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Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 26-12-2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_jZqVVdiY
from wikipedia
"Wolverton Mountain" was a hit that launched Claude King's career in the US in 1962. The song was written together with Merle Kilgore, and was based on a real character, Clifton Clowers, who lived on Wolverton Mountain in Arkansas. The song spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard charts in the US in 1962. It was also a giant crossover hit, reaching number six on the pop chart and number three on the easy listening chart.
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 27-12-2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp8bYrfESOQ
from song facts
After the success of his song "Blue on Blue" (#3 in mid-1963), Vinton decided to record an album of "Blue" songs ("Blue Moon," "Blue Hawaii," "Am I Blue," etc). As he was picking up sheet music in Nashville, Vinton received a gift from publisher Al Gallico: a copy of "Blue Velvet," which in 1951 was the last major hit for Tony Bennett. The song fit very well with Vinton's project, as every song on the album had "Blue" in the title.
This was considered a throwaway, recorded in only two takes. Vinton was not impressed with the recording, but Epic Records released it as a single in response to popular demand. His recording caught on and is considered the definitive version.
Written by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, the song had also been recorded by The Clovers in 1955. Other artists to record the song include Sammy Davis, Jr., The Countdown Singers, Jackie Gleason, Brenda Lee, The Lettermen, Barry Manilow, The Moonglows, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1986, a movie called Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch, was released. This song had a prominent role - it was used in a gruesome scene where we discover a human ear that had been cut off someone's head. The song completely contradicted the mood of the scene, which apparently was the point. The movie brought the song to a new audience, although it was now associated with a severed ear.
US Chart: 1 UK Chart: 2
Songs People Should Hear - dgas1992 - 28-12-2009
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 28-12-2009
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YouTube - Sue Thompson - Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)
from wikipedia
"Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album Meet Sue Thompson.
Released as a single in 1961, "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" was Thompson's first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #5 in October. The song also reached the top of the Billboard Easy Listening chart, which had been created earlier in 1961, becoming the second song by a female vocalist to top this list (following "Together" by Connie Francis). In Australia, the song topped out at #6 on the Kent Music Report, while in the United Kingdom, it peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart.
Although Thompson was in her thirties when she recorded "Sad Movies", her singing style and young-sounding voice appealed to many of the Baby Boomers whose influence was starting to become apparent on the US music charts. Loudermilk was inspired to write the song after a girlfriend of his went to see the 1960 film Spartacus: "After the movie went off, they turned the bright lights on, and it was just an ambience killer. The person I was with had tears in her eyes and said, 'Sad movies make me cry'."
The Lennon Sisters also recorded a version of "Sad Movies" in 1961 which peaked at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #13 on the Easy Listening chart. Other artists who have covered the song include British pop singer Carol Deene (whose version of the song charted at #44 on the UK Singles Chart at the same time as Thompson's recording), French pop singer Sylvie Vartan ("Quand le film est triste") and German disco band Boney M..
Songs People Should Hear - AddyO - 28-12-2009
Here are my suggestions, though i feel a need to preface it with some facts. I am young(at heart in the very least), and think my choices should be approached with an open mind!
Tupac Shakur- Holla At Me- All Eyes On Me(Album title).
This song was a favourite of mine and is/was close to being an anthem of mine, except for one use of a religious lyric. It is almost pure passion, especially the second verse in which Tupac seems to lose all self control, and releases a barrage of lyrics so charged, that he must have passed out after. He(Tupac), was known for his passion, but this song in particular seems to capture everything about him and his spirit.
Release Yo Delf- Methodman(Can't remember the album title).
This song help me get through some tough times in my late teens as a very welcome distraction, and source of fun and energy. It is another passion charged, soulful effort, that has a place in my heart. My first hearing of itleft me insulting it as some kind of superhero song(if u choose to listen to it you'll know what i mean), but then it got in me and became that which it was. Again, the second verse is the most spectacular.
I could write a few more, which i know is what this question is about, but i'm tired now, so i hope you'll enjoy my suggestions.
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Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 28-12-2009
I'd say there's much more laughing going on at my choices than yours dude.
Who cares? This thread is about songs that you think people should hear. If those songs moved you, then so be it. If you got more, post away later.:music:
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 28-12-2009
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
YouTube - another day in paradise
Stereophonics - Rewind
YouTube - Stereophonics - Rewind video
Counting Crows - Colorblind
YouTube - Counting Crows - Colorblind
Songs People Should Hear - dgas1992 - 29-12-2009
Regina Spektor-
it's so hard to pick just one!
I'll choose Blue Lips
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 29-12-2009
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YouTube - The Righteous Brothers - (Youre my) Soul and Inspiration
from wikipedia
"(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" was the first and only major hit for American popgroup The Righteous Brothers after parting ways with their long time producer, Phil Spector, as well as the title track to the album. The single peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian CHUM Charts as well as reaching #15 on the UK Singles Chart.
After leaving Spector's Philles Records in late 1965, citing personal difficulties with the producer, the duo made the jump to the mostly jazz-oriented Verve label and teamed up with Songwriters Hall of Famers, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who were then part of the legendary Brill Building pop machine in New York City. Mann and Weil had already co-written the group's previous #1, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" with Spector, and were already familiar with their style and capabilities. The production, by group baritone Bill Medley, with reverbing pop-orchestra and soaring female back-up choir, is highly imitative of Spector's "Wall of Sound" and doesn't contrast the sound of the group's early hits.
This would, however, mark the end of the group's peak in popularity. Although they would chart again with their next single, the religiously-oriented "He"(#18 US), before briefly splitting in 1968, they would not break the top-10 again until reuniting in 1974 with "Rock and Roll Heaven", an ode to fallen musical comrades.
Songs People Should Hear - kvincent5555 - 29-12-2009
YouTube - if i had a hammer - peter paul and mary