Ken Griffin - You Can't Be True Dear

[howellfilm]

All skate, all skate!

[Jaco5138]

harstike goed doet me denken aan de ijs baan waar die gedraaid weerd

[ukmashy]

Ahhh ..... memories are made from this.

[OzzieJohnFerguson]

A beautiful piece that I never get tired of hearing and sometimes playing. Love Ken Griffin's music and he had a distinctive style that is difficult to copy.

[74XLR]

I love Ken Griffin's playing. I have all of his LP records.

[poopiedodie]

I can never get tired of hearing this. I used to roller skate to Ken's organ music many years ago. Thhose were the best years of my life. It bings tears to my eyes as I listen to the organ music.

[brownies4you]

Whoa! Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s this little record was played at EVERY American rollerskating rink. Thanks for bringing back those memories....girls wearing layers and layers of crinolines under their skirts while rolling around the rink...kids laughing a lot...kids seemed to be happier back then,

[SteveCarras]

LOL Soap Opera music! All kidding aside though, I have a whole Ken Griffin Columbia Records album of that, and I enjoy Ken. He did a lot of "needledrops" for roller skating and that vocal version [by a guy named Jerry Wayne] may be one of the first instrumental track first, vocal track next, in other words, kareoake style done in the studio, and you can kareoke over the instrumental! Long before the term was even coined!

[WCFL1000]

This recording sold well over one million copies in 1948. Ken Griffin was from Aurora Illinois

[idea28ed]

waar om hoor ik deze mooie muziek niet op de radio

ik denk dat dit een hit word

groetjes ed uit maarssen

[alancastrian]

@idea28ed - Thank you for your comments, and thanks to Ken for his excellent music.

[rudewey]

Does anyone have the ken griffin christmas carols?

[windswept2289]

Memories of when we used to go to the Roller Rink and Skate to this song-how innocent we were back then. Thanks for the memories.

[SteveCarras]

@windswept2289

Yes, a lot of rings had that..you know? Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park,Orange County, Calif.,m still has that 1955 organ soundtrack in their "MIne train ride".

[Wnoronz]

very nice, very sweet.....it was so sad that Ken Griffin died so young. He ws the master where Hammond organ was concerned!

[PeterRabbit59]

Such a lovely piece. Brought a tear to Eye & seems now can't get this off mind. Connie Francis too, she sings it soooooooooo Beautiful. TOP 2 For this Song.

[alancastrian]

@PeterRabbit59 - Connie another favourite of mine, sings this on her American Waltzes Album (long player record 1998).

[poopiedodie]

@PeterRabbit59 Me too. I love this piece. I used to skate to this many years ago....

[PeterRabbit59]

Thanks for posting this along with the covers of the various albums of Ken Griffin. I still have a lot of His 78's yet, still in good condition, including this selection. Ken sure was one of the finest Organists going & did so many different things on the Hammond. A true Artist.

[russelldelima]

i like the version of Connie Francis as she has

put in lots of feeling into the song.The Stereo Sound quality of this recoding is simply super.

Thus enhancing the song &sound.

[lcr630]

I'm 60 now but my mom loved Ken Griffin and this song so very much. When I was 2 years old mom got a radiophonograph for her birthday and this record she always put on last so that it would play over and over again. I was a captive audience since I was fascinated with watching the record changer drop each record between songs.

Another old favorite is Naughty Waltz

As well as a record album of Romantic Waltzs.. Love Cecil waltz on that album and "I remember when"

[BryanHereford]

This was the record that first got me interested in Hammond organs. I bought the record and played it over and over it is from this that my life with music was started, I do not regret any part of it. 5 Stars. BryanHereford.

[alancastrian]

Thanks everyone, Bryan It was about the same time for me, there's just something about a Hammond organ.

[sessnazx]

10/10

Many Thanks

[Georgewos]

The German version is on YouTube Put Du Kannst nicht Treu sein in search. Also there is a beautiful video of Patti Page singing this song.

[xevcosmo]

What made 1948 great!

[nancyfloressantos]

Nice music.

[diatoneic]

love that maestro KEN GRIFFIN !!

[ampsanne]

My parents had this recording of Ken Griffin. It's always been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl. Many thanks for bringing back a memory.

[goodluckpeace44]

hullo hullo you are old now?

[ampsanne]

Yes I am, I'm in my 60's, My husband and I both play organ. So nice to sit down and play the old songs. Ken Griffin, Ethel Smith are always nice to listen to.

[goodluckpeace44]

yes its quite a lifehood

peace

[Georgewos]

The Ames Brothers also had a hit record with this song.

[ootooshohnuh]

i used to roller skate to this, thank you

for posting

[aeolianpianoroll]

Thanks for posting the song.

There's a basic keyboard arrangement of this song in the Reader's Digest

"Parade of Popular Hits" Songbook pages 132-133 with English and German lyrics. [plus a short commentary about Ken Griffin]

[alancastrian]

Thanks for the information

[6Heureka]

You are right, my mother sung this song always,after the war, when I was young. I remember very well.

[6Heureka]

Many thanks for the lyric now I´am able to sing along. Great.

[alancastrian]

Ken Griffin adapted this 1948 No 1 hit from an old German watz "Du Kannst Niicht Treu Sein" so your vesion was really the original.

[alancastrian]

Ken Griffin adapted this 1948 hit from an old German waltz "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein" so your version was really the original.

[tinkanolan]

Thank you. I've been waiting for this one on you tube.

[quigley1948]

Yet another firm favourite from Ken. Thank you.

[6Heureka]

Great organ playing from Ken Griffin. Thanks for sharing. Many years ago there was also a vocal song in german" Du kannst nicht treu sein " very succesful

[alancastrian]

DU KANNST NICHT TREU SEIN (Hans Otten / Ken Griffin / Gerhard Ebeler) Die Lustige München Musikanten Du kannst nicht treu sein Nein, nein, das kannst Du nicht Wenn auch Dein Mund mir Wahre Liebe verspricht In Deinem Herzen Hast du für viele Platz Darum bist Du auch nicht Für mich der richt'ge Schatz