Good morning, WA2K folks.
My, my. I believe our Brit is feeling in the pink today. Thanks for the info on the Gumpathon, buddy. Wonder if it had anything to do with "forest".
Love that one by Heather Small. Thanks for the introduction to her and Nick Drake. Great songs!
Rog, good to see you here with your Aussie observation.
Big full moon hanging over the western water this early AM.
Two songs for the morning. First, a classical piece that I really enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya5ICVKUERg&feature=related
Now, a song that is hilarious, and we'll dedicate this to our Brit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eaRM4OIyU4&feature=related
Some info on this funny bunch, y'all.
The Stargazers were a British vocal group, jointly founded in 1949 by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James. Very shortly after the group made their first broadcasts with BBC Radio on such programs as Worker's Playtime, Dick James decided to resume his career as a solo vocalist, left the group and was replaced by Bob Brown. Ronnie Milne took care of the musical arranging, while Cliff Adams became its manager, in addition to contributing scores for the group. In September 1953, Milne left the Stargazers to emigrate to Canada, and was replaced in the group by Dave Cary. The group served as backing vocalists for Petula Clark on her first recordings.
The Stargazers enjoyed considerable commercial success during the 1950s, including two United Kingdom number one hit singles on their own, "Broken Wings", which was the first recording by a British act to top the UK Singles Chart and "I See The Moon", along with a third number 1 hit with Dickie Valentine on "Finger Of Suspicion", and were much in demand for back-up work and broadcast work.]
Other UK chart hits included "Close the Door", which reached number 6, and "Twenty Tiny Fingers", which reached number 4. They were voted "most popular vocal group" by readers of the New Musical Express five years running.
Stargazers' member Fred Datchler went on to form The Polkadots, who enjoyed great success in their own right. Beyond their own hit singles and albums, which included a cover version of "April In Paris", they recorded extensively with the likes of Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra. One of Datchler's sons is Clark Datchler of the successful pop group Johnny Hates Jazz.
