KOTB charting
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edcrawf:
Michelley:
Not sure if anyone noticed but KOTB is back up to No. 6 on the Billboard Jazz Chart. Still hanging in there.
If only it was top ten in the regular charts. Then again, if a lot more of his albums were still in the top ten right now.... Wonder how much it's sold so far total?
I'm curious, too, and also how the KOTB sales compare to his last few album sales.
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Nancy R:
audi:
lazydynamite88:
audi:
Still in Billboard's Top Ten Jazz albums chart http://www.billboard.com/charts/jazz-albums#/charts/jazz-albums No. 9...No. 9....No. 9
therin lies every piece of evidence you will ever need to know about the actuall worth of the 'jazz ' chart......how many copies shifted this week?..i would be surprised if it is over 500 in total
Here's one of my favorite but very old jokes (in reference to your post, LazyD): "Do you know what a jazz concert is? Thirteen people waiting on a melody to break out." "Bah-dum-bump!"
(I hate Jazz music in general)
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Nancy R:
audi:
lazydynamite88:
audi:
Still in Billboard's Top Ten Jazz albums chart http://www.billboard.com/charts/jazz-albums#/charts/jazz-albums No. 9...No. 9....No. 9
therin lies every piece of evidence you will ever need to know about the actuall worth of the 'jazz ' chart......how many copies shifted this week?..i would be surprised if it is over 500 in total
Here's one of my favorite but very old jokes (in reference to your post, LazyD): "Do you know what a jazz concert is? Thirteen people waiting on a melody to break out." "Bah-dum-bump!"
(I hate Jazz music in general)
I wouldn't really describe the music on KOTB as Jazz. Jazz covers such a broad range of styles. Anything before Rock'n'Roll tends to get put in this category. I would probably call it just standards or even pre-rock pop.
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Saw Woody Allen's wonderful semi-autobiographical movie "Radio Days" again depicting a boy growing up near Coney Island in the 1940s "Radio listening times" and when the voice over commented on all the "truly wonderful songs" he heard then on his aunt's radio, that made me think about K.O.T.B. I understood Paul's reasoning behind recording K.O.T.B. much better. Yeah they had beautiful songs with real melodies, lots of melody, back then...they really did...which should be appreciated and revered. How we used to scorn all those pre-rock standards, and we were culturally, musically poorer for our contemptuous stance
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When I hear this album it just makes me think I would rather listen to Frank, Bing, Dean, Ella etc performing these types of songs instead of Paul although his album is quite good because of the quality of the songs performed. Frank Sinatra was a vocal genius when it came to this genre and the way he could phrase a lyric better than anyone else! Pairing him with conductor Nelson Riddle and you have some of the greatest vocal pop/jazz albums and songs of the 20th century.
-I've Got You Under My Skin (1956) - 2:14 for the best trobone solo ever! - In The Wee Small Hours (1955) -
I must say I never cared for Sinatra, except some of his very, very early stuff, when he had the voice of an angel. As for KOTB, it will never be my favorite Paul album, but every time I hear "My Valentine," it just knocks me out.
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The thing about Frank Sinatra for me is that: Yes, he had a great voice for singing these standards. But the man could NEVER, in a million years, pull off making a rock album or a pop album. What's amazing about Paul is that, while he is absolutely a pop/rock singer, he manages to pull off singing these old jazz standards beautifully. KOTB works as an album. He pulls it off. Paul crosses genres successfully in a way that Frank Sinatra never could.
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Michelley:
The thing about Frank Sinatra for me is that: Yes, he had a great voice for singing these standards. But the man could NEVER, in a million years, pull off making a rock album or a pop album. What's amazing about Paul is that, while he is absolutely a pop/rock singer, he manages to pull off singing these old jazz standards beautifully. KOTB works as an album. He pulls it off. Paul crosses genres successfully in a way that Frank Sinatra never could.
Agreed. Although I have to give Sinatra credit for appreciating rock and roll and performing Something in his concerts. Even if he did call Something one of the best Lennon/McCartney songs ever written.
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To be fair Sinatra was of a completely different generation than the Beatles and worked in another genre of music. Also he did later correct himself and called Something a George Harrison song, to have a man who recorded over 1200 different songs in his life and had a 6o year career call it the greatest love song of all time isn't to shabby!
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MaccaBeatles:
To be fair Sinatra was of a completely different generation than the Beatles and worked in another genre of music. Also he did later correct himself and called Something a George Harrison song, to have a man who recorded over 1200 different songs in his life and had a 6o year career call it the greatest love song of all time isn't to shabby!
Oh I totally understand. He would have been of my grandparents generation. It just gives me a smile to think he would have called it a Lennon/McCartney song is all. And no that is not too shabby at all.
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Bruce M.:
I must say I never cared for Sinatra, except some of his very, very early stuff, when he had the voice of an angel. As for KOTB, it will never be my favorite Paul album, but every time I hear "My Valentine," it just knocks me out.
"My Valentine" blew me away, too.
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MaccaBeatles:
When I hear this album it just makes me think I would rather listen to Frank, Bing, Dean, Ella etc performing these types of songs instead of Paul although his album is quite good because of the quality of the songs performed. Frank Sinatra was a vocal genius when it came to this genre and the way he could phrase a lyric better than anyone else!...
Sinatra has often been lauded for his interpretation of lyrics, but I haven't paid enough attention to his phrasing skills. I'm a Dino guy, myself -- his '60s recordings, particularly.
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audi:
I'm a Dino guy, myself -- his '60s recordings, particularly.
I knew I liked you audi! I used to watch his TV show in the '60's and '70's! He always had a drink in his hand during that one segment! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show
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Nancy R:
audi:
I'm a Dino guy, myself -- his '60s recordings, particularly.
I knew I liked you audi! I used to watch his TV show in the '60's and '70's! He always had a drink in his hand during that one segment! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show
Amen, sister! Did you know that those "drinks" were usually apple cider? I'm a major, major, major fan of Jerry Lewis, and have seen numerous interviews where he mentioned that Dean Martin thought that martinis (?or one of those liquors) tasted like iodine. Anyway, I think Dino came into his own as an artist when the whole Rat Pack phase of his career took off. He was no longer the struggling lounge-act of the '40s; he was no longer the over-shawdowed half of Martin & Lewis. He was the re-invented king of cool.
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audi:
Nancy R:
audi:
I'm a Dino guy, myself -- his '60s recordings, particularly.
I knew I liked you audi! I used to watch his TV show in the '60's and '70's! He always had a drink in his hand during that one segment! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show
Amen, sister! Did you know that those "drinks" were usually apple cider? I'm a major, major, major fan of Jerry Lewis, and have seen numerous interviews where he mentioned that Dean Martin thought that martinis (?or one of those liquors) tasted like iodine. Anyway, I think Dino came into his own as an artist when the whole Rat Pack phase of his career took off. He was no longer the struggling lounge-act of the '40s; he was no longer the over-shawdowed half of Martin & Lewis. He was the re-invented king of cool.
Nice to hear, its a shame but Jerry Lewis was one of the biggest names in the 50's and 60's but his star has faded whereas Dean's has kept growing. When people think of one of his most popular movies, The Nutty Professor they normally think your referring to the Eddie Murphy version! : He's also a big fan of Stan Laurel, one of my comedy heroes and went to visit him in his home regularly in the 60's. Stan would write back letters to him as he did with every other person that sent him fan mail, he put his name in the local phonebook for fans who wanted to talk to him, meet him, his fans could even visit him at home! (Could you imagine a famous person doing that these days?) You can read some of the letters Stan wrote to his fans here, what a good man! http://www.lettersfromstan.com/
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Perhaps Live Kisses will bump its position in the charts... It will almost definitely send it to #1 again in the Jazz charts (not that its much of a challenge)!
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Mr. Spock:
Perhaps Live Kisses will bump its position in the charts... It will almost definitely send it to #1 again in the Jazz charts (not that its much of a challenge)!
I was surprised to see that it's still at #6 after 25-ish weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. Not many jazz releases, I guess. However, I wonder if it's going to be able to bump Tony Bennett's Duets II which is currently #1. Time will tell.
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Mr. Spock:
walliebaby:
Mr. Spock:
Perhaps Live Kisses will bump its position in the charts... It will almost definitely send it to #1 again in the Jazz charts (not that its much of a challenge)!
I was surprised to see that it's still at #6 after 25-ish weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. Not many jazz releases, I guess. However, I wonder if it's going to be able to bump Tony Bennett's Duets II which is currently #1. Time will tell.
The Jazz chart's inactivity is now infamous here... With that said, the slightest bit of nationwide publicity (such as this PBS special) could easily send him past Tony Bennett's album, especially considering KOTB jumped 12 positions in a week without a penny in advertisement been spent...
I noticed that jump and wonder what happened...I'm guessing that someone bought 2 copies for gifts. (Just kidding, folks, just kidding!) I remember the great KOTB chart wars when it hit #1. Good times. Not so much.
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walliebaby:
Mr. Spock:
Perhaps Live Kisses will bump its position in the charts... It will almost definitely send it to #1 again in the Jazz charts (not that its much of a challenge)!
I was surprised to see that it's still at #6 after 25-ish weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. Not many jazz releases, I guess. However, I wonder if it's going to be able to bump Tony Bennett's Duets II which is currently #1. Time will tell.
The Jazz chart's inactivity is now infamous here... With that said, the slightest bit of nationwide publicity (such as this PBS special) could easily send him past Tony Bennett's album, especially considering KOTB jumped 12 positions in a week without a penny in advertisement been spent...
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walliebaby:
Mr. Spock:
walliebaby:
Mr. Spock:
Perhaps Live Kisses will bump its position in the charts... It will almost definitely send it to #1 again in the Jazz charts (not that its much of a challenge)!
I was surprised to see that it's still at #6 after 25-ish weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. Not many jazz releases, I guess. However, I wonder if it's going to be able to bump Tony Bennett's Duets II which is currently #1. Time will tell.
The Jazz chart's inactivity is now infamous here... With that said, the slightest bit of nationwide publicity (such as this PBS special) could easily send him past Tony Bennett's album, especially considering KOTB jumped 12 positions in a week without a penny in advertisement been spent...
I noticed that jump and wonder what happened...I'm guessing that someone bought 2 copies for gifts. (Just kidding, folks, just kidding!) I remember the great KOTB chart wars when it hit #1. Good times. Not so much.
Fumbling for receipt. Ah yes! 2 gift orders, right here!!!!!