A couple of groans, folks. One for the fact that the doctor's office isn't open on Wednesday and the other for Bob's puns. I especially liked no. 17, Boston, and thanks for the bio's.
Here's one by Ricky Nelson that is a philosophy in and of itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_exY9ptMbA
Good afternoon WA2K.
I sure hope your problem can be remedied without seeing the doctor today, Letty.
Matching Bob's bios:
Fernandel; David Attenborough; Don Rickles, Ricky Nelson and Enrique Iglesias
Hey, Raggedy. Thanks for the great montage, PA.
Is there a doctor in the house?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cToam3ILU&feature=related
Marvelous, Raggedy. Well, I could sing "Won't you Come Home Ben Casey", but I think I prefer Jackson Browne, PA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKeHwXFa88&feature=related
Country singer Eddy Arnold dies at age 89
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, May 8th 2008, 4:29 PM
Eddy Arnold
In 20th century country music, Eddy Arnold was the flip side to Hank Williams - and one of the very few artists who approached Williams' level of impact.
Arnold was the smooth crooner of troubled love songs to Williams' raw cries of ecstasy and pain. Arnold was lush strings to Williams' pedal steel and sawing fiddle.
Arnold crossed over to the pop charts all by himself. Williams only did that when Tony Bennett or Rosemary Clooney picked up his songs.
Things ended differently, too. Where Hank Williams died in the back seat of his car at the age of 29, just plumb wore out, Eddy Arnold made it almost to 90.
He was a week shy of that milestone when he died this morning at a senior care facility outside Nashville. He lived to become the best-selling country music artist of the century, to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966, to host his own television show for many years and to accept hundreds of awards.
He started a water company outside Nashville that eventually gave birth to Brentwood, today one of the most exclusive suburbs of country music's capitol city.
Arnold was still hitting the charts in his 80s when LeAnn Rimes, 64 years younger, teamed up with him in 1999 to re-record his 1955 hit "Cattle Call." He gave his final concert that year and recorded his last album in 2005.
Arnold began scoring country chart hits in the early 1940s, but what sealed his reputation in the mainstream music world was his 1965 recording of "Make the World Go Away," which became a top 40 hit in the middle of the British Invasion.
By then he was in his mid-40s and very comfortable in the crooner pocket he had carved out for himself. He had an easy swing and the casual listener would very likely have called him what he called himself: a pop singer, not country.
But country has always had a much wider umbrella than its rhinestone cowboy image might suggest, and in the late '40s and early '50s, when a half-dozen musical forces were pulling, pushing, bending and shaping its modern sound, Eddy Arnold and Hank Williams were two of its central pillars, side by side.
In 1948, Arnold had one of the most extraordinary chart rides anyone has ever taken. He had every single No. 1 country record the entire year except for a break in November when Jimmy Wakeley interrupted him with "One Has My Name."
Arnold started the year with "I'll Hold You In My Heart (Til I Can Hold You In My Arms)," his biggest seller. He followed with "Bouquet of Roses," "Texarkana Baby" and "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way" before finishing the year with "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)."
Garden Party and Dr My Eyes are among my favorite songs.
hey, edgar. I liked them too, Texas.
Ah, Eddy. You kept on singing, buddy. Like this one and he's not bad either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6rdpMV2Dg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6sKbLlxjHM
Glenn Yarborough (sp) is best known for singing Baby the Rain Must Fall. But, he has many good recordings, including Pleasures of the Harbor.
Wow! I loved that song, edgar, and the video was a memory in itself.
Glenn's voice is unique as well, Texas, and speaking of which
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khmqDEz6TRk
Don't know about that one. Nothing wrong with it, just not my thing.
Well, edgar, maybe this is more your thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v2-DSKx3Eg
Makes me want to dance, folks.
If you haven't already done so, please play something by Eddie (Eddy?) Arnold who has died at the age of 90. He had a long career and managed to cross the divide from country music to pop music.
Yeh, now, I can dig the bros Isley.
Welcome back, John of Virginia. We played Cattle Call by Eddy and edgar announced his obit, buddy. Go to the previous page and you'll find it.
Glad you liked them Bros, edgar.
Well, it's time for me to say goodnight, folks, and I'll do it with another Harbor song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arews-bIru0
Tomorrow, all, and perhaps the doctor's office will be open.
From Letty with love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzEgfCwzJU
One last song, if I may. Selena does Bidi Bidi Bom Bom. That girl was excitement itself.
Good morning, WA2K radio folks.
First allow me to thank edgar for that great song by Selena. What a sad situation for a wonderful performer. I think I recall that movie with Jennifer Lopez about her short life.
Well, my goodness, all. Look who's back. It's M.D. with a great soul song.
arigato gozaimasu, big island man. What's good for the soul is good for the body.
er, what happened to Thursday?
How about a little swing and a little Hawaii 50, all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4ocbzEIUg
