0002 - Somewhere along the way - Nat King Cole - May 1952

 

 

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Song: SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY

Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Gallop

Artist: Nat King Cole

Recording Company: Capitol Records

Studio: Unknown

Recording date: January 10th 1952

Producer: Unknown

Single: Walkin' my baby back home

Release date: May 1952

 

Album: 8 Top Pops

Release date: 1952

Musicians: Unknown

 

Chart: #8 Billboard Best-Seller.

Another relevant recordings:

Charles Aznavour (In french) – 1954

Tony Bennett – 1956

Cliff Richards – 1959

Frank Sinatra – 1962

The Platters – 1964

Bobby Vinton – 1964

Alex Chilton – 1993

Bete Midler – 1997

Natalie Cole – 2008

Bob Dylan – 2017

 

Lyrics:

 

I used to walk with you
Along the avenue
Our hearts were carefree and gay
How could I know I'd lose you
Somewhere along the way?

 

The friends we used to know
Would always smile "Hello"
No love like our love they'd say
Then love slipped through our fingers
Somewhere along the way

 

I should forget
But with the loneliness of night
I start remembering everything
You're gone and yet
There's still a feeling deep inside
That you will always be part of me

 

So now I look for you
Along the avenue
And as I wander I pray
That some day soon I'll find you
Somewhere along the way

 

I should forget
But with the loneliness of night
I start remembering everything
You're gone and yet
There's still a feeling deep inside
That you will always be part of me

 

So now I look for you
Along the avenue
And as I wander I pray
That some day soon I'll find you
Somewhere along the way
Somewhere along the way

 

 

0001 - Lawdy miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price - April 1952

 

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Song: LAWDY MISS CLAWDY

Composer: Lloyd Price

Artist: Lloyd Price

Recording Company: Specialty Records

Studio: J&M Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana

Recording date: March 13^th 1952

Producer: Dave Bartholomew

Single: Mailman blues in the B-Side.

Release date: April 1952

Musicians: Fats Domino (Piano), Ernest McLean (Electric Guitar), Frank Fields (Bass), Earl Palmer (Drums), Herbert Hardesty (Sax Tenor), Joe Harris (Sax Alto).

Chart: #1 Billboard R&B (7 weeks).

Another relevant recordings:

Elvis Presley – 1956

Larry Williams – 1959

Johnny Rivers – 1964

Little Richard – 1964

The Hollies – 1965

Solomon Burke – 1966

The Buckinghams – 1967

Joe Cocker – 1969

Ike Turner – 1972

Bill Haley and His Comets – 1973

Fats Domino – 1974

Carl Perkins – 1984

Paul McCartney - 1987

Recognition and curiosities:

1 – It was the record of the year for 1952 by Billboard and Cashbox Magazines.

2 - It is one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll, by Rock and roll hall of fame.

3 - It is considered one of the first rock and roll songs, and I consider it the first one.

4 - It set the pattern for the rock and roll years in New Orleans.

5 - In 1958, Larry Williams, who was Lloyd Price Valet, reworked the song and that became Dizzy miss Lizzy, a great success on its own.

6 – It is one of the first rhythm and blues records to attract the attention of white Southern teenagers, among them Elvis Presley, who cut his own version in 1956. 

 

Lyrics:

 

Oh, now lawdy lawdy lawdy, Miss Clawdy,

Girl, you sure look good to me.

Well, please don't excite me, baby,

Though it can't be me.

 

Because I give you all my money,

Girl, but you just won't treat me right.

You like to ball in the morning,

Don't come back until the night.

 

I'm gonna tell my mama, girl, I'm gonna

Tell her what you been doing to me.

I'm gonna tell everybody that I'm

Down in misery.

 

Well, now lawdy lawdy lawdy, Miss Clawdy,

Girl, you sure look good to me.

You just wheeling and rocking

A fine as you can be.

 

Well, so bye bye bye bye, baby,

Girl, I just won't be trouble no more.

Goodbye, Clawdy, oh darling,

Down the road I'll go.