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I don't recall where, when or with whom
I first heard a stereo recording but I recall I was blown away and
hooked. It was recorded music as I'd never heard it before. I was
astounded!
I remember the first stereo album I bought. It was by Jack Scott who was born Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr., on January 24, 1936, in Canada. I like the name, G. D. Scafone, Jr., however, in those days an ethnic name didn't work if you wanted to be an established entertainment profile and names had to be "Americanized" to make a person palatable to American "taste", whatever that was or even now is.
I remember the first stereo album I bought. It was by Jack Scott who was born Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr., on January 24, 1936, in Canada. I like the name, G. D. Scafone, Jr., however, in those days an ethnic name didn't work if you wanted to be an established entertainment profile and names had to be "Americanized" to make a person palatable to American "taste", whatever that was or even now is.
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Scott sang rock-a-billy in a lightly twangy, tenor (slightly on on the baritone side at times) type of voice that made teen-aged girls swoon. Of course, teen-aged girls did that a lot in the fifties (well, they did it in the forties, and the sixties, so I guess not much was different). Every guy felt super cool when he sang, The Way I Walk (YouTube).
I remember dancing with a lovely girl named Ann to his slow, sexy ballad, "My True Love" (YouTube), and getting all hot 'n horny (me, not her, or so I though at the time). I remember desperately wanting, but her not giving in; proper girls didn't do that in the 50's so I never forced it (it would be another 10 years before the sexual revolution would relieve me of my restrictions).
To this day I can still remember hearing Jack's smooth, sexy voice
crooning the lyrics while we bumped and rubbed against each other as we
danced and my barometer rose (I got that expression from Mark Thompson,
a local weatherman in SF decades ago; he was signing photos of himself
somewhere and on everyone's photo he wrote, "May your barometer always
rise.", I thought it was a great euphemism).
I ran into Ann a decade or so later and she had become a beautiful,
loving mother to a delightful girl. I met her husband and got to know
them over a period of time. During that time, when we were alone once,
Ann told me that all those years ago she'd almost given in several
times, "If you'd only pushed a little harder" (oh, my, isn't life grand?!?). Somehow, I lost touch with her again. I hope she's well.
Goodbye Baby (my favorite song on the album) on YouTube
Goodbye Baby a later version of the song on YouTube.
Goodbye Baby a later version of the song on YouTube.
photo by Styrous®
A great big thanks to Jack Scott for starting me off to a new world of Stereophonic listening pleasure.
Ann vanished a long time ago but she and the song we danced to linger on
in my memory. So, to my sweet, lovely, Ann, wherever she may be, thank
you as well.
Jack Scott website
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt 2
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt 3
Jack Scott website
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt 2
Jack Scott and the birth of Stereo Pt 3
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