Fantastic Oldies Game!

[AlexBrowne]

Another great Etta was Etta Jones, a wonderful jazz singer who was with Earl "Fatha" Hines' orchestra in the 1940s and '50s and then broke into the Top 40 in 1960 with her signature song "Don't Go To Strangers"; she died in 2001.

 

[hammondo]

"Don't Go To Strangers" was a great song for my fav fe vocalist; Eydie Gorme. I STILL have a crush on her from the Mike Douglas show of the 60's.

 

[AlexBrowne]

Eydie Gorme and her longtime husband Steve Lawrence had their own charted hits dating back to the pre-rock early 1950s, she with "Fini" in 1954, and he with "Poinciana" in 1952, but their biggest hits came in the early 1960s: hers was "Blame It On The Bossa Nova," and his was the million seller "Go Away Little Girl."

 

[Mayberry]

Since I ain't gonna talk about Donnie Osmond, lets talk about Hey! LITTLE GIRL by the Syndicate of Sound from the summer of 66.

 

[hammondo]

Well, you could have mentioned Freddie Scott and Hey, Girl. Lots of echo and one of those songs oldies stations SHOULD play.

 

[Those RRRRs]

I was "Looking For An Echo," an answer to a sound...some like Kenny Vance's version, but I like The Persuasion's version even better!

 

[Mayberry]

You'd BETTER Come Home by Petula Clark wasn't a monster hit, but it's nice to hear every now and then..Anything besides Downtown.

 

[AlexBrowne]

The Dave Clark Five, who peaked in 1965 with their million seller "Over And Over," is considered one of the four biggest British Invasion groups of the 1960s, along with The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, and, of course, The Beatles.

 

[Those RRRRs]

"Over And Over" was also a hit for Bobby Day, but "Over And Over Again" was a totally different song and was recorded by The Moonglows.

 

[Mayberry]

Speaking of Petula Clark (again) This is my SONG, was a popular 60's hit, also the theme from a Charlie Chaplin movie, I believe.

 

[hammondo]

"Terry's Theme" from the Chaplin movie "Limelight " is a superior instrumental.

 

[AlexBrowne]

R&B singer/songwriter Isaac Hayes had his only #1 hit, "Theme From Shaft," in 1971; the backing group was the Bar-Kays (of "Soul Finger" fame) who released their own follow-up, "Son Of Shaft," later that year.

 

[Those RRRRs]

Admittedly this one may belong in the "Instrumental" thread, and it may already be there, but one of the great instrumental tunes that you should definitely see about finding is The Ventures' "Theme From Swat."

 

[Mayberry]

I once had a young oldies P D at the station I worked for tell me, the only safe instrumental he would ever play is Walk Dont Run by the VENTURES. Sad....

 

[AlexBrowne]

The biggest selling instrumental single of the rock 'n roll era is "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado And His Orchestra, which was from the 1955 movie "Underwater!" starring Jane Russell (in a bathing suit in SuperScope).

 

[Those RRRRs]

Uh Oh! How about a great surfin' instrumental rock tune called "Underwater" by The Frogmen? Very cool and very hard record to find but a definite must have for collectors of that sound!

 

[AlexBrowne]

"Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen was a surfin' adaptation of two R&B singles by The Rivingtons, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's The Word."

 

[Those RRRRs]

Very accurate and intersting. It's also worth noting that The Trashmen recorded other great surfin' rock tunes such as: Hava Nagila, King Of The Surf, and Tube City, just to name a few.

 

[Mayberry]

From surfin to cross over country, Roger Miller and KING OF THE Road. By the way, Roger actually built a hotel in Nashville back in the day and called it the King of The Road Motor Inn.

 

[Those RRRRs]

Time for a fabulous flip! Smokey Robinson, Mighty Miracles, "Tracks Of My Tears," flip it for a great side called, "A Fork In The Road."