The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero - NYTimes.com

The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero - NYTimes.com  this was an item that caught my eye, well worth reading.

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MSN Entertainment -#/video/c40022f3-6322-97bc-d624-2ac0de998b4b  ideas from the past, entertaining for the long weekend.

Cherokee -- Earl Bostic

this is so good....

Earl Bostic - On Green Dolphin Street

Get acquainted with Earl Bostic...one of the great sounds of the far away past.

Brazil - Django Reinhardt

Just being ....you know what, but is that guitar doing a yodel...at the start?

Django Reinhardt - How High The Moon - Rome, 01 or 02. 1949

Oh, those fingers......nothing like Les Paul, right?

Mary Ford and Les Paul - How High the Moon

 I can hear Django in his playing, can you?

Slim Whitman - Mockin' Bird Hill

another of his big hits, way long ago

Slim Whitman - Paper Roses

Slim Whitman, and one of his big songs....from the long long ago

Slim Whitman 'Cattle Call' Original 78 RPM

Something unusual, no one yodels today, so maybe many of you have not heard something like this.

SLIM WHITMAN---from a jack to a king

This was a big hit many years ago, I don't remember if it was at the time that Country was becoming popular in the whole country.