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Good music to listen to on U Tube

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Smudger said:
This is one of Elvis`s last recordings. The voice is fragile but still has that certain something.
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smudge you made my day.. My mom went i in a record shop to buy that song. the assistant said what's it called? my mom did not know. so she said it goes,"The ship sails in the harbour" the lady laughed and said i know and got here the record. bless her.1586780344782.png
 
Never knew about this band, but they don't sound too bad. Will have to listen to it all later. Thanks Dave A.
 
I'm slotting Tony Allen in this thread because he died this week. It reminds me of the days when an African guy moved in next door during the early 1970s. I was just a kid but I helped him put some shelves up for his exotic stereo system. I then flicked through his albums and it was revelatory - the start of a wild musical journey through Africa. My neighbour opened up another world to me and I have never looked back.

 
Having a clear out and found this from my first holiday abroad. The original version in Spanish, scratches and all, worthless and no means of playing it but very nostalgic - sun, sea, and cheap drinks. Quite liked the B side too .



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Del Shannon was in a Coventry in September 1963 with Gerry and the Pacemakers, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, and the Bachelors. In Leicester in April with Johny Tillotson. Only 2 months in the Archives, Sep and April. So he was around the Midlands.
 
With the mention of Beatles tribute bands above I guess many of you have heard of The Rutles.

This group was a "cheap" version of the Beatles (as they came from Rutland) thought up by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame which originally appeared on the BBC TV show Rutland Weekend Television (that Eric Idle produced after Python stopped doing TV shows).

All The Rutles songs were brilliantly written by Neil Innes (of Bozno Dog Band fame, who sadly died recently) and he also did a lot of work with Eric Idle and the Pythons.

Some of the Rutles songs are so like Beatles songs you would think they are ARE Beatles songs (in fact the Beatles lawyers insisted a percentage of the money made from the sale of Rutles albums went to the Beatles as the songs are so similar).

Here is "I must be in love"


Here is "With a girl like you"


And "Hold My Hand"


And "Ouch"


Loads more by The Rutles on YouTube
 
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Astoness said:
2 of my favourites from the great cher and bono RIP BONO



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Always makes me smile. My old workmate was in Cradley for a speedway meet and he went to a local pub and he said a couple got up and sang "I Got Yow Bab" so we used to sing it in the office to get through the day. Thanks for re
minding me.!
 
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Nico said:
Always makes me smile. My old workmate was in Cradley for a speedway meet and he went to a local pub and he said a couple got up and sang "I Got Yow Bab" so we used to sing it in the office to get through the day. Thanks for re
minding me.!
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So we used to try and sing songs in Brummy accents. Got told off. Or any accent. Like Walk on By with a German one. Or Send in The Clow -ens in a Dublin accent.
 
Youtube seems to have perked up its available selection of music of the type I like to listen to, so here’s a suggestion played by my favourite British band:

That’s You, Baby
The Breakaway

Jack Hylton, 1928/9

See what you think!
 
Dave89 said:
Hi John,

A wonderful music era, - Maurice Winnick, Jack Payne, Paul Whiteman, the
list goes on, and my personal favourite, Debroy Somers.

Kind regards
Dave
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Great sound quality.I like the banjo. A quickstep? Mum and dad would dance to that but she always said she had no toes left. I like the Railway prints. We stay in a B&B with a lot of them on display. I have a few of dad's 78's nothing to play them on. Mum used to sing In a Mountain Greenery, where god paints the scenery just two lonely people together. Two lines then the beat changed then back again. I can remember the end, " Bless our mountain greenery home!"
 
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