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Ron Roberts
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2014
The best in Fifties & Sixties music. The music of, and interviews with, the artists with whom I have worked, written about, programmed in radio shows and featured in my novel 'Nights of the Turntable".
Vic Dana - Doesn't Anybody Miss Me
A longtime admirer of Dame Shirley Bassey, I love the quote from Britain's premier songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor and pianist, Les Reed OBE regarding his song, "Does Anybody Miss Me", written in collaboration with Johnny Worth, which formed the title track of her August 1969 United Artists album release. According to Les, “Johnny and I were in Cannes many years ago attending a tribute dinner at The Carlton Hotel. Coming down the stairs was this beautiful lady (our Shirley) shouting....."Doesn't Anybody Miss Me"? We both disappeared into the men's room and, within half an hour, had completed the song with her title. Big hit for us all. Bless you Shirley. XX.”
Shirley's recording of the song contains all the Bassey elements her followers love, and is certainly a jewel among the more than 2,500 recordings of Les's songs that are available. What I do find interesting, though, is how Les refers to Shirley shouting "DOESN'T Anybody Miss Me", which is how the song was listed on her 1969 single, but switched to "Does Anybody Miss Me" on her album of the same name. One of my favourite male artists, Vic Dana, uses "Doesn't" on his version of the song that he recorded and released in Britain in 1968! In my view, his performance perfectly illustrates the difference between the two titles and recordings I have highlighted. With the larger than life Shirley, her query carries the optimistic expectation of a resounding "Yes" in response. Vic, however, employs a vocal almost resigned to the fact that nobody has missed him, and thereby makes it a different song altogether.
Vic, real name Samuel Mendola, was born on August 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. Displaying considerable talent as a dancer, he was discovered by Sammy Davis Jr and encouraged by him to move to Los Angeles for the greater career opportunities it provided. Neither, however, could have foreseen a downturn in the appeal of dancing as a form of entertainment, which then led to Dana switching to a singing career. During the 60s and 70s he enjoyed 17 U.S chart entries but, curiously, failed to make an impact in the UK.
I am intrigued as to how Vic recorded and released his version of "Doesn't Anybody Miss Me" in 1968, when all other recordings of the song came out the following year or later. Having singled out the contrasting versions by Shirley and Vic I know that, inevitably, I will be asked which I prefer. My reply would, truthfully, be that I love both versions and, though my interest in Shirley began before Vic's recording début, I consider his reading of Johnny Worth's lyric to be the more insightful.
As Les Reed himself would say: "It's a gem of a track!"
Shirley's recording of the song contains all the Bassey elements her followers love, and is certainly a jewel among the more than 2,500 recordings of Les's songs that are available. What I do find interesting, though, is how Les refers to Shirley shouting "DOESN'T Anybody Miss Me", which is how the song was listed on her 1969 single, but switched to "Does Anybody Miss Me" on her album of the same name. One of my favourite male artists, Vic Dana, uses "Doesn't" on his version of the song that he recorded and released in Britain in 1968! In my view, his performance perfectly illustrates the difference between the two titles and recordings I have highlighted. With the larger than life Shirley, her query carries the optimistic expectation of a resounding "Yes" in response. Vic, however, employs a vocal almost resigned to the fact that nobody has missed him, and thereby makes it a different song altogether.
Vic, real name Samuel Mendola, was born on August 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. Displaying considerable talent as a dancer, he was discovered by Sammy Davis Jr and encouraged by him to move to Los Angeles for the greater career opportunities it provided. Neither, however, could have foreseen a downturn in the appeal of dancing as a form of entertainment, which then led to Dana switching to a singing career. During the 60s and 70s he enjoyed 17 U.S chart entries but, curiously, failed to make an impact in the UK.
I am intrigued as to how Vic recorded and released his version of "Doesn't Anybody Miss Me" in 1968, when all other recordings of the song came out the following year or later. Having singled out the contrasting versions by Shirley and Vic I know that, inevitably, I will be asked which I prefer. My reply would, truthfully, be that I love both versions and, though my interest in Shirley began before Vic's recording début, I consider his reading of Johnny Worth's lyric to be the more insightful.
As Les Reed himself would say: "It's a gem of a track!"
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Clifford Portwood - Sweet Memories
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Clifford Portwood, born 17 October 1937 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England first achieved fame as a soccer star in a senior career that saw him play for Preston North End [1955-59]; Port Vale [1959-61]; Grimsby Town [1961-63] and Portsmouth [1963-69]. He left professional football to move to South Africa, and later moved again to Melbourne, Australia, where he became a successful singer. D...
Rose Marie - The Last Waltz
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Born 7 February 1956 in Newry, Northern Ireland, Rose-Marie Kane was one of six siblings and raised by her parents on a farm outside Newry in County Down. She was only 21 when recording and releasing her first album, 'Something For Everyone'. Released on the Nevis label it certainly highlighted Rose-Marie's music tastes, embracing songs associated with major female artists and "Love Is All", co...
Rose Marie - I'm Coming Home
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Born 7 February 1956 in Newry, Northern Ireland, Rose-Marie Kane was one of six siblings and raised by her parents on a farm outside Newry in County Down. She was only 21 when recording and releasing her first album, 'Something For Everyone'. Released on the Nevis label it certainly highlighted Rose-Marie's music tastes, embracing songs associated with major female artists and "Love Is All", co...
Lorrie Morgan - What Will I Do
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Lorrie Morgan is not simply my favourite Country singer, she is also, in my view, one of the finest of all female song stylists! I love her pitch perfect control, impeccable phrasing and, above all, her penetrative feel for the lyrics, all of which are qualities that a stunning song like Mickey Newbury's "What Will I Do" deserves to do it full justice! Lorrie's treatment of this song is include...
Rose Marie - Love Is All
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ROSE-MARIE 7 February 1956 - 5 June 2024 Born 7 February 1956 in Newry, Northern Ireland, Rose-Marie Kane was one of six siblings and raised by her parents on a farm outside Newry in County Down. She was only 21 when recording and releasing her first album, 'Something For Everyone'. Released on the Nevis label it certainly highlighted Rose-Marie's music tastes, embracing songs associated with m...
Connie & Elvis - Love Me Tender
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Between 1958 and 1962, Elvis Presley and Connie Francis were the two biggest selling recording artists on the planet. Now, thanks to electronic wizardy, their original vocals are blended to form an outstanding duet. Coming next month, exclusively on Connie's own label, Concetta Records. "Everyone who worked on this project has done a truly amazing job. When hearing the first demo of 'Love Me Te...
Lance Fortune - Be Mine
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Back in the dark ages of early 1960, I was already a fan of Adam Faith, and had learned enough about the John Barry Seven to know that the skinny guy on the piano was named Les Reed. (I think my own chest size then was no more than 36") 🙂 Although I wasn't as clued up on music facts and details as I am now, I was not surprised to learn that as well as playing piano on Adam's monster #1 hit "Wha...
Vic Dana - If I Never Knew Your Name
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Born on August 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York, Samuel Mendola, known professionally as Vic Dana, had originally displayed considerable talent as a dancer. He was discovered by Sammy Davis Jr and encouraged by him to move to Los Angeles for the greater career opportunities it provided. Neither, however, could have foreseen a downturn in the appeal of dancing as a form of entertainment, which then...
Jane Morgan - Maybe
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Wishing supreme song stylist Jane Morgan a very happy ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY! Wishing supreme song stylist Jane Morgan, born May 3, 1924 in Newton, Massachusetts, a very happy ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY! Jane is not just one of my all-time favourite female song stylists, but one whom I regard as probably being the most pitch perfect. In her day she sang for President de Gaulle and U.S. presidents J...
The Barry Sisters - Passover Medley
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I became a big fan of The Barry Sisters thanks to my mother's collection of their music. Born in the Bronx, New York to Russian and Austro-Hungarian Jewish parents, Clara and Minnie started singing under their real name of The Bagelman Sisters. Their father, Herman, told them to perform in the manner of their heritage and not to do so with American accents. As the Bagelman Sisters, they receive...
Jane Zhang - One Day When We Were Young
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Born Zhāng Liàngyǐng in Chengdu, Sichuan, China on October 11, 1984, she adopted the English name of "Jane" when at school, advising in an interview some years later that she had always liked the novel 'Jane Eyre', and reinforced this by paying tribute to it on an EP release. She was only 15 when her long distance lorry (truck) driver father died, and at around the same time her mother was laid...
Petula Clark - La Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour (A Lifetime Of Love)
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A few weeks ago I highlighted Petula Clark's little heard version of the Les Reed-Geoff Stephens number "A Lifetime of Love" [see th-cam.com/video/nklzGZmX87M/w-d-xo.html] and was delighted to learn from music producer, songwriter, sound engineer and project manager, David Hadzis, that she had also recorded a French version of the song. Titled "La plus belle histoire d'amour", I very much prefe...
Steve Lawrence - I've Got My Eyes On You
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STEVE LAWRENCE July 8, 1935 - March 7, 2024 Born Sidney Liebowitz, the son of Brooklyn synagogue Beth Sholom Tomchei Harab cantor, Max, Steve Lawrence was in my view one of the all time greatest male song stylists to emerge in the 1950s. Only 18 when hired by Steve Allen to be one of the singers on his New York City local late night show on WNBC-TV in 1953, he was in very good company. With him...
Sandra Browne - You'd Think He Didn't Know Me
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Sandra Browne - You'd Think He Didn't Know Me
Pascale Concorde - Le Jour Est Venu (It's Your Day Today) mp3
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Pascale Concorde - Le Jour Est Venu (It's Your Day Today) mp3
Helena Vondráčková - Já a Táta [Daddy I Love Him]
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Helena Vondráčková - Já a Táta [Daddy I Love Him]
Jane Powell - Let's Face The Music And Dance
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Jane Powell - Let's Face The Music And Dance
Ben Cramer - Nu Ik Je Vraag [The Happiest Day Of My Life]
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Ben Cramer - Nu Ik Je Vraag [The Happiest Day Of My Life]
❤ BEAUTIFUL VIKKI !!! ❤ LOVE YOU VIKKI 🎤⚘🎼💋⚘🇺🇸🙏🦋
INSUPERABLE, DULCE, HERMOSA Y CON UNA VOZ CELESTIAL. CONNIE FRANCIS, MI IDOLA.🇨🇱
Love
Petula Méga Star 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 😘💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Petula
A great song by Petula. This English version was unreleased in 1970, when she recorded it.
One of my favorite Teresa Brewer songs ❤️
I felt this truly deserved to have been a hit, Marilyn. Never tire of playing it! 💖
@@ronroberts neither do I. She’s wonderful ♥️
Love this version.
It's a very different version. I dont like the spoken bit.
I love Janice's interpretation, but am not a fan of the recitations that were featured by so many female artists of that era.
Great record by Janice Harper.
Glad you like it, David. This so deserved to have been a hit!
This version sounds dated even for 1966. The Nancy Sinatra version is much better!
I saw him and Edith AT fau IN boca RATON fabulos:miss THEM A LOT;bEAUTIFUL;
What a voice! Excellent performance !
Just love the way Lorrie does this song...a big Yes to Lorrie Morgan
I'm with you all the way...
Già basta un pezzo così per capire chi fosse Milva……… Unica ed Irripetibile … Lei la più grande !!!
Vikki is wonderful! Thank you Ron ❤️xxx
What a talented preformer
FANTASTIC Version
A genuine superstar of her day. I don't think there's a better version of this song!
Great song - beautifully delivered - what a voice!
Greatest song ever written, and greatest performance of the same.
I don't think I have ever seen this. You did a wonderful job with this, Ron!
Connie has to subdue her powerful voice so as not to overwhelm Como's softer voice.
Love this song, and the Brit accent too.. well done
What a lovely calming voice
@ronroberts This is beautiful! I can feel every word,. She was wonderful Ron xxx❤️
Ron this is beautiful! I loved your entire write up! You’re amazing and I’m in awe of you xxx♥️
My mother had this 45 when I was a little kid. It brought tears to my eyes hearing it again.
Beautiful song, this song speaks for so many . 💔♥️♥️xx
Orchestrazione di iller Pattacini
He was hot when he was young
Considerably better looking than many of his photos suggested. TH-cam videos of "Little Arrows" and "It's A Most Unusual Day" highlight that!
@@ronroberts I checked those two out and I confirm that he's gorgeous lol
Alma Cogan had a great voice but she didn't sing great songs... Too much of a Beatles influence for my taste. I'm not keen on the Beatles either for that matter... I just wished Alma had sung some more mature adult songs instead of the drivel she churned out... She was at one time one of UK's richest female singers, beautiful, glamorous & those fabulous frocks she used to wear .... ...
It's very sad, women-artists, like Milva are not on the earth.Maybe God loved them more than us, so He took them beside him...
Nice version but I prefer Dame Shirley Bassey’s rendition.
DSB's version is a good one, and recorded after Vikki's! Shirley is one of my all-time Top 10 favourite female artists, but I nevertheless regard Vikki as having the edge with her performance.
FABULOSA CONNIE
NME HP # 22
Sad to hear of her passing. RIP.
A terrible shock, Robert!
Just back from Blackpool, where I was saddened to hear about her passing, remember seeing her on Thingymajig, when I was a kid with Jack Milroy and Dave Clarke jnr I think. Dad
RIP , l
Very nice
Esse não é Elvis
do u know where i can find the s4c tv special he did from 2008
Sorry Kyle, I don't know any links to a 2008 S4C special. There are several TH-cam links to S4C appearances that same year, but have not seen anything suggesting an entire show.
@@ronroberts he has a forum on his website but cannot create an account because it always says email already in use even when i put different emails
Hear a little Elvis in there..
Also Adam Faith & Billy Fury.
Baltimore , Maryland ❤😂
They should have made a duet album. The top two singers male, and female at the time. Thanks Ron
san andreas , radio
Hi who's listenning? :)
Not me 🙂💕
@@yawnes 🤭❤
Johnny in Clearwater, FL. U.S.A Fantastic! ♥️🤍💙
Superlativa … !!!!
Che Bella canzone Bella domna😢😢
How Many Tears Have Fallen Tears so many have fallen Through the years for the Greatest Nation ever Tears for life liberty the pursuit of happiness For a free world Tears for the sons and daughters that never returned home Warrior soldiers all Tears wiped from the cheeks of so many wives Shed by the children with only faint memories Tears behind the mother's veil On father's handkerchief Tears at the base of the white stone That wet the flowers and flags Tears at the sound of taps played in the distance For the memories of buddies Tears at the sight and sound of dog tags boots Empty Tears when the aircraft flyover Stars shining brightly Tears as the ships sail Anchors aweigh Tears for those that patrol Guard the dark nights alone Tears at roll call With no reply to a name called How many tears have fallen Bless Them All Barry 5/30/2021
HERMOSA VOZ ,FANTASTICA CONNIE
Special thanks for upload with wonderful photo of singer herself.This song is no doubt right Bond song which includes essence of James Bond, endless solitude , dynamic dark passion and proper high society feeling only John Barry can explain as music.
Thank you for sharing this lovely song by Connie Francis I’ve always been a fan and to see the smiling face of Les Reed again so special ❤
My favourite track on the album! So good, it could have been especially written for her!