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"Hushabye" was covered by the Beach Boys on their 1964 album All Summer Long, featuring Brian Wilson and Mike Love on lead vocals. In 1993, two new versions of the song appeared on the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations box set, one live version and the other a split track with vocals in one channel and instruments in the other.
The Mystics are an American rock and roll group that began in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in the late 1950s. [1] The group was known as The Overons, a quintet that, when signed to Laurie Records, consisted of Phil Cracolici (born 1937, lead), Albee Cracolici (born 1936, baritone), George Galfo (born 1939, second tenor), Bob Ferrante (born 1936, first tenor), and Al Contrera (born 1940 ...
Hush-a-bye or Hushabye may refer to: "Hushabye", a song recorded by The Mystics; Hushabye, by Hayley Westenra "All the Pretty Little Horses", ...
"Hushabye" The Mystics: 20 - - 1969: Jay & the Americans, #62 pop 1972: Robert John, #99 pop "Angel Face" Jimmy Darren: 47 - - "Two Fools" Frankie Avalon: 54 - - "I Dig Girls" Bobby Rydell: 46 - - "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" The Drifters: 33 5 - "Hound Dog Man" Fabian 9 - - "Go, Jimmy, Go" Jimmy Clanton: 5 19 - 1960 "Too Good" Little ...
In 1959, while the Mystics were recording "Hushabye" at their first session, their friend Tony Armato was there cheering them on promoting his own group to their manager, Jim Gribble. Gribble soon signed the Sinceres and renamed them the Passions.
(In fact, Van Dyke still heads to the gym three times a week for a full workout.) So it seemed fitting that when Van Dyke turned 98 on Dec. 13, it was time to ring in his birthday in an epic way.
"Hushabye", the album's only cover song, is a rendition of the Mystics' 1959 doo-wop standard, written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. [39] "Little Honda" is about Honda-brand scooters, which are also mentioned in "All Summer Long" ("miniature golf and Hondas in the heat"). [40] The song contains pioneering usage of guitar fuzz tone. [41]
The song was written by the songwriting duo Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman commissioned by Laurie Records, originally intended for the doo-wop singing group The Mystics.Laurie Records, however, gave the song to Dion & The Belmonts instead to record, and Pomus and Shuman then quickly wrote another song, "Hushabye" for the Mystics.