USA Versus the UK ( Archived) (399)

Jun 12, 2010 10:52 AM CST USA Versus the UK
patmac
patmacpatmacglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK730 Threads 6 Polls 9,662 Posts
After the Motown V Philadelphia thread ........

Why not A USA v UK thread......Covering the Decades from the 50'S onwards......Firstly the 50's only......You are only allowed to post tunes from your own country.......My money is on the Usa for the 50's.......A Uk effort to start ......




grin cheers
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Jun 12, 2010 10:58 AM CST USA Versus the UK
WhatUwish4
WhatUwish4WhatUwish4St. Augustine, Florida USA2 Threads 7,986 Posts
Oh shoot, Pat. I'm just about to sign off. Didn't realize you already posted this thread. crying

I'll have some catching up to do, won't I? Off the top of my head....

Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode

dancing dancing dancing
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Jun 12, 2010 10:59 AM CST USA Versus the UK
jdunne1980
jdunne1980jdunne1980Dublin, Ireland10 Threads 1 Polls 151 Posts
USA all the way. USA USA USA USA USA USA USAcheering cheering cheering
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Jun 12, 2010 11:03 AM CST USA Versus the UK
WhatUwish4
WhatUwish4WhatUwish4St. Augustine, Florida USA2 Threads 7,986 Posts
jdunne1980: USA all the way. USA USA USA USA USA USA USA


yay yay dancing dancing yay yay

Little Richard: Long Tall Sally



See ya!
wave
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Jun 12, 2010 11:05 AM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
patmac: After the Motown V Philadelphia thread ........

Why not A USA v UK thread......Covering the Decades from the 50'S onwards......Firstly the 50's only......You are only allowed to post tunes from your own country.......My money is on the Usa for the 50's.......A Uk effort to start ......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_aIQ1_sAVg


Really like that, but you haven't given me time to emigrate to the USA yet so I can vote!! tongue tongue tongue
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Jun 12, 2010 11:07 AM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
WhatUwish4: Little Richard: Long Tall Sally
ya!


"Long Tall Sally" .... that's the shop where I get all my clothes! rolling on the floor laughing

Great song...about us long-legged ladies! yay yay yay
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Jun 12, 2010 11:09 AM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
WhatUwish4: Oh shoot, Pat. I'm just about to sign off. Didn't realize you already posted this thread.

I'll have some catching up to do, won't I? Off the top of my head....

Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode


Love this too! I've also got to go just now, but may be back later...in disguise...so I can vote "US music" laugh hole
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Jun 12, 2010 11:13 AM CST USA Versus the UK
WhatUwish4
WhatUwish4WhatUwish4St. Augustine, Florida USA2 Threads 7,986 Posts
Juneau: Love this too! I've also got to go just now, but may be back later...in disguise...so I can vote "US music"


I've got to scram, too. Here's one for the road.

Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire
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Jun 12, 2010 11:18 AM CST USA Versus the UK
viva007
viva007viva007HYDERABAD, Telangana India41 Threads 8 Polls 7,447 Posts
UKwink
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Jun 12, 2010 11:27 AM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
WhatUwish4: I've got to scram, too. Here's one for the road.

Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire


Wooooohoooooo! Love that!! yay yay dance boogie dancing

...doh I'm gonna' be in trouble hmmm
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Jun 12, 2010 11:27 AM CST USA Versus the UK
equiya
equiyaequiyaunknown, Ontario Canada2 Threads 4,055 Posts
jdunne1980: USA all the way. USA USA USA USA USA USA USA


No, not the USA. The Queen is the Head of State in Canada (not the fact that Canada is part of the Commonwealth) so England all the way.
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Jun 12, 2010 11:34 AM CST USA Versus the UK
patmac
patmacpatmacglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK730 Threads 6 Polls 9,662 Posts
The UK might get Creamed in the 50' but .......60's onwards....

a late 50's effort from Billy Fury

grin cheers
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Jun 12, 2010 12:00 PM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
hole cool

Sam Cooke - "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"



I have emigrated now Pat .... got one of those really fast flights!
laugh dance dance dance
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Jun 12, 2010 12:35 PM CST USA Versus the UK
patmac
patmacpatmacglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK730 Threads 6 Polls 9,662 Posts
Juneau: Sam Cooke - "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"



I have emigrated now Pat .... got one of those really fast flights!
T R E A S O N....have to dig this out




weepy one next.....grin cheers
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Jun 12, 2010 12:43 PM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
Just a little earlier Pat.... 1949 (hope that's ok?) laugh

the brilliant Louis Jordan with "Saturday Night Fish Fry" dancing



dance dance dance dance
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Jun 12, 2010 12:51 PM CST USA Versus the UK
patmac
patmacpatmacglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK730 Threads 6 Polls 9,662 Posts
Juneau: Just a little earlier Pat.... 1949 (hope that's ok?)

the brilliant Louis Jordan with "Saturday Night Fish Fry"


Time to make you cry ladies.......





bet you play it twice......this was very late 50's may jus have squeezed into the 60's but his heyday was late 50' early 60's so his songs get mixed between both ......anybody crycrying crying crying crying


grin cheers
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Jun 12, 2010 12:55 PM CST USA Versus the UK
WhatUwish4
WhatUwish4WhatUwish4St. Augustine, Florida USA2 Threads 7,986 Posts
patmac: Time to make you cry ladies.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQR5iDsuud8bet you play it twice......this was very late 50's may jus have squeezed into the 60's but his heyday was late 50' early 60's so his songs get mixed between both ......anybody cry


crying crying crying

The Platters: The Great Pretender
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Jun 12, 2010 1:07 PM CST USA Versus the UK
Godsgift
GodsgiftGodsgiftEnnis, Clare Ireland251 Threads 13 Polls 10,040 Posts
Good lord, the Brit ones are hard to think of...Bare in mind that the likes of Vera Lynn and Shirley Bassey were in the charts but I found a gem: Alma Cogan:

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Jun 12, 2010 1:11 PM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
Excellent!! applause applause applause

If we are still in the 1950's then:

Ricky Nelson - "It's Late" (1959)


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Jun 12, 2010 1:18 PM CST USA Versus the UK
Juneau
JuneauJuneauBlairgowrie, Tayside, Scotland UK87 Threads 34 Polls 2,947 Posts
The Big Bopper - "Chantilly Lace" (1958)


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