![]() It’s definite pick your favorite time and this is mine. There are many, many versions of this song, male and female vocalists, some grittier, some smooth, some more Latin. So Nice (Summer Samba) could very easily be one of them, especially the Bossa/Samba/Lounge crowd. Tunes that I would have frankly laughed at 40 years ago have been assimilated into many different scenes and cherished instead of ridiculed. Now you don’t see easy listening as a label anymore. Now I’m sure even in Spanish-speaking lands that are way too long to fit on the front of a seven-inch record! However, the American Recording industry in the 1960s didn’t want any ethnic performers if they could help it so a bit of blonde hair dye later and a quick name change and ‘voila!’ Florencia is, magically, the all American Vikki Carr. Vikki Carr is true Tex-Mex, born in El Paso to Mexican parents in 1941 her real name is Florencia Bisenta de Casillas-Martínez Cardona. Invariably titled ‘Love is’ or ‘Blue Moods’ would be filled with artists such as Andy Williams, Tony Bennet, and Vikki Carr. It was a moniker you saw on many a Key-Tel or Ronco advert for an easily licensed and inevitably quickly put-together compilation record. ![]() ![]() When I was starting out to listen to music there was a lot of easy listening music out there. Today’s dig is an overlooked B Side by a doyenne of American easy Listening Vikki Carr. Even one as gentle and smooth as this one. The sunshine is out, the sangria is on the patio table and I for one am a real sucker for a bit of samba.
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