Oldies But Goodies

[alexalvarez]

What kind of music do you like? I like pop and country music from the 40's to the 70's. Like Alvino Rey & His Orchestra "Deep In The Heart Of Texas", Tex Ritter "Smoke, Smoke, That Cigarette", The Crickets "That'll Be The Day", Penguins "Earth Angel", anything from the Beatles, anything from Elvis, Petula Clark "Downtown", Harry Belafonte "Day-O", etc, etc, etc.

[RogueLeader]

I love both Classic and contemporary Country, as well as some various other songs.  Some examples are:
Born Country
God Blessed Texas
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Yellow Rose of Texas
The Chair
Bluest Eyes in Texas
Convoy
Boy Named Sue
Torn
Serentiy
etc.

[Major Carrales]

What kind of music do you like? I like pop and country music from the 40's to the 70's. Like Alvino Rey & His Orchestra "Deep In The Heart Of Texas", Tex Ritter "Smoke, Smoke, That Cigarette", The Crickets "That'll Be The Day", Penguins "Earth Angel", anything from the Beatles, anything from Elvis, Petula Clark "Downtown", Harry Belafonte "Day-O", etc, etc, etc.

I'm not sure what this old Country tune is called but we heard it all the time growing up, the words...

"Oh don't forsake me Oh my darling,
On this our weddin' day,
Oh Don't forsake me oh my darin'
Await along...Wait along.

I do not know what fate awaits me...
I only know I must be brave.
And I must face a man who hates me
or lie a coward in my grave.

He made a vow while in state's Prison,
Vowed it would be my life or his an'
I ain't afraid of dying,
But what will I do if she leaves me."

Or some song that had the lines...

"You keep me waiting 'till it getting aggavating your a slow poke...
I wait and worry buy you never seem to hurry you're a slow poke...
Time means nothin' to be I wait and then...
Late again...
8 o'clock, 9 o'clock quarter to ten."



"Big John" is and old seldom played favorite.


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Major Carr's Favorite Songs by decade...

1940s-  "Juke Box Saturdy Night" Glenn Miller and the Moderaires
              "Blues in the Night" the Artie Shaw version (My Momma done told me...)
              "Begin the Beguine" Both the Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw versions
              "Let's get Lost" Vaughn Monroe
              "Chatanooga Choo Choo" tied with "Kalamazoo" Glenn Miller and the Moderaires
              "Paper Doll"  Mills Brothers

1950s-   "Don't let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"  Perry Como
              "Sha-boom" The Crew Cuts
              "Route 66"  )both the Bing Crosby Andrews Sisters version (Nat King Cole a        well) and the Neslon Riddle Theme song to the television show by teh sanem name
              "Glow Worm"  Mills Brothers
              "Yellow Rose of Texas"  Mitch Miller
              "Rock Around the Clock"
              "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis
              

1960s-  "Tijauana Taxi" Herb Alpert and the TJB
              "I am a Lineman for the County" Glenn Cambell
              "Don't you care" by the Buckinghams
              "This' Guy's In Love with you"  Herb Alpert
              "We've only just begun" by the Carpenters
              "Bittersweet Samba" Sergio Mendez Brazil '66
              "Alfie" Burt Bacharat (sp)
              "City of New Orleans"
              "King of the Road" Roger Miller
              "All My lovin'" the Beatles

1970s-    "Reunited"  Peaches and Herb
               "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" Charlie Daniels
                "Rise"- Herb Alpert
                "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" B. J. Thomas
                 "O-o-h Child"
                "25 Or 6 To 4" Chicago
                "Theme From Shaft" Hays
                "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago
    
1980s- Too many good ones to name mostly from the mid and early 1980's

1990s-   Mostly CRAP (except for Country where where was a bit of a new GOLD AGE.)

"Life styles of the no so Rich and Famous"
"The Watermellon Crawl"
"Living on Love"

[davedove]

I tend to listen to Country most of the time, but I like most other styles.  I find what I like the best are some of the country artists who became big in the 80's and 90's:

Alabama
Vince Gill
George Strait

George Strait is the MAN.  He now has over 50 number one hits, something that's almost unheard of.

[alexalvarez]

"Do Not Forsake Me", or "The Ballad of High Noon" was performed by Tex Ritter for the 1952 movie "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper.

[Major Carrales]

"Do Not Forsake Me", or "The Ballad of High Noon" was performed by Tex Ritter for the 1952 movie "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper.

Thanks...we used to listen to it on old records at my Grandpa's Ranch.  He had been a TV repairman in the old TUBE days and was given records by the record shop where he worked.

Many of those old platters were thrown away after he had passed away.  They had been stored in old sheds where the South Texas heat destroyed the 33s, dust and neglect craked and eroded the 78s and 45s. 

I saved a few of them that could be.

Thus, I have a varied musical palate.

[RogueLeader]

"Do Not Forsake Me", or "The Ballad of High Noon" was performed by Tex Ritter for the 1952 movie "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper.

Thanks...we used to listen to it on old records at my Grandpa's Ranch.  He had been a TV repairman in the old TUBE days and was given records by the record shop where he worked.

Many of those old platters were thrown away after he had passed away.  They had been stored in old sheds where the South Texas heat destroyed the 33s, dust and neglect craked and eroded the 78s and 45s. 

I saved a few of them that could be.

Thus, I have a varied musical palate.

That's a good thing in my mind.

[Psicorp]

Let's not forget  "Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen"   

[DogCollar]

I was a young lad with two older sisters in the '60's and thus was exposed too, and continue to be a great fan of The Beatles (Saw McCartney in DC in 1991!  Great show!!).
I like too listen to Folk, Classic Country, Classic Rock, and Classical.  I am a fan of anyone who plays the acoustic guitar better than I do (which is nearly everyone!!).

My favorite contemporary singer/songwriter is a folk artist by the name of John Gorka.  He is absolutely the greatest songwriter on the planet and he should be a big, BIG star...but alas, he is mostly appreciated in folk and acoustic circles.  If you get a chance to check him out, I bet you'll like his music.

[alexalvarez]

I have been in radio broadcasting since 1967 and have played all kinds of music. I have played country, pop, gospel, and middle-of-the-road music. And I have loved them all. About the only kind of music which I have not played on the radio is Tejano. I have a big CD collection which consists of  all kinds of music.

[Pylon]

Let's not forget  "Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen"   

....son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin', if you don't stop driving that hot... rod... Lincoln!   

[Hoser]

Hmmm, this is gonna ruffle some feathers but so what....

1. What About Me by  Quicksilver Messenger Service
2. Shady Grove also Qucksilver Messenger Service
3. Panama Red by New Riders of the Purple Sage
4. Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez
5. Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain
6. Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression by Emerson Lake and Palmer, and NOT Welcome back my friends which is Karn Evil 9 First Impression part 2
7. Mood for a Day, by Steve Howe
8. Ohio by Neil Young
9. Southern Man also Neil Young
10. C' Est la Vie by ELP
11. 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson
12. Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
13. Wish you were Here, Pink Floyd
14. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, Genesis ( with Peter Gabriel)
15. From the Bebinning, Emerson Lake and Palmer
16. In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson
17. Vincent Black Lightning 1952, Richard Thompson
18. Fresh Air, Quicksilver Messenger Service
19. Lococmotive Breath, Jethro Tull
20. Highway Star, Deep Purple
21. Rastaman Vibration, Bob Marley and the Wailers
22. Monster, Steppenwolf
24. Self Portrait, Blackmore's Night
25. Cam Ye O'er Frae France, Steeleye Span
26. Don't Sit on my Jimmy Shands, Richard Thompson
27. Behind Blue Eyes, The Who
28. White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
29. Truckin' , Grateful Dead
30. Close tto the Edge, Yes
31. Bargain, The Who
32. Love Reign O'er me, The Who
33. And the Wind Cries Mary, Jimi Hendrix
34. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
35. Your Wildest Dreams, Moody Blues

Thats just the reader's digest list. Yes I am a Colorado born 60s/70s hippie at heart. The views expressed in much of this music may not be popular but it is who I am.

Be Well,


Hoser

[SAR-EMT1]

Keep in mind that Im 22 as you read this list 

Modern Days:Blue October, Element Eighty, Linkin Park, Angels and Airwaves, Toby Kieth, Alien Ant Farm, Twisted Sister - soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Ximmer: The Rock, Gettysburg, Air Force One, Crimson Tide




Oldies: The Who, CCR, Queen, Styx, The Stones, Dean Martin, Johnny Horton, Miles Davis, Bach, Beethoven,

[BillB]

I have never seem so many Old (slang for the clouds on Major and above service hat) posting before alzheimers strikes. Oh for the good old days, whenever that was, I forget.

[alexalvarez]

Hey I am not old. I just have experience.

[Eagle400]

I like country and rock.  Here are my favorites:

You Thrill Me - Exile
Stay With Me - Exile
One Step at a Time - Exile
If You're Gonna Play in Texas - Alabama
Born Country - Alabama
Song of the South - Alabama
Come on In - The Oak Ridge Boys
Y'all Come Back Saloon - The Oak Ridge Boys
Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard
The Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard
Blue Skies - Willie Nelson
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson

Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
Still the Same - Bob Seger
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
Against the Wind - Bob Seger
Shinin' Brightly - Bob Seger
Already Gone - The Eagles
Take it Easy - The Eagles
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is? - Chicago
Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary -  Creedence Clearwater Revival

[RogueLeader]

Keep in mind that Im 22 as you read this list 

Modern Days:Blue October, Element Eighty, Linkin Park, Angels and Airwaves, Toby Kieth, Alien Ant Farm, Twisted Sister - soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Ximmer: The Rock, Gettysburg, Air Force One, Crimson Tide




Oldies: The Who, CCR, Queen, Styx, The Stones, Dean Martin, Johnny Horton, Miles Davis, Bach, Beethoven,

I think that everyone is young compared to Bach or Beethoven, etc.

[Major Carrales]

Keep in mind that Im 22 as you read this list 

Modern Days:Blue October, Element Eighty, Linkin Park, Angels and Airwaves, Toby Kieth, Alien Ant Farm, Twisted Sister - soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Ximmer: The Rock, Gettysburg, Air Force One, Crimson Tide




Oldies: The Who, CCR, Queen, Styx, The Stones, Dean Martin, Johnny Horton, Miles Davis, Bach, Beethoven,

I think that everyone is young compared to Bach or Beethoven, etc.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, as in A&M Records, gace Styx its first big break on their label.