The Music Thread

[bumbershoot]

Ha, the Lennon Sisters came to my school and performed. Even now, decades later, I don't know how or why that happened. I went to all all-girls' convent school, and they showed up one day, so we had an assembly and listened to them sing. They were still very young, so young that I think the youngest sister was still in grade school.  I know they went to Catholic school down in southern California, so maybe there was some connection that way.

I will always remember them singing ``Tonight You Belong to Me.''   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdnH-BAybk


You can find some really weird old videos of them on You tube. There's one of them with all four girls hugging stuffed poodles that makes no sense at all.

[VanillaMoomin]

Ha, the Lennon Sisters came to my school and performed. Even now, decades later, I don't know how or why that happened. I went to all all-girls' convent school, and they showed up one day, so we had an assembly and listened to them sing. They were still very young, so young that I think the youngest sister was still in grade school.  I know they went to Catholic school down in southern California, so maybe there was some connection that way.

I will always remember them singing ``Tonight You Belong to Me.''   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdnH-BAybk


You can find some really weird old videos of them on You tube. There's one of them with all four girls hugging stuffed poodles that makes no sense at all.

I’ve read about the Lennon Sisters but never heard their music before, they had lovely voices!

[CyrilSebastian]

Ha, the Lennon Sisters came to my school and performed. Even now, decades later, I don't know how or why that happened. I went to all all-girls' convent school, and they showed up one day, so we had an assembly and listened to them sing. They were still very young, so young that I think the youngest sister was still in grade school.  I know they went to Catholic school down in southern California, so maybe there was some connection that way.

I will always remember them singing ``Tonight You Belong to Me.''   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdnH-BAybk


You can find some really weird old videos of them on You tube. There's one of them with all four girls hugging stuffed poodles that makes no sense at all.

I’ve read about the Lennon Sisters but never heard their music before, they had lovely voices!

The Lennon Sisters ~ Swinging on a Star   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1gOjERU3sQ

[CyrilSebastian]

Theme from The Love Boat   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPo0_nDX0n8

[CyrilSebastian]

Roy Clark ~ The Great Pretender   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugrhnkvlt0A

[Principessa]

Roy Clark ~ The Great Pretender    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugrhnkvlt0A

Thank you for sharing.

I grew up with Freddie Mercury doing this song, see the link below. I knew it was a cover, but I didn't know from whom.
Apparently it was also a cover by Clark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g

Wikipedia about 'The great pretender':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pretender


"The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by the Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single in November 1955. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management.


The song has been covered by a number of singers, most notably by Freddie Mercury, whose version reached No. 4 on the UK charts. Sam Cooke's cover of the song is believed to have inspired Chrissie Hynde to name her band the Pretenders

[Principessa]

Roy Clark ~ The Great Pretender    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugrhnkvlt0A

Thank you for sharing.

I grew up with Freddie Mercury doing this song, see the link below. I knew it was a cover, but I didn't know from whom.
Apparently it was also a cover by Clark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g

Wikipedia about 'The great pretender':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pretender


"The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by the Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single in November 1955. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and management.


The song has been covered by a number of singers, most notably by Freddie Mercury, whose version reached No. 4 on the UK charts. Sam Cooke's cover of the song is believed to have inspired Chrissie Hynde to name her band the Pretenders

It is nice to hear to different style/ kind of singing this song:

The Platters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBj2HN2uuNA

Sam Cooke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9UWIIs8hs

Roy Clarke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugrhnkvlt0A


Freddie Mercury:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g


David Nilsson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZu93jA7kg


Monique Cassells (Freddie Mercury Tribute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XerXXx5Vkuc


Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye1mI9VuhDg

[CyrilSebastian]

Nat King Cole ~ Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer     
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZrNDtRltg

[CyrilSebastian]

I like the fact the the young boy is such av talented musician.   
Gladiolus Rag ~ Scott Joplin 1907   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjrWpGxalBk

[CyrilSebastian]

David Phelps ~ As the Deer   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqGtufR-aIA

[CyrilSebastian]

Hallelujah Chorus     
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xSzuyIea4U

[CyrilSebastian]

Bob Crosby and the Bobcats ~ Charlie my boy   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIv4JiClzA0

[CyrilSebastian]

Giselle MacKenzie and Jack Benny violin duet ~ Getting to Know You   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cc0HlO7so

[CyrilSebastian]

The Lennon Sisters ~ Washington D C   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06CKzYBd41Q