Davy Crockett and other fads
Posted by: Dungassin on 21 November 2010
Still listening to my recently acquired British Hit Parade CDs. Today's 4 were 1956 Part 1.
I'd forgotten how many versions of Davy Crockett there were. Anybody else remember pestering their mum for a Davy Crockett hat? My mum made me one, because she couldn't afford to buy one. I remember being told to take it off in school ...
... rotten old schoolteacher. Any other kiddy fashion victims out there?
I'd forgotten how many versions of Davy Crockett there were. Anybody else remember pestering their mum for a Davy Crockett hat? My mum made me one, because she couldn't afford to buy one. I remember being told to take it off in school ...
... rotten old schoolteacher. Any other kiddy fashion victims out there?I also remember at age 7 running around the woods near Higham (Lancashire) while visiting my grandma - bow and arrow in hand, singing "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen ..." 
quote:Originally posted by Dungassin:
Still listening to my recently acquired British Hit Parade CDs. Today's 4 were 1956 Part 1.
I'd forgotten how many versions of Davy Crockett there were. Anybody else remember pestering their mum for a Davy Crockett hat? My mum made me one, because she couldn't afford to buy one. I remember being told to take it off in school ...
Not an answer to your question - sorry - but a reply to say that I, too, have this collection (but not for much longer) along with 1956 pt 2 and 1957 pt 2. I bought them as they are the years of birth for SWMBO and myself but, whilst my better half accepts a vast amount of my music, these collections were a step too far. So they are going.
But like you I was amazed at the number of versions of songs ... 4 of the afore-mentioned Davy Crockett, 3 each of No Other Love, The Wayward Wind, and The Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife).
Have you tried 1956 pt 2 yet ... 3 versions of In the Middle of the House ... aaarrrgghhh! The lyrics make Mack the Knife appear as a nursery rhyme!
Happy listening.