Jazz for aficionados
According to Wikipedia; Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Since there is no R&B hall of fame, one can only go to the Rock and Roll hall of fame; consequently the confusion; but being an "audiologist", I can discern by what it sounds like, that's what it is. |
Today's Listen: George Benson -- TENDERLY When Benson decided to play Jazz, he was as good as anybody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11-TeC5wq90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeJwQvv4PhE Cheers |
o10, it is interesting to call up popular music from the '50s. Things were still more regional at that time. If you could find Top Ten record lists from Boston, NYC, Philly, Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, and LA for a given date I believe you would find quite a variety. I remember listening to AM radio late evenings from south-central MI in the late '50s and enjoying different music from stations in Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, and a big favorite, WLAC. (Yes, the AM band could travel long distances at night when there was less interference.) Chicago was very similar to my local station's music but the others were all different. But I liked WLS so often listened to that in addition to locals. I think TV and Dick Clark changed all that. The hit lists became almost universal. For all that, I remember and even owned 45s of most of the songs offered here from that era. Lovin' it! |
