*(2006) Condor ''Endless Sleep'' Phil Friendly & The Loners

LIVE BROADCAST FOR PHIL FRIENDLY & THE LONERS
RADIO CAPELLE 105.3 FM ON AIR / 102.4 FM CABLE

RECORDED AT STUDIO RADIO CAPELLE
LIBRIJE 183, 2900 AX, CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL
CONDOR SESSION: TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
SESSION HOURS: 20:00-23:00 HOURS
PRODUCERS: WILLIE BROWN, DIEUDONNE DUBOIS & ALBERT VIS
RECORDING ENGINEERS: HENK VAN DORSTEN & WILLIE BROWN
MASTERING CDR-880: WILLIE BROWN

After numerous CD releases the young rockabilly, countryrock singer, songwriter and guitarist Phil Friendly and his competent band The Loners are happy to offer you this exhilarating live recordings. The product captures their vibrant live performance at the radio studios in Capelle aan den IJssel. All the selections on his playlists here includes rockabilly and country tracks that is dedicated to all young music lovers today.

"ENDLESS SLEEP''
Composer: - Jody Reynolds-Dolores nance
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Elizabeth (2:14)
Matrix number: - 2006 R 08-5-27
Recorded: - March 21, 2006
Released: - Not Originally Issue

"Endless Sleep" is a "teenage tragedy" pop song written and originally recorded by rockabilly singer Jody Reynolds in 1957. Reynolds wrote the song in 1956, after listening to Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", and first performed it soon afterwards at a performance in Yuma, Arizona. The song told the story of a teenager whose girlfriend had gone missing after a row:

The night was black, rain fallin' down
Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
Afraid she's gone for ever more

Although record companies initially rejected the song as too depressing, Reynolds eventually had a demo accepted by Demon Records in Los Angeles, who agreed that Reynolds record it provided that he changed the song's ending so that the protagonist saved the girl from drowning.:

I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
“You took your baby from me away"
My heart cried out “She's mine to keep"
I saved my baby from an endless sleep.

The song was recorded with echo-drenched vocals, and with Al Casey and Howard Roberts on guitars. The record label credited the songwriting to Reynolds and the fictitious "Dolores Nance", in order to make it appear to have been written by a 'professional' songwriting team.

Reynolds' recording reached the number 5 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 7, 1958, sold over one million copies, and inspired a trend of "teen tragedy" songs. The song was reissued in 1979 reaching number 66 on the U.K. singles chart. Reynolds' recording also went to number 5 on the Most Played Rhythm & Blues By Jockeys chart. A re-recorded version by Reynolds appears the 1984 Rhino compilation LP ''Teenage Tragedies''.

In Britain, the song was covered by Marty Wilde, whose version reached number 4 on the U.K. singles chart, becoming his first chart hit.

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Phil Friendly - Vocal and Lead Guitar
Tim van der Schoor - Acoustig Guitar and Vocals
Eelco Bootsman - Upright Bass and Vocals
John van Houtum - Drums

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