Posted on 06/06/2010 10:21:34 PM PDT by notaliberal
This has been drving me crazy all day. I saw the movie "Believe in Me" and this was one of the songs on the soundtrack! It's a late 50's or early 60's tune.
Just purchased! Thanks Reminds me of “good ole days!”
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Speaking of instrumentals, anyone remember Raunchy, circa 1960?
(I'm searching for it)
Raunchy. Released in late 1957.
I believe this could be “Iko Iko” by The Dixie Cups.
Song is called “Last Night” by the Mar Keys (1961)
LOL, guess I should have checked before posting title.
Thanks, I purchased it from itunes
Popular music from the past is one of my areas of interest. I instantly recognized the tune when I heard it. It was a hit during the summer of 1961 and used to be heard regularly on "oldies" stations.
There were two versions of “Raunchy” released in late 1957. The one by Ernie Freeman (Imperial #5474) was a bigger hit on the West Coast, while the version by saxophonist Bill Justis (Philadelphia International #3519) sold better in the East.
I love the oldies myself. The summer of ‘61 was one that is “seared into my memory!”
You want to hear the worst soundtrack of all time check out the movie Avatar.
The movie graphics are wonderful, the story so-so. But overall a very good movie, except the soundtrack.
Soundtracks are supposed to create a musical theme with three things, constants, highs and lows. This thing is a mishmash of the music writers ego.
I know a lot of people don't pay attention to the soundtrack but as a musician this track drove me crazy.
I tend to use print resources for bibliographical information about sound recordings--for example, Joel Whitburn has written several reference books on the pop charts, from the 1890's to the present. However, a lot of this information, such as the charts from Cashbox and numerous radio stations are now available online.
I'm not familiar with I-tunes--believe it or not, I still download music to cassettes. However, that "if you like this, you might also like this" feature certainly seems useful.
My question is, ‘Why is Michael Westin, the burned CIA agent, coaching a girls high school basketball team instead of hanging out in Miami?”
For Christmas my wife gave me an I-pod. I then transferred my CD's all 200 of them to the computer and now use I-pod/I tunes for all my music categorizing.
I love both the "If you like this..." feature and the "Genius" feature, which allows you to pick a single song, then I-tunes searches your catalog to select songs it thinks would go well with your original selection. As a result of that it will occasionally pull out a song from a long forgotten or rarely listened to CD that is well worth a fresh look.
Same here. As of June 30, 1961, I had spent most of my life in a Los Angeles suburb and had never left the state of California or been more than 400 miles from home.
By the time of the autumnal equinox, I had visited the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park, learned to ride horses in Wyoming, flown in a DC-6 and a DC-8, eaten at Lindy's delecatessen in New York City, ventured outside the country for the first time--a refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland on the way to Germany--and ridden in a train pulled by a steam locomotive, still widely in use by Germany's state-owned railroad at the time. It would be another year before I returned home.
Graduated from high school, Dad stationed at Chanute AFB, left home and spent the summer with my grandmother in Bellflower CA. It was a summer never to be forgotten.
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