Post by H2IZCOOL on Jan 29, 2010 11:26:19 GMT -5
I didn't want to break into the great run that the MLOSAAT series is having on the list board, but this is the proper place for this post.
As you probably know, among my mix cds that I make is a series called "Play It Again." Most volumes include some original versions of songs and at least one cover song for each original. I've also included in the series one volume where every song title was "Gloria", and another volume where each original was followed by a song that was - or allegedly was - plagiarized from the original.
I now offer up my next "special" Play It Again CD: Answer Songs. These are primarily from the '50s and '60s, when answer songs were fairly popular. An answer song is one that was recorded as an answer to a hit song. These were most popular in both the country and R&B genres, although every original song here was at least a crossover pop hit on the Hot 100. Nearly every answer song also made the Hot 100.
As I put my cd mix together, I found that I was one pair too long to fit on the cd. So I left off Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring and it's answer song (Gary, Please Don't Sell) Your Diamond Ring by someone named Wendy Hill. That answer song is simply awful!
Anyway, here is:
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Play it Again, Vol. 11 - Answer Songs
1. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:30)
2. Damita Jo - I'll Save The Last Dance For You (2:15)
3. Claude King - Wolverton Mountain (2:58)
4. Jo Ann Campbell - The Girl From Wolverton Mountain (2:59)
5. Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol (2:17)
6. Carole King - Oh, Neil (2:09)
7. David Houston - Almost Persuaded (2:58)
8. Ben Colder Almost Persuaded #2 (3:07)
9. Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (2:55)
10. Marilyn Michaels - Tell Tommy I Miss Him (2:47)
11. The Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away (2:26)
12. Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home (2:52)
13. Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (2:22)
14. Jeanne Black - He'll Have To Stay (2:45)
15. Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction (3:36)
16. The Spokesmen - The Dawn Of Correction (3:29)
17. Roger Miller - King of the Road (2:27)
18. Jody Miller - Queen of the House (2:41)
19. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (2:40)
20. Florraine Darlin - Long As The Rose Is Red (2:38)
21. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me (2:39)
22. Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You (3:09)
23. Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling (2:23)
24. Skeeter Davis - (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too (2:46)
25. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl (2:22)
26. The Pearlettes - Dutchess of Earl (2:13)
27. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight (3:05)
28. Dodie Stevens - Yes. I'm Lonesome Tonight (3:39)
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Just a bit of trivia:
Neil Sedaka actually wrote "Oh Carol" for Carole King more or less as a joke; they were friends. Carole's answer song is quite funny in a corny way.
Ben Colder was really Sheb Wooly (Purple People Eater). He recorded funny versions of several country songs, usually pretending to be drunk. "Almost Pursuaded," I think, was his best effort.
The lead singer for both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites was James "Shep" Sheppard. He answered his own song with a different group!
Jeanne Black's "He'll Have to Stay" peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot 100, nearly as high as Jim Reeves original "He'll Have to Go" (#2).
Skeeter Davis' "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" in 1960 was her first crossover hit onto the Hot 100, peaking at #39. Two years later, she had her biggest hit ever, "End of the World" (#2)
As you probably know, among my mix cds that I make is a series called "Play It Again." Most volumes include some original versions of songs and at least one cover song for each original. I've also included in the series one volume where every song title was "Gloria", and another volume where each original was followed by a song that was - or allegedly was - plagiarized from the original.
I now offer up my next "special" Play It Again CD: Answer Songs. These are primarily from the '50s and '60s, when answer songs were fairly popular. An answer song is one that was recorded as an answer to a hit song. These were most popular in both the country and R&B genres, although every original song here was at least a crossover pop hit on the Hot 100. Nearly every answer song also made the Hot 100.
As I put my cd mix together, I found that I was one pair too long to fit on the cd. So I left off Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring and it's answer song (Gary, Please Don't Sell) Your Diamond Ring by someone named Wendy Hill. That answer song is simply awful!
Anyway, here is:
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Play it Again, Vol. 11 - Answer Songs
1. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:30)
2. Damita Jo - I'll Save The Last Dance For You (2:15)
3. Claude King - Wolverton Mountain (2:58)
4. Jo Ann Campbell - The Girl From Wolverton Mountain (2:59)
5. Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol (2:17)
6. Carole King - Oh, Neil (2:09)
7. David Houston - Almost Persuaded (2:58)
8. Ben Colder Almost Persuaded #2 (3:07)
9. Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (2:55)
10. Marilyn Michaels - Tell Tommy I Miss Him (2:47)
11. The Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away (2:26)
12. Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home (2:52)
13. Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go (2:22)
14. Jeanne Black - He'll Have To Stay (2:45)
15. Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction (3:36)
16. The Spokesmen - The Dawn Of Correction (3:29)
17. Roger Miller - King of the Road (2:27)
18. Jody Miller - Queen of the House (2:41)
19. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (2:40)
20. Florraine Darlin - Long As The Rose Is Red (2:38)
21. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me (2:39)
22. Carla Thomas - I'll Bring It Home To You (3:09)
23. Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling (2:23)
24. Skeeter Davis - (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too (2:46)
25. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl (2:22)
26. The Pearlettes - Dutchess of Earl (2:13)
27. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight (3:05)
28. Dodie Stevens - Yes. I'm Lonesome Tonight (3:39)
***********************************************
Just a bit of trivia:
Neil Sedaka actually wrote "Oh Carol" for Carole King more or less as a joke; they were friends. Carole's answer song is quite funny in a corny way.
Ben Colder was really Sheb Wooly (Purple People Eater). He recorded funny versions of several country songs, usually pretending to be drunk. "Almost Pursuaded," I think, was his best effort.
The lead singer for both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites was James "Shep" Sheppard. He answered his own song with a different group!
Jeanne Black's "He'll Have to Stay" peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot 100, nearly as high as Jim Reeves original "He'll Have to Go" (#2).
Skeeter Davis' "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" in 1960 was her first crossover hit onto the Hot 100, peaking at #39. Two years later, she had her biggest hit ever, "End of the World" (#2)
. I played the Eamon song (very very quietly .. 
) and found that I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. It actually has a melody.
would put me about a third of the way there!