Nostalgia from the 45's!

About three blogs back I started discussing my collection of 45’s and LP’s under the title 45’s, LP’s and Record Players. I mentioned the development of records from breakable shellac material to the new 7” 45’s and commented on one of my teenage “heroes” – Lonnie Donegan.

So I thought I’d continue and take a nostalgic trip through some of the 45’s and LP’s.

I wonder how many of you can recall the Tornadoes (their hit was Telstar – I think it got this title because somewhere around this time the Americans had launched a satellite into orbit, and named it Telstar.)






How about Dawn [featuring Tony Orlando] (their hit – Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree),

or the Australian group The Seekers (Morningtown Ride, A World of our own, I Know I’ll Never Find Another You etc)

More recently, do you remember Bonnie Tyler – the Welsh Lassie with a gravel voice and her hit Total Eclipse of the Heart.

What about Joe Brown & the Bruvvers (That’s What Love will Do)

or Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas (Little Children),

Wink Martindale (Deck of Cards),

Ricky Nelson (Hello Marylou, Goodbye Heart),

Cliff Richard (Bachelor Boy – from the film Summer Holiday),

Rod Stewart (Sailing),

Ralph McTell (Streets of London)

or B Bumble & the Stingers (Nut Rocker – very loosely based on the Overture from the Nutcracker Suite!)

I could go on, but that’s more than enough nostalgia for one day!!!