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That's a good ol' Chuck Berry song, thanks Walter.

I heard some more traditional jazz last night, the Harlem Hot Stompers.

Going up to Edinburgh today, with boxes and luggage for the nipper, and overnighting in Glasgow.

Bye!

Have a good trip, McT!

Hank Williams
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Hank Williams, Sr. (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) (legal name, Hiram Williams) was one of the most influential country musicians of all time, both as a singer and as a composer. In the words of country singer Faron Young (Brackett 2000, p.107), "He was the biggest change in the business. Before he came along, they were singing songs like 'Mama's Not Dead, She Just Quit Breathing'."

Life

He was born in Georgiana, Alabama (this is sometimes listed as nearby Mount Olive in Butler County, Alabama) in 1923, and learned to play guitar and sing from a street blues singer named Rufus Payne (a.k.a. "Tee Tot"). He was performing in Alabama by his early teens, and formed a band called the Drifting Cowboys after his family moved to Montgomery, Alabama in 1937. He left high school without graduating and, in 1941, Williams began working with WSFA, a local radio station.

In 1943, Williams met Audrey Sheppard, and the couple were married a year later. Audrey also became his manager as Williams' career was rising and he became a local celebrity. In 1946, Williams recorded two singles for Sterling Records, "Never Again" (1946) and "Honky Tonkin'" (1947), both of which were successful. Williams soon signed with MGM Records, and released "Move It On Over", a massive country hit. In August of 1948, Williams joined The Louisiana Hayride, broadcasting from Shreveport, Louisiana, propelling him into living rooms all over the southeast. After a few more moderate hits, Williams released his version of "Lovesick Blues" (Rex Griffin) in 1949, which became a huge country hit and crossed over to mainstream audiences. That year, Williams sang the song at the Grand Ole Opry, where he became the first performer to receive six encores. That year, Audrey Williams gave birth to Randall Hank Williams (Hank Williams, Jr.), and Hank Williams brought together Bob McNett (guitar), Hillous Butrum (bass guitar), Jerry Rivers (fiddle) and Don Helms (steel guitar) to form the most famous version of the Drifting Cowboys. 1949 also saw Williams release seven hit songs after "Lovesick Blues", including "Wedding Bells", "Mind Your Own Business", "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" and "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It".


In 1950, Williams began recording recitations as Luke the Drifter and released more hit songs, such as "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy", "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me", "Why Should We Try Anymore?", "Nobody's Lonesome for Me", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", "Why Don't You Love Me?", "Moanin' the Blues" and "I Just Don't Like the Kind of Livin'". In 1951, "Dear John" became a hit but the B-side, "Cold, Cold Heart", has endured as one of his most famous songs, covered by Tony Bennett (who released a hit version in 1951), Guy Mitchell, Teresa Brewer, Lucinda Williams, Cowboy Junkies, Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, and Norah Jones. That same year, Williams released other hits, including the enduring classic "Crazy Heart".

In spite of his professional success, Williams' life was becoming unmanageable. His marriage, always turbulent, was rapidly disintegrating, and he developed a serious problem with alcohol, morphine and other painkillers. Much of this abuse came from attempts to ease his severe back pain, which was caused by a birth defect, spina bifida occulta. In 1952, Hank and Audrey separated and he moved in with his mother, even as he released numerous hit songs, such as "Half as Much", "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)", "Settin' the Woods on Fire", "You Win Again" and "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive". Williams' drug problems continued to spiral out of control as he moved to Nashville and officially divorced his wife. In October of 1952, Williams was fired from the Grand Old Opry, and told not to return until he was sober. He rejoined the Louisiana Hayride. On October 18, 1952, he married Billie Jean Jones Eshliman. A ceremony was held at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium and 14,000 people bought tickets to attend.

His second marriage did not reform him. He missed numerous concerts or was too drunk to play. In addition, he did not stay faithful to his second wife, fathering another child, daughter Jett, by an acquaintance named Bobbie Jett. The Drifting Cowboys left Williams. On January 1, 1953, Williams was due to play in Canton, Ohio, but he was unable to fly due to weather problems. He hired a chauffeur and, before leaving the old Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee was injected with B12 and morphine. He then left in a Cadillac, carrying a bottle of whiskey with him. When the seventeen year-old chauffeur pulled over at an all-night service station in Oak Hill, West Virginia, he discovered that Williams was unresponsive and becoming rigid. Upon closer examination, it was discovered that Hank Williams was dead. He had been married for the second time for less than 3 months.


Williams' final single was, ironically enough, entitled "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive". Five days after his death, his illegitimate daughter, Jett Williams, was born. His widow, Billie Jean, married country singer Johnny Horton the next year.

His son Hank Williams, Jr. (whom the elder Williams referred to by the nickname of "Bocephus", which has stuck), daughter Jett Williams, and grandson Hank Williams III are also country musicians.

Hank Williams is interred at the Oakwood Annex in Montgomery, Alabama. His funeral was said to have been far larger than any ever staged for any governor of Alabama and is still, as of 2005, the largest such event ever held in Montgomery. As of 2005, more than fifty years after Williams' death, members of his Drifting Cowboys continue to tour and bring his music to generations of fans, many of whom were born years after his passing.

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

COLD COLD HEART
Hank Williams Sr.


I've tried so hard,my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold,cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love but you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life, to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors. Just a quick check in to let you all know that I will be back later and acknowledge the marvelous songs and bios.

Anne Bancroft
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.




Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 - June 6, 2005) was an American actress, born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York to Italian immigrant parents.

Bancroft attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Actors Studio, and the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women at UCLA.

After appearing in a number of live television dramas under the name "Anne Marno", she was told to change her surname for her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock in 1952, and she chose the surname "Bancroft" because she felt it was "elegant". She was a contract player in the early days of her career just as the studio contract system was ending. She left Hollywood and returned to New York due to the quality of roles she was being offered. It was a wise move.

From July 1, 1953, to February 13, 1957, she was married to Martin May, but the marriage produced no children.

In 1958 she appeared opposite Henry Fonda in the Broadway production of Two for the Seesaw, for which she won a Tony Award, and another in 1960 for The Miracle Worker. She took the latter role back to Hollywood, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962. Bancroft was one of a very few to win an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony award.

Other major roles were in The Pumpkin Eater, 7 Women, and The Graduate, which may be her signature role as "Mrs. Robinson" opposite Dustin Hoffman. She sometimes said that her role in The Graduate overshadowed all of her other work.

In 1961 Bancroft met Mel Brooks in a rehearsal for the Perry Como variety show. Brooks bribed a studio employee to find out where she was having dinner so he could meet her again. They married on August 5, 1964 in New York City Hall and were together until her death. They had one son, Maximillian, in 1972. They were seen twice on the screen together: once dancing a tango in Brooks's 1976 Silent Movie, and again in Brooks's 1983 remake of To Be or Not to Be. Also, Brooks produced the 1980 film The Elephant Man, in which Bancroft acted. It is reported she was the one who encouraged Brooks to turn The Producers into a Broadway musical.

In 1980, she made her debut as a screenwriter and director in Fatso, in which she starred along with Dom DeLuise.

Bancroft died on June 6, 2005 of uterine cancer aged 73 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, which surprised many people who had not even known that the very private actress was ill. Her husband held a memorial service for her some weeks later and advised the guests, including former co-star Patty Duke, who came all the way from her home in Idaho, which she rarely leaves, that if anyone felt like grieving, to "keep it to yourself". Bancroft was survived by her mother and two sisters.

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


Simon And Garfunkel Lyrics

Mrs. Robinson Lyrics

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey

We'd like to know a little bit about your for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself.
Look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes,
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey

Hide in the hiding place where no one ever goes.
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes.
It's a little secret just the Robinsons' affair.
Most of all you've got to hide it from the kids.

Koo-koo-ka-choo, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson.
Heaven holds a place for those who pray,
Hey, hey, hey

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon.
Going to the candidate's debate.
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Every way you look at this you lose.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio,
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson.
Jotting Joe has left and gone away,
Hey hey hey.

A good day to all.

Today's birthdays:

879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)
1271 - Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
1630 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
1639 - Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
1657 - Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russian (d. 1704)
1677 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
1687 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
1743 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist (d. 1794)
1819 - Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1820 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)
1826 - Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
1883 - William Carlos Williams, American physician and writer (d. 1963)
1884 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (d. 1920)
1897 - Earl Webb, baseball player (d. 1965)
1900 - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
1907 - Warren Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
1918 - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)
1922 - Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (d. 1979)
1923 - Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
1927 - George Blanda, American football player
1928 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (d. 1998)
1929 - Sir Stirling Moss, English race car driver
1930 - Edgar Mitchell, astronaut
1931 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
1933 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)
1934 - Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
1935 - Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001)
1937 - Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
1939 - David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
1941 - Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman from California (d. 2005)
1942 - Des Lynam, English television presenter
1944 - Reinhold Messner, Austrian mountain climber
1947 - Tessa Jowell, British politician
1947 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist
1948 - John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
1950 - Narendra Modi, Indian politician
1951 - Cassandra Peterson, American actress
1956 - Rita Rudner, American comedienne
1957 - Omar Q. Beckins, American medical researcher (d. 1989)
1960 - Damon Hill, English race car driver
1962 - Baz Luhrmann, Welsh-born film director and producer
1965 - Bryan Singer, American director
1965 - Gore Verbinski, American director
1969 - Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
1973 - Anastacia, American singer
1974 - Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
1975 - Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
1975 - Constantine Maroulis, American singer
1983 - Jennifer Peña, American singer

John Ritter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

John Ritter (September 17, 1948 - September 11, 2003) was an American actor.

Born Jonathan Southworth Ritter in Burbank, California, he was the son of country singer/actor Tex Ritter and former actress Dorothy Fay.

Ritter attended Hollywood High School, where he was Student Body President. He went on to the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity, majored in psychology and minored in architecture.

After two years in college, he was persuaded to join a drama class given by leading drama coach and actress Nina Foch. Ritter soon changed his major to Theater Arts, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama. Under Foch, he studied acting with Stella Adler and the Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop.

Ritter went on to star in several stage performances before he was made a star by appearing in the hit sitcom Three's Company in 1977, playing a single ladies man and culinary student, Jack Tripper, who lived with two female roommates while pretending to be gay to keep the landlords happy with the living arrangement. The show spent several seasons at or near the top of the TV ratings in the US before ending in 1984, although Ritter would go on for one more year on the follow-up comedy Three's a Crowd. The original series has been seen endlessly in reruns, and currently airs on TV Land in addition to being available on DVD.

In 1978, he played Ringo Starr's manager on the television special Ringo.

After Three's Company, he appeared in a number of movies, notably Problem Child and its first sequel, the Academy Award-winning Sling Blade, and Noises Off. He also starred with Markie Post in the early-1990s sitcom Hearts Afire and on the 1980s police comedy-drama Hooperman.

He starred in many made-for-TV movies and made guest appearances on TV shows such as Ally McBeal and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also provided the voice for Clifford in the animated children's show Clifford the Big Red Dog, a role for which he received two Emmy nominations.

He also guest starred on the NBC sitcom Scrubs as the father of Zach Braff's character, J.D. He was to make another guest appearance but due to his death the producers changed the storyline to J.D.'s older brother Dan (played by Tom Cavanagh) visits J.D. to tell him that their father passed away and help his brother cope with his passing. That episode, titled "My Cake" (Season 4, Ep 6), was dedicated to Ritter.

Ritter had two wives, actress Nancy Morgan (married 1977-divorced 1996) and actress Amy Yasbeck (married 1999-2003). Yasbeck had played his wife or love interest in two of the Problem Child movies (interestingly, as two distinct characters.)

He and Morgan had three children, Carly, Tyler, and Jason. He and Yasbeck had one daughter, Stella.

Ritter played Claude Pichon in The Dinner Party (2000) at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, which was written by Neil Simon. It ran for three hundred and sixty-four perfomances.

Ritter won the Theatre World Award in 2001 for his performance in The Dinner Party.

In 2002, he made a TV comeback with the ABC family sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.

Ritter's final movie role was as the store manager in Bad Santa (2003), starring Billy Bob Thornton and Bernie Mac.

He became ill during a rehearsal of his TV series (which was at the time starting its second season), on September 11, 2003, and died later that day at the age of 54 at a nearby hospital in Burbank, California. Coincidentally, the hospital where he died was the same place where he was born. The cause of death was listed as an aortic dissection, the result of a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. He was interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Ritter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

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

Roddy McDowall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (sometimes written MacDowall) (September 17, 1928 - October 3, 1998) was a British actor.

He was born in London to a family enthusiastic about the theatre, and made his first film appearance at the age of ten. It was as "Huw" in How Green Was My Valley (1941) that he made his name, and he appeared in many other films as a child actor, including The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Lassie Come Home (1943) where he co-starred (in what would be one of many occasions) opposite lifelong friend Elizabeth Taylor.

McDowall was one of the few child actors to continue his career successfully into adulthood, but it was usually in character roles, notably in four of the five original Planet of the Apes movies (1968-1973). Other film appearances included The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974). He also appeared on stage and television.

He played a character villain, "The Bookworm", in the camp 1960s TV series Batman and had an acclaimed recurring role as The Mad Hatter in Batman: The Animated Series.

In 1974, the FBI raided the home of McDowall and seized the actor's collection of films and television series. His collection consisted of 160 16mm prints and over 10,000 videocassettes (this was before the era of VCRs and VHS tapes). McDowall had bought Errol Flynn's home movies and the prints of his directorial debut Tam Lin (1970) starring Ava Gardner and transferred them all to tape for longer-lasting film. McDowall was forthcoming about some of the individuals he had dealt with on the black market: Rock Hudson, Dick Martin and Mel Torme were some of the celebrities that were interested in his creations. No charges were pressed against McDowall.

During the 1990s, McDowall became active in film preservation and was active in the preserving of Cleopatra (1963), (coincidentally, in which he co-starred) which had been severely cut by 20th Century Fox studio head Darryl F. Zanuck after skyrocketing production costs.

McDowall served for several years in various capacities on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that presents the Oscar. He was Chairman of the Actor's Branch for five terms. He was elected President of the Academy Foundation the year he died.

He also received recognition as a photographer and published five books of photographs, one being of his celebrity friends such as Elizabeth Taylor and Judy Garland.

He died in Studio City, California from lung cancer in 1998 at the age of 70, the guardian of many secrets (nefarious and otherwise) that Hollywood holds. He was seen accompanying 88 year old Luise Rainer, the earliest awardee of a Best Actress Oscar who attended that year's telecast, which featured all the living previous Oscar winners who were willing and/or able to attend (more than 70 did).

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

dj and Diane, Thanks for the song and the background. Although I am not familiar with either musician, it will be a pleasure to search out their music.

Rex, That's one that I have never heard from Olivia, but most of us know "You're the One That I want" from Grease. Thanks, Maine.

Good afternoon, Walter and Francis. How is Europe faring. <smile>

I know that song, Walter. Wasn't there a big old St. Bernard named Beethoven?

Ah, McTag and his nipper. We all hope he has a pleasant trip.

Looking at Hank Williams and thinking of his tragic life. Next to "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry", and the one that Bob played, I really love the lyrics to "I Can't Help it if I'm Still in Love with You."

Raggedy, once again you have kept us abreast of our celebs. William Carlos Williams is one of my favorite poets. Thanks, PA.

BARNEY GOOGLE
(Rose / De Beck / Con Conrad)
Billy Jones & Ernest Hare, Thomas & West


Who's the most important man this country ever knew?
Do you know what politician I have reference to?
Well, it isn't Mr. Bryan, and it isn't Mr. Hughes.
I've got a hunch that to that bunch I'm going to introduce:
(Again you're wrong and to this throng I'm going to Introduce:)
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize.
When the horses ran that day, Spark Plug ran the other way.
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She stood Barney for divorce
Now he's living with his horse

Who's the greatest lover that this country ever knew?
And who's the man that Valentino takes his hat off to?
No, it isn't Douglas Fairbanks that the ladies rave about.
When he arrives, who makes the wives chase all their husbands
out?
Why, it's Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google is the guy who never buys.
Women take him out to dine, then he steals the waiter's dime.
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google is the luckiest of guys.
If he fell in to the mud, he'd come up with a diamond stud.
Barney Google with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.

Who's the greatest fire chief this country ever saw?
Who's the man who loves to hear the blazing buildings roar?
Anytime the house is burning, and the flames leap all about,
Say, tell me do, who goes, "kerchoo!" and puts the fire out?
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google, thought his horse could win the prize.
He got odds of ten to eight; Spark Plug came in three days late.
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google tried to enter paradise.
When Saint Peter saw his face, he said, "Go to the other place".
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.

Hey, edgar. I wonder if google took their name from that song? <smile>



written by Hank Williams
© Fred Rose Music Inc

Today I passed you on the street
And my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

Somebody else stood by your side
And she looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and stood so close to you
Suddenly I got that old time feeling
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

It's hard to know another's lips have kissed you
And held you just the way I used to do
Heaven only knows how much I've missed you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

I was surprised to find that Hank's song was done by many artists, listeners.

MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE!
Tommy Dorsey
- words by Herb Magidson, music by Allie Wrubel

A table near the band
A small one
Some cigarettes, a drink
Yes, a tall one
And, waiter, I could use
A chaser for my blues

Tonight I mustn't think of her
Music, maestro, please!
Tonight
Tonight I must forget
How much I need her
So, Mister Leader
Play your lilting melodies
Ragtime, jazztime, swing
Any old thing
To help me ease the pain
That solitude can bring
She used to like waltzes
So please don't play a waltz
She danced divinely
And I loved her so
But there I go
Tonight I mustn't think of her
No more memories
Swing out
Tonight I must forget
Music, maestro, please!

Hey, maestro edgar. Thanks, Texas. Always music, buddy. <smile>

Now for a local update:

Our Reyn is creating a work of art with a new montage/collage.

If you want to be in the picture, better hurry. <smile>

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1573886#1573886

While we wait to see the end result of Reyn's work of art, listeners. Here is a news item from the past:




Bruce Lee Fans Aim for Hong Kong Statue By The Associated Press
2 hours, 17 minutes ago



HONG KONG - Bruce Lee fans are urging the Hong Kong government to help pay for a bronze statue to mark the actor's 65th birthday in November.


The Bruce Lee Club is planning to erect an 8-foot-2-inch statue of the martial arts legend on the Avenue of Stars, which honors Hong Kong movie stars, said Hew Kuan-yau, a member of the club's committee.

Lee was born in the United States but moved to Hong Kong as a child. Most of his movies were shot and produced in Hong Kong. He died in 1973 at age 32.

His fans voted for the statue to represent a pose from his 1972 movie, "Fist of Fury." Plans call for unveiling the statue on Nov. 27.

Hew said the club has only raised half of the $155,000 needed for the statue's construction, installation, insurance and publicity, and he's appealing to the government for a donation.

"We are not asking them to pay for the total sum, but at least part of it," he said Thursday. "We want people to know about the legend of Bruce Lee."

Chinese Ninja Warrior
Immortals Song Lyrics


Whoah, Chinese ninja warrior,
with your heart so cold.
Sub-Zero.
Whoah, your life is a mystery.
Why you wear the mask?
Sub-Zero.

Yeah. Yeah.
Freezing Vibrations! (Yeah.)
(Yeah. Yeah.) Freezing Vibrations!
(Yeah. Yeah.) Freezing Vibrations!
Here we go!
Here we go!

Whoah, Chinese ninja warrior,
with your heart so cold.
Sub-Zero.
Whoah, your life is a mystery.
Why you wear the mask?
Sub-Zero.

Yeah. Yeah.
Freezing Vibrations! (Yeah.)
(Yeah. Yeah.) Freezing Vibrations! (Yeah.)
(Yeah. Yeah.) Freezing Vibrations!
Here we go!
Here we go!

Whoah, Chinese ninja warrior,
with your heart so cold.
Sub-Zero.
Whoah, your life is a mystery.
Why you wear the mask?
Sub-Zero.

Yeah. Yeah.
Freezing Vibrations!
Yeah.Yeah.
Freezing Vibrations!

Whoah, Chinese ninja warrior,
with your heart so cold.
Sub-Zero.
Whoah, your life is a mystery.
Why you wear the mask?
Sub-Zero.
Ooohhhhhhh ahhh.

Strange, as The Crow was on AMC last evening, and Brandon Lee was killed making that movie. There is still a great deal of speculation about father and son and their strange deaths.

Well, all those birthdays of the famus nicely contibuted by Raggedyaggie.


May I add one, whose 275th birthday would have been today?

Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben, formerly captain in the Prussian army, . Falsely posing as a baron and a former lieutenant general, von Steuben got himself appointed as the Inspector General to Washington's Main Army.

(It wouldn't be really worth mentioning him if there wasn't the Steuben Parade :wink: )

Walter, dear. Tell our listeners what the Steuben parade is. In the interim:

Thought for Today: ``One of these days is none of these days.'' - Anonymous.



09/16/05 20:00

The German-American von Steuben Day Parade started at 11 a.m. today at Fifth Avenue and 63rd Street and continued north to 86th Street.

"This is the 48th annual event named for Baron von Steuben, a Revolutionary War hero from Germany who helped organize the army at Valley Forge and fought on the side of the Colonists. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Ole von Beust of Hamburg, Germany, are scheduled to lead the parade, which will be filled with colorful costumes, bands, dignitaries and much more."

The annual von Steuben Parade is the German American Event of the year. It is held in the middle of September - coincidally exactly at Steuben's birthday this year - when hundreds of participants from the USA, Germany etc march, dance, play music or ride the many beautiful floats on Western Avenue and join the festivities later at the German-American Fest:







:wink:

Well, my goodness, Walter. We 'Mericans should have remembered that, right listeners?

We need a song to salute our Von Steuben. (hey, I didn't see Virginia in there)

Ok, folks. Here's our tribute to Von Steuben:


Twist and Shout Lyrics
Artist(Band):The Beatles




Well, shake it up, baby, now, (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout. (twist and shout)
C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now, (come on baby)
Come on and work it on out. (work it on out)

Well, work it on out, honey. (work it on out)
You know you look so good. (look so good)
You know you got me goin', now, (got me goin')
Just like I knew you would. (like I knew you would)

Well, shake it up, baby, now, (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout. (twist and shout)
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now, (come on baby)
Come on and work it on out. (work it on out)

You know you twist your little girl, (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine. (twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer, now, (twist a little closer)
And let me know that you're mine. (let me know you're mine)
Ahhhhhhhhhh(low) Ahhhhhhhhhh(higher) Ahhhhhhhhhh(higher) Aghhhhhhhhhh(high)
Well, shake it up, baby, now, (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout. (twist and shout)
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now, (come on baby)
Come on and work it on out. (work it on out)

You know you twist your little girl, (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine. (twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer, now, (twist a little closer)
And let me know that you're mine. (let me know you're mine)

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now. (shake it up baby)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now. (shake it up baby)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now. (shake it up baby)
Ahhhhhhhhhh(low) Ahhhhhhhhhh(higher) Ahhhhhhhhhh(higher) Aghhhhhhhhhh(high)


Walter, can you tell me why I would use that song for the parade?

Well, Folks. Walter is off to watch the parade, so here is the explanation of the salute song:

In the movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the song "Twist and Shout" was played during the Baron Von Steuben's Day Parade in Chicagoland.

So, folks. Now you know!