Here's "Zombies Dance in the Night". It's sung by Alberta Jordan, whose name turns up on only a handful of TPA singles. And that's too bad, because she had a fun sound to her voice, which would have enhanced any number of song-poem records. The AS/PMA website lists one Jordan record, and I own two others, both of which I've now shared here (the other is currently mothballed, due to the loss of the links to my earlier posts.
The record has a bump and grind beat, which is an interesting choice for a song describing Zombies dancing. The author did not provide a whole lot of lyrics, leading to a lot of "La-La-La's" at a few points. But they still paint quite a picture.
Download: Alberta Jordan: Zombies Dance in the Night
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The flip side, "Mister Radio Operator". And this is a fine, fun record, with a swinging, early rock and roll beat, with a nice sax solo, and a great feeling throughout. I'm not sure where the protagonist is located, but in the song, she's beginning the title character to somehow manage to pull in a strong signal so that she can hear her favorite music. Alberta Jordan does has a weird way of pronouncing words ending in a long O - including "Radio" - not sure where that accent comes from.
And how do I know this record is from 1956? Well, I did a search for the titles as well as the name of the label, and I found this listing. It seems that label honcho Jack Covais was thorough enough (proud enough?) of his co-writing credits - for writing the music - that he took the time to copyright these songs.
Download: Alberta Jordan: Mister Radio Operator
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3 comments:
Well, these are both great tunes. Ms. Jordan is a wonderful songstress & "makes" these sides... Quite a treasured little 45 you gots there, Bobbo!
Thanx for the share.............
Hey, thanks for posting these!! I'm not so crazy about the A-side, but the B-side is swinging and moving and rocks and rolls!
Wonderful! I'll be 'la-la-la-la'-ing all day now!
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