm actually quite fond of Sailor, it's a real guilty pleasure.

Fats Domino - Red Sails In The Sunset (1963)
Fats Domino had a long string of UK Top Forty hit singles beginning in 1956 with I'm In Love Again and ending in 1963 with Red Sails In The Sunset. A good track to end your UK chart career with.

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (1966)
We've already had I Wanna Go Home by Lonnie Donegan (see above), so now let's have the Beach Boys' better known version of the song. The two tracks are very different from each other in more than just title, but I like both.

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1966)
I don't have the same problem with novelty songs that many others do, so afaic Yellow Submarine is not an embarrassment, it's just another great track by one of the greatest bands of all time.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)
CCR's first ever UK hit single was this cracking track about a Mississippi riverboat.
Barney06
15-04-2012
Never heard the Lonnie Donegan version before , great version , but a even better version IMO is found on the right hand side The Skiffle Sessions with Van Morrison & Lonnie
Multimedia81
15-04-2012
[quote=ohglobbits;57622885
Missed your post yesterday, look forward to it. [/QUOTE]

Thanks Ohglobbits. I shall post them on here at such a time to ensure you are the first to know!
JohnnyForget
17-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Cliff Richard - Big Ship (1969)
Despite being a UK Top Ten single this is not one of Cliff's better remembered sixties tracks. It's not unpleasant though and it does make an interesting contrast to one or two of the other tracks in this post. ”

Here's another Cliff Richard track that's also not well remembered, and yet it got to no. 3 in the charts:-

Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Nine Times Out Of Ten (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hKxYjSuaL0


Some more tracks from Cliff that I quite like:-

Cliff Richard and the Shadows - On The Beach (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNWBbYRJ5U

Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Time Drags By (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzDxcawQSUw

Cliff Richard - It's All Over (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiY1qLEwb04

Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVx81gxzBjM

Cliff Richard and Hank Marvin - Throw Down The Line (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bLItKBoxJA
mushymanrob
18-04-2012
id add 'blue turns to grey' too.... (not got time to find/post link.... work beckons)
JohnnyForget
18-04-2012
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“Here are three very "unlikely" cover versions:-


First of all, Cliff with a cover of Rolling Stones song:-

Cliff Richard - Blue Turns To Grey (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGSgF0S4GI


Next, the Bachelors covering Simon and Garfunkel:-

The Bachelors - The Sound Of Silence (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2sgtU3y39k


Finally, legendary rock guitarist, Jeff Beck, with a cover of a Eurovision song:-

Jeff Beck - Love Is Blue (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqczn53IT1w”

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“id add 'blue turns to grey' too.... (not got time to find/post link.... work beckons)”

I agree it's a great track, but I didn't include it in yesterday's post, because I'd already posted it earlier in the thread.
mushymanrob
18-04-2012
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“I agree it's a great track, but I didn't include it in yesterday's post, because I'd already posted it earlier in the thread.”

ha ha...ive got a shocking short term memory....
Vabosity
22-04-2012
I know that there's one or two of you out there who like nothing more than a good foreign language song, so I've painstakingly checked out the UK charts from January 1960 to December 1969 searching for any song sung in a foreign language that was a UK Top Forty hit single during that period.

I found 22 in all, including 3 or 4 songs that are bi-lingual (for want of a better term), i.e. are both in English and one other language.

I've excluded hit songs sung in Jamaican dialect (e.g. It Mek by Desmond Dekker and the Aces) because afaic they're in English, albeit incomprehensible English. Anyway, I think such songs are far better suited to a future post devoted to the popular ska and reggae tracks of the sixties.

As far as the aforementioned 22 foreign language songs are concerned, I like some a great deal and others I'm not that keen on, but I've decided to submit each and every one of them to the thread in three consecutive posts.

So, let's commence with Post 1 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single in 1960, 1961 and 1962.

Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pilibi (1960)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 33
France won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest with this very, very quaint song. Well, they certainly don’t make ‘em like this anymore (in any language!), which is probably why this track is for me a bit of a guilty pleasure.

Bob Azzam - Mustapha (1960)
Language: I’m not quite sure!
UK Chart position: 23
This one’s a real oddity. Bob Azzam was a Lebanese singer and the song has a distinctive Eastern Mediterranean feel to it. It seems like an unlikely track to have been a hit single in the UK, but it was.

Connie Francis - Mama (1960)
Language: Italian and English
UK Chart position: 2
This song, other songs like it, or Connie’s repertoire generally, may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but no-one can deny that this woman has a fantastic voice.

Edith Piaf - Milord (1960)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 24
This was the legendary Edith Piaf’s only UK hit single. Surprisingly, her most famous song, Non Je Ne Regrette Rien, also released in 1960, did not make the charts on this side of the Channel.

Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart (1961)
Language: German and English
UK Chart position: 1
This is hardly one of my favourite Elvis tracks, but he does sing some of it in German, so here it is.

Shirley Bassey - Ave Maria (1962)
Language: Latin (I think)
UK Chart position: 31
Two versions of this hymn (?) have been UK hit singles: this one by Shirley Bassey in 1962, and a version by Lesley Garrett and Amanda Thompson which got to Number 16 in 1993.

Petula Clark - Ya Ya Twist (1962)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 14
This is the only song sung in French by Pet Clark to be a UK hit single. It also happens to be my favourite ever track by this artist.

Emilio Pericoli - Al Di Là (1962)
Language: Italian
UK Chart position: 30
The original version of this song was Italy’s entry to the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest. It was sung by Betty Curtis (now there’s a good Italian name!), came fifth in the contest and was generally ignored outside Italy. One year later Emilio Pericoli’s cover version was not ignored and became a big international hit, making the Top Thirty in the UK and the Top Ten in the USA.
ohglobbits
22-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Bob Azzam - Mustapha (1960)
Language: I’m not quite sure!
UK Chart position: 23
This one’s a real oddity. Bob Azzam was a Lebanese singer and the song has a distinctive Eastern Mediterranean feel to it. It seems like an unlikely track to have been a hit single in the UK, but it was. ”

Egypt's only 60's hit!

Some more that scraped the top 50

At #47 in 1960, a fine Neopalitan song

Umberto Bindi - Il nostro concerto

Apparently No 9 in the world charts and mentioned in this 1961 UK hit parade compilation although I can't find any firm chart data for this song by Mexican singer Julia Cortes and her cohorts (who were based in Paris)

Los Machucambos - Pepito

Lastly a cover of an Eartha kitt song which was a hit for Conway twitty in 1960

Conway Twitty - C'est si bon
Vabosity
23-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Bob Azzam - Mustapha (1960)
Language: I’m not quite sure!
UK Chart position: 23
This one’s a real oddity. Bob Azzam was a Lebanese singer and the song has a distinctive Eastern Mediterranean feel to it. It seems like an unlikely track to have been a hit single in the UK, but it was. ”

Originally Posted by ohglobbits:
“
Egypt's only 60's hit!”

Wikipedia says that Bob Azzam was born in Cairo, Egypt, but then calls him a Lebanese singer. He must have upped sticks at a very early age.


Originally Posted by ohglobbits:
“
Apparently No 9 in the world charts and mentioned in this 1961 UK hit parade compilation although I can't find any firm chart data for this song by Mexican singer Julia Cortes and her cohorts (who were based in Paris)

Los Machucambos - Pepito”

I use www.everyhit.com, which is limited to the Top Forty but could find no sign of Los Machucambos. Pepito must have been a Top Fifty hit. It's a good track, I actually prefer it to many of the 22 Top Forty foreign language sixties hits I did find on www.everyhit.com.
Vabosity
23-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
I know that there's one or two of you out there who like nothing more than a good foreign language song, so I've painstakingly checked out the UK charts from January 1960 to December 1969 searching for any song sung in a foreign language that was a UK Top Forty hit single during that period.

I found 22 in all, including 3 or 4 songs that are bi-lingual (for want of a better term), i.e. are both in English and one other language.

I've excluded hit songs sung in Jamaican dialect (e.g. It Mek by Desmond Dekker and the Aces) because afaic they're in English, albeit incomprehensible English. Anyway, I think such songs are far better suited to a future post devoted to the popular ska and reggae tracks of the sixties.

As far as the aforementioned 22 foreign language songs are concerned, I like some a great deal and others I'm not that keen on, but I've decided to submit each and every one of them to the thread in three consecutive posts.

So, let's commence with Post 1 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single in 1960, 1961 and 1962.”

Let's continue with Post 2 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single from 1963 to 1967.

Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki (1963)
Language: Japanese
UK Chart position: 6
The US chart position is much more impressive. It got to Number One over there. You don’t get too many songs sung in the Japanese language topping the American charts. I think this may be the only one ever. Great little ditty, I absolutely love it.

The Singing Nun - Dominique (1963)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 7
The US chart position is much more impressive. It got to Number One over there. You don’t get too many songs sung in French by a Belgian nun topping the American charts. I think this may be the only one ever, and I think I may be getting a little repetitive!

Gigliola Cinquetti - Non Ho L'Età (1964)
Language: Italian
UK Chart position: 17
Italy’s winning entry to the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. This is by far my favourite Eurovision winner of the sixties and one of my favourites of all time. The girl is beautiful, her voice is beautiful, the song is beautiful and it’s sung in Italian. What more could you possibly want?

Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles (1964)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 36
An extremely pleasant song by the extremely pleasant (to look at as well as to listen to) Françoise Hardy.

Françoise Hardy - Et Même (1964)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 31
You can never have too much Françoise Hardy, so here she is again

The Sandpipers - Guantanamera (1966)
Language: Spanish, with some words spoken in English.
UK Chart position: 7
A not unpleasant easy listening version of a popular Cuban song.

Mireille Mathieu - La Derniere Valse (1967)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 26
A French language version of Engelbert Humperdinck’s The Last Waltz. I can’t stand the Hump’s original, but I don’t mind this version at all.
ohglobbits
23-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Let's continue with Post 2 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single from 1963 to 1967.”

What about the girl from Ipanema? It got to #29 in 63 but maybe it was an english version that charted. (in which case sacrilege!) As an aside although Sergio Mendes' Mas Que Nada (linked in the video sidebar) didn't chart originally later versions would make the UK charts twice.

Getz/Gilberto - The girl from Ipanema

Staying with the Latin theme this got to #49 in '65.

Johnny and Charley - la yenka
Vabosity
23-04-2012
Originally Posted by ohglobbits:
“What about the girl from Ipanema? It got to #29 in 63 but maybe it was an english version that charted. (in which case sacrilege!) As an aside although Sergio Mendes' Mas Que Nada (linked in the video sidebar) didn't chart originally later versions would make the UK charts twice.

Getz/Gilberto - The girl from Ipanema”

As far as I am aware the version that charted is an abridged version where the portion of the song sung in English by Astrud Gilberto remains, but where the portion of the song sung in Portuguese by her husband, João, has been removed, so I didn't include it.

Having made that statement, I am now not 100% sure that that is the case , so I now feel that I should have submitted the (unabridged version of the) track anyway, and am glad you did as it's a fabulous piece of music.
ohglobbits
23-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“As far as I am aware the version that charted is an abridged version where the portion of the song sung in English by Astrud Gilberto remains, but where the portion of the song sung in Portuguese by her husband, João, has been removed, so I didn't include it.

Having made that statement, I am now not 100% sure that that is the case , so I now feel that I should have submitted the (unabridged version of the) track anyway, and am glad you did as it's a fabulous piece of music.”

I think you're right especially as her vocals are uncredited. Fortunately they always play the full version on Dutch Radio 5 Nostalgia, a great alternative to Gold on 747AM.
Vabosity
24-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
I know that there's one or two of you out there who like nothing more than a good foreign language song, so I've painstakingly checked out the UK charts from January 1960 to December 1969 searching for any song sung in a foreign language that was a UK Top Forty hit single during that period.

I found 22 in all, including 3 or 4 songs that are bi-lingual (for want of a better term), i.e. are both in English and one other language.

I've excluded hit songs sung in Jamaican dialect (e.g. It Mek by Desmond Dekker and the Aces) because afaic they're in English, albeit incomprehensible English. Anyway, I think such songs are far better suited to a future post devoted to the popular ska and reggae tracks of the sixties.

As far as the aforementioned 22 foreign language songs are concerned, I like some a great deal and others I'm not that keen on, but I've decided to submit each and every one of them to the thread in three consecutive posts.

So, let's commence with Post 1 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single in 1960, 1961 and 1962.”

Let's conclude with Post 3 of 3:

Every foreign language song that was a UK Top Forty hit single in 1968 and 1969.

Donovan - Jennifer Juniper (1968)
Language: French and English
UK Chart position: 5
Donovan singing the final verse in French definitely gives Jennifer Juniper that extra bit of Je Ne Sais Quoi that the song requires.

Massiel - La La La (1968)
Language: Spanish
UK Chart position: 35
My previous post featured the Italy's 1964 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, the magnificent Non Ho L'Età by Gigliola Cinquetti, a supreme example of how good a Eurovision song can be. Today, my post features Spain's 1968 winner, the appalling La La La by Massiel, a supreme example of how bad a Eurovision song can be. Cliff was definitely robbed that year!

The Sandpipers - Quando M'innamoro (1968)
Language: Italian
UK Chart position: 28
An English language version by Engelbert Humperdinck entitled A Man Without Love was a much bigger hit, but the less said about that abomination the better! As for the Sandpipers’ version, which I’ve just heard for the very first time, I‘m surprised to find myself liking it.

Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus (Missa Luba) (1969)
Language: Latin
UK Chart position: 28
Thanks to its inclusion in a popular film of the day entitled If (directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Malcolm McDowell), this one and a half minute extract from the Missa Luba became a UK Top Thirty hit in 1969, a good few years after it was recorded.

Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (1969)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 21
This is easily my favourite cover version of Bob Dylan’s If You Gotta Go Go Now, and doing it in French was imho a stroke of genius.

The Radha Krishna Temple - Hare Krishna Mantra (1969)
Language: Hindi (I think)
UK Chart position: 12
Somewhat repetitive, but that’s the whole point.

Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime ... Moi Non Plus (1969)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 1
This is one of the most successful foreign language singles in the history of the UK charts. I wonder why?
ohglobbits
24-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“ Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime ... Moi Non Plus (1969)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 1
This is one of the most successful foreign language singles in the history of the UK charts. I wonder why? ”

i wonder if it would have been as successful if it had been with Brigitte.

A few foreign instrumentals, by which I mean with foreign titles, so no walk in the black forest
Best known now for their song El Condor Pasa which was covered so brilliantly by Simon & Garfunkel, this earlier guitar instrumental of theirs got to No 6 in Dec 1963.

Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena

Charted at about the same time as his collaboration with the two Gilbertos, more bossa nova brilliance.

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado

The man with the golden trumpet, not Eddie Calvert but Nini Rosso.

Nino Rosso - Il Silenzio
JohnnyForget
27-04-2012
For any fans of the songs of Bacharach and David, there are two programmes that should be worth watching on BBC-4 this evening.


At 10pm:-

... Sings Bacharach and David!

An hour long programme featuring BBC archive performances of their songs by several artists including Dusty, Sandie and Aretha.


At 11pm:-

Burt Bacharach... This Is Now

50 minute documentary about the composer.
JohnnyForget
29-04-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
Edith Piaf - Milord (1960)
Language: French
UK Chart position: 24
This was the legendary Edith Piaf’s only UK hit single. Surprisingly, her most famous song, Non Je Ne Regrette Rien, also released in 1960, did not make the charts on this side of the Channel. ”

It may not have been a hit over here, but that's no reason for not having this great track on the thread:-

Edith Piaf - Non Je Ne Regrette Rien (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88


Here are some other well known tracks from the sixties that have also never been hits in this country:-


Unbelievably, it was a cover by the Bachelors of all people that was the hit over here, not this fantastic original version:-

Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsX03LOMhI


This non-charting children's song has remained popular throughout the years:-

Peter Paul And Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wik2uc69WbU


This was never a British hit yet it seems to get more plays on oldies radio than many singles that were:-

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXSBe-qMGo


Ignored by the British record buying public back then, but now considered to be one of the greatest singles of the late sixties:-

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0


Likewise this one:-

Love - Alone Again Or (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcXFy8QTC4
Vabosity
30-04-2012
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“This was never a British hit yet it seems to get more plays on oldies radio than many singles that were:-

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXSBe-qMGo”

Tell me about it!

When a certain oldies radio station was called Capital Gold I used to listen to it a lot lot, because it had a very varied playlist. Now it's become Gold Radio I hardly listen at all because it seems to have a much more restricted playlist. On those rare occasions when I do I listen to Gold Radio you can bet your bottom dollar that within minutes of tuning in I'm going to be subjected to Brown Eyed Girl. I'm not sure if there was ever a time when I liked that song, but I know I certainly don't like it now!
mushymanrob
01-05-2012
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“

This was never a British hit yet it seems to get more plays on oldies radio than many singles that were:-

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXSBe-qMGo
”

never understood why it is played so much, but other tracks like 'the days of pearly spencer' that were played at the time (so i know) and also failed to chart, are ignored.

its like we are expected to like 'brown eyed girl', sorry...i dont! imho it wasnt a lost classic, it was a poor track by an artist that has been hyped to be more then he was! oooh controversial stuff! please dont report me!
Vabosity
01-05-2012
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“never understood why it is played so much, but other tracks like 'the days of pearly spencer' that were played at the time (so i know) and also failed to chart, are ignored.

its like we are expected to like 'brown eyed girl', sorry...i dont! imho it wasnt a lost classic, it was a poor track by an artist that has been hyped to be more then he was! oooh controversial stuff! please dont report me! ”

I couldn't agree more.
Vabosity
01-05-2012
This seems to be the most appropriate track to play today.

The Bee Gees - The First Of May (1969)


Well, you don't need me or the Bee Gees to tell you what the date is, but you probably need me to tell you that Judy Collins is 73 years old today. Happy Birthday Judy.

Judy Collins is best known for two Top Ten singles she had in the UK in the seventies, Amazing Grace and Send In The Clowns, but her first ever entry in the UK singles charts was this cover of a Joni Mitchell song that I prefer to the original.

Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (1969)


I recently saw Judy Collins in concert at a small venue in London. It was an excellent gig. Despite her age Judy's voice is still amazing, as is her grace.
JohnnyForget
03-05-2012
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Tell me about it!

When a certain oldies radio station was called Capital Gold I used to listen to it a lot lot, because it had a very varied playlist. Now it's become Gold Radio I hardly listen at all because it seems to have a much more restricted playlist. On those rare occasions when I do I listen to Gold Radio you can bet your bottom dollar that within minutes of tuning in I'm going to be subjected to Brown Eyed Girl. I'm not sure if there was ever a time when I liked that song, but I know I certainly don't like it now!”

Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“never understood why it is played so much, but other tracks like 'the days of pearly spencer' that were played at the time (so i know) and also failed to chart, are ignored.

its like we are expected to like 'brown eyed girl', sorry...i dont! imho it wasnt a lost classic, it was a poor track by an artist that has been hyped to be more then he was! oooh controversial stuff! please dont report me! ”

Am I detecting a little dissent here?

It is strange that a non-charting unexceptional single like "Brown Eyed Girl" is played so much on oldies radio. Maybe Van the Man has influential mates at some of these radio stations!

I can't agree that Van Morrison is overhyped or overrated. I consider him to be a very talented artist, although I do have a bit of a love-hate relationship with his music. I love everything he did with the band named Them, and I also love "Moondance" and a few other jazzy tracks he did in the seventies and eighties, but on the down side, I truly, truly detest "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You", which is probably his most famous song.

As I've just mentioned that I love Them I've decided to post their four best known tracks, but as "Days Of Pearly Spencer" by David McWilliams has also been recently been mentioned, let's start with that great track:-

David McWilliams - Days Of Pearly Spencer (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VDS8uArR0A


And now for Them. This was their biggest hit in this country, peaking at no. 2:-

Them - Here Comes The Night (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzMZGL-Z2E4


Here's a tremendous version of an old blues they took into the top ten:-

Them - Baby Please Don't Go (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7qNn...eature=related


This is the 'B' side of "Baby Please Don't Go", which is now probably better known than the 'A' side:-

Them - Gloria (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RI-QtEAwvE&feature=fvst


This track is considered by many to be, after Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower", the best ever cover of a Bob Dylan song:-

Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7WJHdE0__I
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