Goodnight Irene: The Weavers
A few of you suggested this yesterday-great idea and thanks!
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August 26, 2011 at 11:48 am
I know it’s the wrong name, but it’s so close that I can’t help but hum “Come on, Eileen” this week. Hurricanes remind me of the ocean — they’re so powerful and they are so life-affirming.
August 26, 2011 at 11:54 am
sprite,
I remember Bob’s devastation here on the cape but what I remember most is Hurricane Carol in 1954.The house creaked and the biggest tree around fell and we could hear it as it hit the road. My dad took us outside during the eye of the storm, and everything was eerie, especially the light. We went to look at the tree and then my dad dragged us into the house as the wind started to kick up again.
August 26, 2011 at 11:56 am
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August 26, 2011 at 11:43 pm
I was born in NC. When I was still an infant, a hurricane hit our town. My mom had gone down the street to see a neighbor but the hurricane made landfall much sooner than expected. She hurried home but dad had locked & chained the door as an added defense against wind. Of course, he picks that moment to go to the bathroom. Mom tells me she could hear me in my playpen calling to dad that mom was locked outside, but he couldn’t hear because of the…uh…thunder…
August 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
buzz,
That’s a funny story. It made me laugh right out loud!
August 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm
I like this version, of course. But today I listened to one by Hugh Laurie and one by old Slowhand, Eric Clapton, both on YouTube.
The names of hurricanes probably influence naming (or not naming!) thousand upon thousands of children who come into the world within a year or three of the hurricane’s fury.
August 27, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Rick,
That was The Weavers biggest song which is why I chose their version. I think I might have a couple more, but I haven’t ever heard Eric Clapton’s.
I agree!
August 27, 2011 at 5:28 pm
I think neither of the two I mentioned was ever on record or CD. They are YouTube only, I’m pretty sure. And yep, I recall when The Weavers were on the radio every day in my very young years with that piece. That was the year before and the year I started first grade.
Here are two years in popular song. Hard to go wrong with these!
Popular Songs 1950
1. Goodnight, Irene – Gordon Jenkins and the Weavers
2. Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
3. Daddy’s Little Girl – Mills Brothers
4. Music! Music! Music! – Teresa Brewer
5. Harbor Lights – Sammy Kaye
6. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy – Red Foley
7. Sentimental Me – Ames Brothers
8. I Can Dream, Can’t I? – Andrews Sisters
9. I’m Moving On – Hank Snow
10. Peter Cottontail – Gene Autry
11. If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d Have Baked A Cake – Eileen Barton
12. Third Man Theme – Anton Karas
13. Rag Mop – Ames Brothers
14. All My Love (Bolero) – Patti Page
15. Cry of the Wild Goose – Frankie Laine
16. The Thing – Phil Harris
17. Nevertheless – The Mills Brothers
18. I Wanna Be Loved – the Andrews Sisters
19. A Bushel and a Peck – Perry Como and Betty Hutton
20. Play A Simple Melody – Bing and Gary Crosby
21. Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!) – The Ames Brothers
22. Hoop-Dee-Doo – Perry Como
23. Bewitched – Doris Day
24. Double Crossing Blues – Little Esther
25. Dream a Little Dream of Me – Frankie Laine
26. Enjoy Yourself – Guy Lombardo
27. Blue Light Boogie – Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
28. It Isn’t Fair – Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell
29. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo – Perry Como
30. Sentimental Me – Russ Morgan
31. No Other Love – Jo Stafford
32. Patricia – Perry Como
33. Pink Champagne – Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
34. With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming – Patti Page
35. Goodnight, Irene – Frank Sinatra
36. Music, Maestro, Please – Frankie Laine
37. Someday – The Mills Brothers
38. My Foolish Heart – Gordon Jenkins
39. Nevertheless – Paul Weston
40. Are You Lonesome Tonight? – Al Jolson
Popular Songs 1951
1. Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page
2. Too Young – Nat King Cole
3. On Top Of Old Smokey – Weavers
4. Mockingbird Hill – Patti Page
5. Come On-a My House – Rosemary Clooney
6. Because of You – Tony Bennett
7. Sentimental Journey – Les Brown & the Ames Brothers
8. Jezebel – Frankie Laine
9. Be My Love – Mario Lanza
10. My Heart Cries for You – Guy Mitchell
11. Fool, Fool, Fool – The Clovers
12. How High The Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford
13. Sin (It’s No Sin) – Eddy Howard
14. If – Perry Como
15. So Long (It’s Been Good To Know Ya) – Gordon Jenkins
16. The Lullaby of Broadway – Doris Day
17. Sixty Minute Man – Billy Ward and His Dominoes
18. Aba Daba Honeymoon – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
19. In The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford
20. The Little White Cloud That Cried – Johnnie Ray
21. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine – Weavers
22. Cold, Cold Heart – Tony Bennett
23. Shanghai – Doris Day
24. Mockingbird Hill – Les Paul & Mary Ford
25. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brentson and his Delta Cats
26. Flamingo – Earl Bostic & His Orchestra
27. Detour – Patti Page
28. Sweet Violets – Dinah Shore
29. The Glory Of Love – The Five Keys
30. Rose, Rose, I Love You – Frankie Laine
31. Down Yonder – Del Wood
32. Bad, Bad Whiskey – Amos Milburn and his Aladdin Chickenshackers
33. Hello, Young Lovers – Perry Como
34. I’m In The Mood – John Lee Hooker
35. The Syncopated Clock – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
36. Mister And Mississippi – Patti Page
37. That’s My Boy – Stan Freburg
38. My Heart Cries for You – Vic Damone
39. Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) – Patti Page
40. Tell Me Why – The Four Aces
August 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Cheers