Author Topic: The Oldies Cat Box... 30s 40s and 50s ... Classics not soon forgotten (Read 52891 times)

Sighlass · « **Reply #100 on:** July 04, 2019, 11:45:08 pm »

CD 7 in the series (when you tire of the fireworks outside your window)...

CD 7.zip
https://mab.to/3fP57jtMM

See previous posts for the earlier additions to the series.

3 Days Only

Sighlass · « **Reply #101 on:** July 04, 2019, 11:50:58 pm »

CD 8.zip
https://mab.to/Qo6RWIOuf

See previous posts above for the earlier CDs in the series...

3 Days Only...

Sighlass · « **Reply #102 on:** July 05, 2019, 12:00:15 am »

CD #9 .... Enjoy (check out the previous 8 in the series above)

CD 9.zip
https://mab.to/qCPmL7rr1

3 Days Only... get em while they are hot.

Sighlass · « **Reply #103 on:** July 05, 2019, 01:32:01 am »

Final CD in the series...

CD 10.zip
https://mab.to/cjJyRObds

Last in the series, see previous posts for the earlier CDs...

3 Days Only... and Happy 4th everyone.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #104 on:** July 05, 2019, 02:50:41 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 05, 2019, 01:32:01 am

Final CD in the series...

3 Days Only... and Happy 4th everyone.

A thousand 'Thank You's, (I'm the first kid on my block to have the whole set!)

godblessRonaldReagan · « **Reply #105 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:14:41 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 05, 2019, 01:32:01 am

Final CD in the series...

CD 10.zip
https://mab.to/cjJyRObds

Last in the series, see previous posts for the earlier CDs...

3 Days Only... and Happy 4th everyone.

Thank you so much! This is like Christmas for a 50's R&R fan like myself.

pookie18 · « **Reply #106 on:** July 05, 2019, 11:54:48 am »

Some more %0's songs by some artists from the last 7 CDs above...

Ritchie Valens-Come On, Let's Go:

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Eddie Cochran-Sittin' In The Balcony:

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James Brown-Please, Please, Please:

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Buddy Holly-I'm Gonna Love You Too:

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Bobby Freeman-Betty Lou Got A New Pair Of Shoes:

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Ruth Brown-Lucky Lips:

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Brenda Lee (age 12)-Dynamite:

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Nappy Brown-Don't Be Angry:

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Marvin Rainwater-Gonna Find Me A Bluebird:

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Lloyd Price-Just Because:

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pookie18 · « **Reply #107 on:** July 05, 2019, 11:55:35 am »

continuation...

(Hank Ballard &) The Midnighters-Sexy Ways:

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Johnny & The Hurricanes: Reveille Rock:

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Lavern Baker-I Cried A Tear:

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Neil Sedaka-Oh! Carol (written to Carole King):

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Carol responds:

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Sanford Clark-The Fool:

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TomSea · « **Reply #108 on:** July 05, 2019, 12:55:19 pm »

Great rock collection @Sighlass

Here is a nice little number:

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AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #109 on:** July 05, 2019, 04:05:17 pm »

Quote from: pookie18 on July 04, 2019, 06:18:56 pm

Ray Sharpe-Linda Lu:

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Am I the only one who wonders why they would call someone Patty when her real name is Linda Lu? Possibly a hidden meaning that escapes me?

Whatever the case, I love the song. It only requires 4 notes to realize you have to get up and dance when it comes on. Or you can dance in your chair. You just can't keep still. That's a misdemeanor at the very least.

pookie18 · « **Reply #110 on:** July 05, 2019, 04:16:10 pm »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 05, 2019, 04:05:17 pm

Am I the only one who wonders why they would call someone Patty when her real name is Linda Lu?

Or why they would call someone Tania when her real name was Patty?

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #111 on:** July 05, 2019, 04:39:17 pm »

I posted this elsewhere on this board. Here it is again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG8uCSEzOew

Harlem Nocturne by the Viscounts

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Sighlass · « **Reply #112 on:** July 05, 2019, 06:23:12 pm »

Quote from: TomSea on July 05, 2019, 12:55:19 pm

Great rock collection @Sighlass

Here is a nice little number:

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Interesting song, dates back to 1915 and the original lyrics are not PC in todays environment (darkies)....

Mandolins, violins
Hear the darkies tunin' up, the fun begins
Come this way, don't delay, better hurry
Honey dear, or you'll be missin'
Music sweet, ragtime treat
Goes right to your head and trickles to your feet
It's a reminder, a memory finder
Of nights down in old Alabam'

Seems the same writers of this song had another hit the previous year 1914.... Called "All aboard for Dixie Land"....

Thanks Tom ... like your version best. Sorry for rambling, just sometimes I get lost in the music and internet searches. Been listening to the music others (Pookie and Jazz) have put up and have had a good lazy few hours... need to get going again.

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #113 on:** July 06, 2019, 01:05:27 pm »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 05, 2019, 06:23:12 pm

Sorry for rambling, just sometimes I get lost in the music and internet searches.

@Sighlass

Boy, do I get that! Sometimes I will sit at my computer for hours because one song, artist, songwriter, technique will lead to another search. And then another. At some point you don't even know how many rabbit trails brought you to where you are or where you even started!

At my advanced age, plus having no accountability to anyone for my time, it's a luxury I can afford. Sure, there are things that don't get done when they "should." But the earth has never ceased to rotate on its axis, and I have enjoyed myself immensely. There's one thing that will make me interrupt one of those sessions when I'm immersed in music and that's an Astros game. Other than that, I seem helpless to stop myself!

TomSea · « **Reply #114 on:** July 06, 2019, 03:07:14 pm »

Black Slacks by the Carolina group, Jeff Bennet and the Sparkletones listed above, they had some act, watch them. By the way, on Simon and Garfunkel's live album, they have a very brief cover of the song... and it has been covered by a lot of artists.

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"I wear black slacks and a rainbow tie!"

I'm pretty sure, the Sparkletones were South Carolina, I just hesitate to be wrong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sparkletones

pookie18 · « **Reply #115 on:** July 06, 2019, 03:15:47 pm »

Quote from: TomSea on July 06, 2019, 03:07:14 pm

Black Slacks by the Carolina group, Jeff Bennet and the Sparkletones listed above, they had some act, watch them. By the way, on Simon and Garfunkel's live album, they have a very brief cover of the song... and it has been covered by a lot of article..

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& the follow-up release from Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones-Penny Loafers & Bobby Socks:

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AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #116 on:** July 06, 2019, 03:57:41 pm »

Quote from: TomSea on July 06, 2019, 03:07:14 pm

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@TomSea
Thank you for posting that! I think of that song from time to time, but by the time I get around to finding it, it's already slid off my brain. Too much data on this ol' hard drive.

That song always reminds me of my mother. She got such a kick out of it. Would dance to it and would sing along, even with the trilling sound that you so excellently spelled out. She had an awful voice, but I loved hearing her get down to the song.

Here's another one that she and I used to enjoy from that same time frame.

Green Door by Jim Lowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vle44kNHxDg

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Here's more I remember hearing often in our home during that time...

Let's Go Calypso by Rusty Draper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVdNWUiFTY

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Daddy tolerated us and all the carrying on with our music, but his taste was more along these lines. I might add that this recording sounds a heap better than the old 78 we had.

Milk 'Em in the Mornin' Blues by Tennessee Ernie Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT73Td1XCgA

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AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #117 on:** July 06, 2019, 04:07:23 pm »

Got my Mojo Workin' by Muddy Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEYwk0bypY

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TomSea · « **Reply #118 on:** July 06, 2019, 04:46:05 pm »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 06, 2019, 03:57:41 pm

@TomSea
Thank you for posting that! I think of that song from time to time, but by the time I get around to finding it, it's already slid off my brain. Too much data on this ol' hard drive.

That song always reminds me of my mother. She got such a kick out of it. Would dance to it and would sing along, even with the trilling sound that you so excellently spelled out. She had an awful voice, but I loved hearing her get down to the song.

Here's another one that she and I used to enjoy from that same time frame.

Green Door by Jim Lowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vle44kNHxDg

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Here's more I remember hearing often in our home during that time...

Let's Go Calypso by Rusty Draper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVdNWUiFTY

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Daddy tolerated us and all the carrying on with our music, but his taste was more along these lines. I might add that this recording sounds a heap better than the old 78 we had.

Milk 'Em in the Mornin' Blues by Tennessee Ernie Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT73Td1XCgA

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Yes, I knew "Green Door" and as for "Black Slacks", the cover is important because it introduces these songs to a whole new generation. Some people are into the 1950s scene so much, they get old refrigerators and so on in their house. These kind showed me a lot of music I never knew existed, 1950s, I'd know the main songs, Elvis, songs from American Graffiti and so on.

I'm not that big of a fan of the song itself but the video is fun:

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In my humble opinion, Wally Lewis penned "Kathleen" and this is a great R 'n' R ballad:

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Glen Glenn's take, nice interpretations of the same song.

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Keep the oldies coming, let the good times roll.

Sighlass · « **Reply #119 on:** July 09, 2019, 12:46:21 am »

Kind of a silly song today ... Not that the song(s) are silly, or the artist (Elvis) but that they crammed so many songs in such a short space...

See how many songs you hear in this "Medley" that is just under 4 minutes long....

Elvis - The Elvis Medley.mp3
https://mab.to/y5eAC9yks

Yep, link lasts just 3 days...

pookie18 · « **Reply #120 on:** July 09, 2019, 04:19:59 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 09, 2019, 12:46:21 am

Kind of a silly song today ... Not that the song(s) are silly, or the artist (Elvis) but that they crammed so many songs in such a short space...

See how many songs you hear in this "Medley" that is just under 4 minutes long....

Elvis - The Elvis Medley.mp3
https://mab.to/y5eAC9yks

Yep, link lasts just 3 days...

The "medley" reminds me of this one...

Four Preps-More Money For You & Me:

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Sighlass · « **Reply #121 on:** July 09, 2019, 08:58:30 am »

Thanks Pookie, I got lost listening to them for a while.... some great humor in their song there, sorta a parody. I took time to listen to a few other songs they did live...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dds4Y0bG4A

pookie18 · « **Reply #122 on:** July 09, 2019, 10:08:43 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 09, 2019, 08:58:30 am

Thanks Pookie, I got lost listening to them for a while.... some great humor in their song there, sorta a parody. I took time to listen to a few other songs they did live...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dds4Y0bG4A

As you heard, that group in 1989 had 2 original "Preps" along with the lead singer of the Diamonds & the founder of the Lettermen...

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #123 on:** July 09, 2019, 10:42:54 am »

@pookie18
@Sighlass

Fun stuff! I'd never heard this side of them. I've got some errands to run today, but I can see I'll be drawn back to the computer later and find myself blissfully lost in some rabbit trails of discovery and entertainment. In the meantime, here's another live performance I got a kick out of from the 70s. Enjoy!

More Money for you and Me ('77 Billboard Music Awards, introduced by the BeeGees special)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlnNHKJam5s

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Sighlass · « **Reply #124 on:** July 22, 2019, 11:09:25 pm »

Just a little ditty put out around 1976 by K-tel... 50s and 60s songs... but I am gonna just place it here instead of the 60's thread...

Album Source, so expect imperfections cause you gonna get them.

VA - K-Tel Jukebox Jive LP 76.zip
https://mab.to/zDfeq548T

I really loved a few of these songs, some I had never heard before, most I had forgotten over time... I had a few on record... nice hearing them again..

H/T Down Underground Blog

3 Days Only Gang...

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #125 on:** July 23, 2019, 01:22:14 am »

@Sighlass

My old computer coughs and sputters when I try to access these things, so I always mosey over to YouTube and play them. I wasn't really familiar with the first one, so I found it at YT and played it. It sounded only vaguely familiar, but what really caught my attention was this image (below) on the video.

My parents gave me a 2nd-hand red Comet for a graduation present. Seeing this radio brought back so many memories of cruising the main drag in town or going down to Galveston and cruising the beach. I remember driving down Seawall Boulevard and all us girls singing along to "Help Me Rhonda." IIRC, it was the #1 song that summer ('65). What fun memories! We still get together every couple of months for 5-hour lunches.

Thanks for sparking those memories for me!

roamer_1 · « **Reply #126 on:** July 23, 2019, 01:47:54 am »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 23, 2019, 01:22:14 am

My parents gave me a 2nd-hand red Comet for a graduation present. Seeing this radio brought back so many memories of cruising the main drag in town or going down to Galveston and cruising the beach. I remember driving down Seawall Boulevard and all us girls singing along to "Help Me Rhonda." IIRC, it was the #1 song that summer ('65). What fun memories! We still get together every couple of months for 5-hour lunches.

Thanks for sparking those memories for me!

Here's mine:

Sighlass · « **Reply #127 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:06:37 am »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 23, 2019, 01:22:14 am

@Sighlass

My old computer coughs and sputters when I try to access these things, so I always mosey over to YouTube and play them. I wasn't really familiar with the first one, so I found it at YT and played it. It sounded only vaguely familiar, but what really caught my attention was this image (below) on the video.

My parents gave me a 2nd-hand red Comet for a graduation present. Seeing this radio brought back so many memories of cruising the main drag in town or going down to Galveston and cruising the beach. I remember driving down Seawall Boulevard and all us girls singing along to "Help Me Rhonda." IIRC, it was the #1 song that summer ('65). What fun memories! We still get together every couple of months for 5-hour lunches.

Thanks for sparking those memories for me!

Your most certainly welcome... thanks for making my day knowing someone is getting something out of these songs...

I tried my link out and got two steps to download...

First they ask you to accept cookies, since the European countries started making web sites display what they do to you, they have to disclose they put cookies on you ... otherwise European countries sometimes block websites that don't disclose this.. far as I can tell they are harmless cookies and since I delete cookies each time I close my browser I don't mind. Most all web sites (including this one) put cookies on ya.

Next it will show you the file size you are downloading... and all you have to do is click download... and it should start downloading... (or ask you where you want it downloaded)...

Next it is a little more tricking, once downloaded, you will have to "unzip" the download since I did all the songs together in a folder... most computer have a unzip program now days, if you have old computer like mine, then I listed some options (programs) to do this in another thread... (linked below)... free program 7zip

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,340174.0.html

If you get something different than what I explained above, please let me know...

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #128 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:08:04 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 01:47:54 am

Here's mine:

@roamer_1

What?! No buttons? Did you have to actually dial to your favorite stations?

roamer_1 · « **Reply #129 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:15:01 am »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 23, 2019, 02:08:04 am

@roamer_1

What?! No buttons? Did you have to actually dial to your favorite stations?

@AllThatJazzZ
Well to be fair, I had the 8-track hanging under the dash...
That was late 70's early 80's... Listening to a whole lot of Waylon and Willie, Johnny Paycheck, Chris LeDoux. and Mo Bandy...

And oddly enough, a full compliment of the Beach Boys. Them, Peter, Paul, and Mary, AND the Kingston Trio... There ain't a song they made I don't know by heart.

Funny how long that good ol stuff stayed relevant.

edit: And BTW, We only had two stations on the AM back then, so the push button thing was not a problem...

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #130 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:18:33 am »

@Sighlass

Thanks for the instructions. The truth is that I'm fine with going to YouTube. It's kinda what I do. It's the next best thing to having all my 45s (hundreds) on jukeboxes. The only downside is that I tend to sit down to hear a handful of songs and don't get up till about 2 hours later.

Sighlass · « **Reply #131 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:21:43 am »

Grandmothers 1962 Ford Falcon car (hers was a rare 8 cylinder one, not 6 cylinder)...

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Smokin Joe · « **Reply #132 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:38:13 am »

@Sighlass Thanks for the files!

I have 35 on shuffle play right now, over a sound bar that came off a junked monitor....but it sounds great (far better than the speakers on this laptop!).

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #133 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:39:24 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 02:15:01 am

@AllThatJazzZ
Well to be fair, I had the 8-track hanging under the dash...
That was late 70's early 80's... Listening to a whole lot of Waylon and Willie, Johnny Paycheck, Chris LeDoux. and Mo Bandy...

And oddly enough, a full compliment of the Beach Boys. Them, Peter, Paul, and Mary, AND the Kingston Trio... There ain't a song they made I don't know by heart.

Funny how long that good ol stuff stayed relevant.

edit: And BTW, We only had two stations on the AM back then, so the push button thing was not a problem...

@roamer_1

Dude(ette)! We could have cruised together! I love everything you mentioned and know lyrics to about a million songs. Hyperbole? Of course, but my mother always said that if the Holy Bible were put to music, I would be able to sing it from Genesis to Revelation.

Can you still sing "Merry Minuet"? "Scotch & Soda"?

Sighlass · « **Reply #134 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:40:05 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 02:15:01 am

@AllThatJazzZ
edit: And BTW, We only had two stations on the AM back then, so the push button thing was not a problem...

Thanks for making the 50 catbox a little more lively Roamer... pop in anytime...

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #135 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:40:56 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 02:15:01 am

@AllThatJazzZ
Well to be fair, I had the 8-track hanging under the dash...
That was late 70's early 80's... Listening to a whole lot of Waylon and Willie, Johnny Paycheck, Chris LeDoux. and Mo Bandy...

And oddly enough, a full compliment of the Beach Boys. Them, Peter, Paul, and Mary, AND the Kingston Trio... There ain't a song they made I don't know by heart.

Funny how long that good ol stuff stayed relevant.

edit: And BTW, We only had two stations on the AM back then, so the push button thing was not a problem...

I had a '79 Lincoln I picked up for $500, long after it left the showroom. Still had the factory 8 track and even a CB radio! Whatta boat, great on the highway! Only problem was the 400 modified under the hood. Can't idle it to warm it up (it carbons up), and were supposed to warm it up on the fly, which just doesn't work in North Dakota winters (no defrost!).

Sighlass · « **Reply #136 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:43:12 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 23, 2019, 02:38:13 am

@Sighlass Thanks for the files!

I have 35 on shuffle play right now, over a sound bar that came off a junked monitor....but it sounds great (far better than the speakers on this laptop!).

Awesome Smoke, noticed you had bookmarked a few threads, do you have a favorite era? ....

Nevermind... someone will get upset you didn't pick their fave... so lets just enjoy the music from them all.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #137 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:53:26 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 23, 2019, 02:43:12 am

Awesome Smoke, noticed you had bookmarked a few threads, do you have a favorite era? ....

Nevermind... someone will get upset you didn't pick their fave... so lets just enjoy the music from them all.

Well, I'm a fan of do-wop type music. You can always find something to sing or harmonize with (as best I can, anyway--there's a reason I'm a geologist, when I sing the rocks don't throw themselves), and besides all that, it's upbeat, full of energy. I like that era best, but it goes primarily through the 50s and 60s.

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #138 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:58:06 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 23, 2019, 02:21:43 am

Grandmothers 1962 Ford Falcon car (hers was a rare 8 cylinder one, not 6 cylinder)...

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Beautiful! So pristine.

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #139 on:** July 23, 2019, 03:09:11 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 23, 2019, 02:53:26 am

Well, I'm a fan of do-wop type music. You can always find something to sing or harmonize with (as best I can, anyway--there's a reason I'm a geologist, when I sing the rocks don't throw themselves), and besides all that, it's upbeat, full of energy. I like that era best, but it goes primarily through the 50s and 60s.

@Smokin Joe

Doo-wop/sock hop.

I enjoy many genres, but my favorite music era is from mid-50s to mid-60s. It was my era. The music I first danced to. First fell in love to. First got my heart broken to. Viva doo-wop!

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #140 on:** July 23, 2019, 03:14:42 am »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 23, 2019, 03:09:11 am

@Smokin Joe

Doo-wop/sock hop.

I enjoy many genres, but my favorite music era is from mid-50s to mid-60s. It was my era. The music I first danced to. First fell in love to. First got my heart broken to. Viva doo-wop!

roamer_1 · « **Reply #141 on:** July 23, 2019, 03:46:30 am »

Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on July 23, 2019, 02:39:24 am

Dude(ette)! We could have cruised together! I love everything you mentioned and know lyrics to about a million songs. Hyperbole? Of course, but my mother always said that if the Holy Bible were put to music, I would be able to sing it from Genesis to Revelation.

@AllThatJazzZ
Definitely a dude... I checked just yesterday...

Me= Much the same way... If I can sing it or whistle to it, I will never forget it. And I can prolly pick it too. But I am limited to that... I get about into the Eagles or so, and can't get much further... Went nearly solid Country about when the big-hair bands came out, and can't get any of the newer stuff... Can't sing it, can't whistle it, so I have naught to do with it...

And yes I do a pretty good cover of Roger Whitaker's 'Spanish Whistler', And can yodel with the best of em... Or at least that's what the cows tell me.

Quote

Can you still sing "Merry Minuet"? "Scotch & Soda"?

Oh yeah... No problemo... Like I said. And I can pick em too... Not like I could. When I got sick I lost a lot of my eye-hand coordination... I can play rhythm guitar alright, but finger picking is tougher, and chicken pickin' is still out of the question, but ever working at getting it back...

(Guitar, bass guitar, 12 string guitar, and banjo. fair on a dobro or a steel)

roamer_1 · « **Reply #142 on:** July 23, 2019, 03:51:47 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 23, 2019, 02:40:56 am

I had a '79 Lincoln I picked up for $500, long after it left the showroom. Still had the factory 8 track and even a CB radio! Whatta boat, great on the highway! Only problem was the 400 modified under the hood. Can't idle it to warm it up (it carbons up), and were supposed to warm it up on the fly, which just doesn't work in North Dakota winters (no defrost!).

My problem was with speakers... I just could not keep those KMart Kracos going... I swear I was spending 20 bucks every 6 months or so, worse in the pickup, as I was often recruited into General Motors Navy (River Patrol)

roamer_1 · « **Reply #143 on:** July 23, 2019, 03:57:40 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 23, 2019, 02:40:05 am

Thanks for making the 50 catbox a little more lively Roamer... pop in anytime...

It's a great thread, @Sighlass though I have my fill of music downloads... I converted my entire library to digital long ago... I have about 40g of mp3s I keep shoving around, though I don't know why. Like @AllThatJazzZ , I tend to Youtubin around the house, and still tend to listen to the radio more than anything else (in the kitchen, out in the shop, and on the road). I kinda like radio for the not knowing what's coming next... I haven't cracked my lib in a year or two...

roamer_1 · « **Reply #144 on:** July 23, 2019, 04:01:29 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 23, 2019, 02:53:26 am

Well, I'm a fan of do-wop type music. You can always find something to sing or harmonize with (as best I can, anyway--there's a reason I'm a geologist, when I sing the rocks don't throw themselves), and besides all that, it's upbeat, full of energy. I like that era best, but it goes primarily through the 50s and 60s.

I heard that... Cowboyin is like that... Cows are a pretty forgiving audience.

Me, rockabilly, southern rock, outlaw country... Mostly where I live, but I like all of it from folk through 50's rock and blues, and country all the way along...

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #145 on:** July 23, 2019, 05:06:43 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 04:01:29 am

I heard that... Cowboyin is like that... Cows are a pretty forgiving audience.

Me, rockabilly, southern rock, outlaw country... Mostly where I live, but I like all of it from folk through 50's rock and blues, and country all the way along...

@roamer_1

How about Dix-a-billy? IIRC, this was considered side B on one of my 45s, and I couldn't get my fill of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvfPgOvawq0

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #146 on:** July 23, 2019, 05:11:44 am »

Quote from: roamer_1 on July 23, 2019, 03:46:30 am

@AllThatJazzZ
Definitely a dude... I checked just yesterday...
Me= Much the same way... If I can sing it or whistle to it, I will never forget it. And I can prolly pick it too. But I am limited to that... I get about into the Eagles or so, and can't get much further... Went nearly solid Country about when the big-hair bands came out, and can't get any of the newer stuff... Can't sing it, can't whistle it, so I have naught to do with it...

And yes I do a pretty good cover of Roger Whitaker's 'Spanish Whistler', And can yodel with the best of em... Or at least that's what the cows tell me.

Oh yeah... No problemo... Like I said. And I can pick em too... Not like I could. When I got sick I lost a lot of my eye-hand coordination... I can play rhythm guitar alright, but finger picking is tougher, and chicken pickin' is still out of the question, but ever working at getting it back...

(Guitar, bass guitar, 12 string guitar, and banjo. fair on a dobro or a steel)

@roamer_1

There's a lot here that's impressive, but I am fascinated by (and a little jealous of) people who can yodel. Do you think it's a natural gift, or can people be taught?

Also, re the stringed instruments you play... can you read music, or do you play by ear?

AllThatJazzZ · « **Reply #147 on:** July 23, 2019, 05:34:15 am »

Having a hard time sleeping tonight because LAST NIGHT I tripped over uneven concrete in my driveway and took a hard splat. Tonight I'm really feeling it. I'm ready to take something for pain and try again to get some sleep. Who knew I'd still be hurting like this since my fall was LAST NIGHT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5T9GvSnbY

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pookie18 · « **Reply #148 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:20:18 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on July 22, 2019, 11:09:25 pm

Just a little ditty put out around 1976 by K-tel... 50s and 60s songs... but I am gonna just place it here instead of the 60's thread...

Album Source, so expect imperfections cause you gonna get them.

VA - K-Tel Jukebox Jive LP 76.zip
https://mab.to/zDfeq548T

I really loved a few of these songs, some I had never heard before, most I had forgotten over time... I had a few on record... nice hearing them again..

H/T Down Underground Blog

3 Days Only Gang...

Another Liar, Liar via the other "castaways":

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Curtis Lee's back-up group on Pretty Little Angel Eyes were The Halos who later had their own hit (Nag):

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pookie18 · « **Reply #149 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:51:23 am »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on July 23, 2019, 02:53:26 am

Well, I'm a fan of do-wop type music. You can always find something to sing or harmonize with (as best I can, anyway--there's a reason I'm a geologist, when I sing the rocks don't throw themselves), and besides all that, it's upbeat, full of energy. I like that era best, but it goes primarily through the 50s and 60s.

@Smokin Joe
@AllThatJazzZ

Mine as well...

If you can view this link, I started posting on page 2:

http://thepoliticsforums.com/threads/110187-Doo-Wop-from-the-50s-and-60s