[78-L] Pop Music thgru 1955(ish)

[David Lennick]

Somewhere around here I have THE JORDANAIRES on Capitol doing This Ole House.

And by the way, ANYTHING is better than Doggie in the Window (imho).

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Cary Ginell wrote:
> I always liked Stuart Hamblen's recording of "This Ole House" also. One can appreciate "pop gospel" music without necessarily being religious. Hamblen was VERY religious, by the way. Sometimes you have to appreciate different kinds of music on different levels. The pop songs of the early '50s were very well crafted. The novelties are the ones that can get on your nerves, like "Doggie in the Window." But one song that has really been defamed is "Come on-a My House." Rosemary Clooney hated the song, but it jump-started her career. I always loved Stan Freeman's hopping harpsichord and was absolutely delighted when I found his Columbia 10" LP "Come on-a Stan's House," which features rocking boogie-woogie jazz instrumentals played on the harpsichord. One of my favorite LPs.
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>> From: udmacon1 at hotmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:38:33 -0500
>> Subject: [78-L] Pop Music thgru 1955(ish)
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>> Mr Barr sayeth: "
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>> That assumes, then, that you actually LIKED hits like "This Old House," "Oh Mein Papa" and
>> the rest of the (dubiously) "music" that was what one HAD to hear on radio in that era! I grew
>> up with that...I didn't like it then, and I doubt if I would even these days."
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>> Well that's perfectly fine, Steve. One's taste in music is similar to taste in tooth paste. You can't argue about it.
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>> It would be nice if you put the ole "IMHO" in your post; just because you don't like the music of the early 'fifties doesn't make it dogma that it's no good.
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>> I turned 12 in 1950 and loved "This Old House" (Stuart Hamblin who also wrote "It Is No Secret")...maybe not Oh My Papa...but YES, I LOVED Tennessee Waltz.
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>> IMHO (note) it was a fun era. And the songs (IMHO again) by Frankie Lane, Joanie James, Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Fisher (sans "Papa"), Kay Starr, and Guy Mitchell appealed to me quite strongly.
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>> Then I discovered that Hey Joe, Jambalaya, Cold Cold Heart, and others were pop covers of COUNTRY songs.
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>> That made me an immediate convert to Country Music (until--IMHO--it went down the tubes starting with Young Love and Gone.)..
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>> Sh-Boom????? Is that really better than Doggie In the Window? 
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>> Have you ever heard the hilarious excerpt of the Jack Benny Show when his Sportsman Quartet sang it? Jack's reaction was --IMHO-- perfectly hilarious and dead-on accurate.
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>> Tennessee Waltz was made a State Song. What State has given that honor to ShBoom?
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>> All in fun....
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>> BILL KNOWLTON,