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Hey, Raggedy. Thanks again for the trio of notables. Yes, I love Diana Krall. She knows how to sing the old ones, too. Did Allison Crowe do Wuthering Heights as well? Oops, I thought that shrieking one was Kate Moss.

And then, folks, I think that I have thought wrong before.

As a matter of record, I believe that Brazil66 did this one, but let's hear it by Diana, ok?

The look of love is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love is saying so much more than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard, well it takes my breath away

I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you

You've got the
Look of love, it's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight, let this be just the start of so many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow and then seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go

Ah, there's another that goes from minor to major.

Oops. I'm sorry Allison. Yes, Kate Moss - that's the shrieker. Thank you, Letty.

PA, we learn by our mistakes, and that is what was so fantastic about Alfred Binet.

My goodness, folks, I just found out that Allison Crowe is Canadian. She also did the following song as a tribute to Leonard Cohen who was the original performer.

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this the forth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Well, your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew that hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Well,l baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But, love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Well, there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But, remember when I moved in you
And the Holy ghost was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Well, maybe there is a God above
But, all that I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
And it's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it is a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Very Pretty! All 3! Today is also my niece's 43rd Birthday! A Native New Yorker, she is!

Happy Birthday to your neice, Sharon. Perhaps she will like this Rogers and Hart song.

Summer journeys to niag'ra
And to other places aggra-
Vate all our cares.
We'll save our fares!

I've a cozy little flat in
What is known as old manhattan
We'll settle down
Right here in town!

We'll have manhattan
The bronx and staten
Island too.
It's lovely going through
The zoo!

It's very fancy
On old delancy
Street you know.
The subway charms us so
When balmy breezes blow
To and fro.

And tell me what street
Compares with mott street
In july?
Sweet pushcarts gently gli-ding by.

The great big city's a wonderous toy
Just made for a girl and boy.
We'll turn manhattan
Into an isle of joy!

We'll go to yonkers
Where true love conquers
In the whiles
And starve together dear, in chiles

We'll go to coney
And eat baloney on a roll
In central park we'll stroll
Where our first kiss we stole
Soul to soul

And "my fair lady" is a terrific show they say
We both may see it close, some day
The city's glamour can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil
We'll turn manhattan
Into an isle of joy!

I love it! She was born on Staten Island! Very pretty, smart, girl! Thanks!

Ah, Sharon, I do hope she liked that oldie.

You know, folks, I just learned who Lisa Bonet was. My word, she was on the Bill Cosby show and starred in Angel Hart with Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro. What a weird movie. Very creepy. In searching I found a song that was a tribute to Lisa by some hip hop group, but I like this one by Al Green better. This song was the the one upon which the hip hop group based their song. (hope that's not confusing)

Al Green - I'm Glad You're Mine

Baby, I'm so glad you're here
Baby, I've got something to say, my dear
Baby, yeah
I'm just so glad you're mine
Whoa ho
Baby, why did it take so long
Whoa baby
Only made my love grow strong
Baby
Yeah yeah
I'm so glad you're mine
Hey hey hey hey
When darkness gather 'round me
And friends forsaken me
I know you'll never let me down
I know you'll never let me down
Hey hey hey hey
Baby, I'm not gonna leave you alone
Baby, oh hop on and I'll give you what you want
Baby yeah
So glad you're mine
Hey hey hey hey
When darkness gather 'round me
And friends forsaken me
I know you'll never let me down
I know you'll never let me down
Woo hooo, boy, oh yeah hey
You'll never hear me say...
Baby, (baby) I'm gonna turn my back and walk away
(Baby) Baby I'll see you another day...hey
Baby, (baby) I'm so I'm so
Thankful for your love, angel
Thankful for your love, every day
Glad you're mine
Awww hey hey hey
Yeah hey hey thankful for your love

Clyde Mcphatter - Without Love (there Is Nothing)

I awakened this morning, I was filled with despair
All my dreams turned to ashes and gone, oh yeah
As I looked at my life it was barren and bare
Without love I've had nothing at all
Without love I've had nothing
Without love I've had nothing at all
I have conquered the world
All but one thing did I have
Without love I've had nothing at all
Once I had a sweetheart who loved only me
There was nothing, oh that she would not give, oh no
But I was blind to her goodness and I could not see
That a heart without love cannot live
Without love I've had nothing
Without love I've had nothing at all
I have conquered the world
All but one thing did I have
Without love I've had nothing at all

Eddy Arnold - I Really Don't Want To Know Lyrics

How many arms have held you and hated to let you go
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
How many lips have kissed you and set your soul aglow
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
So always make me wonder always make me guess
And even if I ask you darling don't confess
Just let it remain your secret but darlin' I love you so
No wonder no wonder I wonder no I really don't want to know
No wonder no wonder I wonder no I really don't want to know

Been a-lookin' for a good girl,
But it's taking time.
A-been a-lookin' for a good girl,
A-one to please my mind as well as my time.
I've been singing in the evening,
Flying through the night.
But I hurt my good gal,
I hope she makes out right,
Flying through the night.
I've been picking up the sunshine,
I've been drinking down the rain, girl,
I've been picking up the sunshine,
it makes me think on when I'll see you again.
You know time could bring a change, girl,
It ain't for me to say.
You'll soon be out of range, girl,
A-this could only be the way it's meant to be.
Fairy castle stark and black in the moonlight,
The jingle jangle jester rides his stallion
Seagull flies across my eyes forever.
Sadly goes the wind on its way to Hades.
Would I, should I, could I be a stranger,
I shall walk right by and sigh goodbye.
Lucifer calls his legions from the hillside.
Sadly goes the wind on its way to Hades.
I've been lookin', oh yeah,
I say I've been lookin' far a good girl,
You better believe it, baby, yeah!
Yes, I've been lookin' for a good gal, oh yeah!
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm,
Ain't kiddin' you, ain't kiddin' you, ain't kiddin' you
Yeah, I've been a-lookin

Donovan

from an old 45 record i have sitting in front of me . it belongs to ehbeth and was purchased about 40 years ago , i guess .
it's FOUR BY THE BEATLES - CAPITAL RECORDS EAP-2121



ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

FROM "THE GOON SHOW" ( a british radio show i enjoyed very much in the 60's - it takes a special kind of humour to enjoy their antics))



you;ll have to start early on this one , cause it's called :
I'M WALKING BACKWARDS FOR CHRISTMAS !

Love all of the songs, my friends.

Thank you edgar, for reminding us of Eddy Arnold. An interesting bit of trivia about him. He is still alive, and has, what many music critics call, a natural voice such as Bing Crosby and Enrico Caruso possessed.

This may mean nothing to many of you, but I also found out that James Hurst, author of The Scarlet Ibis, is also alive.

hbg, you have the most delightful musical memories. The Goon show? Love it, Canada, and yes, it takes a special kind of humor to picture "Walking backwards across the Irish sea?" Also recall the Beatles in their Roll Over Beethoven.

A bit down myself tonight, so this will be my Goodnight song, folks

Eddy Arnold
Cattle Song


The cattle are prowlin' and the coyotes are howlin'

Way out where the dogies bawl

Where spurs are a-jinglin' a cowboy is singin'

This lonesome cattle call



Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo



He rides in the sun, till his days work is done

And he rounds up the cattle each fall

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Singin' his cattle call.



For hours he will ride on the range far and wide

When the night wind blows up a squall

His heart is a feather in all kinds of weather

He sings his cattle call



Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo hoo

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo



He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie

And sings with an ol' western drawl

Woo-hoo woo-hoo hoo hoo

Singin' his cattle call

Goodnight, my friends

From Letty with love

First recorded by Chuck Berry, in the 50's. I used to dance in front of the TV, to this one. He was funny to watch, like Jerry Lee Lewis! I'll bet that 45 is worth something, especially in the jacket.

Rock Hudson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.
Born November 17, 1925(1925-11-17)
Winnetka, Illinois, USA
Died October 2, 1985 (aged 59)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse(s) Phyllis Gates (1955-1958)
Partner(s) Marc Christian
Tom Clark

Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor and a romantic leading man in the 1950s and 1960s. Hudson was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, or any number of similar titles by numerous movie magazines and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time.[citation needed] He completed nearly 70 motion pictures and starred in several television productions during a career that spanned over three decades. Hudson also was one of the first major Hollywood celebrities to die from an AIDS related illness.




Biography

Early life

Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., in Winnetka, Illinois, United States, the son of Katherine Wood, a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, Sr., an auto mechanic who abandoned the family during the depths of the Great Depression, in the early 1930s. His mother remarried and his stepfather Wallace "Wally" Fitzgerald adopted him, changing his last name to Fitzgerald. Hudson's years at New Trier High School were unremarkable. He sang in the school's glee club and was remembered as a shy boy who delivered newspapers, ran errands and worked as a golf caddy.

After graduating from high school, he served in the Philippines as an aircraft mechanic for the Navy during World War II. In 1946, Hudson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and applied to the University of Southern California's dramatics program, but he was rejected due to poor grades. Among a number of odd jobs, Hudson worked as a truck driver for a couple of years to support himself, longing to be an actor but with no success in breaking into the movies. A fortunate meeting with powerful Hollywood talent scout Henry Willson in 1948 got Hudson his start in the business.


Early career

Hudson is cited as stating that Willson coined Roy's new name, a combination of the Rock of Gibraltar and Hudson River, and Hudson made his debut with a small part in the 1948 Warner Bros.' Fighter Squadron. According to Hollywood gossip, Hudson needed no less than 38 takes before successfully delivering his only line in the film.[citation needed]

He was further coached in acting, singing, dancing, fencing and horseback riding, and he began to feature in film magazines where he was promoted, possibly on the basis of his good looks. Success and recognition came in 1954 with Magnificent Obsession in which Hudson plays a bad boy who is redeemed opposite the popular star Jane Wyman. The film received rave reviews, with Modern Screen Magazine citing Hudson as the most popular actor of the year. Hudson's popularity soared in George Stevens's Giant, based on Edna Ferber's novel and co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. As a result of their powerful performances, both Hudson and Dean were nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars.

Following Richard Brooks's notable Something of Value in 1957 and a moving performance in Charles Vidor's A Farewell to Arms, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, Hudson sailed through the 1960s on a wave of romantic comedies. He portrayed humorous characters in Pillow Talk, the first of several profitable co-starring performances with Doris Day. This was followed by Come September, Send Me No Flowers, Man's Favorite Sport?, and Strange Bedfellows. He worked outside his usual range on the science-fiction thriller Seconds (1966), the film flopped badly at the time, but it later gained cult status, and his performance is widely regarded as his best.[citation needed]


Later career

Hudson's popularity on the big screen diminished after the 1960s. He performed in a 13-city tour of the musical Camelot.[citation needed] He was quite successful on television starring in a number of made-for-TV movies. His most successful series was McMillan and Wife opposite Susan Saint James from 1971 to 1977. In this series, Hudson played police commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan with Saint James playing his wife Sally. Their on-screen chemistry helped make the show a success.

Following years of heavy drinking and smoking, by the early 1980s, Hudson began having health problems. Emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery in November 1981 sidelined Hudson and his then-new TV show, The Devlin Connection, for a year; the show suffered for the delay and was cancelled not long after it returned to the airwaves in December 1982. Hudson recovered from the surgery but continued to smoke. He was visibly ill filming The Ambassador with Robert Mitchum - the two stars did not like each other.[citation needed] A couple of years later, Hudson's health had visibly deteriorated again, prompting different rumors.

In 1984 to 1985, Hudson landed a recurring role on the hit ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty as "Daniel Reece," a love-interest for Krystle Carrington played by Linda Evans, and biological father of Sammy Jo Carrington played by Heather Locklear. While he had long been known to have difficulty memorizing lines, on Dynasty, Hudson's speech itself began to deteriorate.


Personal life

While Hudson's career was blooming, he was struggling to keep his personal life out of the headlines. Throughout his career, he epitomized wholesome manliness, and in 1955, after several male lovers, he wed his agent's secretary Phyllis Gates. The news was made known by all the major gossip magazines. One magazine story, headlined "When Day Is Done, Heaven Is Waiting," quoted Hudson as saying, "When I count my blessings, my marriage tops the list." The union lasted three years. Gates filed for divorce in April 1958, charging mental cruelty; Hudson did not contest the divorce, and Gates received an alimony of US$250 a week for 10 years.[1]

In Gates' 1987 autobiography My Husband, Rock Hudson, the book she wrote with veteran Hollywood chronicler Bob Thomas, Gates insists she dated Hudson for several months and lived with him for two months before his surprise marriage proposal. She claims to have married Hudson out of love and not, as it was later purported, to stave off a major exposure of Hudson's sexual orientation. However, after her death from lung cancer in January 2006, several articles suggested Gates was not as innocent as she claimed, and was in fact a lesbian who married Hudson for his money, knowing from the beginning he was gay.[citation needed]

According to the 1986 biography, Rock Hudson: His Story, by Hudson and Sara Davidson, Rock was good friends with American novelist Armistead Maupin and a few of Hudson's lovers were Jack Coates; Hollywood publicist Tom Clark, who also later published a memoir about Hudson, Rock Hudson: Friend of Mine; and Marc Christian who later sued the estate. In addition, Darwin Porter's book, Brando Unzipped (2006) claims that Hudson had an affair with Marlon Brando. Hudson was a close friend of Burt Lancaster, who was reportedly bisexual, and Lancaster's FBI file suggested the two stars had attended gay parties in Hollywood together.

The book, The Thin Thirty, by Shannon Ragland, chronicles Hudson involvement in a 1962 sex scandal at the University of Kentucky involving the football team. Ragland writes that Jim Barnett, a prominent wrestling promoter, engaged in prostitution with members of the team, and that Hudson was one of Barnett's customers.[2]

A popular urban legend states that Hudson "married" Jim Nabors in the 1970s. While Hudson was in fact a closet homosexual at the time, the two never had anything beyond a friendship. The legend was hatched as a joke by a group of "middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach" as Hudson put it; the group sent out joke invitations to "the marriage of Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors" as a front to their annual get-together. The joke-the punchline of which was that Hudson would be known as "Rock Pyle"-was taken seriously, and as a result of the false rumor, Nabors and Hudson never spoke to each other again.[3]


Later years

In July 1985, Hudson joined his old friend Doris Day for the launch of her new TV cable show, Doris Day's Best Friends. His gaunt visage, and his nearly incoherent speech, were so shocking it was broadcast again all over the national news shows that night and for weeks to come. Day herself stared at him throughout their appearance.

Hudson had been diagnosed with HIV on June 5, 1984, but when the signs of illness became apparent, his publicity staff and doctors told the public he had liver cancer. It was not until July 25, 1985, while in Paris for treatment, that Hudson issued a press release announcing that he was dying of AIDS. In a later press release, Hudson speculated he might have contracted HIV through transfused blood from an infected donor during the multiple blood transfusions he received as part of his heart bypass procedure. At the time of his operation, blood was not tested for HIV, which was then unknown.

Hudson lived out the remainder of his life with dignity, withstanding the ravages of his illness and the intrusions of the tabloid press. Hudson flew back to Los Angeles on July 31, where he was so physically weak he was taken off by stretcher from an Air France Boeing 747, which he chartered and was the sole passenger along with his medical attendants.[4] He was flown by helicopter to Cedars Sinai Hospital, where he spent nearly a month to undergo further treatment. When the doctors told him there was no hope of saving his life, since the disease had progressed into the advanced stages, Hudson returned to his house, "The Castle," in Beverly Hills, where he remained in seclusion until his death on October 2 at 08:37 PST. He was 59 years old.

Shortly before his death Hudson stated, "I am not happy I am sick. I am not happy I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at least know my own misfortune has had some positive worth." After Hudson's death Doris Day, widely thought to be a close off-screen friend, said she never knew he was gay. Carol Burnett who often worked on television and in live theatre with Hudson was a staunch defender of her friend, telling an interviewer she knew about his sexuality and did not care. Morgan Fairchild said "Rock Hudson's death gave AIDS a face."

Hudson was cremated, and his ashes scattered at sea. Following the funeral his partner Marc Christian sued Hudson's estate on grounds of "intentional infliction of emotional distress."[5] Christian tested negative for HIV but claimed Hudson continued having sex with him until February 1985, more than eight months after Hudson knew he had AIDS. Hudson biographer Sara Davidson later stated that, by the time she had met Hudson, Christian was living in the guest house, and Tom Clark, who had been Hudson's life partner for many years before, was living in the house.[6]

Why Hudson did not tell Christian he had AIDS until after he publicly announced it in July 1985 remains a mystery. Most believe Hudson feared Christian would leave him and he would become ostracised in the Hollywood community if they found out the truth about his condition and that he was homosexual.

Hudson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard.

Gordon Lightfoot
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, rock, and adult contemporary music. His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. Since the 1960s, he has written over 400 songs that capture the grandeur of Canada's mountains, forests, lakes, and rivers, the struggle of life in the cities, the loneliness of life on the road, and the eternal drama of love in all its wonders and complexities.

Gordon Lightfoot
Birth name Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Born November 17, 1938 (1938-11-17) (age 69)
Origin Orillia, Ontario
Genre(s) Folk, Country, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer
Songwriter

Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1962 - Present
Label(s) United Artists Records
Reprise Records
Warner Bros. Records
Linus Entertainment





Early Years

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. was born November 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, about sixty miles north of Toronto. His parents, Jessica and Gordon, recognized and encouraged his interest in music. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul's United Church under the direction of choirmaster Ray Williams. Lightfoot would later credit Williams for teaching him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice.[1] As a boy soprano, Lightfoot made several appearances on local radio, in local operettas and oratorios, as well as Kiwanis music festivals. He made his first appearance as Massey Hall in Toronto at the age of 12, winning a competition for boys with unchanged voices.

As a teenager, Lightfoot went on to study piano and taught himself drums and percussion instruments. As a high school student in Orillia, Lightfoot performed in plays and operettas, sang in barbershop quartets, and performed in a dance band. He eventually taught himself how to play folk guitar. In addition to his musical activities, he excelled in athletics, establishing school records for the shot put and pole vault.

In 1958, Lightfoot moved to California, where he studied jazz composition and orchestration for two years at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music. To support himself, he sang on demonstration records and wrote, arranged, and produced commercial jingles. It was during this time that he discovered folk music, through the recordings of Pete Seeger, Bob Gibson, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, and the Weavers.[2] He returned to Canada and from 1958 to 1961 he performed with The Swinging Eight, a group featured on CBC TV's Country Hoedown, and with the Gino Silvi Singers. He also began performing in the coffee houses of the Toronto folk scene, playing guitar and singing folk songs.

In 1962, Lightfoot released two singles that were substantial local hits in Toronto, and received some airplay in other regions of Canada as well. "Remember Me (I'm The One)" reached #3 on Toronto radio station CHUM in July 1962, and was also a top 20 hit on Montreal's CKGM. Both sides of Lightfoot's follow-up single "Negotiations"/"It's Too Late, He Wins" reached #27 on CHUM in December. He also sang with Terry Whelan in a duo called the Two-Tones. They recorded a live album that was released in 1962 called Two-Tones at the Village Corner (1962, Chateau CLP-1012).[3] Despite his modest Canadian success, Lightfoot would not record again until 1965.

In 1963, Lightfoot traveled to Europe and became for one year the host of BBC TV's Country and Western Show.


Songwriting Success

By 1964, Lightfoot was back in Canada, where he appeared at the Mariposa Folk Festival. It was during this time that he began to develop a reputation as a songwriter. Ian and Sylvia Tyson recorded "Early Mornin' Rain" and "For Lovin' Me," which was also covered a year later by Peter, Paul and Mary. It became a hit in 1965. The song was also recorded by Chad and Jeremy and the Johnny Mann Singers. Other recording artists began racking up hits with Gordon Lightfoot songs - artists such as Marty Robbins ("Ribbon of Darkness"), Leroy Van Dyke ("I'm Not Saying"), Judy Collins, Richie Havens, The Kingston Trio, and Harry Belafonte.


The United Artist Years

In 1965, Lightfoot signed a recording contract wih United Artists and released his own version of "I'm Not Saying" as a single. He followed this up in 1966 with his debut album Lightfoot!, which brought him increased recognition as both a singer and a songwriter. It featured many now-famous songs, including "For Lovin' Me," "Early Mornin' Rain," "Steel Rail Blues," and "Ribbon of Darkness."

On the strength of the Lightfoot! album, which mixed Canadian and universal themes, Lightfoot became one of the first Canadian singers to achieve real stardom in his own country without moving to the United States. From 1966 to 1969, Lightfoot consistently placed singles in the Canadian top 40, including "Go-Go Round," "Spin, Spin," and "Black Day In July."

Internationally, Lightfoot's 1960s albums were well-received, but did not produce any hit singles. Outside of Canada, he remained better known as a songwriter, whose songs were covered by such recording stars as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan.

Lightfoot embarked on his first Canadian national tour in 1967, which included performances in New York City. Between 1967 and 1971 Lightfoot toured Europe and was well-received on two tours of Australia. Lightfoot continued to place singles on the Canadian charts through the late 1960s.


The Reprise Years

Lightfoot was signed to Warner Bros./Reprise in 1970 and had a major hit in the United States with his recording of "If You Could Read My Mind." The song was originally featured on his 1970 album Sit Down Young Stranger, which did not sell well. After the success of the song, the album was re-released under the new title If You Could Read My Mind. The success of the song represented a major turning point in Gordon Lightfoot's career.

In 1971, on a bus bound for Calgary, Lightfoot met a lonely teenaged girl named Grace on her way home from Toronto. The following year, the song "Alberta Bound" found its debut on his album Don Quixote.

In 1972, Lightfoot curtailed his touring schedule after contracting Bell's palsy, a condition that left his face partially paralyzed for a time.

In 1974, his classic single "Sundown" from the album Sundown, went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. "Carefree Highway," the followup single from the same album, charted in the Top 10 in both countries.[4]

The following year, Lightfoot would have an unexpected hit with a song about the unlikeliest of subject matter. In late November 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the tragic loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm on November 10, in which all 29 crew members died. His song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," most of the lyrics of which were taken from the article, reached #2 on the United States Billboard charts, and was a #1 hit in Canada. "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations.

In 1978, Lightfoot had one more top 40 hit on the United States Hot 100, "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)," which reached #33.

During the 1980s, Lightfoot produced recordings with a harder edged, contemporary sound, such as his 1986 album East Of Midnight, which he co-wrote with his friend David Foster. The album produced the very beautiful "Anything For Love".

During the 1990s, he returned to his acoustic roots and recorded two albums with a sound more reminiscent of his very early recordings. During this time, Lightfoot released two albums and played about 50 tour dates a year. In 1999 Rhino Records released Songbook, a four CD boxed set of Lightfoot recordings.

In April 2000, Lightfoot taped a live concert in Reno, Nevada - a one hour show that was broadcast by CBC in October, and broadcast as a PBS special across the United States. PBS stations offered a videotape of the concert as a pledge gift, and a tape and DVD were released in 2001 in Europe and North America. This was the first Lightfoot concert video ever released.

In April 2001, Lightfoot performed at the Tin Pan South Legends concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, closing the show. In May, he performed "Ring Them Bells" at Massey Hall in honor of Bob Dylan's 60th birthday.


Illness and Recovery

By January 2002, Lightfoot had 30 new songs written for his next studio album. He recorded guitar and vocal demos of some of these new songs. In September, before the second concert of a two-night stand in Orillia, Lightfoot suffered severe stomach pain and was airlifted to McMaster Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario. He underwent surgery for a bleeding problem in his abdomen and remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit. He remained in a coma for almost two months. Get well wishes poured in from all around the world. All of his remaining 2002 concerts dates were cancelled. More than 3 months after being admitted to McMaster Medical Center, Gordon Lightfoot was released in December to continue his recovery at home.

In 2003, Lightfoot underwent followup surgery to continue the treatment of his abdominal condition. In November, he signed a new recording contract with Linus Entertainment and began rehearsing with his band for the first time since his illness.

In January 2004, Lightfoot completed work on his album Harmony, which he recorded prior to his illness. The album was released in May. It was his 20th original album. In July, he made a surprise comeback performance since falling ill at Mariposa in Orillia, performing "I'll Tag Along" solo. In August, he performed a five-song solo set in Peterborough, Ontario at the flood relief benefit. In November, he made his long awaited return to the concert stage with two sold out benefit shows in Hamilton, Ontario.

Lightfoot returned to the music business with the album Harmony and an appearance on Canadian Idol. In 2005, he made a low-key tour called, with characteristically droll humour, the Better Late Than Never Tour.


Legacy

Gordon Lightfoot's music career has spanned more than 35 years, producing more than 200 recordings. He influenced the sound of major recording artists in the 1970s and 1980s who have credited him as a major influence - including Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett, and Jim Croce. Bob Dylan in fact called Lightfoot one of his favorite songwriters.


The Lightfoot Sound

The signature Lightfoot sound, both in the studio and on tour, centered around Lightfoot's distinct baritone voice and folk-based acoustic guitar. Over the years, a handful of key musicians contributed significantly to that sound. From 1965-1970, lead guitarist Red Shea was the most important supporting player, with bassists Paul Wideman and John Stockfish filling out the arrangements.

In 1969, bassist Rick Haynes joined the band, and lead guitarist Terry Clements joined the following year. Red Shea left the touring band in 1970, but continued to record with Lightfoot until 1975. He hosted his own Canadian variety show, played with Ian Tyson, and became band leader for Tommy Hunter's TV show in the 1980s on CBC. Shea played on most of Lightfoot's early hits, and his musical influence on later band configurations is undeniable. Haynes and Clements remained with Lightfoot for the rest of his career and comprise the core of Gordon Lightfoot's band.

In 1975, Pee Wee Charles added the important pedal steel guitar element to the band's sound, applying this traditional country instrument in a unique and creative way to Lightfoot's songs. Drummer Barry Keane joined the following year, and in 1981, keyboardist Mike Heffernan completed the ensemble. This five-piece backup band remained intact until 1987, when Pee Wee Charles left the band to operate a radio station in Southern Ontario. Haynes, Clements, Keane, and Heffernan continue to tour and record with Lightfoot to this day.


Honors and Awards

Gordon Lightfoot has received fifteen Juno Awards - for top folk singer in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977, for top male vocalist in 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974, and for composer of the year in 1972 and 1976. He has received ASCAP awards for songwriting in 1971, 1974, 1976, and 1977, and has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. In 1974, Lightfoot's song "Sundown" was named pop record of the year by the Music Operators of America. In 1980, he was named Canadian male recording artist of the decade, for his work in the 1970s.

Lightfoot was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001. He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Famein 1998.

In May 2003 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor. Lightfoot is also a member of the Order of Ontario, the highest honor in the Province of Ontario. In 1977, he received the Vanier Award by Canadian Jaycees


Lightfoot's Songs and Popular Culture

"Beautiful", found on Lightfoot's 1972 album Don Quixote, is featured in the Vincent Gallo's 2004 motion picture The Brown Bunny starring Vincent Gallo and Chloë Sevigny. The song is also found on the accompanying soundtrack album.
Lightfoot's song "Sundown" was written about his one time girlfriend Cathy Smith (who had worked for a time as a bus driver on his tours).[citation needed] Her claim to infamy, however, is that she's the same Cathy Smith who shot up John Belushi when he died from an overdose (a combination of cocaine and heroin known as a speedball). [5]
In Elvis Presley's cover of Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain", Elvis changed the lyrics in the 4th verse from "...as cold and drunk as I can be..." to "...as cold and drunk as I might be...". Gordon has remarked, while performing live, that he is amused at this change, and he now sings the song this way. Notably, Bob Dylan made the same change in his 1970 recording, which predated the Presley version.
Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against composer Michael Masser in April 1987, claiming that Masser's melody for the song "The Greatest Love of All" (recorded by George Benson (1977) and Whitney Houston (1986) stole twenty-four bars from Lightfoot's 1971,#5 hit "If You Could Read My Mind." The transitional section that begins "I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow..." of the Masser song has the exact same melody as "I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and..." of Lightfoot's song. Although the disputed section is not part of the hook (i.e., the money-making part) of the Masser song, Lightfoot stated that he didn't want people thinking that he had stolen his melody from Masser.[6] The case was settled out of court, with a public apology from Michael Masser.[citation needed]
Lightfoot is referenced in many episodes of the animated TV series Mission Hill, by character Kevin French.
In the Strong Bad E-Mail "army" on Homestar Runner, Homestar tells Strong Bad, "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping 'round your back stair." This is a reference to the song "Sundown", which has the line, "Sundown, you'd better take care, if I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stair."
"If You Could Read My Mind" is featured in Trigger Happy TV (The one where the public go to have a picture drawn of them then Dom walks away). For legal reasons this was not added to the soundtrack.


Tribute and covers

In 1965 Nico covered "I'm Not Sayin'" which featured a pre-Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page playing 12-string acoustic guitar.
In 1968, Canadian rockers The Guess Who wrote a tune about Lightfoot titled "Lightfoot," which includes references to Lightfoot's songs.
Bob Dylan covered "Early Morning Rain" on his 1970 album Self Portrait and has been known to perform "I'm Not Supposed to Care" in live performances.
Fotheringay - a band featuring Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention - covered "The Way I Feel" in 1970.
In 1971, The Country Gentlemen covered "Redwood Hill" at a live show in Japan.
Elvis Presley also covered "Early Morning Rain" in 1972 on the "ELVIS NOW" LP, also as an additional track on his 1973 NBC *via satellite* TV Special Aloha from Hawaii, and on his last CBS-TV Special in 1977 "Elvis in Concert".
Anne Murray had a big Country hit with her version of "Cotton Jenny", which went #11 Country and #71 Pop.
Country artist Glen Campbell recorded versions of "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Last Time I Saw Her." He also recorded "Wherefore and Why," which was released only as a single.
Australian singer Olivia Newton-John recorded a version of "If You Could Read My Mind" on one of her early country-flavored albums.
The same song was also covered by Barbra Streisand on her 1971 album Stoney End.
The Irish singer and harpist Mary O'Hara recorded five songs by Gordon Lightfoot: "Song for a Winter's Night" on Mary O'Hara at the Royal Festival Hall (1977); "Rainy Day People" and "Pussywillows, Cat-Tails" both on In Harmony (1978); "Your Love's Return" on Celebration of Love (1989); and "Minstrel of the Dawn" on World of Music (1989).
Canadian band Rheostatics cover "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on their 1991 album Melville.
Nanci Griffith covered the song "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" in 1993 on her Grammy Award winning album Other Voices, Other Rooms.
American band, the Dandy Warhols, also cover "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on their 2004 album Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols.
Sarah McLachlan included "Song for a Winter's Night" on her 1996 release Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, and again in 2006 for her first-ever Christmas album, Wintersong.
Netherlands-based singer Viola Wills released a disco version of "If You Could Read My Mind" in 1980, an attempt that was repeated by Amber (with techno-dance group Stars on 54) in 2000.
Elwood made a rap version of "Sundown," which is the first track on the 2000 album the parlance of our time.
In 2003, a tribute album, Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, was released featuring cover versions of Lightfoot songs by various artists including The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy Junkies, Ron Sexsmith, Jesse Winchester and Aengus Finnan.
Johnny Cash covered "If You Could Read My Mind" on American V: A Hundred Highways released in 2006.
Bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice has covered numerous Lightfoot compositions and has released an album called Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot.
British artist Paul Weller covered "Early Mornin' Rain" for his album Studio 150, released in 2004.
Men's ensemble Cantus covered "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on their maritime album There Lies The Home, released in 2006.
Tori Amos has covered "If You Could Read My Mind" in live concert.
Canadian country-rock supergroup The Unintended covered "Rosanna," "Redwood Hill," "Walls," and "The Way I Feel" on the 2006 split album Constantines play Young/Unintended play Lightfoot.
In the Seinfeld episode "Andrea Doria," Elaine erroneously thinks that Gordon Lightfoot was the ship and that Edmund Fitzgerald is the singer.

Lauren Hutton
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Birth name Mary Laurence Hutton
Born November 17, 1943 (1943-11-17) (age 64)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.

Lauren Hutton (born Mary Laurence Hutton on November 17, 1943, in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American supermodel and sometimes actress. She is best known to drama fans for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Once Bitten, and to everyone else for her fashion modeling.





Personal life

Hutton became one of the first students to attend the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida in 1960, but later she transferred to Tulane University, where she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1964.

Hutton parlayed her looks into one of the major modeling careers of the 1970s and 80s, including the first huge contract by a model with a cosmetics company.


Career

As an actress, Hutton made her film debut in the Paper Lion (1968), and she won interesting notices for her performances in James Toback's The Gambler (1974), opposite James Caan. She played the wealthy adventurous adulteress in the American Gigolo (1980). Important roles in major films were relatively few, however, and her acting career slowly diminished during the 1980s, with most of her appearances being in minor European features or American films that fizzled at the box office, such as (Lassiter (1985), Once Bitten (1985), and Guilty as Charged (1992). Hutton's modeling career blossomed anew in the 1990s with a highly successful return, and then more acting offers following suit. Considerable media coverage as she approached the age of 50 highlighted her still exceptional, unashamedly middle-aged beauty, her love of world travel and anthropology, and her mature, mellow attitude towards the trappings of fame.

Huttons's travels took her often to Africa, where she enjoyed the beauty of that continent as well as its people.

1995 was a notable year for Hutton, since she was cast in the ensemble of the obscure CBS soap-opera Central Park West, playing the wealthy socialite Linda Fairchild; and also her late night talk show Lauren Hutton and ... also debuted. The talk show was short-lived, but Hutton continued to work steadily, appearing in film roles and in the occasional assignment as a hostess.

The actress, an avid motorcycle enthusiast, made headlines in October 2000, when at the age of 55 she was involved in a serious motorcycle accident, while on a 100-mile ride near Las Vegas with motorbikers, and also fellow celebrities, including Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons, to celebrate a planned motorcycle exhibit at the Hermitage-Guggenheim museum. Irons reportedly had given Hutton a full-face helmet just minutes before she crashed. Losing control on a curve, she skidded about 100 feet and then went airborne, ultimately suffering multiple leg and arm fractures, broken ribs, a punctured lung, cuts, and bruises. Hutton subsequently traveled down a long road of physical rehabilitation. Hutton endured, and soon she became the spokeswoman for her own signature brand of cosmetics, Lauren Hutton's "Good Stuff", sold primarily via the Home Shopping Network in the USA as well as through numerous secondary distribution channels throughout Europe and South America. Her well known purist approach to life is also well known to be mirrored in her cosmetics company, in that the company reputation and mandate for using nothing but the best of ingredients is invariably attributed to her very karmic approach to life.

In October 2005, at the age of 61, Hutton agreed to pose nude for Big magazine. "I want them (women) not to be ashamed of who they are when they're in bed," Hutton told ABC's Good Morning America.

Danny DeVito
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Birth name Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.
Born November 17, 1944 (1944-11-17) (age 63)
Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s) Rhea Perlman (January 28, 1982 - present) 3 children
[show]Awards
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series
1981 Taxi

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978-1983). In 2006 he began co-starring as Frank Reynolds on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

His wife is actress Rhea Perlman.





Biography

Early life

DeVito was born in Neptune, New Jersey to Italian-American Catholic parents and raised in nearby Asbury Park.[1]. He boarded at Oratory Preparatory School, in Summit, New Jersey, graduating in 1961. He married actress Rhea Perlman on January 28, 1982.


Career

His career began with the part of Martini in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (reprising his role from the 1971 off-Broadway play). After Taxi, DeVito continued what became a successful movie career, beginning with a role in 1983's Terms of Endearment (in an almost walk-on role) and the comic rogue in the romantic adventure Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. All three reprised their roles in the 1985 sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. In 1986, he was in Ruthless People with Bette Midler and Judge Reinhold. In 1987, DeVito made his feature directing debut on dark comedy Throw Momma from the Train, in which he additionally starred, opposite Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey. Two years later DeVito reunited with Douglas and Turner to direct and star with them in The War of the Roses.

Other notable work during this time includes Other People's Money with legend Gregory Peck, director Barry Levinson's Tin Men as a competitive salesman to Richard Dreyfuss, two co-starring vehicles with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the comedies Twins and Junior, and the villain The Penguin in director Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992). It is said that Jack Nicholson convinced DeVito to play The Penguin since Nicholson enjoyed great success as The Joker in the original Batman from 1989. Rather than portraying The Penguin as a suave and sophisticated gangster as he was in the comics, DeVito portrayed the Penguin as a deformed psychopath. DeVito's performence of the Penguin was so scary to critics, that he won a Golden Raspberry Award for worst supporting actor.

Although generally a comic actor, DeVito expanded into drama with such movies as Renaissance Man (1994) as Army Professor Bill Rago; The Rainmaker, (1997) as Deck Shifflet, a former insurance assessor; Hoffa (1992), which he directed and in which he co-starred with Jack Nicholson; L.A. Confidential as a sleazy reporter (1997); The Big Kahuna as a compassionate salesman Amos Calloway (1999); and Heist (2001), as a gangster nemesis to Gene Hackman.

DeVito grew up with a great passion for documentaries. And so in 2006, he began a partnership with Morgan Freeman's company ClickStar, where he hosts a documentary channel called Jersey Docs.


In addition to acting, DeVito has become a major film and television producer. Through his production company, Jersey Films, he has produced many movies, including Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Erin Brockovich, Gattaca,and Garden State. DeVito has also produced the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.

In 1999, DeVito produced and co-starred in Man On The Moon, a movie about the unusual life of his former Taxi co-star, Andy Kaufman.

DeVito has directed six motion pictures, Throw Momma From the Train (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Hoffa (1992), Matilda (1996), Death to Smoochy (2002), and Duplex (2003). He is set to direct his seventh feature, 2007's I Married a Witch, which will star Tom Cruise and Famke Janssen.

His films tend to have a bizarre, neo-surrealistic sensibility and gallows humor, though this was absent in the straightforward Hoffa biopic. This approach served him well at times, especially in The War of the Roses which was a commercial and critical success, however his last two films have not been anywhere as successful.[1]

In addition to his Taxi work, DeVito has voiced Herb Powell Homer Simpson's half-brother, on two episodes of The Simpsons. He earned a 2004 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, an episode of Friends, following four Emmy nominations (including a 1981 win) for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, for Taxi. In 2006, DeVito joined the cast of the FX Networks television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Frank Reynolds.


Personal life

DeVito is married to actress Rhea Perlman, with whom he has three children - Lucie Chet DeVito (born March 1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987). DeVito and his family live in Manalapan, New Jersey. He is an outspoken Democrat and vegetarian[2]. He is a supporter of the OneVoice Movement, a non-profit organization that strives to empower moderate Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving their conflict [3].

DeVito has teamed up with world renowned restaurateur David Manero and Michael Brauser to open his first restaurant, which will be aptly named DeVito South Beach, in Miami Beach, Florida. DeVito South Beach opened to the public on June 18, 2007, after a series of high profile private parties featuring a cast of A-list celebrities and DeVito himself. Despite DeVito being a vegetarian, the restaurant will feature a contemporary Italian cuisine fused with characteristics of a traditional Italian chop house.

The Man Rules­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
Finally , the guys' side of the story.
( I must admit, it's pretty good.)
We always hear " the rules "
From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!
Please note.. these are all numbered "1 "
ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon
or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport.
And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.


1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.


1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials..

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball
or golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;


But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Welcome back, Bob, and thanks for the bio's. Hmmm. Thinking about how easily rules are broken these days.

Until our Raggedy arrives, here's a great one by Gordon Lightfoot.

Brave Mountaineers (Don Quixote)


Born in the country and I like that country smile
Of the little girls and boys, they remind me of a child
That I knew and a big harvest moon
That shon' by suppertime in the dusty afternoon
And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin' through the trestle we would climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

Born in the country and I like that country song
We played for just a nickel every time we got to town
And I bought you a dime diamond ring
In the hayloft we would play, we were princesses and kings

And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

Born in the country and I like that country way
Of the uncles and the cousins and the card games they would play
While the young ones slept overhead
Beneath the quilts that mother made, when all the prayers were said

And I need to be there
When the autumn wind goes whistlin' through the trestle we would climb
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time