[78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research

[David Lennick]

Tab Hunter's "Young Love" went to #1 and stayed there for 6 weeks, while Sonny 
James' version only stayed on top for 1 week. So nyaaah. The flip was "Red 
Sails in the Sunset (Bargain Sales in the Basement, as one DJ used to say)". 
Don't Get Around Much Anymore was the flip of "99 Ways", a #11 hit covering 
Charlie Gracie whose version didn't even make it onto the white charts.

Amazing but true.

So were Hugo and Luigi an item? Gad, the thought of their "Cascading Voices" 
still sends shivers of boredom up my spine.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> No,  no!  Tab had some big hits around the time,  including a cover of 
> "Young Love" which I thought was great stuff when I was about five years 
> old.
> 
> I think Donna's bet of Lou Monte being the "Monty" in question is right on 
> the mark!
> 
> I also recall that the flip side of Tab's 45 was his version of "Don't Get 
> Around Much Any More" and that my musician dad (no rock or rockish pop fan) 
> asked me to play it for him,  which I did...once.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
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> 
>> Are you sure they're all pop singers and not just pop celebrities? Tab 
>> Hunter was better known as an actor than a singer, and by far the 
>> best-known "Monty" of the time was Montgomery Clift (who I'm guessing made 
>> no discs).
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 2:45:58 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
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>>
>> agp wrote:
>>> I'm trying to wrap up some research on Hugo Peretti and Luigi
>>> Creatore - producers/ songwriters/ etc.
>>>
>>> On one of their disks, the (not well named) Rockabilly Party on
>>> Roulette, from 1957, they name check a bunch of pop singers of the
>>> day -- like Perry Como and mister swivel hips hisself (thankyouverymush).
>>>
>>> Anyway -- I've picked them all out but two. The lines are:
>>>
>>> ...We'll bring Monty...
>>>
>>> ...Tab and Tommy and whoever I missed...
>>>
>>> So -- who might Monty and Tommy be -- I know that Tab would be Tab
>>> Hunter. Bear in mind that this is 1957.
>>>
>>> Oh - -and yes -- it was on 78 -- in South Africa and the UK
>>>
>>> T
>>>
>> Could be Tommy Sands. The only Monty I can think of from this period is 
>> Monty
>> Kelly, who was at Essex (and the other related Philly labels from that 
>> family).
>>
>> dl