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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. The Move - Night Of Fear Essentially a brummie psych band they were also influenced by West Coast groups and songs like this and California man reflect that but as detailed in the video below they never made it in the States. The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow 1st song played on radio 1 The Move - Flowers In The Rain Last hit for the original line-up. The Move - Fire Brigade |
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Or Band Of Gold. One band that probably wouldn't get played are Roy Wood's The Move. Their first single used (like my earlier featured group) Tchaikovsky's 1812 but weren't banned for it and got to No 2.
The Move - Night Of Fear Essentially a brummie psych band they were also influenced by West Coast groups and songs like this and California man reflect that but as detailed in the video below they never made it in the States. The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow 1st song played on radio 1 The Move - Flowers In The Rain Last hit for the original line-up. The Move - Fire Brigade one of my fav groups of the late 60's.
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I am a bit of a Move fan also, As with all these good groups that had a good foundation they went on to be a special Super group......
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I like several of these songs from The Move, but I like Blackberry Way best.
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Another one here who likes The Move.
At the beginning of 1970 The Move released an album containing a great Roy Wood song called "Hello Suzie". The Move didn't release this track as a single, as a few months earlier another version of the song by a different popular band had peaked at no. 4 in the charts:- Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (1969) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSV8xCKgbw Amen Corner are often dismissed as a "teenybopper" band. This is really unfair as they were actually a bunch of accomplished jazz and blues musicians who were "persuaded" by their record company to transform themselves into a "teenybopper" band for commercial reasons. Fortunately, before that transformation took place they had released their first single, which was a tremendous version of an old blues. It was about as far as you could get from "teenybopper" music and yet it still managed to peak at no.12 in the charts:- Amen Corner - Gin House Blues (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbhRe4yfYs Manfred Mann were another bunch of accomplished jazz and blues musicians who were "persuaded" by their record company to adopt a much "poppier" sound for commercial reasons. The band did manage to retain a vestige of their musical roots in most of the pop they recorded, and their large repertoire of hit singles is nothing for them to be ashamed of. Here are two of their tracks from 1965 that I really like:- Manfred Mann - Come Tomorrow (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQ_nJGXaB0 Manfred Mann - The One In The Middle (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRfoSW9HgCM |
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A lot of the 60s pop groups had started off playing the blues.........
Here's what I think is the best of them The Animals - For Miss Caulker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xJz8FkPt8 The main remarkable thing about this is that it's not a cover of an old Deep South electric blues, it was written by Eric Burdon.......
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Another one here who likes The Move.
At the beginning of 1970 The Move released an album containing a great Roy Wood song called "Hello Suzie". The Move didn't release this track as a single, as a few months earlier another version of the song by a different popular band had peaked at no. 4 in the charts:- Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (1969) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSV8xCKgbw Amen Corner are often dismissed as a "teenybopper" band. This is really unfair as they were actually a bunch of accomplished jazz and blues musicians who were "persuaded" by their record company to transform themselves into a "teenybopper" band for commercial reasons. Fortunately, before that transformation took place they had released their first single, which was a tremendous version of an old blues. It was about as far as you could get from "teenybopper" music and yet it still managed to peak at no.12 in the charts:- Amen Corner - Gin House Blues (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbhRe4yfYs Manfred Mann were another bunch of accomplished jazz and blues musicians who were "persuaded" by their record company to adopt a much "poppier" sound for commercial reasons. The band did manage to retain a vestige of their musical roots in most of the pop they recorded, and their large repertoire of hit singles is nothing for them to be ashamed of. Here are two of their tracks from 1965 that I really like:- Manfred Mann - Come Tomorrow (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQ_nJGXaB0 Manfred Mann - The One In The Middle (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRfoSW9HgCM ![]() and i really love 'come tomorrow'.. just about my fav manfred mann track, but 'pretty flamingo' has really aged well! (with jack bruce on bass!) |
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How about some country music
With a touch of the Mexican a fiery country western love song Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire Next a country blues song which is this former jazz vocalists's only UK hit getting to No 2 although it barely made the US top 40. Interestingly as a nod to his past the b-side is a lovely jazz cover of the Broadway standard On a Clear Day. O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp Bobbie Gentry's song has a power and mystery that hasn't diminished although maybe the greatest mystery is her lack of follow-up success. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe |
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How about some country music
With a touch of the Mexican a fiery country western love song Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire Next a country blues song which is this former jazz vocalists's only UK hit getting to No 2 although it barely made the US top 40. Interestingly as a nod to his past the b-side is a lovely jazz cover of the Broadway standard On a Clear Day. O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp Bobbie Gentry's song has a power and mystery that hasn't diminished although maybe the greatest mystery is her lack of follow-up success. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe ![]() 'ode to billy joe' though was fantastic...
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Love ode to billie joe.
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Three tracks recorded by actors.
Bernard Cribbins - My Resistance Is Low (1962) That great British comedy actor, Bernard Cribbins, had two UK Top Ten hit singles in 1962 with the novelty songs Hole In The Ground and Right Said Fred. In the same year he recorded an album which included this fine rendition of a great old Hoagy Carmichael song. Richard Chamberlain - They Long To Be Close To You (1963) The Carpenters may have recorded the definitive and most successful version of this Bacharach and David song, but they were not the first act to record it. That honour goes to one of the most popular actors of the era, Richard Chamberlain. Actually, his voice is surprisingly good and this version of the song is not bad at all. Chris Sandford - Not Too Little Not Too Much (1963) This track is very much of its day, but it's decent enough. The actor Chris Sandford was appearing in Coronation Street (as popular then as it is now) when he recorded the track, which was probably the main reason it became a UK hit single, albeit a minor one. Richard Chamberlain's most famous sixties acting role was as Dr. Kildare in the TV series of that name. Chamberlain recorded a vocal version of its theme tune which only just failed to make the UK Top Ten, so I've submitted that one too. Bernard Cribbins - Hole in the Ground (1962) Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred (1962) Richard Chamberlain - Theme From Dr Kildare (1962) |
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Bobbie Gentry's song has a power and mystery that hasn't diminished although maybe the greatest mystery is her lack of follow-up success. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry (1969) |
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Three tracks from artists named David , two instrumentals to start with .
1 ) Take Five - Dave Brubeck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs 2 ) Rinky Dink - Dave Baby Cortez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BMKwei453o 3 ) Death Of A Clown - Dave Davies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbODL4HSGpg |
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Never heard this one? It was a UK Number 1 I think:
I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry (1969) didnt like it much though.... |
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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. Françoise Hardy - All Over The World (1965) Nationality: French UK Chart position: 16 Although I like this track a great deal, I'd much rather listen to Françoise Hardy singing in French. This is in stark contrast to the British record buying public of the day, who seem to prefer her singing in English, as this was by far her biggest hit single in the UK. Los Bravos - Black Is Black (1966) Nationality: German (the singer) and Spanish (the rest of the band) UK Chart position: 2 Good track, now considered a blue-eyed soul classic. Heart - Rita Pavone (1966) Nationality: Italian UK Chart position: 27 I heard somewhere that this is Morrissey’s all time track favourite track. If that's true then Mozza should be complimented on his good taste, as this is an excellent track that should have been a much bigger hit. Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (1968) Nationality: Israeli UK Chart position: 1 As I mentioned in my Bernard Cribbins post, I've got a bit of a penchant for novelty songs, and I'm rather fond of this particular novelty song, it's a real guilty pleasure . This may have been their biggest ever hit, but novelty songs were the exception rather than the rule for Esther and Abi Ofarim, who were most certainly not a novelty act. In fact, they were actually quite a talented twosome, especially Esther, who had (and presumably still has) an exceptionally good voice. |
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4 glen campbell - wichita lineman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTfwcLdP5Xk reckon the best country track ever... dunno why i like this, i just do! ![]() Here's his other big hit from 1969, which is almost as good:- Glen Campbell - Galveston http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfBKpvh2hZg&feature=fvst |
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I don't remember Billie Davies at all...........
![]() Just following your link led me to 'Angel of the Morning' from that German Beat Club show (thank God for the Germans - all our 60s hits are preserved on film !) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aQ7n...eature=related Blimey...........she was a beautiful girl............. ![]() Allan Sharman sampled Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" to great effect in his 1963 novelty song 'Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah' but a year earlier Maureen Evans used the same classical piece for this song which came in at No 3. Maureen Evans - Like I Do Best known for being Prince Philip's goddaughter she may have been born in England (although this is disputed) but her Gallic looks and voice must have helped in getting her to No 13 in 1962 with this Lordan penned song Louise Cordet - I'm Just a Baby |
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I suggested the other week that I would decide my top 40 songs from the 60s on Jubilee Monday. Well, as I could listen to 15-20 per hour on Youtube I could do a top 60, or even top 100 if that doesn't feel excessive, to broaden the variety. I shall of course share the list here!
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A couple more early 60's girl singers somewhat forgotten now
Allan Sharman sampled Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" to great effect in his 1963 novelty song 'Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah' but a year earlier Maureen Evans used the same classical piece for this song which came in at No 3. Maureen Evans - Like I Do Best known for being Prince Philip's goddaughter she may have been born in England (although this is disputed) but her Gallic looks and voice must have helped in getting her to No 13 in 1962 with this Lordan penned song Louise Cordet - I'm Just a Baby ![]() But what's this? Do my ears deceive me? Am I hearing a couple of female singers who are actually singing one note per syllable? So it would seem. How refreshing. Such a pity that it doesn't happen now.
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I've posted the whole show in the Golden Oldies Thread but here's one of the highlights...
A song that was Co Written by Judith Durham and of course sung by her here: Colours Of My Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5_zSu_LQw I'm going to add this to as I spotted it on the same page... Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (1965) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPPJ...eature=related |
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Here are three tremendous singles, each one very different from the other two, but all in the charts in the spring of 1967 and each having a title consisting of a man's first name and last name:-
Prince Buster - Al Capone (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDx6_-WbLs Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmfVFJBZUBA Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne (1967) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luGTe37Wysk |
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The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be staged in Baku, Azerbaijan this coming Saturday. This annual event constantly receives a lot of harsh criticism, but I just regard it as a harmless bit of fun, so my next four posts will all have Eurovision themes, and will be as follows:-
1. Winning Eurovision songs from 1960 to 1965. 2. Winning Eurovision songs from 1966 to 1969. 3. UK Eurovision entries from 1959 to 1963. 4. UK Eurovision entries from 1964 to 1969. Post 1 of 4: Winning Eurovision songs from 1960 to 1965. Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pilibi (1960) Representing: France Vabosity’s rating: 7/10 This very quaint song has already featured in one my Foreign Language UK Hit Singles posts, but as it’s a real guilty pleasure I have no problem submitting it again. Jean-Claude Pascal - Nous Les Amoreux (1961) Representing: Luxembourg Vabosity’s rating: 4/10 I listened to this song for the very first time earlier, and thought it was nothing to write home about. Nous Les Amoreux is a gay song apparently; very daring for 1961. Isabelle Aubret - Un Premier Amour (1962) Representing: France Vabosity’s rating: 6/10 I also listened to this song for the very first time earlier, and was surprised to find myself liking it a lot more than I was expecting to. Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann - Dansevise (1963) Representing: Denmark Vabosity’s rating: 8/10 This is a pleasant, inoffensive little ditty with a slight jazz feel from a husband and wife duo that I find myself liking a great deal. Gigliola Cinquetti - Non Ho L'Età (1964) Representing: Italy Vabosity’s rating: 10/10 This song has already featured in one my Foreign Language UK Hit Singles posts, but as I think it’s quite magnificent I have absolutely no qualms about submitting it again. France Gall - Poupée De Cire Poupée De Son (1965) Representing: Luxembourg Vabosity’s rating: 9/10 The singer (France Gall) of the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest winner was French. The composer (Serge Gainsbourg) of the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest winner was also French. So France won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest? No, Luxembourg won it. Go figure. |
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^ Nice list, really liked Poupee de cire and the other Serge/France Gall songs, shame they fell out Quote:
I suggested the other week that I would decide my top 40 songs from the 60s on Jubilee Monday. Well, as I could listen to 15-20 per hour on Youtube I could do a top 60, or even top 100 if that doesn't feel excessive, to broaden the variety. I shall of course share the list here!
NME's top 100 list Pitchfork's top 200 list Dutch Radio 2's top 100 list and their sister station Radio 5 Nostalgia's top 1000 list |
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one of my fav groups of the late 60's.
