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The Coachmen's Turntable 12/26/2016

12/26/2016

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Peter Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of folk song writer Peter Yarrow, (Noel) Paul Stookey and Mary Travers

In 1963 the group released "Puff, the Magic Dragon", with music by Yarrow and words based on a poem that had been written by a fellow student at Cornell, Leonard Lipton. Despite urban myths that insist the song is filled with drug references, it is actually about the lost innocence of childhood.

On January 14, 1964 they performed "Blowin' in the Wind" on the Jack Benny television program.

"Early Morning Rain is a song composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

"Don't think Twice, it's alright"

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The Coachmen's Turntable 12/19/2016

12/13/2016

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Ginny's favorite "popular" music!

'Yesterday'
Paul McCartney swears that the initial melody for "Yesterday" came to him in a dream, and for a couple of years he was convinced it was subconsciously stolen from a famous composition. After John Lennon and George Martin convinced him it was original, he struggled to come up with lyrics weighty enough to match the brilliant melody. Then, on a trip to Portugal in May of 1965 with his girlfriend Jane Asher, he finally stumbled on the single word "yesterday." The rest of the song quickly fell into place and he recorded it solo and acoustic at Abbey Road a few weeks later. George Martin added a symphony and it was on the radio less than two months later. It has since become one of the most covered songs in history.

'She Loves You'
The Beatles had a bunch of UK hits before "She Loves You," but this is the song that went absolutely nuclear. English fans bought the 45 just as quickly as the plants could produce them in the summer of '63, even though most people in America hadn't even heard of them yet. John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song while on tour in England in June of 1963, inspired by Bobby Rydell's call and response song "Forget Him." Within a few hours they produced something way beyond the abilities of Rydell, with an incredible hook and an overflow of raw energy. They even agreed to record it in German, and thus "Sie Liebt Dich" was born. They quickly had enough pull to avoid such moves again.

'And I Love Her'
Inspired by his girlfriend Jane Asher, Paul McCartney wrote the gorgeous ballad "And I Love Her" in February of 1964, right after they returned from their first trip to America. It took an unusually long three days to complete, but the hard work paid off. The song was a great showcase for McCartney's writing skills and it paved the way for "Yesterday" the following year.

'I Want To Hold Your Hand'
Three months before he died, John Lennon spoke with Playboy about writing "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with Paul McCartney. "We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball," he said. "Like in 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher's house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, 'Oh you-u-u / got that something. . .' And Paul hits this chord [E minor] and I turn to him and say, 'That's it!' I said, 'Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that — both playing into each other's noses." It became the first Beatles song to break big in America, quickly reaching the top of the Hot 100 and finally giving them the excuse to cross the Atlantic. Nobody in the states had any idea these four kids from Liverpool would become the most acclaimed act of the 20th century.

Ginny asked for the "Early Beatles" music. The first four on this release meet that request. I, however, just had to include these later Beatles songs. I hope Ginny dosen't mind.
"Hey Jude" 1968 - "Don't Let Me Down" 1969

So there you go Ginny! Hope you liked the selections. A note to ALL . . . If you want a Turntable dedicated to you - let me know!

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The Coachmen's Turntable 12/12/2016

12/12/2016

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Straight out of 1961

"Runaway" is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No. 472 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"Tossin' and Turnin'" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis. The record reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1961 and R&B chart[1] and has since become a standard on oldies compilations. It was named the number-one single on the Billboard chart for 1961, after spending seven consecutive weeks at the top. It was featured on the soundtrack for the 1978 filmAnimal House.

"Dedicated to the One I Love" is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass which was a hit for the "5" Royales, the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas.[1] Pauling was the guitarist of the "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of this song, produced by Bass, in 1957. Their version was re-released in 1961 and charted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Mother-in-Law" is a 1961 song recorded by Ernie K-Doe. It was a number-one hit in the U.S. on both theBillboard Hot 100 and R&B charts.[1] The song was written and produced by Allen Toussaint, who also played the piano solo. It was issued by Minit Records.

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The Coachmen's Turntable 12/05/2016

12/5/2016

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Straight out of 1957

"(The) Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob Davie and lyrics written by Marvin Moore. The hit version of the song in the United States was recorded by Jim Lowe (backed by the orchestra of songwriter Davie, with Davie also playing piano), and it reached #1 on the Billboard charts for one week on November 17 1956 squeezing out Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley.

"Be-Bop Baby" is a song written by Pearl Lendhurst and performed by Ricky Nelson.[1] The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the R&B chart in 1957.[2] The song appeared on his 1957 album, Ricky.[3]
The song ranked #42 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 songs of 1957.[4]

The Bobbettes were an American R&B girl group who had a 1957 top 10 hit song called "Mr. Lee." Mr. Lee became their biggest hit recording, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and spending four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart.

"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the R&B Best Sellers chart.[5

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