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Re: Don Black on Radio 2

Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:59 am

On his second show of the series Don played Matt singing Real Live Girl :) ..........the mystery singer was quite easy this week but I won't spoil it, apart from saying it's a she and she sings one of my all time favourite songs ……….I thought the show was a bit hit and miss this week...…..but I have to say that Julie London has a sexy voice :)
"My Tears Will Fall Now That You're Gone,
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On" :(
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Post by maureen & harry » Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:04 pm

Yes Robert it was a bit hit and miss this week but he did play some nice songs sung by good singers especially Matt of course.

We guessed the mystery singer too this week. 🙂
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Post by ROBERT M. » Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:43 pm

For anyone who want's to know last weeks mystery singer was Margaret Whiting who sings one of my all time favourite songs My Own True Love the theme from Gone With the Wind :)
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ROBERT M. wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:43 pm
 For anyone who want's to know last weeks mystery singer was Margaret Whiting who sings one of my all time favourite songs My Own True Love the theme from Gone With the Wind :)
Lovely singer Robert, my favourite version of the song.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:05 am

Yes John, Margaret's version is the best :) …………..I didn't recognise tonight's mystery singer while the song was playing :wink: ........Don played "matchless Matt" singing a song from his first Capitol album with musical director Sid Feller who thought Matt was the best male singer in the business ……..the song You're Gonna Hear From Me :) .........Don said he alway's wanted to write songs like another Hackney born songwriter Lionel Bart, but it was in fact Matt who persuaded Don to write lyrics for Walk Away which did get his song writing career started :wink:
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Post by Sandra » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:13 am

Back on form this week particularly the wonderful Don't Go To Strangers with Eydie Gorme :D
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Post by ROBERT M. » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:16 am

Yes Sandra that was a great song by Eydie Gorme :)
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Post by maureen & harry » Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:15 pm

Really enjoyed Don's show this week. We agree Sandra & Robert that was a beautiful song sung by Eydie Gorme. ☺
We are fans of Eydie & Steve and we recently watched a video on YouTube of them in concert from Japan 1988 and well worth a watch.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Sun Feb 02, 2020 6:14 pm

Last weeks mystery singer was Harry Connick Jnr ………..I know Don is playing a Dusty song this week :)
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:06 am

Tonight's show was very good...….every one a winner as they say...……...but Don did say a couple of odd things...……...after he played Doris Day he called her the ageless Doris Day...………...and before he played Matt singing one of his signature songs Walk Away he said he was asked to write lyrics to the Udo Jurgens song but didn't say it was Matt who persuaded him to write the English lyrics for the song !...…... and as I said last week he said that the song started his successful song writing career but he also said it changed his life and also Matts life, even though Matt had already had hits with Portrait of My Love, My Kind of Girl and From Russia With Love etc...…...Don must really like Johnny Mathis as he plays a JM song every week...………..and the Dusty song was If You Go Away and after playing the song he called her the "very special Dusty Springfield"...……….. :)
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Post by karl » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:32 pm

Robert maybe Don's losing the plot :roll:
Glad to hear he played Dusty singing If You Go Away, beautiful version.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:06 pm

I don't know if Don knows Doris Day has passed away or not ……….his comment is usually said for people still alive :wink:
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Post by maureen & harry » Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:45 pm

We enjoyed Don's show this week. We were able to guess all the singers up to the mystery voice which unfortunately we got wrong!

We too thought that Dusty's song was beautifully sung.
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Re: Don Black on Radio 2

Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:34 am

Another good programme from Don tonight ………….he played one of my favourite Matt songs Ebb Tide calling him the "matchless" again :) .......... but no mention of Matts passing this week...…....I think Don think's all his listeners are a bit dim because his mystery singer was so obvious, he made it sound as though no one would know who it was until he revealed the answer !!
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Re: Don Black on Radio 2

Post by maureen & harry » Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:09 pm

Yes it was another good show this week. There were some songs we had not heard before and as Don said they never really had the success that some of the other songs the composers had written.
We did guess the mystery singer but we also guessed/recognised some of the other singers too. 🙂🙂
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