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hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 10:21 am
@Letty,
msletty ,

glad to have you at WA2K Radio again enjoying " Fritz's " soothing music !

here some lovely music from a true " Hamburger " ( just like yours truly Smile ) .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk6Qx9DKEX8

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Hochzeitsmarsch = Wedding March (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)


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Felix Mendelssohn was born on 3 February 1809, in

Hamburg,... Smile ... Smile ... Smile ...

at the time an independent city-state,[n 2] in the same house where, a year later, the dedicatee and first performer of his Violin Concerto, Ferdinand David, was to be born. Mendelssohn's father was the banker Abraham Mendelssohn, the son of the German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His mother was Lea Salomon, a member of the Itzig family and a sister of Jakob Salomon Bartholdy.[1] Mendelssohn was the second of four children; his older sister Fanny also displayed exceptional and precocious musical talent.
Letty
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 10:34 am
@hamburgboy,
hbg, I love German music, and The Wedding March by Felix was wonderful.

Thanks, also, for the information.

Here's another by Felix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWelcf2oTo
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 10:39 am
Good morning. Here is another Felix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXtzY2eZJQM
Letty
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 11:18 am
@edgarblythe,
Love The Happy Hobo, edgar. Odd, because the only dog that ever bit me was called Hobo. In my mind's eye, I can still see the marks on my wrist.

Today is this famous director's birthday. He is Michael Cimino, and my favorite movie by him was The Deer Hunter.

First, a brief summary.

Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborne infantry of Vietnam. So they all celebrate a goodbye at Steven's wedding and they leave to Vietnam, where they are captured by the enemy and forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. They escape and return home, but their lives are forever changed. Nick stays in Vietnam, Michael returns to Linda, and Steven is handicapped after losing a leg in the war.

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

In the end, when when he didn't shoot the deer, I burst into tears.
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hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 01:38 pm
@Letty,
msletty ,

thank you for this lovely piece of music by Felix M. B .

here is one of his earliest compositions - played zestfully by Paul Whiteman

and his orchestra .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9lTWTy3w4w

(... Surprised ... Wink ... Cool ... Laughing ...)

( hope you remember childhood pleasures... Laughing ...
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hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 01:54 pm
let's not forget : today is the birthday of Mabel Mercer

( aka. " A Singers Singer " - what a great voice she has ! )

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

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Mabel Mercer (3 February 1900 – 20 April 1984)[1] was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris, owned by the hostess Bricktop, and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the Carlyle, the St. Regis Hotel, and eventually her own room, the Byline Club. Among those who frequently attended Mercer's shows was Frank Sinatra, who made no secret of his emulating her phrasing and story-telling techniques.
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In 1928, she was an unknown member of the black chorus in the London production of Show Boat, but she had become the toast of Paris by the 1930s, with admirers who included Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Cole Porter.
Letty
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 02:48 pm
@hamburgboy,
hbg, Don't know Mabel Mercer, but thanks again for the introduction and the info. She was great, and reminds me a bit of Ella. Hmm, wonder if Johnny was inspired by that fantastic lady. Appreciate your comment and personal address to me and Felix the Cat by Paul was funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmBKHSZ1pcU
hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 03:39 pm
@Letty,
msletty ,

thanks for your reply and johnny mercer - he has written some fine music !

btw. introducing Felix ( the cat ) instead of Felix M. B. might be called

" a musical joke " .

here is a " TRUE " musical joke by W A Mozart :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ds6BKQ-jRQ

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A Musical Joke (in German: Ein musikalischer Spaß) K. 522, (Divertimento for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the composer entered it in his Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke ('Catalogue of all my Works') on June 14, 1787.

The music is intentionally written to be funny, being liberally sprinkled with obtrusively clumsy, mechanical and over-repetitive composition, together with passages evidently designed to mimic the effects of inaccurate notation and inept performance.

Commentators have opined that the piece's purpose is satirical—that "[its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers"[1] -- though Mozart himself is not known to have revealed his actual intentions.

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( always something new to learn ! ... Smile ...
hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 04:17 pm
some really mellow sounds for a ( blustery ) Sunday Evening :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oogQuCSHaO4

( blustery = SNOW SQUALL WARNING IN EFFECT ! ... Shocked ... )
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 04:19 pm
@hamburgboy,
hbg, Love that Musical Joke by Mozart.

Ah, just discovered the Felix the Cat was Olga's avatar. Love that guy playing the flute.

Another Canadian's birthday, and what a shock to find out that he was in episodes of the Twilight series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLTZvNKfzFw
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George
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 04:38 pm
For edgarblythe

George
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 05:13 pm
Remember this guy?

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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 05:33 pm
@George,
Thanks, george. I own that album on vinyl, by the way.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 05:37 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2pfJc337b4
Joan Baez
North
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hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 07:33 pm
good evening msletty , ed and all others !

today is the birthday of Nick Kenny :

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Nicholas Aloysius Kenny (February 3, 1895, Astoria, New York - December 1, 1975, Sarasota, Florida) was a syndicated newspaper columnist, a song lyricist and a poet who wrote light verse in the Edgar Guest tradition.
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Kenny is mainly remembered today as the lyricist of the popular song standard, "Love Letters in the Sand", a 1957 gold record hit for Pat Boone.



( but here it's played - quite nicely - by Mac Wiseman )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUC7oQIVa8Q

Malcolm B. Wiseman (born May 23, 1925), better known as Mac Wiseman, is an American bluegrass singer, nicknamed The Voice with a Heart. The bearded singer is one of the cult figures of bluegrass.

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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 07:51 pm
Glad edgar answered Latin George's question, and If you care to check it out, The Dance of the Hours is the classical music behind Allan Sherman's song

Ah, love that one by Joan Baez, edgar.

hbg, Don't know Love Letters in the sand by Mack, but it was a great version.

Saying goodnight with two songs.

First, a birthday guy. Here is some info on the man.

Kisean Anderson, better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican American rapper, singer and songwriter. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t130Gzik-RM

Now, dear "lady day"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxxIg8XXw5I

From Letty with love to everyone
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hamburgboy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 07:53 pm
before signing off for tonight - one more birthday : Russell Arms .

" PAPA / MAMA LOVE MAMBO " ( they sure DO LOVE MAMBO ! ... Laughing ... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HIPxnLdbvk
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 08:44 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ctJX8qmfM
I know most of the music played this evening, but is some cases by other artists. I am saying good night with one by Jackie Wilson.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2013 05:51 am
Good morning, folks. I shall be here later in the day.
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Letty
 
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Reply Mon 4 Feb, 2013 09:15 am
hbg, That song reminds me of "songs that made the hit parade; those were the days". Love that Mambo song.

edgar, Jackie Wilson's Night was great and I knew that melody and found that it came from San Son (think that's the way it's pronounced) My Heart at thy sweet voice.

Two songs for the morning here in Florida.

First, a birthday man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjmHtbcD8sg

Now, Camille.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HQ3Xe93FZI

Hurry back, edgar.

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