Daddy Dear, Daddy Dear
Doug Greenberg
Can anyone identify the song/singer(s) of the following 1950's
schmaltzy, non-rock song? It was performed by a little girl and
(allegedly) her daddy. Each sang part of the song. The little girl
asks the daddy a bunch of pseudo-profound questions, like why do birds
fly in the sky.
The daddy answers the questions, oh, so tearfully: "Little one, little
one . . ."
I recall that the song was performed once on Perry Como's show. Perry
was the daddy. After the little girl sang her part, however, Perry
replied by simply saying, "Go ask your mother!" At age six, I thought
that was hysterically funny.
I know this is the kind of song that Norm hates, so would someone give
me the answer quickly, please? ;-)
--Doug
Norm Katuna
On 3/10/56 Billboard magazine reviewed ABC 9680, The Mickey Mouse
Club------"Mickey Mouse Club mambo", and On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:14:43
+0000, on a totally different subject, Doug Greenberg
<dag...@dnai.com>, wrote:
::: Can anyone identify the song/singer(s) of the following 1950's
To the group and to Doug by e-mail.
Doug:
You're right. I do hate these things, but I do have an open mind
about them. I used to have this record, I think. But knowing my
background with this stuff you can't be too surprised that I dumped it
years ago.
Here goes, and if I'm wrong I will apologize. There was a song that
matches your description, sort of, from 1956 by Cab Calloway and his
daughter Lael on ABC records. It is called "Little child" and is on
ABC 9671. This is the same Cab Calloway who did "Minnie the Moocher."
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Norm Katuna
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Ray Johnson I'll never let you go Mercury 70203
Louis Jones All over, goodbye Peacock 1663
B. B. King I am Kent 317
Bouresteve
In article <31C8FA...@dnai.com>, Doug Greenberg <dag...@dnai.com>
writes:
>Subject: Daddy Dear, Daddy Dear
Regarding a similiar title, Chuck Berry had a song called "Dear Dad". I
don't ever recall hearing it on the radio, as it was possibly a flip side
of something more popular. Anyway, it was a typical, catchy Chuck Berry
lyric, with a surprise (1st listen only, duh !) ending. The song was a
letter to his dad (Henry Ford), asking for a cadillac because his ford was
a piece of shit. Does anyone know if this is available on anything other
than my original 45? My original was virtually destroyed by my car record
player. Note to younger types: Yes, before CD players, cassettes, 8
tracks, & 4 tracks, in the mid-60's, us cool guys had car record players
that played a stack of 45's. Definitely not state of the art sound
reproduction as the needles were not much better than a sharp nail, and
they sorta trashed the records, but hey, better than listening to some top
40 DJ's irritating patter.
Steve
p.s. If memory serves, if you did have a car record player, I think it was
REQUIRED to play Little Richard very loud.
mjw
I remember this song from an old kids 78rpm my grandmother had. Some of
the lyrics went kind of like this (no way these are complete):
Daddy dear, tell me please, is the world really round?
Tell me where is the bluebird of happiness found?
Tell me why is the sky up above so all blue?
And when you were a child, did your daddy tell you.
What becomes of the sun when it falls in the sea?
And who lights it again bright as bright can be?
Tell me why can't I fly like a bird through the sky?
Tell me why, Daddy dear, are there tears in your eyes?
Little one, little one, yes the world's really round.
And the bluebird you search for will surely be found.
And the sky up above is so blue and so clear,
So that you'll see the bluebird if it should appear.
And the sun doesn't fall when it goes out of sight,
All it does is make way for the moon's pretty light.
And if children could fly, there'd be no need for birds.
And I cry, little one, 'cause I'm touched by your words.
Don't you cry, Daddy dear, and here's what I will do:
I will get the dear bluebird and give it to you.
Dear the bluebird's the love in your heart, pure and true,
And I found it the day heaven blessed me with you.
I enjoyed Grandma's Helen Kane 78's a lot more than this one. It's
weird what useless and/or annoying things stay in one's mind.
_MJ
Norm Katuna
On 3/10/56 Billboard magazine reviewed ABC 9680, The Mickey Mouse
-0400, on a totally different subject, boure...@aol.com
(Bouresteve), wrote:
::: In article <31C8FA...@dnai.com>, Doug Greenberg <dag...@dnai.com>
To the group and to Steve by e-mail.
Steve:
First: Don Lowery says hello. Does everyone in CFS San Diego know
you??
Now to the matter at hand. I had a single play car radio. I
mentioned this in one of my early stories when I first got here a year
and a half ago. I also chewed up a lot of my good records with mine.
They also warped when you left them unprotected in the car for any
length of time. My "several" car record players were Phillips/Norelco
single play jobs. They had to track at least four grams so that the
needle wouldn't bounce off the record when you went over a bump. I
paid extra to have a high output cartiridge that would play the songs
three times louder than the normal cartridge that came with the
player. The reason I said several, was that between 1964 and 1967 I
had three or four different cars, and when I would sell one, the
player went with it, and I needed to buy a new one.
I don't know if you had one of these, but I did for each car also.
Motorola "Vibrasonic" the ultimate in reverberation add ons. With my
stack of records and my 45 player and Vibrasonic, I would cruise Van
Nuys and Hollywood blvds with my records blasting away. You know how
irritiating it is to have someone drive up next to you with a rap song
just blasting away, well that would be me with my record player and
Vibransonic. I would always have people pull up next to me at stop
lights and start pushing buttons on their radios, frantically trying
to get the same station that I was listening to. I would always be
playing 50s songs (oldies) by the Coasters, Bobby Darin, Freddy Cannon
and others. This was before oldies radio came about. A few times
someone would yell over and ask what station I had on, and I would
always tell them that it was from out of state. I would tell them
that I had this new high powered car radio that could pick up stations
up to a thousand miles away. They would always go away dejected.
My two ultimate vehicles from this time were a '57 Super 88 olds with
the record player and Vibrasonic, and a jet black with red interior,
'57 olds 98 Convertible with the record player and Vib... also. This
was the ultimate "Tijuana Taxi" or "No go show boat" type. The
Vibrasonic did not sound as good in a convertible since there was no
roof to hold in the echo.
The funny thing about all this is that most people from that era did
not have one of these machines let alone remember hearing about them
I never had one of the following, but I did see a few stackable album
car record players in my time also.
About the Chuck Berry. "Dear Dad" was the A side and it charted to
#95 in mid 1965.
Tapio Vaisanen
Bouresteve wrote:
:
: In article <31C8FA...@dnai.com>, Doug Greenberg <dag...@dnai.com>
: writes:
:
: >Subject: Daddy Dear, Daddy Dear
:
: Regarding a similiar title, Chuck Berry had a song called "Dear Dad". I
: don't ever recall hearing it on the radio, as it was possibly a flip side
: of something more popular. Anyway, it was a typical, catchy Chuck Berry
: lyric, with a surprise (1st listen only, duh !) ending. The song was a
: letter to his dad (Henry Ford), asking for a cadillac because his ford was
: a piece of shit. Does anyone know if this is available on anything other
: than my original 45? My original was virtually destroyed by my car record
: player. Note to younger types: Yes, before CD players, cassettes, 8
: tracks, & 4 tracks, in the mid-60's, us cool guys had car record players
: that played a stack of 45's. Definitely not state of the art sound
: reproduction as the needles were not much better than a sharp nail, and
: they sorta trashed the records, but hey, better than listening to some top
: 40 DJ's irritating patter.
:
: Steve
:
released in '65.
Tapio
Vantaa, Finland
tapio.v...@tjgroup.fi
Tom Simon
Hey ... could you turn that thing down a little?
Boy, these teenagers today ...
Lawrence Bullock
> I don't know if you had one of these, but I did for each car also.
> Motorola "Vibrasonic" the ultimate in reverberation add ons.
Wow. I remember that my brother had both of these things, the car 45
player and the "Vibrasonic". This sure took me back! He also had one of
the early 2 track machines that played cartridges that played only about
two songs per tape--first ones I heard were "Spanish Flea", " Walk Don't
Run", "House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be
Misunderstood"==Thanks for the trip down memory lane! (My brother's name
was Lane.)
--
"It's nice to be wanted, but it's not nice to be had."