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Maggie Mae
by Rod Stewart


Wake up Maggie, I think I've got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused
But I fell I'm being used
Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more
You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurts

The morning sun when it's in your eyes really shows your age
But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes
My love you didn't need to coax
Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more
You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without

All I needed was a friend to lend a helping hand
But you turned into a lover and mother, what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed
And in the morning kick me in the head
Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more
You led me away from home
'Cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart, I couldn't leave you if I tried

I suppose I could collecd my books and go on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living at playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band
That needs a helping hand
Oh Maggie, I wished I'd never seen your face
You made a first class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but I love you anyway
I'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home, one of these days

Danny

(Wise - Weisman)

My name should be trouble
My name should be woe
For trouble and heartache
Is all that I know
But Danny, yes, Danny is my name

My life has been empty
My heart has been torn
It must have been rainy, oh yeah,
The night I was born
Oh Danny, oh Danny is my name

I'm so afraid of tomorrow
So tired of today
They say that love is the answer
But love never came my way

I'm writing a letter
To someone I know
So if you should find it
And if you're alone
Oh Danny, yes, Danny is my name

Oh Danny, yes, Danny is my name
Oh-oh-oh-oh

Good morning WA2K radio listeners and fans.

edgar, Maggie Mae by Rod is one of the first songs that I remember him singing. I thought to myself at the time that he had something wrong with his vocal chords as he sounded so raspy. If I recall, he did have some problems with cancerous nodes. Now, he sings all the classic jazz songs, and I really like him.

dj, I missed your "spelling" funny in those songs; delightful, Canada.



Last night, I caught one song which featured musicians Connick, Tim McGraw and Wynton Marsalis. Wynton was fantastic as were the rest of the Dixielanders, but Connick was a bit of a disappointment as he tried to emulate a cross between rap and jazz.

Bob had his Karaoke gig last night, and I do hope he'll share what he sang with us.

Speaking of Dixieland, how about a morning song about Mobile, Alabama:


MOBILE
(R. Wells / D. Holt)



They saw a swallow building his nest
I guess they figured he knew best
So they built a town around him
And the called it Mobile
Where's that?
Alabama

They took a swampland heavy with steam
They added people with a dream
And that dream became a heaven
By the name of Mobile

Pretty soon the town had grown
Till they had a slide trombone
And a man who played piano
And a swallow who sang soprano

No use you're wondring where you should go
It's on the Gulf of Mexico
Where the southern bells are ringing
And the climate's ideal
It's a honeysuckle heaven
By the name of Mobile
Where's that?
Alabama

Pretty soon the town had grown
Till they had a slide trombone
And a man who played piano
And a swallow who sang soprano

No use you're wondring where you should go
It's on the Gulf of Mexico
Where the southern bells are ringing
And the climate's ideal
It's a honeysuckle heaven
By the name of Mobile.

Rather sad now, folks, considering that Katrina tried to undo Mobile and the swallow.

September 3

Events

* 301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
* 590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope.
* 1189 - Richard I of England is crowned in Westminster.
* 1260 - The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
* 1651 - English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
* 1777 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.
* 1783 - American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris - A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.
* 1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
* 1826 - The USS Vincennes commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe.
* 1838 - Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
* 1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village killing 100 men, women, and children.
* 1861 - American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
* 1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
* 1878 - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
* 1895 - The first professional football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0).
* 1902 - Popular author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career.
* 1914 - Papacy of Giacomo della Chiesa began. He becomes pope Benedict XV.
* 1935 - Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 MPH.
* 1939 - World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany.
* 1943 - World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.
* 1951 - The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
* 1954 - The last new episode of The Lone Ranger is aired on radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.
* 1954 - The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy
* 1958 - In Greece, police starts shaving the hair of youths called "teddy boys" to the skin.
* 1966 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
* 1967 - The last telecast of the television game show What's My Line? airs on CBS after a 17 year run.
* 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu is elected President of South Vietnam.
* 1967 - Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right
* 1971 - Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1976 - Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars takes the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.
* 1991 - In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
* 1994 - Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
* 1997 - Arizona Governor Fife Symington is convicted for various crimes tied to his real estate business, effectively forcing him out of office.
* 1997 - A Vietnamese Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
* 2004 - The Beslan school massacre results in the deaths of approximately 344 teachers and children.
* 2004 - Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe, experiences a wardrobe malfunction while modelling at Westfield Shopping Mall, Parramatta, Australia

Good morning, dj. Why is it that all treaties seem to be signed in Paris?<smile>

I became interested, listeners, in Sarah Orne Jewett when I read dj's inclusion of her in his reminders. I had no idea that she was gay.

A poem from Sarah:





A blushing wild pink rose,
By tangled woods and ways,
A passing sweet that goes
With summer days.

From rosy dawn till night
Wafted from east to west,
Kissed by the morning light
To evening rest.

Thy odors faint outlive
Alike both joy and pain,
Stealing the sweet they give
To yield again.

Leaving a faint perfume
Thy memory to fulfill,
Forgotten in thy bloom,
Remembered still.

Lovely, no?

Maybe because there are good desks and pens (Mont Blanc) here.

But I suspect the participants can later have fun at the "Moulin Rouge" :wink:

Good afternoon, Francis. Why, of course. That makes sense. Ah, the red mill and Toulouse Lautrec. Let's see now. What are some good songs from the most recent Moulin Rouge?

Here's one for our listeners:

Song: Nature Boy Lyrics

[Spoken:]
[Ewan McGregor:]
This story is about love
The woman I lo,
Loved is dead
There was a boy
A very strange
Enchanted boy
They say he wandered
Very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
One magic day
He passed my way
While we spoke
Of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love and
Be loved in return"

Folks, the parody on that song is hilarious.

Alan Ladd

Alan Walbridge Ladd, Jr. (September 3, 1913 - January 29, 1964)
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His mother immigrated from England age nineteen. His accountant father died when he was four. At age five he burned his apartment playing with matches and his mother moved them to Oklahoma City. He was malnourished, undersized, nicknamed Tiny, and his mother married a house painter who moved them to California a la "Grapes of Wrath". He was eight. He picked fruit, delivered papers, swept stores. In high school he discovered track and swimming. By 1931 he was training for the 1932 Olympics, but an injury cancelled plans. He opened a hamburger stand, Tiny's Patio, then worked as a grip at Warner's. He married friend Midge in 1936 but couldn't afford her so they lived apart. In 1937 they shared a friend's apartment. She delivered Alan, Jr., and his destitute alcoholic mother moved in with them, her agonizing suicide from ant poison witnessed a few months later by her son. His size and coloring were regarded as not right for movies so he worked hard at radio where talent scout Sue Carol (I) discovered him early in 1939. After shopping him through bit parts he tested for "This Gun for Hire" late in 1941. His fourth billing role as the psychotic killer Raven made him a star. He was drafted January 1943 and discharged in November with an ulcer and double hernia. Throughout the 1940s his tough-guy roles filled theatres and he was one of very few males whose cover photos sold movie magazines. In the 1950s he obtained lucrative but unrewarding roles (exception, what many regard as his greatest movie, "Shane" released in 1953). By the end of the fifties, liquor and a string of so-so movies had taken their toll. In November 1962 he was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart. In January 1964 he was found dead, apparently due to an accidental combination of alcohol and sedatives.
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Spouse
Sue Carol (I) (1942 - 29 January 1964) (his death); children: Alana, David
'Marjorie 'Midge' Jane Harrold' (1936 - 1941) (divorced); son Alan
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Trivia

Father of David Ladd

Grandfather of Jordan Ladd.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage.

Due to a clerical error, Ladd was inaccurately included in the cast credits for Born to the West (1937) in studio publicity material. In fact, he was never in the film, despite the fact that it often shows up in his credits and even on the video box!

In his movies, suffers two cat-o-nine-tails floggings aboard sailing ships: (1) in 1946's "Two Years Before the Mast" he receives 10 lashes for striking an officer; (2) in 1953's "Botany Bay" he receives 50 lashes for attempting to escape from a prison-transport ship.
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Personal quotes

"Once Ladd had acquired an unsmiling hardness, he was transformed from an extra to a phenomenon. Ladd's calm slender ferocity make it clear that he was the first American actor to show the killer as a cold angel." - David Thomson ("A Biographical Dictionary of Film, " 1975)

"That the old fashioned motion picture gangster with his ugly face, gaudy cars, and flashy clothes was replaced by a smoother, better looking, and better dressed bad man was largely the work of Mr. Ladd." - "New York Times" obituary (January 30, 1964)
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Salary
Boy on a Dolphin (1957) $290,000

Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Actor. (b. Sept. 3, 1913, Hot Springs, Ark.; d. Nov. 7, 1964.) To casual observers, the young Alan Ladd might have seemed an unlikely bet for screen stardom: He was short (five feet, five inches), his admittedly handsome face almost never changed expression, and he had a laconic manner that seemed to border on the catatonic. And yet, at the time of his starring debut in This Gun for Hire (1942), Ladd was hailed as one of Hollywood's hottest new stars-a pronouncement borne out by the enthusiastic reception afforded him by moviegoers.

Ladd at an early age moved to California with his family. As a young man he held a number of menial jobs, and spent two years toiling as a grip on the Warner Bros. lot. He began acting in the early 1930s, taking small roles in local theatrical productions, radio shows, and movies. By 1940 he had graduated to featured roles and onscreen billing, albeit mostly in low-budget B movies for independent studios like Republic and PRC. He ap- peared briefly (as a reporter) in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). He even sang with Rita Rio and Her All-Girl Or- chestra in a "soundie" short, I Look at You (1941).

Ladd's career was guided by his agent, former actress Sue Carol, who also became his wife in 1942. That year she was instrumental in getting him cast as the cold-blooded killer in Paramount's screen adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun for Sale." Ladd's cool manner and deep voice made him ideally suited for toughguy parts, although his diminutive stature presented casting and production problems: His costars were often forced to walk in shallow trenches alongside him, so as not to tower over him. And Ladd sometimes stood on planks or fruit boxes to make love to tall leading ladies.

Throughout the 1940s Ladd maintained his position in the top rank of Hollywood stars, appearing in Westerns, war dramas, and crime films. He frequently teamed with sultry Veronica Lake (most effectively in Gun 1942's The Glass Key and 1946's The Blue Dahlia), partly because their onscreen chemistry was good, and partly because she was shorter than he was. Just as Ladd's star began to wane, he was cast for the leading role in George Stevens' production of Shane (1953), a critical and commercial success that revitalized his career. As middle age approached, however, Ladd apparently realized that his days as a two-fisted leading man were numbered. Shortly after his fiftieth birthday, he was found dead of an overdose of sedatives and alcohol, an apparent suicide. Ironically, in his last film, an adaptation of Harold Robbins' The Carpetbaggers Ladd had been cast as an aging, washed-up movie star. His son David Ladd had a brief career as a juvenile actor in films like The Big Land (1957, with his father) and on his own in the lead roles of A Dog of Flanders (1959) and Misty (1961). He continued working, with diminishing success, into adulthood. His other son, Alan Ladd, Jr., became a successful movie producer and studio executive.

OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1932: Once in a Lifetime, Tom Brown of Culver (in bits); 1936: Pigskin Parade 1937: Last Train From Madrid, Hold 'Em Navy 1938: The Goldwyn Follies 1939: Rulers of the Sea 1940: The Light of Western Stars, The Green Hornet, Captain Caution 1941: Paper Bullets, The Reluctant Dragon 1942: Joan of Paris, Lucky Jordan, Star Spangled Rhythm (in a cameo); 1943: China 1944: And Now Tomorrow 1945: Salty O'Rourke 1946: O.S.S., Two Years Before the Mast 1947: Calcutta, Wild Harvest, Variety Girl, My Favorite Brunette (cameos in the latter two); 1948: Saigon, Beyond Glory, Whispering Smith (his first starring Western); 1949: The Great Gatsby, Chicago Deadline 1950: Captain Carey, U.S.A., Branded 1951: Red Mountain 1952: The Iron Mistress 1953: Thunder in the East 1954: The Black Knight, Hell Below Zero, Drum Beat 1955: The McConnell Story, Hell on Frisco Bay 1956: Santiago 1957: Boy on a Dolphin 1958: The Deep Six, The Proud Rebel 1959: The Man in the Net 1960: Guns of the Timberland, All the Young Men, One Foot in Hell 1961: Duel of Champions 1962: 13 West Street

http://www.movietreasures.com/main/Alan_Ladd/alan_ladd.html

Charlie Sheen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Charlie Sheen with Julie Strain , January 1993
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Charlie Sheen with Julie Strain , January 1993

Carlos Irwin Estevez, whose stage name is Charlie Sheen, (born September 3, 1965) is an American actor.

He was born in New York City, a "blue baby" who needed immediate medical attention. His father is Martin Sheen and he is brother to three other actors, Emilio Estevez, Ramón Estevez Jr. and Renée Estevez.

Sheen's film career began in 1984, and his first major role was in Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father, Martin, in Wall Street. His private life has been dogged by trouble, including drugs and a shooting, and he has frequently been in trouble with the police.

He has recently played the lead role in the political television sitcom, Spin City (as Michael J. Fox's replacement on that show). He now plays the role of Charlie on the sitcom Two and a Half Men, which debuted in 2003.

Though he was involved with a number of Hollywood personalities, his long-term relationship with adult actress Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered the most media attention. He is well known to hire top class prostitutes and spend huge amounts to escort agencies.

Sheen was married to Donna Peele from September 3, 1995 to November 19, 1996. He then married another well-known actress, Denise Richards, on June 15, 2002. Their marriage ended in March 2005, and produced two daughters, Sam (not "Samantha") Katherine Estevez (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Irene Estevez (born June 1, 2005). Sheen also has a daughter by former girlfriend Paula Profit, Cassandra Estevez (born 1985).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sheen

Well, there's Boston and his bio's. Thanks, Bob. I need to find the music to "Boy on a Dolphin." It's lovely.

Before I comment on Charlie Sheen, Bob. Here's the song for which I was searching:

Francis Webster/Hugo Friedhofer/Takis Morakis)

There's a tale that they tell of a dolphin
And a boy made of gold.
With the shell of the pearls in the deep
He has lain many years fast asleep.
What they tell of the Boy on A Dolphin
Who can say if it's true.
Should he rise from the depths of the ocean
And wish that you wish will come true.

You say he is only a statue
And what can a statue achieve.
And yet while I'm gazing at you
My heart tells my head to believe.
If the boy whom the God have enchanted
Should arise from the sea
And the wish of my heart could be granted
I would wish that you loved only me.

Well, listeners. Here's the best that I can do with Charlie Sheen via music. He did play Aramis in The Three Musketeers, so here is a song from the movie:

Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart

When it's love you give
(I'll be a man of good faith.)
then in love you live.
(I'll make a stand. I won't break.)
I'll be the rock you can build on,
be there when you're old,
to have and to hold.

When there's love inside
(I swear I'll always be strong.)
then there's a reason why.
(I'll prove to you we belong.)
I'll be the wal that protects you
from the wind and the rain,
from the hurt and pain.

Let's make it all for one
and all for love.
Let the one you hold
be the one you want,
the one you need,
'cause when it's all for one
it's one for all.
When there's someone
that should know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one
and all for love.

When it's love you make
(I'll be the fire in your night.)
then it's love you take.
(I will defend, I will fight.)
I'll be there when you need me.
When honor's at stake,
this vow I will make

Don't lay our love to rest
'cause we could stand up to your test.
We got everything and more than we had planned,
more than the rivers that run the land.
We've got it all in our hands.

A good day to all!

September 3 birthdays:

1499 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
1568 - Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634)
1675 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1693 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1695 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (d. 1824)
1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
1869 - Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (d. 1951)
1887 - Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1900 - Maurice Dobb, economist (d. 1976)
1900 - Urho Kekkonen, eighth President of Finland (d. 1986)
1905 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1907 - Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977)
1908 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1910 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality
1913 - Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)
1916 - Eddie Stanky, baseball player (d. 1999)
1918 - Helen Wagner, American actress
1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1923 - Mort Walker, American cartoonist
1929 - Irene Papas, Greek film actress
1930 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
1931 - Dick Motta, American basketball coach
1933 - Tompall Glaser, American singer
1938 - Caryl Churchill, English playwright
1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Eileen Brennan, American actress (The Last Picture Show, Private Benjamin, The Sting, Murder By Death, The Cheap Detective, et al)
1940 - Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
1942 - Al Jardine, American musician (the Beach Boys)
1943 - Valerie Perrine, American actress
1947 - Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister of Norway
1949 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1955 - Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols)
1959 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1963 - Amber Lynn, American actress
1964 - Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
1965 - Charlie Sheen, American actor
1969 - John Fugelsang, American actor
1969 - Dominic West, British actor
1976 - Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1980 - Danny King, American writer
1982 - Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1982 - Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter
1986 - Shaun White, American snowboarder and skateboarder



Ladd and Veronica Lake played in Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Trivia for
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
The song, "Mona Lisa", is the first song from a non-musical picture to win Oscar for Best Song.

out on the sea, there is an island
out on the sea, there is a place
out on the sea there's a wave
with the power to save
all the sailors from the dark and the deep

we used to dance in the shadows
under the moon's pale light
away from home and all alone
turning away into the night
and she would shine like a diamond

trapped in a clear crystal ring
and the tears in my eyes
were the stars in the sky
fading away when she would sing

out on the sea, there is an island
out on the sea, there is a place
out on the sea there's a wave
with the power to save
all the sailors from the dark and the deep

This old world may never change
Not the way it's been
And all the ways of war
Can't change it back again

I've been searching for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me

I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know that peace will come
When all hate is gone

I've been searching for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me

Sometimes I think about
Saturday's child
And all about the times
When we were running wild

I've been searching for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me

This old world may never change
This old world may never change

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching
for a heart of gold
You keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
Neil Young

Karaoke last night. Pal Al was there with his Belinda. Belinda told me Al is jealous and that I'm the only one allowed to hug her. Al was in high spirits the reason being he was alarmed at some body eccenricities. He had just received news that an exam revealed nothing wrong. Whew!

In my attempts to broaden my song base I started with another song I'd never sung before, Ray Price's For the Good Times. It felt good and the audience response confirmed their appreciation. Al jumped in with a country song which is his real strength. What a Wonderful World was trotted out next. In the month I've been singing it I've found a surprising joyful reception. I wouldn't have expected a younger crowd to be so enthusiastic over an "oldie". There's no arguing over the results though. The next new song (for me) was Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay. I felt really good singing it and you can be assured this is a keeper for me. Third time and you're out. The third new song was Englebert Humperdinck's Release Me. The disk was flawed and wouldn't play. C'est la vie.

Thank you, dear Raggedy, for your updates on our famous folks.

Ah, there's that boy on a dolphin, Alan Ladd. What a crush I had on him when I was just a wee wee thing. Come back, Shane. A while back, listeners, I did a search on Alan Ladd, and it seemed there was some question about his death...hmmm, accidental or suicide?

Raggedy, that was interesting information on Mona Lisa. I had no idea. You are such a wonderful little ferret. <smile>

And here is our dys, singing his heart out. Those are beautiful and winsome songs, cowboy. Dolphins, and islands, and old worlds. Love 'em!

Well, folks. Back a little later with a song about a painting.

Senor, senor, do you know where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Seems like I been down this way before.
Is there any truth in that, senor?

Senor, senor, do you know where she is hidin'?
How long are we gonna be ridin'?
How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door?
Will there be any comfort there, senor?

There's a wicked wind still blowin' on that upper deck,
There's an iron cross still hanging down from around her neck.
There's a marchin' band still playin' in that vacant lot
Where she held me in her arms one time and said, "Forget me not."

Senor, senor, I can see that painted wagon,
I can smell the tail of the dragon.
Can't stand the suspense anymore.
Can you tell me who to contact here, senor?

Well, the last thing I remember before I stripped and kneeled
Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field.
A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring
Said, "Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing."

Senor, senor, you know their hearts is as hard as leather.
Well, give me a minute, let me get it together.
I just gotta pick myself up off the floor.
I'm ready when you are, senor.

Senor, senor, let's disconnect these cables,
Overturn these tables.
This place don't make sense to me no more.
Can you tell me what we're waiting for, senor?

Bob, It sounds as though you wowed em again, Boston. I love "For the Good Times" and I am delighted to learn that your pal Al is fine, and that he still allows you to hug Belinda. Sorry about the defective disc, honey.

Well, folks, we certainly do have a lot of fine performers here on WA2K radio.

Don't touch that dial.