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| 1.
Rawhide |
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Songwriter(s):
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Dimitri
Tiomkin/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Frankie
Laine |
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Date Recorded: |
1959 |
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Album: |
1961: Hell Bent For Leather! |
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Label: |
Columbia |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Albums, #71 |
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Notes:
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The song was written as the
theme song for the CBS TV series, RAWHIDE that ran from
1959 - 1966. Clint
Eastwood starred as Rowdy
Yates. Clint's horse was named
Midnight. |
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| 2.
Wild Is The Wind |
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Songwriter(s):
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Dimitri
Tiomkin/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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David
Bowie |
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Date Recorded: |
1976 |
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Album: |
Station To Station |
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Label: |
Virgin |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Albums, #3 |
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Notes:
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In 1957, Johnny
Mathis had a top-ten
hit with his Columbia
recording of this song. In addition, Nancy
Wilson (1963), Nina Simone (1964), and Barbara
Streisand (2003, THE MOVIE ALBUM The Billboard 200, #5)
have recorded "Wild Is The Wind."
The song was released as a single in the U.K. |
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3.
Stella by Starlight
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Songwriter(s) |
Victor Young/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist: |
Ella Fitzgerald
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Date Recorded: |
June 22, 1961 |
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Album: |
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie |
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Label: |
Verve Records
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Notes:
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“Nobody sold a ballad better than Ella Fitzgerald [and] the album also has one of the most beautiful ballads of all time, ‘Stella By Starlight’…it's just beautiful and gorgeously romantic.” – NPR Jazz Review by A. B. Spellman and Murray Horwitz NOTE: Licensing to Canada only. Licensing to US and Canada after 10/12/07. |
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4.
Listen to the Warm |
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Songwriter(s): |
Rod McKuen |
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Recording Artist: |
Rod McKuen |
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Date Recorded: |
1968 |
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Album: |
Listen to the Warm |
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Label: |
Stanyan Records |
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Notes:
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The album "Listen to the Warm", released in 1968, was a musical companion-piece to Rod McKuen's book of poems by the same name. By 1970, the book "Listen To The Warm" had sold one million copies, which was an all time record for poetry books at that time. It has since had thirty-six printings. The album "Listen To The Warm" went gold in 1970. |
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5.
Drowned World/Substitute for Love |
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Songwriter(s): |
Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr, David Collins |
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Recording Artist: |
Madonna |
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Date Recorded: |
1998 |
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Album: |
Ray of Light |
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Label: |
Warner Brothers |
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Chart Position: |
#1 Spain, #10 UK |
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Notes:
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"Drowned World/Substitute For Love" is included on Madonna's GHV2 disc and her 2001 "Drowned World Tour" was named after the song. |
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6.
We Trying to Stay Alive |
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Songwriter(s): |
B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb, N. Jean, S. Michel, J. Forte, N.
Robinson, K. Robinson |
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Recording Artist: |
Wyclef Jean |
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Date Recorded: |
1997 |
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Album: |
The Carnival |
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Label: |
Ruffhouse/Columbia |
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Notes:
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7.
Rumble |
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Songwriter(s): |
Mark
Grant/Link
Wray |
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Recording Artist: |
Link Wray |
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Date Recorded: |
April, 1958 |
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Album: |
1960: Link Wray & The Wraymen |
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Label: |
Cadence/Forevermore Records |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #16 |
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Notes:
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When "Rumble" was released
in 1958, several radio stations banned the record, feeling
that the recording was too suggestive, even though it was
an instrumental. Parents worried about their children becoming
'juvenile delinquents.' Regardless, the record sold more
than a million copies.
Pete
Townshend
of the Who once
stated that "if it hadn't been
for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would never have picked up
a guitar."
The song was used in the 1994
Quentin
Tarantino film PULP FICTION, starring
John
Travolta,
Uma
Thurman, and
Samuel
L.
Jackson
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| 8.
I Want You With Me |
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Songwriter(s):
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Woody
Harris |
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Recording Artist:
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Elvis
Presley |
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Date Recorded: |
1961 |
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Album: |
Something For Everybody |
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Label: |
RCA |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Albums, #1 |
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Notes:
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When Elvis left the Army,
he mainly recorded film soundtracks; however, this album
was not produced for a film. This particular song from the
album was the only selection to hint at his rock-a-billy
musical roots. |
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| 9.
Catfish |
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Songwriter(s):
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Jim
Wann/Bland Simpson |
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Recording Artist:
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Jim
Wann |
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Date Recorded: |
1982 |
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Album: |
PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES-Original
Cast Album |
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Label: |
CBS Records |
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Awards: |
The Broadway production was
nominated for a Tony Award: Best Musical. |
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Notes:
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Recording taken from the Jim
Wann
album PARDON MY SOUTHERN ACCENT
Following four months of packed houses Off-Broadway, PUMP
BOYS AND DINETTES moved to Broadway’s Princess Theatre,
opening on February 4, 1982. |
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| 10.
In Trance |
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Songwriter(s):
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Klaus
Meine/Rudolf Schenker |
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Recording Artist:
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The Scorpions |
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Date Recorded: |
1975 |
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Album: |
In Trance |
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Label: |
RCA |
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Notes:
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In 1975, the album IN TRANCE
was the best-selling RCA album in Japan. That
same year, in Europe, the
Scorpions shared top-billing with KISS. |
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| 11.On
Green Dolphin
Street |
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Songwriter(s):
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Bronislau
Kaper/ Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Miles
Davis |
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Date Recorded: |
1958 |
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Album: |
'58 Miles |
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Label: |
Columbia |
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Notes:
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This song was originally released
on the 1958 EP JAZZ TRACK. Recorded in May, 1958, "On Green
Dolphin Street" was performed by the sextet which included
Miles Davis, trumpet; Julian 'Cannonball' Adderly,
alto saxophone; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Bill Evans,
piano; Paul Chambers, bass; and Jimmy Cobb, drums. It was
released later that year on the album 58 MILES. |
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| 12.
My Foolish Heart |
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Songwriter(s):
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Victor
Young/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Tony
Bennett/Bill Evans |
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Date Recorded: |
June, 1975 |
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Album: |
Tony
Bennett/Bill Evans Album |
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Label: |
Columbia |
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Chart Position: |
Jazz Albums, #31 |
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Awards: |
"My Foolish Heart" appeared
in the film MY FOOLISH HEART. The song, as performed by
Martha
Mears, was nominated
for an Oscar in 1950. |
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Notes:
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In 1950, Billy Eckstine,
Margaret Whiting and Mindy Carson each released singles
of "My Foolish Heart," all of which raced up the Pop Singles
charts in that same year. Billy Eckstine's
MGM recording reached #6; Margaret Whiting's
Capitol Records recording peaked at #17; and Mindy Carson's
RCA version hit #6. |
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| 13.
Queen of the Hop |
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Songwriter(s):
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Woody
Harris/Bobby Darin |
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Recording Artist:
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Bobby
Darin |
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Date Recorded: |
April 10, 1958 |
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Album: |
1961: The Bobby
Darin Story |
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Label: |
Atco/Warner
Special Products |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #9
1961: The Bobby Darin Story - Pop Albums, #18 |
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Notes:
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Dion
& The Belmonts and Danny
& The Juniors also recorded "Queen of the Hop." |
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14.
Town
Without Pity |
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Songwriter(s):
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Dimitri
Tiomkin/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Gene
Pitney |
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Date Recorded: |
Recorded in 1961 |
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Album: |
1963: World-Wide Winners;
Pop Albums, #41 |
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Label: |
Musicor/Forevermore
Records |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #13 |
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Awards: |
Winner of the Golden Globe
Award for Best Song from the film TOWN WITHOUT PITY.
This song was nominated for an Academy Award. |
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Notes:
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In 1988, John
Waters included "Town Without Pity," sung
by Gene Pitney, in his film HAIRSPRAY.
The soundtrack entered The Billboard 200 charts and peaked
at #114. |
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| 15.
Jack The Ripper |
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Songwriter(s):
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M.
Cooper/Link Wray |
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Recording Artist:
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Link Wray |
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Date Recorded: |
1963 |
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Label: |
Swan Records/Forevermore Records |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #13 |
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Notes:
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"Jack The Ripper" was named
for a dance, or 'dirty boogie,' that was popular in Baltimore
at the time that Link Wray recorded the song.
In 1999, "Jack The Ripper" was used in the first Taco Bell
commercials that incorporated the talking Chihuahua. |
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| 16.
Early In The Morning |
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Songwriter(s):
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Woody
Harris/Bobby Darin |
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Recording Artist:
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Buddy Holly |
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Date Recorded: |
1958 |
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Album: |
1959: The Buddy Holly
Story-Pop
Albums, #11 |
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Label: |
Coral Records |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #32 |
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Notes:
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Bobby
Darin (1958), Z.Z. Hill (1971), Bobby
Vee (1963), Rose Maddox
(1961), Connie Francis (1997) and Skeeter
Davis (1967), among others, have recorded this song. |
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| 17.
Love Is The Thing |
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Songwriter(s):
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Victor
Young/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Nat "King" Cole |
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Date Recorded: |
1957 |
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Album: |
"Love Is The Thing" |
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Label: |
Capitol |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Albums, #1 |
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Notes:
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In 1933, "Love Is The Thing"
appeared in the eleven-minute short film, MILLS BLUE RHYTHM
BAND.
During 1957, Nat "King" Cole hosted
the NBC-TV variety program, THE NAT KING COLE
SHOW. Due to the color of Mr.
Cole's
skin, NBC was never able to secure a national sponsor for
the show. In December, 1957, the show was cancelled. |
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| 18.
Kurski
Funk |
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Songwriter(s):
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Paul Winter/Oscar Castro-Neves/Paul
Halley |
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Recording Artist:
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The Paul
Winter Consort
with The Dimitri Pokrovsky Singers |
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Date Recorded: |
March - June, 1987 |
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Album: |
Earthbeat |
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Label: |
Living Earth Music |
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Notes:
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Featured as the theme from
the hit television show SURVIVOR. |
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| 19.
Rock Bottom |
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Songwriter(s):
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Phil
Mogg/Michael Schenker |
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Recording Artist:
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UFO |
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Date Recorded: |
1974 |
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Album: |
Phenomenon |
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Label: |
Chrysalis |
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Notes:
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This song is from 1979 live
UFO concert album STRANGERS IN THE NIGH. That album hit
#42 on the Pop Album charts, and is considered to be one
of the three top live albums of the 1970s, along with KISS
and Peter Frampton.
“Rock Bottom” was recently used in the WB television
show SUPERNATURAL. |
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| 20.
Strange Are The Ways Of Love |
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Songwriter(s):
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Dimitri
Tiomkin/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Gogi
Grant |
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Date Recorded: |
1958 |
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Label: |
RCA Victor |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #80 |
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Awards: |
Oscar-nominated song from
the film THE YOUNG LAND |
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Notes:
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The Buddy Bregman
Orchestra backed Gogi Grant
on the recording of "Strange Are The Ways Of Love." On April
4, 1960, Ms. Grant sang "Strange Are The
Ways Of Love" at the Academy Awards ceremony. |
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| 21.
High
Noon
(Do Not Forsake Me) |
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Songwriter(s):
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Dimitri
Tiomkin/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Tex
Ritter (Film Version) |
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Date Recorded: |
1952 |
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Label: |
Capitol |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #12 |
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Awards: |
Oscar
Winner - Best Song, from the film HIGH NOON |
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Notes:
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In 1952, Frankie
Laine
also scored a smash hit with "High Noon
(Do Not Forsake Me)," which was recorded on the Columbia label and peaked at #5 on the Pop
Singles chart.
On March 19, 1953, Tex Ritter sang the song at the Academy
Award ceremony. This was the first time that the Awards
show was televised. |
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| 22.
Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues |
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Songwriter(s):
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Al
Byron/Woody Harris |
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Recording Artist:
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Della
Reese |
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Date Recorded: |
1967 |
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Album: |
Della
On Strings Of Blue |
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Label: |
ABC-Paramount |
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Notes:
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"Some Of My Best Friends Are
The Blues" has also been recorded by Lena Horne (1998),
Jimmy Witherspoon
(1964), Shirley Horn
(1965), and Sara
Lazarus (2004), among
others. |
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| 23.
Rock-A-Billy |
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Songwriter(s):
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Woody
Harris/Eddie Deane |
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Recording Artist:
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Guy
Mitchell |
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Date Recorded: |
1957 |
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Label: |
Sony |
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Chart Position: |
Pop Singles, #10 |
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Notes:
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"Rock-A-Billy" hit #1 in the
U.K. |
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| 24.
Singin' In The Bathtub |
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Songwriter(s):
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Herb Magidson/Michael
Cleary/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Gracie
Fields |
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Date Recorded: |
February 14, 1930 |
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Label: |
HMV |
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Notes:
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In 1929, "Singin'
In The Bathtub" was introduced by Winnie
Lightner in the Warner
Bros. feature THE SHOW OF SHOWS. In 1930, Carmen Maxwell sang the song in
the Looney Toons cartoon, SINKIN
IN THE BATHTUB.
"Singin' In The Bathtub" has
been recorded by Robert Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders
(1978), John
Lithgow (1999) and Mandy
Patinkin (2001). |
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Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (a.k.a. Anytime, Anyday,
Anywhere ) |
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Songwriter(s):
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Victor
Young/Lee Wiley/Ned
Washington |
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Recording Artist:
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Laurie
Tate with the Joe
Morris Orchestra |
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Date Recorded: |
Recorded in July, 1950 |
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Label: |
Atlantic |
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Chart Position: |
R&B Singles, #1 |
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Notes:
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Duke Ellington
(1932), The Mills Brothers (1933), Lee
Wiley (1950), Nat 'King 'Cole (1958),
Joe Williams (1963) and Slim Gaillard
(1982) have also recorded this song. |
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| 26.
Doctor, Doctor |
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Songwriter(s):
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Phil
Mogg/Michael Schenker |
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Recording Artist:
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UFO |
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Date Recorded: |
1974 |
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Album: |
Phenomenon |
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Label: |
Chrysalis |
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Notes:
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The 1979 live UFO concert
album, STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, contains this song. STRANGERS
IN THE NIGHT hit #42 on the Pop Album charts.
“Doctor Doctor” was
recently used in VH1’s I LOVE THE 70s AGAIN. |
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27.
3:10 To
Yuma
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Songwriter(s) |
George Duning/
Ned
Washington
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Recording Artist: |
Frankie
Laine
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Date Recorded: |
1957 |
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Album: |
Hell Bent For Leather! |
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Label: |
Columbia
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Chart Position: |
Pop Albums, #71 |
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Notes:
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The song was written for the
film 3:10 TO
YUMA
and starred
Glenn
Ford as
Ben
Wade
and
Van Heflin as
Dan
Evans
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In 1958, the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award.
Peter & Gordon (1966) and
Sandy
Denny
(1978) also recorded
"3:10 To Yuma." |
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28.
Mad About You |
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Songwriter(s) |
Victor Young/Ned Washington |
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Recording Artist: |
Frank Sinatra
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Date Recorded: |
1949 |
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Album: |
“The Columbia Years (1943-1952): The Complete Recordings”; and “Bye Bye Baby” - Box Set (2005)
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Label: |
Columbia Records |
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Notes:
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“Several of Sinatra's recordings from this period are now considered among his best, with shining examples such as Mad About You…” – from The Encyclopedia Britannica’s online biography of Frank Sinatra. |
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