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Wow! I listened twice to that one, Texas. Francis Albert and Liza with a z. Yep, if we can make it there. (we did so long ago)we'll make it anywhere. Hope so, folks cause it is HOT here.

Even Kong is cheering for that song, folks.



How about a deja vu song by the lovely and fantastic Diana Krall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKVM9CZDdA&feature=related

Good one by Diana.
Got a lively one now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiN3sZDGPuE

Ah, Jerry Lee and his little light. Let it shine; let it shine; let it shine. Thanks, Texas. Yikes! Great Balls of Fire just made me look the sun.

A tribute to three great STARS that have moved on, y'all.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9kvu9_tribute-tosteve-mcqueen-michael-lan_shortfilms

Yep. Hard to take seeing all these great people gone like that. Those three are favorites of mine.
Here are some more people who are gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4xxducRKeU

Don't remember that one with Margaret, edgar. I vaguely recall Journey for Margaret 'cause she cried all the time.

Sent me searching again, Texas. I didn't even know that Margaret was in this one. I do recall Danny Thomas tring to explain that it was an accident.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-TXZCHp7I


Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school's top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Meg is distressed when she learns visiting prima ballerina Darina rather than Bouchet will play the lead in the school's production of "Swan Lake." So on opening night, Meg arranges an accident which nearly kills Darina and ends her dancing career. As a result, Bouchet becomes a star, while Meg is torn with guilt

I was happy to see Danny Thomas in that one, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jNBqPaCY40
Tony Bennett
I got away from him for a time, but I grew nostalgic for his early songs.

Yep, edgar. Tony Bennett did some great songs, but I am given to understand he wasn't a very nice man. Doesn't matter if he is rotten just so he doesn perform in a stinky fashion. If I Ruled the World was good.

Amazing. Margaret O Brien is still with us.

Another Tony that I love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEKANlWF9Us&feature=related

I haven't read or heard about Tony's private life. He always seems like a good guy on TV, eager to entertain, always agreeable and smiling.

Tony Martin has a really great voice.

I only know about Tony Bennett by word of mouth, edgar. Bud's friend Dud went to see one of his concerts and told him how great it was. According to Dud, Tony snipped: "well, what did you expect?"

You know, I do believe that "Tony" is a nickname for Anthony. Most likely, they were Roman Catholic and it may have been that they were named after St. Anthony.

Here's an Antonio now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu4Hnbor9rI&feature=related

And a rose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l7rLA9Jm1I&feature=related

Antonio Banderas I only saw one of his films. I chose the wrong one.
That Bob Wills song is one of my earliest musical memories.
Have you seen the trailers for the brand new film of Karate Kid. I just learned that the boy star is the son of Will Smith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BABk6c9Ogs

Ah, edgar, I love that Will Smith song, Just the Two of Us. Didn't know it was tainted with rap, however. I forgotten what movies of Tony's that I've seen. Desperado? Not certain, I'll have to check it out as usual. Unbelievable that Will Smith's son will do The Karate Kid. Love that idea.

Well, maybe the squirrel and the moose will eventually be back with us, and perhaps all of the Brits. I had hoped that our dj would be as well.

Saying goodnight with a Brit. I really like David Bowie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVu4zgjdin4&feature=related

From Letty with love and a song.

I'll see your Brit and raise you one Australian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD3SkTyXzcE

Sleepwalkin'.Back at'cha....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNVdo6Qhd78&NR=1&feature=fvwp
The British Royal Navy

Morning Ms Letty,Ed and all at WA2K.Starting at the Sports desk - here we go,getting ready for 4 weeks of top class,I hope,football.Thats Soccer to you Yanks! It's being hosted in South Africa with the opening game later today between the host nation and Mexico.The song to open the ceremonies should have been sung by this guy....
"Siphiwo Ntshebe (28 June 1974 "" 25 May 2010) was a South African tenor opera singer. Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela personally selected Ntshebe to perform at the opening ceremony for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg. Ntshebe died of meningitis on 25 May 2010, days before he was due to perform at the opening ceremonies on 11 June 2010.Ntshebe was born and lived in the South African seaside city of Port Elizabeth, in the New Brighton Township. His father Lumkile "Wilmot" Ntshebe was an industrial glazier who died in an industrial accident on 27 November 2001,whilst Siphiwo was studying at university, leaving Siphiwo as of head of the family and breadwinner. His mother, Nowezile Lulama "Patience" Ntshebe, works as a housekeeper and he has three siblings,sister Nobulumko "Michelle" Ntshebe, and two brothers, Nceba "Christopher" Ntshebe and Mzingisi "Bennett" Ntshebe.

Ntshebe was selected for Opera Queensland's Young Artists Programme and received a scholarship for the Royal College of Music from 2004 to 2007."
He was also known as The Black Pavarotti.This is what we would have heard....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuKeLPtNnVs
Hope.

This is what we will hear a lot of....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUCUYtbaRrc&feature=related
Official FIFA World Cup 2010 theme song.

Climbing the apples with The Fredster,Brian,John and Roger....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xmH-Amt2k&feature=related
It's looking good for a feel good Friday.Fingers crossed.
Laters WA2K and the hard working,late into the night Hamsters (much appreciated!)

On this date in:


1509 England's King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.


1919 Sir Barton became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner by winning the Belmont Stakes.


1963 Gov. George Wallace confronted federal troops at the University of Alabama in an effort to defy a federal court order to allow two black students to enroll at the school.


1963 Buddhist monk Quang Duc immolated himself on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.


1977 Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.


1986 A divided Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania abortion law while reaffirming its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.


1987 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher won a third consecutive term in office.


1990 The Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.


2001 Timothy McVeigh was executed by injection for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.


2002 Rock musician Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in a remote Irish castle. (The couple divorced in 2008.)


2004 The nation bade farewell to former President Ronald Reagan at a state funeral in Washington, D.C. Hours later he was laid to rest in California.


2009 The World Health Organization declared the swine flu outbreak a pandemic.

Siphiwo Ntshebe - such a loss. I love his voice.