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edgar, How tragic about Whitney Huston. I recall that song and the fact that Dolly sang it for Porter. Hurry back, Texas.

hbg, I know and love Girl from Ipanema. Incidentally, there really was such a girl.

"The legend

In 1962, on her way home from school Héloisa Pinheiro regularly passed the Bar Veloso on Rua Montenegro in Rio de Janeiro’s fashionable Ipanema district. The composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and poet Vinícius de Moraes, who were collaborating on a musical comedy, were hanging out in the bar. Every afternoon they watched her pass by, and were inspired to write "Garota de Ipanema". Later Jobim said, "She had long, golden hair, these bright green eyes that shone at you and a fantastic figure: let’s just say that she had everything in the right place…."

Welcome back, Brit. I had no idea that Dusty did Get Ready. That was great, London.

Time for me to say goodnight, and found this one by Ringo Starr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhVQqPx5Ubw&feature=related

Great having Dublin, Ontario, and London with us.

From Letty with love and devotion

Ringo is actually not a bad solo act. I like Photograph and the No No Song by him the best.

I was not a great fan of Whitney, but she had a great voice and I do love some of her songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0TgEMpaJ_Y
Good night

Goodnight, edgar. Good morning, Letty. Love Peace in the Valley by "the king."

Somehow, I awakened with these two songs in my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9MYdlb0Uc8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Drnr8IpiXQ&feature=related

I love that blue song and the one from Finnian's Rainbow is very good, also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT_SlIOvoQI
"Mona Lisa" is a song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950.[1] The arrangement was by Nelson Riddle and the orchestral backing was played by Les Baxter and his Orchestra.[2] The soundtrack version by Nat King Cole spent eight weeks at number one in the Billboard singles chart in 1950. Also, Cole's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1992.[3] The Billboard sales charts of 1950 also showed significant sales on versions by Dennis Day and Harry James. In 1986, it was used as the theme to the British film Mona Lisa. An uncredited version of Mona Lisa plays in the background of one scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). The song was used in the wedding scene of the NBC mini-series, Witness to the Mob, in 1998.

Various artists, including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Art Lund, Shakin' Stevens, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the Neville Brothers, and Nat King Cole's daughter Natalie Cole, have released cover versions of this song. Bruddah Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) also covered the song on the album Alone in IZ World. Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, Your Songs.

A rockabilly version of "Mona Lisa" (b/w/ "Foolish One") was released by Carl Mann on Phillips International Records (#3539) in March 1959 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Conway Twitty recorded a version of "Mona Lisa" in February 1959, but planned to release it only as an album cut (on an EP and an LP by MGM Records). Nevertheless, it peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart in that year.[1] Sam Phillips signed Carl Mann to record his version of the song after the Twitty version began getting radio play in early 1959.[4] This was the most successful single in Mann's career. The melody is slightly different, and the lyrics are also mostly the same as in the original version by Nat King Cole, though a few more phrases are added in that elaborate more on the girl he likes.

The singer Don Cherry recorded a version backed by the Victor Young Orchestra which reached number seven in 1952.

In 1961, this song was covered by Hong Kong female singer Kong Ling (江玲), on her LP album Off-Beat Cha Cha with the local Diamond Records.

Wow! I thought perhaps that the cold weather here had frozen our signal, edgar.

Thanks again for your comments. I only heard Mona Lisa by Nat Cole, buddy, but Don Cherry was great. Also appreciate the info behind the song.

Many folks have wondered about the portrait, and here is the most recent display of her.



Today is this man's birthday, so here is one by him. First some Info.

Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950 is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums and seven singles.

Now, a performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqQBQUp6Kf8&feature=related

Hello LettyBetty, Edgar and WA2K


The 6 Nations Rugby theme at the mo... Queen - Play The Game



man, I love rugby...

Bread Of Heaven


Love to y'all
x


ps. Good win for Wales tho I was supporting Scotland

Izzie, Welcome back. I love that one by Queen. Play the Game was great. Bread of Heaven was wonderful as well.

Ah, rugby. I think they call it football in America.

As I told McTag, my ancestor was Lord Raglan when he lived in Wales, but became Ragland when he moved to England and attached the British d

Remember The Highlander, Izz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCVD57grVaw&feature=related

Hi Miss Letty.
I wonder if Raglan Road in Dublin has anything to do with your Lord Raglan?. I think the street in Dublin was named after a Lord Raglan who was known previously as Lord FitzRoy Somerset. One thing for sure is there's a great song about it.

Raglan Road. - - - Luke Kelly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuafmLvoJow

On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And said let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day

On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worth of passion's pledge
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh I loved too much and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away

I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret signs
Known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there
And her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
He'll lose his wings at the dawn of day

euroGeorge, we've joked about Taffy before. Actually, Irish, Lord Ragland is the one who gave the order that drove "the six hundred" into the valley of death. As I have noted before, there is a snake in every family tree. I only recently found out that my Scottish heritage came from my third cousin. I don't like him AT ALL!

Love Raglan Road by Luke Kelly, and here is one to match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QgjhTIrRAU

I had to smile at Izzie's Rugby, because The University of Virginia used to be a party college: From Rugby Road to Vinegar Hill we're gonna get drunk tonight.

Good afternoon. Lots of music there. More than I have time to comment on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX1jc8L_RHk
J Cash

It is difficult to comment on each one today, edgar. I was hoping, however, that people would note The Highlander. Great one by Queen.

I don't know that one by the man in black, Texas. Ballad of a Teenage Queen is a new one to me.

Remember this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHF9itPLUo4&feature=related

Hello Letty Betty...

yes, it was a great one (the Scots aren't too keen on us English folk unfortnately tho I did marry one )... all Queen are just so so amazing.

Had to watch the LOTR earlier with the boyz... this is their favourite, they sang it beautifully...



They made me chuckle and well up in a space of a few moments.

Waves to Euro George - howdy fella

(gosh, the Irish don't like us English much either , individuals are coco tho, I pray) Nem'mind, always hope for better days.

Love you Letty - hugs to you and our Edgar xxxxxxxxxxxxx

ah, Letty, very different game rugby and Amercian footie... very different

Bless you girl. x

Bless you as well, dear Izzie. Loved Pippin's song from The Lord of the Rings. Somehow, it reminded me of the Riddle Song. Oops, I'll have to check out Rugby again, I guess.

Remember this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORxUZP2Ez4&feature=fvwrel

Evening Ms Letty,Ed and all WA2K folks.Just watched The BAFTAS (the Brit equivalent of your Oscars) on the tv and this swept the board....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CUVBAS0Nk
The Artist - main theme - George Valentin.

I was rooting for The Help....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBLAbC5w_M
The Help - Soundtrack - ( Don't Knock -- Mavis Staples ).

Here's the main theme....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGeAMwjSOs8&feature=related

Barry, Welcome back. Love the theme from Artist and The Help by Mavis Staples.

You sent me searching once more.

A George Valentin, Prince Bibescu (March 22, 1880, Bucharest – July 2, 1941, Bucharest) was a Romanian early aviation pioneer.

Prince George III Valentin Bibescu (Bibesco), nephew of Gheorghe Bibescu, domnitor (ruler) of Wallachia, was born in Bucharest. In 1902, he married Marthe Lucie Lahovary, who took the name Marthe Bibesco. They had one daughter, Valentina, born 27 August 1903. In 1912, he gave his wife as a present the Mogoşoaia Palace.

Incidentally, London. These folks are making an appearance as well.

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Clooney, Pitt, Streep due at British film awards


Will the spies or the silent stars triumph?

Espionage thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and mute movie "The Artist" lead the race for Sunday's British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.

"The Artist" has 12 nominations and "Tinker Tailor" 11, with each up for best picture and director, and best-actor nods for the films' respective leading men, Jean Dujardin and Gary Oldman.

Bookies gave "The Artist" the edge, making the French film odds-on favorite to continue its awards-season success. It has already won three Golden Globes, and has 10 Oscar nominations.

George Clooney is the best-actor favorite for family drama "The Descendants," with Meryl Streep considered likely to win best actress for her much-praised performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady."

The British prizes, known as BAFTAs, are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards, to be held on Feb. 26.

Stars including Clooney, Streep, Brad Pitt, Colin Firth and Judi Dench are due to brave the London cold and walk the red carpet before a televised ceremony, hosted by comedian, writer and actor Stephen Fry, at the Royal Opera House.

Back later with more music

The BAFTA for best actor went to Jean Dujardin for The Actor,so Mr Cloony and Mr Pitt remained in their seats.The BAFTA for best actress went to (the amazing) Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady.
Looking back at the newly discovered painting of The Mona Lisa,I prefer it to the one we have all become accustomed to.It raises a few questions,as did this film/movie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5FyRZbqfeM&feature=related
Hans Zimmer - The Davinci Code.

I saw The Davinci Code, Brit. It showed that the blood line was handed down through a woman making it an Orthodox Matriarchial society where the woman is the thing. Love that theme by Hans Zimmer.

Glad that Meryl Streep won, and I remember The Iron Lady.

Time for me to say goodnight, but first a bit of research about Rugby vs. football.

a comparison of American football and rugby union is possible because of the games' shared origins, despite their dissimilarities.

Now, my goodnight song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqkhp67hnGg&feature=related

Wonderful to see Ontario, London, and Ireland with us on WA2K radio.

From Letty with love and a bit of a chill. Cold here.