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"1900 Yesterday" song
- Thread starter johnbasalla
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I'm surprised they didn't add The Beatles' "Yesterday" into the mix too....
That song, by the way, is actually relatively compatible with the format as is, I think (my favorite version is Jose Feliciano's, which would fit in the format even better than the original because it's an instrumental).
c
I clearly have chosen the wrong week to stop taking the Lord’s name in vain.
They did use the Beatles’ “Yesterday.”
There is no Carpenters’ “Yesterday.” The clip is from 1971, so there also was not yet a “Yesterday Once More” (1973) or an “Only Yesterday.” (1975)
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Which means we were both wrong, Mike.
Okay, @K.M. Richards , what am I missing here?
That's a good question...
While you figure out an answer, I had a thought:
When you get right to the bottom of it, as bizarre as some of the material is (and some of it gets pretty bad), they must have done something right, because for a good decade or so, most of it, for better or worse, was very successful and got very high ratings.
So, we may deride it now, but there were lots of people who loved it (most of whom have long ago aged out of any profitable demos, of course).
c
By "it", I'm going to assume you mean The Lawrence Welk Show.
Even though, in the first, second and third posts I made about the Lennon Sisters "1900 Yesterday", I noted that it was a guest appearance on The Andy Williams Show. And the description line of the video itself on YouTube says "From The Andy Williams Show (1971)."
The Lennon Sisters left Welk in 1968. They had their own failed variety show and then began making regular appearances and touring with Andy Williams.
The Lawrence Welk Show has nothing to do with that video other than that the Lennon Sisters used to be on his show---three years before.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
It's late. I'm tired. I still don't get it. Spell it out for me.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I was the one who misidentified the Beatles song used instead of the bridge as the Carpenters. And you took it from there, as referenced in your post #83.
Ah, should've been more clear. I meant the whole of Beautiful Music/Easy Listening as a genre and a radio format.
But yes, it hadn't occurred to me that Lawrence Well and Andy Williams (and all the other shows in that vain) would count, too.
c
At one time, I had heard "Yesterday" in various versions was the most played song ever on the radio. I don't have a source
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Perhaps what you heard was that the Guinness Book of World Records said that the song had the most cover versions recorded of any in modern times, with an approximate total of 2200. However, it is beaten exponentially by Ira Gershwin's "Summertime" (from "Porgy and Bess") which has reportedly been recorded over 30,000 times.
I love George Benson's rendition of "Summertime".
Actually, it's the Paul McCartney penned solo recording of "Yesterday" by Paul (and studio musicians, I believe) that was released as by The Beatles.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
John, you're late to that discussion and obviously didn't read through the rest of the thread to see that Mike and I already realized that ...
I knew it when I posted it.
Thanks for sharing. I have read all of the posts. My contribution was to point out that "Yesterday" could, and maybe should have been, released as by Paul McCartney as he was the only member of the band on the record, as far as I know. After all, "Caroline, No" was credited to Brian Wilson instead of The Beach Boys.
I understand that "Indian Reservation" was credited to The Raiders but was actually just Mark Lindsay.