Izzie, that was a delightful video and I guess I spied sboy. Ruggy and football can be quite dangerous, gal. My son cracked a rib that way. Hmmm I do believe there's a Ruggby Road at UVA. "From Ruggy Road to Vinegar Hill we're gonna get drunk tonight." (funnneeee)
Hard to believe that your kid likes Jethro/Ian. Love his flute as well.
Hey, Brit, Babs was excellent and looks great. I love "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" Wasn't familiar with the second song, but it was fantastic as well. I know what you mean by a tear drop
Time for me to say goodnight, and I shall do so with two songs.
First, Bungle in the Jungle by the tull man.(still my favorite by him)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV7SNJ_duGQ
and a song by Old Blue Eyes taken from Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggWwv-IN4A
Glad to know that the yitwails are all right.
From Letty with love
Good Striesand and Sinatra. I am getting ready to watch Tom Cruise go after Hitler. See yall on the radio tomorrow.
@Letty,
good night, miss letty.
i've got bouncer duty tonight, but the crowd is old and mellow, like the band that's playing. (hope your kids are better)
doobies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ukr5oIUGGI&feature=related
smoke 'em if ya got 'em...
one more as i go, miss letty.
black water
(no, not attack helicopters for god)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqZ95a249p0&feature=related
have a good sunday...
Good morning WA2K radio.
Strange, y'all. Funny Girl was on last evening. Found it difficult to watch, however.
edgar, you watched Valkyrie? Good movie to sleep by, Texas.
Hey, mooseman. Good to see you back, and love both those songs. Always have liked The Doobie Bros. Thanks, and be careful bouncing.
How about some fun with a flute this early morning on our cyber radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7S2FQrLms&feature=related
Found out that Jo Stafford sang with a group called The Pied Pipers, too, so how about one by the lady with no vibrato.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKG75btADmA&feature=related
@Letty,
Good morning Letty.
Nina Simone sings Dylan's Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (audio only).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK7J4YrhJDc
@lmur,
Imur, Welcome back. Don't quite understand the lyrics to Nina's Tom Thumb's Blues, but she sounded good on that one. Thanks, buddy.
I think most of us know that there truly was a General Tom Thumb. P.T. Barnum made him a fortune. He probably suffered from lack of a growth hormone.
Thumbelina was inspired by the little man, and here is a lovely song about her, y'all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9dud8gFRT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDPjG4leifk
Good morning. Nat King Cole is with us this morning.
Rock done good, as always.
Pied Piper - good one
Sinatra also sang with the Pied Pipers. Not sure if other top vocalists besides these two were members.
I know - and approve - Nina's version of Dylan's song.
I am a fan of cartoons, but missed the Thumbelina. I have examined Tom Thumb's effects in a San Antonio museum, located above the library. The exhibit included PT Barnum artifacts. That portion of the library has since closed to the general public.
@edgarblythe,
Morning, edgar. Did you really watch Valkyrie? Loved Nat's Fascination, Texas. Would love to see a P.T. display. Always been fascinated with the man.
Actually, I didn't see that cartoon either; just found that Tom Thumb inspired it.
Ah, I always think of Kitchen Pete when I hear this one, folks.
Nat does it so beautifully.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyofs0mreCc
I did watch Valkyrie. I had heard it put down from many quarters, but wanted to judge for myself. It was not a wholly successful project, but I did see it to the end.
More Nat is always a good project. Nightingale is a great song. I have it on vinyl by Bobby Darin.
See also the 1979 film by Ralph Thomas, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin and Jack Strachey.
It was published in 1940, early in World War II, when it was first performed in the show New Faces by Judy Campbell (later the mother of Jane Birkin). In the same year it was also performed by both Ray Noble and then - most famously - by Vera Lynn.
Subsequently it has become a standard, being performed by Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Nat King Cole, Carmen McRae, Glenn Miller, Stephane Grappelli, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick Jr. and Sonny Rollins. A famous version by The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy in 1981 for its arranger, Gene Puerling. The veteran British musician Ian Hunter, former vocalist for Mott the Hoople, regularly performs it in his concerts; Hunter's rendition appears on at least two of his live recordings. A performance of the song by British actor Robert Lindsay was used as the theme to the British situation comedy series Nightingales. Faryl Smith released a cover of the song on her debut album Faryl in 2009.
Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, an expensive part of London. The Ritz Hotel referred to is also in Mayfair.
The first stanza (which is properly called a "verse" which is often spoken as an intro), and the additional lyrics properly called the "chorus"), were in the original song as written, but are rarely sung in recordings, (Bobby Darin, Mel Torme, Blossom Dearie, Twiggy, Vera Lynn, and Rod Stewart's recordings being notable exceptions).
@edgarblythe,
Wow! thanks for that info. I had no idea, Texas. Always helps to know the why and wherefore of things.
Speaking of Bobby Darin, here's a great one by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9j27OzAVsA&feature=related
@Letty,
Bobby Darin is one of my top favorite entertainers of all time.
Here are Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE&feature=rec-HM-rev-rn
@edgarblythe,
Fantastic, edgar. That was rather like Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
Thanks to you, I found this one by Jerry along with Glen Campbell. Still love James Taylor and Glen, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSsJAdEK7E&NR=1
Oops, missed the mooseman. Back later to acknowledge.
@Rockhead,
Wasn't familiar with The Claw, Kansas, but par usual, I thought about Ray Stevens.
Still makes me smile, y'all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KHOeVeCbFA
I like Jerry and Glenn and Ray. My favorite Ray Stevens songs are the one about the squirrel that got loose in church and the one about the haircut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNr1eZopzZ4&feature=related
@edgarblythe,
one more, and i gotta go get parts.
pirate song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjvhmpVFKo&feature=related
@Rockhead,
Funny, Rocky moose. You do realize that the Pirates of the Carribean began as a ride through at Disney World. Took that trip on the boat.
Be careful what you bounce, buddy, cause it may bounce back.
Here's the one by Chet Atkins that I thought of when edgar played his song, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjcC7NHolc&feature=related
edgar, like Ray's haircut funny as well.
