Sunday, January 1, 2017

David Allyn on Steve Allen

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In April 1959, shortly after the release of David Allyn's album I Only Have Eyes for You, the new Warner Bros. LP came to the attention of TV talk-show host Steve Allen. David had been on Steve Allen's Sunday Night Show on NBC the previous year, and Steve wanted David on again to sing Get Out of Town from the album. At some point after the show in '59, David and Steve Allen co-wrote Pleasant Dreams, which David recorded with Bob Prince arranging and conducting (David would record it again with pianist Barry Harris in 1975).

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Last week, reader Les Block sent along a link to the newly uploaded video clip of David on Steve Allen's show...

Here's Pleasant Dreams by David Allyn and Steve Allen...

Still looking for David's first appearance on Steven Allen's show as well as a 1967 appearance by David on the Merv Griffin Show.



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