'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
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
| | "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