A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This was recorded by New York City-based group Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers in 1956. It reached No 6 in America and No 1 in Britain. Lymon was aged 14. … Continue readingFrankie Lymon & The Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Not a huge fan of Seger but I have to admit this one’s good. Here are two live performances more than 40 years apart, 1978 and 2019.
A FEW months before a foul-mouthed 1976 TV interview propelled them on to the Fleet Street front pages, the Sex Pistols were performing (I hesitate to use the word ‘playing’) … Continue readingThe Sex Pistols before they were infamous
Guy was over 70 when he played this with Verlon Thompson in Tennessee in 2012. It comes from his 1975 debut album Old No 1. He died in 2016, RIP.
Sounds a bit like Squeeze, which is no bad thing.
This was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and first released on their 1967 international debut album Bee Gees 1st. As a single it reached No 17 … Continue readingNina Simone: To Love Somebody
Driving, Velvetsish number from her 1993 second album, Happiness. Lisa went solo after several years playing violin for John Cougar Mellencamp.
THIS extraordinary work was brought to my attention by our commenter SiberianRhod, and I thank him. It was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) in 1878, when he was 38. This … Continue readingTchaikovsky’s Hymn of the Cherubim, Op 41
This was the first of several songs George ‘Shadow’ Morton wrote for the Shangri-Las. It was released as their debut single in 1964 and went to No 5 in America … Continue readingThe Shangri-Las: Remember (Walking in the Sand)
WE ARE very fortunate to have eels in our stream. The bank on our side was reconstructed some years ago with massive boulders brought in by crane, and at one point … Continue readingWell Eeled