You had to hear the song again, or part of it to get your head cleared? I will give my age away, but my grandkids won’t care. I not only had one song stuck in my brain, but I had another as well.
The first one was Uh Oh I’m Falling in Love Again. It was sung by Jimmie Rogers late 50s or early 60s. The second one was one of his as well….on the top ten charts forever it seemed. It was called Honeycomb.
Not this Jimmie Rogers.
This Jimmie Rogers, who sort of disappeared in the 60s.
I remember driving back to college with friends and listening to his songs. He sang an Australian ballad called Waltzing Matilda. He sang Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario and Child Of Clay.
Every single one of his songs was so clear-voiced, easy, calm. It was real music, sort of folksy and sort of pop. Then he just sort of disappeared. I remember something about his getting head injuries during a traffic stop. It was in the 60s, which is so long ago it is hard to find out more about what happened to him.
I feel better because I got a chance to listen to two of his albums today at Amazon on their preview section. I ordered two CDs. I had forgotten how beautifully he did the Rod McKuen song called Today. (Today while the roses still cling to the vine….) and a song called Windmills of Your Mind.
Some of the previews are here at this link.
Music of Jimmie Rogers
I remember there was something about a highway trooper stopping him on the freeway or something. And blows on the head. To those of us who adored his music, something like that did not seem compatible with him at all. Whatever happened, the world lost a great musician then. He had a quality that others lacked, a voice that rang clear, and and easy rhythm. We who grew up in the 50s and 60s had a lot changes in our music. Jimmie Rogers was like a bridge between the rough edges of Elvis and the quieter folk singers.
So I feel better having found a way to hear those songs. It was a nice day of remembering.
