Saturday, August 6, 2011

Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ

You may remember we had a radiogramme in the male common room, at the Medical Faculty Colombo in the early 1960s. There was an LP record by Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ. This record gave us hours of pleasure. Here are a few pieces popular among us then.

Philip

The cuckoo waltz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtHxPI3cxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwyY6hkC7M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYsePaC2o4&feature=related

In the chapel in the moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAa2Xg1BrE&feature=related

Cruising down the river

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8B-M0GAd4&feature=related

Hi lili hi lili hi lo hi lo hi lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WnGsSt_HwE&feature=related

Under the bridges of Paris

Under the bridges of Paris with you - Sous les ponts de Paris

One of the top hits of the early 1960s. Hear the silken voice of Eartha Kitt and another version of the song by Dean Martin.

Philip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Gig5460a8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JTmemylszc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhe4hN8Mj0M&feature=related

Friday, August 5, 2011

Old Oldies of the 1960s

My Grandfather’s clock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=-U3YHsNrwtc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Sfv2KTFqU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ3Pre30meE&feature=related

Daisy, daisy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-VwjPNLr0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGzIG-YMXY&feature=related

There’s a tavern in the town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFVqg-TqsoQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESi4FZ2udZs&feature=related

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Pops of the late 1950s and early 1960s

Hello,

Here are some top songs of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Click on the web addresses to listen to each of them. I am sure you would sing along too. Happy memories.

Philip

I never will marry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l_zYH_YYnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKJYZzK9gfk&feature=related

Oh dear what can the matter be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_02N1w5LEk

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXjl0ffNSa4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qOSE9DB1M

Hi lili hi lili hi lo hi lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqQsAwaaMU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WnGsSt_HwE&feature=related

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sentimental Journey

Hello Batch-mates,
The male common room at the Medical Faculty in the 1960s had a radiogramme. There were a few much played long playing records. One of them was Ahamed Jamal making his magic on the piano. The one I still remember was 'The Sentimental Journey'. I came across two renditions of 'The Sentimental Journey' by Doris Day on UTube.. I am giving the web addresses below. Please click on each to listen to it. I am sure that Ahamed Jamal's piano piece was the inspiration for a popular band rendition called 'The Kandyan Express' played very often in the early 1960s in Ceylon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycj2SwFG3w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUw125JMVFI

Enjoy the music of the old times.
Philip