Today, I have a bit of an oddball release - this preview release appears to be the only record ever credited under the oddly named spelling "Linda Dahrling". It's been suggested to me that this is Bobbi Blake, and I initially identified her as such, but Sammy Reed, who knows his Bobbi Blake perhaps better than anyone in the world, says that's not the case, and suggests that it might be the singer identified elsewhere as Joan Merrill. I have no idea, so I am leaving her identified as Linda Dahrling in the tags.
This is clearly, to my ears, a Rodd Keith production, and I'm fairly certain that's Rodd singing in the background, too. It's not one of his best - both songs sound very much alike to me and the level of creativity is far below what he was capable of. But... it's a relatively early Preview release with Rodd's involvement and for those reasons alone, good enough to share.
The first song is "Poor Little Sparrow", in which the song-poet minimizes the future problems of a bird suffering from a broken wing (she seems to think it will heal itself - I don't think it works that way) when compared to her life, given that her man is in Vietnam and might not come back.
Download: Linda Darhling - Poor Little Sparrow
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The flip side, "God Bless You" is standard issue "thanks for loving me" paean to a woman's lover.
Download: Linda Darhling - God Bless You
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2 comments:
I think the singer is Joan Merrill, who co-sang with Dick Kent on an album you posted before.
( https://bobpurse.blogspot.com/search?q=joan+merrill )
These are beautiful songs 🎵 Thank you 😊 🙏 so much for sharing and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 🇨🇦
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