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Cab Driver
"Cab Driver" is a song written by Carson Parks and performed by The Mills Brothers featuring Sy Oliver, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra. It reached #3 on the Adult Contemporary (chart), Easy Listening chart, #21 on the ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox'' chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1968. It was featured on their 1968 album ''Fortuosity''. The song was arranged by Sy Oliver and produced by Charles Randolph Grean and Tom Mack. The song ranked #86 on Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine's Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968, Top 100 singles of 1968. Other charting versions *Hank Thompson (musician), Hank Thompson released a version of the song as a single in 1972 which reached #13 on the RPM (magazine), Canadian country chart and #16 on the Hot Country Songs, U.S. country chart. Other versions *Mel Tormé released a version of the song on his 1968 album ''A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde''. *Tennessee Ernie Ford released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records. The Mills Brothers were the first African-American artists to have their own show on national network radio (on CBS in 1930); they made appearances in film; and were the first to have a No. 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, with "Paper Doll" in 1943. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Early years The Mills Brothers were born into a family of nine in Piqua, Ohio, United States. The quartet consisted of Donald (lead tenor vocals, April 29, 1915 – November 13, 1999), Herbert (tenor vocals, April 2, 1912 – April 12, 1989), Harry (baritone vocals, August 9, 1913 – June 28, 1982), and John Jr. (guitar, double bass, vocals; October 19, 1910 – January 23, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day In The Life Of Bonnie And Clyde
''A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde'' is a 1968 studio album by Mel Tormé. It was released during a wave of renewed interest in the crime duo Bonnie and Clyde following the release of the 1967 film ''Bonnie and Clyde''. With the exception of the title track, an original song by Tormé, the album mostly consists of covers of popular songs from the late 1920s and early 1930s, around the period when the real-life Bonnie and Clyde were committing their bank robberies. (Another exception is "I Concentrate on You", a Cole Porter song from 1940.) Track listing Personnel * Mel Tormé – vocals * John Audino – trumpet * Buddy Childers * Frank Rosolino – trombone * Georgie Auld – saxophone * Bill Green * Dave Pell * Mike Deasy – guitar * Herb Ellis * Barney Kessel * Ray Pohlman – double bass * Eugene Dinovi – Hammond organ, piano * John Cyr – drums * Lincoln Mayorga – arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Ernie Ford Songs
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 15th-most populous of the List of U.S. states, 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Divisions of East Tennessee, East, Middle Tennessee, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Other major cities include Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville, Chattanoog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
