Random Mini-Quiz - No.1
What is it that connects these songs ?
♫ "You Don't Owe Me a Thing" ♫
♫ "You Gave Me a Mountain" ♪
♪ "Singing the Blues" ♫
♪ "Knee Deep in the Blues" ♫
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Re: Random Mini-Quiz - No.1
Mister Moon wrote:They all were sung by Marty Robbins.
Yes, they were, but there's something else...
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Colin B wrote:Mister Moon wrote:They all were sung by Marty Robbins.
Yes, they were, but there's something else...
I'm afraid I haven't got a clue, then.
It's not the composer. The first two were written by Robbins, the other two by Melvin Endsley.
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Re: Random Mini-Quiz - No.1
Well done, Mister Moon, for getting the Marty Robbins connection !
The other thing I had in mind was that they were all originals by Marty
but the hit versions were 'pinched' by other big stars of the day:
♫ "You Don't Owe Me a Thing" ♫ - Johnnie Ray
♫ "You Gave Me a Mountain" ♪ - Frankie Laine
♪ "Singing the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
♪ "Knee Deep in the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
A sad state of affairs which was commonplace in the 50s...
The other thing I had in mind was that they were all originals by Marty
but the hit versions were 'pinched' by other big stars of the day:
♫ "You Don't Owe Me a Thing" ♫ - Johnnie Ray
♫ "You Gave Me a Mountain" ♪ - Frankie Laine
♪ "Singing the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
♪ "Knee Deep in the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
A sad state of affairs which was commonplace in the 50s...
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Re: Random Mini-Quiz - No.1
Colin B wrote:Well done, Mister Moon, for getting the Marty Robbins connection !
The other thing I had in mind was that they were all originals by Marty
but the hit versions were 'pinched' by other big stars of the day:
♫ "You Don't Owe Me a Thing" ♫ - Johnnie Ray
♫ "You Gave Me a Mountain" ♪ - Frankie Laine
♪ "Singing the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
♪ "Knee Deep in the Blues" ♫ - Guy Mitchell [& Tommy Steele in the UK]
A sad state of affairs which was commonplace in the 50s...
I remember that Tommy Steele was criticised for 'stealing' two hit songs in a row from Guy Mitchell !
He was indignant at this suggestion & replied:
"We didn't copy the songs from Guy Mitchell, but from Marty Robbins !"
That made it all right, then...
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