Monday's Song : Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Hapiness [1961]

A new week has just begun. Leave sad thoughts behind and start "Walkin' Back To Hapiness" with Helen Shapiro's second and final UK No.1song. [It reached No.1 on 18-10-1961].

 

English singer and actress Helen Shapiro was a singer with Susie and the Hula Hoops, when she was 10 years old. Her UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", both recorded when she was just fourteen years old. Before she was sixteen years old, Shapiro had been voted Britain's Top Female Singer and toured with The Beatles.

Friday Rocks ... with a classical mood!!

Progressive or Classic Rock Bands pay tribute to classical compositions.

 

Jethro Tull – Buree [adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Bourrée in E minor"] 

     Sky – Toccata [adaptation of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata And Fugue In D Minor"] 

Love Sculpture – Sabre Dance [adaptation of Aram Khachaturian's composition]

 

 Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Promenade/Gnome [adaptation of the work of Modest Mussorgsky

 

Rainbow – Difficult to Cure [adaptation of Ludwing van Beethoven's Ninth]

 

My Compilations # 5 : VA - 1963 Jazz

Today we'll go back to 1963. 

Was it a Jazz year?  I believe yes and below you can find a sellection from the best Jazz albums [according to my oppinion], which were released that year.

The year of the recording is noted in brackets

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Tracklist:

01. Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry – A Tune For The Tutor
      - taken from the album :  Back In Bean's Bag [1963]
02.    Joe Harriott – Morning Blue
       - taken from the album :  Movement [1963]
03.    Miles Davis – Seven Steps To Heaven
       - taken from the album :  Seven Steps To Heaven [1963]
04.    Jimmy Smith – Minor Chant
       - taken from the album :  Back at the chicken shack [1960]
05.    Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – Reincarnation Blues
       - taken from the album :  Buhaina's Delight [1961]
06.    Hank Mobley – Me 'n You
       - taken from the album :  No Room for Squares [1963]
07.    Joe Henderson – Out of the Night
       - taken from the album :  Page One [1963]
08.    Dizzy Gillespie – The Day After
       - taken from the album :  Something Old, Something New [1963]
09.    Jackie McLean – I' ll Keep Loving You
       - taken from the album :  Let Freedom Ring [1962]
10.    John Coltrane – Then I'll Be Tired Of You
       - taken from the album :  Stardust [1963]
11.    Lou Donaldson – Don't Worry 'Bout Me
       - taken from the album :  Good Gracious! [1963]
12.    Lee Morgan – Boy, What A Night
       - taken from the album :  The Sidewinder  [1963]
13.    Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins – Lover Man
       - taken from the album :  Sonny Meets Hawk! [1963]
14.    Sun Ra – Dancing Shadows
       - taken from the album :  When Sun Comes Out [1963]
15.    Andrew Hill – Black Fire (alternate take)
       - taken from the album :  Black Fire [1963]
16.    Oscar Petterson Trio – Things Ain't What They Used To Be
       - taken from the album :  Night Train [1962]
17.    Kenny Barrell – Midnight Blue
       - taken from the album :  Midnight Blue [1963]
18.    Stan Getz – Nitetime Street
       - taken from the album :  Reflections [1963]
19.    Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott – Deep Down Soul
       - taken from the album :  Soul Shoutin' [1963]
20.    Thelonious Monk – Bye-Ya
       - taken from the album :  Monk's Dream [1962]
21.    Kai Winding feat. Kenny Burrel – Soul Surfin'
       - taken from the album :  Soul Surfin' [1963] 

 

 

 

Monday's Song : Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs - Sugar Shack [1963]

"Sugar Shack", a song by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, recorded in 1963, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it spent five weeks [until November 9, 1963] and ended up being Billboard's number 1 song of 1963. 

The unusual and distinctive organ part was played by Norman Petty on a Hammond Solovox, Model J. Today the original instrument is on display at the Norman Petty Studios, where the song was recorded.

 

Playing with words # 3 : Sad Song

Last time we played with “music” so this Friday we’ll play with songs, “Sad Songs”

Ronnie told us that nobody likes sad songs, but Elton disagrees because sad songs say so much and according to Billy there’ll be sad songs to make us cry.

 

Ronnie Milsap - Nobody Likes Sad Songs [1979]

Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much) [1984]

Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) [1986]

 

And then, newer artists have come to prove that sad songs are still  beautiful.

Oasis - Sad Song [1994]

We The Kings (ft. Elena Coats) - Sad Song [2013]

 

Forever Young

Bob Dylan – Forever Young

It was't hard to find the right song for this special day. Bob Dylan's lyrics were always in my mind. Someone told me the same words many years ago.

This is a song dedicated to my son, for his birthday.

My son,

May God bless and keep you always  
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
Grow up and be fair
To grow up and be true
Always know the truth
Always be brave
Have a solid foundation to withstand the winds of life
Stand up and be strong