Bird Dog - Everly Brothers
1958 HITS ARCHIVE: Bird Dog - Everly Brothers (a #1 record–original version
Bird Dog (Bryant) by The Everly Brothers Million-seller for Don & Phil was their chart-topping follow-up to “All I Have To Do Is Dream.” When you hear the duo singing this in stereo, you’re hearing a later re-recording. See also the flip side “Devoted To You":
A lifetime ago, during my youthful times, I used to row in bow position in an Eight at Walton Rowing Club and the brother’s records were always playing on the club’s spinner 
Every Day I Pray For The Bomb [1950s cold war/fallout music]
Once thought lost to time, this obscure 1950s song exploring a young man’s dreams of ashes and nuclear fallout to get out of eating his vegetables struck the wrong chord in an America plagued by McCarthyism. Protests erupted in Atlantic City where participants – now known to have been paid in casino vouchers – burned mountains of Dean Franko Jr.’s vinyl records. Franko Jr.’s whereabouts remain unknown after he openly testified against alleged Atlantic City mob bosses in 1958 regarding their role in the disappearance of beloved house band Elroy And The Farmhands. Franko Jr. would enter the witness protection program soon after.
My Commie Queen (
…obscure 1950s rock vinyl)
The fallout from this cold war rock classic, restored from vinyl via AI, earned genre pioneer Gary Eagles a spot on American Bandstand…and a congressional hearing. After some digging, Almost Vinyl has obtained part of original transcript:
Congressman: Mr. Eagles, are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party?
Eagles: Oh no sir, I ain’t no commie. But if they come around, it’s definitely a party.
[audible grumbling and minor snickering]
Congressman: You claim no ties to the USSR and yet this “song” – if you can call it that - of yours endorses obscene practices with sworn enemies of our nation.
Eagles: Enemies? No sir, not enemies. Just the one. It’s about all I can handle. These commie lad—
Congressman: Mr. Eagles, do you not see how fornicating with the enemy constitutes conduct against The United States of America?
Eagles: Mr. Congressman, I can’t think of anythin’ more American than deliverin’ sweet democracy unto the adversary.
Congressman: Then you see this as colonization rather than fraternization?
Eagles: Yes sir, I couldn’t have put it better.
[rabbling and nodding]
Congressman: One final question then.
Eagles: Yes sir.
Congressman: In the song you mention not – and I quote – “trading The Eagle” for –
Eagles: The Eagle is my [redacted].
Congressman: [sighs] That will be all.
Eagles: God bless America!
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond Quartet - Blues In Time (1957) [Full Album]
Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith Trio Plus Lou Donaldson [Full Album]
Kenny Burrell Quintet - Midnight Blue (1963) [Full Album]
John Coltrane - Tenor Conclave (1956) [Full Album]
My Commie Queen (obscure 1950s rock vinyl)
The fallout from this cold war rock classic, restored from vinyl via AI, earned genre pioneer Gary Eagles a spot on American Bandstand…and a congressional hearing. After some digging, Almost Vinyl has obtained part of original transcript:
Congressman: Mr. Eagles, are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party?
Eagles: Oh no sir, I ain’t no commie. But if they come around, it’s definitely a party.
[audible grumbling and minor snickering]
Congressman: You claim no ties to the USSR and yet this “song” – if you can call it that - of yours endorses obscene practices with sworn enemies of our nation.
Eagles: Enemies? No sir, not enemies. Just the one. It’s about all I can handle. These commie lad—
Congressman: Mr. Eagles, do you not see how fornicating with the enemy constitutes conduct against The United States of America?
Eagles: Mr. Congressman, I can’t think of anythin’ more American than deliverin’ sweet democracy unto the adversary.
Congressman: Then you see this as colonization rather than fraternization?
Eagles: Yes sir, I couldn’t have put it better.
[rabbling and nodding]
Congressman: One final question then.
Eagles: Yes sir.
Congressman: In the song you mention not – and I quote – “trading The Eagle” for –
Eagles: The Eagle is my [redacted].
Congressman: [sighs] That will be all.
Eagles: God bless America!
I Can’t Get It Up (rare early 60s vinyl)
Lyrics:
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
Brought a lady home with me tonight (oooh)
We were huggin’ and a kissin’ and holdin’ on tight
And though this gal looked like a movie star
My little guy was sleepin’ at the wheel behind the car
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I’ve tried drugs
I’ve tried pictures
I’ve stared at ancient paintings and marble sculptures
I’ve tried herbs
I’ve tried voodoo
But nothin’ gets him movin’ no matter what I do!
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I’ve been to France
I’ve been to Spain
I’ve had acupuncture done and felt the pain
I’ve quit drinkin’
Been to porno theaters
I’ve set up camp for weeks on European beaches!
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
I can’t get it up (he can’t get it up)
Went to the doctor to get checked out (ooh)
He prodded and he fondled, and he threw it all about
And when he put on the glove to check my colon out
I felt my man wake up and start movin’ all about
But I can’t get it up (The doc got it up)
No I can’t get it up (this counts as up!)
Herbie Hancock Quartet - Empyrean Isles [Full Album]
Ike Quebec Quintet - Bossa Nova Soul Samba (1962) [Full Album]
Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery - Smokin’ At The Half Note (Live 1965) [Full Album]
Miles Davis - First Miles (1945-1947) [Full Album]
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957) [Full Album]
Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version. The song is sung by librarian Marian Paroo (Barbara Cook on Broadway, Shirley Jones in the film) to Professor Harold Hill (portrayed by Robert Preston) toward the end of Act Two. The first recording of this song to be released came even before the original cast album version of January 1958. Promotional copies of the 45 rpm single, Capitol P3847, were released on November 26, 1957, even before the Broadway production had premiered on December 19. Produced by Nelson Riddle, it featured his orchestra and 17-year-old vocalist Sue Raney. An earlier version of this song, “Till I Met You”, was first recorded by Eileen Wilson in 1950 and later appeared on the January 14, 1951 edition of The Big Show, performed by Fran Warren. In 1958, jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded the song on his groundbreaking album Freedom Suite. An alternate take is provided on the 1999 CD rerelease. In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Cashbox Top 100. Included on their albums With the Beatles (UK release, 1963) and Meet the Beatles! (US release, 1964), the song was the only Broadway tune that the Beatles ever recorded.
1949 ENJOY YOURSELF COMPOSER/ HERB MAGIDSON, GARL SIGMAN
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Feb. 28th is Spay Day USA 2012. Spay Day was started by the Doris Day Animal Foundation. DDAF’s Spay Day USA has been responsible for a landmark one million spay/neuters since the beginning of the program, helping to overcome the tradegy of euthanizing millions of unwanted pets each year. Each year 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter US shelters. Between 3 to 4 milliion are euthanized because there are not enough homes for them. Please spay/neuter your pets. Help end this deplorable cycle of pet over population. Doris Day recorded Everybody Loves A Lover in 1958.
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