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I have liked John through his whole career.
The song makes me think of this oldie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSmp9STYMpw

Thanks again for your comment, edgar. Love Sandy, but you sent me searching again.

Larry Hall (born Lawrence Kendall Hall, 30 June 1940, in Hamlett, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio —to Woodrow Burney Hall and Toto Sophia Sizemore Hall, died of cancer 24 September 1997, Oregon) recorded a one-hit wonder song called "Sandy" in 1959. The disc reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Larry Hall attended Rancho Alamitos High School, Garden Grove California in the late 50's. He appeared on the favorite dance show, American Band Stand in late 1959 and was seen out with a variety of female singers. He married Sharon Lee Hattensty in 1961 and moved to Pedee Oregon in 1967. They later divorced. They had three children, Jennifer (Ginger)Dawn Murphy Haber, born July 28, 1962, Toto LaVerne Simons, born November 3, 1963, and Larry Damon Hall, born July 14, 1965. He became involved with Barbara Gambetti after his divorce and they had a son, Jesse Gambetti, born in 1977. He and his family lived in Pedee, Oregon, as a gentleman farmer of a 120-acre (0.49 km2) ranch called the Circle H Ranch for the remainder of his life. He also sang for the rest of his life, joined by his brother Gene at various night clubs in the Willamette Valley and on the Oregon coast, and was often noted in the 'Magpie', a local musical news tabloid published in Salem, Oregon. Larry continued to sing and play guitar until his death from Cancer on September 24, 1997.

Thanks for that song. I liked it.

What a surprise to find this one by Doc Watson. The lyrics aren't the same, but I substituted the ones that I sang with my dad as he lay dying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbhhW54PItM&feature=related

where did you get those high top shoes,
where did you get those clothes so fine.

I got my shoes from a railroad man
And my dress from a driver in the mine.

Repeat the chorus with this exception.

Don't let your deal go down honey babe, etc

I have a version of Don't let your Deal go Down by Ramblin Jack Elliot, on vinyl. I have not listened to it in a long time. Don't recall if the lyrics are the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6TTTqMxWUg
Going going Gone

I suspect those lyrics have changed over the years, edgar.

Don't know Going, Going, Gone by the jester, buddy. He's changed over the years as well.

Hmmm. I think everyone must be out having a ball on Saturday. Ah, well, Sam says it for me.

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

Uh-Oh. Sam Cooke drew back his bow and made our edgar go.

Saying goodnight with the Corries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvB3g3HEPQ&feature=related

Love that Scottish burr. I have an antique coal scuttle with delft handles and I have heather in it.



Hope all is well with the world.

From Letty with love

Great song by a great artist, letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-hAM8tdr0
One Night by Elvis

good evening all listeners !
today is the birthday of a once famous american opera singer : Helen Traubel .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pZ2WqGfms

after her operatic career , she made a second career by singing in musicals and even in nightclubs !
a rather interesting change !

listen to her singing a song by Jerome Kern :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JV1qsHRlqY

what a great voice !

today is also the birthday of Willi Boskovsky who for many years was the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic - particularly their New Years Concerts .



here he is with the Vienna Philharmonic and " vergnuegungs zug = loosely translated : the train of the happy holidayers " .

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

edgar, Loved your cover of Elvis' One Night With You.

hbg, My favorite by Helen was The Way You Look Tonight. Strauss' Polka was great.

Happy Father's Day to all youse guys.

and happy birthday to Igor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9OypE80UE&feature=related

Good morning. Thanks for Fathers Day wish. Stravinski - I like that piece better than most of his. The title makes methink of this, by Perez Prado.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UmWsOboKg4

Morning Ms Letty,Ed and all WA2K peeps.Here's a couple more for us Pops....

Written by Cat Stevens....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP839hV_aBw
Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle.


My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok"
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home Dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came home from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and said with a smile
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then Dad
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then Dad
You know we'll have a good time then

And one by Mr Stevens himself....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM
Cat Stevens - Father and Son.

edgar, Thanks for your comment and that great Perez Prado Mambo.

Hey, Barry. Love Cat's in the Cradle, but I had no idea that Cat Stevens had written it. Also loved Father and Son by Cat.

Here's a tribute to Harry by "the boss".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dbZDyRNs4&feature=related

A better choice of happy father's Day.



Sent that glittering one to a couple of my father friends.

That was a good tribute by the Boss, letty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBicfhWxiAQ
The man who can sing

Thanks again for your comment.

Boy, did "the king" get that one right. Never heard that one by Elvis. It was fantastic.

I was sitting by my daddy's bed and grinning at him, and he told me.

"Lettybee, will you quit grinning at me like a possum."



I wrote this for him on Father's Day.

There he is just sittin' in his easy chair,
Reading, dropping ashes on the floor.
Even in his coveralls he looks so debonaire,
Makes me glad, that he's my dad.

Supper's on the table,
Everything is hot,
That's his cue to go out for a stroll,
Chances are you'll find him,
In some wooded spot,
Just thinking while his supper's getting cold.

He can talk on any subject,
And does most of the time,
There isn't anything he doesn't know.
And yet he'll listen gravely,
To the petty peeves of mine,
And cheer me up when I am feeling low.

There he goes in hip boots,
Fish again tonight,
That shirt he's wearing is his Sunday best.

I love to sit and watch him as he goes on out of sight.
Think of all the things he's said to make my heart feel light,
And though his hair's unruly,
And his jokes are sometimes bad,
I'm so happy he's my dad.

That is a good portrait of your dad, letty. I could almost see him as I read.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHoQy5EvVtQ
My Father

Thanks for that comment on my dad, edgar

Love My Father by Judy Collins, Texas.



Father forgive them for they know not what they do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWL8Y-qsJg

I envy folks with fathers. I last saw mine in 1945 and he died in 1948.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEb1CWyrMjE

Well,edgar, there's a good side and a bad side.

Loved that one by "the jester", and here's an answer by The King.

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