"Songs
of The Original STONEWALL Club Jukebox"
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"SOTS" compiled by Stonewall Club Patron and S.V.A. Founder and Director Willson Lee Henderson
Provided
through the Archives of the Non-Profit G.L.B.T. Organization
STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association
"Songs
of The Stonewall Club" #1 (1969) | "Songs of
The Stonewall" #2 - Top Songs in Stonewall Jukebox
| "Stonewall Songs" Jukebox Narrative | Stonewall
Various Artists - The Four Seasons + more! | Stonewall Various
Artists, Part 2 - The Shangri-Las + many more!
| Diana
Ross & The
Supremes + 1970s Supremes |
Martha
Reeves & The Vandellas | The Marvelettes
of Motown | Post-Stonewall
Songs - Barbra Streisand + Frankie Valli + more! | Diana Ross
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Archives of: STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans Association
'Top 40' Popular "Songs
of The STONEWALL Club Jukebox" -- June 1969
These were the most popular songs of the
week of the Stonewall Rebellion in
the Stonewall jukebox! All of the "Songs of The STONEWALL Club" were
and are 'the soundtrack
of the Stonewall Era' and all of the Gay, challenging,
mutually supportive, exciting, dance with the same gender and fun times!
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1. No
Matter
What Sign You Are (You're Gonna Be Mine You Are)
=b/w=
The Young Folks.................Diana
Ross & The Supremes
2. More Today Than
Yesterday...............................The Spiral Starecase
3. Stand!.............................................................Sly
& The Family
Stone
4. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (from
"Hair")...........The Fifth Dimension
5. My
Way..........................................................................Frank
Sinatra
6. I Turned You
On....................................................The Isley
Brothers
7. Before The Parade Passes By (from "Hello,
Dolly!).........Barbra Streisand
8. Don't Let The Joneses Get You
Down
.............Dennis Edwards & The
Temptations
9. The More I
See You (re-released
1969)................................Chris Montez
10. We've Got Honey Love...................Martha
Reeves
& The Vandellas
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11.
Romeo
And Juliet Love
Theme..................Henry Mancini
Orchestra
12. What Does It Take To Win Your Love....Jr.
Walker & The All Stars
13. Grazin' In The
Grass..................................The Friends of
Distinction
14. Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My
Baby...............................Marvin Gaye
15. Crystal Blue
Persuasion...........................Tommy James
& Shondells
16. This Is My
Life!...........................................................Shirley
Bassey
17. Build Me Up,
Buttercup...........................................The Foundations
18. Good Morning Starshine (from
"Hair")..................................................Oliver
19. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered...Ronnie
Spector
&
Ronettes
20. My Cherie
Amour.......................................................Stevie
Wonder
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21. Oh, Happy
Day.............................................Edwin Hawkins
Singers
22. Get Back (Jo
Jo)...............................Paul
McCartney & The Beatles
23. The Nitty Gritty =b/w=
Got Myself A Good Man
................Gladys
Knight & The Pips
24. In The
Ghetto.................................................................Elvis
Presley
25. Good Lovin Ain't Easy To Come
By.Marvin Gaye
& Tammi
Terrell
26. Twenty-Five
Miles...........................................................Edwin
Starr
27. Nothing But A Heartache (Every
Day).......................The Flirtations
28. Only The Strong
Survive..................................................Jerry Butler
29. Destination: Anywhere =b/w=
What's
Easy For
Two Is So Hard For One...........The Marvelettes
30. Black
Pearl...................................Sonny
Charles & The Checkmates
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31. Put A Little Love In Your
Heart...........................Jackie de Shannon
32.
One...........................................................................Three
Dog Night
33. You've Made Me So Very Happy (1967/re-released).....Brenda
Holloway
34. Everybody's Talkin' (from "Midnight
Cowboy")...............................Nilsson
35. The Windmills Of Your
Mind.................................Dusty Springfield
36. Don't Bring Back Memories........................................The Four
Tops
37. While You're Out Lookin' For
Sugar.......................The Honey Cone
38. The River Is
Wide....................................................The
Grass Roots
39. I Can't See Myself
Leaving You................................Aretha Franklin
40. Baby, Baby, Don't
Cry.................Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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Key:
b/w = back/with (popular 2-sided record
also known as flipside song.
Compact Disc (C/D) of "STONEWALL Finale Songs"
-- finale songs suggested for "STONEWALL" movie!
[compiled by Willson L. Henderson; produced by Ro-Ro Huntana]
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The
Stonewall Crowd's Songs' Favorite Select
Lyrics
"Stand!"
(1969)
by the gender- and racially-mixed
group 7-member Sly & The
Family Stone
Stand!
In the
end you'll still be you
- - - - - -
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You've been sitting much too
long,
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
There's
a midget standing tall,
And the giant beside him about to
fall!
Everybody....
Stand! Stand! Stand!
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"Nothing But A
Heartache" (1969)
by the soulful British girl group
trio The Flirtations
Nothing but a heartache every day
(Nothing but a
heartache)
Nothing but a teardrop in every way
(Nothing but a
teardrop)
Loving a bad guy is such a sin
(Yeah!!!)
He's got me....
Oh, why can't I get
him?
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"The Young Folks"
(1969)
flipside song by the legendary girl group Diana Ross & The Supremes
They say yes
and you say no,
They ask why and you close the door;
My old friend, I thought you knew by now,
You can't do that to the Young Folks!
Oh, no, no, no, no
They're marching with signs,
They're standing in lines (yeah);
Protesting your right to turn out the light
......in their eyes!
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
STONEWALL Rebellion
Veterans Association on stage
in
Central Park, NYC
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Perennial
Favorite Songs in The Stonewall Jukebox
(Perennial
favorites is defined as records having been in the
jukebox periodically by request; of course, not all at once!)
Compiled exclusively by: Willson L. Henderson
I Can Never Go Home Anymore.......The Shangri-Las
Let's Hang On...............Frankie Valli & Four
Seasons
When I'm
Gone................................Brenda Holloway
1-2-3............................................................Len
Barry
Out In The
Streets.............................The Shangri-Las
Somewhere
In Your Heart.....................Frank Sinatra
The Boy
From New York City................The Ad Libs
I Know A
Place.......................................Petula Clark
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'.........The Velvelettes
(I'm In
With) The 'In' Crowd....................Dobie Gray
Give Us
Your Blessings....................The Shangri-Las
(Dance, Dance) Do The 81.........Candy &
The Kisses
You're My
World.......................................Cilla
Black
Too
Many
Fish In The Sea..................The Marvelettes
Some Enchanted Evening..........Jay & The Americans
Give Him A Great
Big Kiss................The Shangri-Las
Downtown.................................................Petula
Clark
Needle
In
A Haystack...........................The Velvelettes
My Guy.......................................................Mary
Wells
Tell
Him............................Brenda Reid & The Exciters
He Touched Me...................................Barbra
Streisand
Remember,
Walkin' In The Sand.........The Shangri-Las
Oh, Little
Boy, What Did U Do To Me.......Mary Wells
Heat
Wave.................Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
You
Don't Own Me.....................................Lesley Gore
My
Boyfriend's Back...................................The
Angels
Today
I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry..Darlene Love
Playboy (Get Away From My Door)...The Marvelettes
Follow
The
Boys....................................Connie Francis
He's
A Rebel...................Darlene Love & The Crystals
(Oh, How I Miss) The
Old Crowd..............Lesley
Gore
Down
The
Aisle...........Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles
Where The
Boys Are*...........................Connie
Francis
Sincerely........................................The
McGuire Sisters
Over The
Rainbow....................................Judy
Garland
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see the song lyrics to "WTBA" below
Stonewall Jukebox
411:
In the "Stonewall Era" -- and before and after --
patrons at clubs and bars
got to hear what they wanted to hear by dropping
a quarter in the
jukebox. "Perennial favorites" at The Stonewall were
not
all in the jukebox at
once! Quantity-wise, it would
have been
impossible.
However, upon request
from
known patrons to the owners, different songs
would be put
back into the fab Stonewall Jukebox
'80' selections regularly.
Like the Gay kids, the
Mafia boys had an even greater yen for the strong,
cultural and
passionate sounds of Italian-American singers Frank Sinatra
(#1 male) and Connie
Francis (#1 female) and a real affinity for anything
by the
talented, sultry and good-looking white girl group The
Shangri-Las!
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[PLACE] Miss Connie Francis image here!
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filename: Connie_Francis_Where-The-Boys-Are
"Where The Boys Are"
a.k.a. "Gay National
Anthem"
-- the closing song at The Stonewall Club every night!
by Miss Connie Francis
Where the Boys are, someone waits for me.
A smilin' face, a warm embrace,
Two arms to hold me tenderly.
Where the Boys are, my true love will be.
He's walkin' down... some street in town
And I know He's lookin' there for me!
In the crowd of a million people,
I'll find my Valentine.
And then I'll climb to the highest church steeple
and teIl the world He's mine!
Till He holds me, I'll wait impatiently.
Where the Boys are, where the Boys are;
Where the Boys are, someone waits for me!
Tilllllll... He holds me, I'll wait... impatiently.
Where the Boys are... where the Boys are;
Where the Boys are... someone... waits... for... Me!
"I
Know A Place"
-- dedicated to The Stonewall Club
by Petula
Clark
Every day when the work is behind you
And the shop and the store put the lock on the door
Just get away where your worries won't find you
If you like, well... I'll tell you more!
Don't let the day get the better of you
When the evening comes, there's so much to do
You better put on your best and wear a smile
Just come along with me awhile!
'Cause I tell you, I know a place
Where the music is fine
And the lights are always low
I know a place where we can go!
At the door there's a man who will greet you
Then you go downstairs to some tables and chairs
Soon I'm sure you'll be tappin' your feet
Because the beat is the greatest there!
All around there are girls and Boys,
It's a swingin' place, a cellar full of noise;
It's got an atmosphere of it's own some how,
You gotta come along right now!
"Follow The Boys"
-- The Stonewall Club
jukebox's opening song every evening!
by Miss Connie Francis
I'll follow the Boys... wherever They go
I'll follow the Boys... 'cause in my heart I'll know;
I know that somewhere, somewhere along the way
I'll find my love, my own true love, some day!
And there'll be no place too far, no ocean too wide
Wherever He goes, I'll be right by His side;
I'll follow the Boys and wait until the time
Till that Boy that I'm following... is mine!
There'll be no place too far, no ocean too wide
Wherever He goes, I'll be right by His side
So, I'll follow the Boys and wait until the time
Till that ~wonderful~ Boy that I'm following... is... mine!
Favorite Stonewall Club
Novelty Album: Miss Bette Davis
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[PLACE] Miss Bette Davis record album here!
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The "Songs of The STONEWALL" is composed,
compiled
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Stonewall Musical
Tributes
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Lesley Gore *
Lesley
Sue Gore, born in Brooklyn, New York City, raised in
Tenafly,
New Jersey, and
died in Manhattan, NY, was only 16 years young
when she recorded her #1 international hit song
"It's My Party". Other
hits of Lesley include the following: "Judy's Turn
To Cry" {#4}, "She's A Fool"
{#5},
"That's The Way
Boys Are" {#10}, "Maybe I Know"
{#13}, "(Isn't That) The Look Of Love",
"All Of My Life (I've Been Looking For A
Love Like You)", "Sunshine,
Lollipops And Rainbows", "My
Town, My Guy And Me"
and "California Nights" (also a
hit at the original Stonewall Club in 1967). Lesley's most
unique and significant hit song is "You
Don't Own Me".
It was not a pop teenage nor dance song yet was #1
nonetheless.
"YDOM" evolved as
a feminist anthem for five decades and continues as such throughout the
world. It was
later featured and re-launched in the hit movie "First Wives Club" (1996) starring
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton. Lesley's first
baker's dozen single-release records were effectively
produced by the now legendary Quincy
Jones as
were most of her album songs. Many of Lesley's songs were so
cross-over that they charted on R&B lists. Because of
her
'pop', girl group and soul
combo in sound, years later, Lesley was hired by Berry Gordy and signed to
Motown
Records in 1972. Her record stablemates included Diana
Ross, Smokey Robinson,
Martha Reeves and
Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five.
Besides Grammy Award
nominations, Lesley was
nominated for an Oscar, along with her brother Michael Gore, for co-writing "Out Here on My Own”
from 1980’s movie “Fame". Lesley
was portrayed by wonderful Pattie
Darcy in the
Broadway musical "Leader
Of The Pack" (1985), the musical life story of the songs of
Ellie Greenwich,
starring Darlene Love as
Herself, featuring
LSG's hit songs "Maybe I Know"
and "Look Of Love",
both written by mutual (and the SVA's) friend Ellie of the Brill
Building
fame. The show, which Lesley attended and
reunioned backstage, was nominated as "best
musical". Not only was Lesley a singer, a songwriter and a
musician (piano) but she was an actress. In 1965,
Lesley was in two movies "Ski
Party" and "The Girls On The
Beach" in which she acted and sang. Over thirty years
later, Lesley
starred on
Broadway in the acclaimed "Smokey
Joe's Cafe" musical, about the music of Leiber &
Stoller, in 1996.
Lesley's flipside
single hits include "Sometimes
I Wish I Were A Boy",
double
entendre to say the least, "That's The
Way The Ball Bounces", an early penned song by Marvin
Hamlisch,
and the wonderfully-penned song by Carole King, "(Oh, How I Miss) The
Old Crowd", a
bouncy song spiced with fun nostalgia about friends who miss each
other, a
fitting tribute to
Lesley now! We miss U! Besides her longtime supportive
mother Ronnie Gore and music
industry
brother Michael, and
many other entertainment friends such as Helen Hooke,
Lesley is
survived by her Gay girlfriend of 33 incredible years Lois Sasson! Lesley shall
live forever through her memorable music!
[Lesley's Sunrise:
2 May 1946 --
Miss Gore's Sunset:
16 February 2015]
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Stonewall
Songstress Tribute
* Cilla Black *
Songstress
Cilla Black,
born Priscilla White, is
British. Like The Beatles,
she was
born in Liverpool in the same era. The Beatles'
openly-Gay manager Brian Epstein
(of NYC) got Cilla her first record
contract. Cilla's
powerful remake of Dionne Warwick's
hit "Anyone Who Had A Heart"
went to #1 in England. The Beatles were friends
with Cilla for decades. Her first single record and
many others were
written by Lennon & McCartney.
One of her other super powerful
songs,
"You're My World" was number
one in Europe and charted in America.
Originally, the Italian song was entitled "Il Mio Mundo".
It was a huge hit in the Gay bars. At The
Stonewall Club the song was frequently acted out.
The dramatic song has lyrics like, "You're my world,
you're my night and day...
without you I would die!",
how could it not be? Cilla belted it out! Her original
version of the Burt Bacharach
movie song "(What's It All
About) Alfie" was a
big hit in Europe. In America, the song
belonged to Dionne Warwick in 1967. Cilla's book is
entitled "What's It All About?".
Besides her singing
career, Cilla remained in the entertainment industry as an actress and
as the host of a
few popular British television shows. She had her own
television variety program "Cilla"
on which she sang and had outstanding musical guests. The SVA's director Willson L. Henderson submitted "You're My World" as a possible finale song for
the "STONEWALL!"
film in 2015. Cilla passed away at
her vacation home in Spain.
Paul
McCartney and Ringo Starr
released separate heartfelt press releases on the sudden loss.
Miss Cilla Black was a real showbiz icon for a
half-century in the United Kingdom. She was a singing
sensation as evidenced at The Stonewall and every Gay bar and club
throughout the World! Cilla, here is your tribute song:
"You're Our World"! See a
Cilla album cover photo and
some discography at SVA's website at the "Songs of The Stonewall
Club" (#5) at: www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-5.htm.
Princess Cilla Black grandly performing "You're My
World" on Television in a
full-length Dress:
www.Ask.com/youtube?q=Cilla+Black+%22You%27re+My+World%22&v
[Cilla Black's
Sunrise:
27 May 1943 *****
Cilla's Sunset:
1 August 2015]
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all disseminations / reprints / images:
STONEWALL
Veterans' Association
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www.STONEWALLvets.org
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Original STONEWALL Bar & Dance Club Jukebox Song:
"What The World Needs Now Is Love"
beautifully sung by Jackie de Shannon
written by the renowned duo
Hal David + Bert Bacharach
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=====2022:
53rd Anniversary of the GLBT Stonewall Rebellion=====
[Friday
night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday evening, July 3, 1969, Manhattan, New York City]
