Great video, Randy. Once again I enjoyed your choices. I have that same dvd edition of The Searchers as well as a very similarly designed and packaged one for Rio Bravo. Fun again to see the 50s tv shows that you have
That's great that you have The Searchers set, unfortunately I don't have the Rio Bravo one. 1956 was not as strong for television as 1955 or 1957, the next year. Take care.
Peggy Lee rarely gets talked about on here; I like the idea of a smoky jazz club kind of vibe. Never been able to pick up that Elvis debut, most of the copies I have come across were not in good enough condition to buy. I think you have told the story of that Bing song before, amazing how it once took us years to find certain songs or bits of information - kids today will never know the struggle lol. Have never seen the Ten Commandments or really very many John Wayne movies at all. I do remember watching parts of them on TV as a kid. Great episode, cheers!
I do think that was the perfect atmosphere for the Peggy Lee album. A lot of the early Elvis records I picked up were reissues that I got in the 80's. I think that I have told that Bing story before and it does bring back memories of visiting my favorite record store that is unfortunately gone now and looking through those big release books and I don't remember seeing it in there because it probably wasn't released as a single and they did not list the album tracks. I remember the airing of The Ten Commandments was often a big network special that would be broadcast over two nights when having an important movie was a major coup. I did see a lot of John Wayne movies at my neighborhood theater when I was a kid. Too bad those small neighborhood theaters are mostly gone now. Take care.
Another great episode. In addition to the movies you mentioned, three others stand out for me. Giant, Lust for Life, and The Bad Seed are all among my favorites for 1956. That package you showed for The Searchers is excellent. Cool comic book!!!
I actually had something written up for The Bad Seed and then realized I didn't have it on DVD. It must be on a video tape boxed up in the garage. Giant and Lust For Life are good picks as well. I really like that John Ford/John Wayne collection and The Searchers was a great movie to highlight with extras in that set. Have a great evening.
Trying to Get to You is so good, the 68 Special version is full of grit. Ten Commandments, great film! I have that John Wayne set, the Searchers is definitely the best of the bunch. Alex from Beer and Vinyl showed Black Coffee, i need to get that. Way to go Randy.
"Trying To Get To You" has always been my favorite Elvis song and it was from that Sun Collection which I had before I got his debut, which it was on as well. It's great that you have the Ford/Wayne set as I like the other films on the set but The Searchers is indeed the class of the collection. The Ten Commandments used to be annual viewing when I was a kid. Black Coffee has a great late night jazz club feel.
I have Highway Patrol on DVD as well and somehow forgot it for 1955, it's debut season. I did like Broderick Crawford's performance in that show. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Randy!!! great video and cool choices..... i think my mom still owns that Presley record, don't know if it's a chilean or US pressing, i will have to check. "The Ten Commanments" has to be one of the mandatory movies local tv stations always play during Eastern, lol.... cheers and be well
I remember the family watching The Ten Commandments when it used to be a special presentation on one of the networks and was usually played over two evenings. That is a good Presley record to have. Your mom has good taste.
I’m envious of that Peggy Lee album.. I liked your pick of Fats Domino’s “Blue Monday”.. I almost chose Fats’ cover of “My Blue Heaven”, (a sentimental favorite because my mom always said that the original version was first pop song she could remember hearing as a little girl growing up in the 1930’s..) my favorite songs of 1956 are, “Young Love”, by Sonny James, “I Put A Spell On You”, by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “My Prayer”, by The Platters, “Why Baby Why”, by Red Sovine and Webb Pierce, and “Canadian Sunset”, by Hugo Winterhalter… -Love the Technicolor Monument Valley cinematography in “The Searchers” too.. my picks are Elvis’ debut movie, “Love Me Tender”, “The Ten Commanments”, the Kubrick film, “The Killers”, “Forbidden Planet”, and “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”. Nice video. Take care!
Acoustic Sounds did put out a fantastic reissue of the Peggy Lee classic. I do have the Webb Pierce version of "Why Baby Why'" but I am more familiar with the George Jones original. I like your Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Platters picks. I think that I have some Hugo Winterhalter but I don't remember the tune "Canadian Sunset." "Forbidden Planet" and "The Killers" were serious considerations to make my list. I always love seeing your picks. I will have to give the Winterhalter tune a listen.
I think you will recognize that Hugo Winterhalter song - for many years I didn’t realize that it was called “Canadian Sunset” - I had assumed that it was a theme from a Western movie..
Good Evening Randy - A good range of films around this year. I have picked my five top movies that I have watched repeatedly starting with at No 1: John Ford’s ‘The Searchers’, with John Wayne, Vera Miles & Jeffrey Hunter. A good solid classic Western, on all fronts. At No 2: Sterling Hayden in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Killing’. An excellent race-track heist thriller & one of my favourite Kubrick films. At No 3: Don Siegel’s ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, with Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. Chilling & gripping. My preferred version of this film. At No 4: Alfred Hitchcock’s remake of his own 1934 version,‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’. As Hitchcock said “The first was the work of a talented amateur, and the second was the work of a professional”, and at No 5: The true prison escape drama by French Director Robert Bresson, ‘A Man Escaped’, set in France during the Nazi occupation during The War. Bresson’s own experiences when held as a prisoner of war lends itself well to this film. Three other movies,worth a watch are Hitchcock’s ‘The Wrong Man’, with Henry Fonda and Vera Miles; then ‘Giant’, with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, and lastly, Cecil B. De Mille’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ with Charlton Heston. This last film is not one that I watch much but well worth all of its accolades including its ground-breaking special effects for the time. Have a great week ahead Randy.
@@bruce5565 Great list and it looks like we matched on three of them. “The Killing” came very close to making my list and Sterling Hayden was great in film noirs. I like the 1934 version of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” but I do prefer the 1956 remake. I have not seen the Bresson film, so I will have to add it to my list. I remember watching “The Ten Commandments” when I was younger and it was often a two night special movie event on network television. I always like seeing your choices and your thoughts associated with them. I hope you have a great weekend as well.
I'm glad that you are a big fan of The Searchers as well. It's close to being my favorite Western and there may be another Ford/Wayne movie that I like better. Stay tuned. I remember watching The Ten Commandments as a kid and because of the length, TV stations used to show it on two nights.
1956 is really putting 2024 to shame. That Peggy Lee reissue looks terrific. I like the look of those thick, brittle Decca platters from the 1950s, but they didn't sound as good as the vinyl pressings by Capitol, RCA, and Columbia. With Bing being the #1 artist in my collection, I usually prefer listening to the 1960s mono represses of his '50s albums when possible. --- Fortunately, that album with Buddy Bregman was put out by Verve. --- That story about trying to track down recordings of songs heard by chance in the wild in the days before useful Internet databases brings back some memories. Crosby fans caught another break when Bing with a Beat (with Bob Scobey) was released by RCA in 1957. The Scotty Moore solos on "Trying to Get to You" make the early Elvis version my favorite. I think that the lead singing on the Eagles' version packs a more emotional punch than Elvis' performance. (No shame for Elvis. He was only twenty.) It's too bad that the Eagles didn't last. Happy spinning, Jacob
I do have quite a bit of Bing on 78 but only a couple of albums by him. I probably should pick up more including the Bing With A Beat you mentioned. I remember looking through Goldmine magazine ads for certain doo wop songs that I had heard on a doo wop program on a local radio station. He was a collector that played the original 45's and usually had some cool background information. I see that The Eagles were from the Washington, D.C. area and I have a CD compilation of Doo Wop from that area but unfortunately no Eagles. I will track down that song and give it a listen. Scotty Moore did lend a lot to quite a few Elvis gems. Take care, Randy
Bing with a Beat is a great "cheap heat" album. John Lennon was reportedly a big fan of that record. (It was certainly a better produced album than Bing's Hey Jude/Hey Bing! debacle from 1968.) Bing recorded some hidden gems in the '50s. He wasn't under pressure to push hit songs for publishers the way that he allowed himself to be forced to do at the height of his popularity, and he took advantage of the opportunity to select some projects for his own amusement. The Mosaic box set of recordings with Buddy Cole's jazz quartet, which I have yet to pick up, is a revealing document of a relaxed Bing having fun behind a microphone. --- Bing's official 1950s releases with Buddy Cole are favorites in my collection. I also enjoy comps of early Bing and the good studio pairings that he had in the "40s, such as when he teamed up with heavy hitters like Les Paul and Louis Jordan. Taking care, Jacob
@@DallasOpenMicr I'm not sure if you know of his channel, but he puts out quite a bit of Crosby content although often in Spanish. www.youtube.com/@antong.-f.8204. I do like Crosby's work with Les Paul and I have him with Louis Jordan on a Bear Family box set of Jordan. The Mosaic box set sounds interesting and something I should look for. I think that I may have the Hey Jude/Hey Bing! album out in the garage from an auction sale. I haven't gone through it in depth as there is a lot of Percy Faith, Mantovani and the like. Cheers.
@@RandyforRoyals That channel is new to me. Thanks for the tip. I'm now a subscriber. It could be the motivation that I need to improve my neglected high school Spanish vocabulary.
Kind of hard to go against Elvis in this year. I really like your film picks for one and two, although I would have reversed them. I’m not really familiar with those tv shows so I’m guessing they weren’t really in syndication. Another good episode Randy.
@@vikingbrace It would be hard to catch those TV shows as I don’t ever remember seeing them in syndication. Elvis was carrying the rock and roll torch at this time along with a few other early rockers. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was a great sci-fi film and I liked the 1978 remake too. Looks you had a great trip to Boston.
I think I would have to chose Elvis for 1956. I don't think I have seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers or The Searchers. Isn't that odd? I have never even heard of your fav TV show from '56! I don't get out much.
It would probably be hard to see State Trooper as I don't remember ever seeing it in reruns. I like to collect 50's and early sixties television which is how I discovered it. It was always nice to spot certain actors from the golden age of Hollywood or up and coming actors in those series. Elvis was great in those early years.
Fav films are The Searchers (One of my 23 a time favorite films) Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Seven Men From Now, Albums---The Unique Thelonious Monk
Great video, Randy. Once again I enjoyed your choices. I have that same dvd edition of The Searchers as well as a very similarly designed and packaged one for Rio Bravo. Fun again to see the 50s tv shows that you have
That's great that you have The Searchers set, unfortunately I don't have the Rio Bravo one. 1956 was not as strong for television as 1955 or 1957, the next year. Take care.
Peggy Lee rarely gets talked about on here; I like the idea of a smoky jazz club kind of vibe. Never been able to pick up that Elvis debut, most of the copies I have come across were not in good enough condition to buy. I think you have told the story of that Bing song before, amazing how it once took us years to find certain songs or bits of information - kids today will never know the struggle lol. Have never seen the Ten Commandments or really very many John Wayne movies at all. I do remember watching parts of them on TV as a kid. Great episode, cheers!
I do think that was the perfect atmosphere for the Peggy Lee album. A lot of the early Elvis records I picked up were reissues that I got in the 80's. I think that I have told that Bing story before and it does bring back memories of visiting my favorite record store that is unfortunately gone now and looking through those big release books and I don't remember seeing it in there because it probably wasn't released as a single and they did not list the album tracks. I remember the airing of The Ten Commandments was often a big network special that would be broadcast over two nights when having an important movie was a major coup. I did see a lot of John Wayne movies at my neighborhood theater when I was a kid. Too bad those small neighborhood theaters are mostly gone now. Take care.
Another great episode. In addition to the movies you mentioned, three others stand out for me. Giant, Lust for Life, and The Bad Seed are all among my favorites for 1956. That package you showed for The Searchers is excellent. Cool comic book!!!
I actually had something written up for The Bad Seed and then realized I didn't have it on DVD. It must be on a video tape boxed up in the garage. Giant and Lust For Life are good picks as well. I really like that John Ford/John Wayne collection and The Searchers was a great movie to highlight with extras in that set. Have a great evening.
well anything with Elvis gets my vote. And Sinatra is always good. Your knowledge of the old movies and tv shows is very impressive!
Thanks Doug. Elvis was so important to the development and growth of rock and roll music. I do love vintage movies and television.
Trying to Get to You is so good, the 68 Special version is full of grit. Ten Commandments, great film! I have that John Wayne set, the Searchers is definitely the best of the bunch. Alex from Beer and Vinyl showed Black Coffee, i need to get that. Way to go Randy.
"Trying To Get To You" has always been my favorite Elvis song and it was from that Sun Collection which I had before I got his debut, which it was on as well. It's great that you have the Ford/Wayne set as I like the other films on the set but The Searchers is indeed the class of the collection. The Ten Commandments used to be annual viewing when I was a kid. Black Coffee has a great late night jazz club feel.
State Trooper makes me think of one of my favorite shows from the 1950’s: Highway Patrol. Broderick Crawford was perfect for the role of Dan Mathews.
I have Highway Patrol on DVD as well and somehow forgot it for 1955, it's debut season. I did like Broderick Crawford's performance in that show. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Randy!!! great video and cool choices..... i think my mom still owns that Presley record, don't know if it's a chilean or US pressing, i will have to check. "The Ten Commanments" has to be one of the mandatory movies local tv stations always play during Eastern, lol.... cheers and be well
I remember the family watching The Ten Commandments when it used to be a special presentation on one of the networks and was usually played over two evenings. That is a good Presley record to have. Your mom has good taste.
I’m envious of that Peggy Lee album.. I liked your pick of Fats Domino’s “Blue Monday”.. I almost chose Fats’ cover of “My Blue Heaven”, (a sentimental favorite because my mom always said that the original version was first pop song she could remember hearing as a little girl growing up in the 1930’s..) my favorite songs of 1956 are, “Young Love”, by Sonny James, “I Put A Spell On You”, by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “My Prayer”, by The Platters, “Why Baby Why”, by Red Sovine and Webb Pierce, and “Canadian Sunset”, by Hugo Winterhalter…
-Love the Technicolor Monument Valley cinematography in “The Searchers” too.. my picks are Elvis’ debut movie, “Love Me Tender”, “The Ten Commanments”, the Kubrick film, “The Killers”, “Forbidden Planet”, and “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”. Nice video. Take care!
Acoustic Sounds did put out a fantastic reissue of the Peggy Lee classic. I do have the Webb Pierce version of "Why Baby Why'" but I am more familiar with the George Jones original. I like your Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Platters picks. I think that I have some Hugo Winterhalter but I don't remember the tune "Canadian Sunset." "Forbidden Planet" and "The Killers" were serious considerations to make my list. I always love seeing your picks. I will have to give the Winterhalter tune a listen.
I think you will recognize that Hugo Winterhalter song - for many years I didn’t realize that it was called “Canadian Sunset” - I had assumed that it was a theme from a Western movie..
@@TomCwimpRock I just listened to it. I like the tune and it does sound sort of familiar.
Good Evening Randy - A good range of films around this year. I have picked my five top movies that I have watched repeatedly starting with at No 1: John Ford’s ‘The Searchers’, with John Wayne, Vera Miles & Jeffrey Hunter. A good solid classic Western, on all fronts. At No 2: Sterling Hayden in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Killing’. An excellent race-track heist thriller & one of my favourite Kubrick films. At No 3: Don Siegel’s ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’, with Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. Chilling & gripping. My preferred version of this film. At No 4: Alfred Hitchcock’s remake of his own 1934 version,‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’. As Hitchcock said “The first was the work of a talented amateur, and the second was the work of a professional”, and at No 5: The true prison escape drama by French Director Robert Bresson, ‘A Man Escaped’, set in France during the Nazi occupation during The War. Bresson’s own experiences when held as a prisoner of war lends itself well to this film. Three other movies,worth a watch are Hitchcock’s ‘The Wrong Man’, with Henry Fonda and Vera Miles; then ‘Giant’, with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, and lastly, Cecil B. De Mille’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ with Charlton Heston. This last film is not one that I watch much but well worth all of its accolades including its ground-breaking special effects for the time. Have a great week ahead Randy.
@@bruce5565 Great list and it looks like we matched on three of them. “The Killing” came very close to making my list and Sterling Hayden was great in film noirs. I like the 1934 version of “The Man Who Knew Too Much” but I do prefer the 1956 remake. I have not seen the Bresson film, so I will have to add it to my list. I remember watching “The Ten Commandments” when I was younger and it was often a two night special movie event on network television. I always like seeing your choices and your thoughts associated with them. I hope you have a great weekend as well.
The Ten Commandments is good. My favorite movie is The Searchers. That’s my favorite western, John Ford, and John Wayne movie.
I'm glad that you are a big fan of The Searchers as well. It's close to being my favorite Western and there may be another Ford/Wayne movie that I like better. Stay tuned. I remember watching The Ten Commandments as a kid and because of the length, TV stations used to show it on two nights.
1956 is really putting 2024 to shame.
That Peggy Lee reissue looks terrific. I like the look of those thick, brittle Decca platters from the 1950s, but they didn't sound as good as the vinyl pressings by Capitol, RCA, and Columbia. With Bing being the #1 artist in my collection, I usually prefer listening to the 1960s mono represses of his '50s albums when possible. --- Fortunately, that album with Buddy Bregman was put out by Verve. --- That story about trying to track down recordings of songs heard by chance in the wild in the days before useful Internet databases brings back some memories.
Crosby fans caught another break when Bing with a Beat (with Bob Scobey) was released by RCA in 1957.
The Scotty Moore solos on "Trying to Get to You" make the early Elvis version my favorite. I think that the lead singing on the Eagles' version packs a more emotional punch than Elvis' performance. (No shame for Elvis. He was only twenty.) It's too bad that the Eagles didn't last.
Happy spinning,
Jacob
I do have quite a bit of Bing on 78 but only a couple of albums by him. I probably should pick up more including the Bing With A Beat you mentioned. I remember looking through Goldmine magazine ads for certain doo wop songs that I had heard on a doo wop program on a local radio station. He was a collector that played the original 45's and usually had some cool background information. I see that The Eagles were from the Washington, D.C. area and I have a CD compilation of Doo Wop from that area but unfortunately no Eagles. I will track down that song and give it a listen.
Scotty Moore did lend a lot to quite a few Elvis gems.
Take care,
Randy
Bing with a Beat is a great "cheap heat" album. John Lennon was reportedly a big fan of that record. (It was certainly a better produced album than Bing's Hey Jude/Hey Bing! debacle from 1968.)
Bing recorded some hidden gems in the '50s. He wasn't under pressure to push hit songs for publishers the way that he allowed himself to be forced to do at the height of his popularity, and he took advantage of the opportunity to select some projects for his own amusement. The Mosaic box set of recordings with Buddy Cole's jazz quartet, which I have yet to pick up, is a revealing document of a relaxed Bing having fun behind a microphone. --- Bing's official 1950s releases with Buddy Cole are favorites in my collection.
I also enjoy comps of early Bing and the good studio pairings that he had in the "40s, such as when he teamed up with heavy hitters like Les Paul and Louis Jordan.
Taking care,
Jacob
@@DallasOpenMicr I'm not sure if you know of his channel, but he puts out quite a bit of Crosby content although often in Spanish. www.youtube.com/@antong.-f.8204. I do like Crosby's work with Les Paul and I have him with Louis Jordan on a Bear Family box set of Jordan. The Mosaic box set sounds interesting and something I should look for. I think that I may have the Hey Jude/Hey Bing! album out in the garage from an auction sale. I haven't gone through it in depth as there is a lot of Percy Faith, Mantovani and the like. Cheers.
@@RandyforRoyals That channel is new to me. Thanks for the tip. I'm now a subscriber. It could be the motivation that I need to improve my neglected high school Spanish vocabulary.
Kind of hard to go against Elvis in this year. I really like your film picks for one and two, although I would have reversed them. I’m not really familiar with those tv shows so I’m guessing they weren’t really in syndication. Another good episode Randy.
@@vikingbrace It would be hard to catch those TV shows as I don’t ever remember seeing them in syndication. Elvis was carrying the rock and roll torch at this time along with a few other early rockers. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was a great sci-fi film and I liked the 1978 remake too. Looks you had a great trip to Boston.
I think I would have to chose Elvis for 1956. I don't think I have seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers or The Searchers. Isn't that odd? I have never even heard of your fav TV show from '56! I don't get out much.
It would probably be hard to see State Trooper as I don't remember ever seeing it in reruns. I like to collect 50's and early sixties television which is how I discovered it. It was always nice to spot certain actors from the golden age of Hollywood or up and coming actors in those series. Elvis was great in those early years.
Fav films are The Searchers (One of my 23 a time favorite films) Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Seven Men From Now,
Albums---The Unique Thelonious Monk