@HannahHowe@toot.wales

HannahHowe

@HannahHowe@toot.wales

Mother, author, publisher, genealogist, SOE historian, Welsh, European, vintage movie and music fan. 👩 ✍️ 📚 🌳 💼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 🎥 🎼 Joined 2019. Active since November 2022.

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HannahHowe, to music

Peggy Lee’s birthday falls tomorrow - she was born on 26 May 1920.

Here’s my appreciation of Peggy Lee and her signature song, Fever.

https://hannah-howe.com/2024/05/25/fever-peggy-lee/

HannahHowe, to music

What are your earliest musical memories, or the first records you bought?

My earliest musical memories are of listening to my grandparents’ records. They included:

45rpm Danny Williams - Moon River
78rpm Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
33rpm Winifred Atwell - Double Seven: Seven Rags Seven Boogies

I also loved the record labels, particularly the HMV labels.

HannahHowe,

@ianRobinson Thank you. Whiskey in the Jar is one of my favourites. What was Radio Luxembourg like? Were the programmes good? Was the sound quality good?

HannahHowe, to music

1950s/1960s Favourite Record Chart

A generalisation - at the moment, songs from the second half of the 1960s are doing better than songs from the early 1960s and 1950s. Is there a reason for this - do you have a theory?

HannahHowe, to music

1950s/1960s Top Twenty Chart Poll

Advance information for our poll that begins on Tuesday.

The format: twenty songs, each matched against each other over thirty-eight days, five match-ups a day.

I will feature the results on a separate post each day, and update the chart at the conclusion of each round, every second day.

HannahHowe, to books

This week, I started writing The Ninety-Three, a murder-mystery set in 1918, during the closing months of the Great War. The narrator is Dr Anna Richards, a sociologist, suffragette and socialite. The story opens in Downing Street with someone hurling a brick through the prime minister’s window…

HannahHowe, to escribiendo

Two items brought to my attention today, in relation to Eve’s Peace, my Heroines of SOE sequel. One, the proof copy of the paperback version. Two, this wonderful review. “Love, distrust, trust, & secrets galore. Woven superbly by the author makes for wonderous reading, hard to put down book. Rating the book a 9 1/2 only because now I must look for sequels & prequels for this wonderful series...”

HannahHowe, to music

Previewing our forthcoming 1950s/1960s Favourite Record Chart, here are five more song profiles https://hannah-howe.com/2024/05/04/favourite-song-of-the-1950s-1960s-3/

HannahHowe, to music

When the qualifying process is complete, on Mastodon we will start voting on our top twenty favourite records of the 1950s/1960s, placing them in order. Through 190 match-ups, we will create a unique chart, every song a classic.

Here is some background on one of the qualifiers, I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles.

HannahHowe,

I Want to Hold Your Hand was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The song was recorded on 17 October 1963 and released on 29 November 1963. It was the first Beatles record made using four-track recording equipment.

HannahHowe,

With advance orders exceeding one million copies in Britain, I Want to Hold Your Hand should have gone straight to number one, only there was a problem: The Beatles’ She Loves You occupied that position. After two weeks, I Want to Hold Your Hand dislodged She Loves You and remained at number one for five weeks.

HannahHowe, to ArtificialIntelligence

I just said to my beloved, “I need a spare plug socket. I’ll have to unplug Alexa.” Alexa replied, “I’m not sure about that.” 😱

HannahHowe, to music

When the qualifying process is complete, in about a month, on Mastodon we will start voting on our top twenty favourite records of the 1950s/1960s, placing them in order. Through 190 match-ups, we will create a unique chart, every song a classic.

Here is some background on one of the qualifiers, Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals

HannahHowe, to movies

Introduction update. I’m interested in social history, including the history of popular music and movies. I post a lot of polls. If you don’t like music, movies or polls, you won’t like my posts. However, if these subjects interest you, please feel free to connect.

HannahHowe, to music

When the qualifying process is complete, in about a month, on Mastodon we will start voting on our top twenty favourite records of the 1950s/1960s, placing them in order. Through 190 match-ups, we will create a unique chart, every song a classic.

Here is some background on one of the qualifiers, Respect by Aretha Franklin.

HannahHowe,

Respect was originally recorded by Otis Redding and released in 1965. In 1967 Aretha Franklin rearranged the song, which resulted in a bigger hit. The music in the two versions is significantly different, while the lyrics, centred on dignity, also display changes.

HannahHowe,

Initially a ballad, Respect is shrouded in mystery in that no one is certain who wrote the song. Bandleader Percy Welch said it was written by a guitarist at Bobby Smith's recording studio in Macon. The record label credits Otis Redding, but it seems he adapted a song brought to him by Earl "Speedo" Sims, who obtained it from the mystery guitarist.

HannahHowe, to history

In 1919, my 2 x great grandfather William Howe was unwell, so the villagers railed round and arranged a prize draw for his benefit, raising the equivalent of £2,500. The success of the draw illustrated the high esteem in which William was held within the community.

HannahHowe, to movies

Movie News - March 16, 1948

“The Loves of Carmen starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford is the first film to use plastic food throughout. In accordance with the austerity trend, Columbia no longer uses real food in its pictures, except where it has to be eaten. In one scene, plastic sausage and cheese, and plaster replicas of roast fowl are used. Only a single turkey drumstick, which Miss Hayworth eats, is real.”

HannahHowe, to cars

A lady charging an electric car in 1912.

HannahHowe, to France

My article on SOE agent Pearl Witherington, one of the greatest heroines of WW2, the only woman to lead a SOE network.

“By this time (June 1944) the towns and countryside were full of ‘Wanted’ posters with Pearl carrying a million franc reward on her head.”

https://hannah-howe.com/eves-war/pearl-witherington/

HannahHowe, to movies

Movie Quiz #6

In 1949 this ending was considered daring because instead of taking the “hero’s” hand, the “heroine” walked past him. Can you name the movie?

Please hide your answer using CW.

HannahHowe, to movies

Movie News - February 28, 1948

“Mrs Miniver is an outstanding example of how the British people took the blitz years, and did a lot to bring home to Americans what we in this country were going through.”

HannahHowe, to movies

Movie News - February 26, 1948

Movie Debut at 101

HannahHowe, to music

We are 3/4 of the way through our favourite album of the 1960s/1970s poll. Here are the finalists so far.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Parallel Lines - Blondie
London Calling - The Clash
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

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