*STEREO*. Dee Clark sings his big hit, "Raindrops". This is an alternative stereo version, which featured on his 1961album, "Hold On It's Dee Clark'. As LaVerne37 has remarked, the strings are more prominent on this version - listen to those cascading strings at 1:00 and 2:00!. + Informações

*STEREO*. Dee Clark, backed by the Anita Kerr Singers, sings "Just Keep It Up". Got to #18 in the US in 1959.. + Informações

Oh, raindrops, So many raindrops. It feels like raindrops, Falling from my eye-eyes. Falling from my eyes. Since my love has left me, I'm so all alone. I would bring her back to me, But I don't know where she's gone. I don't know where she's gone. There must be a cloud in my head. Rain keeps falling from my eye-eyes. Oh, no, it can't be teardrops, For a man ain't supposed to cry.. + Informações

Song based on Bo Diddleys "Bo Diddley". + Informações

Compare this with Jimmy Gilmer NS KTF 047. + Informações

I guess I would have been about 13 when I bought this. Abner was a Chicago label named after it's owner (if I recall correctly he went to work for Berry Gordy in Detroit after this label died), had Jerry Butler and the Impressions in the stable. This was a crossover to pop. *** I was arecord collector in the 50s and 60s, mostly R&B, doowop, and Motown. My first two purchased records were 78s in '56...Peggy Sue and Blue Suede Shoes (still got em). I listened mostly to KDIA in San Francisco/Oakland back in the day. If I liked a new song, I bought it. Hence you may discover some great songs as we go on this journey. Remember, just because it wasn't a hit doesn't mean it wasn't a great song.. + Informações

Dee Clark died impoverished in Smyrna, Ga. in 1990 at the age of 52, but he'll always be remembered for one of pop's great recordings, "Raindrops", and this was his first hit from January of 1959, "Nobody But You".. + Informações

One of my favorite oldies. + Informações

DEE CLARKE SINGING RAIN DROPS. + Informações

1961 Sorry about that sound at the beginning...you're supposed to hear a lightning storm, not a flying saucer. + Informações

Great one by Dee backed up by The Dells.. + Informações

*STEREO*. Dee Clark sings the atmospheric "Blues Get Off My Shoulder". B-side of "How About That", but also got to #109 on the pop Billboard in its own right.. + Informações

Dee Clark * Just Keep It Up .... Original 1959 stereo 45, with a slightly different mix than the LP versions. Best heard using headphones.. + Informações

La canción creo que es de 1961. Enrique Guzmán hizo una magnífica versión en español. Oh, raindrops, So many raindrops. It feels like raindrops, Falling from my eye-eyes. Falling from my eyes. Since my love has left me, I'm so all alone. I would bring her back to me, But I don't know where she's gone. I don't know where she's gone. There must be a cloud in my head. Rain keeps falling from my eye-eyes. Oh, no, it can't be teardrops, For a man ain't supposed to cry. So it must be raindrops, So many raindrops. It feels like raindrops, Falling from my eye-eyes. Falling from my eyes. Oh, there must be a cloud in my head. Rain keeps falling from my eye-eyes. Oh, no, it can't be teardrops, For a man ain't supposed to cry. So it must be raindrops, So many raindrops. It feels like raindrops, Falling from my eye-eyes. Falling from my eyes. It keeps on fallin'.. + Informações

Dee Clarke - That's My Girl. + Informações

*STEREO*. Dee Clark sings a great piece of pop with "Hold On". From his 1961 album, ' Hold On It's Dee Clark'.. + Informações

Dee Clark - You're Looking Good #43 in 1960. Vee-Jay Records. Born 11/7/1938, Blytheville, Arkansas.. + Informações

photoa & info is courtesy of MR Marv Goldberg... The Kool Gents began life as the Golden Tones, in 1951, at Marshall High School in Chicago. The original members were Cicero Blake (lead), James Harper (first tenor/baritone), Howard McClain (second tenor), Teddy Long (second tenor/baritone), and John Carter (bass; obviously not the high tenor of the Dells). They admired, and sang the songs of, the 5 Royales, the Clovers, and the Highway QCs By 1953, however, Blake, Harper, and McClain were out and had been replaced by Delecta "Dee" Clark (lead tenor), John McCall (lead tenor), and Doug Brown (second tenor). The Hambone Kids The Hambone Kids Dee Clark was the neighborhood hero, having been a part of the Hambone Kids (along with Sammy McGrier and Ronnie Strong). In 1952, when Dee was 13, they released "Hambone," on Okeh, backed up by the Red Saunders Orchestra (with the additional voice of Dolores Hawkins). "Hambone" featured a "juba" beat, which is probably more familiar to you as the beat in "Bo Diddley." Herb Kent Dee spent a lot of time at station WGES, where he met a DJ named Herb Kent (who styled himself "The Kool Gent"). One day Dee brought the Golden Tones in for an audition hoping that Kent would manage them (or at least allow them to call themselves the "Kool Gents"). Kent turned down managing them for lack of time, but said it would be all right if they used his name. (Not a bad move on the part of the Golden Tones. Especially given the odd spelling, fans would .... + Informações

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Though largely unknown among contemporary audiences, Dee Clark was one of the most successful R&B singers of the late '50s and early '60s, his resonant, expressive tenor gracing classics like "Raindrops" and "(Hey) Little Girl." Delecta Clark was born in Blytheville, Arkansas on November 7, 1938; from the age of three, he grew up on Chicago's West Side, in 1952 joining with schoolmates Sammy McGrier and Ronnie Strong in the Hambone Kids. A fad that required performers to slap their thighs, chests, and other parts of the body in emulation of what's now known as a Bo Diddley beat, the Hambone Kids were popular long enough for the teenage trio to collaborate with Red Saunders & His Orchestra for a single, also titled "Hambone," issued on Okeh in 1952. The record was a minor hit, but in 1953 Clark moved on, assuming lead duties with the Chicago vocal group the Goldentones -- when local DJ Herb "The Kool Gent" Kent took over their management, he rechristened his charges the Kool Gents, landing them a recording deal with Chicago's Vee-Jay label. The group issued its debut single "This Is the Night" in early 1956, followed that summer by "I Just Can't Help Myself." (As the Delegates, they also released "The Convention," a novelty record inspired by that year's presidential election .... + Informações

"Raindrops" went to #2 on the nation's pop charts in May of 1961 and became Dee Clark's biggest hit. It is said that Dee was inspired to write the song as he rode in a car in a driving rain storm.. + Informações

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Though largely unknown among contemporary audiences, Dee Clark was one of the most successful R&B singers of the late '50s and early '60s, his resonant, expressive tenor gracing classics like "Raindrops" and "(Hey) Little Girl." Delecta Clark was born in Blytheville, Arkansas on November 7, 1938; from the age of three, he grew up on Chicago's West Side, in 1952 joining with schoolmates Sammy McGrier and Ronnie Strong in the Hambone Kids. A fad that required performers to slap their thighs, chests, and other parts of the body in emulation of what's now known as a Bo Diddley beat, the Hambone Kids were popular long enough for the teenage trio to collaborate with Red Saunders & His Orchestra for a single, also titled "Hambone," issued on Okeh in 1952. The record was a minor hit, but in 1953 Clark moved on, assuming lead duties with the Chicago vocal group the Goldentones -- when local DJ Herb "The Kool Gent" Kent took over their management, he rechristened his charges the Kool Gents, landing them a recording deal with Chicago's Vee-Jay label. The group issued its debut single "This Is the Night" in early 1956, followed that summer by "I Just Can't Help Myself." (As the Delegates, they also released "The Convention," a novelty record inspired by that year's presidential election .... + Informações

When I Call On You - 1958, arranged by Riley Hampton. Follow me: www.twitter.com. + Informações

DEE CLARK - DONT WALK AWAY FROM ME. + Informações

www.flutegirl.ca RAINDROPS Dee Clark Oh raindrops so many raindrops It feels like raindrops falling from my eye, eyes Falling from my eyes Since my love has left me I'm so all alone I would bring her back to me But I don't know where she's gone I don't know where she's gone It must be a cloud in my head Rain keeps falling from my eye, eyes Oh no it can't be tears For a man ain't supposed to cry So it must be raindrops so many raindrops It feels like raindrops falling from my eye, eyes Falling from my eyes It must be a cloud in my head Rain keeps falling from my eye, eyes Oh no it can't be tears For a man ain't supposed to cry So it must be raindrops so many raindrops It feels like raindrops falling from my eye, eyes Falling from my eyes It keeps falling, falling from my eyes Woo-oo-oo it keeps falling from my eyes. + Informações

This was Sharon's first record, a minor hit on Arista Records, and a big favourite of Tony Blackburn's when it was released in 1986. She was discovered by my friend and protege Damon Rochfort, and together they went on to create Nomad, selling over a million singles with "Devotion". Then Sharon starred in the London musical of The Lion King, before landing a major acting role in the BBC series, Holby City, which she still stars in right up to this day.. + Informações