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    A friend who's a pretty good harp player asked me for some suggestions as to good Elvis tracks featuring harmonica. So I promised him I'd make up a CD.

     

    Fortunately listening to Stay Away Joe soundtrack today I've got 3 so far.

     

    Stay Away Joe, Dominic, All I Needed Was the Rain.

     

    Now to save me trawling through all my Cd's etc can you guys come up with any little crackers?

     

    thanks Martin TLC :dance:

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    Tony Joe White (born July 23, 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie", and for "Rainy Night in Georgia" which he wrote but was firstly made popular by Brook Benton, and "Steamy Windows" - a hit for Tina Turner in 1989. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.

     

    Nicknamed "the Swamp Fox" in France (according to a European documentary), he is regarded as an original exponent of the sub-genre swamp rock. His songs have been recorded by at least 60 major artists.

     

    Hi Carole got a gig coming up and as I've bought myself a uke I've decided to do a Hawaiian segment for the show. I've got some leis to give out and, as you know I like a shirt or two and so I was looking for something similar to Elvis'. Looks like it may be a Star Orchid on the shirt and was apparently designed by Alfred Shaheen. :thumbup:

     

    So far Hawaiian segment songs will be -

    Blue Hawiaii

    Kuai (island of Love)

    Beach Boy Blues

    Song of the Shrimp :dance:

    Ku-u-ipo

    Can't Help Falling in Love

    Return to Sender

     

    nothing form Paradise Hawaiian Style yet though I'll have to work on that :D

    Hi guys yes it would be great to be there and I hopt James does break the record ( mine are mostly on CD now :rolleyes: )

     

    I'll hopefully see you up around Taunton soon Derick.

     

    Chippenham this weekend - I think - for the folk festival.

     

    cheers Martin :thumbup:

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    Thanks guys especially Derick - it was a good fun night! and I think photo number 6 is a good one for me (hair not right .., ) I don't look too fat (althogh I maybe :rolleyes: ) cheers Martin

    I'm a phoney :rolleyes: I was blowing up some photos of Elvis the Concert and this one of James was on the big screen and has that ghostly quality like an impressionist painting. Or I thought so anyway. But I think it'll look good blown up to about A3. Then it'll go on my wall. Original pic below. :D

     

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    Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most influential American songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music.

     

    Their first successes were as the writers of such crossover hit songs as "Hound Dog" and "Kansas City." Later in the 1950s, particularly through their work with The Coasters, they created a string of ground-breaking hits that are some of the most entertaining in rock and roll, by using the humorous vernacular of the teenagers sung in a style that was openly theatrical rather than personal, songs that include "Young Blood," "Searchin'," and "Yakety Yak."[1] They were the first to surround black music with elaborate production values, enhancing its emotional power with The Drifters in "There Goes My Baby" and influencing Phil Spector who worked with them on recordings of The Drifters and Ben E. King. Leiber and Stoller went into the record business and, focusing on the "girl group" sound, released some of the greatest classics of the Brill Building period.[2]

     

    They wrote hits including "Love Me," "Loving You," "Don't," and "Jailhouse Rock," among others for Elvis Presley.[3] They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.[4]

     

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    Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the mid-1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song "Rock Around the Clock".

     

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