tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541667036677020355.post5153046894993902589..comments2016-12-02T20:43:23.168-08:00Comments on Marindia Productions: SHG: Kenny Ball: "Midnight in Moscow"Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930583465833250082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541667036677020355.post-72508986792458999962016-10-06T18:40:49.103-07:002016-10-06T18:40:49.103-07:00Believe me, when Beatlemania happens on SHG, you’l...Believe me, when Beatlemania happens on SHG, you’ll know it! Yes, this is pre-Beatlemania. And Kenny Ball wasn’t even the first Britjazz to enter the Billboard charts. That would be Chris Barber with “Petite fleur” in 1959. And I don’t know if I’d call it “jazz,” but Acker Bilk and his clarinet went all the way to #1 in ’62 with the easy-listening smash “Stranger on the Shore.”Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930583465833250082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541667036677020355.post-52299314721051503122016-10-05T20:37:41.082-07:002016-10-05T20:37:41.082-07:00I'm 60. I don't know if I've ever hear...I'm 60. I don't know if I've ever heard this song before. I agree. It's really Dixieland. I half expect Pete Fountain's clarinet to make an appearance. I actually like it, despite the title. But #2? I guess it's still pre-Beatles. Cartographic licensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509653071571882861noreply@blogger.com