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Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Ella Fitzgerald - Dream a Little Dream of Me

How can you find anything more romantic than Ella's voice and this lush song..

Ella Fitzgerald - Dream a Little Dream of Me

How can you find anything more romantic than Ella's voice and this lush song..

Tell Me Why- Los Lonely Boys with lyrics

Pretty good rhythm...

los lonely boys-how far is heaven

another favorite repeated...

"La Bamba" - Los Lonely Boys & Carlos Santana

wonderful music...a great tribute

Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps (HQ)(Concert for George)

what beautiful music George wrote, and what a wonderful tribute....this one and My Sweet Lord are faves...

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Layla

Eric Clapton talks jazz

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - Layla

Eric Clapton talks Jazz....

"Out In The Country" - P. K. and The Sound Explosion (1977)

 this song, did not stay around long, but the melodie is great, it calls for conclusion, but does not quite get there fast enough, so you keep listening for the next refrain...it sticks...

The Guess Who - Clap For The Wolfman (1974) Tribute to: "Wolfman Jack"

Guess who is in front?  Love the wolfman, wish we could bring him back....comon, lets have another wolfman...

John Belushi

I could not resist this again, it is one of my favorites..

Joe Cocker - Saint James Infirmary (Video)

Some of you might remember that I love Joe Cocker too...he is unusual...

St. James Infirmary - Eric Clapton, Dr. John

Spent the week, actually vacationing for the first time, in years.... I did not read, play on the computer, or do anything of value other than enjoy the gorgeous Florida weather, ocean , sand, and wind....absolutely gorgeous, thanks to my wonderful husband.
 we are rockin!  Eric Clapton, joins up...

Dr. John Creole Moon: Creole Moon

Comon Dr John, almost like the wolfman is back....but no not really.   I miss the Wolfman...don't you?

Marie Laveau - VooDoo Queen - Music by Dr. John

come to the land of Voodoo with Dr. John

Dr. John - Such a Night

Dr John is coming back, have you heard....?

Alice in Wonderland Teaser 1

A wonderful story, time to see it again.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, et al.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

pinterest

Pinned ImageHa ha, this is from my pinterest board....

Billie Holiday - The Very Thought of You

We can't forget Billy Holiday, shades of Diana Ross, is it the timing?  Is it the voice?  something calls Diana Ross to mind...

At Last-Etta James

How can this escape the favorites list?  No way, it is one of the old time favorites and only Etta can sing it like this..perfect.  I was sitting in a restaurant in Martha's Vineyard when I first heard it.

Dinah Washington - That Sunday That Summer

Maybe you never heard this, it is not on the air much, but one of the great songs of the past.

Ella Fitzgerald - Skylark

I favor the timbre of Ella...

Hoagy Carmichael - Skylark

Hoagy didn't have a bad voice, but some of the versions done by others are fabulous

Heart and Soul - Hoagy Carmichael (1938)

this little repeating ditty, captured us...I played it on the piano and accordion, it was easy to memorize.  It rolled out of the radio, and went round and round on the record player, for days....

Louis Prima - Night Train

The dynamite version of this song...I love to hear it and repeat it once in awhile.
another favorite,

All Night Long-Louis Prima And Keely Smith(1956).avi

 This is one of their best,posted more than once...

Louis Prima & Keely Smith - "That Old Black Magic" (1958)

what fun ...with Louis Prima and Keely Smith, we can't let them fade out of our repertoire

Jim Lowe - Green Door (Original)

This played on the radio, in the car, in the house, it was everywhere, a part of our lives, and if you think back you can probably remember a day that you heard it and what you were doing it, it was so prevalent.

Jim Lowe - Green Door (Original)

I was one of the many who kept this song on the top of the charts, it was mesmerizing and played on the radio all day long.

Guy Mitchell | Singing the Blues | 1956

Jumping and jiving music, dust and vacuum around with the record player going...

"Don't Take Your Love From Me" Joni James

there was a special quality to her voice that mesmerized us.

"Red Sails in the Sunset" Joni James

 We might have been jumping and jiving teens, who had the first cars for teenagers, but we also had romantic songs like this.

Nancy Sinatra Who Will Buy

What a wonderful song, and it seems that it has been ignored by our great male singers...I would love to hear it sung by Andrea Bocelli, for example, or played by a symphony orchestra, even looking for it in the play Oliver it is hard to find a good version.  I can hear it played by violin chorus...or what do you think..?