Ok...so called Music lovers

Another memory resurfaced. "Water Boy" This planned intervention, Raggedy, has been delicious.

Hi, Mac.

Friendship, friendship, that's the perfect blendship....

YeeHaw. If you're ever in a jam here I am,
If you're ever up a tree call on me.
If you ever lose your teeth when you out to dine borrow mine.
Friendship..friendship, just a perfect blend ship
when other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
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Where in the hell did that come from? Love it!

Ok...so called Music lovers
I think song is Friendship from Cole Porter musical Anything Goes

Well Letty, if you really want to know. Here's the scoop:

Friendship by Cole Porter is from DuBarry Was a Lady, introduced by Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr. And then it was a hit record by Kay Kyser, vocal by Ish Kabibble. In a 1943 movie version of DuBarry Was a Lady, Friendship was performed by Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Red Sketon, Margaret O'Brien, Zero Mostel, Rags Ragland, and Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra.

I remember the recording byTommy Dorsey's orchestra, vocal by Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers.

Hi Letty!

"The Pied Pipers," . . . now there's a group I can really get into!

Anyone remember

Cement mixer
Putty putty ... ?

Hey, Edgar. Seems to me that Cement Mixer was just a repetition type song designed to drive one up a driveway.

Since I have taken vows not to search the web, I'll have to do some thinkin' on that one...

Slim Gailard sold a million copies of Cement Mixer, believe it or don't. Something about a puddle o' vooty, a puddle o' gooty, a puddle o' scooby, and so forth.
Now, the Pied Pipers really were good, whether with Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, or whoever the featured singer happened to be.

Joe Stafford was an A number 1 vocalist...

"The Pied Pipers" were also really good on their own, even though the big stars they backed-up were the showstoppers. I always thought this was unfair, but that's the way Big Band shows went.

Letty, darling, sing me a tune that will rock my socks off!

When I went to Vegas I saw the Righteous Bros. in concert ... that was my era!

Ok, Misti,

You asked for it.

Kansas City.

I'm goin' to Kansas city, Kansas city here I come.
I'm going to Kansas city, Kansas city here I come.
They got some crazy way of lovin' there and I'm goin get me some.

Well, I might take a bus,
I might take a plane.
But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same,

I'm goin to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
They got some crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some.

And for WilliamHenry and Edgar:

You Belong to Me
Joe Stafford

See the pyramids along the Nile
See the sunrise on a desert Isle,
Just remember darling all the while,
You belong to me.

See the market place in old Algiers,
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears.
You belong to me.

I'll be so alone without you.
Maybe you feel lonesome too, and blue.

Fly the ocean in a silver plane,
See the jungle when it's wet with rain,
Just remember til you home again.
You belong to me

Bob, so sorry that I can't remember "Anything Goes"

ok...so called music lovers
Righteous Brothers

Unchained Melody
(Words & music by Zaret - North)
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch, a long lonely time
And time goes by, so slowly and time can do so much
Are you, still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the waiting arms of the sea
Lonely rivers cry, wait for me, wait for me
To the open arms, wait for me

My love, my darling, I've hungered for your kiss
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God, speed your love, to me

Wow, Bob,
I don't recall the Righteous Bros. doing that. Someone else had a recording of it also...thinking...

The song "Unchained Melody" has fared considerably better than the film, which quickly sank into obscurity. The movie was released in January 1955 with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. As was required in order for the song to be eligible for Academy Award nomination, the words and music were sung on the soundtrack by Al Hibbler, a blind black singer. The song finished fifth in the 1955 voting for the Award. Hibbler's version of the song and an instrumental recording by Les Baxter were released simultaneously on April 9, 1955. Baxter's orchestral version on the Capitol label actually went higher on the charts, reaching the Number One position and holding it for two weeks in the course of a 21-week chart run. This was the only version of the song to ever make it to the Number One position on the charts. Hibbler's version peaked at Number Three with a 19-week run. Two other artists reached the charts that year. Roy Hamilton reached Number Six and was on the charts for 16 weeks. June Valli was Number 29 for one week. On the London charts, Jimmy Young topped at 1 and Liberace made it to number 20.

The song was revived briefly in 1963, when Vito and the Salutations recorded a version of it that climbed the charts to number 66. This was the first "fast" version of the song. The most popular revival would come two years later, in 1965, with a brand-new recording by the Righteous Brothers, whose special sound helped "Unchained Melody" find a new audience and reach the number 4 position. Not bad, considering that it was the "B-side" of a 45 RPM record. It remained on the charts for 12 weeks. Three years later, the Sweet Inspirations recorded the perennial favorite. On 9-5-1968, it reached number 73, for a total of five weeks on the charts. And once again, in 1981, Heart took a turn with "Unchained Melody", but by now it was a case of diminishing returns--their version made it only to number 83.

dys, that's it. Al Hibbler was the one that I was thinking of...I don't remember the movie, however. Frankly, never liked the song much, either. Sorry, Bob...

I grew up knowing the Hibbler version of Unchained Melody. My favorite version appeared on an album titled "Belafonte". I so loved the old versions I felt put off by the Righteous Bros treatment. I don't really care for for singers who milk every syllable for all it's worth.

Ok...so called Music lovers
I know what you mean about different singers doing the same song. Elvis Pressley's You are always on my mind to me couldn't compare to Willie Nelson's.