Commo 1,292 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Chulla`s recollections of Teresa Brewer on another thread set me thinking of all the music that meant a lot to me as a child and that I still remember today. In the early 50`s my music came from the Light Programme and Dad`s keyboard sheet music and I list just a few of the tracks from my virtual CD compilation, in no particular order, and these may stir some memories for some of you as old as me! I see the Moon - The Stargazers Shrimp Boats - Jo Stafford Finger of Suspicion - Dickie Valentine Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr Softly, Softly - Ruby Murray O Mein Papa - Eddie Calvert Sugar Bush - Eve Boswell Heart of My Heart - Max Bygraves Answer Me - David Whitfield Just a few from CD 1 of my collection, anyone else have their own collection? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Commo, you've brought back some memories for me there. Add Calvert's Cherry Pink. I don't have a collection as such, just some overlapping compilation disc/tapes. A couple I can add are Perez Prado's Patricia, also recorded by Cherry Wainer. Cherry also did a version of Take 5 and it's quite something to see and hear a YT video of her stomping out a 5/4 on the Hammond. Prado: Edit. Also Naughty Lady of Shady Lane. TwentyTiny Fingers. Volare. April Love. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Commo, I love your list of songs and could sing the opening line to them all as I went down the list.The only one that threw me for a minute was Sugar Bush. I didn't recognise the name, so I had a look on You Tube and realised it was Alma Cogans version I must remember. Some great songs and great to recall them. Thank you Miduck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Recall this whilst brushing my Mothers hair ..this, A letter from America and Listen with Mother. Childhood memories indeed. (Not forgetting the stack of shillings on the mantle fut' meter.) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 A singer who I didn't immediately appreciate in that era was Malcolm Vaughan. Although I thought he never got the recognition he so thoroughly deserved. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Sarah Vaughan..sang with the Fab Four. was a great wireless memory from kiddie time. 'Broken Hearted Melody'...don't know the year...but great song. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Oztalgian 3,269 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Tubby the Tuba - Danny Kaye A Four Legged Friend - Roy Rogers The Teddy Bears Picnic - Various Artists The Ugly Duckling - Danny Kaye The Runaway Train - ? I Know an Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 616 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 They’re all on here https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Hits-Favourites-Various-Artists/dp/B01J6J23RS/ref=pd_bxgy_15_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AB8PJ0WAA472NRDBGJ6X Enjoy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Good one Mess and more long forgotten ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 8 hours ago, Oztalgian said: Tubby the Tuba - Danny Kaye A Four Legged Friend - Roy Rogers The Teddy Bears Picnic - Various Artists The Ugly Duckling - Danny Kaye The Runaway Train - ? I Know an Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives I remember all these except Tubby the tuba... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 I deffo remember even before i went to school walking with the other lads..dropping them off and doing a shop in Brittains for veg on Chapel Bar. Sunblest/ Turners on Long Row and Dewhursts near Hurts Yard entrance. Into The Granary or The Pepper Mill for a treat. Even Jimmy Youngs voice. The same trip was made at 3.30pm Mums were run ragged in those days. Hand washing.daily food shop.mopping and sluicing. Did shell the odd pea though...with a bit of Twenty Tiny Fingers on the gram. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Gosh. Some great memories there. I'd add.. The Happy Wanderer. Obernkirchen Choir The Day That the Rains Came. Jayne Morgan Sparky's Magic Piano Pickin' A Chicken. Eve Boswell The Three Billy Goats Gruff. ( Frank Luther?) Little Boy Fishing. Shirley Abicair The Owl and the Pussycat. Elton Hayes Little Things Mean a Lot. Kitty Kallen 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 10/02/2018 at 4:01 PM, IAN123. said: Did shell the odd pea though...with a bit of Twenty Tiny Fingers on the gram. Ian, It's a good job benj didn't help you shell the peas Miduck. There wouldn't be many left for dinner. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 I still love the memory of Sunday Lunchtime. Every house on Southglade Rd had the windows open winter or summer to let the steam out from the cooking of the sunday roast. As you walked down the street you'd smell the cooking and hear Two Way Family Favourites belting out.. with all those songs mentioned here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 They were the days when they would say on Family Favorites, "Don't turn the radio up too loud if you have the windows open." Imagine THAT today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 You can't leave your Windows open nowadays, some scumbag would be in and out with your belongings at the first chance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 This was everywhere on the wireless as a kid..slice of Dundee cake and camp coffee..even that Ukranian Dentist on Chaucer Street. Do remember a reggae version played on Radio Nottingham's 'Back 'a yard' show. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 ^^^^^^^Some wonderful paintings there Ian not heard of Volegov before but will look out for him now 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Watching my mother with the 'forbidden' gas poker..and thinking where is Cambodia? This particular song would come out the radio.Not heard it for a long time. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 That's a blast from the past Ian, the song and the gas poker. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Certainly recall humming this. He had a hit previously with ex RAF mates "Good News Week". I don't remember hearing that as a child. These type of songs..stuck with me from when i was very young "Doggy in the window" would be another. Songs like "Paper Roses" and "knock 3 Times" were kid memories. Anyway a fine song which hopefully brings back a time and place memory. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 This is my memory of Saturday Arvo (Oz slang) in the early seventies, having made it back to the car after the end of the Forest game on a cold rainy winter afternoon hoping to hear that County and the Stags had won and the sheep had lost. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 This was a toe-tapper and recall Jimmy Young giving it a whirl in between the Shifting Drifting Sands. Formed by Johnnie Pearson: Sounds Orchestral. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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