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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2010 20:35:07 GMT
It has struck me,and not a chord,going through all this stuff at my mother's house,the various musical artists that my parents listened to while I was growing up. I can't say that any of them had too much bearing on my current musical tastes(thank god :  . I'm curious as to what our other members grew up listening to. In no particular order are some of the more prevalent musical findings I've encountered in the last couple of weeks. Johnny Mathis Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra Engelbert Humperdinck Jerry Vale Mitch Miller Liberace Lawrence Welk Connie Francis Getz and Gilberto (my favorite growing up and still a current favorite) Bach Tchaikovsky |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2010 22:31:26 GMT
Vocalists were banned from my parents' music collection, except for Charles Aznavour and Gilbert Becaud.
Just about everything else they owned could be classified as:
-- light classical
-- recognized modern composers in the French and Spanish genre, often famous for their film scores
-- there was a definite Herb Alpert & Burt Bacharach phase upon our arrival in California
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 22, 2010 17:11:20 GMT
My Parents always loved 'Classical' music....and I have fond memories of my Dad sitting in the living room with his huge earphones on conducting with one of Mum's knitting needles....  Particular favourite is/was Puccini, I still love Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill singing the Pearl Fisher's duet...altho it makes me cry They listened to everything, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Mahler....and several others that I can't spell either.... |
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 23, 2010 7:11:27 GMT
Ohhhhh, Cheery ~~ that was a sublime piece of music, too beautiful! Only my mother listened to opera, and not all that often. Some of the stuff I remember my parents listening to:     |
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 23, 2010 11:31:44 GMT
It has struck me,and not a chord,going through all this stuff at my mother's house,the various musical artists that my parents listened to while I was growing up. I can't say that any of them had too much bearing on my current musical tastes(thank god : . I'm curious as to what our other members grew up listening to. In no particular order are some of the more prevalent musical findings I've encountered in the last couple of weeks. Johnny Mathis Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra Engelbert Humperdinck Jerry Vale Mitch Miller Liberace Lawrence Welk Connie Francis Getz and Gilberto (my favorite growing up and still a current favorite) Bach Tchaikovsky Surely there wasn't somebody called Lawrence Welk? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 12:51:31 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 23, 2010 15:43:27 GMT
I'm still none the wiser.
Fancy being named after a shellfish..............
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 18:10:34 GMT
Welk was born in the German-speaking community of Strasburg, North Dakota. He was sixth of the eight children of Ludwig and Christiana Welk, ethnic Germans who immigrated to America in 1892 from Odessa, Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire.
And he had a very strange non-American accent
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 18:14:14 GMT
And...he had a TV show on every Saturday night watched by millions,with musical guests,ballroom style dancing,and let us not forget the bubbles. My parents watched it and my mother watched it as a widow for many many years. I believe that they still rerun it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 23, 2010 19:02:37 GMT
Oh gawd -- I DID forget the bubbles, which were so important, as his style was known as "champagne music". As Casimira said, it was hugely popular. My grandmother didn't miss it. It was absolutely excruciating to watch. It was also known for being "wholesome". I remember there was a regular piano player on the show -- Jo Ann Somebodyorother -- who was pregnant. They used creative camera angles to hide her condition, finally to the point where they accidentally cropped out her torso, showing a disembodied head playing the piano. (  ~ all of this is flooding back from better-kept-closed memory banks) There are a few trillion videos of the show on youtube, attesting to the fidelity of its fans. The Lennon Sisters were one of the big attractions. They were on the show forever. I always thought the youngest one looked like the little girl in The Bad Seed. Here's something for us youngsters! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 24, 2010 19:14:17 GMT
Mummy used to sneakily watch the Andy Williams show...I used to love watching it with her...
and I think she secretly liked Matt Monro
and Nat King Cole...who could blame her?
Dad hated anything that wasn't classical...but Mummy used to listen to the radio when he was at work.... ;D
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Post by onlymark on Nov 24, 2010 19:41:26 GMT
Matt Monro was underestimated and overshadowed by people like Engelbert and Sinatra. Yet to me he was a far better singer.
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Post by bjd on Nov 24, 2010 19:54:22 GMT
I have never heard of Matt Monro -- was he English?
My mother listened to what I believe was called light classical music. Thank God she didn't watch/listen to Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller and stuff like that.
Mick -- I believe the shellfish is spelled "whelk".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2010 20:46:22 GMT
During the year that I lived with my grandparents, Petula Clark was as big a star in France as she was in England, and it was considered amazing and modern that she could hop on a plane in London and appear on a variety show in Paris the very same day.
Speaking of amazing and modern, the camera angles and lighting effects of French television at the time were considered to be among the most innovative in the world, because most cameras were still static and would film performers without moving. Jean-Christophe Averty is still cited as a reference for making television move in the 1960's.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2010 21:19:50 GMT
Perhaps,I'm a bit older,but,I associate Petula Clark with my generation,not my parents. I adored her.
It's funny,I ran across several Connie Francis albums,and I had to laugh because I have a dear friend in NOLA who is a DJ for one of the radio stations there,WWOZ. He has a show on every Monday night,and he will play,dedicate songs to me on occassion. On more than one occassion,he has played Connie Francis''s "Where the Boys Are",not a song from my generation ( I think it came out the year I was born actually).
(Again,can't post youtube here at the library or I would).It is a pretty cool song,I guess.)
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 29, 2010 5:06:01 GMT
My father really liked Harry Belafonte. So we all liked him ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 29, 2010 13:43:19 GMT
I have never heard of Matt Monro -- was he English? My mother listened to what I believe was called light classical music. Thank God she didn't watch/listen to Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller and stuff like that. Mick -- I believe the shellfish is spelled "whelk". Ohhhh........  |
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Post by bjd on Nov 29, 2010 13:48:36 GMT
Here you go, Casimira. It's from 1961 apparently.
Well, she was still singing that in the 1980s -- lots of hair too.
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Post by myrt on Nov 29, 2010 14:47:31 GMT
My parents musical tastes were quite different although they both enjoyed a wide range of classical music. My father loved Glenn Miller and loads of the early rock and roll bands but Mum had a bit of a thing going for Jim Reeves and that kind of vocalist. Dad had a pretty good baritone voice and was always singing (it became excruciatingly embarrassing as a teenager) but my clearest memories are of him banging out rock and roll on the old piano with all of us (as tiny tots) jiving away around him! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 17:26:10 GMT
Thanks BJD!!!!! I just listened to it on the headphones here at the library and some heads turned, as, apparently they could hear me giggling....not the first time to be sure. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2010 12:05:54 GMT
While unpacking all the stuff from NY,I encountered the best of Johnny Mathis CD that I tried to pawn off on my brother on Thanksgiving Day,by sneakily,or so I thought,putting it in his CD rack. Apparently,he saw it because here it now is.
The story behind this little joke between us is,he purchased this CD collection for my mother and it wasn't until she went to stay with him for a spell,she played it over and over and over to the point where he and his then fiance almost went crazy,and indeed may have caused their subsequent break up.
I'm actually kind of glad I have it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 7, 2010 15:26:17 GMT
Cool memories, Myrt.
That reminded me that my parents always sang in the car. Shine on Harvest Moon was a favorite, as well as "their song", If You Were the Only Boy in the World.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2010 21:03:36 GMT
Casimira, Johnny Mathis may have been an element in my brother's divorce from his first wife.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 0:35:31 GMT
Casimira, Johnny Mathis may have been an element in my brother's divorce from his first wife. That's pretty funny!! ,I guess...Do tell more!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 6:10:44 GMT
Just extremely divergent musical tastes. I saw the look on his face the day she brought over her albums.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 19:18:42 GMT
I came across this lovely initiative by the son of a 79 year old singer who is suffering from Alzheimer's. When his father sings, his mind is still there. At other times, no. So he has been recording his father singing as much as possible.
There is also a facebook page and a website.
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Post by htmb on Aug 19, 2016 22:05:48 GMT
These are very sweet. I'd seen the posts somewhere else, but hadn't watched the videos until now. Glad I did.
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Particular favourite is/was Puccini, I still love Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill singing the Pearl Fisher's duet...altho it makes me cry
~ all of this is flooding back from better-kept-closed memory banks)
