Heard this over and over as a little boy. Still remember most of the words. I was haunted by the music and mystery of lives lived and lost in this song. Thanks for uploading it!
This is the recording that won me over to Western or cowboy music so many years ago, and still the hairs, or the ones that are left, on the back of my neck bristle when I hear it.
Reminds me of my dad. He would be 100 this year. He listened to this one all of the time. I imagine this was all recorded at one time. No mixing or post-production.
I discovered this campy gem while working maintenance for an automated AM radio station, in one of our New England states. I said to myself, "Self--- what's Ken Nordine doing in a Muzak tape??!" And removed the tape from the automation machine to get myself a copy. SO quaint. Hard to believe Nordine's name isn't even on the record label. Wait, there it is, over on the side, not even spelled right. Way to go, Randy Wood.
Everyone thought this was narrated by Lorne Greene of Bonanza fame or it would have sold more records. I remember the song along with Pearly Shells and Blue Hawaii. Billy Vaughn was great!
@@marilynreabeyer100 No doubt you are right. I think the popularity of the series boosted the playing of this record along with the recording of "Ringo" done I believe by Greene. It was so many years ago and I was a soph in highschool then.
Tony Banks from Genesis identified this song version on 78RPM as one of the formative pieces he listened to as a child that shaped his musical/lyrical talents playing with the band/his solo career later on. Not a bad endorsement at all.
Actually more to the artistic side Ken would go on to a series (LPs at first) called Word Jazz, stream-of-consciousness poetry. That all started with a Chicago radio show where he'd read poetry. And he continued to do Word Jazz until the day he died at the age of 98, three years ago today.
I'm curious what the Navajo think about this, since it seems to blame them for the massacre. Did anything like this really happen that they were responsible for?
Glenn Johnson Totally agree.Listening to this back in the 50`s as a child,gave me shivers and still today as i listen to this once again.
This was one of my favorite songs
I remember as a kid listening to this on Mum and Dad's old 78rpm record player.
Still sends shivers up my spine.
I recall a neighbour playing it on a mouthorgan ....way back in rural Ireland 1950s!
I remember hearing this on an episode of Ken Nordine's "Word Jazz"... I loved that program
Heard this over and over as a little boy. Still remember most of the words. I was haunted by the music and mystery of lives lived and lost in this song. Thanks for uploading it!
Me too. Also, "El Paso," by Marty Robin's. I'm 74.
This is the recording that won me over to Western or cowboy music so many years ago, and still the hairs, or the ones that are left, on the back of my neck bristle when I hear it.
❤ want me over two really great stuff
Reminds me of my dad. He would be 100 this year. He listened to this one all of the time.
I imagine this was all recorded at one time. No mixing or post-production.
Teardrops and nostalgia.
Aways Loved this Song!
Such a beautiful record.This would make a good Twilight Zone episode or music video.The narrator sounds like Lorne Greene.
I remember when I was a kid my dad would play this over and over. I think it was his favorite.
I have recorded this song off a 78 rpm record back in the 1960s. i remember it well.
Always thought I could see this playing out as I listened,Ken's narration on this version is tops.
😮❤ me too!😅
I had this same 45 record when I was a little kid.
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I remember hearing thiss on XM in 2007.
A clinic in storytelling.
I discovered this campy gem while working maintenance for an automated AM radio station, in one of our New England states. I said to myself, "Self--- what's Ken Nordine doing in a Muzak tape??!" And removed the tape from the automation machine to get myself a copy. SO quaint.
Hard to believe Nordine's name isn't even on the record label. Wait, there it is, over on the side, not even spelled right. Way to go, Randy Wood.
Was the title based on the Shivering Sands in the book The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins ? I wonder 😊
Everyone thought this was narrated by Lorne Greene of Bonanza fame or it would have sold more records. I remember the song along with Pearly Shells and Blue Hawaii. Billy Vaughn was great!
This recording pre-dates Bonanza by a few years.
@@marilynreabeyer100 No doubt you are right. I think the popularity of the series boosted the playing of this record along with the recording of "Ringo" done I believe by Greene. It was so many years ago and I was a soph in highschool then.
Yes, Billy Vaughn did produce some very fine music -- that can instantly transport you to the late 50s and early 60s. Great time for music in America.
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Tony Banks from Genesis identified this song version on 78RPM as one of the formative pieces he listened to as a child that shaped his musical/lyrical talents playing with the band/his solo career later on. Not a bad endorsement at all.
Ken would continue to go on and become the voice for Levi's Jeans & even had a tribute later by Tom Waits.
Actually more to the artistic side Ken would go on to a series (LPs at first) called Word Jazz, stream-of-consciousness poetry. That all started with a Chicago radio show where he'd read poetry. And he continued to do Word Jazz until the day he died at the age of 98, three years ago today.
I think we had this record on oakdale
Ain't it pretty😂❤
My sister just came upon mom & dad's copy...unfortunately it didn't survive the many moves
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I'm curious what the Navajo think about this, since it seems to blame them for the massacre. Did anything like this really happen that they were responsible for?