Music from my generation

[TwoTankAmin]

The year was 1972-

Supersonic Rocket Ship is a single recorded by British rock band The Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released on 5 May 1972, in the UK, and in September of that year for its US release. In the song, the singer talks about his "supersonic rocket ship", which contains a kind of paradise or refuge from all the troubles in the world, where "nobody has to be hip", "nobody's gonna travel second class", and "there'll be equality, and no suppression of minorities". It fits in the groove of other Ray Davies songs like 'Apeman', that express a desire to go back to a simpler life or escape from all life's woes to a better world (a desert island, the rocket ship, etc.)

 

[fishorama]

I didn't remember the 1st 1 but both had shades of Lola. I did know Apeman but never saw the video. Fun stuff!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

The music is old but the band is not, enjoy.

Of course there is an encore

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Here the amazing thing about the song Please Don''t Talk About Me When I'm Gone. Here is a list of the people who have recorded it since it was written in 1930:

Other notable recordings

• Mose Allison – for his album Takes to the Hills (1961).
• Barney Bigard – in the album Barney Bigard in Chronology 1944-1945.
• Manteca Beat -–in the album Manteca-licious! (2007)
• Harry Connick Jr. and Carmen McRae – included in the album 20 (1988).
• Bing Crosby (1957)[4]
• Sammy Davis Jr. – included in the album The Sounds of '66 (1966).
• Doris Day – in her album Lullaby of Broadway (1951).
• Ella Fitzgerald – with Count Basie & His Orchestra, in the album A Perfect Match (1979).
• Connie Francis – included in her album Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s.
• Bill Haley & His Comets – for the album Rockin' the Oldies (1957).
• Billie Holiday – included in her album Velvet Mood (1956).[5]
• Helen Humes – for her album Songs I Like To Sing! (1961).[6]
• Jerry Lee Lewis – included in the compilation box set All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology issued in 1993.
• Ann-Margret – for her album The Vivacious One (1962).[7]
• Dean Martin – for his album This Time I'm Swingin'! (1960).
• Dean Martin and Robbie Williams – included in the album Forever Cool (2007)
• Deana Martin – included on her album Volare, released in 2009 by Big Fish Records.
• The Mills Brothers with Tommy Dorsey and His Sentimentalists (1951).[8]
• Willie Nelson – for his album Moonlight Becomes You (1994).
• Ray Price – included in the album Portrait of a Singer (1985).[9]
• The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band in 2009
• Johnnie Ray (1953)[10] This charted briefly in the No. 29 spot.[11]
• Leon Redbone – for his album Champagne Charlie (1978).
• Piano Red – in the album Percussive Piano "Dr. Feelgood" (1976).[12]
• Rita Reys – included in the album Live at the Concertgebouw (1986).[13]
• Frank Sinatra – for his album Swing Along with Me (1961)
• Kay Starr – included in her album Losers, Weepers (1960)[14]
• Ethel Waters – recorded February 10, 1931 for Columbia Records (catalog No. 2409D).[15]
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – this can be found on the album The Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 3: Basin Street Blues (1984).[16]
• Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie – on the 1981 live recorded album Precious Friend.

They left out this one from 1931:

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Uh Oh- this one is for the dancing lady in CA.

 

[fishorama]

Thanks 2 tank, that was a lot of fun, although I was expecting a different Crazy Train, not your thing. We have the birds that do aye, aye, aye (scrub jays) here in CA but it's Ozzie we think of...

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29th, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana. He began playing the piano at age 9, copying the styles of preachers and black musicians that traveled through the area. He signed with Sun Records in 1956 and quickly became a star. He was the first person inducted into the first class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Please click on Watch On YouTube Then it will play all 25 songs. You will be glad you did.

 

[FJB]

That is a whole lot of wonderful shaking going on in there.
Thanks!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

And for the fans of jazz- this is my favorite kind....

 

[fishorama]

The first song sounds like early cartoon's jazzy dance music. I'll have to listen to the rest later.