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"The Battle Of New Orleans"
Well then, don't forget that Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one 
And the Bismarck was the terror of the seas.
Johnny Horton had the AM in the early 60s.
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Did a school play based on "Monster Mash" which reminds me...what about the Gene Simmons ( not of Kiss) song "don't be here when the morning comes" ? I think that was the title,,,have lost the 45 but was about a ghost telling a fella to - get out !
Daniel: that was "Haunted House" by Jumpin' Gene Simmons.
The lyrics are here:
http://rockmaven.com/haunted%20house.htm
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<<Johnny Horton had the AM in the early 60s.>>
I would sing Battle of New Orleans over and over back when i first heard it. Later, i discovered his rockin'/hillbilly stuff that is really good.
ie: Honky Tonk Man, Honky Tonk Hardwood Floors, One Woman Man.
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at the bottom of this mine lies a BIG, BIG MAN
BIG JOHN... big bad john
anybody remember the song, "will somebody please pass the biskets", i dont know who did it but i wish i did, i always thought it was the same guy that did the battle of new orleans??? or how about this one, "BabyBoy", by dick wagner and the frost??? Or maybe this one, Ya Load 16 tons, What do ya get???? by the peapicker himself
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at the bottom of this mine lies a BIG, BIG MAN
BIG JOHN... big bad john
anybody remember the song, "will somebody please pass the biskets", i dont know who did it but i wish i did, i always thought it was the same guy that did the battle of new orleans??? or how about this one, "BabyBoy", by dick wagner and the frost??? Or maybe this one, Ya Load 16 tons, What do ya get???? by the peapicker himself
I believe Please Pass the Biscuits (as well as Big Bad John), was by Jimmy Dean.
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/jimmy-dean-please-pass-the-biscuits-lyrics.html
Frost was a great Detroit band. Wagner went on to play with a lot of big names.
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I'm reminded of how ancient I'm becoming by the mere fact that I know (just barely) what you guys are talking about. However,I suppose the alternative to growing old is bleak.
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I remember listening to a VERY young Tanya Tucker sing "Delta Dawn" on the my first "transistor" AM radio. Remember when we still called them that?
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I remember listening to a VERY young Tanya Tucker sing "Delta Dawn" on the my first "transistor" AM radio. Remember when we still called them that?
Ah, you youngster! My first AM radio played "Ahab the Arab" when it was first turned on...
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My first radio was a crystal radio that I built. I have no idea what I heard on it - that was way too many burnt brain cells ago... 
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Not obscure, but all of Fats Domino's hits were first heard on AM radio.
Also Tenn. Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons"
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"Sixteen Tons"???...and whaddaya GET???
(sorry)
That reminds me...there were a lot of crossover "Country and Western"(the old term) hits that made it over to the AM Pop radio stations back then. Isn't it a shame that like most everything nowdays, most things are so broken down into niches that seldomly ever "crossover" into other realms anymore. Don't forget, the old AM "Rock Stations" used to also play Doo-wop and Motown also, which I also loved listening to back in the day!
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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AND, speakin' o' old C&W crossover hits back then, here's one of my all time favs from 1962...... http://youtube.com/watch?v=umVbRIAr818
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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C.J. thanks for the link bro!!!! i been lookin for that forever. 
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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What was that one...."We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...."
Quick, somebody- get it out of my head!!!!
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
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What was that one...."We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...."
Quick, somebody- get it out of my head!!!!
There are "certain" song references that if subliminally placed into the collective subconcience can/may result in the loss of ba.com membership privileges. I will now retire to the moderator lounge for consultation purposes to see if THAT is one of them.
Good Luck 
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How about Alley Oop based on the comic strip,recorded by The Hollywood Argyles?
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What was that one...."We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...."
Quick, somebody- get it out of my head!!!!
There are "certain" song references that if subliminally placed into the collective subconcience can/may result in the loss of ba.com membership privileges. I will now retire to the moderator lounge for consultation purposes to see if THAT is one of them.
Good Luck
jh
You're right, it's catching...gotta think of Itchycoo Park or somethin' else quick!
 
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HEY! Here's another musical genre that hasn't been mentioned yet that was played quite a bit back then on those old radios that took a little while to warm up....The Instrumental! Here's a few of my old favorites....ENJOY!!! "Apache"(sorry can't find the original artist here...but THIS guy's really good!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ge9OgRLyZKg"Theme from Route 66" by Nelson Riddle http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZgxvoEFFkmA"Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat http://youtube.com/watch?v=8_b6xaVvgeM"Topsy, Part 2"(DON'T freak out, Phil...this version with the belly dancers is the ONLY ONE I could find on YouTube...the ladies are always clothed here!!!!!!!!!!!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=-KhJvwH5a2w"Rebel Rouser" by Duane Eddy http://youtube.com/watch?v=wwlLaJuwEr4(and to close out our "really big shoe", here's Ed Sullivan introducing....) "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGEZ71USNuw
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Apache was done by Hank Marvin and the Shadows,a fav of mine as a wee laddie(but not that poof cliff richard,hated that wanker),still luv that guitar sound Dick Dale rulz  .
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I have a nice version of Apache by the Ventures on an old LP. I won't even try loading that youtube version on my dialup.
jh
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And a SoCal boy like you didn't mention the Ventures???  Pipeline
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Good Point, Bill! And in fact, right after I entered my instrumental prompts there, I found, watched and listened to THAT exact YouTube entry, with the Ventures there in Japan in 1966 doing "Pipeline"!
(great minds...huh?!)
And I can't remember, but has anybody yet mentioned The Beach Boys here! Talk 'bout having that old AM transistor radio pressed up to your ear, and listenin' to "Surfin' U.S.A", "Little Duece Coupe", "Help Me Rhonda", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "California Girls", "Good Vibrations", and many many more...huh?!
Those dudes were the biggest thing goin' right before The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, ya know.
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And speaking of surfing music, who can forget WIPEOUT 
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Hee hee hee hee hee....you're RIGHT!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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And to get away from guitars for a minute, there's this guy: Herb Alpert (I even picked a movie theme for ya  )
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You HAVE to know whom I'm thinking of after THAT ONE, don't cha, Bill? (yep...that dude over there settin' up the Euro-Rally as we speak!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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(I even picked a movie theme for ya )
OH! Ya wanna play THAT game, huh?! I LOVE the instrumental themes from classic movies, you "Book Reader, you! (inside joke there people, don't ask!)
Here's a few for ya that hit The Charts back in the day....
Can't you just see the vainglorious Alec Guinness here?!...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RPnQ_0z5UJU
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Can't you just envision this one particular gent do somethin' kind'a spectacular on an old Triumph here?!...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EYjnMfgzgcM
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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You HAVE to know whom I'm thinking of after THAT ONE, don't cha, Bill?
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Ah yeah, Colonel Bogey's March. I could type some of the lyrics, but don't want to get the thread locked .
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And just a couple more movie themes that I remember made the Charts and the airwaves when I was but a wee tyke... Speaking of Mr. McQueen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm3kqis8YGs(for some reason after that one, I'm a hankerin' for a Marlboro cigarette right now!) and another one of my all time favorite western movie themes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6vREiRNMFc
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Well, I went looking for the theme from "The Guns of Navarone" (stayin' in Greece ), but couldn't find a decent version. Did find this though: High Noon . Written by the same guy, Dimitri Tiomkin, sung by Tex Ritter. Used to hear it on the (AM)radio in my parents car when just a tyke. And staying with Greece: web page The music doesn't start for a minute, but looking at Melina Mercouri makes up for it 
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Funny, "High Noon" has Sheb Wooley in it!(the pre-one-eyed, one-horned variety!) And..."yep"!(how's THAT for a Gary Cooper impression, HUH?! )I remember when "Never On Sunday" theme was a hit on the radio too!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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can't remember the name of the song but the line I remember is....Windshild wipers slapping out a tempo, keeping perfect rhythm with the song on the radio.
gotta keep a rooooollin'.....
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Funny the things you find out.
While searching for the Guns of Navarone theme, I found that one of the British commandos was played by Peter Grant, who went on to manage Led Zeppelin.
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Man! At first I was thinkin' "Me and Bobbi McGee", Ian, but that's not it of course. Anybody have a guess here?
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can't remember the name of the song but the line I remember is....Windshild wipers slapping out a tempo, keeping perfect rhythm with the song on the radio.
gotta keep a rooooollin'.....
Think it was Eddie Rabbit.
What kind of dog are you? Never caught a rabbit
P.S. If it's getting bad, blame Soren for recommending that Widmer Brothers Ale.
(Thanks Soren, good stuff  )
Yep, "Drivin' My Life Away".
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Think it was Eddie Rabbit.
What kind of dog are you? Never caught a rabbit
Oh man! And here I thought I WAS bad!!! 
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P.S. If it's getting bad, blame Soren for recommending that Widmer Brothers Ale.
(Thanks Soren, good stuff )
Heeeeeyyyyyy! What's with THIS GUY gettin' some smooooooth brew from Soren ANYWAY???!!! 
How come that MOSSBACK didn't send ME any of that stuff, HUH?!
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