Much as I liked the music from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, these guys still are great to watch. I also prefer an old black and white video to a series of moving still pictures. Feel free to sing along, I can't hear you. Suggestions for new additions gratefully accepted.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
The Platters - The Great Pretender
The Great Pretender
The Platters
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I've played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to grieve all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I've played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to grieve all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
I learned to love all of Hollywood money
You came along and you moved me honey
I changed my mind, looking fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
You kissed me baby, woo, it feels good
Hold me baby, learn to let me love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
I'm a nervous world that your mine mine mine mine
I cut my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I'm really nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Well kiss me baby, woo-oooooo, it feels good
Hold me baby
I want to love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
I got this world that you're mine mine mine mine
The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
Little Darlin'
The Diamonds
Ah, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya
Little darling oh little darling
O-oh where a-are you?
My lover I was wronger
To try to love two
Ahh uha uha uha uha
Knowing well that my lover
Was just for you uh only you
My darling I need you
To call my own
And never do wrong
To hold in mine
Your little hand
I'll know too soon
That I'll so pray
Please hold my hand
My dear I was wronger
To try to love two
Ahh uha uha uha uha
Knowing well that my lover
Was just for you
Uh only you
Writer/s: PHILIP PARRIS LYNOTT
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Ricky Nelson - I Will Follow You
I Will Follow You
Ricky Nelson
I will follow you
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep me away
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep me away
I must follow you
Ever since you touched my hand I know
That near you I always must be
And nothing can keep you from me
You are my destiny
Ever since you touched my hand I know
That near you I always must be
And nothing can keep you from me
You are my destiny
I love you, I love you, I love you
And where you go I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow
You'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love
From now untill forever, forever, forever
And where you go I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow
You'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love
From now untill forever, forever, forever
I will follow you
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep
Keep me away, away from my love
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep
Keep me away, away from my love
I love you, I love you, I love you
And where you go I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow
You'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love
From now untill forever, forever, forever
And where you go I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow
You'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love
From now untill forever, forever, forever
I will follow you
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep
Keep me away, away from my love
Follow you wherever you may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep
Keep me away, away from my love
And where you go I'll follow!
The Drifters - Stand By Me
Darling Stand by Me
When the night
Has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
Oh I wont, be afraid
No I wont, be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble out to the sea
I wont cry, I wont cry
No I wont, shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darling, darling
Stand, by me
Hey stand, by me
Oh wont, wont you stand, stand by me
When the night
Is calm
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
I wont, be afraid
No I (wont), be afraid
Just as long, as u stand by me
The Temptations - My Girl
My Girl
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May
Well I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
I've got so much honey the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees
Well I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl ooh)
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooh yeah
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame (ooh hey hey hey)
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim (oh yes I do)
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
What A Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
Songwriters: George Douglas / George David Weiss / Bob Thiele
What a Wonderful World lyrics © Carlin America Inc, BMG Rights Management US, LLC, Imagem Music Inc
Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love
When I Fall In Love
Nat King Cole
When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.
[Instrumental]
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I'll fall in love with you
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.
[Instrumental]
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I'll fall in love with you
Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover
She's About a Mover
Well, she was a-walkin' down the street
Lookin' fine as she could be.
Hey, hey!
Well, she was a-walkin' down the street
Lookin' fine as she could be.
Hey, hey!
Well, you have love and conversation,
Whoa, yeah, what I say!
Hey, hey!
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
What I say!
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
Well, you know I love you, baby.
Whoa, yeah, what I say!
Hey, hey!
Well, she strolled on up to me and said,
"Hey, big boy, what's your name?"
Hey, hey!
Well, she strolled on up to me and said,
"Hey, big boy, what's your name?"
Hey, hey!
Well, you know I love you, baby.
Whoa, yeah, what I say,
Hey, hey!
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
She's about a mover.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Peter Paul & Mary - Early Morning Rain
Early Morning Rain Lyrics
Peter, Paul & Mary
In the early morning rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand
I’m a long way from home
And I missed my loved one so
In the early morning rain
With no place to go
Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
But I’m out here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows
Well, the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She’s rolling down at last
Hear the mighty engine roar
See the silver wing on high
She’s away and westward bound
Far above the clouds she’ll fly
Where the morning rain don’t fall
And the sun always shines
She’ll be flying over my home
In about three hours time
This old airport's got me down
It’s no earthly good to me
'Cause I’m stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I might be
You can’t jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I’d best be on my way
In the early morning rain
So I’d best be on my way
In the early morning rain
The Chordettes - Mr Sandman
Mr. Sandman Lyrics
The Chordettes
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(bum, bum, bum, bum)
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
(bum, bum, bum, bum)
Give him two lips like roses and clover
Give him two lips like roses and clover
(bum, bum, bum, bum)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
(bum, bum, bum, bum)
Don't have nobody to call my own
Don't have nobody to call my own
(bum, bum, bum, bum)
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
The Platters - Only You
Only you can make all this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you
Only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you
Only you can make this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you
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