GOOD SONGS - BAD GRAMMAR

Thanks to Richard, the re-established "King' of The White Sport Coat and Pink Carnation Society see: HERE a classic of 20th century music was rediscovered.

This seminal album set off the chain of events that formed The White Sport Coat and Pink Carnation Society (I hope that he wiped the cover properly). The Pop standards on the album were to feature strongly in the society's social events and some had a deep meaning for members.

Here's the song selection with some notes. Not all of the songs were meaningful but most, nevertheless were good.

A1 - Mitch Miller With His Orchestra And Chorus* Yellow Rose Of Texas

A2 –Johnnie Ray I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Not really applicable to the WSCPCS members at the time as they hadn't managed this the first time around

A3 –Johnny Mathis The Twelfth Of Never 

A forecast as to when Richard might ever see female breasts

A4 –Marty Robbins A White Sport Coat 

The theme song for the society and a great favourite amongst the lads who were all dressed up but had nowhere to go

A5 –Johnny Cash Don't Take Your Guns To Town 

A Richard favourite and adopted by Tony who was a pacifist. It didn't stop him from making trouble though but he generally escaped it leaving other members to take the punishment.

A6 –The Four Lads Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 

The song that kicked it all off with Richard embarking on a lifetime quest to find out what the Turks were up to.

A7 –Louis Armstrong Mack The Knife 

The stand- out song on the album. The Kurt Weill/ Bertolt Brecht song given a great jazz rendition by Satchmo (who incidentally signed my autograph book for me when I was little).

A9 –Frankie Laine High Noon 

A10 –Guy Mitchell Singing The Blues 

B1 –Stonewall Jackson Waterloo 

B2 –Johnny Mathis Wonderful! Wonderful! 

B3 –Johnnie Ray Cry 

This should have been the WSCPCS anthem

B4 –Tony Bennett Young And Warm And Wonderful 

Kind of like how the guys would like their women to be if they ever got their hands on one.

B5 –Guy Mitchell Heartaches By The Number 

Enough said

B6 –Doris Day Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 

Quite prescient really as evidenced by the ZOOM call where it was shown that all 'Four Lads' finally have their own personal women

B7 –Frankie Laine Jezebel 

Yes, this came to pass in some relationships

B8 –The Four Lads Moments To Remember 

Well, none actually at the time

B9 –Les Paul & Mary Ford Goodnight Irene 

This was my favourite song when I was about 5 y.o.

B10 –Patti Page Tennessee Waltz 

A great C&W standard - one of the best, handy at the end of the WSCPCS evenings when the lads were left alone.