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A huge thanks to Billy Willis and his son Ian for unearthing these recordings, allowing me to share with you all. The Doc was heavily recorded in his pomp by those in attendance and a few of these tapes have since surfaced, but there will no doubt be more. If you have any more recordings of The Doc on any form of media and unsure what is on it, give me a shout and we can get it digitized and returned.

Full playlist here:    • John Doc - Live Through The Years  

John Doc with a vintage rendition of the classic My Mother's Eyes, a song that would be featured in his sets over the decades. The song was written by composer Abel Baer and lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was first introduced by George Jessel in the 1929 film Lucky Boy, a part-talking "crossover" movie. In the film, Jessel reportedly performed the song about a dozen times, helping it become his signature number.

The song holds a unique place in the career of Frankie Valli. In 1953, Valli recorded it as his first solo single under the name "Frankie Valley". Valli re-recorded the song at least twice: a live version with The Four Seasons in 1965 and a third "powerhouse" arrangement for his 1967 solo album.

The song is a key emotional moment in the Jersey Boys musical and film. It is performed by the Valli character at the request of mobster Gyp DeCarlo (played by Christopher Walken in the movie), who is moved to tears by the performance.

Bette Midler included a version of the song on her 1980 live album, Divine Madness. Other notable artists that recorded the classic include Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Sinatra, and The Mills Brothers among others.
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The website that was launched for The Doc serves two purposes - to celebrate the life and music of one of the finest voices to ever grace these shores, and to seek out any additional material that may still be out there of Doc, especially the master tapes of his officially released albums.

These songs maintains optimism that there is more out there from either session and most likely on cassette tape. Please do get in touch if you are in possession of any of Doc's music and we can get it digitized to share and returned!

Thanks to founder of Nevis records and legendary Scottish songwriter Jim McLean, he amazingly gifted me the master tape of Doc's first album At The Carousel to digitize and share, and would have done likewise with the second master tape, but unfortunately, it wasn't in his possession.

The master tapes of At The Carousel Volume II, At Hasties Farm and At Cowie Bowling Club are still out there somewhere, and if anyone has any information on the whereabouts of the master tapes or any information on the recordings itself, avenues I should seek out etc, it would be greatly appreciated. Names that may be of help are: Sam Plotnikoff, Graham Gordon, Billy Brown and Keith Mitchell. If anyone knows these gentlemen, please pass on the website listed above where they can reach out to me via the contact form should they have any information that would be of use.

Slainte!
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The Doc's Discography Below!

At The Carousel:
   • John Doc - At The Carousel (Full Album)  

At The Carousel Volume II:
   • John Doc - At The Carousel: Volume II  

At Hasties Farm:
   • John Doc - At Hasties Farm  

At Cowie Bowling Club:
   • John Doc - Sweet Dreams  

Sincerely Yours:
   • John Doc - Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)  

Easy Listening:
   • Easy Listening  

The Songs of Ireland:
   • John Doc - Forty Shades of Green  

John Doc At 90:
   • John Doc - After All These Years  

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