Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 48

Strangers in the Night

A reluctant hit for Frank Sinatra was at #1 60 years ago today.

“Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond’ring in the night what were the chances
We’d be sharing love before the night was through”

#FrankSinatra #BertKaempfert #CharlesSingleton #EddieSnyder #JackJones #DuaneEddy #ConnieFrancis #GerryandthePacemakers #JohnnyRivers #PetulaClark #BetteMidler #BarryManilow #MarvinGaye #PaulAnka #ScoobyDoo

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/strangers-in-the-night-dooby-dooby-doo-and-all-that-scat-musicislife-tedtockscovers-franksinatra/

In Visible Silence is the second studio album by the English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise in April 1986, and the first created by members Anne Dudley, J. J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan in the wake of their departure from ZTT Records that had been the home of the group's genesis.

Review by Steven McDonald

AON hit their stride with the release of this record, while showing their colors in the choices of material -- while the usual offbeat AON elements were present, so was "Peter Gunn," with Duane Eddy guesting on guitar. Another AON hit, "Legs," was present, as was the original version of "Paranoimia," enhanced in its single versions by the addition of routines from Max Headroom performed by Matt Frewer, who would later play the digital ding-a-ling on a short-lived TV series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN9U6SUxlFo

#ArtOfNoise #SynthPop #AvantGarde #AnneDudley #Music #DuaneEddy

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #GuitarsAndStrings. Lots of great songs to choose from, so I ended up listing the first five that came into my mind:

Johnny Watson: Johnny Guitar (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAGMLKPhg5A

Dick Dale & the Del-Tones: King Of The Surf Guitar (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQA0CJlfN3Y

Duane Eddy & the Rebelettes: (Dance With The) Guitar Man (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9OLsh9RmTU

Brenda Lee: Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORlNiIe3k94

Johnny Preston: (I Want A) Rock And Roll Guitar (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtl70cOYSA

#JohnnyGuitarWatson #DickDale #DuaneEddy #Blossoms #BrendaLee #JohnnyPreston