A few years later, lead singer James "Shep" Sheppard left & formed a new group, Shep & The Limelites, who finished the journey with their...
Posted on 07/03/2012 7:56:08 AM PDT by sussex
The big hits of 1963…. Difficult to believe that all these came out almost half a century ago (when I had just started out as a teacher) but each of them still gives me a buzz today, not just as a stroll down memory lane but because they are also still damn good songs.
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I agree. The Beatles poisoned the well. Worse, they turned an art into an industry and one based more on packaging than on talent. Everyone from Madonna to Lady Gaga to Justin Bieber is their spawn, to the detriment of music everywhere.
They do if you click on them.
The country charts from that time had some memorable hits:
Abiline - George Hamilton IV
Act Naturally - Buck Owens
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
Detroit City - Bobby Bare
End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Faded Love - Patsy Cline [one of the greatest singers ever]
From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
I Can’t Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis
Leavin’ on Your Mind - Patsy Cline
Lonesome 7-7203 - Hawkshaw Hawkins
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
Loving Arms - Carl and Pearl Butler
Make the World Go Away - Ray Price
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Second Hand Rose - Roy Drusky
Still - Bill Anderson
Sweet Dreams - Patsy Cline [one of the greatest singers, one of the most beautiful songs]
Talk Back Trembling Lips - Ernest Ashworth
The Tip of My Fingers - Roy Clark
Ah yes. Beautiful music before the Beatles came in and ruined it all.
I’ve fallen in love with old Sammy Kay records. I find lots of good music on vinyl at my thrift store.
Just transcribed lots of Tommy Garrett and Henry Mancini music to CDs for my sister-in-law.
Yes, 1963 was quite a year. That was the year that I got my first job at a commercial radio station (I was 21 years old). As I remember so well, “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March was the biggest hit that summer. It really wasn’t that much of a song but the arrangement was great. Perfect bubble-gum song, too.
I was going to write down the call letters and location of the station but that would reveal my hidden identity and one is not supposed to do that on FR.
Last Labor Day weekend, saw Shirley Alston Reeves (original Shirelles lead singer) in concert with “different” Shirelles; she still has it. Soldier Boy was among those that they performed.
Saw an older man yesterday with a shirt that says “I may be old, but I saw all the good bands”.
LOL
My theory is that someone killed all the songwriters. It's the only explanation for the monotonous boring wailing that passes for popular music today.
—Motown got so scary that even Motown moved out.—
I’m a huge fan of music documentaries. I even own “I Need That Record”, a documentary about the demise of the independent record store.
I also own Standing in the Shadows of Motown”. Although it has good production values, I consider it the worst of them all, content-wise. There really is not a lot there.
I did click on them. They do not open. That is, the songs do not play. However, the original link works just fine.
“I even own “I Need That Record”, a documentary about the demise of the independent record store.”
Two of my fav indies in NJ were Relic Rack and Clifton Music. Both great places to ask ‘I need that record’. Both gone but never forgotten.
They work fine for me.
You must have picked up a virus or something on some filthy blog.
lol - bttt
WITCH DOCTOR (David Seville) 1958 original version
Dodie Stevens - Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces (Live) Recorded in 1959 (age 13)
Roy Orbison: the best.
When I left Seattle for rural KY I thought I was done collecting vinyl. Then I discovered the Highlands area (baxter and Bardstown streets). It’s like all the “weird” neighborhoods in Seattle rolled into one. And yeah, they have several record stores, though the biggest, Ear Xtacy went under last November.
Either that or they’ve reached the end of the line for notes, chords, lyrics etc Today’s stuff all sounds alike, even the “slow” songs.
My sister who was a teenager (an AF dependent) met her husband on Misawa AFB mid 50's. He got transferred back to the states and she played this record over and over and over and over!
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