Good night
Night all. 🤗
Well I needed the 80s for my only correct answer this morning.
60s I recognised after 1 skip but not a clue of the artist's name.
70s sounded vaguely familiar but honestly I thought the artist was a 1 hit wonder.
Thankfully the 80s came to my rescue.
1/3.
Forgot the name of the 60s artist even though I managed to remember this was the original and slightly less banned version before it became a hit for someone whose name sounded like someone else who, coincidentally with the song, died very young. No points for pointless trivia. 😂
70s was a struggle. The 80s wasn’t.
Heardle 60s #485
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Heardle 70s #489
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Heardle 80s #504
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60’s I got the song from the lyrics and the artist from Margaret and Barney's clues 😋
70’s no hope.
80’s straight in 🤗
Quote from Lois Hi on September 9, 2023, 10:14 pm60’s I got the song from the lyrics and the artist from Margaret and Barney’s clues 😋
70’s no hope.
80’s straight in 🤗
My clues Lois ? Ah sure I'm happy to help. Not sure how I did though !😉
And Margaret, ye may tell us more about the banned version and all that trivia...🤔
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Laura_I_Love_Her
"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a teenage tragedy song written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh. It was a US top ten popular music hit for singer Ray Peterson in 1960 on RCA Victor Records, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by Ricky Valance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.[2]
Content
The song tells the tragic story from a witness' perspective of a young man named Tommy who is in love with Laura and wants to marry her, so he enters a stock car race, despite being the youngest and most inexperienced driver, hoping to win and use the prize money to buy Laura a wedding ring. The second verse tells how his car overturns and bursts into flames, although nobody knows what had happened. Tommy is fatally injured and his last words are "Tell Laura I love her... My love for her will never die". In the final verse, Laura prays inside the chapel, where a church organ is heard, and where she can still hear Tommy's voice intoning the title one more time, before it fades out.
Recording History
The lyrics of "Tell Laura I Love Her" originally concerned a rodeo, not an automobile race, as composer Jeff Barry was an aficionado of cowboy culture.[3] However, at RCA's instigation, Barry rewrote the song, in order to more closely resemble the No. 1 hit "Teen Angel". The personnel on the original recording included Al Chernet, Charles Macy, and Sebastian Mure on guitars: Lloyd Trotman on bass; Andrew Ackers on organ; Bob Burns on sax; and Bunny Shawker on drums.[citation needed]
Decca Records in England decided not to release Ray Peterson's 1960 recording on the grounds that it was "too tasteless and vulgar" and destroyed about twenty-five thousand copies that had already been pressed.[4] A cover by Ricky Valance, released by EMI on the Columbia label, was No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.[5][6] Valance's version was initially banned by the BBC; it was considered to be in "bad taste" and expressed concern for copycat activity.[7][8]
The Peterson single was re-released in 1962, following the success of Valance's recording.[9]
Between the two clues,, Barney, I knew not to go for the more obvious of the two artists (Ricky Valance sounds like Richie Valens of La Bamba fame) 😊
All that's missing from the Wiki article, I think, is that Radio Luxembourg played it while the Beeb banned it, Major. Goodnight Privates. 😘
Goodnight everyone 🤗
Night all. 🤗
60s I got after all the skips. Not a clue of the artist.
70s not a clue full stop.
80s I know the artist and remember this song but not the intro.
So it's back to having a duck egg for breakfast ! 0/3
Had to scam the 70s from the lyric. Didn't remember it all that well. 80s was last gasp. 1/3
Heardle 60s #486
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Heardle 70s #490
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Heardle 80s #505
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Quote from Hot Lips Houlihan on September 10, 2023, 10:39 amHad to scam the 70s from the lyric. Didn’t remember it all that well. 80s was last gasp. 1/3
Heardle 60s #486
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https://60s.heardledecades.com/
Heardle 70s #490
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Well you did a lot better than me Major !😉
Scammed the 60's from the lyrics after using all the skips. Didn't realise the artist sang as well as wrote a million hits 😊
70's and 80's no hope, but I do know the artists.