On That Note - Decades, 1950's and Before
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My Favorite Elvis single is from the early 60's: (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister. This is probably my favorite of his 50's sides. No reason, really - I just like it. Energy and the arraignment.
This one is more my appreciation of influence than being on my “best of” list (although it might as well be on the list). Originally on “Dust Bowl Ballads” released in 1940, also released in 1956 on “Bound for Glory.” In Dylan’s early songs, you can hear the obvious influence. And we know how influential Dylan became.
Before the stardom, there was the Sun Records starting point.
Speaking of influence, here’s the original
Speaking of influence, here’s the original
From what I was told by my parents, little 3-year old Boxster totally loved this novelty song. Parental units had the 10" 78 rpm, likely secondhand from uncles jukeboxes. 
Obviously, I've broken the rule of "post 5 songs."
Hey, I didn't help make the rules! Oh wait, I did ...
Any-hoo...I have a couple more.
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Hey, I didn't help make the rules! Oh wait, I did ...
Any-hoo...I have a couple more.
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From what I was told by my parents, little 3-year old Boxster totally loved this novelty song. Parental units had the 10" 78 rpm, likely secondhand from uncles jukeboxes.
On a similar note:
Warning some may find it offensive.
Does anyone else sometimes find 50's rock and roll a little eerie at times?
Maybe it's just the association with the connection to the Buddy Holly/Valenz/Bopper crash on the cusp of the 60's explosion, but there's just a certain hollow feel.
Anyway.
Maybe it's just the association with the connection to the Buddy Holly/Valenz/Bopper crash on the cusp of the 60's explosion, but there's just a certain hollow feel.
Anyway.
I have a hard time picking just one from McKinley Morganfield but here you go...
Little Walter Jacobs knocks it out of the park with his harmonica.
Little Walter Jacobs knocks it out of the park with his harmonica.
I've got three really favorite Big Bands...Woody Herman's Swingin Herd from the 1960's, Glenn Miller's band, posted above, and Count Basie's band from the late 1950s- late1960's. I'm not really sure when this video was recorded. The song, more commonly known as Blues in Hoss' Flat, was released in the late 1950's, so perhaps this video predated the release, since Basie is calling the tune by a different name that it was later commonly known as. It seems that Frankie's/Hoss' flat is Db.
Not the right decade, but I want to throw in a plug for two awesome jazz concerts on YouTube recorded by the BBC...one of Count Basie's Orchestra and one of Woody Herman's Swingin' Herd as they toured England in the mid 1960's.
Not the right decade, but I want to throw in a plug for two awesome jazz concerts on YouTube recorded by the BBC...one of Count Basie's Orchestra and one of Woody Herman's Swingin' Herd as they toured England in the mid 1960's.
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This is one I listened to for years always just interpreting "I'm going to have to put you down" in that generic slang way - as I'm going to say bad things about you. It was a long time later it dawned on me it's doggin' around. And the violent implications of 'having to put her down.'
