What are your top 10 favorite oldies songs?

[radioman148]

Theme From The Apartment

I agree "Theme from the Apartment" is excellent.

 

[GridLeakBias]

brand new oldie to add to my list.

da doo ron ron .....2009

today i was found guilty of killing someone with my gun
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

i tried to call it suicide, or say she shot herself while on the run
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

I pleaded someone pity me like bobby blake and OJ Mon
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

where were you when i needed you officer furhmon
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

Ah yes, testimony at the Phil Spector trial. Watch for the motion picture, opening in your neighborhood soon.

 

[radioman148]

brand new oldie to add to my list.

da doo ron ron .....2009

today i was found guilty of killing someone with my gun
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

i tried to call it suicide, or say she shot herself while on the run
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

I pleaded someone pity me like bobby blake and OJ Mon
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

where were you when i needed you officer furhmon
da doo ron ron .......da doo ron ron

Ah yes, testimony at the Phil Spector trial. Watch for the motion picture, opening in your neighborhood soon.

No doubt, a Phil Spector production

 

[hornet61]

sorry didn't mean to divert to spectre hit the wrong button....

earlier radioman mentioned one of my favoites "One Bourbon, One Scotch"..... I only have it by John Lee Hooker.... i bet Amos Milburn does great version.

 

[radioman148]

sorry didn't mean to divert to spectre hit the wrong button....

earlier radioman mentioned one of my favoites "One Bourbon, One Scotch"..... I only have it by John Lee Hooker.... i bet Amos Milburn does great version.

Milburn's version is a staple in my jukebox.

 

[GridLeakBias]

sorry didn't mean to divert to spectre hit the wrong button....

earlier radioman mentioned one of my favoites "One Bourbon, One Scotch"..... I only have it by John Lee Hooker.... i bet Amos Milburn does great version.

Speakin' of John Lee - can anyone beat "Boogie Chillun"?

For a blues duo - the best in my lifetime was John and Bonnie Rait. Can't get better than that.

*John Lee Hooker, that is.

 

[cyberdad]

Anyone remember Amos Milburn? "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer & Chicken Shack Boogie" classic R&B from the early 50s.

90s
I have Milburn's "One Scotch...." in my collection. Never heard Hooker's version. Don't have "Chicken Shack...", but agree that its a great cut. In somewhat the same vein, there's Peppermint Harris' "I Got Loaded". Don't have that one, either, but I do have a hilarious remake of it from the early 90s by Benny Grunch (a New Orleans musician with a great sense of humor) called, "I bought Presents". (Its about a guy who just shows up in stores with a credit card, detaches himself from reality, and just keeps buying stuff....disregarding the "hangover" that will come when the bill shows up.)

 

[radioman148]

Anyone remember Amos Milburn? "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer & Chicken Shack Boogie" classic R&B from the early 50s.

90s
I have Milburn's "One Scotch...." in my collection. Never heard Hooker's version. Don't have "Chicken Shack...", but agree that its a great cut. In somewhat the same vein, there's Peppermint Harris' "I Got Loaded". Don't have that one, either, but I do have a hilarious remake of it from the early 90s by Benny Grunch (a New Orleans musician with a great sense of humor) called, "I bought Presents". (Its about a guy who just shows up in stores with a credit card, detaches himself from reality, and just keeps buying stuff....disregarding the "hangover" that will come when the bill shows up.)

"I Got Loaded" by Peppermint Harris is excellent. Dick Biondi used to occasionally play it.