Johnny Tillotson's POETRY IN MOTION - cover Tribute

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
51,790
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Sep 1, 2008

Me singing the vocals of these karaoke as a Tribute to Johnny Tillotson.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
While still in high school, Tillotson was making records and performing on stage; as a student at the University of Florida, he had his own musical variety show on regional television. Following graduation in 1959 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Communications, he signed with Cadence Records and moved to New York City to pursue his music career. In 1960, he recorded his first hit, a composition entitled "Poetry in Motion" (written by Anthony/Kaufman), that went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and #1 on the UK Singles Chart.

A "crossover" artist, several of Tillotson's songs were successful on both the country music charts and pop charts. He earned a Grammy Award nomination for another of his own compositions, "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin," which was a U.S. #3 hit, and also for the song "Heartaches by the Number," nominated for Best Vocal Performance of 1965. He also appeared in the 1963 film Just for Fun and sang the theme song for the 1965 Sally Field television comedy Gidget. He had his last Top 10 U.S. hit in 1964 with "Talk Back Trembling Lips", which reached #7.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Tillotson has recorded 26 singles that made it onto Billboard's charts, and performed at venues across the United States and other places around the globe.

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 10 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (mellowtouch429)

  • I've never heard this version! But I like it so much!!! :-))) Just now I send it to my very best girlfriend...To Diana :-))))))))))))

  • Thank you very much Peter.

  • hey rolando this is another great version sung by the great rolando my friend you are excellent love always sue xx

  • Sue, thank you very much for your kind words. I am just trying to bring back those songs I love to sing when I was young.

  • beautiful oldie, 5*****

  • thank you very much for giving your time to watch and listen to my singing.

Top Comments

  • POETRY IN MOTION one of the greatest hitsever from my era. its 1960 all over again. Johnny this was you at your best. thanks a million. TOMK

see all

All Comments (20)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • @mellowtouch429  pleas stop that sad timing singing and let there be the originals!

    Sad so sad

  • great music, loved those days, and youtube is fantisic. glad I found it...

  • nice job.

  • Is that Paul Anka's version?

    Thank you.

    5*****.

    Jennie.

  • You.!! are VERY good!!!!!!!

  • wow, you're a great singer

  • Another really pretty song! Thanks for singing it! :)

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more