HLL's Latest Hot Hits -- from 5/16&17/2013

[Michael Pendragon]

I finished listening to the remaining 2 double cd's that were added to
my library today. Please ignore the duplicate #'s (I copied & pasted
the track lists from the Jasmine website).

Just gotta say I LOVE both these collections to the 9th degree. The
first is called "Guys Allowed" and it's definitely "guy" music. Tony
Bennett (in his best "Rags2Riches" style), Eddie Fisher, Guy Mitchell,
Vaughn Monroe, Champ Butler, Walter Brennan ... there's not one
Sinatra-style ballad in the bunch. No make out music by Nat "King"
Cole or Johnny Mathis. Even Liberace sounds macho doing a "Dragnet"
imitation on "Finger of Suspicion." The second set is by Sunny Gale
who should have been a much bigger name star than fate allowed. She's
got a touch of Teresa Brewer in her voice, along with a trace of Kay
Starr ... and man but that chick can rock it!

1. CHARLIE APPLEWHITE - I Love Paris
2. CHARLIE APPLEWHITE - Ebb Tide
3. TONY BENNETT - Afraid Of The Dark
4. TONY BENNETT - Sold To The Man With The Broken Heart
5. JOHNNY BRANDON - Rainbow Kisses
6. JOHNNY BRANDON - Winnie She Wait For Me
7. WALTER BRENNAN - Dutchman's Gold
8. NORMAN BROOKS - A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie
9 NORMAN BROOKS - Hello Sunshine
10. CHAMP BUTLER - Night Of My Nights
11. CHAMP BUTLER - Someone On Your Mind
12. DON CORNELL - Athena
13. DON CORNELL - I'm Blessed
14. GARY CROSBY - Mambo In The Moonlight
15. ALAN DALE - Me 'N' You 'N' The Moon
16. ALAN DALE - No One Home
17. JOHNNY DESMOND - A White Sport Coat
18. JOHNNY DESMOND - The Most Happy Fella
19. FRANK D'RONE - Strawberry Blonde
20. BILLY ECKSTINE - Fortune Telling Cards
21. BILLY ECKSTINE - I'm Saving My Dreams For A Rainy Day
22. EDDIE FISHER - I'd Sail A Thousand Seas
23. EDDIE FISHER - The Last Mile Home
24. ARTHUR GODFREY - Pale Potomac Moon
25. ARTHUR GODFREY - Seventy Six Trombones
26. BARRY GORDON - I Can't Whistle
27. BARRY GORDON - The Milkman's Polka
28. STUART HAMBLEN - Indiana
29. STUART HAMBLEN - Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)
1. PHIL HARRIS - Oh What A Face
2. PHIL HARRIS - Southern Fried Boogie
3. BILL HAYES - Das Ist Musik
4. BILL HAYES - I Know An Old Lady
5. BURL IVES - Casey Jones
6. BURL IVES - Wait For Me Darling
7. DANNY KAYE - I Love You Fair Dinkum
8. TOMMY LEONETTI - Free
9. TOMMY LEONETTI - It's Wild
10. LIBERACE - I'll Get By
11. LIBERACE - Finger Of Suspicion
12. BOB MANNING - To Love Again
13. BOB MANNING - Sing Me A Love Song
14. TONY MARTIN - Look At 'Er
15. TONY MARTIN - Relax
16. GUY MITCHELL - Cry Hurtin' Heart
17. GUY MITCHELL - Two
18. VAUGHN MONROE - The Battle Of New Orleans
19. VAUGHN MONROE - Hercules
20. AL MORGAN - Blue Smoke
21. AL MORGAN - Too Good To Be True
22. NICK NOBLE - The Bible Tells Me So
23. NICK NOBLE - Moonlight Swim
24. RAY PETERSON - Answer Me
25. RAY PETERSON - Goodnight My Love Pleasant Dreams
26. GEORGIE SHAW - Till We Two Are One
27. GEORGIE SHAW - Rags To Riches
28. ED TOWNSEND - When I Grow Too Old To Dream
29. ED TOWNSEND - You Are My Everything
30. DICKIE VALENTINE - It's Only For You

The remaining songs are all by Sunny Gale:
1. SMILE
2. OH! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE
3. TEARDROPS ON MY PILLOW
4. TRY A LITTLE PRAYER
5. EAST OF THE SUN (And West of the Moon)
6. I LAUGHED AT LOVE
7. DREAM, DREAM, DREAM
8. CERTAINLY BABY
9. HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE
10. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA LIVE FOREVER
11. GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT
12. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
13. I GOT IT BAD (And That Ain't Good)
14. A CERTAIN SMILE
15. I DON'T WANT YOUR GREENBACK DOLLARS
16. A STOLEN WALTZ
17. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
18. YOU COULD MAKE ME SMILE AGAIN
19. WINNER TAKE ALL
20. MY FOOLISH HEART
21. TWO HEARTS (With an Arrow Between)
22. C'EST LA VIE
23. HE'S FUNNY THAT WAY
24. A LITTLE YOU
25. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
26. FATHER TIME
27. LOVE ME AGAIN
28. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS
1. WHEEL OF FORTUNE (1958 Version)
2. LET ME GO, LOVER!
3. ROCK AND ROLL WEDDING
4. AN OLD FAMILIAR LOVE SONG
5. HOW COULD YOU?
6. UNSUSPECTING HEART
7. SOLDIER BOY
8. MEANWHILE
9. MAD ABOUT THE BOY
10. SEND MY BABY BACK TO ME
11. ONE KISS LED TO ANOTHER
12. JUST FRIENDS
13. CHURCH BELLS MAY RING
14. THE GYPSY TOLD ME
15. LOVER MAN
16. JUST IN CASE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
17. THE MAN I LOVE
18. LOOKING GLASS
19. THREE O'CLOCK
20. MAMA'S GONE GOODBYE
21. CONSTANTLY
22. DON'T CRY, MAMA
23. CALL OFF THE WEDDING
24. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME
25. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
26. TOSSIN' AND TURNIN'
27. THE NOTE IN THE BOTTLE
28. DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME

[Frank]

My older brother had "Hello Sunshine" Norman Brooks doing Al Jolson. Was "A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie" the B side? Not familiar with the title and if it was the B Side, I'm having Junior moment.

BTW, is it 9th degree or Nth degree?

[Frank]

On Friday, May 17, 2013 3:00:44 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:

My brother had "Hello Sunshine" Norman Brooks doing Al Jolson. He must have played it to death as I still remember most of the lyrics. Was "A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie" the B Side? The title doesn't ring a bell, or maybe I'm just having a Junior moment?

BTW, isn't it Nth degree not 9th degree?

[Michael Pendragon]

I found this on Wiki:

1953 - Zodiac 101 - "Hello Sunshine" / "You're My Baby"
1953 - Zodiac 103 - "A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" / "This Waltz
With You"

His "Al Jolson" (which he uses on both songs) is practically a
reincarnation of the real thing.

>
> BTW, is it 9th degree or Nth degree?

Unfortunately it appears to be 9th in my post. :-)

[Frank]

On Friday, May 17, 2013 11:33:51 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On May 17, 5:37 pm, Frank wrote:
>
> > On Friday, May 17, 2013 3:00:44 PM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>
> > > I finished listening to the remaining 2 double cd's that were added to
>
> >
>
> > > my library today.  Please ignore the duplicate #'s (I copied & pasted
>
> >
>
> > > the track lists from the Jasmine website).
>
> >
>
> > > Just gotta say I LOVE both these collections to the 9th degree.  The
>
> >

>

> 1953 - Zodiac 101 - "Hello Sunshine" / "You're My Baby"
>
> 1953 - Zodiac 103 - "A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" / "This Waltz
>
> With You"
>
>

> Ahh, yes I remembered "You're My Baby" a few hours ago.Thanks for the confirmation. YMB was also a very good "Jolson" song

[RWC]

On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:44 -0700 (PDT), Michael Pendragon
<michaelmalef...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I finished listening to the remaining 2 double cd's that were added to
>my library today.

For some reason?, I admire you for collecting these purchased sets, Mike.

>The second set is by Sunny Gale
>who should have been a much bigger name star than fate allowed. She's
>got a touch of Teresa Brewer in her voice, along with a trace of Kay
>Starr ... and man but that chick can rock it!
>

Sunny might have a touch of this and a trace of that, but in the end her voice
does not have any strong characteristic that can make her stand out and compete
with her more successful contemporaries. Sunny's *adult pop* voice is
*relatively* plainish, thinish - a hard working, competent of course, but mostly
unspectacular artiste (to my way of hearing).

My fave recording by Sunny Gale is a captivating Live teen-*rock* rendition of
"Winner Take All" (from Alan Freed's 1956 'Rock And Roll Party') - the studio
recording sucks with that added ill-conceived ugly intrusive 'spinning' sound
effect. And, Mike, there's the stand-out memorable gutsy semi-raspy teen-*rock*
record "Rock And Roll Wedding". As you say, this chick sure can rock it!

("Jump Back Honey Jump Back" had great potential but this duet should not have
been made with the stuffy sounding Vaughn Monroe - who dampens the exciting
atmosphere when he come in with his old fogey sounding vocal. Frankie Laine
would have been a better choice of partner :)

"C'est La Vie" (1955) is another superior dynamic recording by Sunny Gale.

But unfortunately I'm not moved by any of her less hectic adult pop numbers,
even the upbeat ones (that I've heard). For instance her vocal in "Wheel Of
Fortune" (1952), "Teardrops On My Pillow" (1953) and "Love Me Again" (1953)
sounds, as I've said, kinda plain and thinish - to me?


Geoff

[Michael Pendragon]

On May 18, 2:01 am, RWC wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:44 -0700 (PDT), Michael Pendragon
>

> <michaelmaleficapendra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I finished listening to the remaining 2 double cd's that were added to
> >my library today.
>
> For some reason?, I admire you for collecting these purchased sets, Mike.

:-)

> >The second set is by Sunny Gale
> >who should have been a much bigger name star than fate allowed.  She's
> >got a touch of Teresa Brewer in her voice, along with a trace of Kay
> >Starr ... and man but that chick can rock it!
>
> Sunny might have a touch of this and a trace of that, but in the end her voice
> does not have any strong characteristic that can make her stand out and compete
> with her more successful contemporaries.  Sunny's *adult pop* voice is
> *relatively* plainish, thinish - a hard working, competent of course, but mostly
> unspectacular artiste (to my way of hearing).

Okay, I'll grant you it's a little thinnish at times, but I don't find
it at all plain. Right now (after recently having listened to over 50
songs by her back to back), I'm pretty sure I could recognize her
voice w/o any difficulty. A few weeks from now, it might not be so
easy. I'm probably in most danger of confusing her with Teresa Brewer
(although Sunny's voice has a harder, slightly nasal edge).

> My fave recording by Sunny Gale is a captivating Live teen-*rock* rendition of
> "Winner Take All" (from Alan Freed's 1956 'Rock And Roll Party')

Happily I've got that one, too. Most likely copied from youtube or
archive.

- the studio
> recording sucks with that added ill-conceived ugly intrusive 'spinning' sound
> effect.

I like the spinning effect ... although there's a very brief second
spin (just a little"ppppt") that sounds like a mistake.

> And, Mike, there's the stand-out memorable gutsy semi-raspy teen-*rock*
> record "Rock And Roll Wedding".  As you say, this chick sure can rock it!
>
> ("Jump Back Honey Jump Back" had great potential but this duet should not have
> been made with the stuffy sounding Vaughn Monroe - who dampens the exciting
> atmosphere when he come in with his old fogey sounding vocal. Frankie Laine
> would have been a better choice of partner :)

I don't know this one, but Vaughn Monroe sounds like a strange choice
-- I've always been a VM fan, but I just can't hear their voices
complementing each other. I agree that Frankie Laine's voice would go
much better with hers.

> "C'est La Vie" (1955) is another superior dynamic recording by Sunny Gale.
>
> But unfortunately I'm not moved by any of her less hectic adult pop numbers,
> even the upbeat ones (that I've heard). For instance her vocal in "Wheel Of
> Fortune" (1952), "Teardrops On My Pillow" (1953) and "Love Me Again" (1953)
> sounds, as I've said, kinda plain and thinish - to me?

I think what appeals to me about it is that I hear a mix of Kay Starr
and Teresa Brewer in her voice -- two of my all-time favorites. She
hasn't got the vocal power/force of either (or of Georgia Gibbs, Toni
Arden, June Valli, Connie Haines), but there's something a little
different about her sound, and along with some excellent takes on the
standards, a lot of her records feature some very catchy songs I'm
totally unfamiliar with.