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Ah, there's edgar and Harry. Thanks, Texas.

Here's another Liza, folks:

Artist: Lyrics
Song: Cabaret Lyrics

What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret.

Put down the knitting,
The book and the broom.
Time for a holiday.
Life is Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret.

Come taste the wine,
Come hear the band.
Come blow your horn,
Start celebrating;
Right this way,
Your table's waiting

No use permitting
some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away.
Come hear the music play.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret!

I used to have a girlfriend
known as Elsie
With whom I shared
Four sordid rooms in Chelsea

She wasn't what you'd call
A blushing flower...
As a matter of fact
She rented by the hour.

The day she died the neighbors
came to snicker:
"Well, thats what comes
from to much pills and liquor."

But when I saw her laid out like a Queen
She was the happiest...corpse...
I'd ever seen.

I think of Elsie to this very day.
I'd remember how'd she turn to me and say:
"What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret."

And as for me,
I made up my mind back in Chelsea,
When I go, I'm going like Elsie.

Start by admitting
From cradle to tomb
Isn't that long a stay.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Only a Cabaret, old chum,
And I love a Cabaret!

I may have played this on here before, not sure. It's one of my fave B Dylan numbers.


I Believe In You

They ask me how i feel
And if my love is real
And i know i'll make it through
They, they look at me and frown
They'd like to drive me from this town
They don't want me around
'Cause i believe in you.

They show me to the door
They say don't come back no more
'Cause i don't be like they'd like me to
An' i walk out on my own
A thousand miles from home
But i don't feel alone
'Cause i believe in you.

I believe in you even through the tears an' the laughter
I believe in you even though we be apart
I believe in you even on the mornin' after
Oh, when the dawn is nearin'
Oh, when the night is disappearin'
Oh, this feeelin's still in my heart.

Don't let me drift too far
Keep me where you are
Where i will always be renewed
An' that which you've given today
Is worth more than i can pay
An' no matter what they say
I believe in you.

I believe in you when winter turns to summer
I believe in you when white turns to black
I believe in you even though i be outnumbered
Oh, tho the earth may shake me
Oh, tho my friends forsake me
Oh, even that couldn't make me go back.

Don't let me change my heart
Keep me set apart
From all the plans they do pursue
An' i, i don't mind the pain
Don't mind the drivin rain
I know i will sustain
'Cause i believe in you.

Wow!, edgar. Love it, and as one thing leads to another, your song reminded me of this one, Texas.

Also done by Harry Belafonte

They asked me how I knew my true love was true,
I of course replied, something here inside cannot be denied.
They said someday you'll find all who love are blind,
When your heart's on fire, you must realize,
Smoke gets in your eyes.

So I chaffed and then I gaily laughed,
To think that they could doubt my love,
Yet today, my love has flown away,
I am without my love.

Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide,
So I smile and say when a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes.

FOUR STRONG WINDS
Chad Jeremy

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change
Come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

Think I'll go down to Alberta
Where there's good times in the fall
I've got some friends that I can stay with workin' for
But I wish you'd change your mind
If I ask you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

------ guitar solo -------

If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are lookin' good
I could meet you if I sent you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
There ain't too much for you to do
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change
Come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

Who's gonna be your man
Who's gonna be your man
Who's gonna kiss your pretty red lips
Who's gonna be your man
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your pretty red lips
Who's gonna be your man

I look down the railroad track
Just as far as I could see
All I've seen was a little bitty hand
Kept waving after me
Who's gonna be your man
Who's gonna be your man
Who's gonna kiss your pretty red lips darling
Who's gonna be your man

I've been counting every tree
Count every railroad tie
I've been counting on you my pretty baby
To love me till I die
Cause I wants to be your man
I wants to be your man
I wants to kiss your pretty red lips baby
Won't you let me be your man
Don't you weep my own true love
Don't you weep or cry
Each click of the track tells me
I'll be back in the very near by and by
Cause I'm gonna be your man
I'm gonna be your man
I'm gonna kiss your pretty red lips darling
I'm gonna be your man.

Who's gonna Be Your Man
Harry Belafonte

This has been another of those day, folks.

Thanks, Try, for the wind song and edgar, you ever ride Amtrak?

From the Van man:

Artist: Van Morrison
Song: Sweet thing


I will stroll the merry way
And jump the hedges first
And drink the clear
Clean waterfall to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats and they'll get high

On a bluer ocean
Against tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again.
And I will walk and talk
In garden's all wet with rain.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
Oh my, my, my sweet thing.
And I shall drive my chariot
down you streets and cry
'hey its me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why'.

And you shall take me strongly in your arms again.
An! d I will not remember that I ever felt the pain.
We shall walk and talk
in gardens all misty wet with rain.
And I will never, never, never grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing.
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing.
And I will raise my hand up
into the night cloud's sky.
And count the stars shining in your eye.
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder that's just fine.
And I wil be satisfied
Not to read in between the lines.
And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain.
And I will never ever, ever grow so old again.
Oh sweet thing. Oh sugar baby
Sugar baby, sugar baby, sugar baby.
With your champagne eyes
And your saint-like smile.

I rode Amtrak, or the equivelent, in 1968, from Wash DC to NYC. It was a nice ride.

Well, edgar. Bud and I took it from Sebring, Fl to Norton, Virginia. We were on our way to a family reunion. It was the one that took along your car. Let's see what someone unknown has to say about that train:

AMTRAK SONG

If you miss the train I'm on,
And you doubt that I'll be back,
You will know the train I'm on
Is called AmTrak.
Lord, I'm one; Lord, I'm two;
Lord, I'm three; Lord, I'm four;
Lord, I'm five hours late
To New York.
Not a seat on the train,
Not a place to put my pack,
As the train crawls along
Decrepit track.
Lord, there's one; Lord, there's two;
Lord, there's three; Lord, there's four;
Lord, there's five wrecks a month
On this line.
Warm flat soda to drink,
Stale sandwiches to eat,
And I'd hate to see the cow
That gave this meat.
Lord, there's one; Lord, there's two;
Lord, there's three; Lord, there's four;
Lord, there's five strains of mold
On this bread.
Four O'Clock in the morn,
And a blizzard at my back,
As I'm standing by the track,
In Buffalo.
Lord, there's one, maybe one,
Only one, surely one,
Lord, there's one train a night
On this line.
There's a train going here,
There's a train going there,
But you can't get there from here
On AmTrak.
There's just no train at all,
Yes, there's no train at all,
'Cause they've cut the train that goes
From here to there.

Sung to the tune of Five Hundred Miles.

Good morning, what I would give to be a…

Wildflower
Brokop Lisa lyrics

I wanna live like a wildflower,
Find my place in the golden sun.
Sittin' on the banks of the Okeechobee,
Watchin' that river run.

Where's that girl who ran barefoot,
Chasin' the wind and the butterflies?
Tellin' her secrets to the calico cat:
That cat never heard no lies.

Grandma's apron full of blackberries,
Sayin': "Get your bucket and a-come home child.
"Wash your hands it's time for supper.
"Clean your face but don't touch that smile."
Kiss on the cheek and off to bed:
The nightlight's on and the Bible's read.
Pray, the Lord, my soul to keep:
Lord, keep my spirit free.

I wanna live like a wildflower,
Find my place in the golden sun.
Sittin' on the banks of the Okeechobee,
Watchin' that river run.
Run, run, river run.
Watchin' that river run.

Where's that girl who laid in the daisies,
Lookin' at the faces up in the clouds?
Dreamin' of the boy she's gonna marry.
Where's that boy right now?
Come on, honey, go with me,
To the boy and the girl we used to be.
I pray, the Lord, our souls to keep:
Lord, keep our spirits free.

We're gonna live like wildflowers:
Nature's daughter, nature's son.
Sittin' on the banks of the Okeechobee,
Watchin' that river run.
Run, run, river run,
Until this life on Earth is done.
Then up in Heaven everyone.

We're gonna live like wildflowers,
Find our place in the golden sun.
Sittin' on the banks of the Okeechobee,
Watchin' that river run.
And the angels say:
"Run, run, river run,"
Dancin' at the feet of the Father's son.
All God's children having so much fun,
Watchin' that river run.

I'm gonna live like a wildflower.
We're gonna live like wildflowers.
We're all gonna live like wildflowers,
Watchin' that river run.

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. It promises to be a lovely day here in my little corner of the radio station.

Love that song, Try. It matches my mind today, and made me think of this wildwood flower.

Artist: Reese Witherspoon Lyrics
Song: Wildwood Flower Lyrics

Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the mirtles so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart in each crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay
All portions of love had all blown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
He's left me no warning no words of farewell

Oh he taught me to love him and call me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected his pale wildwood flower

L. Sprague de Camp
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born: November 27, 1907
New York City, New York
Died: November 6, 2000
Plano, Texas

Lyon Sprague de Camp, (November 27, 1907, New York City - November 6, 2000, Plano, Texas) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred novels, along with notable works of nonfiction, including biographies of other important fantasy authors.



Life

Trained as an aeronautical engineer, De Camp received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1930 and Master of Science degree in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1933.

He married Catherine Crook in 1940, with whom he collaborated on numerous works of fiction and nonfiction beginning in the 1960s.


During World War II, de Camp worked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard with fellow authors Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve.

He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers. De Camp himself was the model for the Geoffrey Avalon character.

He was also a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies.

The de Camps moved to Plano, Texas in 1989. De Camp died there on November 6, 2000, seven months after the death of his wife of sixty years, Catherine Crook de Camp. He died on what would have been her birthday, three weeks shy of his own 93rd birthday. His ashes were inurned with those of his wife in Arlington National Cemetery.

De Camp's personal library of about 1,200 books was acquired for auction by Half Price Books in 2005. The collection included books inscribed by fellow writers such as Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan, as well as de Camp himself.


Works

De Camp was a materialist who wrote works examining society, history, technology and myth. He published numerous short stories, novels, non-fiction works and poems during his long career.


Science Fiction

De Camp's science fiction is marked by a concern for linguistics and historical forces. His first published story was "The Isolinguals" in the September 1937 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. His most highly regarded works in the genre are his time travel and alternate history stories, including Lest Darkness Fall (1939), The Wheels of If (1940), "A Gun for Dinosaur" (1956), "Aristotle and the Gun" (1958) and The Glory That Was (1960) - in the last of which the "time travel" actually turns out to be a tour de force of historical recreation.

His most extended work was his Viagens Interplanetarias series, set in a future where Brazil is the dominant power, particularly a subseries of sword and planet novels set on the planet Krishna beginning with The Queen of Zamba. His most influential Viagens novel was the non-Krishna work Rogue Queen, a tale of a hive society undermined by interstellar contact, which was one of the earliest science fiction novels to deal with sexual themes.

De Camp wrote a number of less-known but significant works that explored such topics as racism, which he noted is more accurately described as ethnocentrism. He pointed out that no scholar comparing the merits of various ethnicities has ever sought to prove that his own ethnicity was inferior to others.


Fantasy

De Camp was best known for his light fantasy, particularly the "Harold Shea" series and "Gavagan's Bar" series, both written in collaboration with his longtime friend Fletcher Pratt. The pair also wrote a number of stand-alone novels similar in tone to the Harold Shea stories, of which the most highly regarded is Land of Unreason, and de Camp produced a few more on his own.

De Camp was also known for his sword and sorcery, a fantasy genre he was instrumental in reviving through his editorial work on and continuation of Robert E. Howard's "Conan" cycle. He himself wrote three sword and sorcery sequences of note. The early Pusadian series, composed of the novel The Tritonian Ring and several short stories, is set in an antediluvian era similar to Howard's.

More substantial is the later Novarian series, of which the core is the Reluctant King trilogy, beginning with The Goblin Tower, de Camp's most accomplished effort in the genre. The trilogy features the adventurer Jorian, ex-king of Xylar. Jorian's world is an alternate reality to which our own serves as an afterlife. Other novels in the sequence include The Fallible Fiend, a satire told from the point of view of a demon, and The Honorable Barbarian, a follow-up to the trilogy featuring Jorian's brother as the hero.

A late third series, composed of The Incorporated Knight and The Pixilated Peeress, is set in the medieval era of another alternate world sharing the geography of our own, but in which a Neapolitan empire filled the role of Rome and no universal religion like Christianity ever arose, leaving its nations split among competing pagan sects. The setting is borrowed in part from Mandeville's Travels.


Historical fiction

De Camp also wrote historical fiction set in the era of classical antiquity from the height of the Persian Empire to the waning of the Hellenistic period, which form a loosely-connected series based on their common setting and occasional cross references. The best known of these historical novels was The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate.


Nonfiction

De Camp enjoyed debunking doubtful history and pseudoscientific claims of the supernatural, and to describe how ancient civilizations produced structures and architecture thought by some to be beyond the technologies of their time, such as the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Works in this area include Citadels of Mystery and The Ancient Engineers. Among his many other wide-ranging non-fiction works were Lost Continents, The Great Monkey Trial (about the Scopes Trial), The Ragged Edge of Science, Energy and Power, The Heroic Age of American Invention, The Day of the Dinosaur (which argued, among other things, that evolution took hold after Darwin because of the Victorian interest spurred by recently popularized dinosaur remains, corresponding to legends of dragons), The Evolution of Naval Weapons (a United States of America government textbook) and Teach Your Child to Manage Money.

The author also wrote pioneering biographies of many key fantasy writers, most as short articles, but two as full-length studies of the prominent but personally flawed authors Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft. The latter was the first major independent biography of the now-famous horror writer. De Camp's frank and judicious approach to his subjects has been branded by some fans, particularly those of Lovecraft, as unflattering and unbalanced.


Awards

L. Sprague de Camp was the guest of honor at the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention and won the Nebula Award as a Grandmaster (1978) and the Hugo Award in 1997 for his autobiography, Time and Chance. In 1976, he received the World Science Fiction Society's Gandalf Grand Master award. In 1995, he won the first Sidewise Award for Alternate History Lifetime Achievement Award.

Buffalo Bob Smith
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Buffalo Bob Smith (born Robert Schmidt November 27, 1917 in Buffalo, New York; died July 30, 1998 in Hendersonville, North Carolina), was the host of the popular children's show Howdy Doody.

Buffalo Bob got his start in radio as a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time before becoming nationally known for the Howdy Doody Show.

After his retirement, Smith retired to North Carolina becoming a member of Pinecrest Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Flat Rock, North Carolina.

Bruce Lee
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Born November 27, 1940
San Francisco, California
Died July 20, 1973
Hong Kong, China

Bruce Jun Fan Lee (Chinese: 李振藩 Cantonese: Léi Janfàan Pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān); November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was an American-born Chinese martial artist, instructor, actor, father of the philospophy known as Jeet Kune Do and originator of the martial art called Jun Fan Kickboxing. Bruce Lee is widely regarded as one of the most influential and famous martial artists of all time. He is also widely known as the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular culture [3].

Lee's films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level and sparked a greater interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. Lee also became iconic to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[1] His pioneering efforts paved the way for future martial artists and martial arts actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chuck Norris, bringing martial arts films and actors to the mainstream [4].

Many see Lee as a model blueprint for acquiring a strong and efficient body as well as developing a mastery of martial arts and hand to hand combat skills. Lee is the father of the only martial art created in the United States, Jun Fan Kickboxing. It resulted from the direct application of his philosophy, Jeet Kune Do. (JKD is frequently mis-identified as a martial art.) Bruce Lee's evaluation of traditional martial arts doctrines is nowadays seen as one of the first steps into the modern style of mixed martial arts.

Dana White, President of UFC, refers to Bruce Lee as the "father of mixed martial arts" as he says, "It's a little tough for the traditional martial artists to swallow, because one system doesn't do it. You've got to cross-train in many different systems. Actually, the father of mixed martial arts, if you will, was Bruce Lee. If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. You take the good things from every different discipline, use what works, and you throw the rest away." [18]






Early life

Bruce Lee was an American Born Chinese (ABC) born at the Chinese Hospital[2] in San Francisco, California in 1940 to his Chinese father Lee Hoi-Chuen and Chinese-German[3] mother Grace Lee. Lee's parents were on a one-year U.S. tour with the Cantonese Opera Company.


Names

Bruce's Cantonese given name, 振藩 (Jun Fan Cantonese: Janfàan Pinyin: Zhènfán), literally means "invigorate San Francisco."[4] At birth, he was given the English name "Bruce" by Dr. Mary Glover. Mrs. Lee had not initially planned on an American name but deemed it appropriate and concurred with Dr. Glover.[5] Interestingly the name "Bruce" was never used within his family until he enrolled in La Salle College, a Hong Kong high school, at 12 years of age, [4] and then again at another Catholic boys' school, St Francis Xavier's College.

In addition, Lee initially had a birth name 李炫金 [1] (Cantonese: Léi Yùngām Pinyin: Lǐ Xuànjīn) given by his mother, as at the time Lee's father was away on a Chinese opera tour. After several months, when Lee's father returned, the name was abandoned because of a conflict with the name of Lee's grandfather. Lee was then renamed Jun Fan. Finally, Lee was also given a feminine name, 李細鳳 (Cantonese: Léi Saifung Pinyin: Lǐ Xìfèng), literally "small phoenix". It was used throughout his early childhood in keeping with a Chinese custom traditionally thought to hide the child from evil spirits.

Bruce Lee's screen name was 李小龍 (Cantonese: Léi Síulùng Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎolóng) which literally means "Lee Little Dragon". He was commonly known by this name in Asia. These were first used by the directors of the early Cantonese movies in which Lee performed. It is possible that the name "little dragon" was chosen based on his childhood name "small phoenix". In Chinese tradition, the Chinese dragon and phoenix come in pairs to represent the male and female genders. However, it is more likely that he was called Little Dragon because he was born in the Year of the Dragon in the Hour of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.


Education and family

At age 14, Bruce Lee entered La Salle College in Hong Kong, a high school, under the wing of Brother Henry. Then, he attended St Francis Xavier's College from 1957-1959.

In 1959, Bruce got into a fight with a feared Triad gang member's son. His father became concerned about his safety and Bruce was sent to the United States to live with an old friend of his father's. All he had was $100 and the title of 1958 Crown Colony Cha Cha Champion of Hong Kong. After living in San Francisco, he moved to Seattle to work for Ruby Chow, another friend of his father's. In 1959, Lee completed his high school education in Seattle and received his diploma from Edison Technical School. He enrolled at the University of Washington as a Philosophy Academic major. There he met his future wife Linda Emery.

Bruce and Linda married in 1964 and had two children together, Brandon Lee (born 1965) and Shannon Lee (born 1969). Brandon, an actor like his father, died on a movie set while filming The Crow on March 31, 1993.


Acting career

Lee's father was a famous opera star. Through his father he was introduced into films at a very young age.

In 1964 at a demonstration in Long Beach, California, Lee met Karate champion Chuck Norris. In 1972, Lee introduced Norris to the big screen, as an opponent in Return of the Dragon (aka Way of the Dragon).


Lee went on to star as Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet, which ran from 1966 to 1967. Lee often used film cameras to teach and demonstrate his martial arts fighting techniques and theories.

He also appeared in the film Marlowe in 1969 and a few episodes of the TV series Longstreet in 1971.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a student of Bruce Lee, starred in Game of Death, Lee's last film. In the film, Lee, wearing the now famous yellow track suit, took on the 7 foot 2 giant basketball player in a climatic fight scene. Unfortunately, Lee died before the film was finished. However, the film was finished using a Bruce Lee look-alike in 1978.

Eddie Rabbitt
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Birth name Edward Thomas Rabbitt
Born November 27, 1941
Origin East Orange, New Jersey
Died May 7, 1998


Eddie Rabbitt (born November 27, 1941 - May 7, 1998) was a Country Music singer, who enjoyed much Pop success in his career, helping develop the crossover influenced sound in Country music during the 1970s and 80s. During his career, he scored 26 number-ones.




Rise to Success

The New Jersey native, Eddie Rabbitt had a strong voice and was more than just a singer. In fact he was a songwriter as well, in fact he wrote the hit song for Elvis Presley called "Kentucky Rain". He also wrote the hit song "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap. He was skilled in both parts of music. He was also a pioneer in the Country/Pop movement in Country music at the time. He was also glitzy and had glamour, being he did appeal to both the Country and Pop market.

Eddie was born Edward Thomas Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York, but he was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. In the 60s, Eddie recorded for 20th Century Records and Columbia Records. In 1968, he moved out to Nashville. This is where he got his first start as a songwriter. In the beginning, Roy Drusky and George Morgan cut songs he wrote. His biggest success as a songwriter came in 1970, when Elvis Persley recorded his song "Kentucky Rain". The song became one of Presley's biggest hits and made Rabbit a big star in terms of songwriting. Eddie hadn't yet struck big in terms of singing, yet.


The Height of His Career

Things changed dramatically for Rabbitt when he signed on with Elektra Records in 1974. Initially, success didn't come, but in 1976, Rabbitt got his first #1 Country hit with the song "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)". Rabbitt wrote the song himself and even proved that Rabbitt was careful to not go too far into Country or Pop music. This song also was uptempo and perfect for Rabbitt. During this time, Rabbitt got even more success when he achieved more #1s and other major hits. His hits during his time were "You Don't Love Me Anymore" and "Every Which Way But Loose".

However, his biggest hits have to be "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away", both hits for him in 1980. These hits are also probably his best-known and signature tunes. "Drivin' My Life Away" was also featured in a lot of movies. In the 1980s, Rabbit continued to have further success in music. In 1982, he teamed up with another Country/Pop crossover star, Crystal Gayle to record the duet "You and I". The duet eventually, became a big Country/Pop crossover smash for both of them that same year.

Eddie continued to have success on the Country charts. He scored many more #1s and other major hits that made him just as much of a star. He is proabably one of the most remembered and most idolized Country music artists from this time. He introduced more of a Pop sound into Country music, just what many other Country singers were also seeming to create during this time, like Crystal Gayle, Janie Fricke and Kenny Rogers. While this may have not been good for Country music itself, it was quite good for the artists who were around and successful during this time, which included Rabbitt. His other #1s include "The Best Year of My Life", "I Wanna Dance With You" and "Born to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)". However, in the 1980s, his Pop success was starting to fade. His singles didn't even make the Pop Top 40 during this time. However, there really wasn't anything to worry about because Eddie was still on top of his career until the end of the decade.

In 1977, he was named Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music Awards.

In 1981, he also won an American Music Award for Best Pop Male Vocalist in 1981.


Decline & Death

As the 1980s came to an end, Rabbitt moved more and more away from crossover-styled music. He had his last chart success during this time. However, just as what happened to many other Country/Pop-oriented singers, his career declined as more traditionalists like Garth Brooks and Clint Black rose onto the Country charts. However, he did continue to record and tour. However, in the 1990s, he recorded very little, in part because of the illness and subsequent death of his young son. After his son died, Rabbitt became active in raising money for organizations that aid sick children.

During his career, Rabbitt scored 26 #1 hits on the country charts and eight Top 40 pop hits. On May 7, 1998 Rabbitt died of lung cancer at the age of 56, and is interred in the Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee

Just How Blonde Was She?

She Was Soooooooooooooo Blonde...

She thought a quarterback was a refund.
She thought General Motors was in the army.
She thought Meow Mix was a CD for cats.
She thought Boyz II Men was a day care center.
At the bottom of an application where it says "sign here," she wrote
"Sagittarius. "

She Was Soooooooooooooo Blonde...
She took the ruler to bed to see how long she slept.
She sent me a fax with a stamp on it.
She thought Eartha Kitt was a set of garden tools.
She thought TuPac Shakur was a Jewish holiday.
Under "education" on her job application, she put "Hooked On Phonics".

She Was Soooooooooooooo Blonde...
She tripped over a cordless phone.
She told me to meet her at the corner of "WALK" and "DON'T WALK." She
asked for a price check at the Dollar Store. She tried to put M&M's in
alphabetical order.

She Was Soooooooooooooo Blonde...
She studied for a blood test.
She thought she needed a token to get on "Soul Train."
She sold the car for gas money.
When she missed the #44 bus, she took the #22 bus twice instead.
When she went to the airport and saw a sign that said, "Airport
Left," she turned around and went home.

She Was Soooooooooooooo Blonde...
When she heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, she moved.
She thinks Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company. She thought if she
spoke her mind, she'd be speechless. She thought that she could not use
her AM radio in the evening. And last but certainly not least....... ..
She had a tee-shirt that said, "TGIF," which she thought stood for...
"This Goes In Front."

Soooooooo funny, hawkman. Thanks once again for all the bio's, Boston. I know a couple of your celeb's, but will wait until Raggedy arrives to comment further.

What is it about blondes? Are they genetically impaired? Hmmm. Maybe most of them were"bottle" babies. Underneath that L'oreal may lurk a redhead or brunette.

For reason, folks. This song is stuck in my head today, so let's play it.

I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like we never knew.
My head was in the clouds, My heart went crazy too,
And madly I said: "I love you."

(Interlude)
Too soon I heard you say:
"This dream is for a day"
That's Portugal and love in April!
And when the showers fell,
Those tears I know so well,
They told me it was spring fooling me.

(Refrain)
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like I never knew.
Then morning brought the rain,
And now my dream is through
But still my heart says "I love you."

(Interlude)
This sad reality, To know it couldn't be,
That's Portugal and love in April!
The music and the wine convinced me you were mine,
But it was just the spring fooling me.

(Refrain)
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like I never knew.
Then morning brought the rain,
And now my dream is through
But still my heart says "I love you."

Good Afternoon WA2K.

Funny, Bob.

Well, folks, there's our Raggedy with a trio of photo's. Know the buffalo man and Bruce Lee, but not the rabbit. Eddie rabbit looks a bit like Richard Gere with a beard.

Ok, let's listen to the Rabbit man:

Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good

Well I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
To taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow

CHORUS:
Wish I was washed
All my cares away
I'd wake up to a sunny day
'Cause I love a rainy night
Yes I love a rainy night
Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night

Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good

Well I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
To taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow

Puts a song
In this heart of mine
Puts a smile on my face every time

'Cause I love a rainy night
Yes I love a rainy night
Ooh I love a rainy night
Yeah I love a rainy night

Want to have some fun, folks? Linkat has started a celeb match in one of our forums.

You'll find the fun here:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2403248#2403248

And here's a song for our Raggedy:

Smoky Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap

I thumbed my way from LA back to Knoxville
I found those bright lights aint where I belonged
From a phone booth in the rain I called to tell her
I've had a change of dreams, I'm comin' home
But tears filled my eyes when I found out she was gone

CHORUS:
Smoky Mountain rain, it keeps on fallin'
I keep on callin' her name
Smoky mountain rain, I'll keep on searchin'
Can't go on hurtin' this way
She's somewhere in the Smoky Mountain rain

I waved a diesel down outside a cafe
He said he was goin' as far as Gatlinburg
I climbed up in the cab all wet and cold and lonely
I wiped my eyes and told him about her
To find her can you make these big wheels burn?

I can't blame her for lettin' go
A woman needs someone warm to hold
I feel the rain runnin' down my face
I'll find her no matter what it takes

Lay Down Sally
By eric clapton, marcy levy and george terry

There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me.
I know youve got somewhere to go,
But wont you make yourself at home and stay with me?
And dont you ever leave.

Lay down, sally, and rest here in my arms.
Dont you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, sally, no need to leave so soon.
Ive been trying all night long just to talk to you.

The sun aint nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above.
Underneath the velvet skies,
Love is all that matters. wont you stay with me?
And dont you ever leave.

Chorus

I long to see the morning light
Coloring your face so dreamily.
So dont you go and say goodbye,
You can lay your worries down and stay with me.
And dont you ever leave.


Lay down, sally, and rest here in my arms.
Dont you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, sally, no need to leave so soon.
Ive been trying all night long just to talk to you.