Johnny Tillotson Poetry In Motion (LP Album)

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(1984/Ace) 14 tracks - This is essentially the 1962 Cadence album! Linernotes are written by Adam... more

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Johnny Tillotson: Poetry In Motion (LP Album)

(1984/Ace) 14 tracks - This is essentially the 1962 Cadence album! Linernotes are written by Adam Komorowski!

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Interpret: Johnny Tillotson
Album titlle: Poetry In Motion (LP Album)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label ACE-HI
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 4000127807540
weight in Kg 0.21

Tillotson, Johnny - Poetry In Motion (LP Album) LP 1
01	SIDE-1:	Johnny Tillotson
02	I Got A Feeling	Johnny Tillotson
03	It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'	Johnny Tillotson
04	Lonely Street	Johnny Tillotson
05	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Johnny Tillotson
06	Funny How Time Slips Away	Johnny Tillotson
07	I Fall To Pieces	Johnny Tillotson
08	What'll I Do	Johnny Tillotson
09	SIDE-2:	Johnny Tillotson
10	Poetry In Motion	Johnny Tillotson
11	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With Yo	Johnny Tillotson
12	Take Good Care Of Her	Johnny Tillotson
13	Lonesome Town	Johnny Tillotson
14	Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On	Johnny Tillotson
15	Fool No. 1	Johnny Tillotson
16	Hello Walls	Johnny Tillotson

Johnny Tillotson At the time of writing, it is now over 52 years since Johnny Tillotson... more

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"Johnny Tillotson"

Johnny Tillotson

At the time of writing, it is now over 52 years since Johnny Tillotson made his first professional recordings for Cadence in August 1958. In that time he has achieved what many fail to do in music industry. He has lasted! After a lifetime in the firmament of popular music, he remains an attraction in the U.S.A. and abroad where his appearances in cabaret and one nighters are still enjoyed by fans many of whom, have stood by him through five decades of music, films, television and concerts

Born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 20^th 1939, Johnny was actually raised in Palatka by his grandparents but he travelled back to be with parents each summer. His mother was Doris and his father was Jack, a country music disc jockey.

It appears that performing was in his blood from an early age and indeed by the age of nine, he was featured on the local radio show, Young Folks Revue. Encouraged by his grandparents, he set about turning himself into becoming a professional singer. He sang at local functions and had played so much locally by the time he entered Palatka Senior High School, his reputation had preceded him and he was quite well established and known in the state of Florida.

He guested on the television show, The Toby Dowdy Show, where he became a regular with a three year contract and when the show itself ceased transmission, the opportunity opened up for Johnny to have his own show on WDGA-TV. Juggling a television show and studies at the University of Florida was not easy but Johnny pulled it off and he successfully graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism and Communications in 1959 despite the distractions of his passion for music.

At the same time that all this was going on, Johnny has started writing songs and when, in 1957, a local disc jockey sent six of his songs to the National Pet Milk Talent contest, Johnny found himself in Nashville performing on WSM Radio.

In Nashville he was heard by Lee Rosenberg, a Nashville music publisher who was so impressed by what she heard that she took a tape of Johnny singing to Archie Bleyer at Cadence Records, already scoring highly in the pop charts with hit titles by The Chordettes, The Everly Brothers and Andy Williams as well as achieving a #17 hit in his own right with The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane as 1954 turned into 1955.

The hits started immediately with Dreamy Eyes charting in November 1958 and peaking at #63 (reissued in 1961, it moved 28 positions higher to #35). Twenty-six chart entries followed in the U.S. with his biggest being Poetry In Motion which advanced to #2 in the States in late 1960 but was eclipsed by its success in the U.K. where it spent three weeks in the #1 position at the early part of 1961.

Undoubtedly Johnny's greatest success a songwriter was with It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' which was a #3 pop and #4 country hit for him in 1962. Many covers and revivals followed with perhaps Elvis Presley's rendering on his 'From Elvis In Memphis' album in 1969 being the most prestigious.

During his association with Cadence Records (1958-1963), Johnny recorded 41 different titles in his own right. He recorded three songs on more than one occasion and he added his vocal to a session by French singer, Genevieve, on one song.

When the Cadence tapes were analysed, it was found that all but one performance existed in outtake form; the only track to survive purely as a master was Love Is Blind (Cadence 1365).

There was one song, Please Help Me I'm Falling that had never been released before and like something akin to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, we found a session recorded in New York with King Curtis on sax playing on an earlier attempt at Poetry In Motion.

Within the master tapes boxes, the master take, as originally issued, tends to be missing from the spools.

Johnny Tillotson The Outtakes
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