All right! Another battle between different songs with the same name, in this case “Heart And Soul.” Here are the contestants:
Dusty Springfield & Cilla Black
Two chanteuses from the early days of the British invasion. Dusty and Cilla recorded this in the early ’90’s and released it as a single. It only reached #75 on the British charts.
Huey Lewis & The News
This was the first single from their 1983 Sports album. It peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 in November of that year.
The Cleftones
A doo-wop arrangement of the Hoagy Carmichael-Frank Loesser song from 1938. It reached #18 on the Hot 100 in 1961.
You know what’s coming, right? The instructions!
- Listen to the three songs.
- Decide which song you like the best.
- Vote for your favorite by leaving me a comment with your choice. If you feel like telling us why, feel free.
- Then, visit the other participants and vote in their Battles:
- Stephen at STMcC Presents Battle of the Bands
- Arlee at Tossing It Out
- Mike at Mike’s Ramblings
- Cathy at Curious As A Cathy
- Mary B at Jingle Jangle Jungle
- Debbie at The Doglady’s Den
- Cherdo at Cherdo On The Flipside
- Ai at Ai Love Music
- Kim at Storms And Stardust
I’ll tally the votes and announce the winner on July 8, so be sure and vote by then. Anyone with ears to hear can vote, so don’t be shy.
The lines are now open. Good luck to Dusty and Cilla, Huey and The News, and The Cleftones!
John,
Three great songs! I’m going with Huey Lewis & The News since I have more of purrsonal connection with the sound and era.
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Mike, I hope you are well. Happy 4th of July,. I hope it was good for you. I am taking a break from BotB this month, but I will be back in August. But, I came to stop by and check out your battle. My vote goes for Huey Lewis & The News. That song is such a classic. Sad that he is finishing his career.
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Huey Lewis & the News. I’ve never particularly liked the bridge but I just wait for it to be over to get back to the real song.
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This is a toss up between the Cleftones and Dusty and Cilla – I’m gonna go with Dusty, because my wife likes her.
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JOHN ~
Lee preferred the three songs in this order:
1) Dusty Springfield & Cilla Black
2) Huey Lewis
3) The Cleftones
So, what does THAT tell you about how I am going to vote?
Here’s my preference in REVERSE order:
3) Dusty Springfield & Cilla Black
2) Huey Lewis
1) THE CLEFTONES
Hokey-Smoke! It’s almost supernatural! You could reverse-set your clock to how Lee and I will vote in BOTB match-ups!! I’m almost at a point now where I’m seriously thinking about saving myself the time of listening to the songs BOTB participants post, and just waiting to see how Lee votes and then casting my vote for the “other” artist.
I mean, seriously, after approximately 7 years of BOTB, I would estimate that Lee’s votes and mine coincide no more than 5%-8% of the time. It’s become quite humorous to me.
I’m a huge fan of the movie ‘AMERICAN GRAFFITI’, and I have owned the 2-disc soundtrack in two different formats: LP in the ’70s and upgraded to CD in the late 1980s. ‘Heart And Soul’ by The Cleftones is track #16 on Disc 2. And I could do with a little Blast To The (comparatively innocent) Past right about now, in 2020.
~ D-FensDogG
STMcC Presents BATTLE OF THE BANDS
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At least we agreed about Huey Lewis.
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Ha!-Ha!
Right, right!
There’s that, at least.
May we always remember that ‘Huey’ is the middle ground where we can always meet and hear ear-to-ear!!
~ D-FensDogG
STMcC Presents BATTLE OF THE BANDS
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Even though I grew up in the era of Huey Lewis & The News, my vote is going to THE CLEFTONES. I love that style of music, and it made me happy to hear some of it!
Kim
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I like both but I’m going for Huey Lewis because I’m an 80s gal and I just love the sound of it more
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Oh, this one is too easy for me! I love HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS’ version. But, hey, all these songs are solid and this is a NICE battle, brother!
Thanks!
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Huey Lewis & The News for me.
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I liked the Springfield/Black version. Nice bouncy sound.
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Interesting mix-up of songs.
I was never much of a fan of that tune that everyone used to seem to play on the piano when I was a kid. Not a big fan of do-wop either so the #3 choice is eliminated right off.
Huey Lewis’s tune is one that I’ve always liked, but it’s been played to death on the radio. I mean I like it and all, but I’m not overly thrilled when I hear it still another time.
The Cilla/Dusty song was a new one to me. Kind of like a retro sounding Billy Joel song performed by the Supremes. I liked it! Give them my vote.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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I’ll go with Cilla Black and Dusty…In the eighties I just couldn’t get into Huey…they were successful I give them that.
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Wow, The Cleftones go back in time! I always liked their music, however, my vote goes to Huey.
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I like the Huey Lewis & The News version mostly because it is the one I know best and it also has the best video.
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