Flight 1203
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Little Donkey Little donkey, little donkey On the dusty road Got to keep o…
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@102firefly
This is a mystery!! "Flight 1203" does sound like the Beverley Sisters and it is definitely reminiscent of "Ebony Eyes" by The Everly Brothers and indeed, it must be an 'answer song' as the flight numbers in both songs are the same (1203). However, in the spoken passage of "Flight 1203" by the Beverley Sisters, an American accent is clearly heard. The Beverley Sisters heralded from London, so this was either one of the Beveley's using an American accent, or indeed, as someone else has observed, it's not the Beverley Sisters.
To try and solve the mystery, I ran a check with Shazam and that stated it was the Beverley Sisters but Shazam does get it wrong occasionally. Spotify has the record too, on a Roulette compilation and "Flight 1203" is definitely listed as being by The Beverley Sisters.
I then researched Roulette Records. Roulette were favourable to recordings by sisters (it should be remembered that around this time, many record companies would not touch girl groups!) and Roulette released many recordings by sisters, notably The Thornton Sisters, The Miller Sisters, The Dimara Sisters, The Boyd Sisters and The Castle Sisters. The latter were abundantly releasing records in 1961 for Roulette. So I then wondered whether this record was in fact The Castle Sisters. They do indeed sound very much like the Beverley Sisters; however, the harmonies by The Castle Sisters are not, in my opinion, quite as 'tight' or sugary-sweet as The Beverley Sisters - and I mean that in a nice way.
I then discovered that in 1961, Roulette did indeed release one, and only one record, by The Beverley Sisters (Cat No. 4350). It was indeed "Flight 1203" with "Why" on the flip side.
My theory, therefore, is that either one Beverley Sister used an American accent as previously mentioned, or that perhaps one of The Castle Sisters was used for the spoken passage on "Flight 1203", in order to tally the record with the spoken passage on Ebony Eyes and to give it some authenticity for the answer record which it undoubtably is.
So in summary, I think this song is definitely The Beverley Sisters ... unless you know different!
P.S. "Flight 1202" is a great song BTW and extremely rare. Does anyone have the B side called "Why"?
@lateforbreakfast
I heard this song once waaayyy back and thought wow an answer song to the Everley Bros Ebony Eyes. Next time I heard it was today right here. Twice in almost 50 years. Thanks for posting it. Also reckon your little story is brilliant, you have a great sense of humor...
@leroykevin
Why is everyone knocking this song?
Call me pathetic, but I loved it, I cried, the first time I heard it!
@MrRockinStars
Check the other video of this song on here for all the correct info for the artist and how this song came about by The Beverly Sisters from Silver Springs, MD...who are actually Janice and Loretta Ward...who worked with Link Wray and the Wray Family. Photos are included. Considered a classic "Answer Song" by collectors and very sought after. Link Wray wanted this song written and released.
@MrRockinStars
This is not the Beverly Sisters of Greensleeves fame (England). I do know who they are (US singers) and there are two other records by them (more or less) that are great. This record is both a "Teen" and a "Dead Girl answer" song from the Golden Era of Music (Mid 50s to mid 60s). This is highly sought after by collectors as are their other two records. The negative comments below are from people that know ZERO about music! There are more "Teen" style of records from the Golden Era than any other style of music. A huge part of why that time period is so loved!
@lestafox7610
Its very brave to respond to the Everley Brother Ebony eyes. Not surprised this never was recorded, it sounds like children at a school talent show or something.
@Rob30Scott
This is a US group called The Beverly Sisters - note the lack of the 'e' before the 'y'. The UK group was/is 'Beverley'. Check various sites/sources.
@102firefly
This is a mystery!! "Flight 1203" does sound like the Beverley Sisters and it is definitely reminiscent of "Ebony Eyes" by The Everly Brothers and indeed, it must be an 'answer song' as the flight numbers in both songs are the same (1203). However, in the spoken passage of "Flight 1203" by the Beverley Sisters, an American accent is clearly heard. The Beverley Sisters heralded from London, so this was either one of the Beveley's using an American accent, or indeed, as someone else has observed, it's not the Beverley Sisters.
To try and solve the mystery, I ran a check with Shazam and that stated it was the Beverley Sisters but Shazam does get it wrong occasionally. Spotify has the record too, on a Roulette compilation and "Flight 1203" is definitely listed as being by The Beverley Sisters.
I then researched Roulette Records. Roulette were favourable to recordings by sisters (it should be remembered that around this time, many record companies would not touch girl groups!) and Roulette released many recordings by sisters, notably The Thornton Sisters, The Miller Sisters, The Dimara Sisters, The Boyd Sisters and The Castle Sisters. The latter were abundantly releasing records in 1961 for Roulette. So I then wondered whether this record was in fact The Castle Sisters. They do indeed sound very much like the Beverley Sisters; however, the harmonies by The Castle Sisters are not, in my opinion, quite as 'tight' or sugary-sweet as The Beverley Sisters - and I mean that in a nice way.
I then discovered that in 1961, Roulette did indeed release one, and only one record, by The Beverley Sisters (Cat No. 4350). It was indeed "Flight 1203" with "Why" on the flip side.
My theory, therefore, is that either one Beverley Sister used an American accent as previously mentioned, or that perhaps one of The Castle Sisters was used for the spoken passage on "Flight 1203", in order to tally the record with the spoken passage on Ebony Eyes and to give it some authenticity for the answer record which it undoubtably is.
So in summary, I think this song is definitely The Beverley Sisters ... unless you know different!
P.S. "Flight 1202" is a great song BTW and extremely rare. Does anyone have the B side called "Why"?
@keithidota
I have the cd '"Still Dead: The Grim Reaper's Jukebox" which contains the track "Flight 1203". The information booklet says this is not the same Beverley Sisters as the famed British sisters. Perhaps things were different then but certainly today there can't be individual or group performers with the same names without any legal consequences. My nephew played in a band that played in small clubs and they had to change their name because another group already had that name.
@MrRockinStars
I have the record.
@MrRockinStars
There's no laws that allow copyright of a song title, or if it's regular artist name it can't be copyrighted so no one else use it. That is a old wife's tale that song titles can be copyrighted...they cannot!