Although few people know, the place referred to as “Kokomo” in the song is fictional! After the success of the song, two sea resorts took over the name 🙂 One is Grassy Key, Florida and the other – Sandals Cay, Jamaica, as the song also mentions many places around the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Aruba, Bermuda, Read More …
“The leaves on the trees would be softly sighin’, If they heard from the breeze that you left me cryin’, They’d be sad, don’t be bad to me.” (Lennon/McCartney)
Although I thought it was a ’60s hit, “Blue Moon” is much more older, being written in 1933! More info about its origin, here. Here are some of its numerous versions:
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Beatles’ 12th and final studio album, “Let It Be“ (1970), Rolling Stone magazine released a special collector’s edition issue entitled “The Beatles: 100 Greatest Songs“. And… “A Day in the Life“, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was ranked first. On of my favourites, “I Want Read More …
Or… ladies dancing in a funny way! Neil Sedaka – “Calendar Girl” – ’60s hot ladies Del Shannon – “Little town flirt” … but the girls seem to be outside the town 🙂
Lennon used to say he never “sang” when he performed this song… all he had to do was to shout 🙂 Here’s a piece of Beatlemania* *Beatlemania = a term originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success; Andi Lothian, a former Read More …
Born in 1932, her name is Petula Sally Olwen Clark. Her father gave her the first name, jokingly it was a combination of the names of two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla 🙂 Petula Clark is an English singer, actress and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.
He recorded his first single at 14 years old and became famous at 16, with “Diana”:). This song is one of the best selling singles ever by a Canadian recording artist. Here’s the oldie video!
“Please Mr. Postman” is the debut single of The Marvelettes and the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart (1961). “Please Mr. Postman” became a number-one hit again in early 1975, when The Carpenters‘ cover of the song also reached the top position of the Billboard Read More …
