Oh, nice, Rick. I haven't heard Julie London in a long,long time. I always remember her in black and white. Here is another of my favs.

And here is the man who wrote the music:

Sorry about spoiling your September run.

Quote from: MarsGal on September 04, 2024, 10:05:52 PMI haven't heard Julie London in a long,long time. I always remember her in black and white. Here is another of my favs.

So easy to listen too.   One of my Favorites of yesteryear.

Quote from: MarsGal on September 04, 2024, 10:05:52 PMSorry about spoiling your September run.

Not spoiled. It's still there.

Another great September song. This was a top 20 hit on both sides of the pond in 1980. It hit #14 in the UK in early February and #17 in the US in early March.

Stumbled across this tonight. A rocking version of the theme from the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood by an Australian band from 1977.

I had forgotten about this song. I've always liked it.
I Can See Clearly Now

The original version of that is still the best in my opinion.

Found this earlier. A cover of the famous "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by a British comedy lounge/dance band complete with a jab at the 1996 movie based on the "Macarena" song that was so popular at the time ("Don't shed a tear-a, don't you cry for Argentina / They're going to make a movie of the musical Evita / When they see Madonna they'll be queuing in the street-a / Hey, Argentina!") 

As someone who remembers the "Macarena" craze very well (that song was everywhere at the time and although nobody knew what it was about, you couldn't resist the silly dance that went with it or the urge to yell "'ey, Macarena!"), I find this particularly funny.

Michael, that is a cute spoof of the song itself, but in reality, the story of Juan and Eva Peron (Evita), is fascinating history.  I remember when she got sick with cancer, and died when she was only in her early 30's.  I never saw the musical theater production of "Evita", but I did see the movie with Madonna.  Not terrible, but far from great, and was a box-office bomb.  It got a lot of bad press because of her.  As for the Macarena??  I was probably in the wrong age group??  I don't remember anything about it?

"The Macarena" was everywhere during the summer of 1996. I was 14 at the time so I remember it well. If you want all the details, here are a couple of videos:
ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Macarena" by Los Del Rio
The Macarena Story

Back to normal stuff, here's the original recording of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from the concept album that inspired the musical.

Patsy Cline was born on this date in 1932. She died in a plane crash at the age of 30 in March of 1963. This is one of the last songs she recorded and was a top 10 hit when it was released as a single 4 months after her death.

An unusual find recently. A cha cha arrangement of "Vesta la giubba" from the opera Paganini. The Fortune Tellers were an anonymous group (probably made up of studio musicians) created by composer Robert Maxwell. This is the only album they released to my knowledge, from 1962.

That is a find. Love it.

When I listened to it last night, it had a familiar sound but I couldn't place it, or the name.  This morning it came back to me . . . out of the past.  The Nairobi Trio,  with the one and only,  Ernie Kovacs!

Quote from: Marilyne on September 10, 2024, 11:46:50 AMWhen I listened to it last night, it had a familiar sound but I couldn't place it, or the name.  This morning it came back to me . . . out of the past.  The Nairobi Trio,  with the one and only,  Ernie Kovacs!

That's how I ultimately found this album. I stumbled across that song somewhere and went to go figure out what exactly "the Nairobi Trio" was. The song was written and originally recorded by Robert Maxwell in 1953 under the title "Solfeggio" (after the musical term), then re-released in 1957 under the name "Song of the Nairobi Trio" after it became famous because of that sketch.

For those who haven't seen it, here's a clip.

Did you ever hear of him?

A catchy song from 1970. "Brother John" was an alias for songwriter Johnny Cymbal (real name John Blair). This appears to be the only single he ever released, and I'm assuming neither track went anywhere. The B side ("Smokie") was later covered in Spanish by Mexican band Las Moskas.

A somewhat unusual rendition of a Carol King classic from what was apparently a French-Canadian band.

Found this today. I can't find any information about this group or the song, but it's great to listen too. I also can't find any lyrics or other recordings of this song. I can understand "Silvery moon" and something about "Waikiki and you".

A wild one from the 1938 film Garden of the Moon. This is the same film that the "Lady on the Two-Cent Stamp" video I posted a while back is from. I'm going to have to dig this one up and watch it at some point.

Michael, I meant to comment on "I Feel The Earth Move".       Can't help wondering what Carol King has to say about it? 

She might not even know about it. I found that one through a YouTube channel called TheCoverVerse. I have no idea where they found it.