Roger wrote:
REVIEW - The Five Sharps - "Stormy Weather" - JUBILEE 5104;DECEMBER 1952
https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/the-five-sharps-stormy-weather-jubilee-5104/#more-100853
YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooU8o78lMgw
Here it is.......the RAREST of the RARE!!
This is how it did in the 1952 Singles Battle
PRELIM
12 The Five Sharps - Stormy Weather - Jubilee 5104
7 Patti Page - Come What May - Mercury 5772
7 Hugo Winterhalter - A Kiss To Build A Dream On - RCA 4455
15 The Five Sharps - Stormy Weather - Jubilee 5104
R2
19 Muddy Waters - She Moves Me - Chess 1490
6 The Five Sharps - Stormy Weather - Jubilee 5104
And in the later Vocal Groups Battle
R1
16 The Crystals -- He's A Rebel -- Philles 106 -- 1962
3 The Five Sharps -- Stormy Weather -- Jubilee 5104 -- 1952
SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT - 5/10
I quite like it--it's a high 7 on my 1952 list.
Yes,the later Spaniels version is performed better---but I miss those "thunder sound effects" on the Sharps version---and the Sharps do it at a better tempo
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