Last week I wondered who did put the ram in the ram a lang a ding dong, and I got in answer in the comments. Turns out it was Cynthia Weil Barry Mann, this information coming via a commenter, who included a list of some of the great songs the co-wrote. Being as I’m beginning to get desperate in this feature, I was glad to get the list, because I figured there’d be something on it that would give me an idea for this week. I settled on the Drifters, who I don’t believe I’ve ever used before. Amazingly, I found this video, which is a pretty good version, and yes, for you youngsters, performers really did dress like that in the 70s. The song, however, is from the early 60s, but there’s at least a better than even chance that these are the original Drifters (well, at least some of them), though I’m sure my last week’s commenter would know better than I.
Okay, speaking of the Drifters, I couldn’t resist adding this one. I first starting paying attention to popular music when I got my first transistor radio. Back then, the number of transistors was considered to make a difference. My radio had a respectable six, though within a couple of years, I graduated to eight. This song was big when I got my first little Channel Master, and it’s certainly stood the test of time. Again, the performance is from the 70s, but the song came out in 1960, the dawning of the Golden Age of rock.
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