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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 9:29:00 GMT -5
This isn't really music related, but wanted to let those visiting know if you didn't hear A dy Griffith passed away.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 3, 2012 11:13:27 GMT -5
Actually it is, he recorded quite a bit of country and religious themed songs...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2012 11:30:34 GMT -5
Actually it is, he recorded quite a bit of country and religious themed songs... I knew about the gospel. I liked his album I heard of it years ago. I think it was the one he advertised on TV. But I meant as far as chart hits. Did he ever reach the country chart? |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 3, 2012 11:38:56 GMT -5
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 3, 2012 12:57:51 GMT -5
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Post by atruefan on Jul 3, 2012 15:48:55 GMT -5
According to Whitburn's Pop Memories book, Griffith had two top 40 hits, both in 1954. "What It Was, Was Football" got to number 9, and "Romeo And Juliet" got to number 27. On both records he was bill as "Deacon Andy Griffith."
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 3, 2012 18:07:44 GMT -5
Dr.Demento has played "What It Was,Was Football" a time or two-I'm under the assumption that he'll have a tribute to Andy Griffith on his next show.
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Post by vto66 on Jul 3, 2012 21:22:18 GMT -5
Sad, just sad.  I remember Andy occasionally singing on his show, one that sticks out for me is when he sang a mournful ballad to a farmer who refused to get a tetanus shot. Funny, and sad, at the same time. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 3, 2012 21:50:42 GMT -5
I loved when he got his uke out on Matlock, PRICELESS!
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Post by 40fan on Jul 3, 2012 22:20:23 GMT -5
I assume a lot of country stations, in addition to the patriotic tunes they'll play today, will add a few plays of "Mayberry" by Rascal Flatts; as a tribute. (Maybe with a few sound samples of Andy and Barney."
"What It Was, Was Football" was one of those rare spoken comedy records that made the Top 10. In my radio career, I slipped it in before the season opener of some high school football games. It's a comedy gem!
The Theme from "The Andy Griffith Show" was not a Top 40 record but has since become a song for all who were nostalgic for "The good old days!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2012 5:13:51 GMT -5
I assume a lot of country stations, in addition to the patriotic tunes they'll play today, will add a few plays of "Mayberry" by Rascal Flatts; as a tribute. (Maybe with a few sound samples of Andy and Barney." "What It Was, Was Football" was one of those rare spoken comedy records that made the Top 10. In my radio career, I slipped it in before the season opener of some high school football games. It's a comedy gem! The Theme from "The Andy Griffith Show" was not a Top 40 record but has since become a song for all who were nostalgic for "The good old days! Ya know, I love older shows. But I have actually never watched a full episode of the Andy Griffith show ever. Even watching the Braves religiously on TBS that'd be what they would air in any rain delay longer than a half hour (the first half hour of a rain delay on any week This Week in Baseball aired) but I never stuck around and watched. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 4, 2012 9:37:07 GMT -5
WTF??!!
From Wikipedia:
Griffith died at 7:00 AM on July 3, 2012, at his home on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, at age 86. At the request of his family, he was buried on his property on Roanoke Island within five hours of his death. He died of an unspecified illness.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 14, 2012 7:08:21 GMT -5
Dr.Demento did a brief tribute to Andy Griffith at the beginning of his show last week-He played "What It Was,Was Football"."Romeo & Juliet", & "A Love Poem To Juanita Beasley"-This weekend,Dr.D will be featuring Southern humor & he plans to play more Andy Griffith classics.
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Post by 40fan on Sept 7, 2012 19:50:13 GMT -5
I just finished watching Griffith in "A Face In The Crowd" on TCM. What an awesome performance. Basically a 'price of fame' story; Griffith plays a drifter discovered in a southern jail by a radio producer who sees his talent for playing guitar and belting out country-blues. She gives him his own radio show and thus begins a rise to stardom. At the height, he's a coast-to-coast TV star and even a public relations advisor to a senator. Early on, Griffith plays Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes as a much more amoral version of Elvis Presley. (This film came out in 1957.) Toward the end, Rhodes is a tragic power-drunk media icon that falls somewhere between Charles Foster Kane and Howard Beale. This trailer kinda oversells Griffith but does give a good glimpse into the character. www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=mJGUm9e_BLU&vq=largeI loved this movie! |
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 8, 2012 12:27:48 GMT -5
In the summer of 1997, Rick Dees played a drop of Andy Griffith's "I'll Fly Away," which is sampled (Faith Evans doing the vocals) in Puff Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You." Then he played a drop of Aunt Bee's version.
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I remember Andy occasionally singing on his show, one that sticks out for me is when he sang a mournful ballad to a farmer who refused to get a tetanus shot. Funny, and sad, at the same time.