A Taste of Honey March 15 2012
My late father would not let me have Elvis Presley music in the house when I was 13(1960)-when I worked for the company that represented Elvis’ catalogue he actually admitted ‘he was not as bad an influence on his son as he once thought’ – my first album ever ‘Bobby Rydell'(pic left) – his version of ‘Sway’ still cuts it today…..and the influence of the music played in our house enabled my passion for music to grow over the years and certainly growing up ‘a career in the record business’ was never an ambition – however it happened and I thrived on the music and the people involved. In celebrating my 65th birthday, I hope you have enjoyed some of the memorable artistes and tracks that influenced my taste in music from the late 50’s to today and hope you continue to enjoy them far into the future.Too many choices for this 90 minutes, but plenty of material for future ‘Tastes of Honey’!!
Artiste | Track |
The Percy Faith Orchestra | Malaguena |
Frank Sinatra | Come Fly With Me |
Nat King Cole | Noche de Ronda |
Frank Sinatra & Shirley McClaine | Let’s Do It |
Joe Pass | Nice Work if You Can Get It |
Dean Martin | The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane |
Peter Skellern | Puttin’ On The Ritz |
Bobby Rydell | Sway |
Russ Tamblyn & Cast | Jet Song from West Side Story |
Yvonne Elliman | I Don’t Know How To Love Him |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows | Lessons in Love |
Brian Hyland | Sealed With A Kiss |
The Shadows | Apache |
Roy Orbison | Oh Pretty Woman |
Elvis Presley | Flaming Star |
Lulu | To Sir With Love |
Neil Diamond | Solitary Man |
Santana | Black Magic Woman |
Donovan | Wear Your LOve Like Heaven |
10 CC | I’m Not In Love |
Paul Anka | Put Your Head On My Shoulder |
Tony Bennett & Billy Joel | New York State Of Mind |
Johnny Cash | Memories Are Made of This |