Paul, I just got a Modern Sounds Album in MINT condition with Wise Like Solomon, but there's another track titled The Sun Will Still Shine that's great, are...
What is the record number, yes both are originals sung by Bobby Russell and Bergen White (performing as a duo) The sun Will Still Shine sounds to me like The...
Paul, It's on a Modern Sound album # 1011. I waqs wondering if ther was any 45 of the second song as its better then Wise Like Solomon! Best Wishes, Jan ...
Here is a link for a blog posting I found concerning the "26 TOP HITS" album. There is even a link to download a zip file of it (though I haven't yet done...
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/06/fake-beatles--1.html If you haven't seen this 20 minute talk by Gaylord Fields, Ph.B. (Phony Beatleologist). Please watch...
Someone called "VinylNostalgia" has created a playlist of Hit Records on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F4CBBD59622FC471 Another interesting...
Greetings - I'm new here, though I'm certainly not new to Hit Records, and if this has been discussed here recently, I apologize. Recently, I spotted a Modern...
... Jake Hess recorded two albums for Songs of Faith a branch of Hit/Spar. Some of these songs appeared on Modern Sound samplers. Modern Sound had its own...
Today, I actually bought the Jake Hess "Great Voice" album. The cover says it's on the Songs of Faith label, but the record says Modern Sound. And the catalog...
I can't believe that these records are still around. I have the album with Honey, Valley of the Dolls, ect. I didn'tknow that the Hits lable released a...
... They are now at Flea Markets and Ebay. ... Welcome to the group John! If you have any memories of buying "Hits" back in the day...please let us know. For...
Listening to the great songs that are posted here, and to the "Hits" album I have, I notice that some of the words are changed from the original. Take "Love...
It my understanding that Hit did not work from sheet music but rather a copy of the actual record. The arranger would make out a lyric sheet and write sheet...
I am suprised that the company didn't get in trouble for recording these "sound-a-likes" by the companies that owned the rights. As I listen to the songs that...
Hi Paul, Rockinbee checking in. Yeah, some of the lyrics are downright comical. In "I Get Around", listen to the background singers, most of the lyrics are...
You're right rockinbe. There were alot of covers in the 60's. As I look over the list on the Hits website... I wonder why none of Ike and Tina or Patty...
In "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," the line "So, don't, don't, dfon't, don't let it sip away" became something like "It's goin', goin', goin', gonna pass...
... Sound-A-Likes are not illegal. Think of some that made the national charts. Terry Stafford did a sound-a-like of Elvis' song Suspicion when RCA refused to...
I really enjoy the conversations in this group, and thought I might be able to add to some of the things we have been talking about. I recently picked up a...
Hi Everyone,& Shawn Smith especially. Â It is good to know American collectors are interested in UK cover versions. Â Some of the reasons our singers not...
A Hit Records memory: Somehow, I heard the Hit Records version of "The Letter"before I heard the Box Tops' original. The jet-plane sound effects at the end of...
I was on vacation in the Buffalo, NY area earlier this month and I managed to get out the "Antique Mall" in Clarence one Sunday morning. I picked up a handful...
Lou Reed, before he was in Velvet Underground and before "Walk on the Wild Side" had a hand in some budget label releases including the Out of Sight album you...
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