Sammy's Tears

First up, here is yet another vintage song-poem ad. This one is from 1948. Unlike the others, this one has a clear and direct link to some of the music I've shared here. It's from Five Star Music Masters, which has its own AS/PMA page here, and which seems to have been either a predecessor to or otherwise intimately linked to the later (and fabulous) Sterling label, home of my all time favorite song-poem singer, Norm Burns. Amazingly, this company seems to have continued to operate (to some degree at least) well into the cassette era of the '90's.

Thanks, yet again, to Pete, for these wonderful ads!

And now, here's this week's feature!

It's everyone's favorite, weepy ol' Sammy Marshall, singing with his copyrighted pained voice on the country tinged "The Next Tear That Falls". This has some nice guitar, too buried in the mix for my taste, and a swinging beat that seems a bit too peppy for the lyric. As you can see, this appeared on the tiny Globe-related Pledge label, whose known output seems to have been limited to 1962-63.

Sing it, Singin' Sammy!

Download: Sammy Marshall - The Next Tear That Falls
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More weepage is featured on the flip side, the much more morose "Tears and Champagne". This has the requisite ugly (at times obnoxious) sax playing, small chorus singing many of the lines with Sammy, and the lead vocal mixed WAY TOO HIGH above the backing track. Enjoy!

Download: Sammy Marshall - Tears and Champagne
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