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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

We'll Sing In The Sunshine - Wanda Jackson

 

Walk On Out Of My Mind

We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Wanda Jackson
Pickwick/33 Records STEREO JS-6116
By Arrangement with Capitol Records

We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Less Of Me
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Yakety-Yak
I Started Loving You Again
I'm A Believer
Walk Right IN
I'd Do It All Over Again
Walk On Out Of My Mind

Going Out Out Of My Head - The Lennon Sisters

 

Never My Love

Going Out Of My Head
The Lennon Sisters
Pickwick/33 by Arrangement with Dot Records
SPC-3139 STEREO

Going Out Of My Head
My Cup Runneth Over
Bye Bye Blues
I Will Follow Him
Theme From "A Summer Place"
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Never My Love
I Will Wait For You
There's A Kind Of Hush

Sal Mineo

 

Secret Doorway

Sal
Sal Mineo
Orchestra under the direction of Mark Jeffrey
Cover Photography by John Hamilton of Globe Photos
Epic Records LN 3405
1958

From the back cover: Time was when actors acted and singers sang, but nowadays the line between the two has grown very dim indeed. Take, for example, Sal Mineo, one of the most accomplished and popular new stars. Shortly after winning an Academy Award nomination for his performance in one of his first films, he signed to record with Epic Records and turned up with an unquestioned smash hit his first time out – Start Movin'. Then came another – Don't Do That – sandwiched between other fine performances, and now his first collection, a fascinating exhibition of his talents as both singer and actor. Here Sal demonstrates virtually every kind of popular song, and at the same time shows that his versatility is such that it can encompass the demands of all of them. 

Born January 10, 1939, Sal Mineo has, in his short career, scored with major impact in virtually every medium of entertainment. His original ambition was to become a baseball player, but his parents, sensing his latent dramatic abilities, insisted that he attend a school for theatre, and enrolled him in a dancing class. While working away one afternoon, Sal was spotted by a talent scout and signed for a Broadway part – his first – in The Rose Tattoo. Continuing his schooling between performances, Sal later was seen in Dinosaur Wharf and then took over the part of the Crown Prince in The King And I.

Meanwhile, television was growing by leaps and bounds, and the young Mineo's sensitive features and even more sensitive performances found him appearing on practically every major show on all networks, including starring roles on such shows as "Studio One," "Omnibus" and the Goodyear "Playhouse." His first appearance in motion pictures was in Six Bridges To Cross, in which he played Tony Curtis as a young boy. Thereafter came The Private War Of Major Benson, and Rebel Without A Cause, for which he won his Academy Award nomination. Among the other films in which he has been seen are Giant, Crime In The Streets, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Dino. His next will be Tubie's Monument. Dino was adapted from one of his outstanding television successes, and the sound track of the film has been issued by Epic on long playing record LN 3404; his performance in the television production earned him a nomination for TV's Emmy Awards. He has won awards in the Modern Screen Poll, the "Film Daily" survey, the Motion Picture Herald's Award Of Achievement, the Independent Film Journal's award, and the Exhibitor's Laurel Award as one of the top ten new personalities of 1956-57.

With stage, screen and television credits to spare. Sal moved into his recording career with consummate ease. It is rare enough when a young singer scores a hit with his first record, rarer still when his second eclipses the first. It was a natural outcome of such success that Sal should make a collection of songs for his fans, and this is the result. 

Too Young
My Bride
Not Tomorrow But Tonight
The Words That I Whisper
Blue-Eyed Baby
Tattoo
Now And For Always
Down By The Riverside
Secret Doorway
Oh Marie
Deep Devotion
Baby Face

Eddie Bond Sings The Legend Of Buford Pusser

 

The Prettiest Dress

Eddie Bond Sings The Legend Of Buford Pusser
Producers: Jerry Chestnut - Eddie Bond
Arranger: Jack Clement
Creative Direction: The Stax Organization
Photography: Maldwin Hamlin
Enterprise ENS-1038
Stax Records
1973

From the back cover: Buford Pusser is an American folk hero. His daring exploits as McNairy County, Tennessee, sheriff have made him a living legend in his own time.

He is a rugged symbol of honest law enforcement... a man who couldn't be bought at any price.

In this album, Eddie Bond, the singing police chief of Finger, Tennessee: along with the officials of Stax Records pay tribute to this legendary lawman who had the "guts" to tackle any thug who crossed his path.

Needless to say, the war against crime left its battle scars on Pusser, and today, his wire-mesh jaw, the gift of plastic surgeons, barely moves when he speaks.

He has undergone several facial operations since that morning of August 12, 1967, when gangsters shot away the lower part of his jaw and killed his pretty wife in a pre-dawn ambush. Moreover, he had been shot eight times, stabbed seven, rammed with a moonshiner's car and killed two persons.

When Buford Pusser left the sheriff's office in 1970, he left behind a powerful legend. And the legend is excitedly echoed in these songs by Eddie Bond.

No artist is more qualified than Eddie Bond to sing the story of this colorful sheriff.

Eddie Bond has known Buford Pusser since 1968. During the latter part of Buford's term in office, he appointed Eddie his chief deputy. And after leaving the sheriff's post, Pusser encouraged the mayor and council at Finger to name Eddie Bond the town's police chief.

It was Bond's first song about Pusser that inspired Hollywood producers to film a movie on the former sheriff's life and opened other doors to success for him. The movie, "Walking Tall", is presently a top box office attraction all across the country.

As you listen to the songs on this album, you will be able to tell that Eddie Bond is singing with deep, personal feeling.

No greater tribute has ever been paid to Buford Pusser in song. The album is a collector's item. – W. R. Morris author: "The Twelfth Of August", the life story of Buford Pusser

Son Of A Sawmill Man
Buford Pusser's Walkin' Tall
Time
The Prettiest Dress
200 LBS. O' Swingin' Hound
Buford Pusser's Child
Buford Pusser Goes Bear Hunting
With A Switch
Christmas In Heaven
Legend Of Buford Pusser

Gordon MacRae and Orchestra

 

Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae and Orchestra
Royale 18155 (10", 33 ⅓ RPM)
1955

You Go To My Head
Full Moon
It's Anybody's Spring
You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
Erin's Song
The Dreamer
I'm Taking A Fling
A Lover's Farewell