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50s Pop Vocal - Country and Western Ballad - From TV Broadcast : "Town Hall Party" February 14, 1959.
Words : Haven Gillespie & Music : Beasley Smith
Also Singing By :
Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra (Decca - 1949)
Frankie Laine (Mercury - 1949)
Dean Martin With Paul Weston And His Orchestra (Capitol - 1949)
Frank Sinatra (Columbia - 1949)
Sarah Vaughan (Columbia - 1949)
Herb Lance (Sittin' In With - 1949)
Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor - 1949)
Hot Lips Page (Harmony - 1949)
Bob And Alf Pearson (Parlophone UK - 1949)
The Johnston Brothers (Decca UK - 1949)
Les Compagnons De La Chanson (Columbia UK - 1950)
The Deep River Boys ("X" US - Vik Canada - 1955)
Pat Boone (Dot - 1956)
Jerry Lee Lewis (Unreleased Sun Recording - 1957)
LaVern Baker (Atlantic - 1957)
Sam Cooke (Keen - 1958)
The Isley Brothers (RCA Victor - 1959)
The Four Esquires (Paris - 1959)
The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor - 1959)
Jimmy Little (Festival NZ - Australia - 1959)
Rusty Draper (Mercury - 1960)
Emile Ford And The Checkmates (Pye UK - 1960)
The Velvets (London Records UK 1960 - Monument - 1961)
Billy Owens With The Thunderbirds (Rex Australia - 1961)
Bobby Darin (Atlantic - 1961)
Lou Rawls (Capitol - 1961)
The Romancers (Palette - 1961)
The Lavenders (CR Records - 1961)
Red Foley (Decca 1962)
The Delights (Golden Crest - 1962)
Aretha Franklin (Columbia - 1962)
Bobby Gonzales (Kapp - 1962)
The Ecstasies (Amy - 1962)
The Counterpoint Three (Arvee - 1962)
Sammy Davis Jr. (Reprise Records - 1962)
Wynona Carr (Reprise Records - 1962)
Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount - 1963)
Fred Darian (Daf - 1963)
Heinz Decca (UK 1963)
Prince Buster And The Ska Busters (Atlantic - 1964)
Jimmie Rodgers (Dot - 1964)
Jackie Edwards (Island - 1965)
Grant Green (Verve - 1965)
Bill Medley (Verve - 1967)
Tom Jones (Decca - 1967)
Cash McCall (Thomas Records - Chess - 1967)
George Benson (Verve - 1968)
Glen Garrison (Imperial - 1968)
Big Mama Thornton (Mercury - 1969)
Solomon Burke (Bell Records - 1969)
Willie Nelson (Columbia - 1976)
Nat Stuckey (MCA Records - 1978)
Asleep At The Wheel (Epic - 1988)
Johnny Cash (American Recordings - 2000)
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang (RPM Records - Columbia - 2002)
Kenny Chesney & Willie Nelson (Blue Chair Records - Sony Music Nashville - 2008)
Brian Wilson (Capitol - 2008)
Chris Isaak (Sun Record Company - Vanguard - 2011)
Crossroads (Option C Records - 2011)
Bob Dylan (Columbia - 2015) And many others...
Columbia Records released a Town Hall Party LP album in 1958, featuring many of the regular cast members of the series.
That same year, however, brought changes to the program.
NBC radio had discontinued carrying the Saturday night shows, and rising union scale rates made it impossible for Wagnon to keep the huge cast of recording artists on the Compton stage week after week.
The band was made smaller and many regular cast members departed in 1958.
Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford, talented vocalists/instrumentalists/composers, joined the much smaller cast as band members and soloists.
#countrymusic #popvocal #singer
50s Pop Vocal - Country and Western Ballad - From TV Broadcast : "Town Hall Party" February 14, 1959.
Words : Haven Gillespie & Music : Beasley Smith
Also Singing By :
Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra (Decca - 1949)
Frankie Laine (Mercury - 1949)
Dean Martin With Paul Weston And His Orchestra (Capitol - 1949)
Frank Sinatra (Columbia - 1949)
Sarah Vaughan (Columbia - 1949)
Herb Lance (Sittin' In With - 1949)
Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor - 1949)
Hot Lips Page (Harmony - 1949)
Bob And Alf Pearson (Parlophone UK - 1949)
The Johnston Brothers (Decca UK - 1949)
Les Compagnons De La Chanson (Columbia UK - 1950)
The Deep River Boys ("X" US - Vik Canada - 1955)
Pat Boone (Dot - 1956)
Jerry Lee Lewis (Unreleased Sun Recording - 1957)
LaVern Baker (Atlantic - 1957)
Sam Cooke (Keen - 1958)
The Isley Brothers (RCA Victor - 1959)
The Four Esquires (Paris - 1959)
The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor - 1959)
Jimmy Little (Festival NZ - Australia - 1959)
Rusty Draper (Mercury - 1960)
Emile Ford And The Checkmates (Pye UK - 1960)
The Velvets (London Records UK 1960 - Monument - 1961)
Billy Owens With The Thunderbirds (Rex Australia - 1961)
Bobby Darin (Atlantic - 1961)
Lou Rawls (Capitol - 1961)
The Romancers (Palette - 1961)
The Lavenders (CR Records - 1961)
Red Foley (Decca 1962)
The Delights (Golden Crest - 1962)
Aretha Franklin (Columbia - 1962)
Bobby Gonzales (Kapp - 1962)
The Ecstasies (Amy - 1962)
The Counterpoint Three (Arvee - 1962)
Sammy Davis Jr. (Reprise Records - 1962)
Wynona Carr (Reprise Records - 1962)
Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount - 1963)
Fred Darian (Daf - 1963)
Heinz Decca (UK 1963)
Prince Buster And The Ska Busters (Atlantic - 1964)
Jimmie Rodgers (Dot - 1964)
Jackie Edwards (Island - 1965)
Grant Green (Verve - 1965)
Bill Medley (Verve - 1967)
Tom Jones (Decca - 1967)
Cash McCall (Thomas Records - Chess - 1967)
George Benson (Verve - 1968)
Glen Garrison (Imperial - 1968)
Big Mama Thornton (Mercury - 1969)
Solomon Burke (Bell Records - 1969)
Willie Nelson (Columbia - 1976)
Nat Stuckey (MCA Records - 1978)
Asleep At The Wheel (Epic - 1988)
Johnny Cash (American Recordings - 2000)
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang (RPM Records - Columbia - 2002)
Kenny Chesney & Willie Nelson (Blue Chair Records - Sony Music Nashville - 2008)
Brian Wilson (Capitol - 2008)
Chris Isaak (Sun Record Company - Vanguard - 2011)
Crossroads (Option C Records - 2011)
Bob Dylan (Columbia - 2015) And many others...
Columbia Records released a Town Hall Party LP album in 1958, featuring many of the regular cast members of the series.
That same year, however, brought changes to the program.
NBC radio had discontinued carrying the Saturday night shows, and rising union scale rates made it impossible for Wagnon to keep the huge cast of recording artists on the Compton stage week after week.
The band was made smaller and many regular cast members departed in 1958.
Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford, talented vocalists/instrumentalists/composers, joined the much smaller cast as band members and soloists.
#countrymusic #popvocal #singer
