Yeah, and I suspect that's what got this song banned on some radio stations in 1959. The song is kind of insubstantial in itself, but the way she sang it is probably what drew a lot of attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNj0YuOlPEY
Nino Tempo and April Stevens
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Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNj0YuOlPEY
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
Yeah. It was definitely the style she sang it in. I can see how that would have been a ban waiting to happen back in '59. Whoa-whoa-whoa-wha-wha...-
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Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
In memory of April Stevens, here's her recording of "Alone," a song first heard in the Marx Brothers' "A Night at the Opera" in 1935.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cojn4FSJ52o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cojn4FSJ52o
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
Nice! Some beautiful saxophone work there, too.
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Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
Probably by Nino.
"I feel so low, old chap, that I could get on stilts and walk under a dachshund." - Monty, It (1927)
Re: Nino Tempo and April Stevens
I also like that chord change at 2:20 and continuing on out to the end.