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Rawhide ...
Hellbent for leather.

Good morning WA2K radio audience.

Well, here's Bob up and getting a need for a caffeine fix.

Ahhhh, the bon bons; the Hersey bars; Lady Godiva chocolata. Poor Drew Barrymore and her "Chocolates for Breakfast" She done good though, did she not?

I am stunned at Germany even thinking of such a thing. I declare, listeners, we're reverting to the dark ages, and I just saw a bit of news on Yahoo that proclaimed "....sexy cheerleaders will be a thing of the past in Texas." So sorry, Edgar.

McTag, I had no idea about that Doris Day song. Frankly, I never cared for the woman, but I remember a song about "Secret Love" and she did indeed shout it from the highest hill.

Well, I guess we'll have to ponder your latest musical question, but not before I get my COFFEE!

Here's a song for our little listeners:

C-o-f-f-e-e
Coffee is not for me,
It's a habit some folks wake up with,
That it's good for you is quite a myth
Slave to a coffee cup,
They can't give coffee up.

See? That'll be next on Big Brother's list.

Now it's time for dull-brained Letty to get her coffee fix. :wink:

Secret Love was also one of the songs from Calamity Jane along with the Deadwood Stage.


Secret Love
Doris Day
- written by Sammy Fain and Paul-Francis Webster
- written for the movie "Calamity Jane"

- #1 song of January 1954
- Tommy Edwards (#28, 1954); Ray Anthony (#29, 1954);
- Billy Stewart (#29, 1966);
- Freddy Fender (#20, 1975)


Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free

So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I am so in love with you


Now I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils

At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore

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"When I first heard 'Secret Love' I almost fainted, it was so
beautiful.... When we finally got around to doing the
prerecording, Ray Heindorf, the musical director at Warner's,
said he'd get the musicians in about 12:30 so they could
rehearse. That morning I did my vocal warm up, then jumped on my
bike and rode over to Warner's (we lived in Toluca Lake at the
time, which was just minutes from the studio). When I got there,
I sang the song with the orchestra for the first time. When I'd
finished, Ray called me into the sound booth, grinning from ear
to ear, and said, 'That's it. You're never going to do it
better.' That was the first and only take we did."

- Doris Day

Doris Day was a totally astonishingly good singer.

It was only later she became a virgin

Was that when she teamed up with Rock Hudson?

Doris Day

Doris Day, real name Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, was born in Cincinnati on 3 April, 1924, and, as far as we know, is thriving in her life beyond the Hollywood screen.



Q. Family biog please.

A. Why, certainly. Doris was born to German Catholic parents. She had two brothers: Richard, who died before she was born; and Paul, a few years older than her. Her father and mother split when she was about eight. She was brought up by her mother. At 12, she had a dance act with a boy called Jerry Doherty, with whom, after winning $500 in a talent contest, she went to Hollywood.



Q. And the rest, as they say, is history?

A. Nope. On returning to Cincinnati, aged 14, Doris was in a bad car crash that almost ended her dancing career. At 16, Doris began touring as singer with the Les Brown Band, where she met Al Jorden, whom she later married. Soon after the birth of her son Terry in 1942, she started divorce proceedings. In 1946, she met and married George Weidler, but this lasted only eight months.



Q. So, when did the films start?

A. In 1948 with Warner Brothers' Romance On The High Seas. While filming, she met Marty Melcher who became her agent and, on her 27th birthday, her husband. More of personal life later. Let's get on with the films....

Just about then. They do say, old Rock would not have troubled her too much in that department.

The eternal one, McTag.

Well, listeners, time for a little music, eh?

I feel a song coming on
And I'm a-warning you
It's a victorious, happy and glorious new strain
I feel a song coming on
It's a melody full of the laughter of children out after the rain

You'll hear a tuneful story
Ringing through you
Love and glory, hallelujah
And now that my troubles are gone
Let those heavenly drums go on drumming
'Cause I feel a song coming on

You'll hear a tuneful story
Ringing through you
Love and glory, hallelujah
And now that my troubles are gone
Let those heavenly drums go on drumming
'Cause I feel a song coming on.

Ok, McTag, here's one for you:

"....soon you'll be sailing far across the sea....."

Wow! You guys are too quick for me.

Good grief, McTag. I had no idea about Doris Day's background. Very informative.

One of her better movies was Midnight Lace (I think). Can't quite remember the male star, but I think it involved murder and mayhem.

Hmmm. folks. Now I'm trying to recall the parody on "Tie Me Kangaroo Down."

Now is the Hour, I believe, Miss Letty.

Is that a British song? It was popular here.

I'm getting some vibes here, and not from googling either: I think this is probably a Polynesian tune with English lyrics added:

Now is the hour
When we must say goodbye.
Soon you'll be sailing
Far across the sea.

While you're away
Oh, then, remember me.
When you return
You'll find me waiting here.

You're right, McTag. I'm not certain, however. It seems to me that Raggedy said it was Hawaiian.

Well, guess I'll have to go to the archives again, listeners. I just know there's a parody on the Kangaroo bit that Bob played for our audience.

Question of the day:

What is a will-o-the-wisp?

Brief weather report for my little corner of Florida.

Dark, cool, hung over--er, make that overcast...thunder and lightning.

I do believe that I read somewhere that Cher was retiring and she celebrated it with a big tour and concert with all sorts of notables there. I'll search that out as well.

Hawaii know that, I can't say.

A will-o-the-wisp is a jack-o-lantern. Marsh gas, I think. I get that sometimes

Oops, McTag, you beat me again. That melody to Now is the Hour is simple and lovely. And Polynesian is probably spot on.

The noun jack-o'-lantern has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
Synonyms: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp


Meaning #2: lantern carved from a pumpkin

Well, Brit. We were both right. Now is the Hour is both.

Hawaii's Best
Instrumentals
"Sing along with Hawaii's Best Instrumentals." (Lyrics Included) Songs include: War Chant, Tiny Bubbles, Blue Hawaii, Quiet Village, Now Is The Hour, Sweet Leilani, Pearly Shells, Adventures In Paradise, I'll Remember You, The Hukilau, Sweet Someone, Aloha O'e

Wow! this might be a good time for an Hawaiian segment.

Hey, you smart thing. You knew what a ghostly thing is and my punkin, too. <smile>

Hi All:

Love that Hawaiian music.

Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) words and music by Maewa Kaihau

And now, May 4 Birthday feature:

1796 Horace Mann, educator/author (Franklin, MA; died 1859)
1889 Francis Joseph Spellman, archbishop of New York (Whitman, MA; died 1967)
1928 Maynard Ferguson, bandleader (Verdun, Quebec, Canada)
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president (Kafr-el Meselha, Egypt)
1929 Audrey Hepburn, actress (near Brussels, Belgium; died 1993)
1930 Roberta Peters, opera singer (New York, NY)
1937 Ron Carter, jazz musician (Royal Oak Township, MI)
1940 Robin Cook, author (New York, NY)
1941 George Will, journalist/columnist/author (Champaign, IL)
1942 Nicholas Ashford, singer/songwriter (Fairfield, SC)
1956 David Guterson, author (Seattle, WA)
1959 Randy Travis, country singer (Marshville, NC)
1979 Lance Bass, singer and member of 'N Sync (Mississippi)

Well, listeners. The Brits have done it again.

Here's the parody:


Tie Me Kangaroo Down

The first verse is almost spoken or narrated

There's an old Australian stockman - lying, dying...
And he gets himself up onto one elbow
And turns to his mates who are all gathered around
And he says....

I'm going, Blue; this you gotta do,
I'm not gonna pull through, Blue, so this you gotta do . . .

Chorus:
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down.

Watch me wallabies feed, mate
Watch me wallabies feed.
They're a dangerous breed, mate
So, watch me wallabies feed.

(chorus)

Let me wombats go loose, Bruce,
Let me wombats go loose.
They're of no further use, Bruce,
So let me wombats go lose.

(chorus)

Keep me cockatoo cool, curl
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go actin' the fool, curl
Just keep me cockatoo cool.

(chorus)

Take me koala back, Jack
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mack
So, take me koala back.

(chorus)

Mind me platypus duck, Bill
Mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amuck, Bill
Just, mind me platypus duck.

(chorus)

Play your digeridoo, Blue
Play your digeridoo.
(Dying) Like, keep playing it 'til I shoot through, Blue
Play your digeridoo.

(chorus)

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I'm dead.
So, we tanned his hide, when he died, Clyde
And that's it hangin' on the shed.

That doesn't sound right, listeners. I'm thinking something like "....if you'll just shut up and die.

bar none, audrey hepburn may just be one of the most beautiful women ever