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Post by rupturedduck on Sept 29, 2017 11:24:28 GMT
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Sept 29, 2017 13:50:49 GMT
Who succeeded Frank Sinatra as the lead singer for Tommy Dorsey's orchestra?
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Post by Bevo on Sept 29, 2017 14:23:15 GMT
you guys made me start thinking of one of my favorite instrumental songs... I thought it was a Big Band Era song, and I wasted 10 minutes looking for it. Lots of good songs in that group, but..... none were what I was remembering... it was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34m6-YhjAcNow, I've got to go find sheet music for it, and learn to play it! :-) |
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Post by doc on Sept 29, 2017 14:27:19 GMT
Way down south, in Birmingham, I mean south in Alabam theres a place where people go to dance the night away - Tuxedo Junction is where I wanna go!
Great song - The Manhattan Transfer did an awesome version..
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Post by rupturedduck on Sept 29, 2017 15:56:28 GMT
Good job Doc,i can't get anything passed you,actuslly Erskine Hawkins had the best rendition of that song.
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Post by tigercpa on Sept 29, 2017 16:18:58 GMT
you guys made me start thinking of one of my favorite instrumental songs... I thought it was a Big Band Era song, and I wasted 10 minutes looking for it. Lots of good songs in that group, but..... none were what I was remembering... it was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34m6-YhjAcNow, I've got to go find sheet music for it, and learn to play it! :-) My mother loved this song. It was her happy place.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Sept 29, 2017 21:26:17 GMT
you guys made me start thinking of one of my favorite instrumental songs... I thought it was a Big Band Era song, and I wasted 10 minutes looking for it. Lots of good songs in that group, but..... none were what I was remembering... it was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34m6-YhjAcNow, I've got to go find sheet music for it, and learn to play it! :-) Great Floyd Cramer song, but a couple of decades after the big band era. This is my favorite rendition of a big band era song: youtu.be/PENJxl-THS8 |
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Post by Bevo on Sept 30, 2017 0:42:53 GMT
you guys made me start thinking of one of my favorite instrumental songs... I thought it was a Big Band Era song, and I wasted 10 minutes looking for it. Lots of good songs in that group, but..... none were what I was remembering... it was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34m6-YhjAcNow, I've got to go find sheet music for it, and learn to play it! :-) Great Floyd Cramer song, but a couple of decades after the big band era. This is my favorite rendition of a big band era song: youtu.be/PENJxl-THS8lol. Probably my favorite Big Band Era song.... Not my favorite version. But, it has ... Um.... Style? Do they also do String of Pearls? |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Sept 30, 2017 0:59:00 GMT
That was Ray Stevens at his best.
Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway performed a classic, and riotous, take on Stevens' version.
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Post by Hero on Sept 30, 2017 11:09:57 GMT
That was Ray Stevens at his best. Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway performed a classic, and riotous, take on Stevens' version. I did watch the Carol Burnett version too. funny |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Sept 30, 2017 11:59:30 GMT
Who succeeded Frank Sinatra as the lead singer for Tommy Dorsey's orchestra? Ken Curtis. Curtis later played the role of Festus Haggen on the TV series "Gunsmoke". |
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Post by Bevo on Sept 30, 2017 15:10:15 GMT
Who succeeded Frank Sinatra as the lead singer for Tommy Dorsey's orchestra? Ken Curtis. Curtis later played the role of Festus Haggen on the TV series "Gunsmoke". You've GOT to be pulling our legs! Festus can sing like Sinatra? If true, he was the best actor of the last century. When I was a kid, we always watched Gunsmoke... And I loved Festus. |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Sept 30, 2017 18:13:24 GMT
Lol. True story. That is what makes it a great trivia question: "Curtis was a singer before moving into acting and combined both careers once he entered films. Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist" "Ken Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers (the foremost Western vocal group in history) as a lead singer from 1949 to 1952. His big hits with the group included "Room Full of Roses" and "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Curtis(With Roy Rogers) youtu.be/dhlpDbhurR0 |
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Post by rupturedduck on Oct 1, 2017 17:30:14 GMT
Ken also played a lead sailor (Dolan) in "Mr.Roberts" good flick.
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Post by Bevo on Oct 1, 2017 22:06:53 GMT
Ken also played a lead sailor (Dolan) in "Mr.Roberts" good flick. I guess he was much older as Festus... that's why I never made the connection. What a great career. |
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