Austin Roberts - Keep On Singing (1973)

[DuskDawn18]

Can someone please tell me where to find Robert's version of "Pretty Mary Sunlight"

[Sergeant26]

This song almost brought a tear to my eye! Its so beautiful! I've actually never heard it before! Thanks so much for sharing this treasure! =)

[ReddyRockedThe70s]

This is good.... but Helen's has more oomf and her voice is amazing. Sorry. :(

[TimothyQStanton]

@ReddyRockedThe70s True, but Helen's has no heart, just a commercial sound and beat to fill her bank account.

[ReddyRockedThe70s]

@TimothyQStanton

If you think Helen Reddy's voice "has no heart" then I'll just leave it at that.

[TimothyQStanton]

@ReddyRockedThe70s That's not what I said. But since your reading comprehension skills aren't so good, it's better I don't try explaining.

[ReddyRockedThe70s]

@TimothyQStanton

Well, I'll repeat what you said... "Helens' has no heart..." Helen is unable to sing with no heart. That is my point. She said in an interview that she wanted to speed it up because it dragged. Because of her incite, she had a No.1 Adult hit and a No. 15 pop hit. Mr. Roberts will always be known as a one hit wonder who sang the forgettable "Rocky".

[TimothyQStanton]

@ReddyRockedThe70s Exactly, I said her version of the song has no heart, I did NOT say her voice has no heart. I actually like some of her other songs, but not her version of this one. Just as I don't like "Rocky" as much as I like others that Austin has done.

[shmuli9]

I remember Helen Reddy's version, but this is interesting...

[Cheessa]

OMG I remember this one from way back when. Thanks for sharing.

[sprinter440]

I love the Chelsea '45's It keeps me young although the years have gone by so quickly

[alphonsecccc]

I just wish I could find a copy of his albums. I think he had 3 of them

[srxsteve]

first time i heard it was from Allan Capson on the album "country lane in my mind." really nice cover!!!!!!!

[baritone816]

I like this slower version of Austin Roberts. Helen Reddy's version is great, but it's so fast.

[sprinter440]

Not lesser known by me - great memories

[russtyler]

Wow, great song from my favorite era in music. Thanks for posting this classic.

[Justweezie]

OMGosh ! A blast from the past ! Thanks for posting ! WOW ! gotta love Austin Roberts ! ;-)

[aliceanthony100]

this song is amazingly similar to the song by B.J. Thomas a year earlier...called Rock and Roll Lullabye...

[julieq79]

I love this song - i lost the 45 in a bad storm we had back in the day! I've searched and searched for this song by him as well as the flip side of this 45 record! THANKS! Now...where can I purchase both songs as a MP3 to place on my iPod?

[rjs3006]

he does a good job on rocky too.

[BandRecord]

Wow, I cannot believe how similar this sounds to "The Man in Me" by Bob Dylan. Still good though.

[torchkit]

It reminds me of "Rock and Roll Lullaby" by B.J. Thomas.

[garymuzik]

Great song.  In high school we used to sing this with I Believe in Music as a counter point. Same Chords with similar sound and feel. I had a version of Aileen Quinn, the movie Annies singing this too!

[dogkelp]

Both by Mac Davis, no wonder.

[recordman64]

I mentioned this elsewhere here, but if you dig Austin, he has a Yahoo group and will GLADLY discuss ANY records he was involved with, from the Virginia Wolves on ABC on down to co-writing Lee Greenwood's smash country hit "IOU".

[shyman99]

This was a Top 10 song in my region of the country in early 1973. Wonderful song. I was not so thrilled with the Helen Reddy version. This was Austin's song and always will be for me. He had another great one later in 1973 called "One Word" that sadly didn't chart nationally.

[happy7117]

What's a shanty??

The son sang in the street to make money, then he eventualy became a star..that's a great story!

[recordman64]

A shanty is a run-down house.

[happy7117]

The applause at the end seems to symbolize that the father's son had finaly became a singing star and made an audience happy as indicating by the cheering.

His father insipred him to sing, and when the father died, the son pushed himself to be the best singing star he could be.

That's just my interpretation.

[dailysleep]

This song came in the summer of 1973.For the past 35 years,I cannot even see it in any record store again. The only version I can get is Helen Ready but I don't like. Thank so much. Ican hear it here again...Fantastic!

[TimothyQStanton]

You're very welcome! It's for people like you that I posted it. I was lucky to find a copy after years of searching.

[ketiep]

The was another hit on the solo album entitled "Somethings wrong with me".

I should pull out the single, the LP has long since been misplaced.

[baritone816]

I also like this slower version Austin Roberts.

[TimothyQStanton]

I can't decide if my turntable was playing just a tad slow when I recorded it. I thought it was just a little bit faster but I could be wrong. It had been years since I listened to it.

[OrigLanceR]

I think the speeds right on, helen Reddy's version was more uptempo

[happy7117]

This is definately the right tempo. Austin sings it with more feeling and passion.

[Kenchinl]

Thank you for this song. I heard it over in my country when it came on the scene. Sad to say, it was hard to get the "single" during that time. Helen Reddy's version is not as good as Austin.

Thanks again.

[ozdonnsy]

@TimothyQStanton yep i remembered it faster too tim but brilliant, enjoyed it..thanks heaps

[OrigLanceR]

Didn't Austin used to sing the Scooby Doo song(s)?

[happy7117]

Yep-he sure did!

[JRNelsonSr]

Part of the reason nothing's posted is that the song has never been reissued on CD. I've known Austin since 2003, and several labels have wanted to do something with his back catalog but something always goes wrong (cross licensing issues, missing masters - think Private Stock - et al). It's sad because the demand is clearly there.

[babybear62]

Thanks for posting this. Trip down memory lane.

[ImaMacFan]

thanks for posting this ♫ ♪ ♫♪ it brings back so many fond memories for me ♥♥

[seanlyoung]

That's not poor quality sound, that's the beautiful sound of good ol' vinyl.

Thanks for the upload, really is great to har it again after all these years

[Zytaris]

AWESOME! You're The first one I and many know who placed this avaialable on the web!! ThankS!!! woohhoooo! it's been yeears since i heard this version.