Much better, Eddie!I get lots of mental lapses and not only late at night...some people call them senior moments, but I prefer to call them intellectual interludes.
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Intellectual interludes. That's brilliant. I shall be using that, Eddie.
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Just been listening to Frankie Vaughan's version of Istanbul Not Constantinople, but I must say I prefer the original (by the Four Lads). But that's just personal taste. There was a more recent recording of it by They Might Be Giants, which I don't much like either - too fast, in that case.
On the other hand, here's where I first heard it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20uXjti9h4I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Back to the actual last song I listened to - Fingal's Cave (Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn)
On the other hand, here's where I first heard it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20uXjti9h4I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Back to the actual last song I listened to - Fingal's Cave (Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn)
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I must confess that I was never a fan of Frankie Vaughan's singing. Although he occasionally flirted with rock 'n' roll (such as his cover of Jim Lowe's 'Green Door'), he was never really convincing. At least, not to me. He did have a long and successful career. One of his earliest records (I think going back to 1949 or 1950) was 'Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me The Girl', which he adopted as his signature tune. I can still hear him now, with his top hat and cane, going:
Give Me the Moonlight, Huh-huh-huh-huh,
Give Me the Girl, Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh,
And leave the rest...........to........me!
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Give Me the Moonlight, Huh-huh-huh-huh,
Give Me the Girl, Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh,
And leave the rest...........to........me!
Dave
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I feel much the same way about Frankie Vaughan as you do, Dave. I met him twice (once during my skiffle group days and later when I was teaching and he presented a minibus to the school) and I have to say that he was one of the nicest people I have ever met.
Although not as good as Charlie Gracie's original version, I rather like Frankie's version of Wanderin' Eyes from 1957:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7KqMmIK-E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here's the Charlie Gracie version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXm34kJIVY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Both recordings reached number 6 in the hit parade.
Although not as good as Charlie Gracie's original version, I rather like Frankie's version of Wanderin' Eyes from 1957:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7KqMmIK-E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here's the Charlie Gracie version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXm34kJIVY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Both recordings reached number 6 in the hit parade.
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It Started With a Kiss - Hot Chocolate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pf7o-9OOk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I love the opening line, so clear and resonant, and then the melodious backing kicking in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pf7o-9OOk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I love the opening line, so clear and resonant, and then the melodious backing kicking in.
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I've just been reading a number of biographical articles online about Frankie Vaughan, and it seems he may not have recorded 'Give Me the Moonlight' until 1955. He was certainly using it in his stage act from about 1950.
It is actually an old Victorian song. He discovered the sheet music for it whilst performing at a Glasgow venue. His first television appearance was in 1952.
He raised a lot of money for boys' clubs over the years.
One of the most interesting things about him was that, although he came from Liverpool, he never spoke with a recognisably Liverpool accent. This was typical, for entertainers were routinely told that they had to lose the accent or they would never get anywhere. Tommy Handley and Arthur Askey are other examples of this.
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It is actually an old Victorian song. He discovered the sheet music for it whilst performing at a Glasgow venue. His first television appearance was in 1952.
He raised a lot of money for boys' clubs over the years.
One of the most interesting things about him was that, although he came from Liverpool, he never spoke with a recognisably Liverpool accent. This was typical, for entertainers were routinely told that they had to lose the accent or they would never get anywhere. Tommy Handley and Arthur Askey are other examples of this.
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The Coasters -What is the Secret of Your Success? Recorded 1957 as a 'B' side.
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My mother was a huge fan of Frankie Vaughan, especially liking Green Door.
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Did she ever catch the pretty open implication that they were trading and smoking pot behind it?Moonraker wrote:My mother was a huge fan of Frankie Vaughan, especially liking Green Door.
Just stumbled across this '70s classic: Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
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Found myself singing Blue Mink's Melting Pot earlier!
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Just came across Sergei Rachmaninov's setting of the Ave Maria in Russian, Bogoroditsye Dyevo. Incredibly, spine-tinglingly beautiful piece.
I was privileged to sing this in a choir once (as a first alto) in Melbourne some years ago, but I doubt we were a patch on this performance.
I was privileged to sing this in a choir once (as a first alto) in Melbourne some years ago, but I doubt we were a patch on this performance.
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Rachmaninov's church music is a complete surprise if you come to it after the glittering, larger-than-life, and far better-known works like the piano concertos, much of the piano music, and the like. I don't know this "Ave Maria" setting, and can't even claim to *know* the a cappella Russian Orthodox music, but I have heard samples of the latter occasionally in the past, and it is quite amazing music - quite stark and austere in one way, without a note wasted, yet incredibly and gorgeously rich-textured at the same time.
It is said that the opening theme of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto (the concerto featured in the film "Shine", about pianist David Helfgott) is based on an old Russian Orthodox chant - although I don't know if that is verified or not. But it has that characteristic type of melody which moves gracefully, mostly by adjacent notes, through a very narrow range of notes (little more than half an octave for much of its duration), which may sound boring, described like that - but it is anything but, in Rachmaninov's hands. (Does a melody that goes D F E D C-sharp D E D E D E F F F E D C-sharp B-natural C-sharp D D F E D C-sharp D E D G F E D E D C-sharp B-natural C-sharp D E E-flat (a new note!) D C-natural B-flat, etc., etc. seem like Chinese water-torture? Listen to it: it's mesmerizing and the very opposite of boring. Many versions available on YouTube, some of course better than others.)
He is one of my very favourite composers - a true master, and I have great admiration for his work. Russia produced some incredible composers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some of them almost totally forgotten now, perhaps partly due to suppression by the Soviet authorities of the time, which is a terrible tragedy to music. But, thankfully, some of this obscure and wonderful music is gradually being resurrected nowadays.
Regards, Michael.
It is said that the opening theme of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto (the concerto featured in the film "Shine", about pianist David Helfgott) is based on an old Russian Orthodox chant - although I don't know if that is verified or not. But it has that characteristic type of melody which moves gracefully, mostly by adjacent notes, through a very narrow range of notes (little more than half an octave for much of its duration), which may sound boring, described like that - but it is anything but, in Rachmaninov's hands. (Does a melody that goes D F E D C-sharp D E D E D E F F F E D C-sharp B-natural C-sharp D D F E D C-sharp D E D G F E D E D C-sharp B-natural C-sharp D E E-flat (a new note!) D C-natural B-flat, etc., etc. seem like Chinese water-torture? Listen to it: it's mesmerizing and the very opposite of boring. Many versions available on YouTube, some of course better than others.)
He is one of my very favourite composers - a true master, and I have great admiration for his work. Russia produced some incredible composers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some of them almost totally forgotten now, perhaps partly due to suppression by the Soviet authorities of the time, which is a terrible tragedy to music. But, thankfully, some of this obscure and wonderful music is gradually being resurrected nowadays.
Regards, Michael.
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No and neither did I!Courtenay wrote:Did she ever catch the pretty open implication that they were trading and smoking pot behind it?Moonraker wrote:My mother was a huge fan of Frankie Vaughan, especially liking Green Door.
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If you can't read music, you can hear it here. It starts 1'23" in.MJE wrote: But it has that characteristic type of melody which moves gracefully, mostly by adjacent notes, through a very narrow range of notes (little more than half an octave for much of its duration), which may sound boring, described like that - but it is anything but, in Rachmaninov's hands.
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