Whey~Hey Tom..Whey~Hey...! Little bit of Soul music first thing! Ketty Lester..BIG hit from 1962.. Wish l'd had a pound (£) every time l've played it..! :O).
And! And! Did you know she played Hester-Sue Terhune in the American television series 'Little House on the Prairie'...
If there's summat l know a lot about and that is Soul music.. Can l just say that 'Love Letters' was in fact a 'B' side to 'I'm a Fool to Want You'..by Ketty Lester..The DJ's radio stations preferred the 'B' side, so, like many times before the 'B' became the hit..reached number five in the Billboard Hot 100..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQ0pY5fB6A
Love Letters was also recorded by Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and Alyson Monett.. Oh! And Pat Boone..! ✨ 🎼 ✨ 🎶 🎼 ✨ 🎶 ✨ 🎼 ✨ 🎶 ✨ 🎼 ✨
I've always thought this a brilliantly original tune. Something to do with the third and fourth lines. To be technical, it starts off in F amd then when it gets to "I'm not alone in the night" you get a B minor and then the next line is an A minor sixth. It fits the mood of the words perfectly: "When I can have all the love you write". The second verse is different with the third line "read again from the start" ending in a diminished chord. And doesn't she sing it beautifully. I want to write her a love letter straight from my heart.
You cannot beat the musical shift from major to minor attached to the same lyrics in Cole Porter's 'Every Time We Say Goodbye.' That was inspiration from some deity or other.
A beautiful song and I am a sucker for any tune in { I think } C minor or D minor or it could be D# minor .... anyway the ' sad key ' It gets you ' right there ' !!! XXXX
At last. A hint of courageous dissent in the face of overwhelming peer pressure. Personally, I think the slightly flat piano is part of the whole success. It is probably a case of everything else being deliberately slightly sharp. That, in my limited understanding, is where a good producer comes into their own.
Really lovely, Tom. As are real love letters (instead of WhatsApp). You can store love letters with a little red ribbon and read them after 30 years (much better than to contact the writer himself after such a time :-)
I also really dig the drum brush sound. Very jazzy!
ReplyDeleteYes. Very relaxed.
DeleteYes it is
ReplyDeleteWhey~Hey Tom..Whey~Hey...!
ReplyDeleteLittle bit of Soul music first thing!
Ketty Lester..BIG hit from 1962..
Wish l'd had a pound (£) every time l've
played it..! :O).
And! And! Did you know she played Hester-Sue
Terhune in the American television series
'Little House on the Prairie'...
AND..Still with us aged 86..Lives in LA...
If there's summat l know a lot about
Deleteand that is Soul music..
Can l just say that 'Love Letters'
was in fact a 'B' side to 'I'm a Fool
to Want You'..by Ketty Lester..The DJ's
radio stations preferred the 'B' side,
so, like many times before the 'B' became
the hit..reached number five in the Billboard
Hot 100..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQ0pY5fB6A
Love Letters was also recorded by Elvis, Frank
Sinatra, and Alyson Monett.. Oh! And Pat Boone..!
✨ 🎼 ✨ 🎶 🎼 ✨ 🎶 ✨ 🎼 ✨ 🎶 ✨ 🎼 ✨
Who needs Google with you around Willie?
DeleteI've always thought this a brilliantly original tune. Something to do with the third and fourth lines. To be technical, it starts off in F amd then when it gets to "I'm not alone in the night" you get a B minor and then the next line is an A minor sixth. It fits the mood of the words perfectly: "When I can have all the love you write". The second verse is different with the third line "read again from the start" ending in a diminished chord. And doesn't she sing it beautifully. I want to write her a love letter straight from my heart.
ReplyDeleteYou cannot beat the musical shift from major to minor attached to the same lyrics in Cole Porter's 'Every Time We Say Goodbye.' That was inspiration from some deity or other.
DeleteA beautiful song and I am a sucker for any tune in { I think } C minor or D minor or it could be D# minor .... anyway the ' sad key '
ReplyDeleteIt gets you ' right there ' !!! XXXX
I used to play 'Happy Birthday' in the minor key on the piano to my sisters. It pissed them off.
DeleteHere are 10, very interesting 'Love Letters'
ReplyDeleteto read...
https://www.glamour.com/story/the-10-best-love-letters-ever
*Top Link*..
Could do with a tune though.
ReplyDeleteAt last. A hint of courageous dissent in the face of overwhelming peer pressure. Personally, I think the slightly flat piano is part of the whole success. It is probably a case of everything else being deliberately slightly sharp. That, in my limited understanding, is where a good producer comes into their own.
DeleteReally lovely, Tom. As are real love letters (instead of WhatsApp). You can store love letters with a little red ribbon and read them after 30 years (much better than to contact the writer himself after such a time :-)
ReplyDeleteWith a little red ribbon you need to speak to a lawyer.
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