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Turntable  11/16/2015

11/16/2015

 

We Stand With Paris

Travelin Songs 3

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Jan and Dean were an American rock and roll duo consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence.  In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music and styles popularized by the Beach Boys.  We remember "Surf City", "The Little Ole Lady from Pasadena" and "Dead Man's Curve"-How many of us remember this one?

Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress, directer, screenwriter and singer.  Born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia in Brooklyn New York, the daughter of Peter Ingoglia and singer Eleanor McGinley.  Here she is with one of her many hit songs  "Sixteen Reasons"  which reached #3 on the Billboard top hits of 1960.  

(Sixteen reasons were never enough for my girlfriends.  They also wanted my credit cards and a bank statement.)  
Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his "Blue Caps", "Be-Bop-A-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly.  He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.  I remember this song very clearly. . .  well . . . semi-clearly . . .  back in high school.  
Till Next Week 

Harv
Pete
11/16/2015 02:48:00 pm

Harv,
Can't say thatI remember the first 2 songs but I remember other Jan & Dean hits. J.L. & The Comets played Be Bop A Lula hundreds of times . It was a favorite back then & my grand kids still enjoy it. Lynn Hanson did a great job singing Be Bop A Lula in 2005 at the class reunion dance and later when we played at Elkhart Lake.

Good Choice Harv!

Sharon
11/17/2015 08:03:54 am

Thank you, John, for remembering France in this edition of the Turntable.


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