08-22-2016, 02:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-22-2016, 02:18 AM by Eric the Green.)
My favorite from the oldies but goodies era, 1956 to 1962. Crying by Roy Orbison. Summer/Fall 1961
The kiwi already posted this song, but I'm posting it again. Great singer; great song.
Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, [and] a hint of marimba"....
The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records in July 1961 and reached No. 1 on the United States Cashbox chart for a week on October 7, 1961, and peaking at No. 2 on the rival Billboard Hot 100. Despite not reaching the summit in the latter publication, Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1961....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying_(Roy_Orbison_song)
My next post, however, is a different song I like equally well.
The kiwi already posted this song, but I'm posting it again. Great singer; great song.
Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, [and] a hint of marimba"....
The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records in July 1961 and reached No. 1 on the United States Cashbox chart for a week on October 7, 1961, and peaking at No. 2 on the rival Billboard Hot 100. Despite not reaching the summit in the latter publication, Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1961....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying_(Roy_Orbison_song)
My next post, however, is a different song I like equally well.