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Timeless Instrumentals that are Still Great to Hear Today!
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Thomps2525
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In 2004 when KGIL had a 1954-63 oldies format---and gave very little airplay to the burned-out songs that KRTH played (back when KRTH still played pre-1964 songs), choosing instead to feature non-top-ten hits and lots of doo-wop---John Regan played a few of my requests. One was an instrumental: Velvet Waters by the Megatrons. KFWB and KRLA played the song but it never made it to either station's numbered chart. Nationally it got to only #51. But if you associate clarinet with nobody but Benny Goodman, you need to hear Velvet Waters.
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cd637299
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Only because Christmas is coming, a tune which may have been once "timeless" has been forgotten, even on Christmas-only stations:
"Jingo Jango" - Bert Kampfaert (See YouTube---the title may not be familiar, at least not to me, but it'll hit ya if you are > 40.)
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"Jingo Jango" - Bert Kampfaert (See YouTube---the title may not be familiar, at least not to me, but it'll hit ya if you are > 40.)
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cd637299 said:
Great call. You're right, Jingo Jango has long been MIA, on Terrestrial radio at least. I kind of like Jingo. Maybe that's because of the fond memories of commercials we cut for local merchants at a small-town country station where I worked in the early '70s. We used Jingo for the music bed on every 4th or 5th Christmas spot.
northwoods said:
Denver's KOSI Radio, 101.1 FM, has been been "in the Christmas holiday Season" since about Labor Day. Fellow RD members please correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't heard Santa's Speed Shop at all this year, not on KOSI anyway.
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cd637299
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"Jingo Jango" was used on commercial after commercial, but I never knew the title until maybe 2 years ago, we once had a poster here (BlueHen?) who brought it up....went to YouTube & that was it!
Was it "JJ" that played during the Norelco commercial where a plactic Santa was riding on top of a shaver (instead of reindeer)? Dunno.
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Was it "JJ" that played during the Norelco commercial where a plactic Santa was riding on top of a shaver (instead of reindeer)? Dunno.
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"Apache" by Jorge Ingmann (or however you spell his name). Mysterious.
There are lots of others. Some include "Overture from Tommy" by The Assembled Multitude (1970, I think), "Telstar" by The Tornadoes, "Keem-O-Sabe" by The Electric Indian (1969), "Tequila" by The Champs, the yelling out of "Tequila not withstanding. So many more. One fairly recent one that will stand the test of time is "Christmas in Sarjevo" by The Transiberian Orchestra.
There are lots of others. Some include "Overture from Tommy" by The Assembled Multitude (1970, I think), "Telstar" by The Tornadoes, "Keem-O-Sabe" by The Electric Indian (1969), "Tequila" by The Champs, the yelling out of "Tequila not withstanding. So many more. One fairly recent one that will stand the test of time is "Christmas in Sarjevo" by The Transiberian Orchestra.
Our Winter Love--Bill Pursell (excellent!)
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cd637299
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^ This.
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Thomps2525
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I've never been a fan of Dixieland jazz but I've always loved the Village Stompers' Washington Square. The 1963 hit is seldom heard anymore. Another great instrumental---one that is never heard anymore...and wasn't even played much in 1969 either---is Mason Williams' Greensleeves, an English melody from 1580. (The 19th-century Christmas song What Child Is This used the same tune.)
And, speaking of Mason Williams, who could forget his supercharged Classical Gas, 1968 ?!LARadioRewind said:
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Thomps2525
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Mason managed to record that song---and it became a #2 hit in 1968 and would win a Grammy award---but he didn't feel that he knew it well enough to play it live on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. (Williams was the series' head writer.) When he appeared on the program, he only pretended to play Classical Gas---the audience was hearing the recording.
LARadioRewind said:
Interesting trivia. I never knew that.
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Thomps2525
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Mason "performed" Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers' program of February 25, 1968. The song, which would soon be released as a single, was on his just-released album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record. Many years ago, Tom and Dick recorded new introductions for the programs when they were re-run on the E! Network and Tom told the "guitar-synching" story.
Another classic (no pun intended) instrumental is 1962's Rinky Dink by Dave "Baby" Cortez, who was smart enough to not use his real name of David Cortez Clowney and had first charted in 1959 with The Happy Organ, which went to number one and is also a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQKcI1Tkqg
Another classic (no pun intended) instrumental is 1962's Rinky Dink by Dave "Baby" Cortez, who was smart enough to not use his real name of David Cortez Clowney and had first charted in 1959 with The Happy Organ, which went to number one and is also a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQKcI1Tkqg
Rinky Dink... Happy Organ... Am I the only one wondering...LARadioRewind said:
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