On the record player today - Skeeter Davis' 1964 album, 'Let Me Get Close To You'. Easily, one of Skeeter's poppiest album. I am not a fan of country music in general, so the only three Skeeter LPs I have are her 1963-1966 pop ones - 'Let Me Get Close To You', 'Singin' in the Summer Sun' and 'The End of the World'. Most of Skeeter's cd compilations tend to focus on her country songs. I've got my eye on this release, which puts together a selection of her poppier hits!
Showing posts with label girl singer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girl singer. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2009
go skeeter go
Monday, February 16, 2009
Lovely Lily!
My favourite song off Lily Allen's new album. It's "Chinese" as in the takeaway food. Lots of The Bird and The Bee vibes surround the album, and no wonder. Greg Kurstin (one half of The Bird and The Bee) was a coproducer and cowriter!
Lily Allen - Chinese
Sunday, February 15, 2009
heartbreaking lyrics!
These girls are amazingly cute! Nice youtube find. They are the Heartbreaking Lyrics, and you can check out their myspace here.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Asmah Atan!
From a cdr I picked up over the weekend, the best track in the lot:
Asmah Atan & The D'Pioneers - Malam Pesta
Asmah Atan was a teen singer from Malaysia in the 1960s-70s.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Katherine and the Firebyrds!
When I first posted this track on my old blog, Mod-ified Music, it attracted a swarm of publicity and Internet chatter. And no wonder, as it is an amazing song, and by a relatively little-known girl singer to boot! Admittedly, the audio quality was not fantastic, because I taped it off the radio. Now, I finally have a higher fidelity version to share! This time, you can actually hear the little nuances like the Zombies-esque organs and Joe Meek guitars.
Katherine and The Firebyrds - He's Sure To Remember Me
Stream another of their songs, here.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
We Aren't Angels...
A happy and anthemic tune after a tough week... This Serge Gainsbourg composition has also been covered excellently by Heavenly.
France Gall - Nous ne sommes pas des anges
Saturday, January 10, 2009
"Just For You"!
"Just For You"(1964) was just one of the slew of pop musical films released in the UK in the sixties. The plots are usually very simple, because the main draw of these films were the performances by hit artistes then. For instance, "Just For You" was touted as a "a rock and roll knockout" with the Merseybeats, Peter and Gordon, Freddie and The Dreamers, The Warriors and many other groups. And from the official UK soundtrack LP:
Jackie & The Raindrops - The Loco-motion
Louise Cordet's scene from "Just For You":
"Just For You" was released in the States in 1966 as "Disk-O-Tek Holiday" with extra acts and sequences. You can even purchase the dvd here!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Merry Christmas!
Gosh, another year has come and gone, and it's Christmas once again! Here are two seasonal favourites from Grace Hong (and awesome sleeveart to boot).
Grace Hong - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
And for something extra, it's one of my favourite discoveries of the year - Zooey Deschanel. This is taken from the Elf soundtrack, and it's her duet with Leon Redbone on the classic, Baby It's Cold Outside.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Martina Topley Bird!
Martina Topley Bird is grossly underrated here in Singapore. I don't think I saw a single review, and it was only available as an import cd (in limited quantity) at HMV. Pity, because "The Blue God" is one of my favourite new releases of 2008. And plus, I think she'll strongly appeal to fans of Nouvelle Vague. A bit jazzy, tons of soul, and unabashedly pop.
Martina Topley Bird - Poison
Baby Blue (acoustic)
Martina on Wiki, here.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Connie Francis!
As Connie Francis discovers in this chirpy song, with friends like this, who needs enemies? An addictive song which I'm listening to on loop at the moment.
Connie Francis - My Best Friend Barbara
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