myLot Discussions| Marty Robbins | | Marty Robbins was not a particularly good look person, but how he could sing. I loved all his songs, in fact never found one I did not like. When his special show comes on public TV it is the one I watch. If others in the family want to watch something else, too bad. | |
| | wellllllll..i never felt more like singing the bluuuuues... | | How many of you remember that song! I still sing it! My cats love it when I sing that song! Go figure that one out..lol.
By the way..anyone..singing the blues? and I don't mean vocally. lol.
I found a site singandsnap I think its called..have to check it up..where you can sing any song and also do a duet even if the other person is across the ocean.
The internet is so fantastic.
Any singers in MyLot..what's your type and do you do any gigs? | |
| | In memory of the day the music died Feb long but worth the read | | One day in early February 1959, a 13-year-old in New Rochelle, New York, cut open the stack of newspapers he was about to deliver and read that three rock ’n’ roll stars, Buddy Holly, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, had died in a plane crash in Iowa. The boy later said he felt “like someone had punched me in the face.” It was a feeling shared by many in America and around the world. Years later, in 1971, that paperboy, Don McLean, would write the song “American Pie,” which gave an enduring name to the event: the Day the Music DiedA reference to the beloved "sock hop".(Leather-soled street shoes tear up wooden basketball floors, and rubber-soled sneakers grip too much for dance moves, so dancers had to take off their shoes.)Man, I dig those rhythm 'n' bluesSome history. Before the popularity of rock and roll, music, like much else in the U. S., was highly segregated. The popular music of black performers for largely black audiences was called, first, "race music", later softened to rhythm and blues. In the early 50s, as they were exposed to it through radio personalities such as Allan Freed, white teenagers began listening, too. Starting around... | |
| | Songs Of The Century Part 2 | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.
Title Artist
232. "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin
233. "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce
234. "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett
235. Bi*ches Brew (Album) Miles Davis
236. "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison
237. "Earth Angel" The Penguins
238. "Got My Mojo Working" Muddy Waters
239. "People Get Ready" The Impressions
240. "House of the Rising Sun" The Animals
241. "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane
242. "Graceland" Paul Simon
243. "Love Shack" The B-52s
244. "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly
245. "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow
246. "My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion
247. "My Old Kentucky Home" Geraldine Farrar
248. "Abraham, Martin & John" Dion
249. The King and I (Album) Original Cast
250. "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors
251. "What'd I Say" Ray Charles
252. "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes
253. "Be My Baby" The Ronettes
254. "I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher
255. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Charlie Daniels Band
256. "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara
257. "Burning Down the House" Talking Heads
258. "Achy Breaky Heart"... | |
| | What are your favorite Oldies songs from 50's 60's, 70's and 80's | | I have several, In the Misty Moonlight by Jerry Wallace, It's so nice t o be with you. Anything almost Elvis, Blueberry Hill by Fat's Domino, The Twist, Chubby Checkers, Chantilly Lace, The Big Bopper, La Bamba, Richie Valenz. Bye Bye Love and Wake up Little Susie, The Everly Brothers, A white sports coat, Marty Robbins, Little Ol' Lady from Pasedena, Beach Boys, Ramblin Rose, Nat King Cole, We didn't light the fire, Billy Joel, Daniel, Elton John, Wipe out; The Beach Boys, Crocodile Rock, Billy Joel and Elton John. Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis,Sugar Sugar,The Archies,Hey Jude, The Beatles, Hotel California,The Eagles, Do wah diddy, Manfred Man; All the Gold in California, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Corrina Corrina, Ray Peterson, The Streak,Ray Stevens, Beep beep;Playmates;Pretty Woman, Roy Orbionson; flying Purple People Eater,Sheb Wooley, Standby me,The Temptations, Joy to the World, Jeremiah was a bullfrog; Three dog night,Candida, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Dancing Queen and I had a dream; ABBA these are just a few; You name some. | |
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