The first time I heard this song was in 1969, on the Cream Goodbye album and it instantly became one of my favorites.
Originally recorded by The Mississippi Sheiks in 1930, Bob wills put his fiddle talents to work in a Country Swing version five years later. Since then, it has been recorded by everyone from Chet Atkins to The Greatful Dead.
In the summer of 1964 I was at Luke AFB in Glendale, AZ and there was a local singer, Waylon Jennings at JD's in the (dry) river bottom between Scottsdale and Tempe, JD's was a two story night club with country on the lower floor and rock on the second (or vice versa, can;t remember). Anyhow, this was before Waylon made it big but he was on the radio a lot with "Four Strong Winds" and "Just to Satisfy You". He re-recorded the "Satisfy" song many times over the years but the original had more of a rock and roll sound with the chorus whistled once. Can't find that version anywhere on YouTube. This is the closest to the original I could find:
Waylon at JD's is the debut album by Waylon Jennings. Though listed in several sources as a live recording, it is in fact a studio album, recorded at Arizona Recorders in Phoenix on December 4, 1964. 2000's The Restless Kid: Live At JD's (Bear Family) is a genuine JD's era live recording.
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I remember John's Green Gables on 24th and Thomas. For a while they had a knight on a white horse riding around the front entrance. That was in the late 60's I think.
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I remember John's Green Gables on 24th and Thomas. For a while they had a knight on a white horse riding around the front entrance. That was in the late 60's I think.
Waylon Jennings was a bus boy at Green Gables. The building is still there, incorporated into an office complex.
"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North used the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained, hence the name. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some estimates having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.
Aretha Franklin recorded her first top 40 hit at the age of 19, a song from 1918 called “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody”. Here she is three years later on the Steve Allen Show.
