Salvaged and Restored -
The Shady Dell
Record Collection!
Vol. 8: Long Lost Dell Songs
of Winter and Spring 1958
BEWARE! NOTHING CAN
PREPARE YOU FOR...
JUKEBOX GIANTS
THAT TIME FORGOT!
Hello, friends! Dell Rat Tom
welcoming you to volume 8
of my exclusive 36-part
Shady's Place series
SAVED
BY THE
DELL
Today, you will travel
back to the winter
and spring of
1958
and find yourself
standing before
the Dell jukebox.
Those dimes
and quarters
you brought
along are
burning
a hole
in your
pocket...
so why not
feed them
to the record
machine and
play some
of the great
Dell songs
of early '58?
This series was made possible by Jim Sieling, my good friend
in York, and the husband of John Ettline's niece Nancy.
Jim Sieling
(faithful friend of The Dell)
As you recall, Jim acquired the Dell's Seeburg jukebox (below)
and many of the records that played on it through the decades.
Keep in mind that the Dell had two jukeboxes - one in Helen's
snack bar up at the house, the other down in "The Barn" -
the dance hall John had built onto the barn and garage.
When Jim took possession of the Dell's record collection,
he discovered, to his dismay and ours, that many of
the discs had been improperly handled and stored.
Simply put - they were filthy.
Mice (Dell rats?) had made a home among the records, and at least
one snake (a Violet Hill viper?) had slithered in looking for a meal.
Jim undertook the mammoth job of cleaning, organizing and cataloging
the records, then sent me the finished alphabetical list. There are 6,065
records on Jim's list including Christmas records, 12,130 songs in all!
My series brings you the 180 best Dell jukebox songs from 1955
through 1963, a period long before I arrived on the scene.
This series is dedicated to
the memory of Nancy Sieling.
Nancy Sieling
(faithful friend of The Dell)
Nancy, who was John Ettline's niece and Jim's wife, passed away in 2020.
Over the years, Nancy's generous contributions of pictures, information
and Shady Dell memorabilia greatly enhanced the quality of both of my
Dell-themed blogs. We have Nancy to thank for rescuing many of the
Dell's priceless platters when they were art risk of being thrown into
a trash dumpster and destroyed, hence the name of my series...
SAVED BY THE BELL DELL
Of course, we also have Jim to thank for tackling the enormous
task of cleaning, organizing and cataloging these 6,065 records!
Okay, it's time to use your imagination. Pretend that you are
at the Dell looking at the musical menu on the jukebox.
Scroll down and play the next 5 Dell songs.
BEWARE AND BEHOLD...
LISTEN AND LEARN...
AS WE EXPERIENCE...
JUKEBOX GIANTS
THAT TIME FORGOT!
The records and pictures are arranged in chronological
order, allowing you to trace the evolution of the
"Shady Dell Sound" and clothing styles
month by month through the years.
You know the drill.
ENJOY THE VINTAGE FASHION
PARADE AND FANZINES.
CLICK ON PICTURES OF
RECORDS TO PLAY SONGS.
FEBRUARY - MARCH 1958
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 36
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 37
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 38
APRIL - MAY 1958
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 39
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 40
Once again I thank our late, great friend of the Dell,
Nancy Sieling, and her husband Jim, for doing thegood work of preserving the Shady Dell legacy for
future generations. We owe you a debt of gratitude.
Stick around. You'll hear more long lost songs
of the Shady Dell... the moldy oldies, dusty discs,
colossal fossils and rusty relics we like to call...
JUKEBOX GIANTS
THAT TIME FORGOT!
coming up on the next exciting edition of...
SAVED BY THE BELL DELL
Tom – Thank you for clueing me in on #8’s release. This one really took me back to starting high school in 1958 at York Hi (really large back then as Suburban and Dallastown had not yet opened); going in to an assembly in the auditorium; and seeing fellow students the Quin-tones up on stage singing their national hit “Down the Aisle”. Just blew me away! Didn’t remember their first hit “Ding Dong” which they may have sung as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories,
Jim
Hi, Jim!
DeleteI'm honored to have you show up as the Early Bird this week, my friend! I am also excited that you have fond memories of York's outstanding gospel-tinged R&B group The Quintones doing their hit song during an assembly at York High. You were at the right place at the right time to catch a performance by one of the most awesome music acts in the history of the White Rose City.
I am also pleased to learn that suburban students (like me) who would otherwise have attended D-town went instead to York High in the years before the D-town junior - senior high complex was built. I lived within walking distance of York Suburban H.S. but, being just across the boundary line between school districts, I needed to be bused all those miles in the other direction to D-town.
Thanks again for checking out the series you helped create - Saved By The Dell. Enjoy your Sunday and the week ahead, Jim!
I don't think I've ever heard of Wee Wisdom magazine for boys and girls! I wonder what all it included? I loved playing with the Betsy McCall paper doll that was always in the McCall's magazine.
ReplyDelete~Kelly (and Pat, who has no idea what a paper doll is)
Hi, Kelly & Pat!
DeleteWelcome back to Shady's clubhouse, dear friend(s), where there's a party goin' on - the 8th edition of Jukebox Giants That Time Forgot, featuring 45 rpm records saved from destruction by our friends back home, Jim & Nancy Sieling!
Yessum, this time capsule series also displays images that appeared in magazines along the timeline, in this case early to mid 1958. I vaguely remember Wee Wisdom, but chose to read Mad instead, which explains my wee amount of wisdom :) I'm delighted that you shared about issues of McCall's containing a paper doll. I didn't know that. I was reading Mad at the time. :) If you showed my frisky friend Pat a paper doll, he'd probably pounce on it and have it chewed in two seconds flat. :)
Thanks again for coming early on day one, dear friend Kelly. Have a wonderful week!
I remember those days Jim talked about in the auditorium at York High. I lived about a city block from the Holmes girl singing with the Quintones. I played some B-Ball with brothers Teddy and Bobby Holmes. My favorite Quintones song is Please Dear. I remember We Belong Together being a big hit at record hops. I know the last song better as Chapel Bells by the Magics. Give that version a listen and I think you will like it. Again great magazine covers. Jerre
ReplyDeleteHi, Jerre!
DeleteThanks for dropping in to sample the next five songs on the timeline, good buddy!
I knew you'd have something to add to what Jim told us first thing this morning. He will be very interested to read your comment and learn that you lived only a block away from one of the members of The Quintones, and furthermore that your "brush with greatness" also included playing ball with her brothers. Thanks for mentioning "Please Dear," the B side of the Quints' big hit "Down The Aisle Of Love." That single was released in June of 1958. Today's volume of the series took the timeline through May of that year. That means "Please Dear" should show up in the next edition of Saved, provided that the record was indeed among those Jim and Nancy salvaged. Stay tuned!
I just listened to The Magics doing "Chapel Bells" and liked it. I believe you turned me onto it several years ago. Over time, I forgot how the song goes, and didn't know that the original, The Monotones' "You Never Loved Me," is the same song with a different title. The Magics' single wasn't released until 1963, and therefore we must wait a couple more years to find out if it was included in the Dell's jukebox record collection.
Yes indeed, this series brings you song originals and magazine covers. (See what I did there?) Thanks again for being here for Part 8, good buddy Jerre. Take care, have a great week and I hope to see you again soon!
Oh my what another great collection of saved by the dell songs. I have to admit that the Teen Angel song I thought of was the one sung by Mark Dinning.
ReplyDeleteWe Belong Together made me think of the movie American Graffiti.
My favorite part was looking at all the old ads. I drink Sweet Vermouth with my Brandy Manhattans, which sadly are getting harder and harder to get at some bars. There seems to be a lot of attention on how to make women prettier. I remember watching Lawrence Welk with my grandmother, especially on New Years Eve when she was watching my little sister and I when my parents went to their parties. And oh, Ricky Nelson!
Thanks again, my friend, for being so supportive of me and my A to Z posts. Have a terrific rest of your weekend!
Hi, Janet!
DeleteThanks for swinging by on "Z" day, dear friend, and thank you also for the nice compliment on this edition of Saved!
Yessum, I admit that the only "Teen Angel" song I knew before discovering this rarity by Dion and group was the teen tragedy novelty single by Mark Dinning. I had a hunch Dion wouldn't record such a sappy song, and was pleased to discover upon first listen that it is not the tear-jerker. The remastering on Dion's song is simply remarkable.
Maybe it's because I've been awake since 4:30 this morning and very sleepy, but I can't find "We Belong Together" in the American Graffiti soundtrack. Ironically, Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel" IS in the OST.
Thanks for sharing those memories from your youth. I appreciate it. Yessum, there was a lot of emphasis and advice back then on how girls could make themselves prettier to attract boys. It's a little unsettling to see all those ads and magazine headlines month by month. I watched Lawrence Welk with my folks every week. My dad remained a big fan decades after the series ended, watching it faithfully in reruns the rest of his life. I was often mistaken for Ricky Nelson. He was practically my twin brother from another mother. :)
Thanks again for joining the day one fun, dear friend Janet. I'm glad you enjoyed my visits in support of your April A to Z Challenge. Once again, congratulations on picking a great theme and executing a delightful series. I look forward to your "Reflections." Have a super week!
Good Sunday evening Shady! What a great collection today of magazines and fashions and also music although I didn't know any of them but then I was only 5 in '58. Usually the fashions shown could be worn today but I don't think these would cut it plus I think women were tinier back then to fit into those shirtwaist numbers! The ads for cigarettes sure make me laugh because kiddos these days never see something like that. However, it doesn't stop them from smoking does it. I know I would have enjoyed the Wee Wisdom mags and also calling all girls when I would be older. Unfortunately, I never saw either. I do want to read that McCalls article about adopted demon children! I must comment too about the Gary Grant, Sophia Loren movie mentioned in the one magazine. Houseboat is one of my favorite oldie movies! Thanks for the step back in time when women wore white gloves and hats and there were articles about how to treat your man. Nothing like 24 pancake recipes to lead to a romantic evening! Thanks for sharing these Dell memories and thanks to those who have saved them to be shared. Have a good week Shady!
ReplyDeleteHi, YaYa! How goes it, dear friend? Thanks for coming to this month's vintage 1950s platter party and fashion parade!
DeleteThis is another super comment from you, YaYa, and greatly appreciated. Yessum, cigarette ads were everywhere back in those years. Just think. The cigs they used to sell back in those days were actually good for you. They turned you into a champion athlete. The ones they make today are hazardous to your health. I wish they'd go back to the old formula so that I could start smoking again :)
I think this is the first volume of the Saved By The Dell in which the magazine Calling All Girls appears. The blonde cover girl and her wiener dog will be back practically every month the rest of the way through my 36-part series. Yessum, I'd love to read that mother's story about the demon children she adopted. I might be shocked to discover that it was written by my own mom. :)
I'm excited that you remember and loved the movie Houseboat. My family took me to see the charming and romantic Cary Grant - Sophia Loren film in a theater shortly after its release. I liked it a lot. They also took me to see Run Silent, Run Deep, another movie promoted on the cover of that same issue of Screen Stories.
You also see Ronnie Burns on the yellow cover of Cool Magazine For Hipsters, and his name mentioned on the cover of TV Radio Mirror. In case you don't remember Ronnie, he was the son of the comedy team of George Burns and Gracie Allen and a regular cast member of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show that ran throughout most of the 50s. In 1960 and 1961, Ronnie co-starred in a TV series I watched every week called Happy, a sitcom about a talking baby. Playing his young wife on the show was my dream girl, Yvonne Lime, the actress who dated Elvis, starred in the exploitation film High School Hellcats and is now a Shady's Place presenter hosting the series Joyce Martin's a Gold Digger.
I'm glad you got so much enjoyment out of this edition of Saved. Thanks again for coming over early, dear friend YaYa, and have a wonderful week ahead at The Pines!
In addition to the mention on the cover of Screen Stories, that looks like Cary Grant on Everywoman's magazine. The woman may be Suzy Parker. The two were in a movie titled Kiss Them for Me released at the very end of 1958. But I think that on Everywoman's cover, so it may not be grant but just someone with a similar appearance.
ReplyDeleteFavorite song this time is "Ding Dong" followed by "Oh, Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", and in third place "We Belong Together."
Hi, Kirk!
DeleteThanks for stopping by at the tail end of your weekend, good buddy!
Yes, my friend. This volume of Saved is chock full of useful tips, including 24 pancake recipes to tempt Cary Grant's tummy and win his heart, and a glossary that enables you to learn hip teen talk with the Hipster's Dictionary! I'm gonna kick my jets, make the scene at the corner drug store and cop that issue of "Cool." In the Winston ad, you see movie star and TV funnyman Bob Cummings along with comedic actress Ann B. Davis, who at the time was playing the character "Schultzy" on The Bob Cummings Show. Ann later became even more famous in the role of Alice the maid on The Brady Bunch, Fresh faced model and actress Carol Lynley also returns in this edition of my series in that Coke ad near the top of the post.
As Meat Loaf sang, "Three Out of Five Ain't Bad"... oops, no he didn't, but nevertheless I'm glad you liked three of the five long lost Jukebox Giants of the Shady Dell.
Thanks again for staying up late and for your kind comment, good buddy Kirk. Have a safe and happy week ahead!
Hi Shady. I hope you see aok. I hear the weather is not great at your neck of the woods. I hope it's not too windy or flooding. I am sick..the sinus cold thing going around. I'm at work today but blechhh. Tired. Anyhoo, let me get my beat and feel like a teen. I need a poodle skirt!
ReplyDeleteThey loved the red colour even back then. The first dong is a nice number to listen to.
That orange frock reminds me of the Parisienne burlap bag dresses Lucy and Ethel wore when in Paris.
That dong by Jimmie Rodgers is one I love and makes me think of my parents who would smile at each other when they heard this song. Funny, yesterday was 35 yrs ago when my dad died. But onto better things...
Teen angel is such a sweet song as well as We Belong Together which works well with that I age of Debbie Reynolds and the very young John Saxon. Seeing Lawrence Welk...he was so big and my parents watched him weekly!
Polka dots and the crinoline were the fads gor outfits. My mom loved the crinoline and had a similar fliwery dress with a very tiny waist.
For me, the 4 gals...I'll take the dress in blue on the left.
The last song, Dreams, they have such beautiful voices and what a way to end I hope you see healthy and in good spirits. Harley was my hugging bear this weekend. He sends you a woof.
Hi, Birgit!
DeleteHappy May! I'm delighted to see you, dear friend! Thanks for making it over early in the week to sample sounds and view vintage outfits in Vol. 8 of Saved By The Dell.
Thanks for your concern, dear friend. Here in Central Florida, we had a couple of days of much needed rain to break the drought. We experienced windy conditions for 24 hours, but nothing severe. However, down on the SW coast, there was heavy damage from tornadoes. The weather today in our vicinity was lovely - diminished winds, sunny skies, cooler temps and less humidity.
Oh NO! I'm sorry your are "poorly," dear BB. Get well soon. Yessum, you need to borrow Belle Rat's new pink poodle skirt. Slip it on and you're ready to rock around the clock.
I like how you keep writing the word "dong" in your comments on my blog. :) A Freudian slip maybe? :) You could wear your Freudian slip beneath your new poodle skirt. :) At least you spelled the word "frock" correctly. :)
Yessum, my folks bought that Jimmie Rodgers 45 and they and I played it often. I'm glad it brings back bittersweet memories for you. I'm sorry you are observing a sad anniversary this week, the death of your father 35 years ago.
Yessum, you will see sweet pixie Debbie Reynolds many times in this series. She appeared on the covers of numerous magazines in the 1950s and early 60s. My folks coaxed me to watch The Lawrence Welk Show with them every week hoping his Champagne Music would rub off on me, win me over and cause me to abandon rock & roll. Their vile scheme failed.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the popular clothing styles and fabrics of the period and memories of your mom's dress.
I sincerely hope my buddy Harley and his antics cheer you up and speed your recovery. Please feel better soon. Thanks again for coming down, dear friend BB. I'll be back to see you again this week at the BBC!
Ughhh...I write this on my small phone and my fingers are too big so I always mean Song! Not Dong. You should see what I write to my brother.
DeleteI'm still feeling the same...maybe I need to see a Dr...yuck
Hi again, BB! I don't mind when you write "dong." I think it's funny and I'm just playing with you. I am truly sorry to learn that you are still "poorly." Maybe you should indeed see a doctor for what ails you. I hope you will start feeling better hour by hour and day by day. Have a good week and I'll see you at your space next time you publish.
DeleteHi Shady, It's wonderful that Jim and Nancy saved and cleaned up these records for you. And it's wonderful of you to dedicate this post every year in honor of Nancey. My sympathy to Jim and his family.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed these songs. I would say my top two favorites were, "Oh, Oh I'm Falling in Love Again." (What a cute title.) and "You Never Loved Me." The Monotones sounded amazing. The "Teen Angel" you played was different than the one I expected, as another commenter said. I went to youtube to see which one it was that I did remember. I loved it as a kid and I don't know why since it was so sad. Probably because it was shocking to hear songs about death. I certainly wouldn't like it now. I like Dion's song much better.
It was fun to see the fashions and magazines. My whole family watched, "The Bob Cummings Show." It was so funny. The ad for the Edsel cracked me up since it was ironic, "Edsel is here to stay." I aslo remember the paper doll that was in McCalls magazine. I used to cut it out each time my mom got the magazine. I didn't recognize many of the magazines for girls. I read Superman Comics, Little Lulu, movie magazines and yes, your favorite Mad Magazine. I guess I read that because it was my brother's favorite. He was still buying it when he was in high school. At that time, I had moved on to, "Seventeen Magazine," because I loved fashion and make-up. Yes, those magazines did encourage us to please our man, but there was a lot of good in that attitude. Men should also try to please their woman too. I remember going to a marriage class that encouraged us to meet our husband at the door with nothing on but Saran Wrap. Lol. Nothing wrong with that as long as there were no kids around. Thanks Shady.
Hi, Belle!
DeleteIt's wonderful to see you again, dear sister friend! Thanks for being here for part 8 of my series featuring long lost Dell songs, vintage fashions and Hollywood celebrities of the 1950s and early 60s.
I agree that the Jimmie Rodgers song "Oh-Oh I'm Falling In Love Again" has a cute title. The chorus goes as follows:
Uh, oh, I'm falling in love again, uh, oh
I thought I'd never get caught again
Never in a hundred, never in a thousand
Never in a million years, never in a million years
Given the words to the chorus above, the song could just as easily have been released as "Never In A Million Years," don't you think?
Yessum, "Teen Angel" is one of the many examples of "same title - different song" found throughout the history of popular music. Truth be told, I wasn't familiar with the Dion song until I found it last year on Jim's list of lost Jukebox Giants of the Dell. Curious, I played the song on YouTube, liked it and was overjoyed to find a brilliantly remastered version to use in the series. Yessum, there were quite a few hit records during this period with songs about teen death. As you might recall, I posted another example, "Ebony Eyes" by The Everly Brothers, last month in my salute to the April A To Z Challenge. Perhaps the biggest international hit in the category is "Honey (I Miss You)" by Bobby Goldsboro, a 1968 single that topped the chart in the U.S. and several other countries. The song was written by Bobby Russell and first recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio. I was never fond of songs about death.
You seem to be the only friend who remembers as I do The Bob Cummings Show with Ann B. Davis in the role of "Schultzy" a full decade before she famously became Alice the maid on The Brady Bunch. Cummings followed that sitcom with another that I watched regularly entitled Love That Bob.
I'm also glad you noticed that ironic print advertisement for Edsel, the dinosaur car with an ad campaign that boasted it was "here to stay." :)
You saw Ronnie Burns, son of George Burns and Gracie Allen, on that bright yellow cover of "Cool" magazine for hipsters. I am curious to know if you watched Ronnie in "Happy," the TV series that had a talking baby as a gimmick long before the series of hit movies featuring talking babies. I might be the only living person who actually remembers and watched Happy, the 1960-61 series that co-starred Yvonne Lime. For years, Yvonne played Dotty Snow, Betty Anderson's (Elinor Donahue's) best friend on Father Knows Best.
I never read McCall's magazine, and therefore didn't know about that paper doll you and friend Kelly (above) mentioned. I do remember Little Lulu. That issue of Teen magazine reminds us of the "pen pal" phenomenon of the period and that "The Stroll" was the latest dance. Carling Black Label was the brand of beer my dad and all his male friend drank, and Lucky Strike was the brand of cigarettes my mother smoked for decades until she finally kicked the habit.
Yessum, there's nothing wrong with lovers going out of their way to please each other, In fact, I think we owe it to each other to bring our best "game" to the "game of love." I remember the advice you mentioned that a wife should surprise her hubby at the door dressed only in clear wrap. The idea was used in comedy TV series and movies. The surprise wouldn't have worked on someone like me because I was always more interested in how a woman presented herself to the public, her sense of personal style. The gradual reveal is part of the fun and excitement and would not be possible if she were already at the door wearing only Saran Wrap. :)
Thanks again for your kind visit and excellent comments, dear friend Belle. I hope you are well and in good spirits this week. Stay tuned for my next post this weekend on the 7th when I pay tribute to my favorite actress in the launch of yet another new Shady's Place series.
Take care and God bless, dear sister Belle!
"Happy," sounds like a very cute TV show. I love watching babies so much, I would have liked it very much. But no, I've never seen it or heard of it. I never tried the Saran Wrap thing either. I didn't need to. Lol.
DeleteHi, Belle!
DeleteThanks for coming back to answer my question. Happy was canceled after only two seasons. A total of 26 episodes aired. The series was set in your old neck of the woods, Palm Springs, CA. The story revolves around a young married couple that owns a resort. In every episode, the TV audience can hear the thoughts going through their baby's head as he observes what's going on around him. He cracks one joke after another. Twin boys played the role of the talking baby and an off-camera female voice actor provided his funny commentary and soliloquys.
Thanks again for making time for a visit this week, dear sister friend Belle. Please take good care of yourself. Enjoy the rest of your week and I hope to see you again soon. God bless!
Good morning, Tom!
ReplyDeleteYikes, yesterday was a bit hairy. I got an alert from my cc of a charge I didn't recognize. After spending most of the day, I finally figured out one of the companies I frequently do business with was bought by a foreign entity. Anywho, got that figured out but I had a zillion other things nipping at my heels all needing done all at once. That's why I didn't get by before now. Oh well, it's a brand new day.
I absolutely looking at the vintage ads. I almost laughed at the Winston Salem cigarette ad with the pretty lady in the dentist chair smoking. Today's standards you can't lite up in most public buildings which I totally applaud but something folks didn't envision ever being a reality as smoking was glorified by advertisers and film makers.
I remember the days our neighborhood Avon lady would stop by for a visit and to get new orders. Her name was Mrs. Boots. Thinking about that I don't know if that was her actual name but she was the nicest lady. She often gave me tiny lip stick samples. I betcha you know what I'm talking about, not that you wear it, but your mother probably got a few of them in her time. :)
WOW, that's a young Debbie Reynolds on the cover of Screen Stories! She was a pretty gal, wasn't she?
I appreciate the introduction to tunes from long ago. The only one in the set that had a familiar sound is "We Belong Together". I don't know if it reminds me of another song or it's just it's my favorite selection in your line-up. I certainly don't remember the artists Robert & Johnny.
Thanks for allowing me step back into time, a time where boys were boys and girls were girls and one was offended for being the way God created them. I scheduled a mid-week art post as I think it's best use of my time to put it in that time slot from this point forward. ;) Have a boogietastic week and thanks for dropping by yesterday, dear friend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteI'm so pleased to see you, dear friend. Thanks for coming to this month's Saved By The Dell platter party and fashion parade! Yessum, when you became unresponsive and dropped out of sight yesterday, I figured you had run into a buzz saw of some sort. I know how that goes, and I predict many such days in my immediate future for reasons I will disclose to you and other friends a few weeks from now. Anyhow, I'm glad you got those hassles out of the way so that you can get back to dancing and having fun.
WHAT??? Didn't you smoke during your dentist appointment just the other day? :) Yessum, it is jarring to see those old cigarette ads and remember how differently society regarded smoking back then. Smoke-filled rooms were everywhere. At public indoor gatherings, it was customary for a smoker to ask "Mind if I smoke?"... even while already in the process of lighting up, assuming that the answer was always going to be a polite "No, not at all." Nowadays, people are not shy about saying "Yes, I mind very much if you smoke. Take it outside!"
Thanks for telling us about "Mrs. Boots" the Avon lady. I remember them coming to our door when I was young, along with the milkman, the "egg man," as we called him, an old dairy farmer who sold his farm fresh products door-to-door, vacuum cleaner salesmen and "the Fuller Brush man." Wiki reminds us that the Fuller Brush company's marketing strategy revolved around "door-to-door sales of brushes of various sorts, including hairbrushes with a lifetime guarantee for which they are famous."
Yessum, Debbie Reynolds was one of the most photographed actresses of the 1950s, and she was quite a good singer as well as an actress. i don't think I ever saw This Happy Feeling, but my folks took me to the other two movies mentioned on the cover of Screen Stories - Houseboat and Run Silent, Run Deep, the latter a tense WWII drama that takes place aboard a U.S. submarine.
Robert & Johnny were a Bronx-based doo-wop duo. "We Belong Together was their claim to fame, the biggest hit of their career. The single brushed the top 10 on the R&B chart, but only reached the lower portion of the top 40. Maybe you remember the song from its use in John Carpenter's 1983 supernatural horror movie Christine or from the 1997 movie Selena starring Jennifer Lopez in the title role of Selena Quintanilla-Pérezas, the Tex-Mex singing star who rose to mainstream fame but was murdered at age 23. "We Belong Together" has been covered by several other artists over the years. Sadly, Robert and Johnny, who waxed the original version in 1958, both died while still in their 50s!
AOK, Cathy. I will BOLO for your Art Date post on Wednesdays until further notice. (You might want to notify Rain about the schedule change :) Thank you again for stopping in to take a peek at the post and for your marvelous comment. Have a happy Tuesday and I'll see you tamale at CAAC, dear friend Cathy!
Good morning, Tom! Thanks for dropping by this morning to check out my TAD illustrations. More than likely, I will breeze by Rain's place tomorrow to let her know but I'm uncertain if I'll join her linky party, though. We have plans to be out of town this weekend and don't want to think about too much as I get things together between now an Friday afternoon.
DeleteI'm eager to learn about your encrypted plans in the coming weeks. You mentioned a little in comments on CAAC this morning and I'm very excited for you all. Don't worry about us, just stay on course to making your dreams a reality, my friend.
I can't remember if I saw "Christine" but I may have watched "Selena", and that may be why I remember "We Belong Together" or as you mentioned a cover version. When I get a chance I may have to investigate YT to solve this mystery.
Well, I'm off for now, dear friend. Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteThanks for returning to the scene of the crime, dear friend! :) If you guys are going out of town this weekend, I'm thinking perhaps you will be on a scouting mission looking at houses. Mrs. Shady and I have been immersed in such activity online for months now. Week by week, she is dropping not so subtle hints that I need to stop blogging and make planning the next chapter of our lives my top priority for as long as it takes. I can't afford to wait until she is on the warpath. At the end of this month, I will be taking a blog hiatus that could last around ten days. After that, it will be touch and go until I finally pull the plug altogether and return to blogging at some point, perhaps not until the end of the year. Thanks you for understanding.
I hope you find a version of "We Belong Together" that rings a bell. In Selena, her daddy sings the song to her. The movie was J-Lo's big breakthrough as an actress.
Yessum, I wish you a safe and happy week and weekend as well, dear friend Cathy!
All new songs to me this week.
ReplyDeleteThose old posters though, you don't see anything like that anymore. I remember back when there were cigarette ads and posters all over the place.
Hi, Mary!
DeleteThanks for coming, dear friend! Doggone it - the gremlins stole you comment again this week! I just now found it in spam many hours after you were kind enough to write and submit it.
I'm glad you learned five new Dell songs this time. Actually, a few were new to me as well until last year when I saw the titles on Jim's list, played the songs on YouTube, and deemed them "Dellworthy."
Yessum, ads for cigs, beer, wine, liquor - they are all here in this series because they were ubiquitous during the period it covers. Truly, they are signs of the times.
Thanks again for your kind visit and comment, and sorry for the long delay in getting you published again this week. Have a wonderful week, dear friend Mary!
No problem, Shady. I have to check my spam folder every morning because there's always a handful of comments in there too.
DeleteThanks, dear friend! I was late checking my spam folder this time because I was getting used to the idea that the gremlins had stopped eating your comments. Now it seems they are once again hungry (hangry?) for your words. :)
DeleteEnjoy the rest of your week, dear Mary!
Hi Shady,
ReplyDeleteI'm late for the hop, but David and I have been busy for the past week. We spent his 30th birthday at Nifty Fifty's and this post reminds me of the restaurant. :)
Hi, Jessica Marie!
DeleteThanks for breaking away from David's b-day celebration to drop by Shady's crib, dear friend!
In the 1980s, I used to go to a nostalgic themed restaurant and bar in the Tampa Bay area called Chevy's. It looked a lot like Nifty Fifty's and I imagine the cuisine was similar as well. Just think. Nifty Fifty's might have played one or two of these old Dell songs on their jukebox or sound system the night you were there with David.
Thanks again for swinging by, dear friend JM. Keep David's party going all week long, and come back and see me again soon!
Hi Shady,
DeleteI think they might have! If not previously, maybe next time. We do want to go back and next time I want to go with a poodle skirt.
Nan's birthday was yesterday, so it went from David's birthday to Great Grandma's and Nan's birthdays. We celebrated Nan's birthday yesterday.
I hope that you have a great weekend, dear friend.
Hi, Jessica Marie!
DeleteYessum, maybe you can borrow Belle Rat the Dell Rat's poodle skirt when you head back to that 50s style eatery. :)
I see that it is another important and long awaited date on the calendar as you remember your Nan on the 100th anniversary of her birth. I'll be over to see what you did in her honor.
Have a safe and happy weekend, dear friend JM!
I love the fashion of the 1950s with the hats, gloves and mid-calf length skirts. You didn't have a Poodle Skirt, Shady. Weren't those the rage then as well? I'm very envious of that jukebox. I want it or at least I want to listen to Big Bopper records on it.
ReplyDeleteHi, Cheryl-Lee!
DeleteHappy ("merry") month of May to you, dear friend, and thanks for coming!
Yessum, men and women, young and old - everyone seems to love 1950s fashions. In my research for this volume of my series, given the limited scope of early to mid 1958 magazine covers and print ads, I didn't happen to find any images of women wearing poodle skirts. However, if you scroll up and look near the top of my right sidebar, you will see a hot pink poodle skirt proudly worn by blog mascot and SPMM radio personality Belle Rat the Dell Rat.
Yessum, Jim Sieling has a prized possession, the Shady Dell jukebox, and he's been busy loading it with records that suit his musical tastes, thereby "living the dream" in my book.
Thanks again for your kind visit and comment, dear friend Cheryl-Lee. Have a great month!