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Topic: 50s Ballads make Good Country Numbers |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 May 2010 9:48 am |
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Back in the 50s, when someone had a country hit, Tin Pan Alley would produce a pop version of it, usually with a well-known artist, but taking all the heart out of it. This was easy, because the format of 50s ballads was mostly the same as country, and this goes for doo-wap, too.
Turning this completely around, the time is ripe to do country versions of 50s hits. The Baby Boomers aleady know the songs, and arranging them with steel guitars, fiddles, etc., would bring new life into them. |
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Jim Hoke
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 May 2010 5:17 pm
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| Alan- You're so right. They've done a few, but not enough. I'd like to hear more, and while they're at it, give the steel some major face-time: featured intros, solos, etc. "My Special Angel" would be good for somebody. Also "Tragedy", "It's All In The Game", a great Ray Stevens ballad called "Funny Man".... there's so many. What else? |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 May 2010 6:27 pm
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| There are lots of them... Earth Angel, Sixteen Candles, Sincerely, Lonesome Town, Butterfly, Ninety-Nine Ways, Chances Are, A Certain Smile, Valley of Tears... ...I could go on all night. |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 15 May 2010 8:27 pm The olde tunes...........are the bestest.
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I was always particularly fond of "I Left My Heart in SFO".......and countless others.
Love your posts. |
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Jack Francis
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Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 15 May 2010 8:49 pm
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What?? No "Transfusion"
There were some great melodies....
"It's All In The Game"
"Raindrops"
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
"You Send Me"
Wow...as I think about it there's a bunch! 
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 16 May 2010 10:56 am
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There's an opportunity out there for someone to make a name for himself singing this material. 
They could call themselves "The Fifties Resurrection Country Band."  |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 16 May 2010 11:15 am
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Alan, This would be a good idea if you old guys could download music to your hearing aids.  |
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Bill Howard
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 6:29 pm Ricky Nelson
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I was a really big Rick Nelson fan,I used to play a hole in the wall in Downtown Indy,I played pedal Steel for regular Steel Player,He was lazy so I could go in anytime and play,He had an Old russler 11 string DBL Neck I would play lead and sing Ricky Nelson Hello Mary Lou had a cool chord change in it
My favorite Rick Nelson to play on Steel is Lonesome Town, it has such pretty chords in it,I played it several places and people Love it. Try it it is made for Pedal steel, Bill Howard
Keep on a Steelin |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 17 May 2010 7:18 am
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I too was a great Ricky Nelson fan. Over here, most people just think of him as the youngster in the Ozzie & Harriet Show, but that show was never broadcast in England, where I was brought up. Over there people appreciated Ricky for his music, and he was always considered one of the all-time greats. He also recorded a lot of good country music in his later years. A great shame he died when he did.  |
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