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Almost Fifty Years Ago – But These Songs Still Sound Good To This Old Man…..
TheAgedP.com ^ | 02/07/12 | The Aged P

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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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1963; hits; music
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To: duckman

If Clifton Music was the store run by Ronnie I, I believe they closed relatively recently...


41 posted on 07/03/2012 11:45:51 AM PDT by pookie18 (...OK, plan C: Newt or Rick...I guess it's plan D now)
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To: BerryDingle
Surfin' Bird is actually a combination of these two songs by The Rivingtons:

The Bird's The Word

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow


42 posted on 07/03/2012 11:52:13 AM PDT by pookie18 (...OK, plan C: Newt or Rick...I guess it's plan D now)
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To: pookie18

Yes it was Ronnie I’s store. I think his daughter tried running it after his recent passing; but it didn’t work out for her. Back in the 70’s when I was collecting Doo-Wops, I would go to his store with several hundred dollars and spend a good portion of my Saturday buying records off his collector wall. I once met Noland Strong of the Diablos at Ronnie I’s, he was recording some sounds for one of the NJ record labels. I think the label was based in Jersey City, not sure.


43 posted on 07/03/2012 12:33:53 PM PDT by duckman (Go Newt...)
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To: duckman

Nice memories! Ronnie I hosted a show I attended at Lead East (Labor Day weekend a few years ago at the Parsippany Hilton). Like The Jesters version of The Wind a bit more than The Diablos version. Good show Fridays 7-10 PM on 1250 WMTR-AM called Doo-Wop Drive (http://www.wmtram.com/)


44 posted on 07/03/2012 2:04:47 PM PDT by pookie18 (...OK, plan C: Newt or Rick...I guess it's plan D now)
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To: humblegunner
Great songs, but how could you leave this 1963 hit off the list
45 posted on 07/03/2012 2:16:05 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: Krankor

Ain’t my list. I was just hoping to deny a blogpimp a few hits.


46 posted on 07/03/2012 2:18:07 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo, being wily, pities the fool.)
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To: pookie18

Oh boy! I remember both so well!!


47 posted on 07/03/2012 5:15:45 PM PDT by notaliberal
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To: sussex

Pick your year....http://www.tropicalglen.com/Jukebox/1963Top/Channel1963.html


48 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:33 PM PDT by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: pookie18

Thanx for he link Pookie. I prefer the Jesters version as well. The Diabolos version was a bit spooky for a pre-teen, (myself), growing up in the mid 50’s. BTW ‘The Paragons meet the Jesters’ was a right-of-passage album into Doo-Wop-dom in the Bronx NY where I grew up. All the kids that ‘knew’ had to have one.


49 posted on 07/04/2012 5:23:39 AM PDT by duckman (Dr Ben Carlson: Vision Not Division.)
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To: duckman
My pleasure, Duckman. I have that LP & had it when I grew up in Brooklyn.


50 posted on 07/04/2012 5:30:21 AM PDT by pookie18 (...OK, plan C: Newt or Rick...I guess it's plan D now)
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To: sussex
My top 10 from 1963:
  1. Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley--my favorite song of the 1960's

  2. Leave Me Alone--Baby Washington

  3. Mecca--Gene Pitney (today this song would be highly politically incorrect)

  4. World Without Love--The Angels

  5. Sweet Dreams--Patsy Cline

  6. Half Heaven, Half Heartache--Gene Pitney

  7. The Bounce--The Olympics

  8. I Will Follow Him--Petula Clark

  9. Baja--The Astronauts

  10. The Boy Next Door--The Secrets

51 posted on 08/05/2012 9:00:36 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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