I’m not a new music kind of guy. No, I’m just way to into the past. Well, maybe a little more than that. Let’s just go with plain obsessed. Everything before the 90’s, I like. Or it could be just anyone living through the 50’s. One thing that is for certain though is the rise of the old music that I love. Whether it’s with Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, and maybe even a little Johnny Cash; Music from the past is resurfacing like crazy as samples for remixes, covers with fresh faces, or even half recorded duets.
One group of musicians though that were popping up through the 50’s to 90’s was the Rat Pack. This group was comprised of three members, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. This is where the majority of my own favorite diddies are. Anyways, The Rat Pack is basically just the group of three mentioned above that did performances together and did many movies, including the first Ocean’s 11. So, yeah, they’re kind of a big deal.
Because of the continuous of stars like Michael Buble or Harry Connick Jr., the entertaining world of showmanship and swing are making a major comeback. Even on the most popular of TV shows, Glee, they make a nice tribute to a member of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr., as Noah “Puck” Puckerman sings alongside Mercedes Jones one of Davis’ hit songs, “The Lady is a Tramp”. And honestly, they did a top notch job in doing it! If you have not heard this song, click here to listen to it!
Here’s another song that some of you readers out there may know of. In 2004, The Pussycat Dolls (because everybody loves the Pussycat Dolls) made a cover of the song Sway (click here for their cover) . Sway, a year before was also covered by the Juno-winning crooner himself, Michael Buble (here’s his!). In 1954 two recordings of Sway were released. One was not very popular, as you cannot even find a recording of it anywhere on the Internets. The other, however, became a instant success! This recording was released by none other than the Italian crooner, Dino “Dean” Martin (for the original!). Take a listen to all three and you will see how different each of them is but in a way, still has the same kind of crooning romance the last one before had.
I am awfully looking forward to this revival of all my favorite music. So what do you guys think? Are you into the two modern day crooners, Buble and Connick? Or, are you just ready to bury the hatchet on the past and move onto some autotuned goodness? To go gaga over clock $ound$?