Wednesday 6 April 2022

Nat King Cole-Frank Sinatra-Marty Wilde-Georges Ulmer-David Ross-Diana Decker


 Two vocal legends a 50's / 60's  rock star a French guy and a 'Woolworth' fav with Diana singing in the Fruit Orchard at Sunset !

1. My Personal Possession......Nat King Cole
2. Send For Me......Nat King Cole
3. The Charm Of You......Frank Sinatra
4. What Makes The Sunset......Frank Sinatra
5. Endless Sleep.......Marty Wilde
6. Her Hair Was Yellow......Marty Wilde
7. Pigalle--Valse Chantee......Georges Ulmer
8. C'est Loin Tout Ca......Georges Ulmer
9. Butterfly......David Ross
10. They Call It A Teenage Crush......David Ross
11. Paper Valentine......Diana Decker
12. Apples Peaches And Cherries


Marty Wilde, MBE (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s hit singles including "Endless Sleep", "Sea of Love" and "Bad Boy". During the 1960s and 1970s, Wilde continued to record and, with Ronnie Scott, co-wrote hit singles for others including the Casuals' "Jesamine" and Status Quo's "Ice in the Sun". He is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde and co-wrote many of her hit singles including "Kids in America" with his son Ricky. He continues to perform and record.

Georges Ulmer (1919–1989) was a Danish-born composer, librettist, and actor who became a naturalized French citizen. He was born Jørgen Frederik Ulmer on 16 February 1919 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on 29 September 1989 at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was the father of singer Laura Ulmer.
However, it was in France that he quickly found a permanent place in the musical firmament with his immortal cliché of Parisian tourism, Pigalle, which he co-wrote in 1944 with the lyricist, Géo Koger, and composed with Guy Luypaerts. Other than his own interpretation, the song was also covered by Jean Sablon, Charles Dumont, Franck Pourcel, Paul Anka, Bing Crosby, Petula Clark, Silvio Berlusconi, and many others.


Diana Decker (born Isabella Charlotte Diana Decker, 9 January 1925 – 4 January 2019), was a British/American actress, singer, and television personality, who was popular from the 1940s to the early 1960s.In 1953, Decker appeared in the British television comedy series Before Your Very Eyes!, starring Arthur Askey, and also chaired some editions of the television quiz Film Fanfare during the 1950s. She continued to act in films, including A Yank in Ermine (1955) and The Betrayal (1957), and featured in several episodes of the television drama series The Vise.
Decker also had a recording career. Her recording of "Poppa Piccolino", a version of the Italian song "Papaveri e papere" by Vittorio Mascheroni, with English words by Robert Musel, reached no.2 on the UK singles chart. However, a string of subsequent singles up to 1956 failed to chart.

          2. Send For Me

3 comments:

  1. Diana Decker = "a string of subsequent singles up to 1956 failed to chart".

    Not so. One of her biggest hits was "I'm In Favour Of Friendship" (1955).

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  2. Hi Mel...blame Wikipedia for that !!...hope you are fit safe and well take care...cheers...Luigi

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