[Dixielandjazz] Some Birthdays Feb 16

[Marek Boym]

Hi,
Humph (that's Hunphrey Lyttelton) had a national hit with "Bad Penny
Blues."  Bechet's greatest hit was "Onions," "Petite Fleur" being only
second.  In Britain (and perhaps other European countries), th big hit
was Barber's rendition, with Monty Sunshine on clarinet.  In Israel it
was the Bechet version, which was issued as a single (with "Dans les
Rues d'Antibbes" on the flip side).
Acker Bilk had a great hit with "Stranger on the Shore," bur that was
with a stringg orchestra.  Bilk continued playing it after his glory
days, and, with no strings attached, it sounded much better.
Cheers

On 18/02/2010, Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Marek:
>
> I'm pretty much with you as to the organ.  It would probably be second on my
> list of least favorite instruments after the accordian.
>
> Don't really know why Doggett's "HT1" never got airplay but his record
> started a short-lived fad as it was followed not too long thereafter by
> "Topsy Part 2" featuring drummer Cozy Cole
>
> There weren't really too many jazz hits during that period but I do recall
> Joe Darensbourg's "Yellow Dog Blues" doing quite well and also "Petite
> Fleur" by Chris Barber.
>
> While someone played a sax lead on Barber's hit, to capture the flavor of
> the original by Sidney Bechet, I recently acquired a DVD of a concert in I
> believe Copenhagen on which Barber does it on T-bone as a part of a medley
> with Henry Mancini's "Windmills of Your Mind".
>
> Being a bit of a "johnny-come-lately: it was only then that I discovered
> that Lonnie Donegan had played banjo with Barber before developing his
> famous skiffle sound.
>
> The concert was shown in two parts; the first half being a revival of
> Barber's 50s band and the second devoted to the group he was fronting in
> '95.  I picked it up off Amazon at some truly ridiculous price.
>
> While Lonnie's big hit of course was "Rock Island Line", my favorite by him
> has always been (Long Gone)"Lost John" and he also did a mean "Frankie and
> Johnny"
>
> HC
>
> On 2/18/10, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Doggett was most famous for being a "one-hit wonder" with his "Honky
> Tonk
> > > Part II" (yes, there was a part one but nobody ever bothered to play it
> over
> > > the air)  It was one of the rare smash instrumental hits that I could
> > > probably count on one hand in the midst of all the vocal groups
> dominating
> > > the Billboard & Cashbox charts in the late 50s.
> >
> > It was issued on two sides of a 45 rpm single.  Part 2 was, of course,
> > on side 2 (I have the record - one of my first, and I have never been
> > very happy with it, as I hate the electric organ).  Perhaps the DJs of
> > old were too lazy to turn it around, or to synchronize two copies.
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >>
> >
>
>
>
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