It’s night time in the big city
A woman realizes she’s no longer in love
The batteries in the remote control are dead
“Here at Theme Time Radio Hour, we circumnavigate the globe and bring back music for your edification.”
It’s night time in the big city
A woman realizes she’s no longer in love
The batteries in the remote control are dead
“Here at Theme Time Radio Hour, we circumnavigate the globe and bring back music for your edification.”
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“Everybody wanted to sing like Bill Kinney. You can hear him in Clyde McFadder, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, and a host of others who don’t even know they’re trying to sing like Bill Kinney, who try to sing like Clyde McFadder, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, etc. etc., and so it goes, down the lines of history.”
“This song’s from the early 50’s and it’s one of the first American records I know to be influenced by the rhythms coming out of Jamaica.”
“A lot of the rockabilly and country guys were fascinated with this part of the world.”
“…along with her husband John Kirby, swinging the traditional song.”
“This song…is an old song. There’s lots of variant versions of it, but these are the guys I first heard singing it. I heard it live; you’re gonna have to hear it on a record.”
“Italy is shaped like a boot, and one guy I get a boot out of is Dean Martin. He was the smoothest singer of the 50’s and 60’s; Elvis Presley wanted to be him, as did Frank Sinatra, for two very different reasons. Here’s Deano…and I call him Deano.”
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“I can only hope I can be as influential as a disc jockey as Bob Wooler was.”
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“... a super-continent…and I’m not makin' that word up.”
“No relation to Eliot”
“Some people are just travelers. Other people want to get there first; they’re called explorers.”