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Whitney Houston
AFTER WE MAKE LOVE -

I've been waiting such a long time
For a love that's real to come my way
Gonna take some getting used to
Now that love is here to stay

After we make love
I'll be lost in the afterglow
You're all I'm dreaming of
I just can't, I just can't let the feeling go
After we make love
There's no doubt in my mind
I've been touched by
All that heaven and earth will allow
All that matters is right here and now

Now the world is filled with wonder
You've turned my life around in just one day
I love the spell you've put me under
With just one kiss, you take my breath away

After we make love
Feels so good to be lost in the afterglow
You're all I'm dreaming of
I just can't, I just can't let the feeling go
After we make love
There's no doubt in my mind
I've been touched by
All that heaven and earth will allow
All that matters is right here and now

(Bridge:)
All those lonely days and nights
Were well worth going through
I'm so glad I never gave my heart away
It's like I've waited all my life
So I can give it all to you

(Repeat 1st verse)

After we make love
Feels so good to be lost in the afterglow
After we make love
I just can't, I just can't let the feeling go
After we make love
There's no doubt in my mind
I've been touched by
All that heaven and earth will allow
All that matters is right here and now

Well, hamburger. Letty is not too fast tonight. Missed the pirate song, buddy. Sorry.

And here is our Try, listeners. Love that song, buddy. "lost in the afterglow." A beautiful phrase.

Well, since Blackbeard the Pirate was called Edward Teach, how about this change of pace:

Leonard Cohen
» To A Teacher

[Dedicated to A. M. Klein (1909-1972)]

Hurt once and for all into silence.
A long pain ending without a song to prove it.
Who could stand beside you so close to Eden,
When you glinted in every eye the held-high
razor, shivering every ram and son?
And now the silent loony bin, where
The shadows live in the rafters like
Day-weary bats,
Until the turning mind, a radar signal,
lures them to exaggerate
Mountain-size on the white stone wall
Your tiny limp.
How can I leave you in such a house?
Are there no more saints and wizards
to praise their ways with pupils,
No more evil to stun with the slap
of a wet red tongue?
Did you confuse the Messiah in a mirror
and rest because he had finally come?
Let me cry Help beside you, Teacher.
I have entered under this dark roof
As fearlessly as an honoured son
Enters his father's house.

WOW!

I'm awake…

All I Have To Do Is Dream
Roy Orbison / Everly Brothers


When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream
Dream, dream, dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I want you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away

I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream

I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream

Dream, dream, dream

Well, Try. I see that you are awake and daydreaming. That one we know, buddy.

So...............

Reverie Lyrics

Our love
Is a dream, but in my reverie
I can see that this love was meant for me
Only a poor fool
Never schooled in the whirlpool
Of romance could be so cruel
As you are to me
My dreams are as worthless as tin to me
Without you life will never begin to be
So love me
As I love you in my reverie
Make my dream a reality
Let`s dispense with formality
Come to me in my reverie.

What classical composer inspired that song? Anyone remember?

My Reverie

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on September 27th 1938 with Ray Eberle.

Words and special arrangement by Larry Clinton, music adapted from Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) "Reverie"




Moonlight Becomes You

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on July 15th 1942 with Skip Nelson and the Modernaires.
Words by Johnny Burke, music by James Van Heusen. (From the movie „Road To Morocco")


Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair
You certainly know the right things to wear...
Moonlight becomes you, I'm thrilled at the sight
And I could get so romantic tonight...

You're all dressed up to go dreaming,
Now don't tell me I'm wrong,
And what a night to go dreaming,
Mind if I tag along?

If I say, „I love you" I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight, although
Moonlight becomes you so!

Well, Try. You are too quick for me, buddy. I didn't know that about the Miller man.

Incidentally, I love Moonlight Becomes You, and I am humming right along with you.

Well, listeners, since our Try is so quick, here's to him:

Dolores Gray.


You're as hard to hold as quicksilver
When you kiss and run away
I dream you're mine and then as quick as quicksilver
All my dreams are led astray

I keep chasing you till I'm facing you
And embracing you with all your charms
Then you slip through my fingers just like quicksilver
Right into someone else's arms

Seems like I am havin' trouble with you
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
Seems like you're fickle, fickle as can be
And your fickle ways have got me up a tree

You're as hard to hold as quicksilver
When you kiss and run away
I dream you're mine and then as quick as quicksilver
All my dreams are led astray

I keep chasing you till I'm facing you
And embracing you with all your charms
Then you slip through my fingers just like quicksilver
Right into someone else's arms

Then you slip through my fingers just like quicksilver
Right into someone else's arms.

It was…

Someone Else's Arms
Mae Lyrics

Two days and I've not slept a wink
with these thoughts that I've been thinking.
This is the mark I aim to miss. (again)

You toss and turn, I lie awake,
who knows what I've been drinking.
another cheap, meaningless kiss. (to give)

From the beginning,
dulled down and lost with all its charm.
I just wanna wake up, wake up in someone's…

I just wanna wake up. [4x]

Six days and I can see the same
brown eyes in this reflection.
Is this the man you say I'll be? (become)

You toss and turn, I lie awake,
into the sand were sinking.
Holding us back from breathing free (I'm done)

From the beginning,
dulled down and lost with all its charm.
I just wanna wake up, wake up in someone's…

I just wanna wake up. [8x]

More than words you keep to yourself.
Like a curse that fares thee well.

One man came, one truth to tell.
All this blame, hammers your way to hell.

I've got a feeling it's not the safest place to start.
This heavy breathing, it seems, we're better off breaking hearts.
From the beginning, dulled down and lost with all its charm.
I just wanna wake up, wake up in someone's…

I just wanna wake up. [8x]

I just wanna wake up in someone else's arms.

Well, listeners. Try and I are keeping us on the air. <smile>

So let's hear something uplifting by Phil:

Lyrics: Phil Collins

Put your faith in what you most believe in
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lies we see

A paradise untouched by man
Within this worlds blessed with love
A simple life, they live in peace

Softly tread the sand below your feet now
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lives we see

Beneath the shelter of the trees
Only love can enter here
A simple life, they live in peace

Raise your head up
Lift high the load
Take strength from those that need you
Build high the walls
Build strong the beams
A new life is waiting
But danger's no stranger here

No words describe a mother's tears
No words can heal a broken heart
A dream is gone, but where there's hope

Somewhere something is calling for you
Two worlds, one family
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lives we see

Hi Letty, I like to make a small contribution this late in the evening, just sprang to mind. "Wishing it was" by Eagle Eye Cherry.

Beauty and grace is what touches me most
Good times can put me in fear
I always feel safe when things are bad
So I can not let you come near
It seems that I thrive on the dark side of things
I always feel alive when the death bell rings
Now you have come and bring out the tears in me

Pain never makes me cry
But happiness does
It's so strange to watch my life walk by
Wishing it was
Wishing it was more like a fantasy
Where everyday surprises me
Wishing it was

This feeling won't last
'Cause I can not survive
I tell you I've been here before
When it's movin' this fast
It's a matter of time
One of us walks out that door
It seems that I thrive on the dark side of things
I always feel alive when the death bell rings
Now you come and you bring out the tears in me

But happiness does
It's so strange to watch my life walk by
Wishing it was
Wishing it was more like a fantasy
Where everyday surprises me
Wishing it was

Give this some thought
And I'm sure you will know
This is the way it must be
Emotions will rise
Emotions will flow
You bring out the tears in me
You bring out the tears in me

Dutchy, Welcome back to our wee studio. What a fabulous song. I love the paradox of it all. Strangely enough, that speaks for me in a way.

Thank you so much on behalf of all our listeners.

So, Aussie. It's dark here so how about this one:

DIANA KRALL Song Lyrics

East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
(From the album "WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES")

East of the sun and west of the moon
We'll build a dream house of love dear
Close to the sun in the day
Near to the moon at night
We'll live in a lovely way dear
Sharing our love in the pale moonlight

Just you and I, forever and a day
Love will not die; we'll keep it that way
Up among the stars we'll find a harmony of life to a lovely tune
East of the sun and west of the moon dear
East of the sun and west of the moon

"Summer Rain" - Belinda Carlisle

Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him saying
"Nothing will change
Come dance with me baby
In the summer rain"
I remember the rain on his skin
And his kisses hotter than the Santa Ana winds
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I remember laughing till we almost cried
There at the station that night
I remember looking in his eyes

Oh my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

I can hear the whistle
Military train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him singing
Ooh, "Love Is Strange"
"Come dance with me baby
In the summer rain"
I remember the rain pouring down
And we poured our hearts out
As the train pulled out
I can see my baby
Waving from the train
It was the last time that I saw him
In the summer rain

Oh my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

Every time I see the lightning
Every time I hear the thunder
Every time I close a window
When this happens in the summer
Oh, the night is so inviting
I can feel that you are so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart

Oh my love, it's you that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn't matter what I do now
Doesn't matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

Every night and every day now
Though I know you've gone away
Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. It's a lovely day here today.

Hey, Miss flutterby. Thank you for the lovely song, dear. Reminds me of summer breeze.




See the curtains hanging in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light shining through the window
Lets me know that everything's alright


Summer breeze, well it makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through my, makes me feel it right
Making me feel, making me feel fine
Makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind


Oh sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
And when I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waiting there, yes you're waiting there
Without A care in the world


I see the smile awaiting in the kitchen
Food's cooking and a place there for two
I see the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through

Summer breeze, well it makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through my, making me feel right
Making me feel, making me feel fine
Makes me feel right

Blowing through the jasmine in my, blowing blowing(x5)

Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

"Sailing" - Christopher Cross

It's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It's not far to Never Never Land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Sailing
Takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free

Fantasy
It gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me

It's not far back to sanity
At least it's not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me


"Cowes Week", UK
(29th July - 5th August, 2006)

Well, butterfly, I can't think of a better way to celebrate Cowes Week than with a sailing song.<smile>

Sailing
Gavin Sutherland

I am sailing, I am sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

I am flying, I am flying,
like a bird 'cross the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds,
to be with you, to be free.

Can you hear me, can you hear me
thro' the dark night, far away,
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

Can you hear me, can you hear me,
thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

We are sailing, we are sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free.
Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free,
Oh Lord.
© 1992


Performed by
Rod Stewart

Rudy Vallée
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rudy Vallee (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was a popular American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont, he grew up in Westbrook, Maine. In high school he took up the saxophone and acquired the nickname "Rudy" after then famous saxophonist Rudy Weidoeft.


Having played drums in his high school band, Vallee played clarinet and saxophone in various bands around New England in his youth. In 1917, he felt that Uncle Sam needed one more brave young man in the Great War, but was discharged when the Navy authorities found out that he was only 15. In 1924-5, he played with the "Savoy Havana Band" in London, England. He then returned to the States to obtain a degree in Philosophy from Yale and to form his own band, "Rudy Vallee and the Connecticut Yankees." With this band, which featured two violins, two saxophones, a piano, a banjo and drums, he started taking vocals (supposedly reluctantly at first). He had a rather thin, wavering tenor voice and seemed more at home singing sweet ballads than attempting vocals on jazz numbers. However his singing, together with his suave manner and handsome boyish looks attracted great attention, especially from young women. Vallee was given a recording contract, and in 1928 started performing on the radio.

Vallee became the most prominent and arguably the first of a new style of popular singer, the "crooner". Previously, popular singers needed strong projecting voices to fill theaters in the days before the electric microphone. Crooners had soft voices that were well suited to the intimacy of the new medium of radio. Vallee's trombone-like vocal phrasing on "Deep Night" would inspire later crooners such as Frank Sinatra to model their voice on jazz instruments.

Vallee also became what was perhaps the first complete example of the 20th century mass media pop star. Flappers (the predecessors of "bobby-soxers") mobbed him wherever he went. His live appearances were usually sold out, and even if his singing could hardly be heard in those venues not yet equipped with the new electronic microphones, his screaming female fans went home happy if they had caught sight of his lips through the opening of the trademark megaphone he sang through.

In 1929 Vallee did his first film, "Vagabond Lover". His first films were made to cash in on his singing popularity, but Hollywood was pleasantly surprised to find that Vallee could act as well. Also in 1929 Vallee started hosting The Fleischmann's Yeast Musical Variety Hour. Performers first introduced to the American public on that program included Jack Benny and Kate Smith.

Vallee would continue hosting popular radio variety shows through the 1940s, including: "The Royal Gelatin Hour, directed by Rudy Vallee", which featured various film performers of the era, such as Fay Wray and Richard Cromwell, in dramatic skits.

Along with his group, "The Connecticut Yankees," Vallee's best known popular recordings included: "The Stein Song" (aka University of Maine fighting song) in the early part of the decade and "Vieni, Vieni" in the latter '30s. A note of trivia: "Vieni, Vieni" can be heard in the background as Jimmy Stewart enters the restaurant in Frank Capra's holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life. Remarkably for an American, Vallee sang fluently in three Mediterranean languages, and always varied the keys, thus paving the way for later pop crooners such as Dean Martin and Gene Pitney. Another memorable rendition of his is "Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries", in which he imitates Willie Howard's voice in the final chorus. Vallee was also entertaining in Gershwin's witty "Kitty from Kansas City" and "Betty Co-ed", not to mention the first recording of tipsy laughter in "There is a Tavern in the Town", decades before Elvis Presley was to use that gimmick on stage in "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". His last significant hit song was the reissue of the melancholic ballad "As Time Goes By" from the soundtrack of "Casablanca" in 1946, which he had recorded fifteen years before it was used in this classic movie. During WWII, Vallee performed with the Coast Guard Band, entertaining US troops with this forty-piece orchestra until 1944.

When Vallee took his contractual vacations from his national radio show in 1936, he insisted his sponsor hire Louis Armstrong as his substitute (this was the first instance of an African-American fronting a national radio program). That same year Vallee also wrote the introduction for Armstrong's book "Swing That Music".

Vallee acted in a number of Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. One of his best acting roles is as the millionaire playboy on whom Claudette Colbert relies in the 1942 screwball comedy directed by Preston Sturges, "The Palm Beach Story".

In 1955, Vallee displayed his comedic abilities in Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, co-starring Jane Russell, Alan Young, and Jeanne Crain. The production was filmed on location in Paris. The film was based on the Anita Loos novel that was a sequel to her acclaimed Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes was popular throughout Europe at the time and was released in France as A Paris Pour les Quatre ("Paris For The Four"), and in Belgium as Tevieren Te Parijs.

In middle age Vallee's voice matured into a robust baritone. (In his later years he told a collector of his early records that "Everything I did before 1950 you can **** on.") He performed on Broadway in the show "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and appeared in the film of the same name. He appeared in the campy 1960s Batman television show as the character "Lord Marmaduke Fogg". He toured with a one-man theater show into the 1980s.

His reputation in Hollywood was that of a tightwad, but he wasn't the only one. He also had a reputation for being one of the most difficult people in show business to work for. It was said that the two happiest days in a performer's life were 1) when they signed a contract to work for Rudy Vallee and 2) when their contract finally expired so that they could stop working for him. On several occasions, Vallee was known to have rushed into his audience in order to punch audience members who booed. He was widely suspected of being bisexual, although not much hard evidence exists, and his blatant affair with glamour queen and pioneer inventor Hedy Lamarr (and a self-confessed 144 starlets of lesser ilk) stifled the malicious whispers. He was married briefly to the much-younger and sexy actress Jane Greer, but that ended in divorce in 1944. His previous marriage to Leonie Cuachois was annulled and the one to Fay Webb ended in divorce. After divorcing Jane Greer he married Eleanor Norris in 1946, who wrote a memoir, My Vagabond Lover. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1986.

Rudy Vallee died on July 3, 1986 at the age of 84, and he was interred in St. Hyacinth's Cemetery, Westbrook, Maine, from which his headstone was stolen. Famous last words: "I do love parties", while watching a TV show.

Sally Struthers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sally Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1948) is an American actress.

Struthers was born in Portland, Oregon; her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants.

Struthers first achieved fame for her portrayal of Archie Bunker's daughter, Gloria Bunker Stivic, on the popular and groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family. After a shaky start, word of mouth propelled the program to the top of the Nielsen Ratings heap, giving tens of millions of viewers the chance to see "Gloria" defending her liberal viewpoints about negative stereotypes and inequality.

In Five Easy Pieces (1970) she had a memorable sex scene with Jack Nicholson.

She has acted in television series, including being a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and playing the titular role in the short-lived All in the Family spin-off Gloria (1982-1983), on stage, and in made-for-TV movies and feature films. She also has a recurring role as Bill Miller's mother, Louise, on the CBS sitcom Still Standing.

Since 2000, Struthers has regularly appeared on the dramedy Gilmore Girls as the girls' neighbor Babette Dell.

She has also provided voices for a number of animated series such as TaleSpin (as Rebecca Cunningham), and Dinosaurs (as Charlene Sinclair).

By far, Struthers is best known for her work on with the Christian Children's Fund, advocating on behalf of impoverished children in developing countries. A satire of Struthers' work was composed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone in the South Park episode "Starvin' Marvin", a crude stab at the supposed self-importance of Hollywood stars. The commercials portraying her visiting villages full of starving children have become a pop culture cliche.

Struthers married William Rader on December 18, 1977. Now divorced, they had one child together.

Struthers was a semi-regular panelist on the 1990 revival of Match Game.

The NFL announced today that for financial reasons,
they had to eliminate one team from the league.
So they've decided to combine the Green Bay Packers
and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and form one team,
therefore saving money.
They will be known as the TAMPACKS. Unfortunately,
they're only good for one period and have no second string.

Well, we know our hawkman is now through with his bio's, folks. Thanks, Bob, for the smile.

I think we know most of your celebs, Boston, but will wait for our Raggedy to identify them via face.

Until then. This song has always intrigued me.

Deep Night

Deep night, stars in the sky above
Moonlight, lighting our place of love
Night winds seem to have gone to rest
Two eyes, brightly with love are gleaming
Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own
Vow that you'll love me always, be mine alone

Deep night, whispering trees above
Kind night, bringing you nearer, dearer and dearer
Deep night, deep in the arms of love



Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own
Vow that you'll love me always, and be mine alone

Deep night, whispering trees above
Kind night, bringing you nearer, dearer and dearer
Deep night, deep in the arms of love.

Guess who sang that.

Rudy Vallee? (he's before my time)

i wonder if he sang red river valley? that would make him Rudy "Red River Valley" Vallee

From this valley they say you are leaving
We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For you take with you all of the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway a while

Then come sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy that's loved you so true

For a long time my darlin' I've waited
For the sweet words you never would say
Now at last all my fond hopes have vanished
For they say that you're going away

Then come sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy that's loved you so true