Aretha Franklin...Aretha.

Here's a great one a early "Aretha" session that's brilliant !!

        2. Over The Rainbow

Anne Shelton...Anne

What's this !!!.one of my favourite singers at the back of the shelf !!...that's not right so here she is all " bright eyed and bushy tailed" and dusted for you to appreciate...Thanks "John" for this Gem!

        5. That's The Chance You Take

Nat King Cole...Unforgettable.

We now have some early recordings of "Nat's...and we are over the channel !! at "Bob's Place !!

         3. On The Sunny Side Of The Street

1001 Songs..VA...Part 8

Hope everybody is still with us !!

1. Like A Rolling Stone......Bob Dylan

2. People Get Ready......The Impressions

3. Who Do You Love......The Preachers

4. Carnival Is Over.......The Seekers

5. Psycho......The Sonics

6. I've Been Loving You Too long.......Otis Redding

7. Stop In The Name Of Love......The Supremes

8. Subterranean Homesick Blues.......Bob Dylan

9. The Sound Of Silence......Simon & Garfunkel

10. My Generation.......The Who 

11. Unchained Melody......Righteous Brothers

12. Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi......Jacques Dutronc

13. Stay With Me Baby......Lorraine Ellison

14. Al-Atai......Umm Kulthum

15. You're Gonna Miss Me.......13th Floor Elevators

16. Substitute......The Who

17. Eight Miles High......The Byrds

18. Sunny Afternoon.....The Kinks

19. Paint It Black......The Rolling Stones

20. Summer In The City.......The Lovin' Spoonful

21. God Only Knows......The Beach Boys

22. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone......Paul revere & The Raiders

23. Mas Que Nada......Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66

24. El Muerto Vivo......Peret

25. Tomorrow Is A Long Time......Elvis Presley

      19. Paint It Black

       21. God Only Knows

Penny McLean...Lady Bump.

Gertrude Wirschinger (born 4 November 1948), better known as Penny McLean, is an Austrian vocalist who initially gained acclaim with the disco music act Silver Convention, but also had exposure as a single recording artist. As a solo singer, she is most remembered for her million seller "Lady Bump". She is also an author.

Her hit "Lady Bump" sold in the millions. She also had hits with "1-2-3-4-Fire", "Dance, Bunny, Honey Dance" and more.

By November 1975, the track bw "The Lady Bumps On" was rated # 14 in the New York discos. In January 1976, it was #8 on the Cash box pop singles charts. In July 1976, "Lady Bump" #7 in Australia's 2S Music Survey. The single itself sold 3 million copies.

       8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

20 More Vocal Chartbusters...VA

After the trip down under NZ....we  now go to ??? courtesy of Luc maybe he could fill in the ???..!!...Thanks Luc for the next few posts !

        14. I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Billie Holiday...Solitude.

Billie Holiday's first recordings for Norman Granz' Clef Records present the vocalist at the top of her craft. Originally issued as a 10 8243; LP titled 'Billie Holiday Sings', this 1952 session placed Holiday in front of small piano and tenor saxophone-led groups that including jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Charlie Shavers.

This is a masterpiece of an album which any serious jazz collector of vinyl should own. It is proof, if it were needed, that Holiday was the ultimate survivor and that she should be venerated and never pitied.

1. East Of The Sun & West Of The Moon

2. Blue Moon

3. You Go To My Head

4. You Turned The Tables On Me

5. Easy To Love 

6. These Foolish Things

1. I Only Have Eyes For You

2. Solitude

3. Everything I Have Is Yours

4. Love For Sale

5. Moonglow

6. Tenderly

        3. You Go To My Head

Keely Smith...Little Girl Blue.

Keely In A Softer Mood....Then Wam! Bang! Bosh !!

        1. Little Girl Blue

Trini Lopez...Live At Hollywood.

As we have got the DeLorean out To go to the Newport 1963 Folk Festival...may as well pop over to Hollywood !!...fancy a lift Luc !!..

1. Love Me Tonight

2. Chain Of Love

3. Then You Know You've Been In Love

4. I'm Just A poor Little Schemer

5. Jeanie Marie

6. One Heart One Life One Love

1. You Broke The Only Heart That Ever Loved

2. The Club For Broken Hearts

3. Nobody Listens To Our Teenage Problems

4. My Runaway Heart

5. It Hurts To Be In Love

6. I'm Grateful 

       11. It Hurts To Be In Love

Kitty Wells...Lonely Street.

We are still in New Zealand (virtually) of course !...but a change of music style from Folk to Country & Western.....Plus a visit to the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and a double dose of "La Bamba".....thanks JohnF.....

        12. Love Me To Pieces

Newport Folk Festival 1963..VA

 Rev The Delorean Up...and hey presto ! 1963 !!

       13. Talking Birmingham Jam

La Bamba...Film.

Music from the film

La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens.

The film is titled after a traditional Mexican folk song of the same name, which Valens transformed into a rock and roll rendition in 1958.

 1. La Bamba......Los Lobos

2. Come on Let's Go......Los Lobos

3. Ooh My Head......Los Lobos

4. We Belong Together.....Los Lobos

5. Framed......Los Lobos

6. Donna......Los Lobos

1. Lonely Teardrops.....Howard Huntsberry

2. Crying Waiting Hoping......Marshall Crenshaw

3. Summertime Blues......Brian Setzer

4. Who Do You Love......Bo Diddley

5. Charlena......Los Lobos

6. Goodnight My Love.....Los Lobos

       9. Summertime Blues

The Best Of La Bamba...VA

 

La Bamba Galore !!

1. La Bamba.....Ritchie Valens

2. La Bamba.....The Crickets

3. La Bamba.....Mariachi Vargas

4. La Bamba.....The Ventures

5. La Bamba......Big Daddy

1. La Bamba......Conjun To Medellin De Lino Chavez

2. La Bamba......TonioK

3. La Bamba......The Rice University Marching Owl Band

4. La Bamba......Drive

5. La Bamba......The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

       10. La Bamba......The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Ted Hawkins...Watch Your Step.

Next few posts is courtesy of JohnF from Down Under (NZ) !...thanks John 

Ted Hawkins (October 28, 1936 – January 1, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California, where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe and Australia, where he and his songs were better known and well received in clubs and small concert halls.

        14. I Gave Up All I Had

The Best Of Sonny & Cher.

Thanks JohnF for the Early Cher ! & Sunny !

       6. Let It Be Me

The Spinners...The Singing City.

The Spinners were a folk group from Liverpool, England, who formed in September 1958.They variously had four albums in the UK Albums Chart between September 1970 and April 1972. One of them, Spinners Live Performance (1971), spent three months in the listing and peaked at No. 14.

The band became popular by singing folk music and singing new songs in the same vein. Although sounding like traditional English folk songs, some of their material was in fact composed by Jones, such as "The Ellan Vannin Tragedy" and "The Marco Polo". One of their best known songs, particularly in their native Liverpool, was "In My Liverpool Home", written by Peter McGovern in 1962. Cliff Hall also introduced traditional Jamaican songs to their repertoire. 

1. The Orange And The Green

2. The Leaving Of Liverpool

3. In My Liverpool Home

4. Dirty Old Town

5. Maggie May

6. Marco Polo

1. Liverpool Lullaby

2. Manchester Rambler

3. Liverpool Judies

4. Jug O'Punch

5. Drunken Sailor

6. Three Jolly Boys

      4. Dirty Old Town

Steeleye Span...Hark! The Village Wait.

Steeleye Span are an English folk rock band formed in 1969. Still active today, along with Fairport Convention, they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat". They had three Top 40 albums. 

        4. Blackleg Miner

Shirley Bassey...12 Of Those Songs.

The year is 1968 and " Shirley" is in top form showing us just what a great singer she is..just on the start of her worldwide popularity...One of the best of her early recordings even "007" gives it a thumbs up !!

        4. If Love Were All

Don McLean...Solo

This is a Double L/P of Dons "Live" Concerts in England....recorded at "Manchester,Bristol and Oxford"....Some of the tracks I have recorded have two or three songs in them , that's when he does go from one song into another so no gaps..He is one of the few singers that sounds exactly as he does on his records hence all the cheers of his audience...all 27 tracks are good !!

 Side 1 & 2....Side 3 & 4

 Side 1

1. Magdalene Lane

2. Masters Of War

3. Wonderful Baby

4. Where Were You Baby

5. Empty Chairs

6. Geordie's Lost His Penker

7. Babylon

Side 2

1. And I Love You So

2. Mactavish Is Dead

3. Cripple Creek / Muleskinner Blues

4. Great Big Man

5. Bronco's Bills Lament

6. Happy Trails

7. Circus Song

8. Birthday Song

9. On The Amazon

Side 3

1. American Pie

2. Over The Waterfall / Arkansas Traveler

3. Homeless Brother

4. Castles In The Air

5. Three Flights Up

Side 4

1. Lovesick Blues

2. Winter has Me In Its Grip

3. The Legend Of Andrew McCrew

4. Vincent

5. Till Tomorrow