Purs and hisses, Kittens and Dawgs! How was your weekend? It’s fabulous to see you! Since last time, the calendar flipped over to a brand new year. It’s time to put away the Christmas mewsic until December rolls in again. Yeah, it’ll be here tomorrow. LOL
This week’s theme is in honor of the King of Rock n Roll. Pick an Elvis song and then choose another artist/band from the same era.
Tomorrow is Elvis Presley’s 84th birthday. I am going to pick one of his popular hit from his 1956 debut album bearing his name.
Please join XmasDolly (4M Brain Child) and my fellow 4M Co-hostesses Stacy, Alana, Colette, and this month’s honorary anonymous co-host, The Shadow, on the dance floor (ONLY link mewsic posts) below.
[tweetthis]Hit the #MondaysMusicMovesMe dance floor with me! @xmasdolly #ElvisPresley #50s #music[/tweetthis]
For my second song choice, The Shadow requested that we pick an artist/band from the same era. ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ was written and recorded by Carl Perkins 1955. This well-known tune stayed on Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and then spent two weeks in the number two position.
This is NOT a BoTB showdown. I just thought it would be fun to share both. Speaking of Battle of the Bands. I need to announce last week’s results. I used the song, ‘Brand New Day’ originally recorded by Van Morrison featuring cover artists Frank Shiner and Graziano Romani.
In this round, Graziano earned my favor. I liked his rough vocals which gave his cover a bit more character. Once again, I wasn’t following the vote count closely but I thought one had more of a lead over the other until I put pencil to paper to tally the numbers and wouldn’t you believe it, this showdown ended in a draw? That means I can’t declare either a winner.😢 What a bummer!
This how the votes went…
Frank’s tally – Stephen, John, Sandee, Lee, & Mary
Graziano’s tally – Debbie, Ellen, Birgit, Mimi, Tom, & Me
While there wasn’t a winner in this round UPDATE… this morning (1-7-2019) I noticed Cherdo (Thank-you, girlfriend!) snuck a vote in late Saturday night after I counted the votes. Don’t ask me but for some reason, I thought I closed my voting period early but that’s not what I told ya in my post. Anywho, I do have a winner after all by only a one-point advantage…
✨FRANK SHINER❣️✨
I thought it would be fun to see if either of these artists performed/recorded an Elvis Presley songs and as luck would have it Graziano Romani covered ‘Suspicious Minds’.
Thanks to everyone who joined in to make it a fun showdown! My next battle is set for the 15th, so don’t miss a chance to play alone.
Tomorrow is Elvis Presley’s birthday. The US has plenty of Elvis impersonators but while doing my search for today’s song possibilities I came across a Romanian Elvis impersonator and if time allows, you may want to check Elvis Roma out! Keep those tunes playing, your body swaying, and I’ll be boogieing over to see you soon.
X💋X💋, Cathy
