Best Record of All Time |
Monday, May 13, 2013
17 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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No. If we're going to go with R&B from the 50s, then "Twilight Time" by the 5 Satins gets the nod.
Kim -
5/13/13, 4:28 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Love is a river - Moonglows.
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5/13/13, 5:06 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Best record? I thought it had something to do with sailors and fat women.
Tim -
5/13/13, 6:13 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I second Kim's pick. But I think each of our opinions just might be tied to special moments in the distant past for each of us, regardless of the musical merits.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
5/13/13, 6:37 PM
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Jim - PRS said...
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I actually got to play with the Moonglows (and the Coasters). One of life's high points.
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5/13/13, 7:45 PM
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gadfly said...
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Platters
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5/13/13, 7:46 PM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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Wow! I saw the Coasters at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. What a deal. You coulda had Annette.
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5/13/13, 9:27 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I actually got to play in Devil's Lake. And, we got invited back!
PvtCdr(SS) MichigammeDave -
5/14/13, 5:59 AM
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Helly said...
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Can't hold a candle to The Lion Sleeps Tonight or Unchained Melody.
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5/14/13, 9:20 AM
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Anonymous said...
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"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by the Platters.
First time I heard it was on the LST "Tom Green County".
ron -
5/14/13, 10:23 AM
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David said...
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The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Great Pretender, Only You, My Prayer, Twilight Time, etc...
Formal dance my senior year in high school - lights are low, mood is very romantic, slow dancing with that one special girl, arms wrapped around each other gazing into each others eyes while the singer is working his way through a pretty good version of the The Great Pretender, then that jerk changes the words and sings "Oh yes, I'm the great sex offender." And I started laughing.
Unfortunately the girl in my arms didn't hear what he sang.
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5/14/13, 10:38 AM
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Anonymous said...
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To my knowledge the 5 Satins never recorded Twilight Time.
I've never heard it, never heard of it, there is no reference to it in any of my books on Doo-Wop and popular music (including The Complete Book Of Doo-Wop), and there sre no hits on Google.
"In The Still Of The Night"?
That's another story.
-Vlad The Inhaler -
5/14/13, 10:45 AM
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Anonymous said...
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You're right. The Platters didn't do "Twilight Time" and also, The Five Satins' "In the Still of the Night" is the best of all time IMHO.
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5/14/13, 1:01 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I'm with you Helly -best "make out" song of all time was Unchained Melody. For those of us who were blessed to live in that most wonderful time in America.
(Wipes tear from cheek).
OC -
5/14/13, 5:01 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Re: "You're right. The Platters didn't do "Twilight Time"."
No. It's the 5 Satins who didn't record "Twilight Time".
And it is The Platters who DID record "Twilight Time".
In 1958 the Platters recording of "Twilight Time" was #1 on the Billboard Top 40 for 14 weeks.
It is a great recording by one of the greates groups of the era.
-Vlad The Inhaler -
5/14/13, 9:39 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Platters, 5 Satins, 4 Seasons... they all sound the same to me.
Kim -
5/16/13, 6:43 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Some of the early Doo-Wop groups can be difficult to tell apart unless you learned their songs as a 14 year old rubbing bellies to their 45's with Mary Lou Whitesocks in her parents cellar Rec Room.
Vlad-The-Inhaler -
5/16/13, 9:59 PM
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