Another - easy to listen to ---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx3lYqTAlnE

I couldn't remember how I found this place, I'm always lost! Love hearing songs I haven't thought about for a long time. Happy memories. Thanks to all that post the links! Gone are the days of singing along with the latest... the latest today is mostly screaming.

I'm pretty sure I've posted about this song before, but it popped into my head again tonight so I'll post again. Roger Miller, who was best known for his offbeat country songs ("King of the Road", "Dang Me", "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd", etc.), wrote this for the 1985 musical Big River, an adaptation of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It proves just what a brilliant songwriter Roger Miller was. He recorded it himself in 1986 and Glen Campbell did it in 1987. This version was released in 2005 and is my favorite.

Michael, I don't know much about CW music, so I had never heard  this song.  I was surprised to see that it was written for a  1985 Broadway Musical called,  "Big River", an adaptation of Mark Twain's book, Huckleberry Finn.  Sounds good! 

I only know about the song because it appeared on a Roger Miller tribute album that was released a while back.

Here's an interesting version of "Nut Rocker", a boogie woogie piano adaptation of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker, which was a big hit for a studio group called B. Bumble and The Stingers in the mid-60s. This version is done by Apollo 100, a British studio group that had a huge hit with an adaptation of Bach's "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" in the early 70s.

A different take on the classic "I'm My Own Grandpa" from actor/singer Phil Harris:

                 REMEMBER THEM ?

Rick,  I had forgotten, but now I remember!    Two beautiful old songs, that bring back the good memories from the past.  Makes me happy and sad at the same time . . . but it's a good feeling.

I always liked both of them. They were from a point in my life where I was getting more on my own. But - as you said - they can be saddening (how's that for a word?}. Have been listening to other music since them, except some time out for supper.     Probably around 1955.

I remember Phil Harris from Jack Benny, and The Four Lads but not what they sang. The Brothers Four were smack-dab in the middle of the folk music craze. I have at least one of their ablums. One of my many favorites.

Speaking of folkmusic, I was privileged to see The Kingston Trio at a high school "hoot-nanny". Was that what it was called when we sat around them in a circle on the floor?

I was fascinated with Tom Rush, before he got ahold of an electric guitar. I have this album.

Oh, horrors. The electric must have been a one-off. He is still around at 81.

Here is a more recent clip of him. I can relate.

The name Tom Rush doesn't ring a bell, but looks like he's been around for a few years and still performing. Maybe he was just not big in this area.

MarsGal -  The Hootenanny craze, was huge here in California, in the late 50's/early 60's.  The Kingston Trio, was the best, IMO.  We drove to San Francisco a couple of times to see them at a popular club called, The Hungry i.  They had so many big hits at that time.  "Where Have All the Flowers Gone", was one.  My favorite was, "The Sloop John B",  but I liked them all.   Peter, Paul and Mary, were also big here.   I don't remember Tom Rush, either?   

Sasha -  In case you happen to be looking in . . . I always think of you when I hear the Kingston Trio singing "M.T.A."     Some fun times we had back in Senior Net!   

No, he never was a big star. I don't remember where I ran across him. I have two of his albums but never saw him perform. He is still doing tours which, this year, seem to be all in the East, not farther west than Ohio and Kentucky, except for a bunch of gigs in Alaska in September. Although I was a big folk music fan for a while, I don't remember ever going to Folk festivals or events except for the one I mentioned in post #1002.
 
I also liked The Kingston Trio. I'd add Tom Dooley to the list.

I also liked Peter, Paul and Mary, Woody and Arlo Guthrey, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, and Emily Lou Harris. You could include Simon and Garfunkel and the Mamas and the Papas in folk/pop, I think.

I had the good fortune to see and hear Peter, Paul and Mary in concert, back in the day.  It was a small venue, and my friend and I had fairly close up seats.  I loved every minute of it.
Just to see Mary swing that beautiful, long blonde hair was a treat!

This was yesterday, -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDmJVM8-ACY

Another great song from The Brothers Four.

That was only the 2nd song by a British artist to hit #1 on the charts here in the states - nearly 2 years before The Beatles showed up. Great song.

On a related note, here's the 3rd (and final pre-British Invasion) song by a British artist to hit #1 in the US.

Great music Oldiesman and Rammel.

I forgot about The Tornadoes. I have version by The Ventures.

Here is one of my favorites from them.


I like the swish, swish of the arrows.

Here is another Ventures favorite:


I think they have done several "updated" versions over the years. Now I am going to have to find my disc and see which version I have.

Anyone remember this?

Ran across this Ray Stevens clip. It reminded me of a news clip I saw yesterday about the US government acknowledgements of UFO (or as they call them, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena).

MarsGal - I must have been lost back in the 1940's and 50's,  when those songs were played on mainstream  radio?  I don't recall any of them.  "I Saw Elvis in a UFO", is a fun one, and the best of the bunch.   Also I think Ray Stevens had some mainstream hits back then?    Yes, I DID see the story on the news yesterday, about the Government acknowledging the fact that they can't explain some of the photos taken of UFO's. (UAP)  I especially like the photo showing the bright green arrows moving across the sky!     

"Mr. Custer" hit #1 in the US in October of 1960.
"I Saw Elvis in a UFO" was released in June of 1989 but I don't think it ever hit the pop charts.

Ray Stevens had quite a few hits in the 60s and 70s, including two that hit #1 - "Everything is Beautiful" (1970) and "The Streak" (1973)