60's Pop Medley played on the Yamaha Tyros 3

60's Pop medley played live on the Yamaha Tyros 3.

"Wonderful World" (sometimes referred to as "(What a) Wonderful World") is a soul song that was written in the late 1950s by soul music pioneer Sam Cooke, along with songwriters Lou Adler and Herb Alpert.

The song was first attributed to the pseudonym "Barbara Campbell" who was Sam Cooke's high school sweetheart. It was first recorded by Cooke in 1959 for his 1960 album, The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke. The song was released as a single in the spring of 1960, reaching #12 in the US and #27 in the UK. A bouncy love song, the lyrics have the singer disavowing knowledge of academic subjects (the song is often referred to informally by its first line, "Don't know much about history"), but affirming the object of his affection "but I do know that I love you". In fact, Craig Werner points that the first lines of the song may be understood as political : as a crossover song, it may be thought that Cooke informs its white listeners that if there is one thing to forget (or at least not to know a lot about) about african-americans is history (Slavery and Jim Crown American laws), and of course biology.

Herman's Hermits had major hit with an uptempo version of the song (omitting one verse) in the mid-1960s, which reached #4 in the U.S. and #7 in the UK. The Hermits' version was, according to singer Peter Noone and guitarist Keith Hopwood, done as a tribute to Cooke upon his death.

In 2004, the song was placed 373rd in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.


"Runaway" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song in the spring of 1961 by Del Shannon. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time from 2004.

Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian".

After their first recording session for Big Top Records in New York had ended in failure, their manager Ollie McLaughlin persuaded them to rewrite and re-record an earlier song they had written, "Little Runaway", to highlight Crook's unique instrumental sound. On January 24, 1961, they recorded "Runaway" at the Bell Sound recording studios, with Harry Balk as producer, Fred Weinberg as audio engineer and also session musician on several sections- session musician Al Caiola on guitar, and Crook playing the central Musitron break. After recording in A minor, producer Balk sped up the recording to pitch just below a B-flat minor. "Runaway" was released in February 1961 and was immediately successful. In April, Shannon appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand helping to catapult it to the number one spot on the Billboard charts where it remained for four weeks. Two months later, it also reached number one in the UK. On the R&B charts, "Runaway" peaked at number three.

Del Shannon re-recorded the song in 1967 under the name "Runaway '67".

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[mmmce]

Bravo Kevin, you bring back the 60`s with great engagement and a professionell arrangement and registration. Your Tyros is in good hands! Greetings from Germany. Perhaps you have time for some comments on my music??

[kevyk45]

Hi mmmce

Thank you very much for your comments, all the best...I always enjoy listening to other peoples music such as yours

Regards

Kevin

[SuperBenson40]

Great music, very, very good interpretation..Super...Greeti­ngs Bent

[kevyk45]

Hi Bent

Greetings to you and thanks for your comments

Regards

Kevin

[esther17ify]

what a change to hear some 60"s music as i myself have just done a 60"s CD

a very good era for music , well played!! chris

[kevyk45]

Thanks Chris

This was a fun one to play, cheers

Kevin

[salvoma1]

Great music, very, very good interpretation..Super i like it very Kind regards Salvatore

[kevyk45]

Hi beatta270

Thanks very much

Regards

Kevin

[beatta270]

Super

[kevyk45]

Hi Manfred

Thank you. glad you liked it,

Regards

Kevin

[manne200925]

Very large class.********

LG.Manne