Freddy Cannon ~ Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Stereo

Great R&R hit from 1959/60. It made #3 in both the UK & US charts.
I've 'enhanced' the original mono sound for added enjoyment.
For superior Stereo sound add &fmt=18 to the url and refresh ....
or better still go to
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zAF5V0V_xlo&fmt=18 (Recommended)

Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land of the dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden, ah you know what I mean

Yeah, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs
And then you stop
Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile
And then you stop
You bet your life you'll linger there a little while

Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens
Yeah, way down yonder in New Orleans

Way down yonder in New Orleans, in the land of the dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden, well you know what I mean

Well, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs
And then you stop
Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile
And then you stop
You bet your life you'll linger there a little while

Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens
Well, way down yonder in New Orleans

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• Orleans
• rock
• roll

[DougNederland]

Like many teens of my advanced years, I remember this record on the Top Rank lable in the uk. I drove everyone mad playing it over andover. This is the first time (can you believe it?) I have heard it in Stereo. It's even better. Thanks for posting

[BladeSteve2007]

Hello Doug,

Pleased you like the sound ... it's not true stereo but a big improvement on the original mono. It's a technique I've perfected using a couple of sound editors and I love to enhance old mono recordings in this way.

I have a folder full of songs I've edited such as Chuck Berry - 'Johnny B Goode', Moody Blues - 'Go Now' and Ned Miller - 'From A Jack To A King'

[oakmont9]

This song and Palisades Park are excelllent examples of early sixties rock.

[oakmont9]

great representation of what early 60's rock really was.

[PAULLONDEN]

@dogkelp Yeah, I actualy meant to say that I'm crazy about the brass section here. it's a glorious noise.

[dogkelp]

@PAULLONDEN

I concur. It's the first rock record with a full Dixieland brass, so it actually did jazz a favor. Great New Orleans R&B from a guy second only to Fats Domino in the pre-Beatles era as far as that scene went.

[PAULLONDEN]

@yago2br Wowie..you're a 'true' jazzer.╭∩┐（︶︿︶）┌∩

[luviananna]

Yonder is a southern Americanism meaning far away or over there. Probably a corruption of the word beyond.

[admanphoto]

My dear Grandma had this single. First record I learned the lyrics to. I lived in Liverpool at the time I heard it and the Beatles were just becoming locally. They were over my head at the time due to my young age. The second lyrics I learned was the b side Fractured :)

[ruandted]

luv it , one can almost see the rope petticoats flaring out ...... an Aussie .

[pricepi1]

Love the song but whats a Yonder? No one in new Orleans uses that term. It's a real country term. I thing it means "over there", yes?

[yago2br]

omg, sucks... its an isult to the original jazz song.. noob musicians?... YES

[TimelordR]

@TheDiddlysquat He's alive & well & living in Tarzana, CA.

[gonads727]

kool mates