Posted on 12/02/2011 5:34:52 PM PST by JoeProBono
A novelty from 1962. You came up with a collector's item.
Yep. Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, Ricky Nelson, Elvis, The Volumes....
Wait—maybe some of the Volumes are still alive.
They all had one. Old records that were no longer on display out front, and they were willing to sell them for next to nothing.
Nothing like buying Buddy Holly albums in the original cello wrap in 1974, or original 45s of Dion and the Belmonts. Or original Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose albums. Or original 78s of Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, featuring Sully, Ginny, Harry and Ish Kabibble singing Three Little Fishies.
I need to leave this thread before I go to the basement and start pulling out boxes and boxes of 45s, 78s, and LPs.
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra had a hit in 1936 with an earlier (but not the original) version of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)!” The lyrics make references to hits of the day, such as Riley & Farley’s “The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round” and Cab Calloway’s 1931 hit “Minnie the Moocher.” Listen to it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yyk5lTFQs0
In 1947, four years after this Delta Rhythm Boys hit, Waring's Pennsylvanians gave "Dry Bones" the Spike Jones treatment, with sound effects. Listen to it here.
J. P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson. Disc jockey at KTRM in Beamont, Texas (neighboring Port Arthur gave us Janis Joplin). He wrote "White Lightning", recorded by George Jones as his first #1, and "Running Bear" for Johnny Preston (from Sabine Pass, TX, where Richardson was born).
The Big Bopper had the flu that night, and Waylon Jennings, who was playing bass for Buddy Holly, gave up his seat. Richardson died along with Holly, Ritchie Valens (who won a coin flip with Tommy Allsup) and pilot Roger Peterson.
Sorry, when it involves Texas, old music trivia, and Charles Hardin Holley (he dropped the 'e' professionally), I get carried away.
Yeah, I remember that version, too. Sounds very familiar when I listen to it now. As you say, it was 1936, not 1927 as YouTube says.
The Goodman version is partly adlibbed, as was their custom. After Benny comes in, the whole band picks up his revised theme.
They sure don't.
That’s a new one for me. Thanks.
Bark, Battle & Ball (1955)
Do you perchance know how to jitterbug?
Gotta get offline. Just found myself agreeing with two diametrically-opposed posts.
Goodnight and happy FReeping!
So cool for a Friday night!!! Thanx
I saw them at the Fillmore West in 197? in San Francisco...
They opened with “Hey, you guys are a bunch of f***ing HIPPIES!”
The BEST!
Oh, the Platters! I was so diappointed when I heard that one or more of them went to prison (narcotics).
I must detach myself from this computer.
Wait! How about the Flamingos?
Now I’m really logging off.
Good night!
The Jitterbug--Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra (with Betty Hutton). 1939
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