Now that was exactly two years before i was born, what talent, the swing beat was awesome, she was beautiful, and the two dancers with her were outstanding.
This song and the singer absolutely rock (what a talent she is!) but the image of the two characters dancing and prancing is haunting (almost creepy). I cannot stop thinking about them.
I have to say I also prefer LaVern Baker's version of this song but it's always a great pleasure to hear Dorothy Collins - the original Sally in Sondheim's Follies, and whose rendition of "Losing My Mind" is still unsurpassed.
I'm gonna have nightmares of those two 'Alice In Wonderland' characters! Were they strange or what? But I love Dorothy, gotta find her CD'S and add to my collection.
Dorothy is extremely perky and upbeat and cute, and she can sing nicely. However...if you edited this clip together with LaVerne Baker's version of this song, you'd get an immediate sense of what cover versions did to the sound of the originals. Especially you'd notice how different LaVerne's "humpty-ump-bump-bump" differs from Dorothy's! But for mass consumption on a national TV show, that's the way it got done.
@TrueLight55 Liking a song means it's the one you enjoy the most, and doesn't really reflect on anything other than opinion. Personally I prefer Dorothy's version, and the King recording of this tune by Bonnie Lou much more than the Elvis cover. After awhile all of Elvis' recordings started sounding alike.
@hebneh it's still a matter of person taste...so you like the LaVerne Baker version better, which means that's only your opinion! Personally I don't...Dorothy's version was done to reflect the best selling recording of this song...after all she was singing it on "Your Hit Parade." Georgia Gibbs had the best selling version of the song. Dorothy also recorded it for her Audivox label, and there were many other recordings of the song, including one by Bonnie Lou on King that did pretty well.
I cant beleive any one was ever that happy. its sickening to me that people were ever that fake. and on the off chance I'm wrong, what the hell happend to the world?
Now that was exactly two years before i was born, what talent, the swing beat was awesome, she was beautiful, and the two dancers with her were outstanding.
This a great song..period. The original sang by LaVerne Baker to me has the edge simply because she was FIRST! But this version is great too!
fantastic voice!
this is so cute :) I love her dress!!!!
This song and the singer absolutely rock (what a talent she is!) but the image of the two characters dancing and prancing is haunting (almost creepy). I cannot stop thinking about them.
I have to say I also prefer LaVern Baker's version of this song but it's always a great pleasure to hear Dorothy Collins - the original Sally in Sondheim's Follies, and whose rendition of "Losing My Mind" is still unsurpassed.
Back in '55, I thought that this song should have been first instead of seventh.
I'm gonna have nightmares of those two 'Alice In Wonderland' characters! Were they strange or what? But I love Dorothy, gotta find her CD'S and add to my collection.
Dorothy was also a Canadian by birth, like her Hit Parade co-star, Gisele MacKenzie...and you!
Dorothy is extremely perky and upbeat and cute, and she can sing nicely. However...if you edited this clip together with LaVerne Baker's version of this song, you'd get an immediate sense of what cover versions did to the sound of the originals. Especially you'd notice how different LaVerne's "humpty-ump-bump-bump" differs from Dorothy's!
But for mass consumption on a national TV show, that's the way it got done.
@TrueLight55 Liking a song means it's the one you enjoy the most, and doesn't really reflect on anything other than opinion. Personally I prefer Dorothy's version, and the King recording of this tune by Bonnie Lou much more than the Elvis cover. After awhile all of Elvis' recordings started sounding alike.
@hebneh it's still a matter of person taste...so you like the LaVerne Baker version better, which means that's only your opinion! Personally I don't...Dorothy's version was done to reflect the best selling recording of this song...after all she was singing it on "Your Hit Parade." Georgia Gibbs had the best selling version of the song. Dorothy also recorded it for her Audivox label, and there were many other recordings of the song, including one by Bonnie Lou on King that did pretty well.
I cant beleive any one was ever that happy. its sickening to me that people were ever that fake. and on the off chance I'm wrong, what the hell happend to the world?