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The Coachmen's Turntable 05/29/2017

5/29/2017

'The Lettermen'
A Collaborative / JL and Harv

Thanks Harv, I'd forgotten these guys from back in the day. We were so lucky to have grown up with the music of our era. It was rich with wonderful poetry and harmony, and we took it for granted. Good to know that we can now recover some of the sense of it and enjoy it again from the perspective of a lifetime of experiences. JL

The Lettermen

"The Way You Look Tonight"
Single by The Lettermen
from the album A Song for Young Love
B-side "That's My Desire"
Released   1961
Format 7" single
Genre Pop, jazz
Length2:21
Label   Capitol

"I'll Be Seeing You" by The Lettermen was written by Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal and was first performed by Tamara in 1938. It was first recorded and released by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra ...

A Summer Place is a 1958 novel by Sloan Wilson, a follow-on to The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. The novel is about an adult couple who rekindle a long-ago summer romance that ended because of class differences, and their two teenage children from other marriages who also fall in love with each other. It was adapted into a 1959 film of the same name.

"Dahil Sa Iyo" is a song by Mike Velarde, Jr.,[1] written in 1938 for the movie, Bituing Marikit[2] A version with English-Tagalog lyrics, recorded in 1964, was a hit in the United States and continues to be popular in Filipino communities on American soil. Sung here by "The Lettermen"

Memorial Dedication to Mike Crowley
who spent his tour of duty in the Philippines as a Marine. Est. 1960 - 1963
"this one's for you"
Harv

In 1963 when Mike returned from active duty he asked if I had heard the song Sukiyaki. He said it was a big hit in Japan, all over Asia and was now his favorite song. It soon became a very big hit in the US.

Dahil Sa Iyo, although a beautiful song, was never as big as Sukiyaki . . . at least not in "my world" Actually while Sukiyaki sold 927,000 records . . Dahil Sa lyo sold 1,580,000.

Thanks for your help again Jerry!
Always nice working with you.

Till Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 05/22/2017

5/22/2017

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Songs from 1959

"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists, including a US and UK number one hit for Bobby Darin in 1959.

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka.[1] Recorded in August 1958, "Lonely Boy" was released in 1959. Anka sang this song in the film Girls Town. When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100,[2] becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "Diana". Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1959.[3]

"16 Candles" is a 1958 song performed by The Crests and written by Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent.

"Lipstick on Your Collar" is a song written by Edna Lewis (lyrics) and George Goehring (music) which was a 1959 hit single for Connie Francis.
Francis recorded the song April 15 1959 in a session at Metropolitan Studio (NYC) produced and conducted by Ray Ellis.[1] Veteran guitarist George Barnes contributed a solo to the track.[2]

Until Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 05/15/2017

5/15/2017

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Songs from 1959

The song tells the tale of a down-on-his-luck mule skinner, approaching "the Captain", looking for work ("Good Morning, Captain / Good Morning to you, son. / Do you need another muleskinner on your new mud line?"). He boasts of his skills: "I can pop my 'nitials on a mule's behind" and hopes for "a dollar and a half a day". He directs the water boy to "bring some water round". The term "Mule Skinner", slang for muleteer, is a driver of mules, and has nothing to do with removing the animal's hide.

"Wild One" is a song written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann, and Bernie Lowe. It was released as a single by Bobby Rydell in 1960. The song became a big hit for Rydell, spending 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No. 2,[2] while peaking at No. 10 on the R&B chart, No. 7 in the United Kingdom,[3] and No. 11 in Australia.[4]

Sweet Nothin's is a 1959 song by Brenda Lee written by Ronnie Self.[1] It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, in 1960.[2] The song (as Sweet Nuthin's) also charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1960, peaking at No. 4,[3] marking Lee's first appearance on the UK chart.

"Why" is a hit song recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959 that went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart published on the week of December 28, 1959 "for the week ending of January 2nd, 1960",[1] making it the last No. 1 single of the 1950s, and the first No. 1 single of the 1960s at the same time.

Till Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 05/01/2017

5/1/2017

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Barb (Radandt) Heiman presents this week's Turntable
Entirely!

Barb
"I have had some info and songs on my mind for some time and keep thinking of passing them on to you .. keep putting it off . So today I will get it off my mind and you do with them as you will"

High school memories

" it's all in the game 1958? '59 -
It was the theme for homecoming that year and every time I hear that song it takes me back to that HS dance! I went with Mike Bennet .. and the reason I mention that is b c guess who " fixed us up" for a date???? Yup, Vic S. "

" Shangri La -
which was the theme of our junior prom . . of course I went with Vic but really was a double date with Mike and whoever Vic was dating at the time ( can't recall her name .. I think she was a Senior??) "

"Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On -
Many of our friends who dated " seriously" at the time had a favorite "our song". One I remember sooo clearly is "Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On" which had significance to one popular couple who I will not name b c of confidentiality.. which I don't know if it matters at this point in time . But they had a serious lovers quarrel and in the middle of the night she took her pillow over to his house and left it on his front porch️️ how romantic, right. I can't remember if they ever got back together .. but they should have.. right"

"Cathy's Clown -
Another couple who you may remember .. but again I won't name .. unless pushed and prodded in the future, had their song "Cathy's Clown" which you happened to include on this week's turntable .. so you beat me to it!!"

"That's it for now .. gotta go get a haircut .. thanks for listening." B.

Till Next Week

Harv

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