Salvaged and Restored -
The Shady Dell
Record Collection!
Vol. 9: Long Lost Dell Songs
from the Summer of 1958
BEWARE! NOTHING CAN
PREPARE YOU FOR...
JUKEBOX GIANTS
THAT TIME FORGOT!
Hello, friends! Dell Rat Tom
welcoming you to volume 9
of my exclusive 36-part
Shady's Place series
SAVED
BY THE
DELL
Today, you will
travel back to
the summer 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 1958?
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.
JUNE - JULY 1958
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 41
AUGUST 1958
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 42
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 43
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 44
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 45
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
There were some really good magazine covers in this edition, Shady! (and dinosaurs are always welcome!)
ReplyDeleteHi, Kelly!
DeleteYou stake your claim to the Early Bird title this week, dear friend, and you will wear the crown for the next five months while I'm away on hiatus!
Thanks for checking out Part 9 of Saved. I'm pleased that you liked the vintage mag covers that were on the newsstands in the summer of 1958, and that you also liked the Dinah Shore (strike that) dinosaur images. As you can see, there are two new dinosaur pics in every volume of this series. I found 36 different dino images to use, meaning that I won't need to start repeating them until we get to Vol. 19.
Thanks again for showing up early, dear friend Kelly. I'm going to withdraw from the blog scene this Wednesday, and so, if I don't see you again, please take good care of yourself and my buddy Pat until I return to blogging in November. Bye-bye!
I will wear my crown proudly. I might have another post before you withdraw, but if not.... you and Mrs. Shady stay safe and I'll see you in November!
DeleteAOK, dear friend! I'll BOLO in case you post again before I skedaddle. :)
DeleteThose magazine covers are something. I remember looking at a lot of magazines when I was little in the 70's and some of these covers give the same sort of vibes. While I didn't know any of the songs, thanks for introducing me to them.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a safe trip while moving. Moving is always hard and I never much liked it. You know where to find me when you get back.
Hi, Mary!
DeleteThanks for coming right over to take second place in the race, dear friend! You have the honor of being the silver medalist for the next five months until I return to the blog scene. (I hope my gremlins don't swipe your comment while I'm gone.)
Seems everyone is having fun examining the old magazine covers in this series. It took some doing to find catalogs, covers and calendars from the exact months and years needed for each volume, but I managed to accomplish it. Stay tuned, because there are hundreds more great images to gaze at in Parts 10 through 36!
Thanks for the cheery sendoff as I prepare to move 1,000+ miles away from my present location. I will surely look you up when I relaunch Shady's Place from my new headquarters. Until then, stay safe and take good care of my buddy Falcor. See you in November, dear friend Mary!
The vintage ads and covers are really cool. Such an innocent time...
ReplyDeleteHi, Alex!
DeleteThanks for stopping in as I am getting ready to check out, good buddy. By that, I mean that this is my last regularly scheduled post for the next five months. I'm going on hiatus because Mrs. Shady and I are moving far away and need every minute of that time to pack, move and settle in at our new location in a different state.
Yes, good buddy. The argument could be made that the Fabulous Fifties was a more innocent time, yet it threw me to see one of my favorite actresses, Teresa Wright, in a cigarette ad. Somehow it seems out of character for her.
Thanks again for joining the fun, Alex. Take care, and I'll see you when I resume blogging in November!
Tom,
ReplyDeleteI'm here! Songs from 1958 won't be familiar to my ears unless the oldie hit it big more than likely. So, let's see what you have in your line up. "Your Precious Love" is an introduction but it sure does remind me of the Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody". The girl band, The Chantels I know by name but I don't know either of the songs you featured. The Students are another new-to-me vintage band. The Quinn Tones ring a bell. I definitely like the song you went with for them, "Down the Aisle of Love". Another set of moldy oldies to delight my ears! This is such an exciting series filled with great vintage magazine clips and ads of "real" pretty ladies. There's no confusion that these ladies like being ladies either. I just love it! Well, my friend I know you have a lot of rockin' and shakin' going on the other side. You're gonna be missed but I am soooo excited for you both. I can't wait to learn all about your adventure. Take care and be well, dear friend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteIt's great to have you here for Vol. 9 of Saved, dear friend. Thanks for coming and, once again, happy wedding anniversary to you and DH aka "The Luckiest Man Alive." :)
"Your Precious Love" by soul crooner Jerry Butler backed by The Impressions is one of the greatest love ballad recordings of the 20th century, and so is the song you named, "Unchained Melody," by Bill & Bobby. "Your Precious Love" is ranked #335 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time," and "Unchained Melody" isn't far behind at #365 on the same survey. Both songs were successfully covered by several other artists. A version of "Precious Love" was notably recorded by Garnett Mimms in 1963, a record that reached #26 on the pop chart, and by deep soul queen Linda Jones, whose 1972 single peaked at #74 pop and #15 R&B. Jerry Butler's original 1958 version, the Dell jukebox oldie contained in this post, went top 3 on the R&B chart and brushed the top 10 pop.
The Chantels, led by Arlene Smith, were a wonderful pioneering African-American girl group. What strikes me is their lack of chart success. Their records consistently underperformed. The two Chantels songs presented here, "If You Try" and "Congratulations," represent the two sides of a 1958 single. Both songs failed to reach the chart, but are nevertheless "Dellworthy" because they've got the sound and the feel Dell rats loved. I have no doubt that the 1958 crop of Dellions played and danced to both of those songs.
The Students are a doo-wop vocal group from Cincinnati. You actually get a bonus song in this volume of Saved, because the up tempo goody "Every Day Of The Week," the flip side of "I'm So Young," is included on that YouTube video. Both Students songs - "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" - were written by fellow Cincinnati high school student William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr. Both are regarded as doo-wop standards, and "I'm So Young," which reached the top 30 on the R&B chart, has been covered by multiple artists. "Prez" Tyus died just before Christmas last year.
The Quintones aka Quin-Tones, were a vocal group from my old hometown, York, PA. "Down The Aisle Of Love," a ditty that opens with the familiar melody of the wedding song "Here Comes The Bride," is their claim to fame. The single went top 20 on the pop chart and top 5 R&B.
So, while there aren't any chart-toppers in this set of five Dell records, most of them enjoyed substantial chart success.
I'm glad you enjoy the vintage fashion parade and seeing the types of products that were hot sellers season by season and year by year as this series unfolds. There are hundreds more print ads, pictures from retail store catalogs, magazine covers and calendars yet to come, so stick around.
Thank you again for being here for my last regularly scheduled post until November. Check your email, because I am going to write later today and tell you what Mrs. Shady and I have been up to on this side of the screen.
Please take good care of yourself and your lucky spouse DH. I will keep in touch by email as we plow through the process of moving to another state. And thank you for being such a great and devoted friend these many years, Cathy!
Welcome back even if only a short moment. I know you and Mrs. Shady must be very busy and a bit stressed with the move. Just breathe and all will work out. I know you are missing your furbabe too which is tough. Harley gives a big woof to you. He is drying off since it's quite rainy here.
ReplyDeleteLove the music! I always hear new ones which is great. I love the Magazine covers and the clothing! I love the skirts with the images on them. My mom had a dress with big roses and leaves but the leaves were black.
The music evokes a to.e when thi gs seemed simpler..they weren't in many ways but one didn't have iPad, cell phones, computers and tvs in every room. I bet there were not many fast food places either. What great music that you showcased here with the right ads. Enjoy your day!
Hi, Birgit!
DeleteI'm delighted to see you, dear friend! Thanks for coming down to time travel with me back to the summer of 1958 and experience the sights and sounds of the period thru vintage pictures, illustrations and Dell songs.
Thank you for understanding how stressful a move of this magnitude can be. As you well know, even positive change is stress inducing, and we are trying to hold it together as we plow through tons of stuff that needs to be done. Yessum, it was devastating to lose our kitty Bootsie-Wootsie, but I honestly don't see how he could have tolerated having his world disrupted to this extent, with stacks of cartons everywhere and daily chaos and confusion, plus the move of more than 1,000 miles to a brand new setting. At his age, it surely would have been traumatic.
Woof woof woof to my buddy Harley. I will miss you both.
Yessum, this series evokes a simpler time that I often find myself missing. There were 3 or 4 channels on TV and we were happy with it. There were 3 or 4 flavors of ice cream and we were happy with it. Most families had only one TV set and it played movies and shows in black & white. We were happy with it. Having too many choices diminishes the value of each, in my opinion.
I'm so glad you had fun with Part 9 of Saved By The Dell. I will be over to BBC to visit you on Wednesday and Thursday but, after that, I need to pull the plug and get down to the business of packing and moving. I hope to reunite with you here at Shady's Place sometime in November. Please take good care of yourself and my buddy Harley until we meet again, dear friend BB!
Great songs to go with the magazine covers. I do not remember Congratulations by the Chantels. I guess the other side got most of the plays. I sort of remember hearing Sissie Holmes and her group from back in the hood singing in the garage. Jerre
ReplyDeleteHi, Jerre!
DeleteThanks for joining me on another trip back to the Shady Dell of the 1950s, good buddy, the summer of '58 to be exact.
Yes, "If You Try" is the A side of that Chantels single (End 1030), but I'll betcha the Dell rats of 1958 discovered that killer B, "Congratulations," and played it, too. Maybe the record came and went just before you became a Dell regular.
It's sad to realize that the angelic voices of four original members of the Quin-Tones have been silenced. The one you have personal memories of, Carolyn "Sissie" Holmes, died in 1995. Roberta Haymon passed away in 1996 followed by Phyliss Carr in 2006 and Jeannie Crist in 2008.
R.I.P. Cynthia Weil, the wife and Brill Building composing partner of Barry Mann. As you know, the Weil - Mann songwriting team was responsible for many timeless hits, most notably the Righteous Brothers' signature song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'... the most played song of the 20th century. Phil Spector shares a songwriting credit on that immortal megahit.
Thanks again for being here for Part 9 of the series. Part 10 will come your way when I resume blogging in November. In the meantime, take care of yourself, good buddy Jerre. Hoist a cold one for me at our old watering hole the My-O-My and enjoy the action on the gridiron when Coach Joe Paterno rolls out this year's mighty squad at Beaver Stadium. :)
No more My O My and Rathskeller is under some new name. No more JoePa and football NIL has taken over for being a student athlete. Some new watering holes must be found. The Waffle Shop is still going strong and I'm sure there is a line at the creamery. If you ever want to go to a game I have an extra seat. Jerre
ReplyDeleteMy-O-My, that's sad, but thanks for the updates, good buddy. I often wish we could return to those glory years. Life seemed more fun back then, but that's easy for me to say because I spent my entire college career partying and drinking mass quantities. It's a wonder I didn't flunk out. :)
DeleteTake good care of yourself, Jerre, and I'll be back in November with five more Jukebox Giants That Time Forgot!
Hi Shady! I don't know if you'll be on hiatus as I write this but just getting back from a vaca myself I'm behind..again! However, as always I love all the fashion and magazine ads! So fun to see how we used to be and what was advertised that we now know...like cigarettes..are super unhealthy. I wish you and Mrs. Shady the best in your new adventure and will look forward to your posts in November! Prayers and hugs to you both!
ReplyDeleteHi, YaYa!
DeleteThanks for coming to experience, for the ninth time, Saved By The Dell, one of several new Shady's Place series that places great emphasis on a slideshow of nostalgic pictures and illustrations to complement the musical menu. To refresh your memory, the other series of this type are Ask Abigail, Call Girls, Black & White World, Geraldo Rivera's series It's my Vault and That's Vinyl and Meg's Mysteries and Pryor Convictions.
Yessum, with sports heroes, champion athletes and TV and movie stars telling us that smoking promotes good health and makes you popular, who would have suspected it is harmful? I was especially shocked to see one of my favorite actresses, Teresa Wright, extolling the virtues of Camels. It seemed out of character for her, but I'm willing to bet she was paid to pose for that ad and make that favorable remark. :)
Yessum, this is unofficially my last full day of blogging for the next five months so that Mrs. Shady and I can buckle down and take care of the business of moving. You'll be happy to know that we bought the farm with the alpaca adjacent to Whispering Pines. Howdy neighbor!!! :) But seriously, I can't wait to experience snow again. My big brother, who also lives here in Florida, says I'm crazy for moving so far north and warns that I'll regret it, but I don't think so. Anyway thank you very much for the prayers and hugs as I turn the page, start a new chapter and relocate to another state. Please take good care of yourself and my sweetie pie Annabelle, dear friend YaYa. See you in November!
Sorry I'm late. I didn't know you were back (and apparently are leaving again.) Yours and several other blogs I follow are not popping up at the top of my blogroll like they're supposed to when there's a new post, so I tend to miss them.
ReplyDeleteGood selection of songs as always. Can't really pinpoint a favorite, but two Chantels songs in a row ain't bad. Good luck to wherever you're headed. Just remember that winter driving requires a bit more finesse than does driving in the summer.
Thanks for coming by, Kirk. I'm happy that the Chantels doublesider caught your ear. See you in November, good buddy!
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