中词西曲是X语时代曲的一部份,草创于三、四十年代,R盛于五十年代中期。 五十年代初,大陆唱片商将U由上海遷到香港,作曲人才青鬗ㄠ窗A于是配上中文歌词的西洋歌曲旋律的流行歌曲应`而生,流行一时。 我们就以西洋流行歌曲美1951年度金曲榜 " Billboard Top 30 - 1951 "为断代,谈谈中词西曲。
Billboard Top 30 - 1951
1951-001 Nat King Cole - Too Young 1951-002 Tony Bennett - Because Of You 1951-003 Les Paul And Mary Ford - How High The Moon 1951-004 Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House 1951-005 Mario Lanza - Be My Love 1951-006 Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey 1951-007 Tony Bennett - Cold Cold Heart 1951-008 Perry Como – If 1951-009 Mario Lanza - The Loveliest Night Of The Year 1951-010 Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz 1951-011 Frankie Laine – Jezebel 1951-012 Tony Martin - I Get Ideas 1951-013 Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill 1951-014 Patti Page - Mockin' Bird Hill 1951-015 Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller - My Heart Cries For You 1951-016 Eddy Howard - (It's No) Sin 1951-017 Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - Sound Off 1951-018 Dinah Shore - Sweet Violets 1951-019 Les Paul & Mary Ford - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 1951-020 Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller - My Truly, Truly Fair 1951-021 Four Aces - (It's No) Sin 1951-022 Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter - Aba Daba Honeymoon 1951-023 Frankie Laine - Rose, Rose I Love You 1951-024 Del Wood - Down Yonder 1951-025 Billy Eckstine - I Apologize 1951-026 Patti Page - Would I Love You 1951-027 Perry Como - You're Just In Love 1951-028 Ames Brothers & Les Brown - Undecided Coral 1951-029 Phil Harris - The Thing 1951-030 Les Baxter - Because Of You
記起那次好像買了4 張 Kong Ling LP, 全是大約每張 HK $100 a) 夢裡喜相逢 b) Sing Dorai Mee c) Look at me d) This world we live in
Sing Dorai Mee 這張 LP 我本人不大喜歡,4張 Kong Ling LP中最弱的一張 賣價大約 HK3000以上, ?大約 £300 不過 Ebay 賣價,同一唱片也有不同價 也許是有價無市
12首曲如下: 01)As tears go by 02)Walk away 03)What now my love 04)The sound of music 05)I believe 06)Devoted to you 07)Do Ray Mee 08)The wedding 09)Dear Heart 10)Your cheating heart 11)500 miles 12)Save your heart for me
Diamond Records – EP 001 (1963) ●South Pacific Twist ●Qera Sera Sera (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans) ●The End Of The World (Arthur Kent/Sylvia Dee) ●Sukiyaki (Hachidai Nakamura/Rokusuke Ei)
這張是Diamond Records出版EP的第一張,四首歌全都有收錄於《Kong Ling And The Fabulous Echoes Volume II》LP內,相信你也有收存這LP或數年前出版的復黑CD版。
Diamond Records – DEP 004 ●Dor-Re-Mi (Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers) ●As Tears Go By (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) ●Five Hundred Miles (Hedy West) ●Save Your Heart For Me (Gary Geld/Peter Udell)