The Fontane Sisters - Adorable (1955) video free download

patentpumps

The Fontane's Adorable peaked at No. 20 on the Music Vendor charts (15 chart weeks) while the flip Daddy-o peaked at NO. 13 on the same chart remaining in the chart for 19 weeks.

karaoketam

My mom had this 45. I used to play it all the time. The flip side was Daddyo. Great memories. Thank you!

Personality Plugger

I actually like this better than The Colts or The Drifters, but it also sounds like the 40s. Would love to hear what is would sound like by a group today. Keep your eyes open for some original bios on The Colts, Platters, Dell-Tones, Blockbusters and more on your e-readers and e-reader apps available around Christmas.

Walter L.

...Not too fond of it , hearing this this first time , I like the Drifters' so much...However , thank you for it , it's interesting to hear .

TheSteamtramman

Dreamy, got me swaying like we used to do.

CatsPjamas1

@ThePeaceableKingdom Yes, I had not heard it either, or known of its existence, until I looked it up on YouTube while researching the description for this posting.

ThePeaceableKingdom

@CatsPjamas1 "Both improved quite a lot over the original Colts version, in my opinion." I agree. But I'm glad I got to hear it...

ThePeaceableKingdom

@CatsPjamas1 "Most songs, from the '20's ... up to the 60's would have several different versions by several different artists" I've noticed that. It seems that before the 60's the song was more important than the recorded performance. After the '60s the version on the record becomes definitive and the sheet music isnt. Frank Zappa said that in rock "it's not the notes on the page, it's the timbre" that matters. Only Pink Floyd can be Pink Floyd. Now kids "cover" a song because they like it...

CatsPjamas1

@CatsPjamas1 '60's would have several different versions by several different artists all competing for the most play and sales. As a matter of personal preference, I'm not one of those people that states that the original is always better, and I enjoy hearing all versions of a song I enjoy. The Fontane Sisters' version of "Adorable" is deifintely my favorite, but I do like the Drifters version quite a lot too. Both improved quite a lot over the original Colts version, in my opinion.

CatsPjamas1

@CatsPjamas1 each other for airtime, covering each other's songs. In effect, the pop versions of the R&B hits actually helped R&B music become more popular with mainstream audiences. Another thing that needs to be noted, beginning artists in the industry were always the most susceptible to cover versions by established artists for the simple reason that they established ones had an edge on sales because of the fact they were already known. Most songs, from the '20's and earlier, up to the

CatsPjamas1

@CatsPjamas1 use pop artists to cover them for a pop audience which they did. So, it only made sense that the music execs would use pop singers to cover popular R&B records of the day for the pop market, because it was not known at the time that the orginal records had interest for mainstream audiences. As this fact became known, and the original records started to sell better, cover records of R&B hits eventually began to vanish. Also, it should be noted that black artists often competed with

CatsPjamas1

@ThePeaceableKingdom Cover records were a mainstay in the industry until the '60's. Most often, white artists competed with other white artists for airtime, and it was winner take all. The only reason that so many R&B songs were covered in the mid'50's was, for the first time, R&B music became a prominent and popular genre with more than just R&B audiences, crossing over in the pop market. The same thing was occuring with country music. With country records, the music execs figured they would

ThePeaceableKingdom

Another one I have on '45. Interesting that it's on Dot Records; I'd forgotten that. Dot Records was making a name for itself by covering R&B songs so they could be played on respectable radio. I had never heard the version by The Colts till this morning. Bless YouTube! But I think my favorite version is still The Drifters...

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