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One more then I gotta climb those apples.Got a date with Elsa this afternoon....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlt5GZXpmc&feature=relmfu
Lau - Torsa.
Laters WA2K

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Hurry back, Barry. Some of your songs wouldn't play here. Loved Al Green's version of Hank doing I'm So Lonesome I could Cry. Reminded me of Johnny Cash's The Reverend Mr. Black.

Not certain what you meant by cross handed, but I know Victor Borge did on the piano.

Saying goodnight with Perry, Karen, and Richard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmO6ETX_pI8&feature=related

Great having Australia, Ontario, and London with us.

From Letty with love to everyone

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Perry Como once more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLTGpHvlLU
Good night.

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@edgarblythe,

Well, edgar, Perry says it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and although it's cold here, Christmas is a month away, but business folks are already touting it and hoping folks will do their shopping early. Just found out that solstice is Latin for sun.

Two songs for the morning, first a birthday guy.

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

How long ago, our friend Phil (RIP) had an old press pass and Bud got to meet Dave Brubeck and have his photo taken with him and a handicapped guy. When Bud asked about Paul Desmond, Dave replied: We all miss Paul.

Now, another Rudyard Kipling story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5_M9kTBmug&feature=related

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Skylark must have been recorded by everybody that has a mike.
That's one Kipling I know pretty well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCG7xCkWM1w
Tony Bennett

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@edgarblythe,

Indeed, edgar. Keep Smiling at Trouble by Tony was great.

When we went to see Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, we sat there while the audience was leaving and Listened to K.D. Lang sing Skylark.

Another by Harlen Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4HACt_TqD4

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Come Rain or Come Shine is a great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhj867TUpZY&feature=g-vrec
Midnight, the stars -

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@edgarblythe,

Thanks for your comment, edgar, Midnight the Stars and You was a wonderful golden oldie.

Lady Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ibV3tCDvd8&feature=related

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Billie Holiday was a favorite of mine for a long time. Here is another favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLE8b7MFM8

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@edgarblythe,

Thanks again for you comment, edgar. I, too, love Al and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans was great. Incidentally, I recognized Jean Harlow and Rudolph Valentino in your Ray Noble song.

Yep, Al broke all the rules, Texas.

Here's another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjMNqrD0MDk

Odd, I can't find "..and Mimi" by him.

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I have Mimi on a CD collection, letty. Al Jolson is mostly admired by older folks, I guess. But, I think he will be remembered in the long run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s71VTQ9REIA
Rick

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@edgarblythe,

Actually, edgar, I first heard about Al Jolson when my older sister took me to see Larry Parks' movie version of Al.

Never heard that song by Rickie, Texas. Here's the first one that I heard by him, and I was really caught up with his voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0janfcZ8LUw

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I like that Ricky Nelson song too.
I believe I first became acquainted with Al Joson's music about age ten, maybe nine. I recall In Your Easter Bonnet by him on the radio as well as California Here I Come and Mammy.
Here is a neat one by Charles Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpY4Kspk0ro

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@edgarblythe,

Thanks for the comment on Ricky, edgar. Also appreciate your explanation of Al's first aquaintance

Ah, I love Charlie Rich, but don't know My Elusive Dream. Guess I remember him best for Behind Closed Doors.

Hmmm. Wonder where the rest of the world is?

Saying goodnight with two songs.

First, another Paul Desmond. Have no idea what a blue dove is, however.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fE61wAY-iQ&feature=related

Now a hymn by Amy Grant, but first some info. Today is her birthday.

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". As of 2009, Grant remains the best-selling contemporary Christian music singer ever, having sold over 30 million units worldwide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuXB1a3NBCw

The Lion of Judah.

From Letty with love to the world wherever you are.

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@Letty,

letty ,
do you know that today is the birthday of Franz Xavier Gruber ?

" Franz Who ? " you might say .

i won't give away the name of this song - but once you hear it , you'll recognize it quickly .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6gnRvumDiA

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and here a short bio of " FRANZ'L " :

Quote:

Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863), was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same time he was organist and choirmaster at St Nicholas Church in the neighboring village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg and then in later years moved on to Hallein, Salzburg.

Together with Joseph Mohr, a Catholic priest who wrote the original German lyrics, Gruber composed the music for the Christmas carol Silent Night. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr, an assistant pastor at St Nicholas, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to set the poem to music. The church organ had broken down so Gruber produced a melody with guitar arrangement for the poem. The two men sang "Stille Nacht" for the first time at Christmas Mass in St Nicholas Church while Mohr played guitar and the choir repeated the last two lines of each verse.

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and here the song is performed by the Vienna Choir Boys in the Royal Chapel -
good pix - but acustics are lacking in my opinion .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMkslo8VCAY

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closing for tonight with Max Raabe and his orchestra :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_3oyYAth6c&feature=related

OH LA LA !!! ( naughty but nice Shocked

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La Paloma and Amy Grant. I of course know the first and I knew Amy Grant's name, but had to listen to identify her.
hbg - That's some great sounds.
Good night folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6ULuW-XGOQ
Mimi Farina and her sister Joan.

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here is my tribute to a Canadian icon : MR DRESSUP ( Ernie Coombs ) -
he left us too early - RIP ERNIE !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsm6ZRnFGoU

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