'A senior moment' seems to have resonated with a large number of the more mature members of Sol. I hadn't realised how many 'Boys of the Old Brigade' accessed the website, and am thrilled skinny by their response.
It was a Coward, Noel -- not the dirty little one who shot Mr Howard -- who wrote 'Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.'
'Cheap 'in this case being the popular music of the lower classes; bit of a snob was our Noel.
Although Jim Reeves records were on most of the jukeboxes in Heerlen there was also a varied mix of other types of music, U S and European. My mate Pompey -- obviously from Portsmouth -- favourite record was Zwei Gitarren am Meer. As soon as we got into a bar with a jukebox on would go that record.
I've searched YouTube for the version I remember, as my memory (which could be wrong!) says there were two voices on the recording, but so far haven't found the one. The Everly Brothers did a version in German, but that was in 1965, far later than when I was in Germany.
The recording on the jukebox could have been by Jonny p, but there is only him singing.
Can anyone who was in Germany during the late 50's, early 60's help me out on this?
Regards
Jack G