[78-L] Vic Dana "The Prisoner's Song"

Cary Ginell soundthink at live.com
Tue Jan 12 07:14:22 PST 2010


Jack,

You can get the single here for $4.00.

Cary Ginell

http://www.musicstack.com/item.cgi?item=15145538



> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:11:18 -0800
> From: jackpalmer1 at att.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the snowman...
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> 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...
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> "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. 
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> 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."
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> Cary Ginell
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> > 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...
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> > 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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