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Morning, edgar. Love that one by Hank, and here's an answer by The Singing Ranger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXd_y2DsoQQ

Homer and Jethro did a parody on that one, and I'll try and find it for our listeners.

Just the lyrics, folks, as we already know the melody.(bad recording so I erased it)

HOMER & JETHRO
I'M MOVIN' ON NO. 2
As recorded by Homer & Jethro
(To The Tune Of I'm Movin' On) Written by Hank Snow

The old hound dog was feelin' fine
Till he fell in a barrel of turpentine
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
He passed the gate, like an eighty-eight
He's a-movin' on.

There was a smart guy from the city
And he picked up a stripe'd kitty
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
We held our nose, as we burried his clothes
We're a-movin' on.

I let a man work on my car
Then he grabbed a-hold of a spark plug wire
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
He turned it loose, when he felt the juice
He's a-movin' on.

The old Tom cat was a-feelin' mean
When he caught his tail in the sewin' machine
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
He ripped a stitch, when he hit the ditch
He's a-movin' on.

The old man's face got white as a sheet
When he slipped and fell in his cream of wheat
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
He flapped his ears, as he shifted gears
He's a-movin' on.

Uncle John got awful clean
When he fell into the washing machine
He's a-movin' on, he's a-movin' on
He couldn't straddle, that doggone paddle
He's a-movin' on.

We travel a lot to make our showin'
The way we sing we have to keep goin'
We're a-movin' on, we're a-movin' on
We've gotta go, here comes Hank Snow
We're a-movin' on.

Today is Nat Cole's birthday. What a musician, y'all.

I always loved this one by him.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FJ77xVL0ImY

Good afternoon WA2K.

Remembering Nat and Rudolf Nureyev
and wishing a Happy 59th to Patrick Duffy; 57th to Kurt Russell; 53rd to Gary Sinese and 44th to Rob Lowe.

Well, there's our Raggedy. Great collage today, PA, and I think our listeners know most of them. Thanks again, puppy.

Wow! I had no idea that Rob Lowe had such a checkered past, nor that he was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. Perhaps had he stayed there, he would have been more of a Virginia gentleman.

Well, since Patrick Duffy is Irish, and since this is a lovely video, let's listen and watch, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOZ-_lm831g&feature=related

That is lovely, Letty.

And if you can spare 7 minutes (don't stop midway ) - the last 4 minutes are the best, here's one for Rudy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpkTERr3_o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFRYY9J2Hmg&feature=related

Sunny and the Sunliners

happy st patricks day

the pogues - transmetropolitan

the pogues - greenland whale fisheries

the pogues - sally maclennane

the pogues - waxies dargle

the pogues - rainy night in soho

edgar, I am not familar with Sunny and the Sunliners, but it seems that they are a TexMex group. Thanks, buddy, for the song by them

dj, I listened to every one of your pogues' Irish songs. Marvelous tribute for St. Patrick's Day. Actually, I am rather surprised that someone didn't do a complete green thread as a salute to the Irish.



We have always touted Italian tenors on our radio station, but this is the day for Irish tenors who are wonderful.

I really don't think this song is Irish, but my father loved it, so let's listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3clZUq8P5s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6wr8WsD64

In the spirit of St Patrick's Day

Good morning, WA2K radio audience.

edgar, that was a lovely song. Johnny Cash was a talented man and his daughter sang that beautifully, Texas.

Well, the wearing of the green has past, but this poem by Robert Burns set to music will always be present-past-and future.

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=-R8mcJ-UkVQ

Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee
a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dream.

Thou stock dove whose echo
resounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whistly blackbirds
in yon thorny den,
Thou green crested lapwing
thy screaming forbear,
I charge you, disturb not
my slumbering fair.

How lofty, sweet Afton,
thy neighboring hills,
Far mark'd with the courses
of clear winding rills;
There daily I wander
as noon rises high,
My flocks and my Mary's
sweet cot in my eye.

How pleasant thy banks
and green valleys below,
Where, wild in the woodlands,
the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild evening
weeps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades
my Mary and me.

Thy crystal stream, Afton,
how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where
my Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters
her snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets,
she stems thy clear wave.

Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river,
the theme of my lays;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayLB6swVvG4

I loved listening to this guy. He left us entirely too soon.

Morning, edgar. What an unusual voice Tommy had. I just discovered that he was named after Thomas Jefferson and was born in Richmond, Virginia. Thanks for playing that, Texas. I suspect that his early demise was a result of his background.

Well, today is Wilson Pickett's birthday, and here is one of my very favorite songs by him. Our funny motto at the time was "Join the choir and see the clubs."

Loved dancing to this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdi1_Es85fA

Good Morning WA2K.

Remembering Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Edward Everett Horton; Robert Donat and Smiley Burnette



and wishing a Happy 82nd to Peter Graves; 76th to John Updike; 70th to Charley Pride; 67th to Wilson Pickett; 49th to Irene Cara; 45th to Vanessa L. Williams and 38th to Queen Latifah

Good morning, Raggedy. Wow, PA, that's a great montage today. Thanks again for the famous faces.

How about one by Irene Cara, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alZ2EcckQjg

That was nice, Letty.

When Edgar played "Kiss an Angel Each Mornin', I immediately thought of this Charley Pride song, one of my daughter's favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILk2yL5wd8

When I saw Charley in concert in PA, he asked for requests and this is what my friend requested. It's my favorite song by Charlie. It's a shame it doesn't have a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHeGzu9iZA

Wow, Raggedy. You and your daughter have absorbed the music world. How wonderful for you both, and Charlie Pride has a great voice. Love both those songs, PA.

Here's one that is great and funny at the same time, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbKPHHlQbX4&feature=related

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6 (N.S. March 18), 1844 - June 8 (N.S. June 21) 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a teacher of harmony and orchestration. He is particularly noted for a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects, and for his extraordinary skill in orchestration, which may have been influenced by his synesthesia. The first part of his surname, Rimsky, is due to the fact that some of his forefathers undertook a pilgrimage to Rome.[citation needed]





Early years

Rimsky-Korsakov was born at Tikhvin, 200 km east of St. Petersburg, into an aristocratic family. He showed musical ability from an early age. His parents did not appreciate his precocity, looking upon his music-making "as a prank."[1] Becoming a composer was considered unsuitable for someone of his family's social station and a rejection of the traditions of his class.[2] On his parents' insistence, he studied at the School for Mathematical and Navigational Sciences in St. Petersburg and subsequently joined the Imperial Russian Navy. It was only when he met Mily Balakirev in 1861 that he began to concentrate more seriously on music.

Balakirev encouraged him to compose and taught him when he was not at sea.[3] He also prompted Rimsky-Korsakov to enrich himself in other areas, as well. "I heard from him, for the first time in my life, that one must read, must look after one's own education, must become acquainted with history, polite literature, and criticism. Many thanks to him for it!"[4] Through Balakirev he also met the other composers that would form "The Mighty Handful" (better known in English-speaking countries as "The Five"). He listened to their opinions and accepted them without question.[5] With their encouragement, he began considering a career in music.[6]

In 1862, Rimsky-Korsakov sailed on a three-year world cruise. He completed three movements of his First Symphony in the months before the cruise.[7][8] He wrote the slow movement during a stop in England, then mailed the score to Balakirev berore going back to sea.[9] Upon his return to St. Petersburg in 1865, Balakirev suggested Rimsky-Korsakov renew work on the symphony. He did, writing a trio for the Scherzo and reorchestrating the whole work.[10] Balakirev conducted the successful premiere of the symphony in December, 1865.[11] Rimsky-Korsakov appeared on stage in uniform to acknowledge the applause (regulations demanded that officers remain in uniform even when off-duty). Seeing him, the audience was surprised a naval officer had written such a work.[12]


Active composer

Rimsky-Korsakov's naval duties now occupied only two or three of hours a day.[13] This left considerable time for both composition and a social life.[13] He completed the first version of his orchestral pieces Sadko (1867) and Antar (1868). He became friends with Alexander Borodin, whose music astonished him.[14] He spent time with him[14], Balakirev[15] and, increasingly, Modest Mussorgsky.[16] They critiqued one another's works-in-progress and sometimes also collaborated on new pieces. By the spring of 1868 their circle included the Purgold family and met for musical evenings at the Purgold household.[17] Balakirev and Mussorgsky played piano four-hands.[18] The middle of the three Purgold daughters, Alexandra, was a talented singer.[18] The youngest daughter, Nadezhda, was an accomplished pianist.[19] She would arrange Sadko and Antar for piano four-hands for the publisher Bessel.[20]

In 1868 Rimsky-Korsakov also met Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[21] Because Tchaikovsky had been trained at the Western-oriented St. Petersburg Conservatory instead of by Balakirev, he "was viewed rather negligently if not haughtily by our circle.[22] At Balakirev's request Tchaikovsky played the opening movement of his First Symphony. "

Edward Everett Horton
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Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American character actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons.

Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Isabella S. Diack and Edward Everett Horton. His mother was born in Matanzas, Cuba to Mary Orr and George Diack, immigrants from Scotland.[1] Horton attended Brooklyn Polytechnic and Columbia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Horton started his stage career in 1906, singing and dancing and playing small parts in Vaudeville and in Broadway productions. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started getting roles in Hollywood films. His first starring role was in the 1922 comedy film Too Much Business, and he portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer in Beggar on Horseback in 1925. In the late 1920s he starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures, and made the transition to talking pictures with Educational in 1929. As a stage-trained performer, he found more movie work easily, and appeared in some of Warner Brothers' early talkies, including The Hottentot and Sonny Boy.

Horton originally went under his given name, Edward Horton. His father persuaded him to adopt his full name professionally, reasoning that there might be other actors named Edward Horton, but only one named Edward Everett Horton.

Horton's screen character was instantly defined from his earliest talkies: pleasant and dignified, but politely hesitant when faced with a potentially embarrassing situation. Horton soon cultivated his own special variation of the time-honored double take (an actor's reaction to something, followed by a delayed, more extreme reaction). In Horton's version, he would smile ingratiatingly and nod in agreement with what just happened; then, when realization set in, his facial features collapsed entirely into a sober, troubled mask.

Horton starred in many unpretentious comedy features in the 1930s, usually playing a mousy fellow who put up with domestic or professional problems up to a certain point, and then finally asserted himself for a happy ending. The actor is best known, however, for his work as a character actor in supporting roles. Some of his noteworthy films include The Front Page, Trouble in Paradise, Top Hat (one of several Astaire - Rogers movies Horton was in), Holiday, Lost Horizon, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Pocketful of Miracles.

Horton continued to appear in stage productions, often in summer stock. His performance in the play "Springtime for Henry" became a perennial in summer theaters.

In the 1950s Horton started doing television work. One of his most famous appearances is an I Love Lucy episode, where he is cast against type as a frisky, amorous suitor. (Horton, a last-minute replacement for another actor, received a special, appreciative credit in this episode.) Beginning in 1959 he narrated the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment of the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon show. In 1965 he played the medicine man, Roaring Chicken, in the sitcom F Troop. He parodied this role, portraying "Chief Screaming Chicken" on Batman as a pawn to Vincent Price's "Egghead" in the villain's attempt to take control of Gotham City. His last role, as a moribund tobacco company president in a wheelchair, was in the motion picture Cold Turkey, released after his death.

Edward Everett Horton died of cancer at age 84 in Encino, California.

Shortly after he died, the city of Los Angeles, California renamed a portion of Amestoy Avenue, the dead-end street where he lived in the district of Encino, "Edward Everett Horton Lane"[1].