Salvaged and Restored -
The Shady Dell
Record Collection!
Vol. 12: Long Lost Dell Songs
of Spring and Summer 1959
BEWARE! NOTHING CAN
PREPARE YOU FOR...
JUKEBOX GIANTS
THAT TIME FORGOT!
Hello, friends! Dell Rat Tom
welcoming you to volume 12
of my exclusive 36-part
Shady's Place series
SAVED
BY THE
DELL
back to the spring
and summer of
1959
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 1959?
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.
MARCH - APRIL 1959
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 56
APRIL - MAY 1959
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 57
MAY - JUNE 1959
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 58
JUNE - JULY 1959
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 59
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 60
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 59
SAVED BY THE DELL
DELL SONG 60
Once again I thank our late, great friend of the Dell,
Nancy Sieling, and her husband Jim, for doing the
good 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
Think of what would've been lost had they not saved what they could. (Think of what we throw out today. We are such a disposable world now.)
ReplyDeleteHi, Alex!
DeleteThanks for being the Early Bird again this time, good buddy!
To this day, I'm still regretting a dumb move I made circa 1990. I sold my entire vinyl collection, thousands of albums and 45s, for a small fraction of their worth. Today, they would surely be worth many times more. It's a small miracle that Jim and Nancy were able to salvage thousands of original Dell records and the jukebox strips that accompanied them, not to mention the Dell jukebox itself.
Thanks again for reporting in so early. Have a happy Valentine's Day and I'll see you next month, good buddy Alex!
Tom,
ReplyDeleteThe white gloved hands of this bygone era is so classy and feminine! I remember when I was a little, my mom bought me little white gloves to wear for Easter Sunday to church. I adore the look!
In your music line up I knew "Since I Don't Have You" and "I Only Have Eyes For You".
I appreciated your past couple of visits. I dropped off the circuit for a few days for no particular reason, just had things to do. I'm working hard to destress from that feeling like I "have" to be in Blogosphere 24/7. There's a time and place for all good things, right?
It's amazing job Jim has undertaken preserving the 6000+ records savaged from The Dell. Until next time we meet on the cyberblock, have a boogietastic week, my friend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteI'm delighted to see you, dear friend! Thanks for rushing over to take second place as I present Part 12 of my long-running Saved series.
I knew you would notice and appreciate the feminine features on those models and the attire and accessories they wore as they posed for magazine covers and ads in the final year of the Fabulous Fifties. Thanks for sharing your white glove memories. I remember my mom and other women wearing them to church every Sunday during the 50s.
Yessum, in this batch of five songs, there are three major hits, and you named two of them. Those songs by The Skyliners and The Flamingos are two of the best known ballads of the doo-wop era.
I am happy to learn that you are taking a "less is more" approach and reaping the benefits of a reduced blog presence, as am I. Your friends are all there waiting to reconnect whenever you return from a break.
Thanks again for your kind visit and comment, dear friend Cathy. Take good care of yourself and have a wonderful Valentine's Day with your lucky hubby DH!
Hi there and nice to see you here. I've been in bad pain the last week and have trouble even typing but I will not miss you.
ReplyDeleteLove that first song but weird they are dressed up like Gunsmoke. I actually know all the songs and love each but especially the last song. I l9ve slow dancing to that song because it dies sound like one is in a dream.
I cam do without getting a vacuum or cleaning the dog house...lol. the ads for cigarettes always show sophistication and that you are in fresh air.
Love these fashions! The hats and gloves...it was just so ladylike..what would Miley Virus wear? I can't wear yellow, orange or that orangey red but the purple outfit is mine as well as that white sleeveless one. The outfit with the roses on it remind me of one of my mom's dresses but without the puffy sleeves which I Luke better..no pouffs.
Great set and so glad you commend your friend and his beautiful wife each time. Have a great day and Harley says woof!
Ps..my actress for the month is Thelma Ritter whom, I'm certain you know and love.
Hi, Birgit!
DeleteThe bronze medal is yours, dear friend! Welcome to Shady's Place and thanks for coming by so early on day one to experience Vol. 12 of my 36-part series Saved By The Dell.
I'm very sorry to learn that you have been in bad pain this past week, and I greatly admire you for pushing through it and writing such a nice comment.
Yessum, the two best known doo-wop classics in this set of five songs are accompanied by unusual costumed performances. They include The Skyliners wearing Western duds while singing their signature song, and The Flamingos doing their most popular romantic ballad all bundled up for winter and huddling around a fire in a snowy setting. I believe both unique performances were staged on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show.
I'm glad you appreciate the latest fashion parade and ladylike apparel as the timeline moves forward and the decade of the 1950s slowly draws to a close in this series which, as you might recall, began at the start of 1955. Purple is also one of my signature colors, so you and I are aligned on that score. You should get matching purple outfits for you and Harley to wear on your walks. :) I also think the color white looks terrific on a woman.
Yessum, I will be thanking Jim and Nancy Sieling in all 36 posts in this series because, without their foresight and intervention, thousands of Dell records would have been lost, and this series would never have been possible.
I saw that you did a tribute to Thelma Ritter. I will check it out. I hope you start feeling better soon. You are much too nice a person to be suffering this way. I'll be thinking about you, dear friend BB, and wishing you a happy Valentine's Day. Take care!
Hi Shady! Happy Valentine's Day to you and I sure hope you get that snow you're looking for! A noreaster is heading up the coast this week so maybe a few flakes will land in your yard! All those fashions just make me smile. They are so pretty and fresh and bright. Nothing baggy! That Calling All Girls magazine looks so fun. I don't remember reading one. I was 6 in '59 and could read and would have loved that. Especially that cute wiener pup! The songs were all new to me except "I only have eyes for you". The ads always are fun to see now because we don't get cigarette ads. However, orange crush is one of Jack's favorites and when my Grandkiddos were little I would sometimes make orange crush floats instead of rootbeer ones. I hope you have a wonderful rest of "Lovuary" and spend a nice Valentine's day with Mrs. Shady! Thanks for the music and fun today and thanks for your sweet comments on my blog posts!
ReplyDeleteHi, YaYa!
DeleteThanks for hustling over on day one, dear friend! I am always pleased and excited to see you.
Yessum, how about this latest fashion parade? On display are many brightly colored outfits and fresh white dresses and tops for the spring and summer months of 1959. I knew you'd like what you see here.
Thanks for singling out the array of Calling All Girls magazine covers that spans the months covered in this post. As always, the girl's cute wiener dog is present and getting into mischief. It does seem odd that you were never exposed to that particular magazine as a girl.
Yessum, how about that L&M ad with testimonials by two famous Jims of the period - singer Jimmie Rodgers and Gunsmoke star Jim Arness, who also played the alien carrot man in The Thing (1951). Thanks for telling me how you made your grandkiddos orange crush floats as an exciting alternative to root beer floats.
Thank you again for your visit and splendid comments. I wish you and Jack and my sweetie pie Annabelle a wonderful Valentine's Day and hope your hubby and your pooch will be feeling better and walking normally soon. Take care and enjoy the rest of your February, dear friend YaYa!
Hi Shady, Apparently 1959 was about the time I was using the Disc a Rama since I have all of these songs. Last Night I Dreamed is one of my all time favorites and I am sure you know it is a Killer B. The Jimmy Rodgers poster Is So Fine but Secretly I was a Marlboro man. Be good on Valentines day and maybe you will get some kisses sweeter than wine. Thanks again for your efforts putting these posts together. Jerre
ReplyDeleteHi, Jerre!
DeleteThanks for dropping in for the latest edition of our epic Dell-related series, good buddy!
I'm glad the timeline of this series is enabling you to pinpoint key events in your youth, such as when you started buying records at "The Disc," the enormously popular shop in York. Giving proper attribution to the York Daily Record and its Letters to the Editor column, I learned that the Disc-O-Rama was founded in 1947 in Dallastown. In 1961, the better known shop location opened at 515 E. Market St. You might also remember Sol Kessler's, the record and hi-fi/stereo equipment store located opposite Sunny's Surplus, and the impressive record departments found at The Bon-Ton, Mailman's (Queensgate) and, as Dell Rat Ron reminds us, at Smith Village in Jacobus.
I know that the song by The Fiestas is a favorite of yours. You mentioned that to me some 15 years ago and I was excited to find it on the list Jim made of salvaged Dell 45s.
Yes, good buddy. Jimmie Rodgers, who died a little over three years ago, reminds me of a girl I once knew. She had Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and had me thinking Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again. I planned to settle down with that girl in the house on the hill on the way to Bimbombey, but I got lost, couldn't find it, and wound up at a different house on a different hill, Violet Hill, and the rest is Shady Dell history. :)
Thanks for the kind words about this series. There are 24 more volumes left, so please stick around to find out how it ends. Have a great week, good buddy Jerre, and I'll notify you when my next post is set for publishing early next month. Take care!
I spent a little time at Sol Kessler's since it was only a few blocks from my Duke St. home. I know I bought my first record player there and many records. I didn't realize the Disc didn't open until 1961. I must have been one of the first customers. I also remember Sunny's Surplus as it was the only place to buy a olive green Navy coat with fur like collar that every cool dude had to have. The winter coats were the thing as much as the Cudas. Thanks for the memories. Jerre
DeleteHi again, Jerre!
DeleteLike you, I bought a record player at Sol Kessler's shop. The year was 1965 and, for my birthday, my dad bought me my first stereo at Sol's along with a Roger Miller album. Regarding the date that the Disc-o-Rama opened its Market St location, I am only going by the info provided by that YDR reader. I was a bit too young at the time and not yet a record buyer, and therefore don't recall exactly when the store opened there on E. Market. Ironically, at that tender age I was already a regular at the 6-15 Musical Lounge! :)
Yes, good buddy. I remember you telling me about shopping at Sunny's for a fur collar Navy coat. There was a dress code for every season of the year, and sales of Navy coats, Harrington Baracuta G9 jackets, safari jackets, Jack Purcell sneakers, British Walkers and H.I.S. shirts and slacks were brisk in our neck of the woods. I had just bought a new safari jacket the evening I rolled by dad's VW Beetle on the way to the Dell. My jacket was in the back seat, and battery acid leaked all over it, covering it with holes and ruining it, before I could show it off to my friends at the Dell.
Thanks again for reporting in and adding tidbits to the discussion, good buddy Jerre. See you next month!
Puppies, kitten, dinosaurs.... what more could a girl want! I enjoyed this feast for the eyes post, Shady, even if I did only know one of the songs. I've loved every version of I Only Have Eyes For You that I've ever heard, but my favorite is still Art Garfunkel's. It's a song my mother loved, though I'm sure her version was from 1934!
ReplyDeleteWhile you're still currently in the blogosphere, you might enjoy looking back at my Instagram Photos post from last week. There's a picture of your friend Pat that might tickle you.
I hope winter is treating you well and I look forward to seeing you again in a month or two!
Hi, Kelly! Welcome back to Shady's Place Music & Memories, dear friend! How's my buddy Pat doing these days?
DeleteYessum, if you love pics of animals, including those extinct behemoths that roamed the earth millions of years ago, you came to the right place at the right time as I unveil Part 12 of my Saved series. Please show Pat and your other dogs the cute little noodle pooch on the various covers of Calling All Girls. They'll get a kick out of it.
Thanks for identifying "I Only Have Eyes For You" as the one song you know in this batch, and for revealing that your mother also loved the song, most likely by one of several artists that recorded it in 1934, and that your favorite version is the 1975 cover by Art Garfunkel.
Yessum, let me go back and find that Insta post you mentioned, because I don't want to miss seeing your smoochable pooch Pat. Thanks again for swinging by, dear friend Kelly. Happy V-Day to you, and take care good care of yourself and your canines until we meet back here again sometime early next month!
I wasn't even a thought in 1959, lol
ReplyDeleteI love that you included that dachshund and the blonde girl again. I just love those magazine pictures. That dogs expressions were just cracking me up.
I recognized, Since I don't Have You as soon as I heard it. I didn't know the song just by the title. Good song. I don't know the other songs though.
Fashion sure has changed.
I hope you have a great rest of February.
Hi, Mary!
DeleteGreat news, dear friend - your comment didn't get trapped in my spam filter! Welcome back to Shady's Place and another edition of my Bloggy Award winning series Saved By The Dell.
You wrote: "I wasn't even a thought in 1959, lol" Nonsense, dear friend. Ten year old Shady was already thinking about you! :)
Yessum, the girl and her dog art theme used for years on the cover of Calling All Girls magazine adds a whimsical touch to the posts in this series. Be sure to show my buddy Falcor that mischievous Dachshund, but don't let him imitate the sausage hound's paint lapping behavior illustrated on the cover of the July 1959 issue! :)
I'm glad you remembered the first romantic ditty by The Skyliners. Members of the group were all decked out in Western wear as they performed their sig song on an episode of The Dick Clark Show.
Thank you again, very much, for making time for a visit and a cheery comment. Please take good care of yourself and Falcor, dear friend Mary, and I'll see you in a few weeks when I return with my next post. Happy V-Day to you!
Thank you, Nancy, I'm so glad you saved all of this and thank you Jim, for helping her. I would have never known about the Shady Dell if it wasn't for you two, then Shady.
ReplyDeleteWow! Those fashions are something and I actually really liked them. The dresses were simple, but gorgeous. I love the floral. Even teen fashions were simple and classy. Teen fashions didn't really look all that different from adult fashions. I guess it goes to show you that back then, even if you were a teen, you still dressed somewhat respectable.
I know the Impalas and "I Only Have Eyes For You." Great song choices, as we near Valentine's Day. We had a snow day today and this was my soundtrack for today.
Take care, dear friend. I hope that you and Mrs. Shady have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
Hi, Jessica Marie!
DeleteIt's great to see you back here at Shady's Place, dear friend! I hope you and David are in good health and good spirits. I suppose I will find out shortly when I visit you. Anyway, thanks a lot for coming by!
It makes me happy that you gave credit where it is due - to Jim and Nancy Sieling - faithful friends of the Dell. Thank you for acknowledging their tremendous contributions, not only to my blogs, but to the preservation of Dell history and its artifacts.
Yessum, I would say that, especially during the period that is the scope of this series, teenage girls often dressed the same as adult women. They wanted to be accepted into the adult world. Then there came a point in the 60s when the youth movement was on the rise and girls started to do their own fashion thing. Ironically, older women tried to look younger by wearing clothing designed for teens and learning the latest dances.
We had snow here, too. It was coming down steadily for a few hours with large flakes, but there was no accumulation and now there's no trace of it.
The Impalas sang "Sorry." The Flamingos gave us "Eyes For You." I'm glad you remember it and I know your dad would be able to Name That Tune on most or all of these songs if you asked him to take the challenge.
Thanks again for joining the fun, dear friend JM. I wish you and David the happiest V-Day ever. I hope to see you again early next month when I publish my next post. Take care, dear friend!
Some pretty high-class Doo-Wop there, so thanks for this, Shady, especially as I note that there were a couple of 'Killer-Bs' in amongst this selection - in the cases of both The Flamingos and The Fiestas. Looking at the photo of The Impalas accompanying the 'Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)' video it is a welcome rarity in those days to see an integrated act. It's funny that I was thinking about this time a few days ago during following the Super Bowl on the tv. I'd have loved it if ITV Sport would have played Wilbert Harrison's 'Kansas City' over the concluding titles in celebration of the successful defence of the title. I got out my 'The Warner Guide to UK & US Hit Singles' to check out when 'Kansas City' would have been riding high in the U.S. charts and it was at No. 3 in the on-the-month Top Twenty in May 1959, while 'Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)' occupied the top spot. Incidentally, although 'Kansas City' is considered a Rock 'n' Roll song, there is something distinctly Northern Soul about the rhythm, to me. It's a pity, BTW, that some idiot has apparently ruined those celebrations in KC, judging by some late news I spotted earlier today.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see an illustration of a very young Shari Lewis in this very evocative collection of contemporary magazine front covers and advertisements, bringing back memories of childhood and Sunday 'teatime' - that very 'British' thing! - tv, when I recall that she seemed something very glamorous to me and with that American accent to add to the allure, making 'Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop' something of a favourite of mine at the time. It was also good to see polka dots featuring quite prominently in these magazine extracts as I've become a bit of an aficionado of that pattern thanks to who else but Valérie Čižmárová, who was very fond of polka-dot outfits of various descriptions...and no, I'm not going to link anything off this time! ;-)
Hi, Christopher!
Deleteit's good to see you again, my friend! Thank you for returning to Shady's Place as I unveil Part 12 of my colossal 36-part series introducing records that were played way back when on the jukebox in the Shady Dell dance hall. I'm happy to know you like the doo-wop nuggets hiding behind their respective label scans, a device I employed to make you feel as if you are punching the keys on the old jukebox to play the songs. Yes, to their credit, The Impalas were noteworthy for being a racially integrated doo-wop vocal group, with lead singer Speedo Frazier being the lone black member.
Indeed it would have been cool if "Kansas City" had been played following the Super Bowl. Given the number of decades that have passed since Wilbert Harrison's record topped the R&B and pop charts in the U.S., I can't help wondering how many Super Bowl viewers would even have recognized the song. Not very many, me thinks. Thanks for letting me know that "K.C.' has the "Northern Soul" sound ravers on both sides of the pond love so well. In my 15+ years of blogging, I have concluded many times that the "Rodentia Intelligentsia" - the gang of regulars at the Shady Dell, were doing exactly what DJs and dancers were doing in England's Northern Soul venues. In search of hidden gold and danceworthy discs, we routinely flipped records over to investigate the songs on the other side, hence the "killer bee' phenomenon. In addition, Dell rats embraced low-charting and obscure non-charting records, elevating them to mega-hit status.
Yes, my friend, this particular volume is loaded with interesting images and headlines including mention of an embedded article about ventriloquist and puppeteer Shari Lewis in an issue of Calling All Girls. The Shari Lewis Show debuted on NBC-TV in the fall of 1960 replacing Howdy Doody, and I enjoyed watching Shari bring to life Lamb Chop, Charlie Horse and her other puppet characters. Sadly, Shari took ill and died too young at age 65.
in addition to the polka dot fashions you mentioned, other "signs of the time" to look for in this volume of the series include a report on everyone's favorite Mouseketeer Annette Funicello in another issue of Calling All Girls, a piece profiling the most popular girl dancer on American Bandstand at the time and finally, on the cover of Glamour Magazine, an alluring head shot of up-and-coming actress Jane Fonda.
Thanks again for your kind visit and for taking time to compose this stellar comment, Christopher. I appreciate your contributions to the discussion. Enjoy the rest of your day in the UK and look for my next post on March 5. I hope to see you then, my good friend!
Thanks for the reply and for the comment on the Vlaďka Prachařová-related 'Girls Of The Golden East' Blog post.
DeleteIt seems that there's a parallel between The Impalas and that Doo-Wop revival group from nearby Leicester, Showaddywaddy, as their black member had a similarly memorable name to Speedo Frazier - Romeo Challenger!
Thanks for the back-up on my fantasy choice for the playing-out song on ITV's Super Bowl coverage. You're probably correct that it wouldn't mean much to a whole couple of generations by now. It would be one of those 'little bit of Rhythm and Blues' Northern Soul songs, along the lines of Helena Blehárová's 'Nauč mě čarovat' ('Teach Me To Do Magic') with music by Jindřich Brabec. I'm sorry to have to say this but I have a Scottish-born sister-in-law who is fiercely proud of those roots and seeing the word 'England' in such a context excludes the contribution that the scene north of the Border has made. Back in the mid-Eighties, as I was uncovering Northern Soul for the first time, I read an article in a music publication on the phenomenon of 'Eastern Soul', that isn't anything to do with my idea of 'Eastern Soul' of Northern Soul-esque music emanating entirely out of the former Soviet Bloc. Rather, it was the scene overwhelmingly in the east of Scotland, the west being more into Rock, in general, The New Seekers' Eve Graham's home town of Auchterarder, Perthshire being something of a hotspot thereof. At any rate, it's good that the 'Rodentia Intelligentsia' are likewise lovers of the 'Killer-B'!
Thanks for the background on Shari Lewis, who left us far too soon, but her daughter, Mallory is apparently keeping the Lewis Family tradition alive and there's a documentary film in the offing, so I note. I didn't realise until earlier today that Shari had been sufficiently big a name here in the UK to warrant a 1971 annual dedicated to her and her puppets.
Thanks, also, for pointing me in the direction of a young Jane Fonda and for confirming my suspicion that it was Annette Funicello on the front cover of that 'Calling All Girls'.
I look forward to that forthcoming post and an avoidance of any future misunderstandings between us!
Hi again, Christopher!
DeleteI read that "Speedo" is merely Frazier's nickname. His actual name is Joe Frazier, same as the famous boxer who was an Olympic champ as well as the undisputed pro class Heavyweight Champion. At the time "Sorry" was charting, Smokin' Joe" was only beginning his boxing career, and so it seems unlikely that the lead singer of The Impalas adopted the nickname Speedo in order to avoid confusion.
I couldn't find "Teach Me To Do Magic," but I watched, listened and enjoyed Helena Blehárová's rendition of Nancy Sinatra's top 5 hit from Christmas 1966 - "Sugar Town":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR2ZWj7OwTo
Thanks for letting me know about Eastern Soul and the two regions of Scotland with distinctly different styles of music favored in each. i also appreciated learning that the daughter of Shari Lewis is keeping the tradition going.
As far as I am concerned, you and I had no misunderstanding, only the need for me to impress upon you my wishes, made necessary by my time limitations. We enjoyed some excellent exchanges this go-round, and I hope to see you again next month.
Cheers, Christopher!
That is quite some coincidence of names! As you say, there wouldn't have been any need to change that name at that embryonic stage of ('Smokin'') Joe Frazier's boxing career.
DeleteI'm sorry you couldn't find 'Nauč mě čarovat', but I'm glad you enjoyed 'Š-š-š' and thanks for that snippet of information on the original on which it was based. Now I've played 'Š-š-š' I can detect some slow-swinging Northern Soul potential to get one gliding across the dance floor.
You're welcome on that information on 'Eastern Soul'. I suppose that a sort of exception that proves the rule would be the likes of the Rock band, Nazareth, from Dunfermline in the east of the country. I think I might have mentioned this elsewhere in my various comments on 'Shady's Place', but during my childhood we had numerous holidays (vacations!) in Dad's 'Dormobile' around Scotland and we used to pick up a copy of 'The Wee Red Book' from some newsagents or another while in the country, which was a guide to Scottish football (soccer!), both international and club and both my older brother and myself became fascinated by the 'exotic' names of the clubs, so we decided to 'adopt' a club to follow from south of the Border, he going for Airdrieonians (the 'Diamonds') and my going for Dunfermline Athletic (the 'Pars'), after nearly going for what would be Eve Graham's local club of St. Johnstone, based in Perth. I've actually been to see a couple of games at the Pars' East End Park stadium, including a memorable Championship- and promotion-winning game, ironically against the Diamonds, at the end of the 1995 - 1996 season. The party that exploded all over the 'Auld Grey Toun' thereafter was an incredible experience and, while watching the day's highlights in one of the bars in the town that Saturday night, I made the locals smile by describing that legendary Scottish soft drink, Irn Bru ('Made in Scotland, from girders'), with which I was celebrating, as 'Scottish Bubbly', as I was going through one of my non-alcoholic phases.
I'm glad you appreciated learning that about Mallory Lewis, too.
Yes, maybe I did go a little too far with some of my comments and, in future, I am resolutely going to avoid including any links in those comments, reserving that for our exchanges variously at 'Girls Of The Golden East' and 'Hotlips On The Horse Tram', as those are my Blogs and I'll link if I want to!