US V UK

Remembers classic songs from the late 1950s and 1960s
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Probably the last of these has may have run it's course on here.


Back to the 50s and a different angle somewhat, first version was a number 1 in US and also a number 1 in UK , the UK cover version however , was also a number 1. One of those rare occurences ,when the same song by two different artists made number 1.




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Guy Mitchell, easy. If this is the last one of these I'll miss it Roy. It's become a nice feature of my Saturday mornings along with the coffee...
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Thanks Jeff appreciate the comment
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This one came copyright restricted -- apparently the US isn't allowed to view Tommy Steele singing Singing the Blues?!! :(

I looked all over YT for another TS version -- it was blocked as well. I have no idea why this specific tune is blocked to the US. I visited his page on Wikipedia -- and he had quite a career!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Steele -- he did a bit of everything! I listened and watched some of his other music videos on YT as they weren't all restricted -- he had a lovely voice! He was a great all around entertainer back in the day!

It would have been fun to hear his version of this song, but I have a feeling my vote would have been cast to GM anyways as it is so engrained in my childhood!

I DO hope you continue with this US vs. UK -- I've gotten to hear some wonderful UK music that I never knew existed. :)
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Tommy Steele.
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For those of us in the States, you can hear Tommy's version here;

http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=575 ... +The+Blues
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Thanks Jeff, pity they didn't choose the vid I posted which was original, this seems to have a audience in background dubbed on.

Strange that a song 54 years old would be be prevented from being played
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My favourite version is Guy Mitchell's.

Thanks Roy... hope you can squeeze in a few more of these for us please!
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Another difficult choice. I'm finally leaning to Guy Mitchell - Tommy's Elvis imitation gets a bit irritating!
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I downloaded TS version -- thank you! It's nice -- but my vote must go to Guy Mitchell -- just as figured -- too engrained in my childhood that way!
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My vote is for Guy...grew up with that one
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Better late than never - Tommy of course
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welcome groupie but winner overall was Guy
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