It's Oh So Quiet

[hc4361]

I was very pleasantly surprised to hear the original version of this song sung by Betty Hutton in 1951. It was played on the Desmond Carrington Radio 2 programme last week.

Am I the only one that didn't know that Bjork's version wasn't the first?

[tonyav]

No your not, I didn't know that Bjorks version was a cover.

[hc4361]

Betty's version is well worth a listen. I think you'll agree that Bjork's is not so much a cover as a copy cat :)

[tonyav]

I see what you mean, hc4361.

[hc4361]

I feel kind of cheated. I thought Bjork was something new and different at the time, a sort of Boy George. Now I know she's just a karaoke singer :(

[tonyav]

Oh well, don't think it was just you that was fooled.

[ummmm]

I thought Bjork did the original as well.

[hc4361]

:) Must have been amazing to hear that for the first time in the early 50s.
Thanks for the chat, tony

[hc4361]

ummmm, too. :)

[tonyav]

Yes it would I should think, hc4361.

[Hopkirk]

How about this one then.

I bet you thought Natalie Imbruglia was the first to record this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ULhmJIi4s

[Buenchico]

I knew that it was a 1950s song but I couldn't have named the singer.

Desmond Carrington and Huey Morgan both have a wonderful attitude to music. They forget about labels such as 'pop', 'rock', '1960s', '1930s', 'ballad', 'folk', 'jazz', etc and simply play good music, irrespective of its period or style.

[hc4361]

Desmond Carrington's 'Music Goes Round' is my very favourite radio programme. Never miss it.

[hc4361]

Hopkirk, 'Torn' didn't have such an impact on me and I never really thought about it. The only thing about that song I really enjoyed was the mime with David Armand. :D

[andy-hughes]

I didn't know Bjork was not the original - but I don't like her, so I am not really bothered either way.

[naomi24]

I knew it wasn't the original. I wouldn't have known who sang it originally though.

[mushroom25]

there are also those who will tell you what a "thin" cover the Zutons did of this "original"......

[hc4361]

I knew about that one :)

[chaptazbru2]

Blimey that's a surprise, I didn't know the song was so old !

[mushroom25]

a few years ago, Dave McCabe was asked during a radio interview whether the band would be "doing their Amy Winehouse cover". he sighed and replied "yes, we probably will".