{"id":4199,"date":"2018-09-29T17:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/09\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-september-songs-4\/"},"modified":"2018-09-29T17:50:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T17:50:03","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-september-songs-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/09\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-september-songs-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: September Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

But first the absolute best version of Dylan's From a Buick Six<\/a> just to get your blood up. But now that Gary U. S. Bond is in the house, here is Twist, Twist, Senora<\/a> with a trio of 1940s dancing girls. New Orleans<\/a>, live, with Jeff Beck.<\/span><\/p>\n

…………………..<\/span><\/p>\n

September ends.  A transitional month leading from hot August to glorious October, Kerouac month in the MavPhil<\/em> 'liturgy.'<\/span><\/p>\n

Dinah Washington, September in the Rain<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Rod Stewart, Maggie May<\/a>. "Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you\/It's late September and I really should be back at school."<\/span><\/p>\n

Carole King, It Might as Well Rain Until September<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Frank Sinatra, September of My Years<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

George Shearing, September in the Rain<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Walter Huston, September Song<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

This from a London reader:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks for linking to the George Shearing \u2018September\u2019. I had forgotten he grew up in London (in Battersea, just down the road from me). I love the Bird-like flights on the piano. Indeed I think he wrote \u2018Lullaby of Birdland\u2019. Another Londoner is Helen Shapiro who does a great version of \u2018It might as well rain until September\u2019 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=De0_zZ7qQDA<\/a>. Great alto voice, never made it in the US as far as I know. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I was first hipped to Shearing by Kerouac who referred to him in On the Road<\/em>.  I too love the 'Bird'-like flights on the piano. The allusion is to Charley 'Bird' Parker, also beloved of Kerouac.  (Kerouac month hereabouts starts Monday.) Helen Shapiro is new to me, thanks. She does a great job with the Carole King composition.  Believe it or not, King's version is a demo<\/em>. That's one hell of a demo. A YouTuber points out that Shapiro was not part of the 1964 'British Invasion.'  I wonder why.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE (9\/30). <\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Soriano recommends Try to Remember <\/a>— which I had forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE (10\/2)<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Anderson introduces me to Big Star, September Gurls<\/a>. Nice clangy, jangling guitar work reminiscent of the Byrds and some Beatle cuts.  Wikipedia article<\/a>.  Which Beatle cuts? <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, Rain<\/a> is one, And Your Bird Can Sing<\/a> is another.  Wow! I forgot how good these songs are.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But first the absolute best version of Dylan's From a Buick Six just to get your blood up. But now that Gary U. S. Bond is in the house, here is Twist, Twist, Senora with a trio of 1940s dancing girls. New Orleans, live, with Jeff Beck. ………………….. September ends.  A transitional month leading from … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: September Songs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}