zondag 29 oktober 2006

LET'S ROCK

They don't make music anymore like they did in the sixties, don't they? Looking around on Google's YouTube I found some of the music I grew up with.

Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) is the prototype for the female pop singer of today. At the height of her chart popularity in the late '50s and early '60s, she was unique as a female recording artist, amassing record sales equal to and surpassing those of many of her post-rock era male contemporaries.
Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1960)

Dion was way ahead of his time, singing about issues that people didn't dare to talk about in public. Look at the audience... This is a real rock song and they're sitting there like corpses.
Dion DiMucci - Runaround Sue (1961)

Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson) was the definition of R&B elegance. King's plaintive baritone had all the passion of gospel, but the settings in which it was displayed were tailored more for his honey smooth phrasing and crisp enunciation.
Ben E. King - Stand By Me (1961)

Françoise Hardy, in my opinion one of the most beautiful women in the world, covered more stylistic ground and owed more debts to pop/rock than she's given credit for. Immensely popular in her native France, her recordings draw from French pop traditions, lightweight '50s teen-idol rock, girl groups, and sultry jazz and blues - sometimes in the same song.
Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles (1962)

With bee-sting guitar leads and lead singer Dennis O'Dell's wobbling vocals, 'Have I the Right' was a single that one either loved or hated, but couldn't forget. With Honey Lantree on drums.
The Honeycombs - Have I The Right (1964)

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