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Gavin DeGraw Hospitalized After Assault

Singer Gavin DeGraw was assaulted early Monday in New York City and taken by ambulance to the emergency room. DeGraw, 34, whose hits include "I Don't Want to Be" and "Not Over You," was in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital with a broken nose and

Morning Ms Letty,Ed and all WA2K folks.Late start today.Loadsa e-mails to answer re the riots.Me and the Fredster are safe and sound....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK99y22uLv8
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town.

Time for another 2,make that 3 for the price of 1 ....
First,the original....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOu94sRnJ0
Nat King Cole - For All We Know.

My favorite....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHRrMYqmI4
Donny Hathaway-For All We Know.

OHHHHHHHHHH I like this one to....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR_9OeMt5g4&feature=related
Aretha Franklin - For All We Know.

Good morning, WA2K folks.

edgar, Loved your goodnight song by Jerry. He sounded like Al. Dear Jerry is no longer heading the MS telethon.

Don't know Gavin DeGraw, but I hate it when anyone is attacked.

Welcome back, Brit. We are so glad that you and the Fredster are alright.

The Pogues' Dirty Old Town was great and explicit. Loved the three versions of For All We Know, buddy.

Today is Whitney Houston's birthday, so here is a tribute to the lady.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiACNJiz5e8&feature=related

Osso, not certain what you mean by Westwood.

Thank you sir G, mustn't grumble, and Fiona gets a little lovelier each day.

Good morning, folks. Don't know Gavin Degraw either, but he sings a pretty good song. Well, see ya all later on the radio. Happy to know barry is safe and sound.

Whitney is pretty good on lots of her material.
In the Mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5za_BakaAl0

From Jerry Lee's In the Mood, to Moody Blues, edgar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLWBhNW3FM

I like Moody Blues enough to own their album, letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H027APFs8vc
Bed of Roses

Wow, edgar, had no idea that The Statler Brothers did Bed of Roses. I need to check them out, buddy.

Another Rose?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DsBf0BNjZU&feature=related

I have likely told this story before about San Antonio Rose song. I once sang a few bars of it in the presence of my room mate. Not long after, he sang it also, slowing down, emphasizing, "lies a memory -" He was correcting me for singing it "lies a melody." We argued about it a bit. Odd thing about it, I had grown up hearing it his way, until one day when it played and I suddenly heard the lyrics plainly. Anyway, great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4esV-NMe3m0
Laverne Baker had a huge hit with this song, but may have disliked it. She tried to avoid singing it when she did a concert in our town. Only did so when the crowd insisted.

Laverne Baker brought back some memories, edgar. Does it really matter whether it was melody or memory? Nope, don't remember your having told me that.

Strange, I don't recall Laverne having done Jim Dandy to the Rescue. Need to check that out as well.

Well, here's Lady Day's response to the rescue song.

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

Billie Holiday - I didn't know that song. Love her voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbYFziU9mQ
Patti Page

Thanks again for your comment, Texas. Don't know A Poor Man's Roses by Patti. Here's the first one that I heard her sing, and I think she may have been the first to record her voice so that she sang with herself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0t9I3vfNq4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJoDR704-BA
Marian Anderson

I know that Patti Page song, letty. I like almost all of her music.

Thanks for the comment, edgar, and Marian Anderson's My Lord What a Morning was fantastic.

Here she is with an aria from "Joe Green".

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

Here you are Miss Letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38ZUq7Zp-I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzEBM6ilD_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AGKb82b8yg

euroGeorge, Welcome back. I cannot believe how breathtaking those stained glass illustrations of Harry Clarke affected us all. My coffee table book is Edgar A. Poe and it was published in 1984. When I was a wee thing, my aunt had a book that was illustrated with odd art by Poe that seemed to me to be a series of dots that were connected to form the picture that went with the story and poetry.

I will keep looking at all of his work. He did so many great poets and stories. Thank you so much, Irish.

My goodnight song will be an Irish one based on an old Irish song Blow Out the candle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rErrOegU9iY

Goodnight to all of you everywhere.

From Letty with love to Ireland and England