The Corsairs - Smoky Places

[nobleroman79AD]

Today it would be meeting in Cyber Places re-written by Wm.T. Lach

[MBFLA45]

Great singing... great song. As good as these guy are, how did they not enjoy any real success after this near Top Ten hit? I guess being on a small label (Tuff) didn't help. This is as good as anything the Drifters did.

[coffeeicecream1]

Wonderful voices, and real good song.

[ndhudecz]

Great

[cynthia6637]

DANCING WHERE NO ONE KNOWS OUR FACES!! "SMOKEY PLACES"

PERFECT SONG! GREAT CHA CHA!!!

[ShanghaiJill]

There's a very, old building in my neighborhood. It's a now a bar and keno place, but there's a sign on an unused entrance that reads "DINNER, DANCING, COCKTAILS' I just try to imagine the smartly dressed men and women who passed through those doors, so long ago.

I'm sure it was the kind of place depicted in this song, shadowy corners and all.

DINNER, DANCING, COCKTAILS

[B4BoomersBlockBoy7]

Awwwwwwwww Da 50's was a Great Era for the Innovator's of a New Sound in Music !

[JAYLEE169]

great song, great memories. thanks for uploading. thumbs up...

[Delfan1961]

In 2011, our lovers would probably be meeting in a "smoke free" Starbucks...something would have been lost in the translation. :-----(

[jasonvoorhees285]

i love this song so mutch

[DooWopRonnieM]

Why the pix of The Flamingos

[Nocaro]

@DooWopRonnieM This was an inadvertent error, but I'm revising the video soon anyway. Thanks.

[robshannon]

@DooWopRonnieM That's not the Flamingos, That's Shep and The Limelights.

[singinjohnny]

This song evokes memories of cold mornings getting ready for grammar school for me. I always loved the atmosphere this song creates with the exotic drum pattern played throughout and the honky-tonk-style piano fills. One can see the place where the two lovers meet back then on the sly. It was such a different time with cigarette smoke being an almost constant part of wherever one would be. It's hard to imagine that now. Thanks so much for posting this.

[toofasteddie1]

i could play this song over and over and never get tire of it

[IfAngelsCouldBurn]

I did not grow up in that time period. But man I love the songs from 1963 going back to 1950. In Smokey Places is a classic. The background music, the harmony, the vocals are just outstanding.

[doowopman49]

just love that backround,lots of talent here. thank you soooooo very much for the memories. tom d brick,nj

[southpawcom]

Great tune, superbly illustrated by your slide show. Thanks for sharing with us all.

[sweetloves032084]

love love love this song

[brian4858]

Nice tune.....!

[Verinium]

This was and is "our song" we lived it!! Been together now 33 yrs. Great song.Thanks

[bobmailman1]

great song, thank you for sharing it

[AlphaCatholic]

I want to be in a blood red drop-top split-grille GTO with over-under headlights; with an ice cold PBR and a Winston; the bride beside me in her white jeans and pink turtleneck sweater, smiling and laughing with an open road before me and a full moon overhead.

I'd drive all night long and play this song over and over and over and over

[Nocaro]

LOL, thanks for your great comment!

[draw713]

This is one of my favorite songs. Love the pounding on the drum, plus the voices, the harmony, etc., It was many years after I had heard it that I sought out and found a copy on a 45 RPM. Fantastic sound, voices, harmony, high notes offset by the tapping on the drum, and the various overlays of voices....

[motowngirl65]

No comments? I can't believe it! I LOVE this song. What memories.  Thanks for posting this.