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MrAlfHartigan commented 2 months ago

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PJ Proby & The Crickets: Fell in love with her face (1962)

On September 3 2011 Brian Matthew in BBC Radio 2s SOTS presented a demo with PJ Proby auditioning to join The Crickets.

But is it really PJ Prob...

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MrAlfHartigan said:

@BearGrove

Brian retracted this claim on the show on 29th October, saying the contributor who sent in the story was normally reliable.

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  The Crickets - Fell In Love With A Face

  The Crickets sing "Fell In Love With A Face", from 1962.

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  @ol49rrrrr In the UK this morning the song was played on "Sounds Of The Sixties" with Brian Matthew..

  “It appears that on the 2nd February 1962 P J Proby, aspiring after the rôle of lead singer with The Crickets, recorded with them in his best Elvis style “Fell In Love With A Face with, it’s tho...

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  The Crickets - Fell In Love With A Face

  The Crickets sing "Fell In Love With A Face", from 1962.

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  @ol49rrrrr

  P J Proby - before Jerry Naylor got the job Proby wanted as lead singer.

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MrAlfHartigan commented 10 months ago

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Philip Goodhand-Tait - Heartbeat 1983

Philip Goodhand-Tait - Heartbeat 1983

(Original by Buddy Holly 1958)

Heartbeat, why do you miss

when my baby kisses me?

Heartbeat, why does a lo...

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MrAlfHartigan said:

Anyone got "Gone Are The Songs Of Yesterday" by Phillip G-T, which he wrote for "Love Affair"?

He sounded quite like Steve Ellis of "Love Affair", but his own version is better, in my view.

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  Ben E. King - Halfway To Paradise

  Good old pop song

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  The best version of this song by far, in my opinion, and it's been sung by 40 or 50 people over the years. Carole King & Gerry Goffin wrote some lovely tunes and beautiful lyrics.

  "I want to be your lover, but your friend is all I stay. I'm only halfway to paradise, so near, yet so far away..."...

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  Jackie Wilson - Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)

  Great Song (hard to find) 10/10

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  I've had this 45 for nearly 50 years on the Coral label, backed with Jack (not Jackie) Wilson & Linda Hopkins, singing "I Found Love". It was also on the Brunswick label he used for most of his other recordings, backed with "Hearts".

  It was played for me on a UK radio show "Sounds Of The Sixties...

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  Otis Redding - First Take - Sitting AT The Dock Of The Bay

  This is the first take of Otis Redding singing "(Sitting AT The) Dock Of The Bay" with Steve Cropper, who co-wrote it, playing guitar and doing the...

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  @pearsnockie The CD I have it on is called "It's Not Just Sentimental The unheard Otis 22 tracks. The 'Missing' album. 14 never before released songs and 7 previously unissued out-takes". There are 12 pages of sleeve notes with some interesting information about the tracks and about Otis, by Rob ...

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  Otis Redding - First Take - Sitting AT The Dock Of The Bay

  This is the first take of Otis Redding singing "(Sitting AT The) Dock Of The Bay" with Steve Cropper, who co-wrote it, playing guitar and doing the...

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  @pearsnockie You're right. It’s not that important. I was only posting what was on the sleeve notes, but it sounded like Otis to me too.

  If you buy the CD you’ll also get a second take of the song, but not the one they used for the released version.

  You’ll also get a very different version of ...

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  Otis Redding - First Take - Sitting AT The Dock Of The Bay

  This is the first take of Otis Redding singing "(Sitting AT The) Dock Of The Bay" with Steve Cropper, who co-wrote it, playing guitar and doing the...

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  @pearsnockie I have taken your advice and don't believe what I have just read. My ears are fine.

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MrAlfHartigan commented 11 months ago

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Johnny O'Keefe - Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)

Johnny O'Keefe - Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long) No. 1 , (2) , 1962

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MrAlfHartigan said:

@flatop47 Thank you. It was featured as a "Playing (Extra) Hard To Get" request on "Sounds Of The Sixties" last Saturday.....

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  Jackie Wilson & Shirley Ellis / Dick and Dee Dee

  Here's Jackie Wilson (my grandfather) and Shirley Ellis (of The Name Game and The Nitty Gritty fame) singing a rockin' duet together "Gonna Mess Up...

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  I have been trying to get "Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)" for years. I have it on a 45 (Coral 72453) but would like a scratch-free version that I can transfer to MP3.

  Most of his records were on Brunswick. My 45 has a "B" side with Linda Hopkins singing "I Found Love", where he is credited ...

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  (Little) Esther Phillips - Release Me (Original Stereo)

  Johnny Otis discovered her singing at the age of 14 and signed her to a recording contract in 1949 whereupon she became something of an R&B sensati...

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  MrAlfHartigan said:

  I've loved this since I first heard it in the sixties before Engelbert Humperdinck covered it.

  I posted her singing, "Set Me Free" and it was immediately removed as contravening copyright.

  Strange.

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