#31
Phew.
One full month into it.
November 1955 - RCA 47-6322 - Nuttin' For Christmas / Santy's Movin' On
Still the middle of April and it's Christmas again.
A side an original song by the songwriting duo, Tepper & Bennet, who were also behind "Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (see H & J #29) and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (wait for H&J # 51) and a number of terrible songs used in Elvis movies that even he hated singing.
B side a holiday rewrite of the Hank Snow song they already did back in H & J #14.
That's all I have to say.
November 1955 - RCA 47-6342 - Sifting Whimpering Sands / They Laid Him in the Ground
A side started life as a very very fucking weird collaboration between Easy Listening schlockmeister Billy Vaughn and the Ken Nordine, the originator of "Word Jazz" who made a series of really odd spoken word records in the 50's that were probably just way too strange even for a beatnik stoned on reefer. Just like, waaaaay out there, daddy-o.
Homer & Jethro are a lot less weird and that's Ok. Sometimes you need it like that.
B side is of unknown origin, though signs point to either it being a new song for Homer & Jethro or a much older bluegrass song of which I can't find any older recordings of. Either way it's got some good lines in it. Use topically.
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