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Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra topped the charts in 1948 with "Ballerina" (Bob Russell - Carl Sigman). This original recording of the song was one of many Vaughn recorded over the years. Vaughn Monroe was voted the most likely to succeed in his senior

Felice (Matilda) Bryant sings "Raining In My Heart (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) from the LP "A Touch Of Bryant". This team gave us "All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Mexico", "Problems", "We Could", "Bird Dog", "Come Live With Me", "Devoted To You", "Bye, Bye

"Everyday" (Buddy Holly - Norman Petty) by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (Joe B,. Mauldin, Jerry Allison and Niki Sullivan), although the Crickets are not mentioned on the label, was the B side of "Peggy Sue". This is from the "Buddy Holly" album featuring

In 1955 "I Put A Spell On You" (Jay Hawkins - Herb Slotkin) was recorded by bluesman Jay (Jalacy) Hawkins for Grand Records. The version was not released for decades. In 1949 Jay was the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska. All Music Guide to the

From the 1980 LP "What Will The Neighbors Think" comes Rodney Crowell's "Ashes By Now" (Rodney Crowell). The single was recorded in 1978 with Ricky Skaggs on fiddle and peaked at number thirty-seven on the Top One Hundred while barely getting anywhere on

Ted Daffan's Texans (vocalist Chuck Keeshan, Buddy Buller, Elmer Christian, Ted Daffan and Ralph Smith) with guitarist, vocalist Chuck Keeshan released the original "I'm A Fool To Care" (Christy - Daffan) in 1940. 1954 was a good year for Les Paul

The original 1957 Broadway cast recording of West Side Story with Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert features "Tonight" (Bernstein - Sondheim) from the Tony winning musical. The movie version was released in 1961 and won ten Academy Awards. The score also

Roy Fox and His Orchestra released "When The Sun Says Goodnight To The Mountain" (Harry Pease - Larry Vincent) in 1936. Roy Fox was known as "The Whispering Cornetist" for his soft playing style and achieved his major fame in the U.K.. Lucille Starr

Recorded to the point of distortion at the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee New Year's Day, 2011 here is songwriter Wood Newton with an in concert version of "Bobbie Sue" (Wood Newton - Dan Tyler - Adele Tyler). Grammy winners and

Florida's Hassan (Steven Bernard Hill) issued the single "Pump Up The Party" (Stevie B) in 1987. The former car wash attendant and fast food server did well with the dance sound. In 1992 Miami Boom Productions presents The 2 (Brett Hammock aka B-Naste

The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Ronnie Wood) recorded "Beast Of Burden" (Jagger -Richards) for the 1978 LP "Some Girls". The album topped Billboard while the single reached number eight on the Top One

Seventeen year old Marianne Faithfull was first to record "As Tears Go By" (Jagger - Richards - Oldham) in 1964 as a B side. While the release reached the top ten in the U.K. it peaked at twenty-two on Billboard. Wikipedia: "As Tears Go By" was one of the

Country singer Elton Britt (Baker) was first to record "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)" (Jimmie Hodges) and reached number two on the Country chart in 1946. The youngest in a family of five Elton had heart problems most of his life. He died of a

The 1971 top twenty LP "Be Altitude: Respect Yourself" by The Staple Singers (Pops Staples lead vocalist, Cleotha, Mavis and Yvonne Staples) included one of the group's most well known efforts, "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram - Mack Rice). The single

English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director Billy Nichols sings "Without Your Love" (Nichols) from his LP "Forever's No Time At All". This was written for the soundtrack of the film "McVicar". The motion picture was a bio

This is the 1928 recording by Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra featuring the vocal talents of Lewis James performing "Thinking Of You" (Bert Kalmar - Harry Ruby) from the 1927 Broadway show "The Five O'Clock Girl". This post is edited to include the

In 1962 Solomon Burke (McDonald) released "Cry To Me" (Bert Russell). The Juilliard School graduate, songwriter Bert Burns produced the single with Cissy Houston singing back up. This was recorded after Solomon rejected "Hang On Sloopy" and "A Little Bit

Sonny And Cher's (Bono) "I Got You" (Sonny Bono) topped the U.S., Canada, U.K. and other world charts in 1965. The single with members of the famed Wrecking Crew is on the duo's debut LP "Look At Us". In 2017 "I Got You Babe" was inducted into the Grammy

The 1927 musical "Good News" spawned "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (Buddy DeSylva - Lew Brown - Ray Henderson). That same year it was recorded by bandleader and drummer George Olsen and His Music with vocalist Bob Borger. George Olsen died on his

The 1981 London musical "Cats" included Elaine Paige (Bickerstaff) singing "Memory" (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Trevor Nunn). This was the first song to bring attention to the authors. Released as a hit single by Elaine Paige in the U.K. the issue peaked at

"Dead Ringer" was a 1981 album released by singer, actor and Grammy winner Meat Loaf (Marvin Aday). One of the few tracks on the issue was "Read 'em And Weep" (Jim Steinman) with the talents of the composer and Todd Rundgren on back-up. Wikipedia: "Meat

"The inventor of rock and roll" Little Richard (Penniman) recorded "Lucille" (Albert Collins) in 1957 and topped the R&B chart while peaking at number twenty-one on the pop side. Earl Palmer is the drummer and Lee Allen is playing tenor saxophone. The

The traditional tune "Shortening Bread" date to the 1800s and was recorded by The Skillet Lickers (Clayton McMichen, Fate Norris, Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner) as the initial vocal version issued in 1926. Dave "Baby Cortez (Clowney) issued "The Happy

The Country Music Association was part of the Concerts from the Library of Congress series. On November 16, 2011 Tim Nichols was joined by country entertainers Clint Black, Bob DiPiero and Patty Loveless on stage where he sang the 2005 CMA song of the

Violinist Enric Madriguera and his Orchestra were first to hit with "Amor" (James - Ruiz) with vocals by Bob Lido. The track is edited to include the vocal. The lyric is very different from the hit. English lyrics by Sunny Skylar helped Bing Crosby

Johnny Bristol co-wrote "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" (Bristol - Fuqua - Bullock) and this is his edited version of the Jr. Walker hit that Johnny produced along with Harvey Fuqua. Johnny was a noted songwriter ("Love Me For A Reason"), singer

Canada's Louisa Florio recorded "Tell It To My Heart" (Seth Swirsky - Ernie Gold) in early 1987 for her initial self titled LP. The song was not issued as a single. In 1987 Taylor Dayne (Leslie Wunderman) first single and her first LP were both titled

Sly and The Family Stone's (Sly, Rose and Freddie Stone with Larry Graham, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini and Greg Errico) "I Want To Take You Higher" (Sylvester Stone) was the B side of "Stand!", also the title of their 1969 album. The single reached

In February of 1974 accomplished songwriter John Hiatt's "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" was released as a single and later became a track on John's first album Hangin' Around The Observatory. Mr. Hiatt sounds so believable. Three Dog Night (lead vocal Cory

On the 1987 LP "Bring The Family" John Hiatt includes "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt). Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner were on the session. Ry and Jim teamed with Nick Lowe to form the group "Little Village" backing John Hiatt in 1992 and even issued an album

"Never No Lament" (Duke Ellington) was the original title and record issued by Duke (Edward) Ellington and His Famous Orchestra in 1940. Among the honours awarded Duke Ellington: fourteen Grammys including a Lifetime Achievement Award, several honorary

The first recording of "Jimmy Mack" (Holland - Dozier - Holland) by Martha and The Vandellas (Martha Reeves, Annette Beard and Rosalind Ashford) occurred in 1964. The record was shelved by Motown's team of "quality control" because of the Viet-Nam war.

Prentiss Polk recorded "Hit Record" (Sibelius Williams) in 1961. Prentiss once sang with doo-wop group Malcolm Dodds (Williams) and The Tunedrops (Prentiss Polk, Bill Glover and Danny Simmons). Brook Benton (Benjamin Peay) covered "Hit Record" in 1962

Singing cowboy, composer, actor and one rich man, Gene (Orvon) Autry and the Cowhands recorded "There's A Gold Mine In The Sky" (C. Kenny - N. Kenny). This topped Billboard's sheet music chart. The song inspired the 1938 western movie of the same name.