Jimmy Dean – I.O.U.（1976/05 mono 45 full-length commercial release／album version）
from the album “I. O .U.”（1977）
Time: 5:56
BGMと語り。
タイトルは I owe you の略で、非公式の借用書の意。
母が子に注いだ愛情を「借用書」に喩え、その多さに感謝する趣旨。
２度目の引用。
1976 Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 33, Billboard 35, Record World 46 – C&W Peak: 9 – A/C Peak: 47
1977 C&W Peak: 90 – 1983 C&W Peak: 77 （newly recorded version）
Jimmy’s tender tribute would return as a Mother’s Day favorite on radio for a number of years, though we probably heard the edited 4-minute version most frequently
Jimmy Dean – I.O.U.（1976 mono radio promo 45–4:01 version）
２度目の引用。
1976 Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 33, Billboard 35, Record World 46 – C&W Peak: 9 – A/C Peak: 47
1977 C&W Peak: 90 – 1983 C&W Peak: 77 （newly recorded version）
Jimmy’s tender tribute would return as a Mother’s Day favorite on radio for a number of years, though we probably heard the edited 4-minute version most frequently
Red Sovine – Teddy Bear（1976/05 stereo 45）
BGMと語り。
produced by Tommy Hill
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 35, Billboard & Cash Box 40 – C&W Peak: 1 – 1981 UK Peak: 4
• 1967 Red Sovine -… ） as well-remembered truck-driving narratives by country performer Woodrow Wilson Sovine.
This heart-rending chart-topper joined “Giddyup Go” and “Phantom 309”
Bill Cosby - Yes, Yes, Yes（1976/04）
Composer: S. Gardner, B. Cosby
Arranger: Stu Gardner, Bill Cosby
演奏、コーラスをバックにした語り。
Byron Mac Gregor – Americans（1973/12 stereo 45）
アメリカ・ザ・ビューティフル（America the Beautiful）BGMに語られる、一種詩的な論評。
米ドルをキーワードに、多くの国が経済危機や自然災害に直面したとき、アメリカ人は支援金や援助を提供することで世界で最も寛大な国民足り得たが、アメリカ自身が危機に直面する場面では、必ずしもそうではなかった、というような主旨。
バイロン・マクレガー（1948/03/03～1995/01/03）は、カナダのニュースキャスター兼ニュースディレクター。
アメリカではその犠牲的精神を称えるものと受け取られ、ベトナム戦争の手仕舞いから建国２００年祭へ向かう、和解と沈潜、混乱の収拾の時代相を背景に、異例の大ヒットとなった。
“America The Beautiful” performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
produced by Peter Scheurmier
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box & Record World 1, Billboard 4 – C&W Peak: 59 – A/C Peak: 26
After a radio editorial written and broadcast in June 1973 （CFRB, Toronto） by long time Canadian journalist-commentator Gordon Sinclair created an unprecedented response, he recorded it for commercial single release with profits going to the American Red Cross. Sinclair’s version was titled “The Americans （A Canadian’s Opinion）” and peaked at #24 on Billboard
Released the same month was this leading version by Byron MacGregor （real name Gary Mack）, who was then news director at the powerhouse Top 40 AM station CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, right next door to Detroit. “Americans” purportedly sold 3 1/2 million copies in the U.S. and reached #1 on two of the three national singles charts. Proceeds were also donated to The Red Cross.
Gordon Sinclair – The Americans（A Canadian’s Opinion）（US:1973/12, Canada:1974, mono 45）
Composer: Gordon Sinclair
ゴードン・シンクレア（1900/06/03～1984/05/17）は、カナダのジャーナリスト、ライター、コメンテーター。
著者自身による本命盤のこちらのBGMはリパブリック讃歌（The Battle Hymn of the Republic）。
１９７３年６月５日、近年の自然災害への援助努力の結果、アメリカ赤十字社が資金を使い果たしたというニュースを受け、シンクレアがラジオ社説として書いた。レコードの収益はすべてアメリカ赤十字社に寄贈された。
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 20, Billboard 24, Cash Box 36
Written and originally broadcast June 5, 1973, over CFRB in Toronto as a radio editorial by long time Canadian journalist Gordon Sinclair, this commentary created an unprecedented response and was eventually released on a 45 in December ’73 with “Battle Hymn Of The Republic” added as background music. His profits from this commercial single went to the American Red Cross.
Released the same month was a version by Byron MacGregor （real name Gary Mack）, who was then news director at the powerhouse Top 40 AM station CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, right next door to Detroit. His version, simply titled “Americans,” purportedly sold 3½ million copies in the U.S. and reached #1 on two of the three national singles charts （proceeds also donated to The Red Cross）
A spoof of Les Crane’s 1971 #8 pop charter for Warner Bros., National Lampoon went all out with their 1972 spoof. Not only did they record this charting single （#91 on the Billboard Hot 100）, they also published a mock up of the original “Desiderata” parchment which they sold through the magazine! The female voice singing the chorus between Norman Rose’s narration is a then-unknown Melissa Manchester. Truly a classic in its own right, and today probably more desirable than Les Crane’s Top 10 hit. It’s funny!
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Troglodyte（Cave Man）（1972/04 mono 45）
ジミー・キャスター・バンチ – 原始穴居人
このグループはルーファス・トーマスのようにノベルティ系ファンクが多い。
本作はＢＧＭに語りのみ。
arranged by J. Castor & G. Thomas
produced by Castor Pruitt Prods.
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 2, Record World 5, Billboard 6 – R&B Peak: 4
Million-selling novelty was the most popular release for Castor, also remembered for his early-1967
hit “Hey Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You” and for having recorded–as a teenager–the original version of the’50s song “I Promise To Remember”.
Think – Once You Understand（1971/11 stereo 45）
演奏と「理解すると物事は少し楽になる」のバックコーラスに乗せて、ティーンエイジャーとその両親の間の対話が続き、最後にコーラスが断ち切られ、景観からの電話。「あなたの17歳の息子が薬物の過剰摂取で死亡した」と告げられ、ショックを受ける父嫌。そして短くコーラス。
Think は 1971年にプロデューサー兼ソングライターの Lou Stallman と Bobby Susser によって結成されたアメリカのスタジオ・グループ。
このレコードは一部で放送禁止となったが、1974年に再ヒットしたそうだ。
arranged by John Abbott
produced by Lou Stallman & Bobby Susser
The same recording was re-released in 1974 on the Big Tree label.
（debuted late ’71） 1972 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 21, Billboard 23, Cash Box 29
1974 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 42, Billboard & Cash Box 53
Think – Once You Understand（1972/1974 mono radio promo 45）
arranged by John Abbott
produced by Lou Stallman & Bobby Susser
（debuted late ’71） 1972 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 21, Billboard 23, Cash Box 29 – 1974 Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 42, Billboard & Cash Box 53
1972 release on the Laurie label and reissued in 1974 on Big Tree.
Les Crane – Desiderata（1971/09 stereo 45）
米作家マックス・アーマンによる有名な１９２０年代の散文の朗読、およびコーラス。
Desiderata はラテン語で「望まれるもの」の意。
“You are a child of the universe” というフレーズがある。
produced by Fred Werner & Les Crane
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 8, Cash Box 11, Record World 16 – Easy Listening Peak: 3 – UK Peak: 7 （BMRB, MM, NME）
This well-known 1920s work of prose by American writer Max Ehrmann traveled an interesting journey during the decades prior to the release of this popular Les Crane recording （incorrectly cited on the 45 single’s record sleeve as having been “found in Old Saint Paul’s Church, Baltimore; dated 1692″）. See the “Desiderata” Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata And for more on the sometimes-controversial career of talk radio and late-night TV host Crane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Crane
Norman Rose and Melissa Manchester were featured on the funny National Lampoon recorded spoof titled “Deteriorata”.
Art Linkletter – We Love You, Call Collect（1969/10 mono 45）
ＢＧＭと語り。
愛嬢の飛び降り自殺がＬＳＤ乱用によるらしいと知った人気タレントのアート・リンクレターが、薬物乱用対策への義援金を募る目的で出したレコード。
produced by Irvin S. Atkins
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 38, Billboard 42, Cash Box 44
This poignant Grammy-winning narrative by the long-time radio and television host was released just weeks after his youngest daughter Diane’s death by suicide. For more background see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Linkletter
Shy Guy – Just A Little Love Talk
ＢＧＭと語り。
Bill Cosby – Little Ole Man（Uptight-Everythiing’s Alright）（1967/08）
テッド・ルイス的。
arranged by James Carmichael
produced by Fred Smith
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Record World 4, Cash Box 5
In 1967 Bill Cosby took a break from his usual stand-up-comedy album releases by recording the music LP “Silver Throat.” Issued as a successful 45 single track was this rhythmically-infectious take on the Stevie Wonder hit, embellished by Cosby’s curious narrative.
The Hombres – Let It Out（Let It All Hang Out）（1967/07）
ほぼ語り。
produced by Huey P. Meaux
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 6, Cash Box 7, Billboard 12
Vocal and organ by B. B. Cunningham on this Memphis group’s popular nonsense-novelty hit. It was originally issued simply under the title “Let It All Hang Out” but changed soon after （probably due to radio stations’ hesitance to say it on the air）. The opening phrase “A preachment, dear frends, etc.” was copied from the late-1940s Red Ingle recording “Cigareets, Whuskey, And Wild, Wild Women”.
Red Sovine – Phantom 309（1967/05 mono 45）
BGMと語り。
produced by Tommy Hill
Up there with “Giddyup Go” and “Teddy Bear” among Red’s most memorable trucker narrative hits.
1967 C&W Chart Peak: 9
1976 C&W Chart Peak: 47
Sammy Davis, Jr. – Don’t Blame The Children（1967/05 mono 45 vwrsion）
演奏・コーラスをバックにした語りのみ。
タイトルは「子供達を責めないで」の意。
伊武雅刀『子供達を責めないで』（1983）の日本語詞は秋元康。
新井理恵のマンガ『子供達をせめないで』（1996）は特に関連ななさそう。
arranged by H. B. Barnum
produced by Jimmy Bowen
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 37, Record World 70, Cash Box 79
Sammy takes on the ‘angry preacher’ persona in this uncharacteristic spoken-word release.
arranged & conducted by John Cacavas
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 29, Record World 31, Cash Box 43 – Easy Listening Peak: 4
Co-written by CBS News personality Charles Osgood （real name Charles Osgood Wood III） and composer-conductor John Cacavas, this part-spoken patriotic offering featured the highly recognizable voice of the prominent U.S. Senate minority leader （R-Illinois）. He was 70 years old when this was recorded.
produced by Gene Nash
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 20, Cash Box 27, Billboard 35 – C&W Chart Peak: 14
Country music performer Sea （aka Johnny Seay） with a spoken-word reading of one writer’s view of America’s challenges during the tumultuous mid-1960s.
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Cab Calloway – History Repeats Itself（1966/03）
produced by Bob Thiele
Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 89
This is the Calloway cover of the pop-country hit by Buddy Starcher. The narrative is based upon a piece of folklore that first emerged in 1964, listing ‘coincidental’ parallels between the careers and deaths of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. While most are true, there are a couple of exceptions: 1） Although President Kennedy did have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln, there is no record that President Lincoln had a secretary named “Kennedy,” 2） John Wilkes Booth was not born in 1839, but on May 10, 1838.
Buddy Starcher – History Repeats Itself（1966/03）
冒頭「リパブリック讃歌（Battle Hymn of the Republic）」が歌われる。
アメリカ・ザ・ビューティフル（America The Beautiful）をBGMにした
リンカーンとケネディ、２人の大統領の暗殺の不思議な共通性を指摘する朗読。
produced by Chuck Glaser
Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 39 – C&W Chart Peak: 2
Based upon a piece of folklore that first emerged in 1964, this is Starcher’s spoken-word narrative which lists’coincidental’ parallels between the careers and deaths of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. While most are true, there are a couple of exceptions: 1） Although President Kennedy did have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln, there is no record that President Lincoln had a secretary named “Kennedy,” 2） John Wilkes Booth was not born in 1839, but on May 10, 1838.
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Frank Gallop – The Ballad Of Irving（1966/03）
orchestra conducted by Pat Williams
疑似ライブ。
冒頭、キハーダの音。
漫談のようでもありお笑いソングのようでもあり、のちのラップにもつながる感じもする。
アーヴィングという男について、Big, short, fat, Yellow と身体的特徴を挙げ、sissy（弱虫）であるともしている。
produced by Bob Booker & George Foster
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Record World 34, Cash Box 46
This western-ballad spoof by veteran radio & television announcer Gallop （best-known from Perry Como’s TV show） was a track taken from the comedy LP “When You’re In Love The Whole World Is Jewish,” produced by the creators of the original “The First Family” album sensation.
Red Sovine – Giddyup Go（1965/10 mono 45）
BGMと語り。
２度目の引用。
produced by Tommy Hill
Country Chart Peak: 1 – Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 82, Cash Box 95, Record World 104
This hit, “Phantom 309,” and “Teddy Bear” are the three truck-driving narratives for which Woodrow Wilson Sovine is best remembered.
Don Bowman – Graduation Day（1965/05）
Lorne Greene – Ringo（1964/10）
orchestra & chorus conducted by Joe Reisman
from the album “Welcome To The Ponderosa”（1964）RCA Victor LPM-2843
produced by Joe Reisman
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 1, Cash Box 1, Record World 2
Chart-topping gunfighter narrative by Greene, who portrayed Ben Cartwright in “Bonanza” （ranked as the #1 television series for three straight seasons during the mid-1960s）.
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Jim Stafford – Wildwood Weed（1974/06 stereo 45）
from the album “Jim Stafford”（1974）
演奏をバックにした語り。偶然、野生のマリファナを見つけ、栽培するというストーリー。
Composer: Don Bowman
produced by Phil Gernhard & Lobo
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 4, Cash Box 5, Billboard 7 – C&W Peak: 57 – A/C Peak: 29
Inspired by the vintage folk tune “Wildwood Flower,” this parody was written and originally recorded in 1964 by country music singer-comedian Don Bowman
Don Bowman – Wildwood Weed
from the album “Our Man In Trouble”（1964）
Composer: Don Bowman
演奏をバックにした語り。
オリジナルのほうも、歌ってるのか 語ってるのか、ビミョーなところ。
歌詞に
“The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds,
And put’em in the sun to dry.
Then we mashed’em up and chopped’em up,
And put’em in the corncob pipe.
Smokin’ that wildwood flower got to be a habit,
とある。
Carter Family（1928）のものは同名異曲。
produced by Chet Atkins
recorded September 1963
1st Recording Of “Wildwood Weed”
from the album “Our Man In Trouble （It Only Hurts When I Laugh）”（1964）RCA Victor LPM 2831
Jim Stafford’s 1974 top-10 tribute to the’weed’ was written and first recorded by country singer-comedian-radio host Bowman for his LP “Our Man In Trouble.”
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Jimmy Dean – Dear Ivan（1962/12/08）
手紙を読む設定で、ＢＧＭとして『リパブリック讃歌』が流れる。
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 15, Cash Box 21, Billboard 24
This narrative Cold War-era follow-up single to Jimmy’s #1 hit “Big Bad John” was released in-between the 1961 Berlin Crisis and the October ’62 Cuban Missle Crisis.
Dr. Horse – Jack, That Cat Was Clean（1962/10）
ＢＧＭと語り。
Bill Anderson – Mama Sang A Song（1962/06）
コーラスと演奏をバックにした語り。
C&W Chart Peak: 1 – Billboard Hot 100 Peak: 89
Written by Bill and enhanced by The Anita Kerr Singers, this was the original recorded version of the narrative which was covered for the ‘pop’ market by both Walter Brennan and Stan Kenton.
Walter Brennan – Old Rivers（1962/03）
with The Johnny Mann Singers, produced by Snuff Garrett
ＢＧＭと語り。
Top 5 record hit was the most successful recording by the multiple-Oscar-winning character actor. At the time of this recording, Brennan was 67 and starring in the television series “The Real McCoys.”
Bob Braun – Till Death Do Us Part（1962/02）
語りとバックコーラス。
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 24, Billboard & Cash Box 26
Local Cincinnati broadcast personality Braun hosted a popular afternoon TV show from 1967 to 1984.
Jimmy Dean – The Cajun Queen（1962/01/10）
シングル “To A Sleeping Beauty” のＢ面。
『ビッグ・バッド・ジョン』のアンサー・ソング。
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 22, Cash Box 23, Music Vendor 28 – C&W Chart Peak: 16
Sequel to Jimmy’s late-1961 chart-topper “Big Bad John.”
Fred Darian – Battle Of Gettysburg（1961/01）
ゲティスバーグの戦いは南北戦争中最大の激戦。
リズムに乗りながらもアフタービートのアクセントをつけないラップ、オッペケペ節のような感じ。
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 100, Music Vendor 102, Cash Box 127
In that centennial year of the eruption of the Civil War, this dramatic track was composed by the same trio who had given us the novelty hit “Mr. Custer” several months earlier.
James MacArthur – The In-Between Years（1961）
『ハワイ5-0』の役者。音痴だったのか、語りのレコードになっている。
Jim Ford – The Story Of Elvis Presley（1960）
Composer: Stanton, Semos, Chamberlain
『ラヴ・ミー・テンダー』の演奏とコーラスをバックに、誕生から除隊、帰国までをアジ演説のように語っている。
Edd Byrnes and Friend – Like I Love You（1959/07）
orchestra conducted by Don Ralke
冒頭、公衆電話からかけるSE。内容はBGMと男女の通話。
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 41, Billboard 42, Music Vendor 45
’77 Sunset Strip’s’ “Kookie” is joined by an unidentified young lady （not label-mates Connie Stevens or Joanie Sommers） on this follow-up single to his million-selling “Kookie, Kookie （Lend Me Your Comb”
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Bo Diddley – Say Man, Back Again（1959/11）
演奏をバックに台詞のやり取りが続く。
音楽は『テキーラ』風。
笑い声が入る。
Composer: E. McDaniel
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 83, Cash Box 87, Billboard 106
His followup single release to the Top 20 hit “Say Man”
Bo Diddley – Say Man（1959/08）
演奏をバックに台詞のやり取りが続く。
笑い声が入る。
Composer: E. McDaniel
Bo trades insults with Jerome Green on one of his most popular single releases.
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 36, Music Vendor 39, Billboard 57
This novelty by Italian-American entertainer and NYC restauranteur Paone was his only U.S. hit single, edited down by more than a minute from the original LP track.
introducing Linda Laurie – Ambrose（Part Five）（1958/11）
演奏をバックに語り。
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 46, Billboard 52, Music Vendor 76
Truly odd novelty （she does the ‘Ambrose’ voice also）. ‘Linda Laurie’ was Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter Linda Gertz, whose best-known composition was Helen Reddy’s “Leave Me Alone （Ruby Red Dress）.”
Jim Backus and Friend – Delicious（1958/07）
ピアノのＢＧＭと男女の会話のみの内容。
with Appleknocker and his group
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 36, Billboard 40, Music Vendor 80
This ‘laughing record’ (as such performances used to be labelled back in the early days of recording) by actor & ‘Mr. Magoo’ voice Backus was a pretty close copy of the original 1956 release by T.C. Jones, which was named “Champagne Cocktails.”
David Carroll’s Orchestra & Chorus with the voice of Franklyn MacCormack – The Ship That Never Sailed （1957/02/15）
コーラスと語り。
シングル David Carroll And His Orchestra “I Love You Truly” のＢ面。
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 41, Music Vendor 43, Billboard 65
Narration by famed radio announcer MacCormack, who–up until his death in 1971– continued to do sentimental readings as part of his late-nite WGN Chicago radio program.
Eddie Lawrence – The Old Philosopher（1956）
accompanied by The Sentimental Four
使われるマーチは “National Emblem（国民の象徴）” のＢメロ。
Pop Chart Peak Positions: Cash Box 33, Billboard 34, Music Vendor 35
Actor-monologist Lawrence Eisler with his most successful comedy recording.
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra – Experiments With Mice（1956/07）
Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 61
語りと演奏。
Clever “Three Blind Mice” novelty of big band & jazz impressions by British bandleader Dankworth （who also narrates）.
Yves Montand – Le peintre, la pomme et Picasso（1956/03）
フランスの例。タイトルは「画家、リンゴ、ピカソ」の意。イヴ・モンタンの語りだけで、楽器や効果音、拍手や笑いなど一切なし。
Deacon Andy Griffith – Romeo And Juliet（Parts I & II）（1954/01）
漫談レコード。
Pop Chart Peak: Cash Box 45
Prior to earning applause on Broadway, movies, and TV, he first gained national attention as a monologist, posing as country preacher’Deacon’ Andy Griffith in the top-10 comedy recording “What Is Was, Was Football” and this follow-up single.
Deacon Andy Griffith – What It Was, Was Football（Parts I & II）（1953/12）
漫談レコード。
Before “No Time For Sergeants” really kicked his career into high gear…and long, long before Sheriff Andy or Matlock…Andy Griffith recorded this comic football game monologue for Colonial Records in Raleigh, NC. Capitol saw the potential, purchased the master, and watched their two-sided single by “Deacon” Andy Griffith become a comedy sensation…reaching #9 on the best-sellers chart.
Johnny Standley – It’s In The Book（Part 1, 2）（1952）
漫談と歌。
This （partly） spoken-word comedy disc sold over a million copies and reached #1 on the best-seller charts for Standley, a comic performer who regularly appeared on tour and on TV with the Horace Heidt orchestra. Side 1-the “Little Bo-Peep” revival meeting, Side 2-the musical ode to “Grandma’s Lye Soap”
Carson Robison – Life Gits Tee-Jus Don’t It（1948）
with his Pleasant Valley Boys
BGMと語り。
Starting in the mid-1920’s, important early country-folk artist & composer Robison’s career included 30+ years of recording, radio appearances and touring. The commercially-successful highlight of his later years was this memorable novelty….a #3 country hit, #14 pop.
“T” Texas Tyler, The Man with a Million Friends – Deck Of Cards（1948）
BGMと語り。
（arr. Tyler）
Popularly revived in 1959 by Wink Martindale, the inspirational recitation first achieved national attention via this 1948 country hit by David Myrick—aka “T” Texas Tyler. Not an original concept, Tyler’s narrative was adapted from a folk story that dated back to 1762.
Al “Jazzbo” Collins – Three Little Pigs（1953/07）
an adaptation by Steve Allen
Lou Stein at the piano
“Steve Allen’s Grimm Fairy Tale For Hip Kids” と題されたSP盤 “Little Red Riding Hood” のＢ面。
ピアノと語りのみ。 The New York DJ was joined by Lou Stein （piano） for this treatment of one of Steve Allen’s “Bop Fables.”
Ted Lewis and his Band – Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine（And Keep On Painting Away）（1931）
“incidental singing” by Ted Lewis
例によって歌詞を朗々と語るテッド・ルイス。
recorded in NYC April 13, 1931
Teddy more-or-less shouts his way through one of the more commonly-reissued Lewis tracks, highlighted by solos from Goodman （Paint it blue, Benny!!） and Spanier （Paint it red, Muggsy!!）.
Moran and Mack – Two Black Crows Part 3 and Part 4（1927）
piano by Robert Hood Bowers
掛け合い漫談。
recorded in NYC November 14, 1927
One of several “Two Black Crows” comedy sketch 78s released by the Vaudeville team of Charles E. Mack and George Moran. Some issues of 1094-D contain different earlier takes. For the duo’s most popular original’Parts 1 & 2′ recording,
Moran and Mack – Two Black Crows Part 1 and Part 2（1927）
accompanied by Les Copeland （piano）
漫談レコードの最初のヒット盤。
recorded in NYC March 14, 1927
The first and most popular of several successful spoken-word comedy recordings by the “Two Black Crows” Vaudeville team of George Moran and Charles Mack.
それらの中で１９６０年代に一番売れたのは、ヒッピー世代にそれなりの理解と助言を与えた１９６７年のヴィクター・ランドバーグ『アン・オープン・レター・トゥ・マイ・ティーネイジ・サン（An Open Letter To My Teenage Son）』だったとか。
今年、オバマ演説本が売れましたが、ありゃ例外ですね。
基本的にこういうのは日本じゃ売れる要素がない。
Victor Lundberg – An Open Letter To My Teenage Son（1967/09 mono 45）
『リパブリック讃歌』をＢＧＭとして、十代の我が息子へ送る手紙を読み上げている。自由主義国家アメリカを讃美する先に、その敵対者と戦えという言外のメッセージがある。アメリカ独善カルトの洗脳レコードと称すべきか。
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 6, Record World 7, Billboard 10
Yikes! Yes, in late 1967 people were purchasing this narrative by the Grand Rapids newscaster. Wikipedia also lists 10 different spoken-word ‘answer’ records that were released in response.
（右）米シングル『WHAT IS A MARINE』Ernie Maresca（アーニー・マレシュカ。文献によってはアーニー・マレスカとの表記もあります）。
今から２０年ちょっと前に買ったシングル盤です。当時すでに１９６２年『シャウト！シャウト！』のオリジナルＬＰを持っていたのですがシングルはなかったので期待して針を落としたら、な、なんとストリングスをバックに詩（？）を朗読してるだけ。
Ｂ面「THE NIGHT MY PAPA DIED」もメロディがあるやなしやのユルい弾き語りバラードで、ズッコケちゃいました。
The Beach Boys – Bull Session With “Big Daddy” ビッグ・ダディと一緒に
from the album “Today!”（1965/03）
Tony Martin – Casey At The Bat（1951）
with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra
This was the flip side of Tony’s “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
冒頭と最後に “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” を引用。
あとはすべて語り。
DeWolf Hopper – Casey At The Bat（1926 version）
recorded in Camden NJ September 1, 1926
Vaudeville and musical theater star Hopper had also released an earlier reading of the famous baseball poem in a pre-electric 1906 recording.
DeWolf Hopper – Casey At The Bat（1906 version）
アーネスト・セア作の有名な野球詩を朗読している。
デヴォルフ・ホッパーはボードヴィルでミュージカル劇場のスター。
The Sunshine Company – Rain
サンシャイン・カンパニー – レイン
from the album “Happy Is”（1967）ソフト・ロックの彗星 サンシャイン・カンパニー登場
The Sunshine Company – Happy（1967/06 mono 45）
ザ・サンシャイン・カンパニー – ハッピー
日本盤シングルでは “Back On The Street Again”（花咲くカリフォルニア）のＢ面。
arranged by George Tipton
produced by Joe Saraceno
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 31, Record World 47, Billboard 50
First of three Hot 100-charted singles by the Los Angeles group.
The Sunshine Company – Back On The Street Again（1967/10 mono 45）
初期バーズ風。
arranged by George Tipton
produced by Joe Saraceno
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 36, Cash Box & Record World 45
Follow-up single release to “Happy” and the second of the group’s three Hot 100-charting sides.
The Sunshine Company – Sunday Brought The Rain（1968/04）
シングル “Let’s Get Together” のＢ面。
from the album “The Sunshine Company”（1968）
２度目の引用。
Short-lived New Jersey group most remembered for their rendition of the song “Happy” which was also covered by The Sunshine Company around the same time. Unfortunately for the Garden State foursome, their version did not chart as high as their competition’s. An album was released in’68 including the track here. Nice sunshine/baroque pop.
This is an A-side single to “Stand And Be Counted” and is written by Unknown.
The 45 was released in 196? by Idol Records and the catalog # is ID 1001.
Where this group is from is not yet known.
ワーナーブラザースの映画『太ももに蝶（I Love You Alice B. Toklas! ）』（1968）
監督：ハイ・アヴァーバック
音楽：エルマー・バーンスタイン
出演：ピーター・セラーズ、ジョー・ヴァン・フリート、リー・テイラー・ヤング 、ジョイス・ヴァン・パッテン、ハーバート・エデルマン
西海岸のヒッピー、サイケデリック・ムーブメントに取材したコメディ。
当時の一般的な大人がヒッピーをドラッグ中毒のイカレポンチどもと認識していたことがよく分かります。
まぁ実際そうだったんでしょうけどね。
ザ・ブレイズ・オブ・グラスがこの映画のテーマを歌ってます。
よりディープな形でピッピー、サイケを扱っている映画『キャンディ』のテーマをザ・バーズ、ステッペンウルフが歌うのは翌１９６９年のことです。
Gilbert Bécaud – Je t’appartiens（1955）
ジルベール・ベコー – 神の思いのままに
英語版は “Let It Be Me” として知られています。
ベートーベン「歓喜の歌」にルーツがあるように感じました。
Jill Corey – Let It Be Me（1957/03/11）
orchestra & chorus conducted by Jimmy Carroll
recorded March 8, 1957
1st （English-language） Recording Of “Let It Be Me”
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 54, Billboard 57, Music Vendor 76
Familiar through both the hit Everly Brothers （1960）and Betty Everett-Jerry Butler （1964）versions, the 1955 French ballad “Je t’appartiens” by singer-songwriter Gilbert Becaud made its English-language debut in 1957 by singer Corey, who recorded it March 8th and introduced it publicly on the March 21st episode of the CBS-TV dramatic anthology series “Climax!”
The Everly Brothers – Let It Be Me（1959/12/28）
エヴァリー・ブラザース – 恋の願い
orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer
Gilbert Becaud’s 1955 French hit “Je t’appartiens” first emerged in an English language version in 1957 by Jill Corey, but more successfully by the Everlys in 1960 and again by Jerry Butler & Betty Everett four years later
Betty Everett & Jerry Butler – Let It Be Me（1964/08）
ベティ・エヴェレットとジェリー・バトラー – 二人は恋人
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 3, Billboard 5, Cash Box 9
Gilbert Becaud’s 1955 French hit “Je t’appartiens” first emerged in an English language version in 1957 by Jill Corey, but was recorded more successfully by the Everly Brothers in 1960 and again four years later in this Everett-Butler duet.
Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare – Let It Be Me（1965）
セリフ入り。
Sonny & Cher – Let It Be Me
ソニーとシェール – 二人は恋人
from the album “Look At Us”（1965）アイ・ゴット・ユー・ベイブ
The two years that Sonny Bono put in working along side producer, Phil Spector had its benefits. He and his girlfriend/partner/wife, Cherilyn, experienced first hand what a Spector recording session at Hollywood’s Gold Star Studios entailed. Whether it be playing percussion instruments, adding handclaps or background vocals, Sonny Bono took it all in and applied it to his own recorded creations going forward. Utilizing the same ensemble of talented’Wrecking Crew’ musicians that played on the Spector dates, in the spring of 1964 a handful of recordings were made with he and Cher credited as’Caesar and Cleo. The duo would quickly change their name to simply, Sonny and Cher and then the abbreviated, Sonny & Cher. In late 1964, Sonny snagged a solo contract for Cher with Imperial Records while they would issue their records together on Atco. Cher’s debut single on Imperial,’Dream Baby’ （composed and produced by Sonny and credited to Cherilyn） is pure, girl pop’Wall of Sound’ power. While it made some noise locally in Los Angles, the record tanked nationally. The duos first Atco single, another Sonny Bono original entitled,’Just You’, is absolute sheer perfection. Another flawless, Spectoresque production that when released in the Spring of 1965, it just sat there （it would be re-promoted by Atco following their next hit record where it did make it into the Top 20）. Little would the couple know that the next single would ultimately become their signature recording. ‘I Got You Babe’ was what Sonny wanted as the A-side but a pre-Atco recording entitled,’It’s Gonna Rain’ was slapped on the other side which Atlantic Records president, Ahmet Ertegun, favored pushing as the plug side. Sonny & Cher were even given a cameo appearance in the forgettable’B’ movie,’Wild On The Beach’ where they lip-synched the tune. But Sonny had such faith in’I Got You Babe’ that he cut an acetate of it at Gold Star post haste and promptly delivered it to KHJ radio jocks in L.A. where it’lit up the switchboards’. Alas, the rest regarding’I Got You Babe’ and the success of Sonny & Cher is well known history. Of course, when an artist has a potential hit record on their hands, an LP is a must which brings us to a lovely collection of tunes by Sonny & Cher on their debut Atco long player entitled,’Look At Us’. It may have been hastily assembled but once again, the magic combination of Sonny & Cher’s vocals with Sonny’s production, arrangements by Harold Battiste, the Wrecking Crew and engineer Stan Ross at Gold Star Studios, made for a delightlful, jingle-jangly, Spectorian collection of twelve tracks. One those stand out LP cuts is a cover of the Manny Curtis & Gilbert Becaud tune,’Let It Be Me’. Sonny slathered the production in echo and Phil Spector’s influence, creating a shimmering, atmospheric ultasonic listening experience that is so well done, it really could have been considered for a single release. A couple of Phil Spector tunes （’Then He Kissed Me’ and’Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love’） in the collection of songs are given a first class’Wall of Sound’ treatment along with a nod to Motown （’You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me’） which was encircled with the echo-laden reverberation of the legendary Gold Star echo chamber. An ultimately million selling album that is highly recommended.
Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry – Let It Be Me（1969/01 mono 45）
グレン・キャンベルとボビー・ジェントリー – レット・イット・ビー・ミー
arranged & conducted by Al De Lory
produced by Al De Lory & Kelly Gordon
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 36, Record World 54, Cash Box 96 – C&W Peak: 14 – Easy Listening Peak: 7
This fifth of six versions of the French tune to reach Billboard’s Hot 100 was also the second of three pop-charted singles from the Campbell-Gentry duo.
竹内まりや ＆ 山下達郎 – Let It Be Me
Studio version
アルバム “Expressions”（2008/10/01）所収。
The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There（1970/08/28 mono version）
ジャクソン・ファイブ – アイル・ビー・ゼア
arranged by Bob West
produced by Hal Davis
Pop Chart Peaks: #1 on Billboard, Cash Box & Record World – R&B Peak: 1 – Easy Listening Peak: 24
Spending five weeks at the top, this huge autumn ballad was the group’s longest-reigning #1 single on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
The Lemon Drops – Sunshower Flower Power（Complete Recording History 1967-1968）
Sunshower Flower Power is not a simple re-hash of previous Lemon Drops releases（ie. Definitive Collection on Collectables, Crystal Pure on Magnum Records, etc.）. Simply put, the masters and recordings that were sourced now, are a revelation. In other words The Lemon Drops never sounded better. Sunshower Flower Power tells the full story of The Lemon Drops for the first time.
Disc One – The “Sometime Ago” Album.
01 Sometime Ago（Unreleased Version.）
02 I Live In The Springtime（Previously Unreleased Version.）
03 It Happens Everyday（Previously Unreleased Version.）
04 Sometime Ago（Raga Version.）
05 The Theater Of Your Eyes.
06 Popsicle Girl.
07 Flower Child Eyes And Arms.
08 To The Tower.
09 Death Calls.
10 Saturday Be-In.
11 Paper Plane Flyer（Previously Unreleased Mix.）
12 Flower Pure.
13 Jennifer-Ann.
14 Guinevere.
15 Learn To Fly.
16 Crystal Pure.
17 Love Is A Word.
18 The Theater Of Your Eyes（Acoustic Version.）
Disc Two – Rarities.
19 My Friend.
20 I Live In The Springtime（Original Single Mix.）
21 Listen Girl（Original Single Mix.）
22 It Happens Everyday.
23 Alone（Previously Unreleased Version.）
24 Nobody For Me.
25 Flowers On The Hillside.
26 Dream.
27 I Like You.
28 Flower Pure（Previously Unreleased Version.）
29 Paper Plane Flyer（Previously Unreleased Version.）
30 Talk To The Animals.
31 Maria.
32 Sleeping On Colors.
33 Fairytales – Complete Session（Previously Unreleased.）
34 Hi, How Are You Today?.
35 I Live In The Springtime（Previously Unreleased Early Version.）
36 I Live In The Springtime（Extended Alternate Version）
Line-Up：
Danny Smola – Lead Vocals.
Dick Sidman – Lead Vocals
Ricky Erickson – Lead Guitar.
George Sorrenson – Lead Guitar.
Jeff Brand – Bass Guitar.
Bobby Lunack – Acoustic Guitar.
Eddie Weiss – Rhythm Guitar.
Gary Weiss – Drums.
（右）米シングル『WHAT IS A MARINE』Ernie Maresca（アーニー・マレシュカ。文献によってはアーニー・マレスカとの表記もあります）。
ワーナーブラザースの映画『太ももに蝶（I Love You Alice B. Toklas! ）』（1968）