Pamela Dean - Ramblin' Rose

Rework of the classic by Pamela Dean.
The 1962 original was penned by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box charts in 1962. The song spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and the Australian charts, while on the R&B chart, the song reached number seven. It was released as a single from Cole's album of the same name. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Record of the Year.
The song has been covered by many artists, particularly country music artists.

There are several country versions of the song. Sonny James recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album The Gentleman from the South in 1973. Johnny Lee's version reached number 37 on the Billboard country chart in 1977. The following year, singer Hank Snow's version charted at number 93. In 1978, Johnny Rodriguez released a cover of the song on the album Love Me with All Your Heart. Petula Clark released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours". Her recording reached number 10 in the French charts in 1963. Others recording this version of the song were Charley Pride (1962), Roy Rogers (1962), Billy Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Vinton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Floyd Cramer, Sammy Davis Jr. (The Nat King Cole Songbook, 1965), Chuck Berry (1967), George Benson, the Mills Brothers, Dean Martin (1973), Marvin Gaye (1976), and Slim Whitman, among others.

Pamela Dean, born in Lancashire, England settled in South Africa, where she recorded the track. See initially travelled to South Africa as part of the Max Bygraves tour in 1966. She had appeared in cabaret spots in Turkey, France, Germany and England.

The song was covered by several South African’s including.
Peter Lotis on the album, “Songs About Love” (Gallotone – GALP 1558, 1967),
Lance James on the SABC Records – “Springbok Radio Silver Jubilee” album (1975),
Over The Hillbillies (Clive Bruce, Billy Forrest, Lance James, Sally Vaughn, Joanna Field) on the “Friends Forever” album (Decibel Music – DCB (HUL) 217, 1989),
Clive Bruce on his “Pure Gold Volume 1” album (Little Bee Records – OBJ (O) 1, 1989).

Pamela Dean – “Ramblin’ Rose”.
From the album, “A Girl Without Love”. Released on the Brigadiers, BRS 213, 1968.

Side A:
Scarlet Ribbons
Careless Hands
One Has My Name
Ramblin' Rose
My Happiness
Anniversary Waltz

Side B:
Girl Without Love
Sweetheart Of Yesterday
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
Have You Ever Been Lonely?
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Produced by Albie Venter
Engineered by Boet Pretorius
Musical Direction by George Hayden

Publisher: Comet Music Ltd.

[horstbaur]

Really appreciate all your homework you do. Thank you. Peter Lotis, Lance James etc were household names in SA once upon a time.