Wendy-Ann Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 After he hummed a few bars, I recognized it was "Let's Pretend". It was the beginning of a much closer relationship for us. I guess you could say we "Berry Bonded". Throughout the rest of his life he continued to be especially fond of Eric's music. My Dad passed away in 1998, and when I visit him I play "Let's Pretend" for him and softly sing along. Fortunately I am able to park my car close so I can play the CD player. I know he's smiling. This keeps us close, and I will always cherish the memory of that dinner so many years ago. THANK YOU ERIC!!! Your Daddy had great taste in songs! What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeVelvet Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hi LC I heard the slow version of "Let's Pretend" one time, on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert when it originally aired, until last year when I found it on YouTube (thanks to Bernie & this site). I never forgot it, and I wanted to hear it again soooo badly. Now I can whenever I want, as I have it bookmarked, but thanks for putting it on your post. My Dad never had a chance to hear it, and I would love to play it for him. I don't know if it's possible to download it. Even if it is, I don't know if I can. I'm not computer illiterate- I'm a computer idiot!Oh well, I won't be able to visit him until the outrageous amount of snow we have melts anyway. Maybe July?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 I hear you on the snow.... It's staying put up here in New England. (And I know Olean gets it, too; I've spent a little time down there.) Anyway... here's another song/artist I remember my dad listening to in the 1960s. Enjoy this.... Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeVelvet Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 WOW! Mack The Knife was one of my Dad's all time favorites. Thanks for the memory LC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeVelvet Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My Mom's tastes in music was quite different from my Dad's(rock & roll). She prefered Perry Como, Andy Williams, Doris Day, & Jim Nabors type of vocals & arrangments, and orchestra style instrumentals. I liked her music choices, and the diverse range of my parents music tastes gave me eclectic tastes in music. Not a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 My father new put on music, never owned a record...my mother being from Chile, only started liking "American" music in the late 60s...but her real love was latin music...especially these guys, Trio Panchos...my love of harmony and romantic music stared here: Andy, I gave that vid a "spin" and really enjoyed it. I can honestly say that I never would have listened to that song if not for your post here, so thanks! It's a pretty cool style to have in your mix of influences... and a great response to the title of this thread.--Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My father's quintessential idea of "easy listening" music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Here's another song that I bet was/is in a lot of our parents' collections: "Love Is Blue," from the Paul Mauriat album of the same name. The song spent five weeks in February and March 1968 at #1 on Billboard's chart. (The song it replaced: "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers. After its five-week run, "Love Is Blue" got knocked off by Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay.") We had a whole thread on "Love Is Blue" a few years ago, and Eric wrote that Cyrus Erie used to play the song live. Anyway, here's a 1968 lip-sync, er, fingers-sync (?) of "Love Is Blue." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 BlondeVelvet said: My Mom's tastes in music was quite different from my Dad's(rock & roll). She prefered Perry Como, Andy Williams, Doris Day, & Jim Nabors type of vocals & arrangments, and orchestra style instrumentals. I liked her music choices, and the diverse range of my parents music tastes gave me eclectic tastes in music. Not a bad thing! I was looking for a Perry Como song to post here — "Seattle" or "Hot Diggity Dog Diggity" or something like that — and I found this nice clip featuring Perry with the Carpenters ("Close to You," "It's Impossible," and more in a medley). Good stuff. The Carpenters... now there's a sound that was great but non-threatening to any late-'60s and '70s parents who might have considered the Stones or Who too edgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockynrobyn1977 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I loved "Love Is Blue" so much when I was a kid, I had that as my song in my solo ballet recital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aventurine Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Quote:We had a whole thread on "Love Is Blue" a few years ago, and Eric wrote that Cyrus Erie used to play the song live. Graet!I didn't know that. However, However, I read an article on Paul Mauriat recently, and I found the relation to Eric. I'll be post later!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 My mom misses Perry Como, Ferrante & Teicher, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith among others. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Forgot to mention the late Enoch Light (which my late dad had The Light Brigade "Percussion In Brass" from 1960) & the (other) Ray Charles Singers "Something Special For Young Lovers" from 1964. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sllvnbil Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 My parents, especially my mom loved Bluegrass music. I was raised on Rock n Roll and bluegrass. My mom especially loved the Stanley Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave from Equinox Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 The college where I teach offers a B.A. degree in Bluegrass Music (there are only two in the country that offer a degree in bluegrass; we were the first).My mom had a collection of Boots Randolph records. That's what made me want to play the tenor saxophone (even though I have never tried to sound like him). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Dave: Boots Randolph: Selmer Mark VI, Bobby Dukoff Super power chamber #6 stainless steel, Rico 3 1/2 reed, Wolf-Tayne wrap-around ligature. Later on, in the 1990's, Selmer Super 80 Mk II What was your favorite Boots Randolph album or song? I met him twice. Once in Atlantic City, 1979, and once in his own club on Printer's Alley in Nashville, 1985. He was a great rock/pop sax man. He played on more top 40 hits than you would imagine.Boots backing up the great Buddy Holly in the studio. Listen to him at 1:47. Boots as a solo artist: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Stanley Brothers are the top of the food chain for real country music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave from Equinox Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Rob: Thanks for that information! You know, I just might get one of those mouthpieces. I can't think of a favorite tune of his off the top of my head; I have an Elvis CD with the tune "Fools Fall In Love" on it that Boots plays on. There's one lick where he gets way up into the altissimo register. Cool tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 I was just "home" for a visit, and this thread popped into my head. Here's some more "music our parents gave us" fodder.... This song would have been playing on our home stereo pretty regularly back in the day: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockynrobyn1977 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 My mom too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 And, of course, "American Pie." My dad and mom loved/love this song, as so many do. I remember "AP" blaring from an old 8-track over and over in that old wood-sided stationwagon. At 8 minutes-plus, it made long trips go by fast.... (PS: This is a great-quality vintage video that I somehow just saw for the first time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeVelvet Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Don McLean had a terrific voice. Still does??He did a great cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying". Not the easiest song for a vocalist!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_O_L Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 mills brothers, McGuire sisters, perry como,al hirt, boots randolph and floyd cramer, roy acuff,carter family..really a little bit of everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_O_L Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 LC said: And, of course, "American Pie." My dad and mom loved/love this song, as so many do. I remember "AP" blaring from an old 8-track over and over in that old wood-sided stationwagon. At 8 minutes-plus, it made long trips go by fast.... (PS: This is a great-quality vintage video that I somehow just saw for the first time.) "> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 i remember buying that on 45 at eckerds drug store...thats back when they still had the soda fountain...the place to hang out ...LOL..think it costs a whoppin 59 cents And I think the song was split onto two sides on the 45 rpm single, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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