Posted by gomiami1972 on 4/25/2019 10:01:00 PM (view original):

Top 10 albums containing both beautiful music and dangerous rhythms.

Merry Christmas (1955 12'' vinyl with current track listing) later re-named White Christmas – Bing Crosby
A Swingin’ Affair (1957) – Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956) - Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable (1954) – Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956) – Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956) – Ella Fitzgerald
Tony (1957) – Tony Bennett
Heavenly (1959) – Johnny Mathis
Oklahoma! Soundtrack (1955) – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Solitude (1956) – Billie Holliday

dynamite list.....excellent taste.

bruce springsteen released a new song today...called hello sunshine...sounds like glen cambell / bj thomas raindrops.
really good.....with orchestra.

MY TOP 10 STANDARDS ALBUMS 1950 - 1959.

1. FRANK SINATRA - SONGS FOR SWINGIN LOVERS - 1956
2. FRANK SINATRA - A SWINGIN AFFAIR - 1957
3. ELLA FITZGERALD - ROGERS AND HART SONGBOOK - 1956
4. ELLA FITZGERALD - COLE PORTER SONGBOOK - 1956
5. DINAH WASHINGTON - FOR THOSE IN LOVE - 1955
6. DEAN MARTIAN - WINTER WONDERLAND - 1959
7. BLOSSOM DEARIE - ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME - 1958
8 .DEAN MARTIAN - SLEEP WARM - 1959
9. SAMMY DAVIS JR. - WHEN IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE SWINGIN - 1957
10. WEST SIDE STORY - BROADWAY ST - LEONARD BERNSTEIN - 1957

how about a list of your top 10 one hit wonders?? I'd have to think about that one.

good one my friend.....thats tough.

here goes...may have more than 10

The Surfaris - Wipe Out
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (white boy)
Pilot - Magic
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Get Together - the Youngbloods
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
867-5309 - Tommy TuTone
***** - Meredith Brooks
Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground
Me and Mrs Jones - Billy Paul
Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians - What I Am
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Alright Now - Free
Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

and I'm sure others will mention songs and I'll think "how did I forget that one?"

MY TOP 10 FAVORITE ONE HIT WONDERS

1. THAT THING YOU DO - THE WONDERS - i love this song
2. LOVE GOES WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES - EDISON LIGHTHOUSE
3. RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - BLUES IMAGE
4. STARRY EYES - THE RECORDS
5. ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO - LOBO
6 .MY SHARONA - THE KNACK
7. DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT - KING HARVEST
8. EVE OF DESTRUCTION - BARRY
9. TO SIR WITH LOVE - LULU
10. ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL - JET

This is always a fun discussion.

Good list Dino....... and it's Barry McGuire!
Loved the Edison Lighthouse pick AND Blues Image Ride Captain Ride I always LOVED that song.
Both you and Wylie nailed the King Harvest cut............

BUT, my favorite one hit wonder is a great one for this list.

The Lemon Pipers --- Green Tambourine

Plus there's always

Incense & Peppermints by The Strawberry Alarm Clock
I Love You by The People (always gets a the nod!)

Wylie's pick of Tommy Tutone should be on any list as well as his pick of Billy Paul's classic and the Free stomp!
Tainted Love is a swell pick, too.

I'll probably edit this and add a few more.

actually i saw king harvest on wylie's list and had to include it.
you cant buy the original edison lighthouse song anymore..not available...they did a reasonable but not as good remake in the 90s i think.

Posted by dino27 on 4/26/2019 4:26:00 PM (view original):
MY TOP 10 STANDARDS ALBUMS 1950 - 1959.

1. FRANK SINATRA - SONGS FOR SWINGIN LOVERS - 1956
2. FRANK SINATRA - A SWINGIN AFFAIR - 1957
3. ELLA FITZGERALD - ROGERS AND HART SONGBOOK - 1956
4. ELLA FITZGERALD - COLE PORTER SONGBOOK - 1956
5. DINAH WASHINGTON - FOR THOSE IN LOVE - 1955
6. DEAN MARTIAN - WINTER WONDERLAND - 1959
7. BLOSSOM DEARIE - ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME - 1958
8 .DEAN MARTIAN - SLEEP WARM - 1959
9. SAMMY DAVIS JR. - WHEN IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE SWINGIN - 1957
10. WEST SIDE STORY - BROADWAY ST - LEONARD BERNSTEIN - 1957

I really tried to get Dean Martin on my list, since I'm named after the guy, but my favorite Martin albums are all 1960-64. Interesting that we both picked the same exact Sinatra albums. For me, those two are some of the finest albums for any genre in any period.

One Hit Wonders. The songs I like have comments.

City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie...Good Mornin' America, how are you?
Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Suede...dorky but fun.
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Der Kommissar - After the Fire...Don't turn around, oh, oh, oh...zja zja
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash...(cool saxophone riff)
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas...Everybody was kung fu fightin', HUT!

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

gomiami, that quarterflash song is very good...that whole album is decent.
not sure I'd consider Arlo Guthrie a one hit wonder..he is at least a 2 hit wonder...Alice's Restaurant

Posted by wylie715 on 4/27/2019 1:00:00 AM (view original):
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

gomiami, that quarterflash song is very good...that whole album is decent.
not sure I'd consider Arlo Guthrie a one hit wonder..he is at least a 2 hit wonder...Alice's Restaurant

Alice's is, what, 18 minutes long? I'm generally defaulting to Billboard rankings rather than cultural impact.

I am the entertainer
I come to do my show
You've heard my latest record
It's been on the radio
Ah, it took me years to write it
They were the best years of my life
It was a beautiful song
But it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit
You gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05