Another favorite from Junior High School time. We all dreamed then – big dreams! We all had or wish we had our sweethearts! The old songs from that era play so easy and are so much fun to do. Memories! “All I Have to Do Is Dream” is a song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by Boudleaux Bryant of the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1958.… Read the rest
My Special Angel is another great song from 1957. Being in Junior High School at that time, I remember so many of the older songs from the 50’s and 60’s. This is from my Fake Book called “The Gold Hits of the Fabulous Golden 50’s and 60’s.” A fun book to play from. There are over 300 songs, so I guess I will have something to keep me busy all winter playing and remembering the songs from the good old days. I used all organ since I thought it would make a good orchestration. I don’t use the great organ sounds on the Roland enough. I hope you enjoy it. “My Special Angel” is a popular song by Jimmy Duncan, published in 1957.… Read the rest
Come Softly To Me. I remember this song from junior high school. I was walking down the hall and could hear a small group singing it acapello. It sounded very nice and I wished that I could sing like that. Strange what memories we associate with music. I have 2 good eyes now, having my 2nd catarac surgery Tuesday, and thought I would play a song. I did it very simply since that was how it was recorded. I could imagine it being done with big string sounds and orchestra sounds, but thought I would go the simple route using some sounds I haven’t used before. “Come Softly to Me” is a popular song recorded by The Fleetwoods, composed of Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxel, the three of whom also wrote it in 1959.… Read the rest
A Walk In The Black Forest is a fun song. I remember it well when I was in College. I had fun playing it and putting the video together. I hope it makes you want to walk or at least tap your foot. Horst Jankowski composed A Walk In The Black Forest in 1965. It was an Instrumental. The original German title is ‘Eine Schwartzwaldfahrt’, though nothing appears to have been released before the Mercury record with that title.… Read the rest
Wings of a Dove. Good song for the times we are living in! I saw this on Brandy’s list for 1961 songs. I was 17 and remember it. Nice upbeat tune. After playing for a half an hour, my fingers switched to a swing 4 beat version. It was fun to do. I can hear the wonderful fills and runs the accomplished players would do, but I am lucky to make my 76 year old fingers move at all! I had a lot of fun working this out.This is my 76 year old lady swing! LOL Couldn’t find any neat graphics, so it is basically music. “Wings of a Dove’ is a country song written by Bob Ferguson in 1958. “Wings of a Dove” was most popular when it was recorded by Ferlin Husky in 1960. The Ferlin Husky recording went to number one on the country charts for 10 nonconsecutive weeks.… Read the rest
A Lover’s Concerto. Just playing songs and listening to the wonderful sounds of the Roland. Got stuck on A Lover’s Concerto. Such a pretty piece. I decided to make a video where I could spend a few minutes away from the world using the pretty Roland sounds. Sorta a spur of the moment video. “A Lover’s Concerto” is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by the Toys.… Read the rest
Twilight Time. Another favorite of mine. Such a pretty song. I decided to go with accordion for this song. After I finished it, I thought I could hear pretty voices singing behind the lead and even a tenor sax filling in. So I decided to make a second part. Invited my twin sister back to play second. LOL The biggest problem is the lead player constantly ad libs, adds notes, measures and rests. She is old and can’t remember how she practiced it! That really makes it difficult for the second player. She did her best under the circumstances. LOL “Twilight Time” is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram and music by the Three Suns. Les Brown’s version of “Twilight Time” was recorded in November 1944 and released in early 1945 as the B-side of “Sentimental Journey,” the first recording of that song.… Read the rest
I Only Have Eyes For You is a favorite and several of the eye songs I pulled out to go with my cataract surgery. It went well and I am amazed that my tennis shoes are white, my Corel dishes are white and I can’t believer how white my hair is!!! I can’t wait to get the other eye done. My eye was a little gritty the first day, but since then is great. I gave thought to how I could illustrate the song, but couldn’t come up with anything interesting. Then I thought the only people that ever had eyes for me were my wonderful dogs. We had over 14 dogs in the early ’80s since our shelter was very, very high kill. I did their website and worked for them one summer. I could not stand to watch dog after dog being taken to the back room to be put to sleep. I had many more that we were able to get to rescue. My last little girl, Sweetie, who was 20 years old died a few months ago along with Nikki. So I adopted Chloe from the shelter so Peanut would have a buddy to play with. Almost all the dogs in the video are gone. Great memories for me. “I Only Have Eyes for You” is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written for the film Dames in 1934.… Read the rest
Another interesting, old song from the ’60’s when I was growing up. Easy to hum and easy to dance to. Thank You to the very talented artists at pixaby for the wonderful free graphics. They make the presentation very nice. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli.… Read the rest
Midnight in Moscow. I remember hearing this played in the old days. I always liked it and had it on my pile of music to play for quite awhile. I went to You Tube to hear it and all I found were big serious, Russian versions. Then – I found the 1961 version. That’s the way I wanted to play it. Did not need to be serious. Had fun with all the sounds and graphics which were free. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen played Midnight In Moscow in 1961. Midnight in Moscow, also known as Moscow Nights (Подмосковные вечера), is a Russian song, and one of those best known outside its homeland. Created as “Leningradskie Vechera” (“Leningrad Nights”) by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky in 1955 (when both had well-established careers), but at the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the version… Read the rest
The KUKU Oberek is a song out of my thick Polka And Waltzes Book. Seemed like a fun song to play with the 2 accordions. Again, it is far from perfect, but I think it is interesting. It is for the Oktoberfest month. The DUDU Oberek was written by J. Durlak and M. Lush. Thank You to the wonderful artists for the graphics at Pixebay.… Read the rest
Edelweiss for the Oktoberfest month. Did you ever take a road trip to NY and end up in Florida? This was to be a Roland featured video with Mr. Weltmeister in the background. Roland never did do his thing right with many tries! The background track of the Weltmeister was very nice, so it became the main feature with a little singing. Still a nice acoustic accordion video. The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry! LOL “Edelweiss” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps (Leontopodium nivale). … It was the last song ever written by Oscar Hammerstein II, prior to his death in August 1960.… Read the rest