The photo in the middle is me literally "between songs" so to speak. I'm only six and a half years old in the image, and Sunday dressed for a very special occasion (which has no direct bearing on this post).* Nevertheless, by the time I was nine in 1963, two pop songs were considered my "bestest"!
And here they are, sandwiching my dapper self!
The first is from 1960, The Everly Brothers' number one, smash hit: 'Cathy's Clown'.
'Cathy's Clown' The Everly Brothers (1960)
Me, all decked out in my duds. What a dandy, dashing, debonair dude!
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| Sunday, January 21, 1962 Photo by Manuel Rubio Sanchez |
The second number, from 1963, is Ruby and the Romantics' only chart topper: 'Our Day Will Come'.
'Our Day Will Come' Ruby and the Romantics (1963)
Why I was especially fond of these two numbers, I no longer know. In fact, when I look at my portraiture, aware that the date is January 21, 1961 (the Sunday it incidentally snowed in San Francisco), reminds me that Jorgen Ingmann's cover of The Shadows UK hit 'Apache' was currently climbing to the top of the American charts. 'Apache' was a tune of which I was wild as well. (Presumably, as it featured no lyrics that I could sing with which to help identify the song to someone possibly unfamiliar with its tune or title - I could barely carry a note - is perhaps one plausible reason why it was kept out of the running for consideration as a contender for inclusion into my "bestest" category. I can only suppose.)
*[SEE:"Frost!!" (Take One: The Fiftieth Anniversary - Pathé Newsreel Edition) Posted: January 12, 2012 and "Frost!!" (Take Two: The Fuller Account - Family Photographs Edition) Posted: October 5, 2024]
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