Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra - The Shifting Whispering Sands ( 1956 ) ( out of UK copyright )

Charted in Jan 1956 in the UK & peaked at # 20.
Narration credited to Ken Nordene.
The first of 2 UK hit singles by Billy Vaughn.

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• fifties

[palos127]

1956, what memories. I'm 72 and love this sing.

[Rover7038]

I love this and it brings back many memories of when I first heard it when I was a young man.

[GooglFascists]

0:27- "I stumbled over a crumbling buckboard & nearly broke my *ss."

(We had a lot of fun with this one and many others back then).

This has to be one of the strangest ballads ever recorded, doesn't it?

Its talking about finding a dried up corpse while lost out in the desert;

not exactly everybody's favorite subject to sing about!

[davidfoxtrot]

Great version but I prefer the Jim Reeves version.

[michaelp7238]

Diese Songs Berühren die Seele,- Vielen, vielen Dank !!!!!!!!!

[PolishRoots]

Great posting.....memories are stirring...... :>)

[Lloydhl]

This has long been one of my fave's, but I love Rusty Draper's version, also!

[sagehopper2006]

have been enjoying Billy Vaughn and ken Nordine since it was released in 1956..now I am 65, instead of 10, and still loving this..Ken uses his voice like Perlman uses his violin.

[sagehopper2006]

have been enjoying Billy Vaughn and ken Nordine since it was released in 1956..now I am 65, instead of 10, and still loving this..

[annadams95340]

This may be first time I've heard this since the 50's. Loved it then - love it still especially this one (although Jim Reeves does a good job as well.