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1. Re: Johnny Crawford & Eddie Hodges
From: Fred Clemens
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 11:32:11 -0000
From: Fred Clemens
Subject: Re: Johnny Crawford & Eddie Hodges
David Walker wrote:
> re: Johnny Crawford; Had 4 top 20 hits in Adelaide, including Cindy's
> Birthday #13, between 1961 and 1963. Proud (1963) only got to #28.
> All this chart success, I am sure, being partly due to the popularity
> of The Rifleman at the time. However, I reckon Johnny Crawford, as
> with similar Eddie Hodges, benefited from great production. Cindy's
> Birthday as with I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door are great pop songs.
The flip side of "Cindy's Birthday", as already mentioned in another
post, was "Something Special". Johnny Crawford sang a frontier style
version of "Something Special" (a couple of times) on an episode of
THE RIFLEMAN. I recall seeing it within the past year on the Hallmark
Channel. I don't know if he ever gave THE RIFLEMAN treatment
to "Cindy's Birthday".
The original version of "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" was by the
Isley Brothers during their RCA ("Shout", "Respectable") days. Ron
Isley gave it a very different treatment from where Eddie took it.
Fred Clemens
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