On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 14:23:04 -0800 (PST), Bruce <
SavoyBG@aol.com>
wrote:
Just Walking In The Rain - Dick Richards with Eddie Zack & His Dude Ranchers
Pleasant enough version of the song (and recorded for Columbia before
Ray did it) but I really only need the Johnnie Ray remake and the
Prisonaires original
Duck Tail - Rudy Grayzell
The two versions of this number are ascloseasthis in my book---I heard
the Joe Clay first way before I ever knew about and caught up with
this Grayzell original. I give the edge to the Clay---just!
On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
It was 1958 before we got this here since in those days music from hit
Broadway shows was usually held up for UK release until the show
opened in London. Which is exactly what happened with "My Fair Lady"
when Julie Andrews finished her stint in the NYC Broadway version she
came back to London in 1958 to open in the London Drury Lane show
So popular was the music from the show over here that Damone scored a
#1 hit with this one
Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins
I remember reading somewhere years ago that Melvin Endsley was
supposed to have recorded a studio demo of this but it has never
surfaced. Meantime here's how I rate the three main versions :-
Guy Mitchell - 8
Marty Robbins - 7
Jerry Lee Lewis (1957) - 7
Sixteen Chicks - Link Davis
EXACTLY what I wrote about "Duck Tail" and Joe Clay earlier applies
equally well here
Cops And Robbers - Bo Diddley
Again not much in it with the two versions on my list. Bo edges it but
not by much over the Boogaloo (and his Gallant Crew( original
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