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I've that song by seven differents singers...
My prefered for his interpretation of it is José Feliciano.

Good morning WA2K:


August 15 Birthday Celebs:

1001 - Duncan I of Scotland
1171 - Alfonso IX of Leon,
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (d. 1821)
1785 - Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
1858 - E. Nesbit, author (d. 1924)
1872 - Sri Aurobindo, writer, nationalist, philosopher, and guru (d. 1950)
1879 - Ethel Barrymore, actress (d. 1959)

1887 - Edna Ferber, novelist (d. 1968) :

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber spent her childhood in Appleton WI and used it as the setting for her early stories The Homely Heroine and A Bush League Hero.

Ferber was a prolific novelist, her work the inspiration for numerous Broadway plays and Hollywood films. Among her best known works are So Big (for which she won the Pulitzer prize in 1924), Show Boat , Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace.


1883 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1890 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
1892 - Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1893 - Leslie Comrie, astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
1896 - Leon Theremin, inventor (d. 1993)
1900 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
1912 - Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)
1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1916 - Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer
1919 - Huntz Hall, actor (d. 1999)
1922 - Lukas Foss, German-born composer
1923 - Rose Marie, actress
1924 - Robert Bolt, screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 - Mike Connors, actor
1925 - Willie Jones, Major League Baseball player (d. 1983)
1925 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist
1928 - Nicolas Roeg, director
1933 - Jim Lange, game show host
1935 - Vernon Jordan Jr., U.S. Presidential advisor
1935 - Lionel Taylor, American football player
1938 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish science-fiction writer
1944 - Linda Ellerbee, journalist
1944 - Sylvie Vartan, French pop singer
1945 - Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, Hindu guru

1946 - Jimmy Webb: musician, composer Jimmy Webb, the Oklahoma-born son of a preacher, is a critically-acclaimed songwriting talent whose music has been taken enthusiastically by the public to its heart over more than thirty years of success. Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration; and he is a member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters' Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

Though best known for the instant classics he provided for such artists as Glen Campbell ("By The Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Gal- veston," "Where's The Playground, Susie"), Richard Harris ("MacArthur Park," "Didn't We"), The Fifth Dimension, ("Up, Up and Away," "This Is Your Life"), The Brooklyn Bridge ("Worst That Could Happen"), Art Garfunkel ("All I Know"), Linda Ronstadt ("Easy For You To Say"), Joe Cocker ("The Moon's A Harsh Mistress") and so on, Jimmy Webb continues to write new songs that are as carefully crafted and magical as his others. Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson hit #1 in the late '80s with a new Webb standard: "The Highwayman," a ballad which won him yet another Grammy for Best Country Song of the Year, and a CMA Award for Single of the Year. Linda Ronstadt, who has recorded a multitude of his songs throughout her career, included four of his efforts on her double platinum album Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, and scored a top ten in 1990 with her rendition of Webb's "Adios." Webb's songs continue to grace a multitude of major recording artists' albums, from Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney to Urge Overkill and R.E.M.


1947 - Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
1949 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
1950 - Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
1951 - Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1968 - Debra Messing, actress
1972 - Ben Affleck, American actor
1974 - Natasha Henstridge, actress
1977 - Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1975 - Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1978 - Timothy Foreman, Bassist (Switchfoot)

That's funny Francis. My ex wife Solveig (a Finn) had spent two years in France before coming to America. Then she heard about me and came to America to get me. Mon petit chou is what she called me in our early years.

yeah I can relate to that bob, I have, more often than not, been called a cabbage.

Francis, that particular song was a theme in the movie, The Thomas Crown Affair. I realize that many folks have done it, and I think the particular version that I played was by Sting and the Police.

I know Jose, but I will have to be reminded, unfortunately. Did he do "Light my Fire"?

Well there's our Raggedy with a looooonnnnnnggggggg list of celebs.

Ah, the Barrymore's, listeners; What a fantastic family of performers. Thanks, PA, for the updates!

I shall return later with a more comprehensive study of our Raggedy's celebs. Meanwhile, don't touch that dial!

Jose did indeed to "light my fire" quite possibly the worst cover of a Jim Morrison song I have ever heard. (very popular though)

Yes, Miss Letty, I told that before on this radio. Music by Michel Legrand, French composer and singer.



Yes, he did.

1001, King Duncan of Scotland.

Gosh, that's going back a bit.

Happy birthday all the same, Dunc.

Hey, dys and Bob. My word, how long ago we discussed cabbages and kings here on the radio. As a matter of record, I believe there was a TV show out of Canada called The Kids in the Hall, and one kid had a cabbage head. Funny spoof!

Oscar Peterson sent a recording to Michele Legrand who had won an emmy for "Windmills of the mind", and that is the reason that I included that song for our day here on WA2K.

They can't possibly know...calendars have changed hugely since then!

Let's see if we can recap, listeners:

Our McTag, of course, is particulary fond of Raggedy's Duncan date, and why wouldn't he be. <smile>

Francis reminds us that he has disseminated the current information in his past performances here on WA2K radio, proving once again that a Frenchman never forgets.

dys does not like Jose's version of Light my Fire, but Francis does. Should we refer to them as the French and the Indian cowboy?

And at this point, I'm not quite certain what direction Clary is pursuing, but it must have something to do with the Gregorian calendar.

If George of Boston were here, we would do another Gregorian chant for him, listeners.

How about a little country for Monday, folks, and I dedicate this to all of you here:

What - a - difference you've made in my life
What a difference you've made in my life
You're my sunshine day-ay and ni-ight
Oh what a difference you've ma-a-ade in my li-iiife

What a change you have made in my heart
What a change you have made in my heart
You replaced all the bro-oken par-ar-arts
Oh what a change you have ma-a-ade in my hear-eart

Love to me was just a word in a song
That had been way over-used
But now I've joined in the singin'
'Cause you've shown me love's true meanin'
That's why I want to sprea-ead the new-ews

What a difference you've made in my life
What a difference you've made in my life
You're my sunshine day-ay and ni-ight

How I loved Julia Child. Here is one of her quotes that I find to be hilarious:

"The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. Bon appétit"

Child is quite an unusual surname, and it is my wife's family name.

My goodness, folks. Now we are back to the galloping gormet. Anyone remember that man?

Well, listeners, I suppose at McTag's and Diane's request we should dedicate an ode to Julia:

Ode To Julia

An ode I sing to you,
One that only you can hear,
A song that needs not words,
Only feelings that words betray.

Yet as this world goes by,
One where you are in my hands,
A wandering star that is no more,
Now that you have ground to stand.

My ground is henceforth,
More bright thanks to you,
For darkness now is no more,
'Cause we have both been found.

Begone all the hurt,
That we have both endured,
Yet if it wasn't for that,
We would have never been saved.

So take up my arms,
And give me your love,
For I have nothing but love to give,
And I don't want anything else.

Together thus we'll stand this ground,
Together we can face the storm,
Hence we can keep our heads held high,
For true love endures all.

Dys my galloping cohort count yourself fortunate. In moments of pique my ex didn't call me cabbage but vegetable. Cabbage is better if you're not familiar with this badinage (I suspect you are).

Well, listeners, our Bob man is back and talking to himself again.

Bob isn't that better than talking to the walls?

Nelson Willie
Hello Walls

Hello walls, (Hello, hello.)
How'd things go for you today?
Don't you miss her.
Since she up and walked away?
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me,
But lonely walls, I'll keep you company.

Hello window, (Hello, hello.)
Well, I see that you're still here.
Aren't you lonely,
Since our darlin disappeared?
Well look here, is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane?
Now don't you try to tell me that's it's rain.

She went away and left us all alone the way she planned.
Guess we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can.

Hello ceiling, (Hello, hello.)
I'm gonna stare at you a while.
You know I can't sleep,
So won't you bear with me a while?
We gotta all stick together or else I'll lose my mind.
I gotta feelin' she'll be gone a long, long time.

(Hello, hello wall.)

But then there is always that bus!

So I said to myself, Self, why don't you tell those tutored and untutored savages where badinage come from. How many would guess French? You win the prize (1- 7 day old doughnut) if you guessed correctly. Francis would be proud of you.

badinage \bad-n-AHZH\, noun:
Light, playful talk; banter.


Badinage comes from French, from badiner, "to trifle, to joke," badin, "playful, jocular."

I declare, Bob. Bandinage comes from the French? Well upon my word. I thought it was the age of abandon. <smile>

I'm afraid, listeners, that we are not going to get our Francis back in here for a bit; he's in the company of several lovely women and loving every minute of it. Ah, these French.

Can anyone think of any song or riddle or word that might attract a wombat?

Let's see, folks. How about a French twist.

La Paloma Twist Lyrics
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Ar Let's Twist
To the pretty melody of the dove
Let's Twist
Baby baby this is the dance of love
Ar Let's fly
To the heaven's high in the sky above
And I
Wanna tell you [ - ] dreamin' of
Yeah
I got my eyes on you on through the twistin'
Hopin' that when we're through we'll do some kissin'
Baby you know it's wrong to be resistin'
We gotta fall in love if we keep twistin'
Ar Let's twist
To the pretty melody of the dove
Yeah Let's twist
Baby baby this is the dance of love
(Instrumental Break)
Ar Let's fly
To the heaven's high in the sky above
And I
Wanna tell you [ - ] dreamin' of
( S P A N I S H L Y R I C S)
( S P A N I S H L Y R I C S)
I got my eyes on you on through the twistin'
Hopin' that when we're through we'll do some kissin'
Yeah Let's twist
To the pretty melody of the dove
Yeah Let's Twist
Baby baby this is the dance of love.

Oop, sorry. That was a Spanish twist

I'm back. The game is over, it was some kind of badinage...

Well, we'll have to a long talk with our editors. All that "sounding" got me confused. Sorry about the extra stuff from Chubby.

Now there's an interesting Southern thing. Sounding.