A fun medley, featuring the great Ken Turner (well known among southern gospel circles for his ability to hit extremely low notes - look up "Rainbow of Love" by Crystal River Boys for an example). He's now 88 years old but could still hit those notes as of 2014.

Low notes -

Low and high notes. This was only recorded for this soundie and was never commercially released otherwise to my knowledge. Several people have recorded this, but few did it like this.

Rick...
...not heard of Larry Hooper but he doesn't look too happy singing " Oh Happy Day " and i have rarely come across any man singing with such a deep voice...

Jackie. - He was a regular with the lawrence welk Show. Had some Med problems. Google him.

Here's another

Another good musician on Welk's show, was Joanne Castle, the honky-tonk piano player.

Marilyne...
...now she IS a little ray of sunshine..

Speaking of Lawrence Welk, someone managed to sneak this one past him in the 70s. Myron Floren clearly knew what was going on but Welk referred to it as "a modern spiritual" 

They sure were bold, considering it was the 1970's, and this was the clean and wholesome Lawrence Welk orchestra?     Way back then . . . Willie Nelson, Yes!  -  Lawrence Welk, No!

Did some more digging and managed to find a lot more info about this - from Gail herself. https://vinyldialogues.com/VinylDialoguesBlog/one-toke-over-the-line-meets-the-lawrence-welk-show-again-45-years-later/

1950's Golden Oldie from hubby and wife team....Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr ( How Wonderful To Know )

A fun rendition of "Heartaches" from 1956.

A classic from 1952.

A popular novelty song in 1952.  Many years later it was featured in the final scene of the movie, "The Last Picture Show".  A very emotional scene.     If you haven't seen it, I think you'd like it. 

Quote from: Marilyne on May 14, 2023, 03:49:34 PMA popular novelty song in 1952.  Many years later it was featured in the final scene of the movie, "The Last Picture Show".  A very emotional scene.     If you haven't seen it, I think you'd like it. 

No I haven't. I'll have to rent it and watch it (it's available to rent on several services - Amazon, Vudu, Redbox and Row8 all have it for about $4)

What's better than a fun novelty song? One with an equally ridiculous title. From 1950.

An excellent version of the classic song "Moon River" by two legendary English artists. Apparently these two have performed this in concert at least once, but this is the first official release of their version. Unfortunately we lost Jeff Beck back in January but Eric Clapton is still going strong at the age of 78.

Did not know Jeff Beck was once part of The Yardbirds group back in the 60's..i remember The Yardbirds..,nor was i aware that he had only recently died...

A bit quiet out here lately... I was busy riding roller coasters the past two days (local amusement park's annual coaster enthusiast event - spent a combined total of about 32 hours at the park between Friday and Saturday and ended it all with a total of 13 rides on 6 different roller coasters in a span of 2 hours last night ).

On the subject of Jeff Beck, here's his version of the classic instrumental "Sleep Walk". This shows off just what a skilled guitarist Jeff Beck was - the melody of this song was originally done on a steel guitar, not a regular electric guitar.

That's from the 1999 version of the film. This is the version I remember.

Please forgive me for posting the wrong one.

I have no idea which versions are preferred.  I will delete it.

I have vague memories of dancing to this record but have no memory of Fire and Ice who sang it..( Girl I'm Gonna Miss You )

I had a busy week, but I'm back again!  Enjoyed all the songs that were posted while I was gone.  A few  more of the older singers had birthdays in May.   Stevie Wonder turned 73 on May 13.  My favorite of his was probably,  "For Once In My Life".   Cher's  77th birthday was on May 2O.  She's recorded lots of hits, but my favorite is the original Sonny and Cher hit song from the early 60's - "I've Got You Babe".  I'll return later today and hope to post a few songs.

RIP Tina Turner. She died today at the age of 83.

R.I.P Tina Turner...you were " Simply The Best "

A great exotic instrumental one-hit wonder from the late 50s. This was later recorded by Martin Denny and others. A vocal version was recorded by many artists as well beginning with The Browns (of "The Three Bells" fame) in 1960.

Although Roger Miller was best known for his comedic songs ("Chug-a-Lug", "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd", etc.), he could write some great serious songs when he wanted to (such as the holiday classic "Old Toy Trains", which he wrote for his then 2-year-old son). This is one of his lesser-known tunes, but also one of his best. He wrote this for the 1985 Broadway musical Big River, which is based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This has been recorded by several others, most notably Glen Campbell and Merle Haggard.