Friday, January 16, 2009

Honey - Hän


Markku Suominen was a singer, songwriter and lyricist that started his recording career in 1968. For a short time he was quite popular, making a couple of big hit records. First of them - maybe the biggest one of all - was "Hän" (She) released in 1968. It tells a sad story of young wife dying at early age, told by the reminiscing husband. The same story appears in the original song "Honey" that was written by US songsmith Bobby Russell. His most famous song along with "Honey" is "Little Green Apples," which won him a Song of the Year Grammy Award in 1968. The original recording of "Honey" was made by Bob Shane, a former member of Kingston Trio. His version was well-received but under-marketed and didn't sell. The big bang came when the song was a littel later recorded by Bobby Goldsboro . Bobby started his career by playing guitar for Roy Orbison from 1962 to 1964, but alter he set out on a solo career. He had several hits in the Pop and Country music charts, but his biggest was of course 1968's "Honey". The song, as rumour has it, was recorded in one take. The song has has sold millions of copies worldwide. We present both Bob's and Bobby's versions. Bob's version is of inferior quality, but for the sake of its rarity, it's here.

Here's the triple:

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Morgen!

Löytysikö sinulta Irina Milanin erikoista laulua "Piru mieheks'"?

Olisin kovin kiitollinen jos saisin sen. Siitä on aikaa kun olen sen kuullut.

Kiitos ja hyvää jatkoa hyvän blogin kanssa. Täläista blogoa tarvitaan.

Terv: Friikki

DM said...

Tuolla kappaleellahan Irina osallistui Syksyn Säveleeseen 1977. Minulla on kyllä kattava kokoelma-CD "Milania", mutta siltä ei kyseistä kappaletta löydy. Olisikohan pelkästään MTV:llä julkaisuoikeudet?

Anonymous said...

Morgen!

Tampereen kaupungin kirjastossa
on äänite nimeltä "Vaikka paljain jaloin". Se on kokoelma-levy joka on julkaistu vuonna 1996. Sitten menee käsi päähän ja alkaa raapimaan sitä. Mä mistä löytäisin sen laulun? Hmm?

TErc: Friikki

DM said...

Aivan sattumalta huomasin saman kokoelman täkäläisessä kirjastossa eilen. Lainasin sen ja voipa olla että kohtapuoliin laulu on saatavilla. Ilmoitan osoitteen näissä kommenteissa.

Anonymous said...

Morgen!

Suuret kiitokset ja hyvää jatkoa sinulle tämän blogin kanssa. Lisää suomalaista musiikkia esille.

Terv: Friikki

DM said...

Irina Milan, Piru mieheks - ja vuosi oli 1975, ei 1977.
http://www.divshare.com/folder/474133-6df

Arrowman said...

Well, I hope I'm not gettin to be pain in the ass, but this blog too is one of my favourites and has stopped working... If you re-do this, is it possible to add Björn Ulvaeus version here too, it was called "Raring" for Pölar Records in 1968 (POS 1056)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE3XCMHw3zI