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Natalie Cole - Almost Like Being In Love - Video: Vadim Shinnick.
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Songs I Love Before Cliff Richard: This article came about when I was searching for Natalie Cole's songs on You Tube. She had passed away on the last day of 2015 and I chanced upon her singing, Almost Like Being In Love, a personal favourite. It is a 1947 song and a lovely one at that. What with Tan Swee Leong's [a famous Singapore DJ] death on the 18th December, just days before hers, I thought of our vulnerability and how fragile we mortals are. These professionals reminded me too of the unique heritage they have left behind as entertainers.
Almost Like Being In Love is not well-known to many young people here (pardon if I'm wrong) and even to some 60's music enthusiasts. So if you're keen to know what some of us listened to a long time ago before Cliff Richard and The Shadows came to Singapore's Badminton Hall, read on. Not the usual Top Hit List, as many of the titles are unheard of these days and the songs are presented as they come to my head. But some are not that obsolete since they were popular during the 1950's but came a little before TheYoung Ones. A couple of singers are still around. Twenty songs should be sufficient but it is my own compilation and personal favourites.
Bobby Darin: Baby Face: YouTube
Video from Bobby Darin - Topic
Pop Songs Unfamiliar Today: Sung by 50's Legends Almost Like Being In Love - Frank Sinatra - 1947 Chee Chee Ooh Chee - Dean Martin - 1955 Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket - Dean Martin - 1954 Lay Down Your Arms - Anne Shelton - 1956 Where Will The Dimple Be? - Rosemary Clooney - 1955 Green Door - Jim Lowe - 1956 Hana Ko San - Miyoshi Umeki - 1940's to 1950's I'm Hans Christian Andersen - Danny Kaye - 1952 Thumbelina - Danny Kaye or Dean Martin - 1952* Around The Corner - Jo Stafford - 1952
Baby Let's House - Elvis Presley - Video: Adem Presley
Baby Face - Bobby Darin - 1926 'A' You're Adorable - Perry Como - 1948** Ivory Tower - Gale Storm - 1956 Dark Moon - Gale Storm - 1957 Fire Down Below - Jeri Southern - 1957 Baby Let's House - Elvis Presley - 1955*** Any Place Is Paradise - Elvis Presley - 1956 Majorca Isle of Love - Petula Clark - 1955 Imitation of Life - Earl Grant - 1959 The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard - 1956 None of these songs have been covered and recorded by our local vocal or band groups. Are they still being played on Singapore's English radio today? Do you have some songs to add to the list? *A song I teach my grandchildren. **Tan Swee Leong usually sings this song to entertain. It was one I heard from him when we were gathered at house parties.
*Lost the precious 78rpm piece which would cost some today. The mumbling Elvis and echo plays are killers! Part 2 will come on soon. That's when I document songs recorded by our own local bands but unheard of today.
Images: Anne Shelton, Bobby Darin, Little Richard (horizontal); Petula Clark, Miyoshi Umeki, Perry Como (vertical). You Tube Videos. This article is copyrighted.
