Phonostalgia 242 - 26.05.2008.

28.03.1992 ANNIE LENNOX - WHY - UK 5
Annie Lennox (r 25.12.1954) is a Scottish musician, vocalist, and Academy Award-winning songwriter.[1] She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999. Both as a solo artist and with Eurythmics, Lennox has sold 80 million records.

2/16 ukup.singl; Why; Album (1): Diva, 28.04.1992. (UK1 - 4x Platinum (1.2 million); US23 - 2x Platinum (2 million)
Prvi singl s albuma
"Why (UK5; US34; IT1) is the first solo single by Annie Lennox and was from her debut solo album Diva (1992). It reached number five in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Lennox performed a piano-only version of the song for an NBC telethon to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Diva is the first album solo album by Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at no.1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum[1]. It was also a success in the U.S. where it was a top 30 hit and has sold in excess of 2 million copies there[2].
A special video album was also released at the same time, directed by Sophie Muller who had worked with Lennox during her years with Eurythmics. The video album featured promotional videos for nine of the album's eleven tracks (the video for the single "Little Bird" had not yet been made at this time, and no video was made for the album track "Stay By Me").
In 1993 the album was included in Q magazine's list of the "50 Best Albums Of 1992". Rolling Stone magazine (6/25/92, p.41) described the album as "...state-of-the-art soul pop..." and it is included in Rolling Stone's (5/13/99, p.56) "Essential Recordings of the 90's" list. Several songs from the album were released as singles with "Why", "Walking on Broken Glass" and "Little Bird" being the most successful.
A bonus track "Step by Step" appeared on the Mexican and Japanese editions of the album and was also included as the B-Side on the "Precious" single. The song was later recorded by Whitney Houston for the 1996 film soundtrack The Preacher's Wife and subsequently became a hit single.

19.05.1985 WHAM - EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - US 1 - 2
Wham su osn ranih 80’tih, George Michael s vokalima i tekstovima i Andrew Ridgeley na gitari; suradnja je trajala do ’86; Andrew se kasnije bavio auto utrkama, pa se oprobao u solo karijeri ’90
Ovo je treći US#1 singl (Wake me up before, Careless Whisper); From the 2nd album "Make It Big" ’84 (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Everything She Wants, Heartbeat, Like A Baby, Freedom, If You Were There, Credit Card Baby, Careless Whisper)
B strana Last Christmas
ALBUMI:Fantastic - 1983; Make it big - 1984; Music From The Edge Of Heaven; Wham! The Final - 1986; 12 Inch Mixes - 1992;

Nakon hitova Wake me up before you go go i Careless Whisper, britanski duet Wham koji su činili George Michael i Andrew Ridgeley, na današnji se dan, 19.05.1985., po treći puta našao na vrhu američke top ljestvice. Uspjelo im je to sa singlom Everything She Wants, koji je, poput malo prije spomenutih hitova, također skinut s drugog studijskog albuma Make It Big, objavljenog 23.10.1984., albuma koji je bio na #1 s obje strane Atlantika.
Singlica "Everything She Wants", na vrhu se zadržala 2 tjedna, a objavljena je kao dupla A strana. Na toj tzv. «drugoj A strani» nalazila se pjesma "Last Christmas", koja će potom postati sastavnim dijelom božićnog repertoara glazbenih urednika. Obje je napisao George Michael.

07.04.1985 HAROLD FALTERMEYER - AXEL F - US 3 - 12
Harold Faltermeyer (r 05.10.1952 in Munich) is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.
He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores. Best known for the "Axel F" electronic theme for Beverly Hills Cop and the Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack for Top Gun - both often imitated, highly influential instrumental hits that to some extent practically redefined action film scoring in the 80s.
As a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with several international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Frey, Blondie, Laura Branigan, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, Alexis, Cheap Trick, Sparks, Bob Seger, Chris Thompson, Bonnie Tyler and the Pet Shop Boys.
He has won two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack; and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack.

1/1 UK,US Top40; Axel F

"Axel F" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed by Harold Faltermeyer. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film. It topped musical charts in 1985 and remains a popular remix track. Mixes of "Axel F" topped European pop charts in 2003 and again in 2005 as the Crazy Frog song.

Soundtracks, as composer:

Didi - der Doppelgänger (1983) (with Arthur Lauber) (LP)
Thief of Hearts (1984) (with Giorgio Moroder)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Fletch (1985) (LP)
Top Gun (1986) (with Giorgio Moroder)
Fire And Ice / Feuer und Eis (1986) (with Hermann Weindorf, one song)
Fatal Beauty (1987) (one song)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) (one song)
Running Man, The (1987)
Starlight Express (1987)
Formel Eins / Formula One (1986)
Blaues Blut / Blue Blood (1989) (with Hermann Weindorf)
Tango & Cash (1989, released 2006)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite / Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
Kuffs (1992)
White Magic (1994)
Zeit der Sehnsucht (1994)
Asterix Conquers America (1994)
Frankie (1995)
Der König von St. Pauli (1997)
Jack Orlando (1997) (computer game score)
Wake Up (2002)
Two Worlds (2007) (computer game score) (Collector's Edition inclusion)

20.11.1984 KOOL AND THE GANG - FRESH - UK 11 - 10
R&B grupa osn ’64 u Jersey City, New Jersey; osnivač basista Robert “Kool” Bell; prvi naziv Jazziacs; studijski glazbenici do ’69 kada su načinili prve snimke za Dee-Lite etiketu; vodećeg vokala Jamesa JT Taylora pridružili 1979; Kasnije su usljedile još promjene članova;
18/22 Top40; Fresh, Album: Emergency, 15.11.1984. (US13)(hitovi: Fresh, Misled, Cherish,...)

Emergency (15.11.1984.) is a hit album released by the funk band Kool & the Gang in 1984. The album brought a first for the band: three number one R&B singles from a single album. The songs "Misled" (Pop #10), "Fresh" (Pop #9), and "Cherish" (Pop #2) all hit the top spot in 1985. In addition, the title track was also released as a single, and reached the top twenty.

25.05.1985 SANDY MARTON - CAMEL BY CAMEL - IT 18

Sandy Marton, pseudonimo artistico di Aleksandar Marton (Zagabria, r 04.10.1959) è un cantante spagnolo di origini croate. Le sue produzioni possono essere inserite nel genere della "Disco music"
In 2005, Sandy Marton has participated to the reality show "L' Isola Dei Famosi" on italian TV
PRIJATELJ ALKE VUICA I AUTOR HITA »PEOPLE FROM IBIZA« U TALIJANSKOM REALITYJU »OTOK SLAVNIH«
U trećem izdanju popularnog talijanskog reality showa »Otok slavnih«, a čija gledanost raste iz dana u dan, sudjeluje i jedan rođeni Zagrepčanin. Riječ je Aleksandru Sandyju Martonu, popularnom pjevaču koji je osamdesetih godina bio idol brojnih djevojaka i žena, a vrh top ljestvica zauzeo je s hitom »People from Ibiza«.

6/7 ukup.singl; Camel by Camel, 1986

04.04.1971 JACKSON 5 - NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - US 2 - 11
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet (and briefly a sextet and quartet) from Gary, Indiana. The group, fully active from 1966 to 1990, consisted of brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, who played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. Considered "one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music"[1] during the early 1970s, the Jackson 5 are also notable for launching the careers of their lead singers Jermaine and Michael.

Signed to the Motown label from 1968 to 1975, and to Epic/CBS Records (as "The Jacksons") from 1975 until their disbanding in 1990, the Jackson 5 were one of the most popular groups of the era and became the first recording act to have their first four major label singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There") reach the top of the American charts. Several future singles, among them "Mama's Pearl", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Dancing Machine", were Top 5 pop hits and number-one hits on the R&B singles chart. Most of the early hits were written and produced by a specialized songwriting team known as "The Corporation"; later Jackson 5 hits were crafted chiefly by Hal Davis.

Significantly, they were the first black teen idols to appeal equally to white audiences. Upon their departure from Motown for CBS in 1975, the Jacksons were forced to change their name and replace Jermaine (who remained at Motown) with younger brother Randy. The group took control of their songwriting, production, and image, and their success continued into the 1980s with hits such as "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" and "State of Shock", and the highly successful Victory Tour. The Jacksons officially disbanded in 1990, after the commercial underperformance of their 1989 album 2300 Jackson Street, recorded mostly without Michael and Marlon.

6/18 US Top10; Never Can Say Goodbye (US2, R&B#1); Album (4): Maybe Tomorrow, travanj 1971.

Never Can Say Goodbye, prvi su 1971. otpjevali The Jackson 5 za kuću Motown, točnije otpjevao ju je majmlađi član 12-godišnji Michael Jackson. Iako, je riječ o ozbiljnom tekstu i nije baš bilo prijereno da ju pjeva 12-godišnje dijete, pjesma je polučila veliki uspjeh i bila je na #2 Billboard Pop Singles i #1 na Billboard Black Singles Chart. Pjesmu su potom obrađivali Isaac Hayes, The Sandpipers, The Communards, Yazz i Vanessa Williams. Druga najuspješnija verzija te pjesme snimljena je 1974. u disco produkciji otpjevala ju je Gloria Gaynor i postala je jednom od najvećih hitova disco ere.

Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow". While not as financially successful as the Jackson 5's first three outings, Maybe Tomorrow contains some of the most often-sampled and covered material in the group's catalogue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5#Studio_albums

22.05.1971 PETER NOONE - OH YOU PRETTY THING - UK 12
Peter Noone (r Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, 05.11.1947, at Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits. He is of mostly Irish and Scottish ancestry, with some Welsh roots

Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novak. At the age of 15, he became the lead singer, spokesperson, and frontman of Herman's Hermits. As "Herman", the photogenic Noone graced the cover of nearly every international publication, including Time Magazine.

"Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. It is a pop tune opening with only Rick Wakeman's piano and Bowie's vocal, before entering the catchy refrain. The simple piano style is often compared to Paul McCartney's "Martha My Dear".[1][2] Thematically, the song has been seen as reflecting the influence of occultist Aleister Crowley and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche,[1][3] and heralding "the impending obsolescence of the human race in favour of an alliance between arriving aliens and the youth of the present society".

Cover versions:

Harvey Danger – Live version released on the 2006 EP Little Round Mirrors.
Amorette – On the tribute album .2 Contamination: A Tribute to David Bowie (2006)
Seu Jorge – Portuguese version for the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Peter Noone – Single on which Bowie played piano. It become a #12 hit in mid-1971. Noone replaced Bowie's line "The Earth is a bitch" with "The Earth is a beast", in a performance that NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called "one of rock and roll's most outstanding examples of a singer failing to achieve any degree of empathy whatsoever with the mood and content of a lyric".

06.06.1971 HONEY CONE - WANT ADS - US 1 - 1
Ženski soul trio iz L.A. osn ’69 od strane producenata Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier i Eddie Holland koji su upravo bili napustili legendarnu kuću Motown gdje su producirali hitove za Dianu Ross i Supremes, Four Tops; nakon što su osnovali vlastitu etiketu “Invictus” i Honey Cone su im bili prvi projekt, a sastavljene su od redovitih back vokala raznih grupa Carolyn Willis, Edna Wright, Shellie Clark; Denis Mills nasljedila Willis;

1/1 US1; Want Ads;

Najpoznatije, upravo, po ovom koji je na Hot100 pojavio 10.04. i 9 tjedana kasnije postao #1; i singlu "Stick-Up"#11 (1971)

23.05.1971 OSMONDS - DOUBLE LOVIN' - US 14 - 7
Obiteljski bend, Ogden, Utah; Alan (r 22.06.1949.), Wayne (r 28.08.1951), Merrill (r 30.04.1953), Jay (r 02.03.1955) i Donny Osmond (r 09.12.1957); počeli kao kvartet 1959; nasupali u TV showu Andya Williamsa od 1962 – 1967; dio benda se početkom okupio u country projektu The Osmond Brothers;

2/24 ukup.singl; Double Lovin' (US14), Album (2): Homemade 1971. (Singles: Double Lovin', Chilly Winds)


05.06.1961 ROY ORBISON - RUNNING SCARED - US 1 - 1
«The Big O»; Roy Kelton Orbison r 23.04.1936. Vernon, Texas umro od srčanog udara 06.12.1988. u Madisonu, Tennessee; pohađao North Texas State University s Patom Boonom; prve snimke napravio ’56 kao lider benda Teen Kings; na turneji s Beatlesima ’63; supruga poginula na motociklu u prometnoj nesreći 07.06.66.; dva sina poginula u požaru ’68; ponovo se vraća na scenu ’85; u Rock’N’Roll Hall ’87; član Traveling Wilburysa ’88

Prvi #1, nakon čega su usljedili Top10 singlovi Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) i Blue Angel
06.06.Claudette Orbison, wife of Roy, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1966.

1/2 US1; 4/23 Top40; Running Scared; Album (2): Crying, 1962.

"Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song also appears on Orbison's 1962 album titled Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
Noted for being a song written without a chorus, the verse builds to a climax that, without vibrato, demonstrates the power of Orbison's clear, full voice. It is written in the bolero style; Orbison is credited with bringing this to the rock genre.
The song was covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the album Kicking Against the Pricks.
John Peel, the famous British BBC Radio DJ who died in 2004, listed "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison as one of the songs to be played at his memorial service.

Crying is a record album released in 1962 by Roy Orbison. It was his second album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that in 2002 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2004, the song ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazines "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

29.05.1961 RICKY NELSON - TRAVELLIN' MAN - US 1 - 2
Eric Hilliard Nelson, 08.05.1940.; poginuo u zrakoplovnoj nesreći 31.12.85. u DeKalbu, Texas; sin glazbenika Ozzia i pjevačice Harriet; osn ‘69 Stone Canyon Band; nastupio u nekoliko filmova, uklj. Rio Bravo; jedan od prvih teen idola u Rock eri; u Rock’n’Roll Hall od ’87.
Singl s albuma “Rick Is 21” objavljenog u svibnju ’61 (posljednja na A strani, dok smo pjesmu koja je posljednja na B strani slušali – Hello Mary Lou)

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 –December 31, 1985), was an American singer, musician, and Golden Globe-nominated actor. With more than 50 Hot 100 hits, Nelson was second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the 1950s and 1960s.

23/35 Top40; 2/2 US1; Travelin' Man (UK2)

"Travelin' Man" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song in late-May 1961 by Ricky Nelson. It was written by songwriter Jerry Fuller.The short film made to promote the single has been claimed as the first music video.

The song details the loves of a traveling man. They were: a "pretty senorita" in Mexico, an eskimo in Alaska, a fraulein in Berlin, a china doll in Hong Kong, and a Polynesian in Waikiki. There were others mentioned but only once during the opening.

03.04.1961 GENE MCDANIELS - A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY - US 3 – 12
Eugene B. McDaniels, 12.02.1935. Kansas City; ranih 40-tih pjevao u zborovima; ranih 50’s osn vlastiti bend; pojavio se u filmu It’s trad, Dad ’62; snimao kao Universal Jones ’72. Njegov hit iz 1961. Tower of Strength (Music by Burt Bacharach i Lyrics by Bob Hilliard), prepjevao je na talijanskom pod nazivom Stai lontana da me, 1962. snimio je Adriano Celentano.

1/6 Top40; A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, Album: 100 Pounds of Clay (1961);
Pjesmu A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, čiji su autori Bob Elgin, Luther Dixon i Kay Roger, prvi je optjevao i snimio upravo Gene McDaniels, a potom su nastale brojne obrade, i to redom:
pod nazivom A Hundred Pounds of Clay snimili su je The Cleftones (1961), Craig Douglas (1961), Dee Dee Sharp (1962), Arthur Alexander (1962), Jumping Jewels (1962), Freddie Scott (1964), Gary Lewis & the Playboys (March 1966), The Royals [1] (1969), Gary Lucas (17.03.1998), Bobby Womack (27.07.1999), Li'l Willie Johnson (2000),
a na francuskom pod nazivom Avec une poignée de terre su je snimili Johnny Hallyday (1961), Richard Anthony (1961), Dalida (1962).

22.05.1961 ELVIS PRESLEY - I FEEL SO BAD - US 5 - 7
Kralj Rock’n’Rolla, r 08.01.1935. Tupelo, Mississippi, umro na svom posjedu Graceland u Memphisu 16.08.1977. u 42g. od srčanog udara izazvnog konzumacijom droge i alkohola i prekomjerne težine. Pobjedio na natjecanju talenata s 8 godina pjevajući pjesmu Old Shep; preselio u Memphis 1948; prve snimke za etiketu Sun, 1954; 22.11.1955. potpisuje ugovor s RCA Records; zahvaljujući dobrom izgledu, bluesy vokalu, sjajnom bendu (Bill Black bas, Scott Moore gitara, DJ Fontana bubnjevi), vokalnom potporom skupine The Jordanaires, i menadžeru Tomu Parkeru, Elvis je postao #1 Rock’n’roll zvijezda svih vremena; debi nastup na TV je imao 28.01.1956. u “Stege Showu”; glumio u 31 filmu (počevši od Love Me Tender 1956); u braku s Priscillom Beaulieu od 01.05.1967 – 11.10.1973; Priscilla počela glumiti tijekom 80’ih počevši u TV seriji Dallas; u Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame 1986; prva je rock zvjezda čiji je lik tiskan na poštanske marke u SAD.

42/114 Top40; I Feel So Bad; obrada R&B #8 hita Chuck Willisa iz 1954. Album (18): Elvis Golden Records Vol 3 (compilation), rujan 1963.

02.06.1956 CHORDETTES - BORN TO BE WITH YOU - US 5 - 17
The Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella, and specializing in traditional pop music.
The group organized in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1946. The original members of the group were Janet Ertel (1913-November 4, 1988), Carol Bushman (her sister-in-law), Dorothy Schwartz, and Jinny Osiborn (or Lockard) (April 25, 1928-May 19, 2003). In 1952, Lynn Evans replaced Schwartz, and in 1953, Margie Needham replaced Osborn (who was having a baby), though Osborn later returned to the group. Nancy Overton also was a member of the group at a later time. Originally they sang folk music in the style of The Weavers, but eventually changed to a harmonizing style of the type known as barbershop harmony. Part of this change seems to be influenced by Osborn's father.
Jinny Osborn was born in Seattle, Washington. She was born Virginia Cole, the daughter of O. H. "King" Cole, who was president of the Barbershop Harmony Society (then known as SPEBSQSA), and Katherine Flack.
After performing locally in Sheboygan, they went on Arthur Godfrey's radio program Talent Scouts in 1949. They held feature status on Godfrey's daily program, and then recorded for Columbia Records.
In 1953, Godfrey's music director and orchestra leader, Archie Bleyer, founded Cadence Records. He signed a number of Godfrey regulars and former regulars, including the Chordettes, who had a number of hit records for Cadence.
Their biggest hit was Mr. Sandman in 1954. Archie Bleyer himself is on that record along with the group, Bleyer stripping the sound down the better not to clutter the girls' voices. They also hit #2 with 1958's Lollipop," and also charted with a vocal version of the themes from television's Zorro (1959) and the film Never on Sunday (1961). Other hits for the girls included "Eddie My Love," "Born to Be With You," "Lay Down Your Arms" in 1956, and "Just Between You and Me" in 1957.
Janet Ertel married Bleyer in 1954. Her daughter Jackie married another Cadence recording star, Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers. She died of cancer in 1988.
The Chordettes appeared on American Bandstand August 5, 1957, the first episode on the ABC Television Network.
In 1961, Jinny Osborn left the group, and they were unable to find a replacement with whom they were happy, leading to a breakup.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jinny Osborn (by that time Jinny Janis) died in 2003.

Ženska vokalna skupina osn 1946. u Sheyboygan, Wisconsin; Janet Ertel (Buschman, bas), zatim njena polusestra Carol Buschman, bariton; Lynn Evans vodeći vokal koju je 1953. zamijenila Dorothy Scwartz; i Margie Needham, tenor, koju je zamijenila Jinny Lockard 1953; nastupale s Arthurom Godfrey-em od 1943-’53; Janet Ertel se udala za Archiea Bleyera 1954, a njena kći Jackie se udala za Phila Everlya iz Everly Brothersa; Janet Ertel je umrla 22.11.1988. od raka.

2/8 Top40; Born to Be with You

"Born to Be with You" is a popular song written by Don Robertson. It was published in 1956.
The biggest hit version was by The Chordettes in 1956. Sonny James revived the song as a Number one country hit in the 1960s.

05.05.1956 DON ROBERTSON - THE HAPPY WHISTLER - US 6 - 14

Donald Irwin Robertson (r 05.12.1922, Beijing, China) was a songwriter, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US top ten with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956.
1/1 Top40; The Happy Whistler

02.06.1956 BIG JOE TURNER - CORRINE, CORRINA - CB 34
Blues-jazz glazbenik, začetnik rock'n'rolla; Joseph Vernon Turner, r 18.05.1911. Kansas City, Missouri – umro 24.11.1985. Inglewood, CA.; nakon prerane smrti oca, da bi se prehranio s 15. godina je počeo pjevati lokalnim klubovima udruživši se s pijanistom Pete Johnsonom, a suradnja će potrajati sljedećih 40 godina. Nakon WWII nastavio je snimati izvrsne jazz blues ploče za nezavisne izdavačke kuće; 13-godišnju suradnju s Atlantic records potpisuje 1951., najprije nastaju blues balade "Chains Of Love" i "Sweet Sixteen", a 1954. izdaje singl "Shake Rattle And Roll", koji će postati rock'n'roll klasikom u obradama Billa Haleya, Elvisa Presleya i Arthura Conleya (1967); krajem 1950'ih pionir rock'n'rolla u svoje pjesme ubacuje zborove i sinfonijske orkestre; Njegova smrt 24.11.1985. rezultat je 74-godišnjeg napornog života, napornog pjevanja i teškog alkoholizma, a sprovod je okupio brojna eminentna glazbena imena poput Ette James i Barbare Morrison.

Big Joe Turner - "Corrine, Corrina" - 1956 † (the fourth million seller...with adaption by J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish and Bo Chatmon in 1932. This disc was #41, and spent 10 weeks in the Billboard chart).

"Corrina, Corrina" is a traditional folk/blues song, it has been recorded by many artists and recorded in many styles but is traditionally in a 12 bar blues in the AAB form.
It has always been a dance number and whatever name this tune goes by, it has been a popular song among British and African-American musicians for as long as anyone can remember.
The spelling of the first name in the song varies from recording to recording, with the variant spelling "Corrine" most frequently used by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Ray Peterson, and Bill Haley & His Comets.

The original song "Corrina, Corrina" was written in 1928 by Bo Chatmon of the Mississippi Sheiks, Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams and issued on the 'race music' label, Brunswick Records.

Some artists who have recorded "Corrina, Corrina":

Chet Atkins
Brooks & Dunn
The Carter Sisters
Bo Carter
Mississippi Sheiks - recorded as "Sweet Maggie".
Charlie McCoy - recorded as "Sweet Alberta"
Eric Clapton - recorded as "Alberta Alberta"
Bob Dylan - on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Bill Haley & His Comets
Mississippi John Hurt
Jimmy Witherspoon
Leo Kottke
Jerry Lee Lewis
Taj Mahal
Moon Mullican
Bill Monroe
Merrill Moore
Ray Peterson
Steppenwolf
Big Joe Turner
Muddy Waters
Doc Watson
Lawrence Welk
Bob Wills
The Rolling Stones
Big Joe Turner
Led Zeppelin - their version of "You Shook Me" includes the "I have a bird that whistles, I have a bird that sings" verse of "Corrina, Corrina", though the last line lyric is changed to "buy me a diamond ring".

07.04.1956 BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS - ROCK - US 16 - 5
William John Clifton Haley Jr. r 06.07.1925.; umro 09.02.1981 od srčanog udara u 55.g. (alkohol) u Harlingenu, Texas; karijeru počeo kao pjevač s New England country bendom “Down Homers”; osnovao Four Aces of Western Swing 1948; osn skupinu “Saddlemen” 1949; za Deccu potpisuje 1954, a originalni Comets-i su ga pratili u rock klasiku Rock Around The Clock (koji snimljen 12.04.1954., prodana u više od 20 milijuna kopija, pjesma je od 1982. u Grammy Hall Of Fame, tema iz filma Blackboard Jungle, s Glenom Fordom u gl.ulozi). Bill Haley je u R’N’R Hall Of Fame od 1987.

26/89 ukup.singl; 8/13 Top40; The Saint's Rock 'n' Roll (US18)/ B: R-O-C-K (US16) (Decca 29870)
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10.04.1948 KEN GRIFFIN & V. JERRY WAYNE - YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR - US 1 (7) - 23 – 187
Ken Griffin (r 28.12.1909 – umro 11.03.1956. Chicago, Illinois, u 47. godini) was an American organist.
Griffin was born in Columbia, Missouri. His biggest hit was You Can't Be True, Dear, which he recorded in 1948, which was first released as an instrumental, and later that year re-released with a vocal by Jerry Wayne dubbed in. Both versions became extremely popular, selling over 3.5 million copies. He also starred in a television series, "67 Melody Lane" filmed in color in Chicago. He recorded on a variety of labels including Columbia Records and Rondo Records.

1/6 Top40; 1/1 US1; You Can't Be True, Dear (vokal Jerry wayne)

"You Can't Be True, Dear" is a popular song.
It was originally written as a German language song, "Du Kannst Nicht Treu Sein," by composer Hans Otten and lyricist Gerhard Ebeler. English language lyrics and title were written by Hal Cotten.
In 1948, Ken Griffin recorded the song, first released as an instrumental and later with vocalist Jerry Wayne dubbing the lyrics, both of which became popular in releases by an independent company, Rondo Records. A number of other versions were also recorded that year.
The recording by Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne was released by Rondo Records as catalog number 228. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 2, 1948 staying at #1 for seven weeks. The instrumental recording by Ken Griffin was released by Rondo Records as catalog number 128. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 2, 1948 peaking at #2. Both the vocal and solo organ versions charted for 23 weeks and sold an estimated 3,500,000 copies. [1] Note that this version was recorded and released first, but charted after the vocal version.
The recording by Dick Haymes was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24439. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 28, 1948 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. [1] Both sides of this recording were cover versions of bigger hits, but both charted; the flip side was Nature Boy, a major hit for Nat King Cole.
The recording by The Sportsmen was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15077. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 28, 1948 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #11. [1] The flip side, "Toolie Oolie Doolie," also charted.
The recording by The Marlin Sisters was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38211. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 4, 1948 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. [1] The flip side, "Toolie Oolie Doolie," also charted (oddly enough, in both The Sportsmen's and the Marlin Sisters' version, the same song was the flip side and in both cases, both sides made the charts).
The recording by Dick James was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2944. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 25, 1948 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #19. This was his only charting hit. [1]
Two artists in the United Kingdom also recorded the song at about the same time. Vera Lynn recorded the song on March 10, 1948, which was released by the UK Decca label under catalog number F-8883, and Dolores Gray made a recording on August 13, 1948, released by the UK Columbia label under catalog number DB 2451.
Vera Lynn's recording also charted in the United States. This recording was released by London Records as catalog number 202. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 21, 1948 and lasted 7 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. [1]
A revival of the song by Patti Page (Columbia Records catalog number 4-44345) became popular in 1965, spending 8 weeks on the Billboard Easy listening music chart, peaking at #11.