Who sings Five o'Clock World?

[Ken Cook]

Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
o'clock
world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world when the
whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
wish to buy a CD with this song on it!

Thanks,
Ken

[jamburger]

In article <51rjc8$2...@batph8.bnr.ca>, Ken Cook <gt0...@prism.gatech.edu>
wrote:

Drew was dancin' to a #4 hit from Dec. of 1965 by the Vogues. Maybe you
can find it on a 60's Top 10 collection.

Good luck!

-jamburger

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[Wayne Garvin]

On 19 Sep 1996 13:55:20 GMT
Ken Cook <gt0...@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:

>Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
>songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
>o'clock world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world
>when the whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
>wish to buy a CD with this song on it!

Yeah, I watched Drew Carey too and wondered who did that song. So I
looked it up in Joel Whitburn's "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". It
says that it was a #4 hit for The Vogues in 1965. Here's some other hits
that they had:

You're The One #4 10/09/65
Turn Around, Look At Me #7 07/13/68
My Special Angel #7 09/21/68
Magic Town #21 03/19/66
Till #27 12/07/68
The Land Of Milk And Honey #29 06/25/66
No, Not Much #34 03/29/69

I don't know if a greatest hits compilation is available but, judging
from this list of hits, it would be a great CD to have in your
collection (and mine - I think I'll look for one next time I'm at the CD
store).

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[Ken Cook]

In article <3241a407...@news.igs.net> Wayne Garvin,

wga...@kw.igs.net writes:
>Yeah, I watched Drew Carey too and wondered who did that song. So I
>looked it up in Joel Whitburn's "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". It
>says that it was a #4 hit for The Vogues in 1965. Here's some other hits
>that they had:
>
> You're The One #4 10/09/65
> Turn Around, Look At Me #7 07/13/68
> My Special Angel #7 09/21/68
> Magic Town #21 03/19/66
> Till #27 12/07/68
> The Land Of Milk And Honey #29 06/25/66
> No, Not Much #34 03/29/69
>
>I don't know if a greatest hits compilation is available but, judging
>from this list of hits, it would be a great CD to have in your
>collection (and mine - I think I'll look for one next time I'm at the CD
>store).
>

I found a Rhino compilation with these songs and ten others by the Vogues.
Good stuff.

Ken

[Marc S. Glasser]

Ken Cook wrote:
>
> Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
> songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
> o'clock
> world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world when the
> whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
> wish to buy a CD with this song on it!
>

> Thanks,
> Ken

"Five O'Clock World", by the Vogues, circa 1966. The first chorus goes,

But there's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
And no one owns a piece of my time
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
Thinking that the world looks fine, yeah...

Regrettably, my memory is fragmentary on the rest of the song. It's a
goodie!

Keep on singing,
<-----9-20-1996-----MSG----->
Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com

[Philip M Healy]

Ken Cook wrote:
>
> Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
> songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
> o'clock
> world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world when the
> whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
> wish to buy a CD with this song on it!
>
> Thanks,
> Ken

The song is by The Vogues - don't know for sure if it's on CD, but the
Rhino Records website would be a good place to start looking!

Phil

[Michael & Jozette Porter]

Philip M Healy <mal...@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<324453...@ozemail.com.au>...

> Ken Cook wrote:

> The song is by The Vogues - don't know for sure if it's on CD, but the
> Rhino Records website would be a good place to start looking!
>
> Phil
>

It is also sung by Hal Ketchum.

J Porter

[Jennifer Spinsky]

This is a fantastic song, I agree. You can find it (probably easier) on
the Good Morning Vietnam Soundtrack.
Jen

On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Marc S. Glasser wrote:

> Ken Cook wrote:
> >
> > Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
> > songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
> > o'clock
> > world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world when the
> > whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
> > wish to buy a CD with this song on it!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
>

[Tracy E. Carman]

On 9/20/96 11:19AM, in message <51ucm8$8...@batph8.bnr.ca>, Ken Cook
<gt0...@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:

There's also a Vogue's Greatest Hits compilation on Varbese Seraband records.
I own the Rhino one, and they're both probably comparable.

-TC

[Marc S. Glasser]

Marc S. Glasser wrote:
>
> Ken Cook wrote:
> >
> > Last night on the Drew Carey Show they played one of my favourite
> > songs that I haven't heard in a while. I think the name of it is '5
> > o'clock
> > world'. Some of the lyrics are: 'It's a five o'clock world when the
> > whistle blows' and some yodeling. Any help is appreciated as I
> > wish to buy a CD with this song on it!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
>
> "Five O'Clock World", by the Vogues, circa 1966. The first chorus goes,
>
> But there's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
> And no one owns a piece of my time
> And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
> Thinking that the world looks fine, yeah...
>
> Regrettably, my memory is fragmentary on the rest of the song. It's a
> goodie!
>
> Keep on singing,
> <-----9-20-1996-----MSG----->
> Marc S. Glasser
> ca...@nycmetro.com

I hope Ken Cook is still out there reading: I finally dug out my LP of
THE VOGUES' GREATEST HITS and transcribed the thing.

FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD
A. Reynolds

[Hey! Hey!]
[The rhythmic chant of "Hey!" continues behind the verse,
stops at the "Yeah, yeah", resumes at the yodeling, and so on]

Up every morning just to keep a job:
I gotta fight my way through the hustlin' mob.
Sounds of the city poundin' in my brain
While another day goes down the drain. [Yeah, yeah...]

But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows:
No one owns a piece of my time.

And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes

Thinkin' that the world looks fine, yeah...

[yodeling] Ah-de-lay-hee...

Tradin' my time for the pay I get,
Livin' off money that I ain't made yet.
Gotta be goin', gotta make my way,
But I live for the end of the day. [Yeah, yeah...]

But there's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows:
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there's a long haired girl who waits, I know
To ease my troubled mind, yeah...

[yodeling] Ah-de-lay-hee...

In the shelter of her arms everything's okay,
She talks and the world goes slippin' away.
And I know the reason I can still go on,
When every other reason is gone. [Yeah, yeah...]

In my five o'clock world she waits for me:
Nothin' else matters at all.
'Cause every time my baby smiles at me,
I know that it's all worth while, yeah...

[yodeling] Ah-de-lay-hee...

Keep on singing,
<-----9-25-1996-----MSG----->
Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com

[DJSkip2]

>>I hope Ken Cook is still out there reading: I finally dug out my LP of
THE VOGUES' GREATEST HITS and transcribed the thing.<<

"Five O'Clock World" is also on the "Good Morning Vietnam" soundtrack.