Stardust

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:56 GMT

All over the place piano playing by the man himself, but so individual, unique and with a magical quality. As deep as Debussy in its own way. (first track only).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3xyZz_mow

And if anyone has written better lyrics than these by Mitchell Parish in the twentieth century then please tell me what they are. Nat King Cole does the definitive version.

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart...

Robert Stanton

feeds@yuku.com (librarian466) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:40 GMT

This fellow has certainly escaped me Robert Stanton the brother of Dick Haymes, nice voice.

Max Bygraves

feeds@yuku.com (ChardonnayPascoe) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:49 GMT

New photos of Max here...
http://www.maxbygraves.com/pages/news.htm

Another one for Vince Eager

feeds@yuku.com (ks45) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:38:36 GMT

Found out recently about Jay Chance...how come he was missed????? Sounds like he could have been a big name given the breaks

Brian Locking

feeds@yuku.com (Ray) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:06:30 GMT

Spencer leigh is interviewing him on his Merseyside show tonight. It's well worth a listen to. Locking worked with all the greats of the 50s or it seems like it! Terry Dene, Marty Wilde, The Shadows and someone called Roy Taylor, sorry I mean Vince Eager.

Pathe clips of Ruby Murray, Ronnie Harris etc

feeds@yuku.com (Lee Carpenter) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:27:13 GMT

Pathe clips of Ruby Murray, Ronnie Harris etc

BIRTH OF A RECORD 1955
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11822

There is also some great material in the following clips as well.....

TIN PAN ALLEY 1951
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=47092

TIN PAN ALLEY 1945

The Puppets

feeds@yuku.com (stephendoran) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:09:28 GMT

Not 50s but 60s anyone here recall this pop group i just know they recorded on the Pye label

New Petula Clark Christmas CD - "This is Christmas"

feeds@yuku.com (Harrison) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:19:12 GMT

I just read about this today. It is being released by Collectors' Choice Music. Theo might already be aware of it. Here is a description. I tried to create a hyperlink to the item on the Collector's Choice Music site, but it did not work.

When we discovered that Petula Clark has never put out a proper Christmas album, we knew what we were getting for her fans this holiday season! And, this being a 'Collectors' Choice Music' release, we've packed it with...

Bewitched

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:24 GMT

In the spirit of Halloween and diverting from a sillier post to this more serious question. I have scoured You Tube's versions of the old Rodgers and Hart masterpiece "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and my personal choice comes down to the two I think are far and away the best, but when it comes to choosing between these two, then that really is a tough call. I cant decide. Both are just exquisite in their own way.
What do you think? Who gets your vote? Or maybe you...

Drumbeat...come in Vince Eager

feeds@yuku.com (ossiedales) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:33:20 GMT

Doing a bit of research on the TV programme 'Drumbeat' on which our mate Vince Eager has a couple of tracks. Vince, can you give us any inmsight into the making of the record. I understand it was all recorded in a day in a studio. What do you remember of it. And all the screaming girls on the album, was it dubbed, or did you have placards held up saying 'SCREAM NOW'. It was obviously a trry at repeating the Oh Boy formula with one song running into another. And who exactly...

Eureka! (Men Only).

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:07 GMT

I'm deliberately hiding this away from that argumentative lot on "Anything Else" and its only five years out anyway and I found it whilst looking for music so there!
You can look all day forever, but trust me, there is no known example of the topless dress anywhere on the Web. Much to the chagrin of the William Brown MCP, Centre of Excellence Research Dept. Prior to today it has been airbrushed from history. So much so that I had almost decided I must have dreamt the whole...

Shirley Bassey

feeds@yuku.com (librarian466) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:34:02 GMT

Just watched Dame Shirley on BBC2 in concert instead of the football. Amazing performance at seventytwo. Catch up with it on the red button or iplayer,well worth watching.

Johnny Mathis

feeds@yuku.com (Ray) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:30:08 GMT

Judy's comment about Johnny on anoher thread is a little bit of a coincidence as I have been transferring a lot of albums to CD. I quite like him and a few songs on a couple of albums I really enjoy. But at times his voice is like someone whining. I didn't think anyone could ruin The Impossible Dream but he manages to do it for me.

Are there any fans amongst you ladies?

Clyde Valley Stompers

feeds@yuku.com (stephendoran) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:10:52 GMT

Any fans here im listening to a record of theirs at the moment online

You Me And Us

feeds@yuku.com (stephendoran) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:09:35 GMT

Heard this by Alma Cogan the other day the tune is very familar im sure its a classical piece with words put to it

Clinton Ford R.I.P.

feeds@yuku.com (Lee Carpenter) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:18:15 GMT

Clinton Ford R.I.P.

Obituary: Clinton Ford
Popular singer of the 1950s and 60s whose repertoire ranged from music hall to country and western

by Dave Laing
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 October 2009 19.02 BST
Clinton Ford...

The Walk To The Paradise Garden

feeds@yuku.com (william brown) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:40:46 GMT

Because Delius is my favourite composer and this is one of my favourite pieces of music, I decided to take a listen to it on You Tube. What I was not prepared for was the gorgeous, low key, but oh so evocative piece of film which accompanied it. A snapshot of pure fifties atmosphere and a Britain now long gone.
It brought back so many floods of memories for me that it reduced cynical old William to tears.
If you were alive in the fifties, especially in childhood, dont miss this....

Blue Moon

feeds@yuku.com (camaygirl) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:49:38 GMT

I love the song 'Blue Moon' and have quite a few different versions of it but I heard a new one last night on the radio.

David Jacobs played a recording by, I was surpised to find out, Gloria De Haven and it was excellent. I think it's the first time I've heard a recording of hers played on the radio.

Shirelles Fan?

feeds@yuku.com (camaygirl) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:36 GMT

Judging from her god-daughter's (Dionne Bromfield) new album, Amy Winehouse must be a great '60s girl group fan, especially The Shirelles.

Dionne sang 'Mama Said' on SCD last week with Amy on backing vocals. I should imagine Amy had a lot of say into what went on the album, 'Foolish Little Girl' is on there too.

Ian Wallace R.I.P.

feeds@yuku.com (Lee Carpenter) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:40:50 GMT

Obituary: Ian Wallace
Opera singer and actor who went on to star in the BBC Radio 4 quiz show My Music

Ian Wallace Obituary | Music | The Guardian

by Dennis Barker
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Ian Wallace, who has died aged 90, was an affectionately regarded example of a rare, versatile breed. An opera bass-baritone of distinction, he also...

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