Saturday, September 19, 2015

Saturday Night Doo-Wop



The Rays!




"Silhouettes" 
 
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, hut-hut
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, hut-hut
Took a walk and passed your house
Late last night
All the shades were pulled and drawn
Way down tight
From within, a dim light cast
Two silhouettes on the shade
Oh, what a lovely couple they ma-ade
Put his arms around your waist
Held you tight
Kisses I could almost taste
In the night
Wondered why I'm not the guy
Whose silhouette's on the shade
I couldn't hide the tears in my eye-eyes
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Ty-oh, oh-oh
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Ty-oh, oh-oh
[Instrumental Interlude]
Lost control and rang your bell
I was sore
Let me in or else I'll beat
Down your door
When two strangers who had been
Two silhouettes on the shade
Said to my shock
Your on the wrong blo-ock
Rushed down to your house with wings
On my feet
Loved you like I never loved
You my sweet
Vowed that you and I would be
Two silhouettes on the shade
All of our days
Two silhouettes on the sha-ade
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Ty-oh, oh-oh
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Silhouettes (silhouettes)
Ty-oh, oh-oh
Two silhouettes on the shade
Silhouettes


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19 comments :

  1. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 7:15 PM

    I'll be ding-donged! I always thought the title of this old goody was "Two silhouettes on the shade."
    I love it when you post the lyrics to these gems.

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    1. ChickenmomSeptember 19, 2015 at 7:49 PM

      Sometime when post a favorite 'oldie', I find out that I have been singing it all wrong for over 60 years!! LOL !!! :o)

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    2. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 7:52 PM

      LOLOLOL! You too? ((Hugs!))
      BTW, How is Sophia today?

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    3. ChickenmomSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:09 PM

      Doing a lot better, thanks! Think she ate too many of those little frogs that hop all over the place!

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    4. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2015 at 9:44 AM

      ChickenMom, you mean you sing them wrong like "Ain't no Woman like the One Eyed Got??"

      What the heck is a One Eyed Got anyway??

      (I stole that from Dave Barry, by the way, but dang, that is what *I* thought Four Tops were singing about too.)

      Fair Winds,

      Cap'n Jan

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    5. ChickenmomSeptember 22, 2015 at 9:59 AM

      Totally ashamed to admit how many I got wrong! Don't know how kids today understand 'their' music- sounds like all of the singers(?) are sitting on a picket fence. Love Dave Barry, by the way!

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  2. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 7:53 PM

    Please tell me what car that is. Otherwise I will be searching for even more hours. It is beautiful.
    And a great song.

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    1. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 7:56 PM

      Looks like a Chrysler product to me.

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    2. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 8:23 PM

      I thought so too but I finally found it. 1940 Buick.
      Now I won't be up forever looking. They sure did a nice job with it.

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  3. ChickenmomSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:10 PM

    '39 Plymouth???

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  4. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 8:26 PM

    http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/buick/super/1678024.html

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  5. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:33 PM

    My Hubby thinks it might be a '48 or '49 Olds, but not sure.
    Didn't the old Plymouths have a ship for a hood ornament? The pic is too small for my eyes to tell.

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  6. ChickenmomSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:36 PM

    Yeah-my Dad a a Plymouth with the ship. Glad you found it! The best hood ornament was the Indian on the Pontiac.

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  7. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    1940 Buick. See link above to Hemmings.
    And, yes the Plymouth had a ship hood ornament but please don't ask what years.

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    1. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 8:42 PM

      No "port holes" on the side of the hood tho. When did they begin adding those?

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  8. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    I had to look. Found a neat article with some beautiful pictures of Plymouth hood ornaments.

    https://www.allpar.com/cars/plymouth/plymouth-logos.php

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    1. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 9:04 PM

      Very nice pictures of the ship! I can remember seeing them as a kid, as well as the (Chief) Pontiac on the Pontiac.

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  9. TerrySeptember 19, 2015 at 8:58 PM

    First year for portholes was 1948.
    http://buickpartsdirectory.com/portholes.htm
    Interesting story.
    It you look close at the photo in the Hemmings link you can see some square "vent" thingies just below the hood. Perhaps Buick was predisposed to little vents?

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    1. BarbaCatSeptember 19, 2015 at 9:06 PM

      Oh, this is good!
      Guess our chickens have come home to roost!

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