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Here is another example of the sound of the voice for this piece....its just my opinion, what do you think?

Here is a great voice for this song with the fullness of tone , pitch and presentation..

In my opinion this song is not for Sheryl Crow, because this is the competition.

Who Shut Down the Government? Many of us wonder at the use of name calling and what appears as mis-speak (to be polite). I respect intelligent comments. I am sure you do too ! Here is one of our best thinkers today with his say.

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Listen to Ella Fitzgerald, and then this....I love Ella, and I love Jo ...but, the Billy May introduction, and arrangment, and the voice of Jo Stafford all fit in this rendition....my opinion is...its a great production!

Billy Eckstine was in the era of 45 records...its a wonder they didn't melt....over and over....we played them

A favorite song of mine by Billy in the long ago....

Billy Eckstine did not get enough public recognition , in my opinion , with the passing years, his voice was wonderful

Air Traffic Control jokes

Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

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Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

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From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm fucking bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was fucking bored, not fucking stupid!"

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O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this...I've got the little Fokker in sight."

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A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

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A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

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A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:

Lufthansa (in German): " Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?" Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

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Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way,after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."

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One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

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The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206! clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.

Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."

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While taxiing at London's Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"

Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"

"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.

Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"

was this the one that got us crazy with the sound....?

"rockin mornin".....love this song..and the stars...

Missing this great artist, what a shame to lose a bright star .....and her rendition of this song is sooooo....nice.

i cant see who is in the picture...can you?

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A team of German scientists has developed an oral supplement to help women look younger.

The invention is expected to help avoid the huge amounts spent on Botox, the invasive method currently available to treat the wrinkles.
The study included 166 women, aged around 61. The women received Dove Spa Strength Within supplement for 14 weeks. The supplements were made of soy isoflavones, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C, vitamin E and antioxidant lycopene, Mail Online, UK reported.
The whole group was divided into two, based on the treatments they received- low or high dose of the pill (111) or placebo (53).
Researchers made silicon moulds of the participants' crow's feet, both before and after the treatment. Skin of the women who received the plant pills had become smoother, with a reduction in the wrinkles. The pills helped to achieve a smooth, young skin by increasing the production of collagen, a major protein in the human body. Nearly 30 percent of the protein content of the body is collagen, which is widely known as the glue that holds the body's cells together. It helps in strengthening skin's elasticity by supporting blood vessels.

The current study re-confirms a 2011 study conducted by the same researchers. During that time, the pills helped reduce wrinkles up to 30 percent.
Oestrogen levels in the body go down with ageing, affecting the production of collagen, the researchers, said.

"It shows there is a link between dietary ingredients and the quality and the ageing rate of skin. We find it works better on deeper wrinkles," Professor John Casey, vice-president for biological sciences at Unilever, Dove's parent company told Daily Mail.

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/American-Impressionists-Market--Boom-or-Bust----09-26-13.html?soid=1101193525774&aid=eTK3SikfUwg There is a lot of talk in the art market about changing tastes and values, maybe this on line event will appeal to you, if you are a collector.

I will skip right to the greatest version. I was sitting in a restaurant in Martha's Vineyard, when the first bars of the song came out....I stopped talking, I had to listen.....the version was incredible....I had to buy it. The song graduated into the new culture and it was incredibly beautiful.....so Etta James became one of my favorites...again it is arrangment ......listen to the background music, she carries the tune, and the back up is beautiful...Gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing with me today.l

This is how the song appeared to me, in the culture of the time and it was a knock out song, we all loved it....the orchestral arrangement still causes us to quiet down in a hall....and quietly get to the floor to dance.

Listen to this arrangement, the sounds, the intro,( even speaking in French), you can feel it coming! This is a Wow arrangement.!.......The repeating horns in the background, the voice that is strong and clear, in spite of the sound of a big orchestra...
I hope my conversation today, helped you to the importance of the arrangement, your back up music, your collaborator if you have one....why does everyone love this, why do they ask , what was the song at the end of the movie? That is the question you want to hear.... is this the same song you heard at the start of my little discussion today? Just my opinion, I love music..don't we all?.

the very hip Bobby Darin had the greatest version , for our culture at the time, the age of jitter bug! We loved this...loving and yet, with the tempo we craved...

A love song ...longing ...expressed by the presentation....in keeping with the original song....

This is how the song was imagined in our culture for years, as it came from France....

Now for three or 4 examples of one of the most beautiful melodies....Django of course has a gypsy sound , a yearning , that crosses with the desert breeze in the evening as the sun goes down and the desert turns cold....the tears in the heart version... wonderful!

Wow! This just collapsed our worlds into magic....what a introduction, what an arrangment! Peggy Lee ran away with this song, in my estimation.....genius presentation.....

I have mentioned this before, the arrangement is SOOOOO IMPORTANT...who accompanies you....This is Frank before Nelson Riddle, coming into his own, with a great rendition of Lover....who could not love...this? Now, to illustrate we go to the rendition that blew us away...

Just getting ready for todays thoughts on music Peggy Lee, a wonderful singer of the past, and I saw something about a show on Broadway called Peg...

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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...

sending it out again, music travels the world, from the Classics....to American Pop music

Just seemed like it was the right thing to play after the last one...what do you think

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!

The beginning for Billy, a little history here...of course she is doing one of the great jazz songs of the time.

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?

What a made for jazz voice she had...and the song, it was so popular that you will see many recordings...

Leaving you with some new sounds tonight.....

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Ziggy Elman had a great rendition, just look at the difference between the two recordings, both great!

One of my favorite Benny Goodman songs...

Oh, did we bee bop to this...a great song, when the world was our oyster...Brook Benton, bee bop alliteration

One of my favorites, many years ago, Dinah Washington sings it so good

Who are the happiest people in the world? great paragraph here about finding happiness

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....

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...

I like this unexpected introduction to this song...what do you think?

“Everything in this world had stopped except war,” Pyle wrote, “and we were all men of a new profession out in a strange night.”

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Favorite, from the past....

A wonderful voice from the past, we don't hear much anymore.

comon, you have to like this , one of my favorites, you may have seen posted before...so I end the day with a favorite...

Need I say more....sounds familiar

Another great song

We traveled through music, today...and here is another one you might not know from the past...great song

Remembering Abbot and Costello....hopefully this will brighten your day.

if you missed Cab Calloway, here is a great little tid bit...

A few cameo's in this little bit of the Blues Brothers....

Just in case you forgot! Great gift for holidays, to one of us older folks....

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

Now the premier version of this song.

A favorite of mine , as you might know by now...

And which one is the favorite....
I love both

you probably guessed this was coming next...

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?

Our ears burned, our faces flamed when he first came on tv, with his hip rolling!

moving along to Doo Wop

We went from our style of romantic music to the .......The Stroll......

Ella just dives into this with her creamy voice...its so nice to find Ella

Satin Doll a great jazz song, performed by one of the biggest performers of the past....We all had this record.

A favorite song of mine.

Best Seller chart, 1952....oh, what a song.......what a voice! Eddie Fisher, glad we can still get your recordings.

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.

What a voice, she and Ella vied for my attention, each had a style that riveted one to the radio....

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...

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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No one wants to talk when they are trying to steal something.....haven;'t you noticed that? What can we do to avoid the horrors of war. of poison gas, and other atrocities? Maybe Buddhism holds the answer, it is not a religion that interferes in religious beliefs, it is a way of life, that makes it easier to find solutions to war..at least in my opinion

Pope Francis On Syria: Abandon 'Futile Pursuit' Of Military Solution

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the "futile pursuit" of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out its case for a negotiated settlement that guarantees rights for all minorities, including Christians.
In a letter Thursday to the G-20 host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Francis lamented that "one-sided interests" had prevailed in Syria, preventing a diplomatic end to the conflict and allowing the continued "senseless massacre" of innocents.
"To the leaders present, to each and every one, I make a heartfelt appeal for them to help find ways to overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution," Francis wrote as the G-20 meeting got under way in St. Petersburg.
Francis has ratcheted up his call for peace in Syria amid threatened U.S.-led military strikes following an Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
He will host a peace vigil in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, a test of whether his immense popular appeal will translate into popular support for his peace message.
On Thursday, the Vatican summoned ambassadors accredited to the Holy See to outline its position on Syria, with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, noting that the Aug. 21 attack had generated "horror and concern" from around the world.
"Confronted with similar acts one cannot remain silent, and the Holy See hopes that the competent institutions make clear what happened and that those responsible face justice," Mamberti told the 71 ambassadors gathered.
He didn't refer explicitly to the threat of military strikes to punish the Syrian regime for the attack. But he said the main priority was to stop the violence which he said risked involving other countries and creating "unforeseeable consequences in various parts of the world."
The Vatican, he said, called for a return to dialogue and for the country to not be split up along ethnic or religious lines.
Minorities, including Christians, must have their basic rights guaranteed, including their right to profess their religion, he said. And he called for the opposition to distance itself from extremists, isolate them "and openly and clearly oppose terrorism" – a reference to the al-Qaida-affiliated rebels fighting against the government.
The Assad family's four-decade iron rule over Syria long has rested on support from the country's ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians, Shiite Muslims and Kurds. The Assad family and key regime figures are Alawites, followers of an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while most rebels and their supporters are Sunni Muslims.
As a result, the Catholic Church has toed a careful line on Syria, staying largely silent at the start of the civil war even after the regime's brutal crackdown on dissent. As the violence raged, the Vatican stepped up its call for dialogue. And amid the U.S. threat of military intervention, Vatican and church officials have warned that a world war could erupt, with Christians in the region bearing the brunt of the fallout.
On Wednesday, the head of Francis' Jesuit order, the Rev. Adolfo Nicolas, told a Catholic news agency that military action by the U.S. and France would be an "abuse of power."
"I cannot understand who gave the United States or France the right to act against a country in a way that will certainly increase the suffering of the citizens of that country, who, by the way, have already suffered beyond measure," he was quoted as saying in the interview, the text of which was released by a Vatican-affiliated spokesman.
This week, Syrian government troops have been battling al-Qaida-linked rebels over Maaloula, a regime-held Christian village in western Syria. Some of its 2,000 residents still speak a version of Aramaic, the ancient language of biblical times believed to have been spoken by Jesus.
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