Tommy Edwards: rock & roll or not?

[Dean]

Inquiring minds want to know!

[Mark]

Post by Dean
Inquiring minds want to know!

Not. But, like Nat King Cole, he had a style that appealed to many r'n'r
lovers--maybe because his singing was what you might call "soulful pop"

--md

[Bruce]

Post by Mark

Post by Dean
Inquiring minds want to know!

Not. But, like Nat King Cole, he had a style that appealed to many r'n'r
lovers--maybe because his singing was what you might call "soulful pop"

But he only sang that way after rock and roll had become all over the
mainstream pop charts. Here is what he sounded like in the early 50s.

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[Mark]

Post by Bruce

Post by Mark

Post by Dean
Inquiring minds want to know!

Not. But, like Nat King Cole, he had a style that appealed to many r'n'r
lovers--maybe because his singing was what you might call "soulful pop"

But he only sang that way after rock and roll had become all over the
mainstream pop charts. Here is what he sounded like in the early 50s.
http://youtu.be/oOpPWoYzzu8
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Yes, I've heard the originals. And yes, like many pop singers, he put some
more rhythm and "sound" ooomph into his singing becaue of r'n'r. Even Nat Kng
Cole did that.

--md

[DCartrow]

Tommy could have joined Johnny Mathis and Lenny Welch for an inspiring
remake of "The Teen Commandments", baby!!

[Dean]

I asked because I considered removing "It's All in the Game" from my
list of the Top 500 Rock & Roll Hits of the Oldies Era. Though I think
it's a beautiful record, it stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb
when compared to most of the other entries.

[Roger]

Post by Dean
Inquiring minds want to know!

Yeah,put me in the "NOT" camp as well

But more than most artists who tried later to "update" their previous
material Tommy succeeded with a vengeance!