Take a stroll back to the 50s through music
Thanks for making the Sunday Edition of Monday’s Music Moves Me a part of your day! This month’s guest hostess is Marie from Xmas Dolly.
The theme this week is Music from the 50s, 60s, or 70s. It’s up to you to decide. I thought it would be interesting to pick recording artists who recorded Glenn Miller cover songs. I used the mini 5-song playlist from two weeks ago to build my set this morning. Click play to enjoy some of the popular singers from the 50s.
This is a music linky party. Your co-hostess are Marie, Stacy, Alana, and Me. Every other week we have a suggested music theme (see weekly prompts here) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our music enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
THE PARTY BEGINS HERE!
Marie has turned the dance floor over to me while she’s dealing with health issues. I’ll do my best to fill your shoes girlfriend, but know this the door is open for you to pick up whenever you’re ready!
Up next, I’ll be back a new illustration for my weekly art date on Thursday. This CAAC signing off, have a boogietastic week! X💋X💋, Cathy
15 Comments
Nicole/DVArtist
I love 50’s music and I love Jonny Mathis. LOL
Kathe W.
Wonderful list- and I love all your funnies and wise sayings- especially the African saying! Take care and always be singing!
songbird1329
Great choices, Cathy. I love Johnny Mathis.
Eugenia
An excellent playlist Cathy! These songs are a real blast from the past! 😘
DrillerAA
Johnny Mathis and the Percy Faith Orchestra…what a great combination. This list feels like the transition between the big band crooners of the 40’s and the rock ‘n rollers of the 50’s. Well played.
John Holton
Great list! That was a good idea you had, and I liked the songs you picked. Mine will post at 3:30 tomorrow morning.
csuhpat1
A great playlist and Mathis is a San Francisco native. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
Brian
That dude had such an amazing and unique voice. Maxine is so funny!
messymimi's meanderings
That was a great idea for some good music!
Thanks for the aww and the Spark, with a bonus Maxine.
15andmeowing
Nice choices. I hope Marie feels better soon. Have a great week. Happy Spring!! XO
Birgit
The little pussy cat is one I would pick up in a heartbeat and just smooch its little face. I enjoyed these songs done by the 50s rollers. It’s just so nice to listen to. I hope your A to Z is going well and I send Marie…someone I don’t know, all my best.
Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden)
What a wonderful stroll through the 50’s. I enjoyed the angle you took, with the 40’s and 50’s coming together in a type of fusion. My Mom used to listen to this type of music. So far, we are safe from “Sneezin’ Greetings” here in New York State but that season is coming. Trees are starting to bud out. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
Create With Joy
Happy Spring!
Sandee
Heard so many of these songs growing up. A wonderful blast from the past.
Awww on the kitty and I love the graphic of being thankful for the little things.
I’m happy to say that I don’t have spring allergies, but know many that do.
Thank you for co-hosting the fun.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous day and week, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Thomas Anderson
Hi, Cathy!
Happy Paw-some 4M Monday on Sunday, dear friend! I hope you and DH are having a nice weekend.
Awww… I just wanna smooch that little kitten! He jumped onto the piano keys and spooked himself with the strange sounds they make. Now he wants down and, as he scrambles around, he’s inadvertently playing “Chopsticks.”
Sometimes I feel like one of the last people on earth who remembers the 1950s. (LOL) That being the case, I thoroughly enjoyed your set of songs from the decade. My mother hated Elvis the Pelvis, but strongly approved of Johnny Mathis, because his calm, bland singing style was similar to that of other crooners she listened to and loved in the 1930s and 40s. Johnny Mathis songs make great “counterpoint” songs in the soundtracks of scary movies. I can imagine them playing during ax murders and other scenes of mayhem. I well remember The Four Freshmen. My parents bought their 1956 hit single “Graduation Day” and I played it often on my little turntable in the basement. The group was an important influence of Brian Wilson. You can hear their harmony style in a good number of early Beach Boys recordings. Vic Damone was another “mother approved” singer whom I remember well. Vic made many appearances on the music variety TV shows I watched with my folks in the 50s. My favorite in this song set is “Serenade In Blue” by Ethel Ennis. I’m surprised I never heard of the Baltimore singer who earned the nickname the “First Lady of Jazz.” I also like the last offering, a version of the oft recorded standard “At Last” by a group I never heard of, The Chordells. I needed to check my secret source to learn something about them and their record. My source indicates that “At Last,” backed with another standard, “September Song,” was their only single. It was released in September 1959. It is suggested that The Chordells might be the same group that called themselves The Stereophonics and released one single, “No More Heartaches,” a year earlier in May, 1958.
The meme showing a child gazing in wonder at a caterpillar on a leaf is wonderful, and the message rings true. Why spend so much of your day griping when there is so much beauty to behold, so many new things to learn and so much for which to be thankful? I’m thinking about Marie as she continues to deal with health issues. “Sneezin’s Greetings” right back at you, Maxine! Central Florida seems to be the capital of airborne allergens. Mrs. Shady and I routinely need to take Zyrtec to breathe.
Thank you for the morning mewsic, inspiration and smiles, dear friend Cathy! if you’re skipping TMT day, then I’ll see you on your/our Thursday Art Date with Rain. FYI – I’ll be away from the blogosphere on Wednesday morning undergoing my monthly medical procedure. Have a good week, dear friend!