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March 27, 2021 8:56 pm  #31


Re: Songs with spoken passages

I'm surprised that nobody (including me) has mentioned the singer who has a whole litany of songs with both singing and talking.  Here are just some of the hits by Bobby Bare that demonstrate his narration skills...
"Shame On Me"
"Detroit City"
"500 Miles Away From Home"
"Miller's Cave"
Of course, he got an early start with his hit "All American Boy" back in 1959.
 

 

March 28, 2021 8:08 am  #32


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Sultan2 wrote:

Two which sprang to mind (admittedly after I checked the large selection in Songfacts) are -

The already mentioned  - Atlantis by Donovan. A bit quirky because it only has two sung lines, endlessly repeated after the introductory poem

A few years back, Lorne and I had a lighthearted conversation here about Atlantis.  I vaguely remember stating that as a young teen my friend and I loved this song and we'd listen to it, gave no care to the words that seemed to ramble on and on rendering us bored, but suffered through  just  to get to the singing part.

 

March 28, 2021 8:29 am  #33


Re: Songs with spoken passages

The first one I thought of, even before I saw Leader Of The Pack on the list
I Can Never Go Home Anymore - The Shangri-Las
 
You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke
Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens
Que Sera Sera -Doris Day
 
It qualifies but it’s not really a “song”
Topsy Part 1 & 2 - Cozy Cole
 
Maybe I shouldn’t bring these up
Don't Go Near the Indians - Rex Allen
Don't Go Near The Eskimos - Ben Colder
 
 
While trying to think of these, I kept coming up with songs I couldn’t decide if were sung, spoken or a combination. Maybe there should be a new thread for these
Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill
Little Boxes - Pete Seeger
Jimmy Dean - Big John
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels
Slow Poke - Pee Wee King
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
Where Will The Dimple Be? - Rosemary Clooney
Something Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra
16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
Wildwood Weed • Jim Stafford
Five Feet High and Rising · Johnny Cash
When You're Hot, You're Hot · Jerry Reed
Hey, Good Lookin' · Hank Williams
Heartaches By the Number · Ray Price
Daddy Sang Bass · Johnny Cash
Sink The Bismarck · Johnny Horton
Amos Moses · Jerry Reed
Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma – Melanie
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
The Rose · Bette Midler
Brand New Key · Melanie
The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
My Ding A Ling - Chuck Berry
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt
Tennessee Bird Walk  - Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan
May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens
Hello Walls - Faron Young
Amarillo By Morning - George Strait
Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
Hot Rod Race - Jimmie Dolan
Hot Rod Lincoln - Charley Ryan
Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
  
And the king of these (and of the road) - Roger Miller
You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
Do-Wacka-Do
Chug-A-Lug
Dang Me
Engine Engine #9
Kansas City Star

 

March 28, 2021 9:33 am  #34


Re: Songs with spoken passages

While I was recently making a playlist of "Teen Tragedy" songs, I came to realize that many of them also had spoken passages:

Teen Angel - Mark Denning
Ebony Eyes - Everly Brothers
I Can Never Go Home Anymore - Shangri Las
Give Us Your Blessing - Shangri Las
Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean
The Prom - Del Shannon
I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross

Last edited by GrimsbyFan (March 28, 2021 9:33 am)

 

March 28, 2021 9:41 am  #35


Re: Songs with spoken passages

How about the opposite? Spoken word with song passages
The Flying Saucer Part 1 & 2 Buchanan & Goodman

 

March 28, 2021 9:47 am  #36


Re: Songs with spoken passages

I'm surprised that no one (including me) has mentioned an artist who had numerous hits that combined singing and talking.  Consider...
"Shame On Me"
"Detroit City"
"500 Miles From Home"
"Miller's Cave"
Yep, Bobby Bare had those and probably a few more.  Of course, he launched his sting of hits with "All American Boy" back in December, 1958.
 

 

March 28, 2021 10:39 am  #37


Re: Songs with spoken passages

and another
The Blob - The Five Blobs
 
And now I officially hate Roman, I can’t stop thinking about these songs.  At this point, I’d love a good earworm.

 

March 28, 2021 10:45 am  #38


Re: Songs with spoken passages

and another
 
The Ballad Of Cat Ballou ~ Nat King Cole & Stubby Kaye
 
MAKE IT STOP!

 

March 28, 2021 10:50 am  #39


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Every time I walk away from the computer, I think of another
 
99 Luftballons - NENA

 

March 28, 2021 11:31 am  #40


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Taz wrote:

and another
The Blob - The Five Blobs 
And now I officially hate Roman, I can’t stop thinking about these songs.  At this point, I’d love a good earworm.

Let me see if I can help out here as well ... I think that this is the perfect song for your situation. 


 

 

March 28, 2021 11:55 am  #41


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Lorne wrote:

Let me see if I can help out here as well ... I think that this is the perfect song for your situation. 


 

too late

Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Jerry Lee Lewis
The Streak - Ray Stevens
The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt ,Earl Scruggs
Little Egypt - The Coasters
Charlie Brown · The Coasters
Stager Lee - Lloyd Price
Alley Oop - Dante & the Evergreens
Abba Dabba Honeymoon - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
 

 

March 29, 2021 5:46 am  #42


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Here Come The Elephants - Johnny Bond
Convoy  - CW McCall
The Little Blue Man - Betty Johnson
The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin · Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Oh That's Good, No That's Bad - Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
On Top of Spaghetti - Tom Glazer & the Do Re Mi Children's Chorus
My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Charlie Drake
Jack The Ripper - Screaming Lord Sutch

 
even a Christmas song
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
 

 

March 31, 2021 3:05 pm  #43


Re: Songs with spoken passages

A few more
 
Don’t know why I didn’t think of the first one on the list sooner
 
Love is Strange- Mickey & Sylvia
Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
Mr Blue - The Fleetwoods
Speedy Gonzalez - Pat Boone
Let’s Dance - Chris Montez
Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
 
One word, no song
Tequila · The Champs

 

April 1, 2021 3:13 pm  #44


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Hey Bobba Needle - Chubby Checker
Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell
Hernando’s Hideaway - Archie Bleyer
Close the Door - Jim Lowe
Green Door - Jim Lowe
Delaware - Perry Como
Disco Duck - Rick Dees
Pepino, the Italian Mouse - Lou Monte
Lazy Mary - Lou Monte
Rock Island Lines - Leadbelly, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Cash
See You Later Alligator · Bill Haley & His Comets
My Old Man's a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan
Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
Conscience - James Darren
Her Royal Majesty - James Darren
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye
Chi-Baba Chi-Baba - Perry Como
Ringo - Lorne Greene
Lili Marleen - Marlene Dietrich
Caldonia - Louis Jordan
Jimmie Rodgers - Bimbombay
Ring-a-Ling-a-Lario - Jimmie Rodgers
 
I never thought I’d put Disco Duck and Hernando’s Hideaway in the same post.
Until I did these, I never realized Green Door and Close the Door were both by Jim Lowe

 

April 2, 2021 7:13 am  #45


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Well Taz, I must say, I think you had a great time with this thread!   I can't believe all the songs that apply.

 

April 2, 2021 1:17 pm  #46


Re: Songs with spoken passages

Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals
The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - The Charlie Daniels Band
Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith
Cry Of The Wild Goose - Tennessee Ernie Ford
That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
Desert Pete - The Kingston Trio
Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Tony Orlando & Dawn
 

 

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