Now there was a star, million sellers all. I was lucky enough to be there the ist time around. Johnnie, Frankie, Guy, rosemary ,Kay I could go on & on, magic times.
(cont.) and the Stones, Zepplin and FLoyd - but probably not Goodman and Armstrong, much less Ada Jones and Billy Murray. A song stays current through out its paradigm, but few cross over to the next paradigm. Here's an example of a song that tried to, and maybe should have, but didn't just quite...
Hey, that's a great tune; I've never heard it before. It stands with one foot in the doo-wop, rock-n-roll era and one in the preceeding pop era of jazz and swing. I think I could write a dissertation on this song. Pop music paradigms shift every so often; they did in the twenties as jazz standards replaced Stephen Foster, and in the mid fifties with the birth of rock-n-roll (which seems to be over or almost over...) Kids born in '85 have heard Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the Beatles (cont.)
Johnie Ray could do no wrong for us; heard this on the British Forces radio and directed my relative to buy a copy for me...urgently!!
TheSteamtramman 6 months ago
I think Johnny Ray must go down as the First Stage Showman
With his crying gimmick & moving around while singing
When every one else before him had Just stood still & sang
As to him not charting who knows !!!!!!!!!!! Even the
Greatest Rocker Gene Vincent never had a Top Ten Hit
Still Loved By Millions of Fans & thanks to You Tube
Some beatiful Ballads have been Posted.
But highest hit in UK charts was No,15 !!!! Incredible
The First & Forever UK TeddyBoy
1950sTeddyboy 6 months ago
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1950sTeddyboy 6 months ago
Now there was a star, million sellers all. I was lucky enough to be there the ist time around. Johnnie, Frankie, Guy, rosemary ,Kay I could go on & on, magic times.
Teddyb1939 6 months ago
(cont.) and the Stones, Zepplin and FLoyd - but probably not Goodman and Armstrong, much less Ada Jones and Billy Murray. A song stays current through out its paradigm, but few cross over to the next paradigm. Here's an example of a song that tried to, and maybe should have, but didn't just quite...
ThePeaceableKingdom 6 months ago
@ThePeaceableKingdom I can definitely hear the blend of doo-wop, rock and roll, jazz and big band. It really blows me away!
CatsPjamas1 6 months ago
Hey, that's a great tune; I've never heard it before. It stands with one foot in the doo-wop, rock-n-roll era and one in the preceeding pop era of jazz and swing. I think I could write a dissertation on this song. Pop music paradigms shift every so often; they did in the twenties as jazz standards replaced Stephen Foster, and in the mid fifties with the birth of rock-n-roll (which seems to be over or almost over...) Kids born in '85 have heard Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the Beatles (cont.)
ThePeaceableKingdom 6 months ago