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Topic: From a Jack to a King |
Aaron Schiff
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Cedaredge, CO, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 1:31 pm |
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| This song has been running through my head for the past few hours and I can't remember who first recorded it. I know Elvis covered it years later, but I'm trying to remember the original. One of you guys must remember it. In keeping w/ b0b's protocol: there must have been a steel on it, so who played steel on it also? Be nice, Bobby. This is torturing me. |
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bill ramsey
From:
danville va
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 1:33 pm
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| ned miller. ricky van shelton and others |
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Tony Orth
From:
Evansville, Indiana, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 1:35 pm
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I think this is a Ned Miller song.
I'm not familiar with the steel player, though. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 2:52 pm
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| Ned Miller wrote and recorded it in the early '60's, it was a big hit. (He also had a big hit with "Invisible Tears".) The "Jack To A King" melody was based loosely on a classical piece (the name of which escapes me at the moment). I don't think Ned's version had any steel, though. |
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Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 3:19 pm
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| It was originally released in 1957 on Dot Records. Re-released in 1963 on Fabor Records,where it reached #6 on the Billboard charts. |
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 21 Feb 2002 7:37 pm
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What a great song that is. One of my favorites.
But I hear there is a new version playing around the sex change industry.
"From a Jack to a Queen.
They changed my sex with this strange machine.
I'm not a King now, cause I'm a Queen.
I'll be the Queen of your heart."
Bridge:
"For just a little while, I thought that I might be an it.
Then just in time I saw, my two implanted girly *its......"
OK I know. Enough of that.
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nick allen
From:
France
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 12:23 am
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This was one of the (very few) country tunes to be a pop hit in the UK (along with "Lucille", "Distant Drums", "Welcome To My World", and "Stand By Your Man"... that's about it, I think!)
I didn't even know that such a thing as "country" music existed at the time, but I LOVED that song...
Nick
(aren't we in the "Music" section yet?  ) |
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Dan Dowd
From:
Paducah, KY, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 6:44 am
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| I think Leroy VanDyke had the hit on this. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 8:59 am
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Think again Dan, it was written and first recorded by Ned Miller which was a big hit and then about 10 or 12 years ago Ricky Van Shelton had a big hit on it too.
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney tuning.
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Kenny Dail
From:
Kinston, N.C. R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 12:34 pm
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I may be mistaken but I think Jack Scott had a cut and got a lot of plays on it also. Plewse correct me if I have been misled. Thanks...
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kd...and the beat goes on...
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Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 1:40 pm
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| Jack Scott did not have a charted record of "From a Jack To A King". He may have recorded it and put it on an album. His big hit was "What In the World's Come Over You". Ned Miller had the big hit on "From A Jack To A King" |
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Dan Dowd
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Paducah, KY, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 1:44 pm
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| I have CRS. Can't remember **it. I stand corrected. I could have sworn Leroy did it. O well Im glad we have folks that still have some memory left. I need about 2 megs. |
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Kenny Dail
From:
Kinston, N.C. R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 3:41 pm
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Thanks Larry. Could have sworn that Jack's cut (assuming he recorded it) made it close to the # 1 spot. Even I can make a mistake. Oh well....
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kd...and the beat goes on...
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Bob Carlson
From:
Surprise AZ.
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Posted 22 Feb 2002 7:37 pm
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Didn't Jack Green have a big hit with that song...one of his first top five recordings I think.
Bob.[This message was edited by Bob Carlson on 22 February 2002 at 07:38 PM.] |
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