PJ Proby - "Walking the Dog" & "Cumberland Gap"

PJ Proby belts out Rufus Thomas's "Walking the Dog" and a Skiffle style "Cumberland Gap" with the Vernons Girls.

On June 16, 2008, EMI Records will release "The Best Of The EMI Years: 1961-72" to celebrate P.J. Proby's 70th birthday. Lots of hits and rarities featured. For more information, visit http://www.ukwebwonders.com/proby/

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Music

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• PJ
• Proby
• Vernons
• Girls
• Rufus
• Thomas
• Beatles
• British
• Invasion
• London
• Sixties
• Skiffle

[rockabillydj]

This is STUNNING! I'm doing BACKFLIPS over this keyboard! THANKS OR SHARING! YIKES

[tunenito]

@rockabillydj Thanks for watching. Yeah, it's a FAB performance in every way ...

[Jigaboo123456]

Thanks for posting this - it sure takes me back! I think I was about 14 when this cam eout, and I thought PJ Proby was terrific -shame his split pants ruined his career!

[tunenito]

Nowadays, it'll take A LOT MORE than splitting your pants to ruin your career .... LOL!

Thanks for watching ... :-)

[bmason1287]

Excellent. What a voice and style !! Walkin' the Dog was the first song I remember PJ singing in the sixties. One of many happy memories of that fantastic decade. Thanks for posting this.

[tunenito]

Thank you, bmason1287 and many others for your super comments. PJ Proby is a true legend!

:-)

[acceitunas]

I must have been born in victorian times as a 53yr old woman i find yr language totally unacceptable,shame on you young lady,my daughter is 14 and would never use language like yours.

[DieHardBeatlesFan]

GR8 Introduction Fab Song - Thanks again S2

[CenaTv2]

@pillroller88 your joking right?? it's Paul McCartney.

[Japanorama]

He really looks like Elvis.. I mean he could really be his brother in my eyes.. Very interesting.

[pillroller88]

Who was doing the introduction-he's cute

[oldtowntonight]

@rontenn If it was just a figure of speech then Proby doesn't have a point does he? Who is the everybody who has watched those videos and knows he didn't mean what he said?

Talking to me like I'm an idiot for not understanding what PJ Proby REALLY means looks REALLY good coming from somebody who is OBVIOUSLY part of his promotion staff. Maybe he's picked up a few new fans by reading your insulting comments NOT!!!

[rontenn]

@oldtowntonight He's mentioned that topic several times in different interviews. Obviously he did not mean completely nude !!! It was a figure of speech & everyone seems to understand what he meant except you!!

[oldtowntonight]

@rontenn In one of the "Three Week Hero" documentary videos (in 2 Parts on youtube) you can hear PJ Proby say "half of everybody that goes on stage nowadays if they don't go on nude they don't even get paid". I can't imagine where he goes for entertainment because I've never been to a concert where a male singer performed nude on stage.

[rontenn]

@tunenito As P.J. says " You don't get paid these days unless you come on stage half nekkid!" He's right & his career was spoilt in 1965 by the Victorian reaction of certain people at seeing a bare thigh!!! Still eventually he got back on track & he's still around singing better than ever!

[rockabillydj]

@rontenn >>> This is absolutely KILLER! Cumberland Gap, is the absolutely best rock version ever recorded hands down! MAGNIFICENT! Better then Dickie Bishop, & Lonnie Donegan! ABSOLUTELY LOVE PJ PROBY!

[rontenn]

@rockabillydj P.J. was so unique.This performance is magic now....imagine what people thought of it in 1964!No wonder he became an overnight star & the best thing of all is that he's still touring & making CD's & his voice is probably better now than ever!!

[RocksNoChaser]

I bet if this aired in the States we thought he was lipsyncing Rufus Thomas or made his living doing voice impressions. It looks like he was doing OK in England so I suppose people there have more respect for acts like this than Americans do. Usually we rank this kind of thing as an imitation and only second rate at best. If PJ Proby tried to palm this off as his own voice he was DOA in the States. Aerosmith and Jackie Shane knew how to cover Walking the Dog and not copy Thomas.