Description:
1950s Rock, Pop, and Rhythm & Blues music.
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HLL's Hot 11 (abbreviated Holiday playlist) for 5/25/2012
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Pompton Turnpike - Louis Jordan & His Tympani 5
Melody Time - Vaughn Monroe
Whispering Grass - Kay Starr
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance You - Patti Page
Fever - Elvis Presley
Tonight's My Night (Japanese version) - Connie Francis
Danny Boy (Londerry Air) - Connie Haines
Jivaro - Yma Sumac... more »
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==Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 25)==
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These are today's Birthday people....born May 25 in the years
mentioned :
HAL DAVID (1921 New York City NY)
Collaberator with Burt Bacharach on most of his songs
KITTY KALLEN (1922 Philadelphia Pa)
Pop songstress several hits #1 Little Things Mean A Lot 1954
MILES DAVIS (1926 Alton Il)
Highly innovative modern jazz tpt/bandleader Kind Of Blue etc... more »
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HLL's Hot 23 for 5/24/2012
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Always - Patsy Cline
My Young & Foolish Heart - Doris Day
It's Only a Paper Moon - The Four Freshmen
You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
Hey, Good Lookin' - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Helen O'Connell
Gunsmoke - Tex Ritter
Winter Wonderland - Brian Setzer Ork
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Johnnie Ray... more »
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A Little Bit Country
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Most of the songs I've added to my collection this week fall under the
"country" heading.
The bulk of downloads were by Tennessee Ernie Ford. The greatest hits
cd I have by him does a poor job of communicating just *how* great a
singer he actually is. I concentrated on his Civil War songs and... more »
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==Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 24)==
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These are today's Birthday people....born May 24 in the years
mentioned :
RUSTY YORK (1935 Harlan County Ky)
Prolific C&W/R&R singer covered Peggy Sue on King hit Sugaree on Chess
ARCHIE SHEPP (1937 Fort Lauderdale Fl)
Jazz tenor sax player prominent in 60's recorded for Impulse 1960
PRINCE BUSTER (1938 Kingston Jamaica)... more »
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Sam Taylor "Blue Suede Shoes"
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The lines of "Blue Suede Shoes"
"You can burn my house, steal my car,
Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar"
are often changed in coversongs (or left out completely).
I don't understand what Sam Taylor in his version is singing:
"Burn my house, take my car
Spend my money on your ???"... more »
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