I guess it all started in 1966, my parents had a record player, and one of the lps my mom bought was James Last’s Non Stop Dancing 66 (28 Hits Für Ihre Party)…
Unnecessary to say I had never heard of this guy, he certainly wasn’t played much on Dutch radio, but my mom loved dancing!
So bit by bit I got familiar with his style; big band medleys (or ‘potpourris’!) of hits of the day, a totally new experience to me!
Even so, this was not really my cup of tea, I preferred the original hits.
But somehow the concept of a medley stuck and I started paying more attention whenever I encountered one.
Beatles and 50s rock ’n roll medleys were usually not particular special, but Jerry Lee Lewis did a great one on his London Sessions!
Despite this aural torture I kept my faith on discovering more superior medleys.
So here for your listening pleasure I gathered 11 tracks which imho raises the medley quality quite a bit.
Number 12 is a kind of wonky bonus, added just to give you an idea of how James ‘The Gentleman of Pop’ Last did it!
In
hindsight going from Bob Dylan to Shawn Elliot to Screaming Lord Sutch
is quite a feat, although perhaps not a particularly great one, but still…
Please let us at JOKONKY know your favorite medley!
p.s. A second volume will follow in due time.
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