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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BfQBiLfF_E
A touching tale of Lord Randall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU&feature=related
Good night with Bobby Darin

Night Ed.Only been up for 5 hours but climbing the apples....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWle3od3BCc&feature=related
In questa reggia.

Good morning WA2K radio folks.

Hey, Brit. Sleep well. Loved Tom and Marilyn's Up Where we Belong. There's a place here called Osprey Point, but you got to watch them birds as they'll drop a fish or two on your car if you chance to be driving underneath them. Had to do some research on Terandot, buddy.

Turandot is a Persian word and name meaning "the daughter of Turan", Turan being a region of Central Asia which used to be part of the Persian Empire.

In Persian, the fairy tale is known as Turandokht, with "dokht" being a contraction for dokhtar (meaning daughter), Puccini died before he completed the opera

edgar, The Lord Randall spoof was funny. Thanks for the early morning smile. Your goodnight song by Bobby is one of my favorites, of course.

A couple of songs for the early morning, y'all.

First a tribute to Henry Fonda as today is his birthday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmg6Gvn8FnA

Now a great concert by a group of notables who are singing to protect the rain forests.

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

If I were pressed to pick a favorite actor, it would be Henry Fonda. Technically, there are doubtless better actors, but he's my sentimental choice. Will be back later, as I have to go to the job today for a meeting with the owners. First, this day in history.

1540 - Afghan chief Sher Khan defeated Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj.

1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter's surface.

1681 - Louis XIV sent an expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on France.

1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War.

1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.

1814 - Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden. Norway's constitution, which provided a limited monarchy, was signed.

1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY.

1877 - The first telephone switchboard burglar alarm was installed by Edwin T. Holmes.

1881 - Frederick Douglass was appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, DC.

1926 - The U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires was damaged by bombs that were believed set by sympathizers of Sacco and Vanzetti.

1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."

1939 - The first fashion to be shown on television was broadcast in New York from the Ritz-Carleton Hotel.

1940 - Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.

1946 - U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.

1948 - The Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.

1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.

1956 - The first synthetic mica (synthamica) was offered for sale in Caldwell Township, NJ.

1973 - The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings.

1975 - NBC TV bought the rights to show "Gone With the Wind." The one time rights cost NBC $5,000,000.

1980 - Rioting erupted in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie. Eight people were killed in the rioting.

1985 - Bobby Ewing died on the season finale of "Dallas" on CBS-TV. He returned the following season.

1987 - Eric ‘Sleepy’ Floyd of the Golden State Warriors set a playoff record for points in a single quarter with 29.

1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake.

1990 - Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to 30 days in jail for DWI.

1996 - U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan's Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994.

1997 - Rebel leader Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire.

1997 - Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin were married in London.

1998 - New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game.

1999 - Eric Ford, a tabloid photographer, was sentenced to 6 months at a halfway house, 3 years probation and 150 hours of community service. The sentence stemmed from a charge that Ford had eavesdropped on a call between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and then sold a recording of the conversation.

1999 - Alex Trebek received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2000 - Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and David Luker surrendered to police in Birmingham, AL. The two former Ku Klux Klan members were arrested on charges from the bombing of a church in 1963 that killed four young black girls.

2000 - Austria, the U.S. and six other countries agreed on the broad outline of a plan that would compensate Nazi-Era forced labor.

2000 - It was announced that Terra Networks SA and Lycos would be merging with the new name to be Terra Lycos. Terra made the deal happen with the purchase of $12.5 billion in stock.

2001 - The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp based on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip.

2006 - The U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany was sunk about 24 miles off Pensacola Beach. It was the first vessel sunk under a Navy program to dispose of old warships by turning them into diving attractions. It was the largest man-made reef at the time of the sinking.

Connie's reply to Roy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlBf0MWpzx8&feature=digest

Hey, Brit. Clever of Connie. One of the kids took a photo of me recently and called it Pretty Woman.

Today is Pierce Brosnan's birthday, so here is a tribute to him. (incidentally, just found out that Steve McQueen did the original Thomas Crown Affair; more about that later)

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

The song, Windmills of my Mind may have been inspired by McQueen's flying of the glider, folks.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8522082711015529156#

I enjoyed the fencing duel performed by Pierce Brosnan in his last film as James Bond:

Welcome back, wandel. I didn't see Die Another Day, buddy, but that was a great sword fighting scene; checked out the soundtrack and found this song among them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVvA9YQpiI

Read most of Ian Fleming's books but I still prefer Sean Connery's portrayal.

From Russia with love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjQ1TDgC7k&feature=related

Don't stop Believing was pretty neat. Connoe Francis used to be a favorite with me. Still like to hear her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU9BPwcPaO4&feature=related
Bellamy Brothers

I used to watch Pierce in some TV show. Haven't seen any James Bond films to judge.

Always liked Windmills and Matt's song, letty. The Clash London Calling - never heard that before.
Here is the original version of Up Where We Belong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7C1JLd30Uk

zoot money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXGuDsLcf6I&feature=related

Thanks again for the comments, edgar. Let Your Love Flow was great, and Up Where We Belong was one of Buffy's better songs

Don't know Zoot Money, but I certainly know Zoot Sims, Rocky.

Great jazz man, y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWI6WSC3ot4&feature=related

And since today is Debra Winger's birthday, here is a tribute to her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGzcWpS7eLM&feature=related

Zoot Money - Zoot Sims - Nope. Not the same artists.
Debra Winger - I liked a movie or two she appeared in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJJteXiNVSE
Shhh . . .

Love Jobim, edgar. Quiet nights? How about some not so quiet nights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1pEhgurHI

Love that flute

I bought their album for that song, letty. (Moody Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpNwRFciOs&playnext_from=TL&videos=I_XdBZUkEhs&feature=grec
Here is Frankie and a tribute to Natalie Wood.

A great tribute to Natalie, edgar. The last movie she made was Brainstorm filmed in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She drowned before completion of the movie, and that is still a cold case file. I was surprised to find that the LSO did one of the pieces on the soundtrack.

A tribute for Sunday, y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Nm6253Zqg&feature=related

When I was a kid and heard one of the songs, I thought it was Anchors away.

I like the tribute to the Navy and even the Marines, letty.
Got Bo Diddly here in the radio studio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9K-EokujcU