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18 Jul 99 - 09:45 AM (#96431) Subject: Tammy's in Love From: Matthew B visiting in Florda Anybody know the words to a song that Debbie Reynolds sang about 40 years ago called "Tammy's in Love" or something like that? My mother used to sing it to me as a lullabye. |
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18 Jul 99 - 10:38 AM (#96448) Subject: Lyr Add: TAMMY (from "Tammy and the Bachelor") From: katlaughing My niece is named, in part, for this song. It's one of the first "pop" songs I remember learning. From Lyrics World: TAMMY- from "Tammy and the Bachelor" starring Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielson - words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - #1 hit for Debbie Reynolds in 1957- #5 hit for The Ames Brothers in 1957
I hear the cottonwoods whisp'rin' above |
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18 Jul 99 - 02:34 PM (#96500) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme I did this in a banjo medley some years ago---along with "The Bells Of St. Marys" and "Lazy Bones" & Pete Seegers version of "Ode To Joy" and the Greek song, "Miserlou".---just to show the versatility of the banjo. It was always fun. Art |
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18 Jul 99 - 02:39 PM (#96501) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: katlaughing I'll bet it sounded Great, Art. Do you have it on any of your cd's? |
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18 Jul 99 - 02:57 PM (#96509) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: WyoWoman My sister and I used to sing at the veterans' hospital and this was one of the songs we harmonized on. Along with "Catch a Falling Star" and "Dream, Dream, Dream." And many old WWII popular songs. WW |
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19 Jul 99 - 05:05 AM (#96774) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Joe Offer Debbie Reynolds and that Leslie Nielson? Really? Sure enough, but it's hard to believe he once played serious roles. I guiltily admit I like his slapstick comedy. -Joe Offer- |
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04 Apr 09 - 08:35 PM (#2604796) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bonecruncher I hope GUEST above means Church aisle, not an island! |
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04 Apr 09 - 09:07 PM (#2604808) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Rabbi-Sol The entire movie is available on You Tube in twelve 10 minute segments. The sound is good but the video quality is not. Also available on You Tube is the scene where Debbie Reynolds sings the song as a separate video and both, the sound and viseo quality are superb on that one. |
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04 Apr 09 - 09:14 PM (#2604811) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Uncle_DaveO Being constitutionally curmudgeonly, I have to say "Nay" to the tone I get from the above posts. I have always regarded "Tammy's in Love" as one of the most insipid, pointless songs I ever heard,both wordwise and tunewise. Dave Oesterreich |
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04 Apr 09 - 09:26 PM (#2604818) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: maeve When I was seven or eight years old I thought this song and "The Ballad of the Green Berets" were wonderful. I learned and sang them both with great feeling, usually one after the other. :) maeve |
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04 Apr 09 - 10:35 PM (#2604831) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST,.gargoyle Saw this on the "big screen" as a kid. The film is about planting tomatoes. Fresh, luscious, glorius, pink-skinned, globuals bursting with lusty liquid that can only be secured through cultivation, planting and long term nourishing. (I lusted for those buxem spheres then ... and still do.)
Mom - (she also had buxem spheres which would slap-slap-slap in the early morning workouts) would occasionally ship us out on a Saturday morning (until a kid was castrated in the theatre) with 50cents. I would return with 10cents for the piggybank...(and sometimes 15cents - if the extra ten was loaned out with promise of immediate return for the purchaser's immediate purchase - ahhh...the returns of delayed gratification satisfying pentup desire) Movie was 25cents, "Flicks Chocolate in a Tube" was 15cents and 10cents went towards investments.
The lyrics posted above on July 18, 1999, 10:38 are not the ones emblazoned in my brain:
I liked the song then - today - insipid (but I liked Burl Ives then too...and still do)
Sincerely, |
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04 Apr 09 - 10:42 PM (#2604832) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Stilly River Sage Gargoyle, you're gushing. It's kind of cute. . . |
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05 Apr 09 - 02:50 AM (#2604914) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Little Robyn I absolutely loved it when I was 10! I had the 7"record and the sheet music. And I was going to name any daughters I had Debbie or Tammy (but I didn't because I grew up first). I'd like to see the film again with over 50 years living since the first time I saw it. Robyn |
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05 Apr 09 - 03:39 AM (#2604919) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: alanabit I remember seeing that film in the early sixties. It must have been before I was eight. It made me cringe then and I suspect that even at that tender age I reacted similarly to Uncle Dave O. Strange to think that the same Debbie Reynolds could be so vivacious and funny in "Singing in the Rain". |
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05 Apr 09 - 04:44 AM (#2604927) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bonnie Shaljean Hey Garg, what's "in a old hooty tree" s'posed to rhyme with? What is a hooty tree anyway? And... how'd that kid get castrated in a theatre? I used to spend a quarter to get into the movie, and blow the rest on popcorn and Jujubes. Didn't save nuffin - |
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05 Apr 09 - 09:12 AM (#2605013) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Murray MacLeod I think the the thread refreshment was a Mudcat glitch, I suspect Bonecruncher meant to post on a different thread but this one got refreshed instead. These things do happen. However, since we're here, how did that kid get castrated ? |
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05 Apr 09 - 02:11 PM (#2605127) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: VirginiaTam Ugghhh! I was named for that character in the film and the song was sung regularly at me, when I was little. Thanking my Dad that my birth certificate says Tamara Linn and not Tammy Linn as my Mom would have had it and as I was called all my growing up years. Tammy Linn died in my 30's. I killed her. |
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05 Apr 09 - 02:59 PM (#2605139) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: john f weldon Holy Cow! That song was a repressed memory, and now you've reawakened it!!! Aggghhh!!! Aaarggghh! VirginiaTam, I can feel your pain! |
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05 Apr 09 - 03:38 PM (#2605157) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: VirginiaTam Oh were you named Tammy too? |
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05 Apr 09 - 03:59 PM (#2605177) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: john f weldon No, I'm just highly empathic. |
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05 Apr 09 - 04:08 PM (#2605179) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bill D this has awakened memories in ME, also....one of the early examples of posts totally irrelevant to folk music...(which, by the way, was still part of the title of Mudcat back then.) |
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05 Apr 09 - 05:17 PM (#2605210) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Rabbi-Sol "Tammy' would have won the Oscar for the best song that year were it not up against Frank Sinatara singing "All The Way" which was the eventual winner. |
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05 Apr 09 - 05:25 PM (#2605214) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Peace IMO, "Tammy" should have. |
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05 Apr 09 - 05:32 PM (#2605218) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: M.Ted Definitely a better song--the melody is memorable, and very playable. And, sorry Bill, but, given that Art Thieme used to perform it on banjo, it is not "totally irrelevant to folk"-- |
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05 Apr 09 - 05:58 PM (#2605232) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Rabbi-Sol Did Art record it and if so where can I obtain the recording? |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:16 PM (#2605239) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Rowan The film, when I saw it as a 14 yr old, convinced me that US movie morality was predictable and the pits; no matter what the rest of the plot might have as possibilities, if a person of one sex saw someone of the opposite sex starkers, they had to be married to each other by the last frame. Put me off MGM for decades. But I have let out the leather ferret and trotted the tune out as a waltz in sessions where people are (or need a bit of) reminiscing. It's amazing how many people still know the words. In Oz! And, while we're on folklore, I was once told that the tune was, at least partially, based on a Cajun tune. I don't have much experience in Cajun music, but I'm in the right place to ask. Cheers, Rowan |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:22 PM (#2605244) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme Whew, after that kid went into that movie, I bet there was a VAS DEFERENS between how he felt when he exited the theater. ;-) Sol, No, I never did record "Tammy"--but "Lazy Bones" is on a CD though--called Chicago Town And Points West----from Folk Legacy.com. Art |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:34 PM (#2605251) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme When I was in a play about Australia in a big theater in Chicago a long time ago, there was an ab-original cast recording of it and we in the play got a great cast rate on it if we bought 3 or more. Fond memories! That might be what Garg. was going on a bout. Art |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:39 PM (#2605255) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme Gargoyle, Hooters on your mind, huh? \Art |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:41 PM (#2605261) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme Hope it cums on the boob tube for you! |
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05 Apr 09 - 06:55 PM (#2605271) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: bobad Not to be confused with Pammie's On A Bummer |
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06 Apr 09 - 12:36 AM (#2605417) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST,Peace Youtube w/ DR singing it. |
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06 Apr 09 - 01:06 AM (#2605426) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: john f weldon VirginiaTam... I have a friend Tamara who was NOT named after Tammy, nor does she call herself Tammy. She was named after the beautiful Tamarack tree (I was there when they chose the name). So you have an escape route. f stands for Felix. I was named after a cartoon cat, and have seen the letters to prove it. _mr empathy |
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06 Apr 09 - 02:54 AM (#2605451) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Genie I have a relative named Tamara (Tammy) whose name was inspired by the Debbie Reynolds movie (and who used the song "Tammy" in lieu of the Wedding March when she came down the aisle). But FWIW, the Debbie Reynolds character in "Tammy" was not named Tamara. Her name was Tambrey (last name Tyree). |
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06 Apr 09 - 05:24 AM (#2605486) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bonnie Shaljean Tambrey?? Does any character in the film ever explain why she has such an unusual handle? According to the Gospel of St Google, it seems to be a place name in Western Australia . . . |
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06 Apr 09 - 05:29 AM (#2605487) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bonnie Shaljean PS: Garg... c'mon... we know you're out there... what happened to that kid in the theatre??? Thousands of anxious boys need to be told - |
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06 Apr 09 - 05:31 AM (#2605488) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST According to several name sites Tambrey means immortal though the original source is unknown. |
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06 Apr 09 - 05:32 AM (#2605489) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Brakn that was me. |
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06 Apr 09 - 07:36 AM (#2605521) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Dave Sutherland The Graham Bond Organisation (G.B, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Dick Heckstall-Smith) released a version of this in 1965. It was probably a management/record company driven tilt at the charts as all bands needed a hit record in those days. Chris Welch's biography of Cream states both his and the band's opinions of this particular venture. |
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06 Apr 09 - 08:27 AM (#2605545) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: VirginiaTam Blissfully I don't recall much about the film except that I thought "how cool to live on a house boat." Beyond that it seemed it was all about some sticky sweet hillbilly girl trying to make a go in the big wide world. With my Appalachain roots (maternal side) I wanted to steer as clear as possible from the poor and poorly educated stigma attached to anyone who's family hailed from West by gawd Virginia. Both my Mom's parents were from WV and before anyone says anything NO they were not even remotely related. No extra digits in my family as far as I know. So as a teenie and tweenie I really despised being called Tammy and Tammy Linn. Oddly enough, even though I still don't like the name I am quite interested in learning about my Appalachain roots especially regards the music. My Gammy (maternal grandmother) played piano and autoharp sang mostly gospel songs even wrote a few. What happened to her work I don't know. Sadly there is no one to tap for info. My Mom and her twin don't remember much. |
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06 Apr 09 - 05:18 PM (#2605958) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Peace Tammikins would really have set you back then, huh? |
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06 Apr 09 - 07:38 PM (#2606069) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Genie Well, the original "Tammy And the Bachelor," with Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen was saccharine and faux-hillbilly-accent enough -- though as a young teen, I loved it -- but the sequels with Sandra Dee as Tammy were treacly and insipid enough to make me puke even as a teen. (Dee could never lose her New Yoak accent enough to even begin to sound 'southern' and she was so incredibly sweet that diabetics had to avoid the movie.) |
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06 Apr 09 - 07:40 PM (#2606074) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Peace I never did see the movie. YUK. It was about girls and love and kissing and stuff like that. I was nine. BUT, that song stayed with me from hearing it once. I thought then and think now that it's beautiful. |
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06 Apr 09 - 07:43 PM (#2606078) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Peter T. Vas deferens!!! (Art you are one of a kind). yours, Peter T. |
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06 Apr 09 - 07:53 PM (#2606087) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST Brilliant tune. This was recorded by fiddle player Mark O Connor as "Tammy's Waltz" on his first album and has been given the ultimate treatment by Ry Cooder on a recent CD which I have somewhere. Interesting how a good tune fits into somany different music catogories |
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07 Apr 09 - 08:45 AM (#2606411) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Notferjo Thanks so much for the ewe chube, Peace. I love this song with many early memories...When I was a small wee thing, my mother used to sing Tammy. NFJ |
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07 Apr 09 - 09:16 AM (#2606440) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: john f weldon At Gitmo, they used music to break the spirits of the prisoners. For me, they could play Tammy and I'd confess to anything! Yes! I shot JFK! And Lincoln! And I stabbed Julius Caesar! Just not the "old hooty owl" again!!! Arrrggghh! |
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07 Apr 09 - 01:05 PM (#2606625) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Back in 1960, I was Activities Director for a summer camp in the Sierras. Our younger staff members (14 - 16)were having serious "nocturnal issues" over this Debbie Reynolds song. Our Camp Director went on record as saying this was the most treacle he had ever heard concentrated in one piece of music. I just thought it was terminally bland. |
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07 Apr 09 - 01:09 PM (#2606629) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme Peter T, Thanks. But I'm afraid I've just got too much time on my hands... Art |
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07 Apr 09 - 01:23 PM (#2606637) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: PoppaGator I remember the song, and liking the melody despite all my best efforts not to enjoy anything so mushy... |
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07 Apr 09 - 01:27 PM (#2606643) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Bill D "sorry Bill, but, given that Art Thieme used to perform it on banjo, it is not "totally irrelevant to folk"--" why, sure it is! *grin*.... I agree with John Weldon. If Art played "The Flight of the Bumblebee" on banjo, would that make IT folk? And if Maria Callas had done "Barbry Allen", would it be opera? Sorry, but all it shows is that Art has occasionally played some pop music...and I might enjoy hearing him do so...but genrés do not morph so easily. |
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07 Apr 09 - 01:36 PM (#2606650) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: SINSULL Ah Yes, Sandra Dee: Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee Lousy with virginity. Won't go to bed 'til I'm legally wed. I can't; I'm Sandra Dee ... Now has anyone seen Debbie Reynolds singing "If I Had A Hammer"? If I had a hammer, I would belt her with it. |
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07 Apr 09 - 04:19 PM (#2606789) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: GUEST, TJ in San Diego Why not let Leslie Neilson do it? I know why he got that part. His father was with the R.C.M.P. - a "Mountie." I once had a high school teacher who baby sat for Debbie Reynolds when she was around 10 or 11. He said she was an insufferable brat, albeit very talented. |
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07 Apr 09 - 04:22 PM (#2606792) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: SINSULL I think I was an insufferable brat at 10 - but I outgrew it. |
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07 Apr 09 - 05:17 PM (#2606844) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme Bill, I actually did do Flight Of The Bumblebee-----but on the musical saw. A buzz saw!! Art |
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07 Apr 09 - 05:19 PM (#2606846) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: Art Thieme On the banjo I also did "As Time Goes By." Art |
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07 Apr 09 - 07:34 PM (#2606939) Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love From: john f weldon A bit of a thread drift, but I do love the idea of lifting stuff from one style to another... Roger Sprung, Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, The Country Gentlemen & others managed to create new stuff from old stuff... ...it's the musical equivalent of recycling. I remember a version of Teddy Bear's Picnic in Rev Gary Davis style (Mike Nerenberg?) in the old McGill Union. ...so, yes, if you can recreate Tammy, Bravo! |
