One of my fave Johnny Horton songs was this following song. "North to Alaska" is a 1960 hit song recorded by Johnny Horton which featured in the movie of the same name." [/i]
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 02:41 am
Here's another guy who used to visit us in homes each week . . .
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 02:56 am
Bobby Darin started out as a song-writer, with indifferent success, and then got involved with Connie Francis (who later said not marrying him was the biggest mistake she ever made). Her father didn't approve and he drifted to other jobs, mostly song writing. His singing career did not take off until he recorded this in 1958:
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 03:02 am
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers had a hit with this in 1956. Here they appear on Frankie Laine's television program:
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 03:08 am
That kind of singing was done almost every night on the street corners of the east coast--Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Here Billy Joel does his tribute to a cappella doo wop singing:
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 03:51 am
Dion and the Belmonts came from that same background . . .
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 08:46 pm
This song was a hit for Frankie Laine, but I like Tennessee Ernie's version better
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Wed 8 Apr, 2015 08:50 pm
Ahab the Arab by Ray Stevens
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Thu 9 Apr, 2015 04:13 pm
Billy Williams
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Thu 9 Apr, 2015 04:15 pm
Townes Van Zandt
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Fri 10 Apr, 2015 11:56 am
One of my faves of The Boss (perhaps of anyone else in the last 30 or so yrs):
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Fri 10 Apr, 2015 04:19 pm
Fats Waller
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Fri 10 Apr, 2015 04:24 pm
Louis Armstrong
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Sat 11 Apr, 2015 09:06 pm
Gene Vincent
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Sat 11 Apr, 2015 09:08 pm
Buster Brown
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Sun 12 Apr, 2015 03:01 pm
Laurie London
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Sun 12 Apr, 2015 03:05 pm
When Conway Twitty was considered rockabilly, he did stuff like this
