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 10th January 2023, 12:31 AM
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Today I learned there was a hit version of 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' in the 50s! I do like the They Might Be Giants version.
I don't know if 'That's Amore' is a 10 for me but certainly a classic so respectable choice. And you describing a song as a 50s version of 'Cha Cha Slide' has grabbed my attention even if it is a low score, let me add that to the growing list of songs I need to give a quick listen from this thread (will try and do that some time this week before I fall too far behind!) |
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10th January 2023, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE(Brer @ Jan 10 2023, 12:31 AM)  And you describing a song as a 50s version of 'Cha Cha Slide' has grabbed my attention even if it is a low score, let me add that to the growing list of songs I need to give a quick listen from this thread (will try and do that some time this week before I fall too far behind!) Haha well it's not that similar but there's this verse: "Put your toes together, your knees apart Bend your back, get ready to start Flap your elbows just for luck Then you wiggle and you waddle like a baby duck" I think a 3 for that was a bit harsh as it's quite a good tune and fun lyrics but I'm trying to listen to all the songs at least half a dozen times and it was really beginning to grate! |
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10th January 2023, 06:33 PM
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It's all about 2 songs really today which are my favourite Number Ones so far and managed to hold down the Top 2 for 9 weeks. Luckily Johnnie managed to sneak a week at the top before being stuck at #2 behind Doris for the other 8. I've decided Johnnie just edges it for me because I love the quirkiness of it.
9 Johnnie Ray Such A Night 19th #1: Johnnie is always good value but it's the frantic, breathless quality to this with the instruments and backing that I love 9 Doris Day Secret Love 18th #1: apparently later became a gay anthem and you can see why with the lyrics and the soaring emotional chorus; gorgeous 8 Duke Ellington Skin Deep This version of the instrumental is a daunting 7 minutes in length but well worth it, particularly for the epic drum interlude 7 Nat 'King' Cole Tenderly Tenderly is how Nat sings everything, but lovely lyrics and instrumentation too here 7 Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade Lovely smooth instrumental with wind band 6 Frankie Laine Granada Another of his oh so dramatic ones: it's fun with the changes of tempo but slightly lacking in melody 5 Kay Starr Changing Partners Quite a sweet concept of finding love at the dance but not the most exciting song ever 4 Bing Crosby Changing Partners Think Kay sells this one slightly better 4 Guy Mitchell A Dime And A Dollar Usual Guy fare: not much meaning but quite catchy 3 Alma Cogan Bell Bottom Blues Find this one slightly grating: Alma will be cropping up quite a bit with her unreasonably bright and breezy style 3 Ruby Wright Bimbo Not keen on this irritating song in any version 2 The Stargazers The Happy Wanderer Not sure if they were rubbing it in that they'd held the children's choir version of this off #1 but anyway this is far from good 2 Guy Mitchell Sippin' Soda This seems to be Guy almost self-parodying with the ridiculously lightweight lyrics and children's choir; terrible 1 Frankie Laine The Kid's Last Fight Utterly grim theme; almost unlistenable and a raucous tune too (think Frankie's almost had the full range of scores now) Next up: #132 01/05/1954 Billy Cotton And His Band Featuring The Bandits Friends And Neighbours 3 12-6R(2)-{3}-3-3-3-3-7-6-9-12-12->12 #133 08/05/1954 Jo Stafford Make Love To Me 8 {8}->1 #134 15/05/1954 Joan Regan Someone Else's Roses 5 10-7-6-{5}-5-7-8-11->8 #135 15/05/1954 Max Bygraves (The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart 7 11-9-{7}-7-8-8-9-12->8 #136 05/06/1954 The Four Knights (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely 5 9-6-6-{5}-9-6-10-12R(2)-11-10-11->11 #137 05/06/1954 Perry Como Wanted 4 11-10-{4}-4-7-5-6-8-7-8-9-9-12-12-18R(4)->15 #138 05/06/1954 Al Martino Wanted 4 12-12R(2)-10-8-8-5-{4}-4-4-6-7-8-6-7-10-17R(2)->16 #139 12/06/1954 Petula Clark The Little Shoemaker 7 12-11R(2)-10-10-9-{7}-8-7-12-12->10 #140 19/06/1954 David Whitfield With Mantovani And His Orchestra Cara Mia 1 9-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-2-3-6-7-7-13-13-12-8-12-18->25 #141 26/06/1954 Perry Como Idle Gossip 3 6-4-4-4-5-6-5-4-{3}-5-7-9-7-8-14->15 #142 03/07/1954 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot 1 5-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-{1}-3-5-6-2-4-5-9-10-9-12-14-20->23 #143 10/07/1954 Frank Sinatra Young At Heart 12 {12}->1 #144 17/07/1954 Frank Sinatra Three Coins In The Fountain 1 11-6-5-2-3-5-3-3-2-{1}-1-1-4-3-4-12-10-11-18->19 #145 24/07/1954 Winifred Atwell Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation On A Theme By Paganini (The Story Of Three Loves) 9 11-11-10-11-10-{9}-9-19R(4)-20->9 This post has been edited by JulianT: 10th January 2023, 06:45 PM |
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10th January 2023, 06:51 PM
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Secret Love
 Totally a gay anthem, I've sung along to it drunkenly in Centre Stage, a bar devoted to clips from musicals in Gran canaria, and the brilliance that is Calamity jane, one of the great films of all-time, cross-dressing galore, Doris being a bit of a fighting guntoting ladette before that was a thing (and before she fell in love and went all girlie and soppy in the ending, or as I see it, happy with herself and finding true love in front of your eyes all the time)Good Johnnie Ray, and Nat, but Moonlight Serenade is the other major record for me - it was a hit again in 1976 and was already old in 1954 and Glen Miller long dead and missing. I guess it was the release of the movie biog The Glenn Miller Story that brought it back to the charts. Granada is fun, and Bimbo has always been annoying. I liked the song when I was very small (Jim Reeves version I think) but grew to dislike it the older I got. |
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10th January 2023, 07:36 PM
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Such A Night is one of my favourites so far, certainly of the #1s. 8 weeks in a row at #2 is still a record (although only ACR prevented Old Town Road from beating it).
The version of Bimbo by Jim Reeves came up in the #1 albums sessions and was rather catchy iirc but I'm sure it would grate quickly 
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11th January 2023, 06:42 PM
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Gosh there's a lot of meh today, but a few really nice ones. First I was going to let Jo win, and then The Four Knights, but in the end I've gone with Petula as it's such a joyous little song.
8 Petula Clark The Little Shoemaker Very cute song - love the tapping and the story 8 The Four Knights (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely Jazzy quartet singing a wholesome vibrant number with lovely harmonies 7 Jo Stafford Make Love To Me Love her voice as ever and this is a really nice bouncy track 7 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot 21st #1: not my favourite song ever but love the intimate performance she gives 6 Winifred Atwell Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation On A Theme By Paganini (The Story Of Three Loves) Very famous classical piece - curious that this was in the charts but maybe she wanted to show she could do serious; nice anyway 5 Frank Sinatra Three Coins In The Fountain 22nd #1 and Frank's only chart topper of the decade: it's decent but nothing really special 4 Frank Sinatra Young At Heart This song definitely doesn't sound young at heart, but I suppose it's pleasant enough 4 Joan Regan Someone Else's Roses A bland but inoffensive ballad 3 Perry Como Idle Gossip Another uninspiring ballad that musically doesn't really do anything 3 Al Martino Wanted 2 versions of this both peaked at 4; not keen on the lyrics or melody 3 Perry Como Wanted Not much to choose between these two versions but slightly prefer Al's vocals 2 Max Bygraves (The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart Would be OK if only he didn't talk over the record and make bad jokes but I guess he wants to remind us he's a comedian 2 David Whitfield With Mantovani And His Orchestra Cara Mia 20th #1: sorry again David but it's just so turgid and tuneless and you really need to brace yourself for that last note 2 Billy Cotton And His Band Featuring The Bandits Friends And Neighbours This sounds very wartime with a Vera Lynn style rabble joining in; definitely one to leave in the 50s https://youtu.be/O50ZHG9LWFw Tomorrow's list: #146 31/07/1954 The Four Aces Three Coins In The Fountain 5 9-9-{5}-8-10-17R(8)->6 #147 14/08/1954 Frankie Laine My Friend 3 8-6-4-4-4-6-{3}-4-5-5-3-7-7-8-13->15 #148 28/08/1954 Doris Day The Black Hills Of Dakota 7 {7}-8-7-9-9-9-9-16->8 #149 28/08/1954 Alma Cogan Little Things Mean A Lot 11 {11}-11-19R(5)-18R(2)-20->5 #150 04/09/1954 Don Cornell Hold My Hand 1 10-5-4-4-5-{1}-1-1-1-3-2-1-4-4-7-11-11-11-7-15-20->21 #151 11/09/1954 Nat 'King' Cole Smile 2 6-5-6-{2}-3-2-2-3-4-7-7-5-11-13->14 #152 11/09/1954 Max Bygraves Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea 7 11-11-{7}-7-15-15-18-20R(2)->8 #153 11/09/1954 Anthony Steel And The Radio Revellers West Of Zanzibar 11 12-12-{11}-13-18-20->6 #154 25/09/1954 Ronnie Harris The Story Of Tina 12 {12}-12-17->3 #155 02/10/1954 Dean Martin Sway 6 10-7-{6}-11-14-15-15->7 #156 02/10/1954 Al Martino The Story Of Tina 10 {10}-10-10-14-15-17-19-20->8 #157 02/10/1954 Doris Day With The Mellomen If I Give My Heart To You 4 15-8-8-10-6-5-{4}-5-11-10-12->11 #158 02/10/1954 The Crew Cuts Sh-Boom 12 16-{12}-13-12-16-14-14-17-18->9 #159 02/10/1954 Joan Regan If I Give My Heart To You 3 20-10R(4)-8-6-4-{3}-6-8-14-14-14->11 |
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11th January 2023, 07:23 PM
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Yes nothing stands out there, but Petula Clark is still a legend and still making great music so totally fair she gets the nod. Three Coins is OK and yay Winifred for doing classical. Got to love her groundbreaking career in the UK....
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12th January 2023, 05:28 PM
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A much stronger bunch today and I'm going to have to give my second perfect score, but after today the 10 paddle is definitely going back in the cupboard for a while. "Smile" was originally by Charlie Chaplain but Nat recorded the first version with lyrics. It was the first song I ever sang to an audience when I was about 11 so it's quiet a special one for me, but I genuinely think it's a marvellously simple and powerful record.
"Sh-Boom" deserves a feature as well as even though it isn't the original, which was by The Chords, it's a great version and it seems to have been quite an important genre defining record which was #1 for 9 weeks in America. 10 Nat 'King' Cole Smile No frills other than some nice subtle piano and orchestral background touches, but a life affirming anthem brilliantly sung 9 The Crew Cuts Sh-Boom Early doo-wop hit; absolutely love this version beautifully done by a Canadian vocal quartet 8 Dean Martin Sway Another classic from Dean which will be re-worked in 40 odd years 8 Doris Day The Black Hills Of Dakota From "Calamity Jane" like "Secret Love" and pretty well remembered I think; fab tune 7 Doris Day With The Mellomen If I Give My Heart To You Very sweet song and another great performance from Doris 6 Don Cornell Hold My Hand 23rd #1 and I prefer this to Jess Glynne's chart topper of the same name; very nice song but it won't blow your mind 6 The Four Aces Three Coins In The Fountain Prefer this to Frankie's version; a bit lighter and more upbeat with nice harmonies 6 Joan Regan If I Give My Heart To You Prefer Doris's version although the vocals have an interesting slightly muffled quality on this 5 Alma Cogan Little Things Mean A Lot Much prefer Kitty's version - think she elevated it whereas here it just sounds like the fairly average song it really is 4 Anthony Steel And The Radio Revellers West Of Zanzibar From a film of the same name which I suspect you need to see for the lyrics to make sense, but it's quite a nice melody 4 Frankie Laine My Friend Not bad but it's Frankie going down his more turgid route again; the song doesn't need such a huge climax 3 Ronnie Harris The Story Of Tina I can confirm that the story of Tina is a pretty dull one 3 Al Martino The Story Of Tina Slightly prefer Ronnie's smoother vocals on this 2 Max Bygraves Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea Sorry again Max - I can see this could have been a fun one for children but it's not for me The chart has recently expanded to a Top 20, hence we're starting to get songs that peaked lower than #12 coming through. #160 09/10/1954 Nat 'King' Cole Make Her Mine 11 {11}-19->2 #161 09/10/1954 Frankie Laine There Must Be A Reason 9 13-14-{9}-11-12-17-13-13-14->9 #162 09/10/1954 Rosemary Clooney This Ole House 1 16-10-13-5-2-3-2-{1}-3-3-4-4-4-16-10-10-15-18->18 #163 16/10/1954 Vera Lynn My Son My Son 1 9-6-2-{1}-1-2-2-7-4-8-8-8-14-20->14 #164 16/10/1954 Billie Anthony With Eric Jupp And His Orchestra This Ole House 4 12-8-{4}-6-5-6-8-5-6-12-12-12-12-19-13-19->16 #165 16/10/1954 Kay Starr Am I A Toy Or A Treasure 17 {17}-20-18-20R(2)->4 #166 23/10/1954 Dean Martin How Do You Speak To An Angel 15 {15}-19-19R(3)-20-19-17->6 #167 23/10/1954 Frankie Laine And The Four Lads Rain Rain Rain 8 16-{8}-8-9-10-10-12-9-9-9-9-19-11-8-13-17->16 #168 30/10/1954 Eddie Fisher I Need You Now 13 17-16-16R(2)-14-{13}-14-18-18-18-19R(3)->10 #169 06/11/1954 Joan Regan And The Johnston Brothers Wait For Me, Darling 18 {18}->1 #170 06/11/1954 Dickie Valentine Endless 19 {19}->1 #171 13/11/1954 David Whitfield Santo Natale 2 13-11-6-{2}-2-2-2-2-5-13->10 #172 13/11/1954 Billy Eckstine No One But You 3 16-9-7-8-4-5-5-5-4-{3}-3-5-8-8-10-11-18->17 #173 13/11/1954 Norman Brooks A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie 17 {17}->1 This post has been edited by JulianT: 13th January 2023, 03:56 PM |
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12th January 2023, 07:00 PM
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Amazing top 4 there! Smile was written by Charlie Chaplin (the music) and he also wrote the fab This Is Your Song, so the silent era superstar wrote hit songs - talk about bizarre! Michael jackson's fave song apparently. Nat does it justice.
Sh-boom is also fab, I first loved it in 1974 when it was covered by Sha Na Na and I charted it (flopped everywhere). Sway, still swings. And The Black Hills Of Dakota is magnificent, I love singing it along to it teary-eyed. The movie version has Howard Keel too. |
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13th January 2023, 05:34 PM
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Nothing absolutely stand-out today and I changed my mind at least twice about what would be the winner but I've gone for this enchanting number by Billy Eckstine. Can anyone tell me what the ding-a-ling-y stringed instrument is though? That really makes the track.
8 Billy Eckstine No One But You Love the ringy stringed instrument (should really know what it is) and all in all this is a beatiful ballad 8 Rosemary Clooney This Ole House 25th #1: for me the definitive version of this; fun and bouncy and love the interaction with the male vocalist 7 Norman Brooks A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie Only UK hit for this guy and it's a really charming jazzy one 7 Billie Anthony With Eric Jupp And His Orchestra This Ole House Also a good version but think Rosemary's has more sparkle and better instrumental parts 7 Eddie Fisher I Need You Now Surprise surprise it's another heartbreak ballad from Eddie; lovely though 6 Frankie Laine There Must Be A Reason One of Frankie's sweeter ballads 6 Dickie Valentine Endless Find him and Eddie pretty similar; both lovely smooth voices and another nice ballad but the melody could be a bit stronger 5 Nat 'King' Cole Make Her Mine Not one of his best songs but still has the warm hug quality to it 5 Joan Regan And The Johnston Brothers Wait For Me, Darling Chirpy little number, but both acts have better 4 Frankie Laine And The Four Lads Rain Rain Rain The story of Noah - quite a fun idea but find the repeated "Rain! Rain! Rain!" slightly grating 4 Dean Martin How Do You Speak To An Angel Quite the comedown from "That's Amore" and "Sway"; dulll song slightly redeemed by some nice instrumentation 3 Kay Starr Am I A Toy Or A Treasure Kay's weakest yet for me - very unmemorable musically and the theme isn't to my taste 2 Vera Lynn My Son My Son "Come on and face life like a man now" - aside from being a very dreary number the lyrics to this are very wartime 2 David Whitfield Santo Natale 5 weeks at #2 over Christmas and his usual laboured nasal-operatic style without much of a melody: thank goodness for Winifred Finishing off 1954 tomorrow! #174 20/11/1954 Stan Freberg With The Toads Sh-Boom 15 {15}-19->2 #175 27/11/1954 Winifred Atwell Let's Have Another Party 1 9-{1}-1-1-1-1-2-12->8 #176 27/11/1954 Ronnie Hilton I Still Believe 3 17-9-10-{3}-3-3-6-4-5-4-11-12-19-20->14 #177 04/12/1954 Ruby Murray Heartbeat 3 15-11-10-10-10-7-5-7-{3}-7-5-5-4-4-6-15->16 #178 04/12/1954 Alma Cogan I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango 6 17-19-14-14-14-13-8-{6}-8-15-19->11 #179 11/12/1954 Big Ben Banjo Band Let's Get Together No 1 6 15-{6}-6-6->4 #180 11/12/1954 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo 16 {16}->1 #181 11/12/1954 Ronnie Hilton Veni Vidi Vici 12 20-16-16-16-20-17-18-{12}->8 #182 18/12/1954 Dickie Valentine With The Stargazers The Finger Of Suspicion 1 7-7-7-{1}-2-1-1-2-3-4-5-5-4-9-17->15 #183 18/12/1954 Bill Haley And His Comets Shake, Rattle And Roll 4 13-13-13-10-6-{4}-7-4-10-7-9-16-15-19->14 #184 18/12/1954 The Chordettes Mr Sandman 11 17-17-17-{11}-14-12-16-19->8 #185 18/12/1954 Dickie Valentine Mr Sandman 5 19-19-19-9-7-9-6-{5}-9-13-15-19->12 #186 18/12/1954 Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen Mambo Italiano 1 20-20-20-3-{1}-2-2-1-1-2-3-3-3-6-16-15->16 #187 18/12/1954 Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No 114 16 20-20-20-{16}R(2)->4 |
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13th January 2023, 05:34 PM
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13th January 2023, 07:39 PM
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Billy Eckstine had an amazingly deep voice. His duet with Sarah Vaughan on Passing strangers is wonderful. The stringed thingy sounds like the one they use a lot on Italian ballads to get that retro mood going, think Lady & The Tramp Bella Notte. Or Dean Martin. Or Maggie May. Or loadsa pop hits. I think it's a Mandolin....
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13th January 2023, 09:09 PM
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Poor brave Vera Lynn being savaged in this rate
 I think That's Amore and Sway from Dean Martin have been my favourites covered so far, so glad they got high points from you too Julian. Duke Ellington's Skin Deep is also a very skilled and interesting instrumental. |
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13th January 2023, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE(JulianT @ Jan 13 2023, 05:34 PM) #182 18/12/1954 Dickie Valentine With The Stargazers The Finger Of Suspicion 1 7-7-7-{1}-2-1-1-2-3-4-5-5-4-9-17->15 Quite the jump to #1 after 3 weeks at #7 - did they start pushing signed shellac singles I wonder  (yeah, I know the chart was frozen for 3 weeks) |
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13th January 2023, 09:38 PM
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QUOTE(jimwatts @ Jan 13 2023, 09:37 PM) Quite the jump to #1 after 3 weeks at #7 - did they start pushing signed shellac singles I wonder (yeah, I know the chart was frozen for 3 weeks) Howling
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14th January 2023, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 13 2023, 07:39 PM) The stringed thingy sounds like the one they use a lot on Italian ballads to get that retro mood going, think Lady & The Tramp Bella Notte. Or Dean Martin. Or Maggie May. Or loadsa pop hits. I think it's a Mandolin.... Thanks - probably right.  QUOTE(jimwatts @ Jan 13 2023, 09:37 PM) Quite the jump to #1 after 3 weeks at #7 - did they start pushing signed shellac singles I wonder The finger of suspicion is definitely wagging at that.
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14th January 2023, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(Bleak Dot Winter @ Jan 13 2023, 09:09 PM) Poor brave Vera Lynn being savaged in this rate There’s actually a song of hers I love coming up in 3 years 
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14th January 2023, 11:20 PM
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A really good group here - I'm not sure where the preoccupation with Italian and Latin themes this year came from but it certainly yielded some genuine classics and brought welcome relief from the sleepy ballads otherwise being churned out. I'm giving the win to "Mambo Italiano" mainly because I love the way Rosemary Clooney performs it. Her voice is so powerful but there's also a growling, snarling quality to the performance, and the lyrics are total garbage but she makes them sound like the most important words that have ever been sung. "Mr Sandman" and Papa Loves Mambo" have really stood the test of time as well I think, and "Heartbeat" is my favourite new discovery.
9 Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen Mambo Italiano 28th #1: classic song with delightful nonsense lyrics and sung brilliantly 8 The Chordettes Mr Sandman Such a great dreamy song and this is the best of the 3 charting versions of this for me - love the vocal blend 8 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo Another cheekily arranged Latin themed number and another classic 8 Ruby Murray Heartbeat Lovely little song here and the interplay with the strings is really clever so you can feel the heartbeat 7 Big Ben Banjo Band Let's Get Together No 1 A 7 minute instrumental but it's really good and varied and the banjos are well supported by a whole host of other instruments 7 Winifred Atwell Let's Have Another Party 26th #1: very much the same idea as the original "Let's Have A Party" but again it's rousing and fun with seamless transitions 6 Bill Haley And His Comets Shake, Rattle And Roll First rock and roll hit and it's good but their earlier release that didn't chart is beginning to pick up sales… 6 Dickie Valentine Mr Sandman Still really good but my least favourite of the 3 versions; the tempo's slightly too fast and the vocals sound too awake 6 Alma Cogan I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango A sweet and cheeky number and Alma sings it well but as usual sounds unfeasibly happy 5 Dickie Valentine With The Stargazers The Finger Of Suspicion 27th #1: it's nice and as ever his voice is smooth and clear but it's just a bit plodding 5 Ronnie Hilton Veni Vidi Vici Lucky fella indeed - so smug that he gives us a Latin lesson, but more interesting than his other one here anyway 4 Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No 114 A Winifred style medley but 6 minutes and without any of the vigour, though perfectly nice as background music in a jazz bar 3 Ronnie Hilton I Still Believe I still believe there's a tune lurking in here somewhere but as yet I have failed to find it 1 Stan Freberg With The Toads Sh-Boom A parody version of this and it's a horrific listen |
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14th January 2023, 11:28 PM
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The Chordettes' version of 'Mr Sandman' is definitely my favourite song to appear since I last commented *.* it straddles a really weird line of being both dreamy but also eerie enough to soundtrack horror media
Rosemary Clooney is great fun so I'm happy to see her doing well too! 'Sway' is of course a classic and I do like a bit of 'Let's Have Another Party'. Frank's 'Three Coins In The Fountain' doesn't do a lot for me either but I'm a fan of his next chart topper in 12 (!) years time.
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15th January 2023, 03:01 AM
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6 seems a bit harsh for 'Shake, Rattle And Roll'!
That bloody Dickie Sheeran 
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