Slower Dancing Songs: Smoky Places

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Ah, here’s a blast from your past! And, for the second day in a row, we have a song that has both a pop and a country version! If it’s any surprise to you, I learned this song from the country version (by Billy Walker, and I’m counting on @LooeyVille ‘s hubby to remember him ), but this is the original. So enjoy…and, as is the theme this month for @rebelann , don’t dance too much. Smoky Places - The Corsairs To paraphrase Dylan Thomas, doo-wop did not go gentle into that good night. Most of doo-wop’s popularity was gone by 1960, thanks to people like Elvis and Buddy Holly, but North Carolina brother act The Corsairs put a little of it into this song. And, waddaya know, it became their only top 40 hit! Maybe the audiences weren’t totally ready to give up on doo-wop, either. The general theme of the song — adultery — made it perfect to be covered in country music later in the 60s. I still love listening to older songs like this. Smoky Places Written by Abner Spector Recorded by The Corsairs Released as a single, 1961 How I cried on your wedding day: