「１９４５～１９６５年」タグアーカイブ

何十年も原形を留めている革ジャンがあったらそれこそ「スリラー」（２）

 

Frankie Laine – Laughing At Life（1947）
２度目の引用。

Carson Robison – Life Gits Tee-Jus Don’t It（1948）
with his Pleasant Valley Boys
BGMと語り。
２度目の引用。

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.

King Cole and His Trio – Lush Life（1949）
orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo
vocal: King Cole
タイトルは「実り豊かな人生」「向上しつつある生活」の意。

Still some months away from including his first name of “Nat” on the record labels, King Cole recorded Billy Strayhorn’s 1930s jazz tune with this striking Pete Rugolo arrangement. Cole would re-record the song in later years, but this is his famous first one.

Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys – The Wild Side Of Life（1952/02）

This biggest hit of Hank’s 35-year Billboard chart history was the basis for Kitty Wells’ subsequent #1 ‘answer record’ “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.”

＜参考＞
Kitty Wells – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels（1952/06/23）
“The Wild Side Of Life” のアンサー・ソング。

This breakthru recording for “The Queen Of Country Music” was the answer record to Hank Thompson’s 1952 hit “The Wild Side Of Life.”

The Harptones – Life Is But A Dream（1955/06）

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Dick Haymes – C’est La Vie（1057/03）
orchestra conducted by Billy May

Sarah Vaughan – C’est La Vie（1955/10）
orchestra conducted by Hugo Peretti
タイトルは「それが人生」の意。

Vaughan’s #11 radio play charted single came at the end of her most productive year as a’pop’ record artist. See also the 1955 hits “Make Yourself Comfortable” “Whatever Lola Wants” and “How Important Can It Be.”

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George Cates and his Chorus and Orchestra – Where There’s Life（1956/07）
Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 75
Inspired by the “Where There’s Life, There’s Bud” commercial jingle.

The McGuire Sisters – Ev’ry Day Of My Life（1956/09）
orchestra and chorus conducted by Dick Jacobs
シングル “Endless” のＢ面。

The song was successfully revived in 1972 by Bobby Vinton. Alos-posted is the flip side “Endless.”

Jack Pleis and his Orchestra – （But As They Say）That’s Life（1957/04）
with unbilled Al Hibbler
Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 69
インストかと思ったら、終わり近くで声が入る。

Marty Robbins – The Story Of My Life（1957/09/30）
マーティ・ロビンス – 唄う人生
ハル・デヴィッド、バート・バカラック　コンビの記念すべき初ヒット曲。
口笛が入る。
２度目の引用。

The Everly Brothers – Love Of My Life（1958/10）

Flip side of their top-5 hit “Problems”
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 40, Cash Box 47, Music Vendor 54

Joe Babcock – A Way Of Life（1960）
たづきの途って邦題はどうだ（笑）

The Earls – Life Is But A Dream（1961/04）
２度目の引用。

Tony Bennett – The Good Life（1963/04）
conducted by Marty Manning

English-language version of the French song “La Belle Vie” by Sacha Distel

Bettye Swann – What Is My life Coming To（1964/11）
タイトルは「私の人生はどうなるのか」の意。
シングル “Don’t Wait Too Long” のＢ面。

The Expressions – Out Of My Life（1964）
シングル “You Better Know It” のＢ面。
Bobby Davisのグループ。
The Impressions 風。

Marion Montgomery – That’s Life（1964）
orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall

This was released before singer Montgomery changed the spelling of her professional name from “Marian” to “Marion.” The popular Frank Sinatra recording didn’t come along until two years later.
The original single was issued on Capitol 5231 – That’s Life （Dean Kay-Kelly Gordon） by Marian Montgomery, orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall
This was released before singer Montgomery changed the spelling of her professional name from “Marian” to “Marion.” The popular Frank Sinatra recording didn’t come along until two years later.

Nancy Wilson – The Good Life（1964）

Lonnie Donegan – Get Out Of My Life（UK:1965/02/19）
スキッフルのロニー・ドネガン。こういうのも歌っていた。

The Righteous Brothers – Just Once In My Life（1965/03）
from the album “Just Once In My Life”（1965）

arranged by Jack Nitzche
produced by Phil Spector
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 9, Cash Box & Record World 10
Producer Phil Spector shared writing credits with Carole King and Gerry Goffin on this follow-up single to “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.”


Two People – City Life（1965/08）

Recorded at United Recording in Hollywood. Between August 1965 and September 1966 Liberty Records issued five singles recorded by a male/female duo billed as’Two People’ （the first three discs were credited to’Two People’ while the fourth and fifth were presented as’The Two People’）. It’s curious that a large record company would record and release ten known tracks by an act signed to their label yet there was very little to be found regarding just who the two singers were. A blurb in a September 27, 1965 KFWB – Los Angeles radio newsletter features a promotional photo of the singers identified as Pat Briley from Detroit and folksinger Helene Slack who hailed from Philadelphia. The story indicates that Briley had been composing songs three years prior and that Slack at that time, had only been on the west coast for just six months and that the two singers had apparently met each other while at a recording session. Another piece of information regarding the duo was in a one sentence newsflash from a March 5, 1966 issue of Record World stating that’The Two People’, Pat Briley and Helene Slack, were set to record for Liberty Records. More than likely the announcement of a’new’ group signed to the label was probably due to the inclusion of’The’ inserted in front of the groups name. The only known television appearance by Pat Briley and Helene Slack as’Two People’ was on a December 4, 1965 episode of’Shivaree’ on which they performed the Pat Briley original tune,’Knock On Wood’ that had been released a few weeks earlier in October of that year. Following the groups last single in September 1966, Pat Briley surfaced as a soloist on just one lone release for the Whiz label in 1967. As for Helene Slack, she appears to have fallen off of the music biz radar. In some publications, a young black female songwriter/vocalist by the name of Rita Martinson has been credited as the female half of’Two People’ which is incorrect. The connection that Rita does have to the group is that she was the composer of the A-side of the last Liberty single released as’The Two People’.

Lee Dorsey – Get Out Of My Life, Woman（1965/12 mono 45）

Composer, Arranger: Allen Toussaint
Producer: Tou-Sea Productions
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 34, Cash Box 38, Billboard 44 – R&B Peak: 5
Like Dorsey’s other 1966 hits “Working In The Coal Mine” and “Holy Cow,” this was written and produced by influential New Orleans music figure Allen Toussaint.

Beverly Noble – Love Of My Life（1965）

Out of Los Angeles, this sparsley arranged tune was featured as the flip to the lost’Wall of Sound’ jewel entitled,’Better Off Without You’. Believe it or not, the vocals were flawlessly and effortlessly executed by unknown Beverly Noble, a fourteen year old classmate of Rebecca Page, the daughter of the co-procucers, Rickie Page & George Motola.

途中で少しセリフっぽくなる箇所がある。

 

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