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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2019, 04:01 PM Nov 2019

Before Elvis, and everyone else, there was Charles Hart!

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Before Elvis, and everyone else, there was Charles Hart! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2019 OP

Elvis sure spiffed that song up! WhiteTara Nov 2019 #1

Doris Day did the best job of it before Elvis, who ripped off her phrasing. Personally, I can't... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #5

here's a link to her singing WhiteTara Nov 2019 #6

Yup. That's the one I found clicking through the bait. I haven't figured out how to copy links on... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #7

Vaughn De Leath had the first hit version unc70 Nov 2019 #2

Yeah but Elvis ripped off African Americans underpants Nov 2019 #3

What does that have to do with this song? unc70 Nov 2019 #4

WhiteTara

(29,707 posts)

1. Elvis sure spiffed that song up!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 04:51 PM

Nov 2019

Charles sounded like he would do well under someone's balcony.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

5. Doris Day did the best job of it before Elvis, who ripped off her phrasing. Personally, I can't...

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 07:29 PM

Nov 2019

handle that Vaudeville chirping.

WhiteTara

(29,707 posts)

6. here's a link to her singing

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 07:48 PM

Nov 2019

Are you lonesome tonight.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

7. Yup. That's the one I found clicking through the bait. I haven't figured out how to copy links on...

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 10:02 PM

Nov 2019

this tablet, but if you keep cliçking you run into Lorrie Morgan version that's as torchy as Doris's.

unc70

(6,113 posts)

2. Vaughn De Leath had the first hit version

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 05:42 PM

Nov 2019

Her version was recorded a month after Hart and had considerably more success, reaching #4 on the charts. Her arrangement is much more like that used by Elvis.

underpants

(182,798 posts)

3. Yeah but Elvis ripped off African Americans

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 05:56 PM

Nov 2019

Elvis was mostly a cover band/act

unc70

(6,113 posts)

4. What does that have to do with this song?

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 11, 2019, 06:27 PM

Nov 2019

Everyone involved with this song was straight out of vaudeville / Tin Pan Alley. White, mostly Jewish writers and performers. Don't see your point.

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