Uploaded by Nocaro on Jul 24, 2011
Songwriters Paul Kaufman and Mike Anthony looked up from their work one day and saw a parade of schoolgirls passing by their window. One of them remarked that's "poetry in motion", and thus was born a song which would send Johnny Tillotson to fame and fortune. Recorded in Nashville in 1960 with Boots Randolph on sax and Floyd Cramer on piano, "Poetry In Motion" became Johnny's first hit peaking at #2 during the fall of that year and going to #1 in the UK the following January.
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I play this a lot. I remember when it came out in the UK and I was in my prime. Fantastic days.
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Nice souvenirs, sha sha rock was not my favorite music venue, but hey,that was what I used to party and dance whit at 13 and very unsecure at the time when the girls were a bit more assertive than the guys when it came to the dance floor.
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I look just him when he was young.
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Good i love it!!!
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@juliebongioviathotma Agreed! For the same reason I keep my record player too.
Long live vinyl!
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my brother gave me 2 records for xmas, one was this one and the other was poor me by adam faith, and i still have them and play them, more than 50 years on, i kept my record player for that reason and about 200 records more, my grandkids dance to them too.
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I was born in 1990. This song is great. Shows how much better artists and bands were back then.
I still prefer recent hip hop artists, mainly because it didn't exist back then!
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@sophie1065 i dont listen to today's music and have u all noticed how mutch old music is used in adverts and movies today and copied by todays singers this music will never die its pure talent and all them wrote music and songs
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no way 11o665bigguy if today,s artist tried they would run like a scared dog. yelping tail between ti,s leg,s wetting itself out of sheer fright running down the street. The talent is not here anymore class elgance
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they cant right like this today great song from the best era of music 50's 60's bring back the oldies i wonder if anybody today can sing like they did in this era. todays music is rubish and its all about money
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Excellent one of my favourites.......love it
fraaaaaag 6 months ago 9
Sounds great!
Nickie0016 5 months ago 7