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As a kid, in 1952 and 53, I listened to the radio, along with my Mom. She kept it on KRDU, in Dinuba, CA. That was when I learned to appreciate Hank. Just as with Buddy Holly, Elvis, and other entertainment figures, I recall the day of his death with absolute clarity. The news stories mentioned that he was drunk at the time, but it was only after a number of years I heard mention of his drug problem. In those times, I guess they sanitized the news for us.

Well, edgar, no one sanitizes it now. I think all this tripe about celebs has made radio audiences jaded.

Sang this on TV to promote charity, etc, with the dj who was big on blue grass and country. Not bad.

Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?


I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken [sic].
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?


A lot of folks did that one.

letty :
i'm glad you found your "franz" (schubert) !
if he'd be alive today , i'd say his hairstyle would be considered as being "really with it" .



since we are talking about "down under" and "kiwis' (we eat them every day :wink: ) on another thread , here is a great song about "down under" .
hope you'll like it !

Indeed, hbg. Franz would have fit right in with his lovely and sometimes loney classical creations.

What a great tribute to the "down under" folks. Thanks, buddy.

Speaking of work, I like this song.

Oscar brown jr, nat adderley

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Because they done convicted me of crime
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I commited crime lord I needed
Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing? )
When they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I heard the judge say five years
On chain-gang you gonna go
I heard the judge say five years labor
I heard my old man scream lordy, no!
Hold it right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

Gonna see my sweet honey bee
Gonna break this chain off to run
Gonna lay down somewhere shady
Lord I sure am hot in the sun
Hold it right there while I hit it
Well reckon that ought to get it
Been
Workin and workin
Been
Workin and slavin
An
Workin and workin
But I still got so terribly far to go

here is another song that must be from "down under" .



glad we don't have to watch out for them on our roads !

I loved it and your point of view.

Love it, hbg, and to show a polar view, how about today's celeb and a song from her about Johnny. First a brief bio, then her melody.



Birth name Michele Ann Marie Fabares
Born January 19, 1944 (1944-01-19) (age 63)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active 1957-present
Shelley Fabares (born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer, primarily for her roles on movies, soap operas and television.
The naturally blonde-headed Fabares is best known for her roles as Donna Reed's daughter and oldest child, Mary Stone, on the long-running The Donna Reed Show (a role she played from 1958 to 1963), and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the long-running 1990s sitcom Coach.

Words and Music by Hal David
and Sherman Edwards
Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead
CHORUS
Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you
care, really care for me
Every time you danced with me
You let Freddy cut in constantly
When he'd ask, you'd never speak
[ Lyrics provided by www.mp3lyrics.org ]
Must you always be so meek?
CHORUS

Every girl wants someone who
She can always look up to
You know I love you, of course
Let me know that you're the boss
CHORUS
Johnny, get angry, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
FADE

Hey, teenyboone. Thanks so much for your comment. It always makes us feel "supported".

Oops, folks. While Bob is away, Letty will play.

Joke of the day and sent to me by my Irish friend.


A guy stuck his head into a barber shop and asked, "How long before I
can get a haircut?" The barber looked around the shop full of customers and said, "About 2 hours." The guy left.

A few days later the same guy stuck his head in the door and asked,
"How long before I can get a haircut?" The barber looked around at the shop and said, "About 3 hours." The guy left.

A week later the same guy stuck his head in the shop and asked,
"How long before I can get a haircut?" The barber looked around the shop and said, "About an hour and a half." The guy left.

The barber turned to a friend and said, "Hey, Bill, do me a favor. Follow that guy and see where he goes. He keeps asking how long he has to wait for a haircut, but then he doesn't ever come back.

A little while later, Bill returned to the shop, laughing hysterically.
The barber asked, "So where does that guy go when he leaves?"
Bill looked up, tears in his eyes and said, "Your house."

here's my joke for the day :

fellow takes his workboots to the italian cobbler for re-soling .
"ready in two weeks " , the cobbler says .
fellow checks in two weeks , same answer : "ready in two weeks " .
fellow is called up and serves in the army for two years , comes back and asks the cobbler for his boots again .
cobbler : "ready in two weeks - for sure !" .

Hey, hbg. Ah, don't we all play the waiting game? Loved your story about the cobbler and your wicked traditional song in a story. It's that time of year, ya know.

I love this song, and that Canuck reminded me of it, so I think I shall say goodnight and hope that Bob and Raggedy will accompany the "hunter of the East tomorrow and catch that sultan's turret in a noose of light."

If it takes forever I will wait for you
For a thousand summers I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you
Till I hear you sigh here in my arms

Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go
Every day remember how I love you so
In your heart believe what in my heart I know
That forevermore I'll wait for you

The clock will tick away the hours one by one
Then the time will come when all the waiting's done
The time when you return and find me here and run
Straight to my waiting arms

If it takes forever I will wait for you
For a thousand summers I will wait for you
Till you're here beside me, till I'm touching you
And forevermore sharing your love.

Goodnight, my friends.

From Letty with love

Seems so long ago, Nancy

It seems so long ago,
Nancy was alone,
looking at the Late Late show
through a semi-precious stone.
In the House of Honesty
her father was on trial,
in the House of Mystery
there was no one at all,
there was no one at all.

It seems so long ago,
none of us were strong;
Nancy wore green stockings
and she slept with everyone.
She never said she'd wait for us
although she was alone,
I think she fell in love for us
in nineteen sixty one,
in nineteen sixty one.

It seems so long ago,
Nancy was alone,
a forty five beside her head,
an open telephone.
We told her she was beautiful,
we told her she was free
but none of us would meet her in
the House of Mystery,
the House of Mystery.

And now you look around you,
see her everywhere,
many use her body,
many comb her hair.
In the hollow of the night
when you are cold and numb
you hear her talking freely then,
she's happy that you've come,
she's happy that you've come.

Leonard Cohen

Friends in Low Places
Garth Brooks

Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know, the last one to show
I was the last one you thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise and the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you, said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain

'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
Now, I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the Oasis
So I've got friends in low places

Well, I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, I've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
Hey, I didn't mean to cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well, I'll be as high as that ivory tower
That you're livin' in

'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
Now, I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the Oasis
So I've got friends in low places

I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the Oasis
So I've got friends in low places...

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

edgar, you always fascinate us with your choice of music. First, there's the arcane Leonard who not only makes us think, he challenges us to discover his allusions to the central theme of his lyrics. I do wonder if "Nancy" is representative of many women.

Then, folks, there is Garth who makes it quite plain what is being said in his music. Both are great songs.

Today is Richard Carpenter's birthday, and I think most of us are acquainted with him and Karen, right?



Perfect song for Monday, y'all.

Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays Lyrics

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems I always wind up here
with you
Nice to know somebody loves me

Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

Jean Peters
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name Elizabeth Jean Peters
Born October 15, 1926
Canton, Ohio
Died October 13, 2000
Carlsbad, California
Spouse(s) Stuart W. Cramer III (m.1954)
Howard Hughes (1957-1971)
Stanley Hough (1971-1990)

Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 - October 13, 2000) was an American actress.

After competing in a beauty contest in 1946, the Canton, Ohio native went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Her first film, 1947's Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power was a hit, and Leonard Maltin writes that afterwards Peters spent the new decade playing "sexy spitfires, often in period dramas and Westerns." [1]

Director Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in 1953's Pickup on South Street. He thought Peters had the right blend of sex appeal and the tough-talking, streetwise characteristics he was seeking, and that Monroe was too innocent looking for the role. Peters and Monroe starred together in another 1953 film noir, Niagara.

In 1957, after her divorce from her first husband, Texas oilman Stuart Cramer, Peters married Howard Hughes, shortly before he faded from public view and became an eccentric recluse. She retired from acting during the marriage. In 1971, Peters and Hughes divorced. She agreed to a lifetime alimony payment of $70,000 (USD) annually, adjusted for inflation, and she waived all claims to Hughes' estate. That same year, she married Stanley Hough, an executive with Twentieth-Century Fox.

The usually-paranoid Hughes surprised his aides when he did not insist on a confidentiality agreement from Peters as a condition of divorce; aides reported Peters was one of the few people Hughes never disparaged. Peters refused to discuss her life with Hughes, and declined several lucrative offers to do so. She would state only that she had not seen Hughes for several years before their divorce. Peters returned to acting with a few roles on television.

She died of leukemia in 2000 in Carlsbad, California, two days before her 74th birthday

Penny Marshall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name Carole Penny Marshall
Born October 15, 1942 (1942-10-15) (age 65)
The Bronx, New York
Spouse(s) Michael Henry (1961-1963)
Rob Reiner (1971-1981)

Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American Golden Globe-nominated actress, producer and director. She was the first woman to direct two films that grossed over $100 million each (Big and A League of Their Own).





Biography

Early life

Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall in The Bronx, New York City to Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene (Ward), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school.[1] She is the sister of actor/director Garry Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. Her father was of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo,[2] and her mother was of English and Scottish descent;[3][4] her father changed his last name from "Marsciarelli" to "Marshall" before Penny was born.[5] She is a graduate of Walton High School in New York City and attended the University of New Mexico.


Career

Marshall first gained prominence as a television actress with a recurring guest role on The Odd Couple from 1971 - 1975. She then played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker Laverne De Fazio in the popular TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley from 1976 - 1983. While on Laverne and Shirley, she made two guest star appearances on Mary Tyler Moore as Mary's neighbor in her new apartment building, Paula Kovacks.

She has directed several successful feature motion pictures since the mid-1980s, including Big (first film directed by a woman to gross over USD $100 million), Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro, and A League of Their Own, which starred Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. She has also lent her voice the evil nanny in The Simpsons, Ms. Botz, and played a cameo role as herself in HBO's hit series Entourage.

In April 2007, it was announced that Marshall would reunite with her Laverne & Shirley co-star Cindy Williams for a TV Land network reality series in which the ladies would play themselves and live in Marshall's house, where the show would be filmed.


Personal life

Marshall was married to actor and director Rob Reiner (1971 -1981). She has one daughter from her first marriage to Michael Henry, actress Tracy Reiner, who took her stepfather's name. Marshall is an avid collector of sports memorabilia and a season ticket holder for the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers. She is also a diehard fan of the New York Yankees.

Tanya Roberts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name Victoria Leigh Blum
Born October 15, 1955 (1955-10-15) (age 52)
Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Spouse(s) ? (annulled)
Barry Roberts (1974-2006)
Official site None

Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum on October 15, 1955) is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, Sheena , A View to a Kill and That '70s Show.

Reportedly 5' 8" (1.73 m) tall and with measurements of 36-21-34, Roberts was regarded as one of Hollywood's most popular sex symbols during the early 1980s.





Biography

Early life and career

Tanya Roberts grew up in the Bronx, New York City. The daughter of an Irish American pen seller and a Jewish American woman, her parents divorced before she reached high school. Her sister, actress Barbara Chase, was married to Timothy Leary from 1978 to 1992.

At age 15, she abandoned her studies to get married and lived for a while hitchhiking across the United States until her mother-in-law annulled the union. Tanya continued to live in New York City, modelling and working as a dance teacher with Arthur Murray.

After meeting psychology student Barry Roberts while waiting in line for a movie, she soon married again, having proposed to him in a subway station. While Barry started a career as a screenwriter, Tanya began to study at the Actors' Studio with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen.

Starting out, Roberts landed several television commercials for Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses and played serious roles in the off-Broadway productions Picnic and Antigone. She continued to support herself as an Arthur Murray dance instructor. Her film debut was the thriller Forced Entry (1975, Jim Sotos) together with Nancy Allen. This was followed by the comedy The Yum-Yum Girls (1976, Narry Rosen).

In 1977, as her husband was securing his own screenwriting career, the couple moved to Hollywood. In 1978, Tanya filmed the drama Fingers (by James Toback) co-starring Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown and Danny Aiello. A role in the 1979 cult-movie Tourist Trap (by David Schmoeller) with Chuck Connors followed. She also appeared in the movies Racket (1979, by David Winters) with Bjorn Borg, and California Dreaming (1979, by John Hancock).

Roberts also featured in several television pilots that were never picked up: Pleasure Cove, the comedy Zuma Beach (1978, by Lee H. Katzin, co-written by Halloween director John Carpenter) and Waikiki (1980).



The 1980s

In 1980, Roberts was chosen among other 2,000 candidates to replace Shelley Hack in Charlie's Angels in what later turned out to be the last season of the series. In the show, Roberts interpreted her character Julie Rogers as a streetwise fighter who used her fists more than her gun.

After this, her popularity exploded. She was the cover of People magazine (September 7, 1981) and was offered more ambitious projects, though it could be argued that this was due to her good looks rather than her acting talent.

In 1982, she played Kiri in the sword and sorcery movie The Beastmaster (by Don Coscarelli, creator of the Phantasm franchise) with Marc Singer. She also appeared in Playboy to help promote the movie, appearing on that issue's cover (November 1982).

In 1983, Tanya filmed the little-known adventure Paladini-storia d'armi e d'amori (Guns and Love Story) in Italy. She also played the role of "Velda," buxom secretary to private detective Mike Hammer (played by Stacy Keach) in Murder Me, Murder You. The made-for-TV movie was the first of two pilots that kicked off the syndicated television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Roberts declined to continue the role in the Mike Hammer series - where she was replaced by Lindsay Bloom - in order to film her next project, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (by John Guillermin). The 1984 film was based on a character adapted from a Will Eisner's comic book. Dressed in scantily clad costumes, Sheena also introduced a new blonde hairstyle that Roberts would keep for the rest of her career. The movie was a box office disaster and was mauled by the critics.

The next year she appeared as a Bond girl the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985, by John Glen) alongside Roger Moore as the superspy. Roberts played Stacey Sutton, the daughter of an oil baron, opposing the evil plans of villain Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) to destroy Silicon Valley. Although the film was Moore's last turn at playing Bond, the film was only marginally successful and is thought by fans to be one of the lesser films in the series.

After a brief break she appeared in Body Slam (1987, by Hal Needham), an action movie set in the professional wrestling world. Roberts closed out the decade with Purgatory (1989, by Ami Artzi), film about the life of imprisoned women.


The 1990s

By 1990 satisfying roles began to dry up and Roberts started to film erotic thrillers for cable television, often competing with then-current star of the genre Shannon Tweed.

In Night Eyes (1990, by Jag Mundhra) she was zealously watched over by her husband, but she ends up having an affair with the detective (Andrew Stevens) who was following her. Her 1991 film Inner Sanctum (by Fred Olen Ray) became one of the biggest hits of the genre and was successful on video rental shelves. In 1992, she played Kay Egan in Sins of Desire (by Jim Wynorsky).

Roberts also appeared on the Hot Line television series (1994) and the video game The Pandora Directive (1996).

In 1998 her career had a resurgence, and she became familiar to younger audiences, when she took on the role of Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show until she left the series in 2001. In a recent interview on E! True Hollywood Story discussing That '70s Show, Roberts said she left the show because her husband had become ill, but gave no details of his condition. The Internet Movie Database, however, reports that Barry Roberts died on 15 June 2006, after a four year battle with encephalitis. He and Tanya had been married for 32 years.


The 2000s

After leaving That '70s Show, Roberts has been heard on radio and seen on television as the spokesperson for several Las Vegas, Nevada timeshare companies, notably Soleil and Tahiti Village. Roberts does commercials on a wide variety of radio stations and programs for Consolidated Resorts.

Who Says That Cops Don't Have A Sense Of Humor?

"Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch
out after you wear them awhile."

"Take your hands off the car, and I'll make your birth certificate a
worthless document."

"If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

"Can you run faster than 1,200 feet per second?" (In case you didn't
know, that is the average speed of a 9 mm bullet fired from my gun.)

"So you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can
write anything I want on the ticket, huh?"

"Yes Sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it
will help. Oh ... did I mention that I am the shift supervisor?"

"The answer to this last question will determine whether you are
drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

"Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster
oven."

"In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC."

"Just how big were those two beers?"

"I'm glad to hear the Chief of Police is a good personal friend of
yours. At least you know someone who can post your bail."

Nothing says "Good morning, Monday" like cop jokes.
How's life among the raptors, Hawk?