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  1. John Eckman @[email protected]

    Nina Simone, Nina Simone Sings The Blues, 1967 on RCA Victor

    Nina Simone is such a singular talent—and this record is a great showcase of her at peak performance. It was her first on RCA Victor, recorded in their New York studios, and produced by Danny Davis who had produced Connie Francis and Lana Cantrell. The "I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl" and "Since I Fell For You" are just killer here. Abbey Lincoln shares co-writing credit on "Blues for Mama," the closing track. My copy—direct from the new Vinyl Me Please—is a 2024 reissue in the […]

    goatless.org/2026/10/06/nina-s

    #vinylfinds #vinylcollection #vinylmepleaseessentials #vinylmeplease #vinyl #sterling
  2. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a #showTune written by American composer #JeromeKern and lyricist #OttoHarbach for the 1933 #musicalComedy #Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by #TamaraDrasin. It was first recorded by #GertrudeNiesen, with orchestral direction from #RaySinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by #RCAVictor, with the #Bside "Jealousy", a song featuring #IshamJones.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Z-T3iH3n1kk

    #showtune #jeromekern #ottoharbach #musicalcomedy #roberta #tamaradrasin
  3. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Is a song that was written by #MackGordon and composed by #HarryWarren in 1941 originally recorded as a #bigBand/ #swing tune by #GlennMillerAndHisOrchestra and was featured in the 1941 movie #SunValleySerenade. and the first song to receive a #goldRecord, presented by #RCAVictor in 1942, which sold about 1.2 million copies.
    youtube.com/watch?v=SjwhC3UCxXI

    #mackgordon #harrywarren #bigband #swing #glennmillerandhisorchestra #sunvalleyserenade
  4. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA

    #zagerandevans #uksingleschart #rcavictor
  5. John Eckman @[email protected]

    Dr. Buzzard’s Original “Savannah” Band, self-titled, 1976 on RCA Victor

    This one was great fun to find. Originally released in 1976, this is an album that gets sampled frequently, perhaps most famously (in my collection at least) by A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Fugees, and M.I.A. It's kind of swing / big-band / latin jazz influenced early disco, which led to more interesting rhythms. Two of the members (Thomas Bowder and Andy Hernandez) left in the later 70s to form Kid Creole and the Coconuts. My copy—via private sale—is an RCA Indianapolis […]

    goatless.org/2026/08/28/dr-buz

    #vinylfinds #vinylcollection #vinyl #thomasbowder #sampled #rcavictor
  6. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by #SammyKaye in 1940 on #RCAVictor. It is best remembered for its 1950s #rockAndRoll version by #FatsDomino. #GlennMiller peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1940 with his recording on #RCA #BluebirdRecords featuring #RayEberle on vocals. In 1941, #GeneAutry made a recording of this song for #RegalZonophone. He also sang it in the 1941 movie #TheSingingHill.
    youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo

    #sammykaye #rcavictor #rockandroll #fatsdomino #glennmiller #rca
  7. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Peter Gunn" is the theme music composed by #HenryMancini for the television show of the same name. The song was the opening track on the original soundtrack album, #TheMusicFromPeterGunn, released by #RCAVictor in 1959. Mancini won an #EmmyAward and two #Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Arrangement. In 2005, the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=mLXN_7P95Uo

    #henrymancini #themusicfrompetergunn #rcavictor #emmyaward #grammys #grammyhalloffame
  8. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Wheel of Fortune" is a #popular song written by #BennieBenjamin and #GeorgeDavidWeiss and published in 1951. It is best remembered in the 1952 hit version by #KayStarr. The song was originally recorded in 1951, for #RCAVictor by #JohnnyHartman, and about the same time for Crescendo Records by Al Costello with the Walter Scott Orchestra. Several hit versions of "Wheel of Fortune" were released in 1952.
    youtube.com/watch?v=GqdUhlBwvx8

    #popular #benniebenjamin #georgedavidweiss #kaystarr #rcavictor #johnnyhartman
  9. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" is a song written by #BenPeters, and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #CharleyPride. It was released in October 1971 by #RCAVictor as the first single from his 13th studio album, #CharleyPrideSingsHeartSongs (1971). It has since become one of his signature tunes and was his eighth song to reach number 1 on the country charts. It was also Pride's only single to reach the top 40 on the pop charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qjsrsKb02uA

    #benpeters #countrymusic #charleypride #rcavictor #charleypridesingsheartsongs
  10. John Eckman @[email protected]

    Iggy Pop, The Idiot, 1977 on RCA Victor

    Iggy Pop is one of those threads that lives in the lineage of Bowie, Bauhaus, and Love and Rockets - lots of records i've posted lately. David Bowie produced The Idiot just before producing his own Low, though Low came out just before The Idiot. Bowie and Pop get cowriting credits, plus Carlos Alomar on the first track. R.E.M.'s cover is where I think I first heard "Funtime" which appears here as does "China Girl" years before Bowie would revisit it on Let's Dance. Definitely a […]

    goatless.org/2026/06/20/iggy-p

    #1970s #beverlyma #bigfunrecords #carlosalomar #davidbowie #iggypop
  11. John Eckman @[email protected]

    David Bowie, Hunky Dory, 1971 on RCA Victor

    Bowie's fourth full-length studio LP and one of my all-time favorites. This followed The Man Who Sold the World but all these early Bowie albums are so great they sound to me like they have just always existed. It can be hard to find decent early pressings of these but there have been many great reissues, including this one from a digital remastering done in 2015. Bowie is joined here by Mick Ronson, Woody Woodmansey, Trevor Bolder, and Rick Wakeman on piano. Purportedly Wakeman was asked […]

    goatless.org/2026/06/17/david-

    #woodywoodmansey #vinylfinds #vinylcollection #vinyl #trevorbolder #salemma
  12. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a #showTune written by American composer #JeromeKern and lyricist #OttoHarbach for the 1933 #musicalComedy #Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by #TamaraDrasin. It was first recorded by #GertrudeNiesen, with orchestral direction from #RaySinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by #RCAVictor, with the #Bside "Jealousy", a song featuring #IshamJones.
    youtube.com/watch?v=vfBboBz3yoc

    #showtune #jeromekern #ottoharbach #musicalcomedy #roberta #tamaradrasin
  13. John Eckman @[email protected]

    Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, Wanted! The Outlaws, 1976 on RCA Victor

    The album that solidified the rise of outlaw country, and was the first country album to be certified platinum. Great collection of mostly previously released songs with a few new titles, including: two songs each from Waylon, Jessi, Willie, and Tompall plus two Waylon & Willie songs and one Waylon & Jessi song. Tompall Glaser is maybe the least well known - though Jessi Colter doesn't always get the attention she deserves either. He produced Waylon's "Honky Tonk Heroes" album and Glaser […]

    goatless.org/2026/06/02/waylon

    #willienelson #waylonjennings #vinylfinds #vinylcollection #vinyl #tompallglaser
  14. John Eckman @[email protected]

    The Parachute Club, At the Feet of the Moon, 1984, RCA / Current

    Great early 80s pop - look at the outfits on that back sleeve. The Parachute Club were a Toronto band and this was their second full length following a self-titled debut. Reminiscent a bit of Level 42 (strong baselines) but with a more mainstream pop sensibility. "At the Feet of the Moon" was a hit in Canada. There's an episode of Behind the VInyl withlead singer Lorraine Segato: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwLKXQ_TkC4 My copy—via a grab bag of LPs at Bull Moose Records in […]

    goatless.org/2026/06/01/the-pa

    #1980s #bullmooserecords #canada #plaistownh #pop #rcavictor
  15. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American #singersongwriter #SamCooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album #AintThatGoodNews, released mid-February 1964 by #RCAVictor; a slightly edited version of the recording was released as a single on December 22, 1964. Produced by #HugoAndLuigi and arranged and conducted by #RenéHall, the song was the #Bside to "#Shake". The song was inspired by various events in Cooke's life, most prominently when he.
    youtube.com/watch?v=cEXhZ8PwM-Y

    #singersongwriter #samcooke #aintthatgoodnews #rcavictor #hugoandluigi #renehall
  16. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by #DonGibson with #ChetAtkins producing it for #RCAVictor in #Nashville. Released in 1958, the song topped the #country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks. On what became the #Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No. 7. It was Gibson's only Top 10 hit on the pop chart. Its #Bside was "#ICantStopLovingYou", which peaked at No. 7 on the #CAndW Jockey charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dzYe6O5IJWs

    #dongibson #chetatkins #rcavictor #nashville #country #billboard
  17. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Turn the Beat Around" is a #disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson, and performed by American actress and singer #VickiSueRobinson in 1976, originally appearing on her debut album, #NeverGonnaLetYouGo (1976). Released as a single in February 1976 by #RCAVictor, the song went to number ten on the US #Billboard pop charts, and number 73 on the Billboard soul chart. The song earned Robinson a #Grammy nomination for #BestFemalePopVocalPerformance.
    youtube.com/watch?v=vz9pZW5OvM4

    #disco #vickisuerobinson #nevergonnaletyougo #rcavictor #billboard #grammy
  18. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Don't You Know?" is a 1959 popular song written by #BobbyWorth, and hit record for singer #DellaReese. The song was adapted from an #aria ("#MusettasWaltz") from #Puccini's #LaBohème. It was Reese's first single on her new label #RCAVictor and helped her get a nomination for a #GrammyAward for #BestFemaleVocalist. Previously entitled "You," the song had also been a hit for #SammyKaye in 1952, reaching number 28.
    youtube.com/watch?v=VJSnKWpb_hs

    #bobbyworth #dellareese #aria #puccini #laboheme #rcavictor
  19. David Grayless @[email protected]

    "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" is a song written by #JerryChesnut and recorded by #ElvisPresley in March 1975. It was released as a single, as the #Aside, with the B-side "Mr. Songman", through #RCAVictor that was taken from his album #Today. It is not to be confused with the #LeiberAndStoller song "#Trouble", that Presley first recorded in July 1958, and which was subsequently recorded by numerous other artists.

    #jerrychesnut #elvispresley #aside #rcavictor #today #leiberandstoller
  20. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter #SamCooke. Released on April 14, 1960, by #KeenRecords, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen. He signed with #RCAVictor in 1960 and "Wonderful World", then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition.
    youtube.com/watch?v=gp6L6j7NiR0

    #samcooke #keenrecords #rcavictor
  21. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American #singersongwriter #SamCooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album #AintThatGoodNews, released mid-February 1964 by #RCAVictor; a slightly edited version of the recording was released as a single on December 22, 1964. Produced by #HugoAndLuigi and arranged and conducted by #RenéHall, the song was the #Bside to "#Shake". The song was inspired by various events in Cooke's life, most prominently when he.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1oZ6Z9xRxo8

    #singersongwriter #samcooke #aintthatgoodnews #rcavictor #hugoandluigi #renehall
  22. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Jolene" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #DollyParton. It was produced by #BobFerguson and recorded at #RCAStudioB in #NashvilleTennessee, on May 22, 1973, and then released on October 15, 1973, by #RCAVictor as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. Considered by music critics to be one of the most representative songs of the country genre.
    youtube.com/watch?v=xrrPG_VlvIQ

    #countrymusic #dollyparton #bobferguson #rcastudiob #nashvilletennessee #rcavictor
  23. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Walk Right In" is a country blues song written by musician #GusCannon and originally recorded by #CannonsJugStompers in 1929 by #RCAVictor. In 1959, it was included on the compilation album #TheCountryBlues. Another version of the song by #theRooftopSingers, with the writing credits allocated to group members #ErikDarling and Bill Svanoe, became an international hit in 1963.
    youtube.com/watch?v=yDUMImLjYss

    #guscannon #cannonsjugstompers #rcavictor #thecountryblues #therooftopsingers #erikdarling
  24. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Turn the Beat Around" is a #disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson, and performed by American actress and singer #VickiSueRobinson in 1976, originally appearing on her debut album, #NeverGonnaLetYouGo (1976). Released as a single in February 1976 by #RCAVictor, the song went to number ten on the US #Billboard pop charts, and number 73 on the Billboard soul chart. The song earned Robinson a #Grammy nomination for #BestFemalePopVocalPerformance.
    youtube.com/watch?v=cKMOBeFqgno

    #disco #vickisuerobinson #nevergonnaletyougo #rcavictor #billboard #grammy
  25. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" is a country song written and recorded by #HankLocklin. The song has become a standard for the #NashvilleSound, and has been covered by pop, country, and bluegrass artists. Locklin first released the song in 78-disc #4StarRecords 1360 in September 1949, but it did not hit the charts. Locklin re-released it in December 1957 on #RCAVictor 47-7127 single, and it peaked at No. 5 on #Billboard's chart of "#MostPlayedCAndWByJockeys".
    youtube.com/watch?v=1wFLjmCMXoU

    #hanklocklin #nashvillesound #4starrecords #rcavictor #billboard
  26. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Next Door to an Angel" is a rock and pop song written by #NeilSedaka and #HowardGreenfield and recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1962. It was issued by #RCAVictor Records. It reached No. 5 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in late 1962. "Next Door to an Angel" also went to No. 19 on the #HotRAndBSingles chart. It was Sedaka's last appearance on the American Top 10 until "#LaughterInTheRain" in late 1974. "Next Door to an Angel", in its original 45 rpm release.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ok3qU9VjajE

    #neilsedaka #howardgreenfield #rcavictor #billboard #hot100 #hotrandbsingles
  27. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by #SammyKaye in 1940 on #RCAVictor. It is best remembered for its 1950s #rockAndRoll version by #FatsDomino. #GlennMiller peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1940 with his recording on RCA #BluebirdRecords featuring #RayEberle on vocals. In 1941, #GeneAutry made a recording of this song for #RegalZonophone. He also sang it in the 1941 movie #TheSingingHill.
    youtube.com/watch?v=X1YtozEFqNs

    #sammykaye #rcavictor #rockandroll #fatsdomino #glennmiller #bluebirdrecords
  28. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "You Don't Know Me" is a song written by #EddyArnold and #CindyWalker in 1955. It was first recorded by Arnold that year and released as a single on April 21, 1956, on #RCAVictor. The best-selling version of "You Don't Know Me" was recorded by #RayCharles, who took it to number 2 on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his number 1 album #ModernSoundsInCountryAndWesternMusic.
    youtube.com/watch?v=SeD5lGIOs8s

    #eddyarnold #cindywalker #rcavictor #raycharles #billboard #modernsoundsincountryandwesternmusic
  29. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Last Train to Clarksville" is a song by American rock band #theMonkees. It was released as the band's debut single on August 16, 1966, and was later included on the group's self-titled album, which was released on October 10, 1966. The song, written by #TommyBoyceAndBobbyHart, was recorded at #RCAVictor Studio B in #Hollywood on July 25, 1966, and was already on the #BossRadio "Hit Bounds" playlist on August 17, 1966.
    youtube.com/watch?v=o4FIu4Xj16I

    #themonkees #tommyboyceandbobbyhart #rcavictor #hollywood #bossradio
  30. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Jolene" is a song written and recorded by American #countryMusic artist #DollyParton. It was produced by #BobFerguson and recorded at #RCAStudioB in #NashvilleTennessee on May 22, 1973, and then released on October 15, 1973, by #RCAVictor as the first single and title track from her album of the same name. Considered by music critics to be one of the most representative songs of the country genre.
    youtube.com/watch?v=GFPlF6rXnik

    #countrymusic #dollyparton #bobferguson #rcastudiob #nashvilletennessee #rcavictor
  31. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Having a Party" is a song by American singer-songwriter #SamCooke, released on May 8, 1962, by #RCAVictor. Produced by #HugoAndLuigi and arranged and conducted by #RenéHall, the song was the #Aside to "#BringItOnHomeToMe". The song peaked at number four on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBSides chart, and also charted at number 17 on the Billboard #Hot100.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dBSLA77cJa0

    #samcooke #rcavictor #hugoandluigi #renehall #aside #bringitonhometome
  32. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "Next Door to an Angel" is a rock and pop song written by #NeilSedaka and #HowardGreenfield and recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1962. It was issued by #RCAVictor Records. It reached No. 5 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in late 1962. "Next Door to an Angel" also went to No. 19 on the #HotRAndBSingles chart. It was Sedaka's last appearance on the American Top 10 until "#LaughterInTheRain" in late 1974. "Next Door to an Angel", in its original 45 rpm release.
    youtube.com/watch?v=KirpiNV0Xp4

    #neilsedaka #howardgreenfield #rcavictor #billboard #hot100 #hotrandbsingles
  33. 50+ Music @[email protected]

    "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a #ChristmasSong written in 1951 by #MeredithWillson. The song was originally titled "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas". #PerryComo was the first to record and release the song in 1951. The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and #theFontaneSisters with #MitchellAyres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on #RCAVictor as 47-4314 (45 rpm).
    youtube.com/watch?v=Om7mLfU03mk

    #christmassong #meredithwillson #perrycomo #thefontanesisters #mitchellayres #rcavictor
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