It's like an open mic performance. A bit up tempo. Rushed even. Flat mix. No reverb or depth. I guess it was the show band playing. Plus I can't stop myself from staring at her hair. This is a song I remember so well as a child. This one and the Dixie Cups 'Chapel of Love' My sweet Aunt Louella played her little table radio all day long. I heard it all there plus farm and fields and a majestic German Shepherd named King...but I digress... Time machine
The credits say it's Floyd Cramer on piano, Chet Atkins producing. But yeah, very flat and she seems really jittery.
As a PostScript somewhat in keeping with the thread, I loved that dog so much that I named a puppy I found on the school playground King. He was a mix that I brought home while in the third grade or something, a quite common thing for me I guess. He wound up being run over and killed. Same with my Toby which looked like Antigone's Weezie...
Then there's this one written by a guy named Chip Taylor and first recorded by Merrilee Rush And The Turnabouts (also later by Skeeter Davis and many others). I remember those older and more aware than I calling it scandalous. In reading a little I learned the band played it when opening for Paul Revere And The Raiders in '68. The flip side was a song called 'Reap What You Sew'
I always liked that song. Chip Taylor also wrote "Wild Thing"; he's Jon Voight's brother. They're from my hometown (though they were from the "fancy" side of of the city).
Daaaang that's cool. Lol 'fancy' side of the city. Yeah those people had paved driveways or a garage or a gas grill or all of the above.
Then there's this one written by a guy named Chip Taylor and first recorded by Merrilee Rush And The Turnabouts (also later by Skeeter Davis and many others). I remember those older and more aware than I calling it scandalous. In reading a little I learned the band played it when opening for Paul Revere And The Raiders in '68. The flip side was a song called 'Reap What You Sew'
I always liked that song. Chip Taylor also wrote "Wild Thing"; he's Jon Voight's brother. They're from my hometown (though they were from the "fancy" side of of the city).
Then there's this one written by a guy named Chip Taylor and first recorded by Merrilee Rush And The Turnabouts (also later by Skeeter Davis and many others). I remember those older and more aware than I calling it scandalous. In reading a little I learned the band played it when opening for Paul Revere And The Raiders in '68. The flip side was a song called 'Reap What You Sew'
Wow! She's so nervous; I wonder if that was her big break. Doesn't exactly have the same shimmer and gloss of the studio track... (by a longshot)
Yeah, she was clearly nervous, especially at the beginning, but she got into it more and was singing more confidently after the first verse. Obviously one of her first TV appearances if not the first. That version has much more "country" arrangement - no strings, only guitar and pedal steel. I can't tell if it was being played "live" by the house musicians on whatever show that was, but it was at least tailored to that show. It's sweet how she said "Thank y'all very much" at the end. The studio (crossover) version is really good - she did nice harmonies in the bridge. It was produced by Chet Atkins and apparently had Floyd Cramer playing piano on it.
It's like an open mic performance. A bit up tempo. Rushed even. Flat mix. No reverb or depth. I guess it was the show band playing. Plus I can't stop myself from staring at her hair. This is a song I remember so well as a child. This one and the Dixie Cups 'Chapel of Love' My sweet Aunt Louella played her little table radio all day long. I heard it all there plus farm and fields and a majestic German Shepherd named King...but I digress... Time machine
The credits say it's Floyd Cramer on piano, Chet Atkins producing. But yeah, very flat and she seems really jittery.
Wow! She's so nervous; I wonder if that was her big break. Doesn't exactly have the same shimmer and gloss of the studio track... (by a longshot)
It's like an open mic performance. A bit up tempo. Rushed even. Flat mix. No reverb or depth. I guess it was the show band playing. Plus I can't stop myself from staring at her hair. This is a song I remember so well as a child. This one and the Dixie Cups 'Chapel of Love' My sweet Aunt Louella played her little table radio all day long. I heard it all there plus farm and fields and a majestic German Shepherd named King...but I digress... Time machine
