[78-L] Frosty the snowman...

[jack palmer]

Caary,
    Any idea what year it was?  I am trying to collect as many versions of "The Prisoner's Song" that I can find.  It's remarkable who wanted to record the song. Many of them not country singers.   Jack




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From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 12:03:56 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the snowman...


"Red Roses for a Blue Lady" - written by two Tin Pan Alley hacks: Roy Bennett & Sid Tepper, who did a lot of movie tunes for Elvis. Vic Dana had the best charting song of it in 1965. 



Incidentally, Jack Palmer might find this interesting. Vic Dana was the first person I ever heard sing "The Prisoner's Song," on a mid-60s pop vocal LP on Dolton. It was a pretty kick-ass version, too (for Vic Dana, at least), kind of like what Bobby Darin did with "Mack the Knife."



Cary Ginell

> From: tkneebone1 at abe.midco.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:56:02 -0600
> Subject: [78-L] Frosty the snowman...
> 
> Speaking of Perry Como, I remember seeing one of his TV programs. He forgot 
> some of the lyrics of the song he was singing. He hummed and faked the rest 
> of the song. When it was over, Perry told the audience what had happened. 
> He forgot the lyrics, and the guy who was holding the cue cards dropped 
> them -- or something. What a very human person was Perry. Can't recall the 
> name of the song but it had something to do with red roses for a blue 
> lady -- or something like that.
> If he had not admitted the problem, I doubt very many of his viewers would 
> have suspected something went wrong! He did a beautiful job of covering up!
> 
> Ted Kneebone.. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
> Old Time Radio: http://abe.midco.net/tkneebone3 
> 
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