Conway Twitty - I Need You So

Country music star Harold Lloyd Jenkins made up his artist name looking at a road map : Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. This song appears on a "massive eight-disc, 192-track collection, collecting every track from an eight-year period encompassing 1956 to 1964" that was released in 1997 and I couldn't find any lyrics (but they aren't very difficult to figure out)
source : allmusic

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop

By request, Jamaican singer Millicent "Millie" Small with her '63 hit My Boy Lollipop :







And the original performed by Barbie Gaye

My boy Lollipop, you made my heart go giddy up.
You are as sweet as candy, you're my sugar dandy.
Ha, ho my boy Lollipop,
Never ever leave me,
Because it would grieve me,
My heart told me so,
I love ya, I love ya, I love ya so,
That I want ya to know,
I need ya, I need ya, I need ya so,
And I'll never let you go,
My boy Lollipop,
You make my heart go giddy up,
You set my world on fire, you are my one desire,
My boy Lollipop, my boy Lollipop.

The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me

As requested by Willem, here's Elisabeth Shue doing her little dance to The Crystals' Then He Kissed Me (from the movie Adventures in Babysitting).
The song was released as a single in 1963.

edit: And here's a cover by The Flying Lizards!




Well he walked up to me
And he asked me if I wanted to dance
He looked kinda nice
And so I said I might take a chance
When he danced he held me tight
And when he walked me home that night
All the stars were shining bright
And then he kissed me

Each time I saw him
I couldn't wait to see him again
I wanted to let him know
That he was more than a friend
I didn't know just what to do
So I whispered I love you
And he said that he loved me too
And then he kissed me

He kissed me in a way
That I've never been kissed before
He kissed me in a way
That I wanna be kissed forever more

I knew that he was mine
So I gave him all the love that I had
And one day he took me home
To meet his mom and his dad
Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me

Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me
And then he kissed me
And then he kissed me

Dalida - Plus loin que la Terre

CLS wishes you a lovely 2009! May you find yourself a sweetheart if you haven't got one already (and want one badly).

Today's song, Plus loin que la terre is the french adaptation of Stranger from Durango by Richard Podolor (Richie Allen).
The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a girl that dreams of a distant idealized love every night. He is described as being "as beautiful as an angel", despite his "strange ways". Then she wishes for the mysterious man to carry her away with him, like a "dead leaf", far away from the Earth.

Il vient
De plus loin que la terre
Sa vie est un mystère
Mais il sait me plaire

Jamais
Même dans un sourire
Il n'a voulu me dire
Ce que je désire

C'est lui
Qui vient dans tous mes rêves
Se pencher sur mes lèvres
Quand la nuit s'achève

Malgré
Ses manières étranges
Il est beau comme un ange
Quand il me regarde

Dites-moi
S'il faut que j'aime
D'un grand amour
Celui qui vient de loin
De si loin
Que je ne sais plus rien

Mais
Bien plus loin que la terre
Je voudrais qu'il m'emporte
Comme feuille morte

Un jour
Quand il m'aura comprise
Je voudrais qu'il me dise
Des mots qui me grisent
Des mots qui me grisent
Des mots qui me grisent

I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis - Little Lambsie Penn

Don't we all, "Little Lambsie Penn"!
Note : although it may look like it, we're not obsessed with Elvis. Personally I like Buddy Holly ten thousand times better.

A pop music sub-genre called the "cash-in record," this takes place when a musical star becomes so famous that other people (read: record companies) feel obliged to perform songs about him or her. Elvis certainly falls into this category, wherein results this record, also performed by Debby Dabney and co-written by Bobby Darin. Other examples include "I Want to Spend Xmas With Elvis" by Marlene Paul (different spelling, different song) and "Elvis For Christmas" by Mad Milo, a Buchanan-Goodman styled novelty record. Note that these are just the Christmas-oriented Elvis cash-ins; there were plenty of others not related to the holiday, like "My Boy Elvis" by Janis Martin

To rock your christmas, I will now re-direct you to the site where I took this information from : mistletunes

The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to whomever stops by!

Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio of The Four Seasons, The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) was first released by Frankie Valli in 1965.

This well-known version by The Walker Brothers is from '66.

Loneliness
Is a cloak you wear
A deep shade of blue
Is always there

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you`re without love (baby)

Emptiness
Is a place you`re in
With nothing to lose
But no more to win

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you`re without love

Lonely, without you baby
Girl I need you
I can`t go on

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain`t gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
When you're without love (baby)

The sun ain`t gonna shine anymore...

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Li'l Red Riding Hood

US #1 hit of summer 1966. Owooo!
Sam "The Sham" recorded this song with his second set of "Pharaohs" (the first ones left after financial disagreements).
Below, a youtube cover - now, youtube users covers are usually really boring, but I think this one has a sweet voice.

Owoooooooo!
Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?
Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood.
Hey there Little Red Riding Hood,
You sure are looking good.
You're everything a big bad wolf could want.
Listen to me.

Little Red Riding Hood
I don't think little big girls should
Go walking in these spooky old woods alone.
Owoooooooo!

What big eyes you have,
The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad.
So just to see that you don't get chased
I think I ought to walk with you for a ways.

What full lips you have.
They're sure to lure someone bad.
So until you get to grandma's place
I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.

I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on
Until I'm sure that you've been shown
That I can be trusted walking with you alone.
Owoooooooo!

Little Red Riding Hood
I'd like to hold you if I could
But you might think I'm a big bad wolf so I won't.
Owoooooooo!

What a big heart I have-the better to love you with.
Little Red Riding Hood
Even bad wolves can be good.
I'll try to be satisfied just to walk close by your side.
Maybe you'll see things my way before we get to grandma's place.

Little Red Riding Hood
You sure are looking good
You're everything that a big bad wolf could want.
Owoooooooo! I mean baaaaaa! Baaa?

Roy Orbison - Love Hurts

Here's a song from Roy "master of heartbroken lyrics" Orbison , in memoriam (it is the 20th anniversary of his death today). He died of a heart attack (!) at age 52 whilst visiting his mother in Tennessee.

Bonus : a song entitled "The day Roy Orbison died" by a band called The Marys.





Love hurts, love scars
Love wounds, and mars any heart
Not tough or stong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain
Love hurts... ooh, ooh love hurts

I'm young, I know, but even so
I know a thing or two, and I learned from you
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a stove, it burns you when it's hot
Love hurts... ooh, ooh love hurts

Some fools rave of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They're not foolin me

I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts...
Ooh, ooh love hurts, ooh, ooh love hurts

I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts...
Ooh, ooh love hurts, ooh, ooh love hurts

Scott Walker - Best of Both Worlds

From Scott Walker's second album Scott 2 (1968).

Scott was heavily influenced by Jacques Brel and Phil Spector's wall of sound in the early period of his solo career. Artists his music has influenced throughout the years include David Bowie, Brian Eno, Billy Mackenzie, Radiohead, David Sylvian, Douglas Pearce, Sting, Marc Almond, Jarvis Cocker, Alison Goldfrapp, The Divine Comedy and The Last Shadow Puppets.

Best of both worlds,
That's what you want
All your own way,
That's not my way
I won't share you,
I couldn't bear to
It's time for you to choose
Which one you'd rather loose
Could you love me,
And forget me
Are you sorry,
That you've met me?
What we've been through,
Means nothing to you
I can't satisfy you

You want best of both worlds
Make your fickle mind up
I won't stay while you enjoy
Best of both worlds

I have loved you
Since I found you
You belong here,
Just look around you
Keep your true love,
Or take your new love
You must choose between us,
You want best of both worlds
Make your fickle mind up
I won't stay while you enjoy
Best of both worlds

You've got to choose between us
You just can't have the two of us
Make your fickle mind up
I won't stay while you enjoy
Best of both worlds...

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it be nice

Wouldn't it be nice, to live together in the kind of world where we belong?
I think that would kick ass. Seriously.

From Pet Sounds ( 1966 )



Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong

You know it's gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

Happy times together weve been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldn't it be nice

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
Baby then there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do
We could be married
And then we'd be happy

Wouldn't it be nice

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it
Wouldn't it be nice

Screaming Lord Sutch - Dracula's Daughter

Happy Halloween!






It was late one night when the moon shone bright
I was passing the cemetery
When a bite on the cheek left me feeling weak
That's where I met vampire Mary

When I looked around I was flat on the ground
With a big black thing above me
Are we gonna get wed or you end up dead
Says now do you love me

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm love with Dracula's daughter

But she gave me a peck
Thus left me a wreck
And said it'll ?
And after that we're gonna meet the old bat
You must come and see my daddy

When we climbed to the tree
And I says can we please pardon my intrusion
Well he gave me a grin and said my you're thin
You could do with a blood transfusion

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm in love with Dracula's daughter

We were wed in June beneath the yellow moon
And we danced around the campfire
Says Mary to me when the clock strikes three
You're a genuine Grade A vampire

Now hear me right if you're out at night
Run as fast as your legs will let you
Cause if you don't run, I'm teeling you son
Mary and I will get you

Lips of blue, eyes of red
A laugh like gurgling water
But I can't resist that passionate kiss
I'm in love with Dracula's daughter

Ginny Arnell - Dumb Head

Ginny Arnell was one of the new American artists left in the wake of British bands. Ginny's song, “Dumb Head”, was catchy and much in the style of female singers of the early 1960's, even using an instrumental passage featuring a kazoo, reminiscent of the 1962 Joanie Sommers hit “Johnny Get Angry”, which successfully used the same effect.

And a cover by Sharades, a 60s girls group, produced by Joe Meek:

Dumb head, I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I had him where I wanted him
He was saying he'd be mine
And none could take my place
And I laughed in his face

Well, I made some goofs,
But this one tops them all
So I think I'll go
Bang my head against the wall

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I had him where I wanted him
He was giving me his heart
And begging me to stay
And I just walked away

Well, now I'm convinced that I must be insane
Or else I was born with a peanut for a brain

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

I couldn't see the forest through the trees,
The boy I love was down on his knees
And I played the game and acted like a tease,
Somebody kick me please

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Dodododo-dodo-dododo

Now I'm convinced that I must be insane
Or else I was born with a peanut for a brain

Cause I'm a dumb head
I'm a stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Goofy little girl
Just a dumb head
Silly little girl
Just a dumb head
Stupid little girl
Just a dumb girl
Stupid little girl
Just a dumb head
Silly little girl...

Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry

Yet another Johnny song!
Johnny Get Angry reached 7# on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.

Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead

Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you care, really care for me

Every time you danced with me
You let Freddy cut in constantly
When he'd ask, you'd never speak
Must you always be so meek?

Every girl wants someone who
She can always look up to
You know I love you, of course
Let me know that you're the boss

Johnny, get angry, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...

The Andrews Sisters - Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!

Here's one for all the Johnny boys of the world - you know the type, rebellious, hair full of gel and a leather jacket . They might own a motorcycle or pick fights in bars, which makes them very attractive to girls.

The famous sisters recorded this in 1962, but Glen Miller was first to perform this song with his orchestra in 1938.

I especially like the lines "you make my sad heart jump with joy" and "you're not handsome, it's true".

(Ed Rose / Abe Olman)

Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny!
How you can love
Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny!
Heavens above
You make my sad heart jump with joy
And when you're near I just can't sit still a minute
I'm so, Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny!
Please tell me dear
What makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it's true
But when I look at you
I just, Oh, Johnny!
Oh, Johnny! Oh!
da-da-da

All the girls are crazy about a certain little lad
Although he's very very bad
He could be oh so good when he wanted to
Bad or good he understood about love & other things
For every girl in town followed him around
just to hold his hand and sing

Oh, Johnny!
Oh, Johnny Johnny!
How you can love
Oh, Johnny!
Oh, Johnny Johnny!
Heavens above, way above
You make my sad heart jump with joy
And when you're near I just can't sit still another minute
Oh, Johnny!
Oh, Johnny Johnny!
Please tell me dear
What makes me love you so?
You're not handsome, it is true
But when I look at you
I just, Oh, Johnny Johnny Johnny! My!
da-da-da

Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh!
Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh!
Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh!
Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh!

Oh Johnny! Please tell me dear
What makes me love you so?
You're not handsome it is true
But when I look at you
I just, Oh, Johnny!

Twinkle - Tommy

This is the german version of Tommy, recorded by Twinkle. Originally in english, Tommy was produced by Joe Meek and first recorded by 60s girl group Reparata and the Delrons. Twinkle also made an english cover in 1965.

No lyrics were found and I don't understand half of what she's saying. ;<

The Shaggs - You're Something Special to Me

The Shaggs were an American all-female rock group formed in Fremont, New Hampshire in 1968. The band was composed of sisters Dorothy "Dot" Wiggin (vocals/lead guitar), Betty Wiggin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Helen Wiggin (drums), and later Rachel Wiggin (bass).

The conceptual beginning of The Shaggs came from Austin Wiggin, Jr.'s mother. During Austin's youth she had predicted during a palmreading that he would marry a strawberry blonde woman, that he would have two sons after she had died, and that his daughters would form a popular music group. The first two predictions came true, so Austin set about making the third come true. Austin withdrew his daughters from school, bought them instruments, and arranged for them to receive music and vocal lessons.

- wikipedia

Lyrics are incomplete... I couldn't figure them all out, so if you want to have a go, be my guest!

you're something special to me
though others think you're not so grand
I still say you're quite the man

oh you're something special to me
when I hear your voice I know
you're the one that makes me go:
"you're something special to me"

when I see your face it shows
there's no place I'd rather go
than to be with you, so
you're something special to me

when you smile at me my ???
you make me see how happy I can be
you're something special to me

please don't speak unkind words to me
that would make me unhappy

how I want to tell you what you mean to me
I think you're the greatest guy I've ever seen

you're something special to me
oh, you're something special to me

Sunny and the Sunliners - Sharing You

This is the sound of a heart breaking!

I didn't find any information on this particular song, which means the lyrics might be wrong and any help is welcome.
Sunny and the Sunliners, Sunny Ozuna's band, were formerly known as Sunny and the Sunglows.

I'm guessing this is a 60s song, from the little information I found on the band.

edit:
Plantsmantx said...
I know of at least three other versions of this song, all from the 60's. It was also recorded by Mitty Collier snd Johnny Adams, which were both quite bluesy, but the version I remember best from when I was a child in the mid-60's was done by....uh, I can't remember his name, but his version was more like the typical teen soul ballad of the time.





I don't know why I love you like I do
I don't know why I need you like I do
I must be going crazy to fool myself
But I know you belong to someone else

And I'm sharing you, Lord sharing you
This I know, this I know baby

I know you'll marry
Belong to someone else
I hope he finds it in his heart
To forgive me
I can't help myself
Cause if you love me like you say you do
Then leave him, leave him

Leave him right now
Leave him right now baby

I can't go on living on promises and tomorrows
Lord when I can easily have someone else
Get a true love
Baby I'll find someone of mine,
Someone of mine baby

All the love I have to share has come to despair
They say that if I keep on pushing I'll begin to show
But show, show won't make me much
So leave him, leave him

You just won't leave him
Leave him right now baby
You just won't, no you just won't...

Johnny Burnette - Little Boy Sad

Released in 1961 and later covered by Herman's Hermits.




You've been lyin', been untrue
Now they call me Little Boy Blue
Someday, baby, you're gonna find
Nobody in the world's gonna give you lovin' as sweet as mine

You've been cheatin', doin' me bad
Now they call me Little Boy Sad
Someday, baby, you're gonna see
Nobody in the world's gonna give you lovin' as sweet as me

Little Boy Blue, that's my name
Little Boy Sad, you're to blame

You've been sneakin', doin' me dirt
Now they call me Little Boy Hurt
Someday, baby, you're gonna find
Nobody in the world's gonna give you lovin' as sweet as mine

Dion - Runaround Sue

Okay, what's up with this Sue/Suzie character?
All the songs are about her.



Here's my story, its sad but true
It's about a girl that I once knew
She took my love then ran around
With every single guy in town

Ah, I should have known it from the very start
This girl will leave me with a broken heart
Now listen people what I'm telling you
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue

I miss her lips and the smile on her face
The touch of her hair and this girl's warm embrace
So if you don't wanna cry like I do
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue

Ah, she likes to travel around
She'll love you but she'll put you down
Now people let me put you wise
Sue goes out with other guys
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say
Keep away from-a Runaround Sue

Yeah, keep away from this girl
I know know what she'll do
Keep away from sue

She likes to travel around
She'll love you but she'll put you down
Now people let me put you wise
Sue goes out with other guys
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say
Keep away from-a Runaround Sue

Elvis Presley - The girl of my best friend

ELVIS LIVES!


Well, through his songs anyways. This one deals with a popular subject- a case of everyday drama. The album Elvis Is Back! on which the song appeared
was #2 on the Top Pop Albums chart in 1960.

and yet ANOTHER 60's song...

Note : If you have seen Elvis, please report to this website.

(words & music by Beverly
Ross - Sam Bobrick)

The way she walks,
The way she talks
How long can I pretend
Oh I can't help I'm in love
With the girl of my best friend

Her lovely hair,
Her skin so fair
I could go on and never end
Oh, I can't help I'm in love
With the girl of my best friend

I want to tell her
How I love her so
And hold her in my arms, but then
What if she got real mad
and told him so
I could never face either one again

The way they kiss
Their happiness
Will my aching heart ever mend
Or will I always be in love
With the girl of my best friend?

Never end,
Will it ever end?
Please let it end