Ok, this is straight up 50's shit LOL. Love some drifters.

Hey Mara, the writers of that tune helped write "somewhere out there" for An American Tail LOL. Small world huh

I live for info like that. Incredible that those 2 songwriters could last that long. Infact, I cant think of popular songwriters who have lasted that long and be as sucsessful as them?



So corny, and so much like Buddy Holly. Very catchy though.
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thesexofit said:

Ok, the fact that "An American Tail" found a way to be tied into this thread is awesome. lol

Which song was written by the American Tail writer? The Buddy Holly or Drifters tune?

I'm feeling "Rubber Ball," tho. This is like some '50 road trip, picnic basket in the backseat of a pastel-colored Edsel type music.

I need some hair gel and dark shades. lol LOVE IT.

The writers of "somewhere out there" wrote the drifters tune. No idea who wrote "rubber ball".

I love the bridge on "rubber ball".

"You bounced my heart around"




I think him and Buddy Holly died very young. A massive waste considering the potential of their unfortunately limited work.



Yes, she is related the George LOL.

Love the deep voice on the bridge. Not good quality. 78 LOL

The deep voice in that song reminds me of another song I posted on the temptation thread.

Alot, lot older then 50's....




The legendary Rogers and Hammerstein II wrote itI think? (Not sure)


I did a thread about this song below. Again, no replies LOL



Not sure if this pre dates spector, but producer Joe Meek sure was innovative. Still sounds quite chilling and even quite sonically impressive today!

I need to download "Rubber Ball," I'm really feeling that one. Played it about 10 times.

As far as the other clips, I could go on forever just watching these.

sexofit, I don't know how you found all of these tunes, but they're great. I've been playing them all night.

Thanx Mara. Iam not always 80's/early 90's, just the vast majority of the time LOL. But I did turn this more into a 50's thread with my choices LOL.

Iam hoping people like theaudience and palpigap etc.. drop by with some tunes.

Iam not sure if orgers in general go back this far?

Bytheway, "rubber ball", as I said, is a deliberate copy of Buddy Holly. You might want to check him out on youtube. Stuff like "oh boy" is good fun, and "heartbeat" is cheesy as hell, but catchy as hell aswell. Considering how young he was and how he died so young, its not too much of a exageration to say God knows what he could of really achieved.

Yeah, I hope we get some other responses in this thread. Late 70s/Early 80s Doo Wop Revival is a pretty niche category. I just put the topic out there, wasn't sure how much mileage it was going to get @ all. But thankfully it took off and got some tunes out of it.

BTW, I've located and downloaded the Bobby Vee and Roll Deep tunes. Playing them over and over.

YouTube chain-linking is something I do often.
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Mara said:

I listen to some of those 50's songs I posted quite often. I hear some ink spots aswell, which I think are 30's and 40's?

So yeah, I tend to miss out the 60's in general (beatles being one of the few 60's acts I do listen to sometimes), but maybe I need to dig more? I cant stand that 60's organ though. Ugh. "whiter shade of pale" or whatever its called is awful.

In the late 50's, there seemed a great urgency of new music coming out, thanks to rock n roll. U look at early 50's pop music and the difference is big!

Gotta love some Sam Cooke aswell. I think he's late 50's into the 60's? "dont know much about history" is a classic, amongst others.

thesexofit said:

Stylistically, I tend to bounce around those different eras. At times, I'm into the late '50s, but for the last few years or so I've been really into Bacharach-styled pop tunes like Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and the like. Everly Brothers are up my alley, too. Along with "blue-eyed-soulsters" like The Righteous Brothers.

I actually like a lot of very poppy stuff I find. I'm more into pop than soul, I find on average. And if it sounds remotely cheesy that just sets my buzzers off tremendously. I'm all about some really happy sounding, sonically bright songs.

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Mara said:

You see I cant do Bacharach. Just find the orchestra too perfect, too slick and too chirpy and cheery. Everly brothers are cool. "Kathy's clown" LOL.

I like some of burts stuff in the 80's with Carole Bayer sager though LOL. The non famous stuff. I dig some roy orbinson though. "only the lonely" etc..., so yeah, Iam taking bits and bobs from 50's/early 60's.

I did a glam thread once. Not sure if your into that. Early 70's, very UKcentric I think. Whilst USA was being sent to sleep with America, crosby stills and nash, UK had Slade, Mud, Gary Glitter etc...

Mud's "tiger feet" is a must listen:-



Back in the 70's again, this time early 70's. So we been early 80's, late 70's, mid 30's, mid 50's LOL. We takin' this thread everywhere LOL

thesexofit said:

That's pretty interesting that you criticize Bacharach for being too perfect. I feel that assessment. There's some other orgers on here who admittedly like really clanky, angular 'bad-sounding' guitars and rhythms.

Me, I like perfect pop songs, but I like clanky, oft-kilter stuff too.

And now that TIGER FEET clip *_____* man, THAt is something else -- Cheeseocityyyyy YESSSS!! But they're getting down though in that clip. Not mad @ 'emmmmm.

You are totally transporting me into another dimension. lol

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BTW, I just saved that Tiger Feet clip in my YouTube favorites.