Thanks for the info Gunny. I fondly remember the song and dancing to it in
h.s. I also remember The Edsels. Is there a pic of the group online? I hope
you'll share more stories. Have a wonderful day!
Priscilla
--- On Tue, 11/16/10, bgunny7...@aol.com <bgunny7...@aol.com> wrote:
From: bgunny7...@aol.com <bgunny7...@aol.com>
Subject: [TMIC] Save the last dance
To: Tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 4:22 PM
Some of you may recall that I was the drummer with a group called the
"Edsels" in the late 50's. We recorded a song called Rama Lama Ding Dong.
Anyway, I was talkin with Harry Green (2nd Tenor), and Marshall Sewel (Bass)
the other night, and we discussed George (Wydell) Jones who passed away two
years ago. George was the lead singer with us. Marshall asked what was wrong
with me using a cane, so I told him. He asked if that was anything like Polio
and I told him the difference, and started complaining. He said, "Ya know, Doc
Had Polio". Doc who I asked. He said Doc Pomus who's real name was Jerome
Felder. I never met him but Marshall had so he related this story. Doc
contracted Polio as a child way back and in his early years, and was confined
to a wheel chair. It seems he and his wife were at an awards ceremony where Doc
was watching his wife dance with other guys that they of course knew, so Doc
penned a song for her as he watched called "Save
the last dance for me". If anyone here is old enough, the Drifters recorded
that back in the early 60's. Check out the Drifters on You Tube, click on save
the last dance for me, and listen to the words. Just goes to show what you can
do if you set your mind to it. He wrote a ton of other hits also, but this one
especially hit home with me. Something I never knew before. I guess we never
stop learning.
