Kiwi nostalgia: gone and almost forgotten (20)
NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories (1)
(1949-1950)
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You can listen to her Blue Smoke here:
This was "the first pop song to be wholly produced in NZ. source
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(1946-1966)
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You can listen to her rendition of Haere Mai here:
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Trivia: she apparently suffered from stage fright.
(1960s-onward)
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You can watch her perform her song Do The Blue Beat here:
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(1956-onwards)
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You can watch them perform their Slippin' Away here:
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I could find scant information on her, sadly.
(1950s-?)
"Carol Davies and Johnny Devlin on the cover of Joy , 2 March 1959"
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You can listen to her Wee Wee Willie here:
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(late 50s-early 60s)
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You can listen to their Gravedigger Rock here:
(left to right) Graeme Bartlett, Clyde Scott, Peter Common, Bruce King
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Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie_Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Walker_(singer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Lee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Merritt
http://www.sergent.com.au/music/clydescott.html
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Some of these brought back cool memories
That is good to hear :)
You have got a long spade to be digging that far back, bringing back some good memories, thanks.
It's one of those long-handled coal shovels. :D
you are digging well. must be getting close to the bottom of the barrel though. [shame, I am enjoying the nostalgia]
hehe, but wait .. there's more! I'm not sure just when I'll find the bottom. :D
pay for this one and get another one free?
or are moving shaking pillows too?
If it's done right, everything is moving & shaking :D
I was thinking of that horrible pommy girls voice who made a fortune out of the phrase"But Wait, there's More"
then lost it to the Maoris.
Oh, right. I forgot about that - Suzanne Paul? infomercial queen
Len's right - a very long spade. We've now got to a point where instead of knowing more than half, I know less! I know Slippin' Away, and it will come as no surprise that I use Pixie Williams with my class. I remember Dinah Lee but not that song. I'll have to come back later and check out the rest, but better go do some work now.
I've gone back to where I know few of the artists - or I didn't realise they were kiwis - but some of the songs sound familiar.