Karin's Musical Musings and Memories

  Once upon a time, there was no Internet. No Pandora, Spotify, YouTube or Google. In many ways, those were better times.   We listened to the radio, which we all know could be hit or miss.  Maybe we'd have to listen extra carefully to hear the DJ list the songs they played before a commercial came on. Or we'd actually call and talk to the disc jockey (or whoever answered the phone). Once you knew what the mystery song was, and who recorded it, it was time to either buy the 45, or LP. Or be on the ready with the portable radio/cassette player to tape it the next time it played on the radio. If you got tired of waiting, you could request it, and then wait some more. I mostly listened to "Classic Hits" or "Album Oriented Rock" stations. Sometimes if there wasn't anything good on those, I'd check the "Oldies" and "Soft Rock" options, and finally, contemporary or Mixed channels. By the end of the 80's there really wasn't much ...

  Every so often you can hear a song or an artist from a long time ago. And it transports you back in time. How about Johnny Mathis? He was amazing, and so was the "sound" he had in all those old recordings.  How can you resist that lush orchestra, reminiscent of Nat King Cole? Johnny Mathis was a great singer too.  My personal favorite of his songs is "It's Not For Me To Say". The tickling of the piano keys is very appealing to me for some reason. I went online to try and find out who was playing the piano.  I found out quite a bit, but not who the piano player was. For example, the song was recorded in 1956, and released in February 1957. It peaked at number five in the US.  It was written for a movie I've never heard of. "Lizzie". The music was composed by Robert Allen and the lyrics by Al Stillman.  Ray Conniff 's Orchestra played in the song as well.  (By the way, I don't know what I did before Wikipedia.)  But I still don't know w...