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Friday, November 22, 2019

Forgotten Christmas - Holiday and Food-Themed Music

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Forgotten Thanksgiving thru Christmas Music and food themed Music

Sit and relax by the fire watching and listening to the greatest Christmas music of the Golden Era

Here's that beatnik himself, ED 'KOOKIE'BYRNES with YULESVILLE ..more talking than music
but we loved it then and love it now. Afterall, they don't make 'em like that anymore...

A real rare one now from the Motown House Band, the Funk Brothers from 1961 and XAMS TWIST

Forgotten Christmas Oldies Music and food themed Music

Oldies Country has put together a list of largely Christmas Forgotten Forty-Fives , as we like to call them...some not so forgotten but all pretty great. Sure, we've left out a lot of good ones but we we'll be adding more and open for sugestions... We've also got a playlist of Favorite Christmas Programs as well special categories - Rarest and Special Programming, like the above Christmas Wish from Sam Cooke on his last Christmas in 1963. Interesting that so many of these songs are from 1962 and especailly 1963 , recorded around the time of the Kennedy Assassination. More Christmas Classics came out of the 1955-'63 era than any other we believe. Says something doesn't it? Enjoy the Good Times Again!

CHRISTMAS SAMPLER - Lesser Known and Popular Tunes & a fwe extras

-Single click , below, will play them all in order

- updated -
CHRISTMAS - FIFTY FAVORITE FORTY-FIVES plus

FULL 1957 ELVIS CHRISTMAS ALBUM

CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS were BIG in the '60s and a few years later...

Johnny Cash had one of the best series...with guests like Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers. Here, in a later show, a great performance from the one and only ANDY KAUFMAN doing his uncanny inpersonation of ELVIS, which, purportedly, Elvis called the best impersonation of himself!

If you're into Original, Real Rock & Roll / Pop , this may be the best Christmas Special of them all all,

THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW from1977 featuring none other than the original SUN breathren of CARL PERKINS, JERRY LEE LEWIS and ROY ORBISON (who had been on the 1969 Cash special)... Yes, it was filmed 'out of 'the era' but if it contains people 'of the era' that's ok by us...

NOSTALGIA CRITIC - TOP 12 CHRISTMAS VIDEO SUGGESTIONS

Wondered where to get some good 'ol Christmas entertainment, ie movies, films and TV shows beyond the usual 'It's A Wonderful Life' (which is still our favorite though we need to find some new material)...

Well, here it is... INCLUDING 'It's a Wonderful Life'... but a lot of other lesser known suggestions from THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC...his TOP 12 CHRISTMAS video

(Please excuse the modern references and somewhat off-color remarks)

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Forgotten Christmas Music and food themed Music

Rare Video you can dance the TURKEY TROT to along with LITTLE EVA
and the girls (from SHINDIG, March 3, 1965)

Food-Based Oldies for Christmas Dining

So. food themed music 'Turkey Trot' by Little Eva and "Mashed Potatoe Time' by Dee Dee Sharp ...Nice background music for the family and tell them they can continue listening when they get back home 'over the river and through the woods' Just tap the JUKEBOX and even select your favorite song @ www.OldiesCountry.blogspot.com , then check out some more, at the bottom of page - and the very bottom see and hear Dee Dee Sharp doing a slightly difference dance tune than Turkey Trot, 'MASHED POTATO TIME' Now, heres wishing you a nice, long, music-filled Christmas Holiday!

Below are some more 'food themed' songs, courtesy of Bill Herald of Examiner.com:

"LET'S TURKEY TROT" (Little Eva, 1963) was a No. 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Little Eva. a North Carolina vocalist who was discovered by songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Her biggest hjt was "The Loco-Motion" (No. 1, 1962).
"MASHED POTATO TIME" (Dee Dee Sharp, 1962). a song with an appropriate title for the Thanksgiving food topic, climbed to the No. 2 spot in the spring of 1962. The singer, born Diane LaRue in Philadelphia, began as a backing vocalist for Cameo Records.
"BREAD AND BUTTER" (The Newbeats, 1964) went to the No. 2 spot on Billboard for a trio that featured the falsetto voice of Texan Larry Henley along with backup singers, Marc and Dean Mathis from Georgia.
"CANNED HAM" (Norman Greenbaum, 1970) was the follow-up to the vocalists huge hit "Spirit In The Sky" (No. 3, 1970). It attained No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970 for the Massachusetts native, who moved to Los Angeles at age 24.
"APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE" (Jay & The Techniques, 1967) was a No. 6 song on the national pop charts in the summer of 1967. The integrated group, headed by Jay Proctor, was from Allentown, Pa.
"SNOWMAN, SNOWMAN SWEET POTATO NOSE" (The Jaynetts, 1963) was an uncharted follow-up to "Sally Go Round The Roses" (No. 2, 1963) for a Bronx girl group was formed by producer Zell Sanders.
"VEGETABLES" (The Beach Boys, 1968) was was performed by the legendary surf-rock group from Hawthorne, Calif., as part of the "Smiley Smile" album.
"GREEN ONIONS" (Booker T & The MGs, 1962) went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a group composed of Memphis studio musicians, headed by keyboardist Booker T. Jones. And "MG" stands for Memphis Group.
"GRAVY" (Dee Dee Sharp, 1962) was an appropriate follow-up to her "Mashed Potato Time" hit, and it managed to reach the No. 9 position on the Billboard Hot 100.
"HOME COOKIN''" (Junior Walker & The All-Stars, 1969), while it doesn't refer to a specific food item, it's included because of its title, and the single was a No. 42 Billboard charter for the South Bend, Ind., group.
"THE TURKEY" (Paul Revere & The Raiders, 1971) was actually the B-side of a Top 40 single ("Birds of a Feather") for a group -- featuring lead singer Mark Lindsay -- formed in Portland, Ore., in 1960.
"CHERRY PIE" (Marvin & Johnny, 1954) was an original hit for the Los Angeles doo-wop duo of Marvin Phillips and Emory "Johnny" Perry. Six years later, it was a No. 11 national charter for Skip & Flip.

Forgotten Christmas Music and food themed Music

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WELCOME TO OLDIES COUNTRY STORE ! We've tried to come up with a nice selection of some of the best CDs, videos and even vinyl featuring the best of the music, TV shows and movies form the Golden Era 1950s and early 60s. Of course, there's much too much to get it all in here right now, but check back early and often as we'll add and change the selection. In the meantime you can also search on Uncle Amazon for just about anything you want . ENJOY! :) -JB

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

58 Years Ago The Music Died - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper Perish in Iowa Plane Crash

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED -Documentary

Only two known video clips of Buddy Holly/Crickets performing but here is some nice behind the scenes video of Holly and friends. It opens with Vi Petty, wife of producer Norman Petty, who performed the celeste part on 'Everyday' , originally, and again here, post Holly \

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Fun scene from oscar -nominated Buddy Holly Story movie starring Gary Busey as Holly. Apollo Theater crowd doesn't expect to see a white audience at this all-black theater. There was also a black group named the Crickets in the early 50s the crowd may have expected. Artists were seen much more than heard in the 1950s.

LET'S GO RIGHT NOW TO LUBBOCK and HEAR BUDDY HOLLY'S FAVORITE RADIO STATION, KDAV, STILL ON THE AIR TODAY. Every fifth song, or so, today, the 55th Anniversary, is a Buddy Holly , Richie Valens or Big bopper song... http://KDAV.com - click LISTEN LIVE

58 Years Ago The Music Died - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper Perish in Iowa Plane Crash....

Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens

BUDDY HOLLY CENTER in Lubbock, Buddy's hometown, along with statue of Buddy, below, fairly recent contributions made possible from loving fans around the world and city folk. Giant Glasses were the work donation of a fan . Stories @ http://facebook.oldiescountry

55 Years Ago The Music Died - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper perish in Iowa Plane Crash

Feb 3, 1959:

The day the music died

On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with "That'll Be the Day."

After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered a plane for his band to fly between stops on the Winter Dance Party Tour. However, Richardson, who had the flu, convinced Holly's band member Waylon Jennings to give up his seat, and Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat on the plane.*(see EDITOR'S NOTE BELOW)

Holly, born Charles Holley in Lubbock, Texas, and just 22 when he died, began singing country music with high school friends before switching to rock and roll after opening for various performers, including Elvis Presley. By the mid-1950s, Holly and his band had a regular radio show and toured internationally, playing hits like "Peggy Sue," "Oh, Boy!," "Maybe Baby" and "Early in the Morning." Holly wrote all his own songs, many of which were released after his death and influenced such artists as Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney.

Another crash victim, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, 28, started out as a disk jockey in Texas and later began writing songs. Richardson's most famous recording was the rockabilly "Chantilly Lace," which made the Top 10. He developed a stage show based on his radio persona, "The Big Bopper."

The third crash victim was Ritchie Valens, born Richard Valenzuela in a suburb of Los Angeles, who was only 17 when the plane went down but had already scored hits with "Come On, Let's Go," "Donna" and "La Bamba," an upbeat number based on a traditional Mexican wedding song (though Valens barely spoke Spanish). In 1987, Valens' life was portrayed in the movie La Bamba, and the title song, performed by Los Lobos, became a No. 1 hit. Valens was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Singer Don McLean memorialized Holly, Valens and Richardson in the 1972 No. 1 hit "American Pie," which refers to February 3, 1959 as "the day the music died."

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* According to first hand knowledge , Dion, now 74, who was on the tour, told us just last month his version of the story.He says that he gave up his seat to Buddy Holly due to the 'extreme' cost ($36) which his mother needed more than he did....

Three stars, tribute to the three, was written by Tommy Dee . It was recorded here by Eddie Cochran, another rising rock and roll star who would also perish the following year, in a car accident.

TOMMY DEE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THREE STARS TRIBUTE

Program for the concert the night of February 3, 1959 which Buddy , Richie and Big Bopper would never make.Only Dion and a young Bobby Vee, who filled in for Buddy, would perform as top billed acts

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