We have it on the authority of Pipl.com (where pipl go to search for pipl--I mean, people) that I, Lee Hartsfeld, am insane. On
this page, under
Quick Facts, it states, "Lee Hartsfeld is insane..."
What...what nerve! How dare they? What kind of a "Quick Fact" is that?
Besides, I thought my medical records were private.
Apparently, Pipl.com went to the "deep web" to discover that I'm insane, though coming here is an easier and faster alternative, seems to me.
I
do know for a Google-search fact that I'm the only blog offering
Pie Wock A-Jilly Wock and
Here's to the Ladies at the moment, and maybe ever. And the only one to ever feature these two non-hits beside a Tops label cover of
That's All Right (though it doesn't copy Elvis' version--Marty Robbins', maybe?), the Four Coins' smooth but cool cover of
Story Untold, and Benny Goodman's
Rattle and Roll from 1945.
The Goodman side, as far as this blog is concerned, is early rock'n'roll, back before that form had a name. Insane, you say? (What are you, Pipl.com?) But let's look at the facts--Count Basie was one of the writers of
Rattle and Roll, and if Basie isn't one of the originators of rock 'n' roll, no one is. And listen to the riffs--pure Johnny Otis. Don't let the superbly tight playing or the very un-rock'n'roll clarinet solos throw you off--this is r&r.
Or... you can regard me as insane. Which I am. But I can be insane
and know my pop music history. Oh, and the jump you hear in
That's All Right is an actual needle jump and not the fault of your equipment.
Er, I mean, it
is the fault of your equipment. No jump on my end. (Darn--blew that.)
To the crazy playlist:
ZIP FILE NO LONGER AVAILABLEPLAYLISTPIE WOCK A-JILLY WOCK--Henry Jerome Orch.; Vocal: Henry Jerome, Jr. and the Youngsters of PAL (Police Athletic League) of NYC, 1953.
HERE'S TO THE LADIES--Henry Jerome Orch.; Vocal: Ray De Meno and the Ensemble, 1953. RATTLE AND ROLL (Basie-Goodman-Clayton)--Benny Goodman Orch., 1945.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT--Pat Patterson and the Texas Wranglers.
STORY UNTOLD--The Four Coins w. Don Costa Orch., 1955.
MAGNOLIA--The Four Coins, w. Don Costa Orch., 1955. Lee, nuts
