Saturday, September 14, 2013
Sorry Quotes – Apology Quotes
Sorry Quotes – Apology Quotes Some people would rather not face an a apology, but if you owe someone an apology, here are some nice ways to be sincere.
Shining Through a Future Cult movie
This movie kept me interested although I had seen it before. I liked it again, it stayed with me all day today. It is a winner for the two stars...
Della Reese - Don't You Know? ("Puccini")
sending it out again, music travels the world, from the Classics....to American Pop music
American Patrol
Just seemed like it was the right thing to play after the last one...what do you think
Ted Heath & His Music - Hawaiian War Chant
Music travels the world , back in England and the United States, this song became wildly popular....Ted Heath, was well known in the States too!
I wished on the Moon --Billie Holiday 1935
The beginning for Billy, a little history here...of course she is doing one of the great jazz songs of the time.
Billie Holiday - The Way You Look Tonight
Piano was the big instrument in my mind, listening to the music of my Mom and Dad, then the music of my generation, who would have guessed that the guitar would push the piano aside?
Friday, September 13, 2013
Taking a chance on love (playlist)
What a made for jazz voice she had...and the song, it was so popular that you will see many recordings...
AND THE ANGELS SING by Ziggy Elman 1938
Ziggy Elman had a great rendition, just look at the difference between the two recordings, both great!
Brook Benton & Dinah Washington - Baby, You've Got What It Takes. Stereo...
Oh, did we bee bop to this...a great song, when the world was our oyster...Brook Benton, bee bop alliteration
Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth
One of my favorites, many years ago, Dinah Washington sings it so good
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Who are the happiest people in the world?
Who are the happiest people in the world? great paragraph here about finding happiness
Shambhala Sun: Amazon.com: Magazines
Shambhala Sun: Amazon.com: Magazines A magazine I use to enjoy, guess it is time to start reading it again, there is so much room for improvement....
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
HAD YOU BEEN AROUND - DIANA ROSS
this is an old song, I am sure we heard played on the radio many times back in the 1940's, it rings a bell when I hear it...Nice song...
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Ain't Misbehavin' (Verve Records 1955)
I like this unexpected introduction to this song...what do you think?
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Day of Battle...why Ernie Pyle was famous! some spare words..
“Everything in this world had stopped except war,” Pyle wrote, “and we were all men of a new profession out in a strange night.”
Atkinson, Rick (2007-10-02). The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) (Kindle Locations 799-800). Henry Holt and Co.. Kindle Edition.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
IT'S ALL IN THE GAME ~ Tommy Edwards 1958.wmv
comon, you have to like this , one of my favorites, you may have seen posted before...so I end the day with a favorite...
The Crests - The angels listened in.wmv
We traveled through music, today...and here is another one you might not know from the past...great song
Socialism Explained - Abbott & Costello Explain The Stimulus Plan
Remembering Abbot and Costello....hopefully this will brighten your day.
The Blues Brothers - Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway).
if you missed Cab Calloway, here is a great little tid bit...
The Blues Brothers (6/9) Movie CLIP - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (...
Just in case you forgot! Great gift for holidays, to one of us older folks....
The Blues Brothers John Lee Hooker (Boom Boom)
Is this why we loved the Blues Brothers movie? Yesterday I saw the car, with the license plate..."Bluesb".....and today I found this reference...we loved the movie and the music
Beatles- Let It Be
Oh! Oh! they were a sensation and they still are. I wondered when I pulled this up .....who is the most popular band on Youtube?
Burning Love--Elvis Presley
Our ears burned, our faces flamed when he first came on tv, with his hip rolling!
The Capris -There's a moon out tonight
We went from our style of romantic music to the .......The Stroll......
Ella Fitzgerald - Satin Doll (with Duke Ellington Orchestra)
Ella just dives into this with her creamy voice...its so nice to find Ella
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Satin Doll
Satin Doll a great jazz song, performed by one of the biggest performers of the past....We all had this record.
"I'm Yours" Eddie Fisher
Best Seller chart, 1952....oh, what a song.......what a voice! Eddie Fisher, glad we can still get your recordings.
Eddie Fisher - Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
For a change of pitch....Eddie Fisher took it to another level with his voice....Eddie Fisher....he has been gone from the airwaves for so long, I forgot how we loved his sound...this is a reminder of that long ago era.
Everything I have is yours (Sarah Vaughan)
What a voice, she and Ella vied for my attention, each had a style that riveted one to the radio....
Billy Eckstine - Everything I Have Is Yours
Billy Eckstine was bigger than big in the late 40's early 50's, I almost wore out my album and my 45's listening to him sing...
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Everything I Have Is Yours (Clef Record...
Today a couple of versions of this song, to start it off, get mind off the wolrd...and worries, just music for awhile
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