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Yes, Miss Letty, can you find "Olvidarte" by Pasion Vega?

Will do, Francis. Checking the archives as we write. <smile>

Francis, all I could locate was this, and I'm not certain that it is the one that you requested:

Academia Lyrics - Nunca Voy A Olvidarte (victor).
Lyrics: Academia - Nunca Voy A Olvidarte (victor) [Artist Lyrics]
Album: Unknown

Junte lo más hermoso
que viví yo contigo,
los detalles, las cosas
que me harán recordarte.

Ahora voy a marcharme,
pues tu lo decidiste,
lo comprendo y me alejo
no sin antes decirte:

"Que el tiempo que duró nuestro amor,
tú me hiciste feliz,
y en mi adiós te deseo lo mejor".

Pero estés donde estés,
nunca voy a olvidarte,
yo te juro que no
tratare de olvidarte.

Si tu quieres mi amor,
para mí no me importa,
yo te quiero a morir
sobre todas las cosas.

I think, Francis is looking for 'Olvidarte será fácil ...' by Pasión Vega, although your song/lyrics are nice, too, Letty :wink:

Olvidarte será fácil ya lo sé,
Tengo apenas que dejar de ver el mar.
Y cegarme ante la luz de las estrellas no ver llegar la luna detrás de el cristal.
Olvidarte será fácil ya lo sé
Tengo apenas que arrancarte de mi piel
Y cerrar puertas y ventanas no ver llegar la noche ni el amanecer

Olvidarte será fácil tengo apenas que taparme los oídos a los cantos de las aves y al murmullo penetrante de los ríos olvidarte será fácil..
Te lo digo.. es cuestión de no escuchar mis latidos

Olvidarte será fácil
Tengo apenas que matar un sentimiento..
y tapar el sol entero con un dedo
y cambiar mi corazón por uno de papel

Tengo apenas que taparme los oídos a los cantos de las aves y al murmullo penetrante de los ríos olvidarte será fácil..
Te lo digo.. es cuestión de olvidar que he nacido.

Good Morning WA2K. Hope all are well and happy and safe from storms.

Today's Birthdays:

86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
866 - Emperor Leo VI of the Byzantine Empire (d. 912)
1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria
1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
1676 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (d. 1832)
1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
1894 - John D. Dingell, U.S. Congressman from Michigan (d. 1955)
1901 - Joe Pasternak, Russian-born film producer (d. 1991)
1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
1911 - Sir William Golding, English novelist (d. 1993)
1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor
1913 - Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
1919 - Mary Midgley, American philosopher
1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer
1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002)
1922 - Dana Zátopková, Czech runner
1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000)
1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player
1928 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
1928 - Adam West, American actor
1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian film maker
1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988)
1933 - David McCallum, Scottish actor
1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967)
1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval pilot (d. 2003)
1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete
1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
1940 - Paul Williams, American composer
1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
1949 - Twiggy Lawson, English model
1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
1958 - Lita Ford, English singer
1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanian boxer
1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model

Thank you, Walter. I have the worst search engines. First google kept saying, "Do you mean Passion Vega ?"

Then I found Pasion Vega, but no lyrics for the song that Francis requested.

It may be the fact that Letty and Ma Bell don't work. <smile>

There's our Raggedy, listeners. Thanks, gal, for the celeb updates.

My word. There's Frances Farmer whose mother forced her to have a frontal lobotomy. Terrible thing, folks.

Well, I do see a couple of celebs in the music business that I am familiar with. Perhaps I won't have trouble finding those lyrics.

Adam West
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington) is best known as the actor who played the role of Batman on the original television program that ran from 1966 to 1968.


Biography

West grew up reading the Batman comics. He graduated from nearby Whitman College where he majored in literature and psychology and was married. He served two years in the United States Army. He worked as a disc jockey, truck driver, and cowboy, then travelled with his wife around Europe, where he sometimes worked as a milkman. Eventually he settled in Hawaii where he got a role on a light entertainment show called The Kini Popo Show. In Hawaii he divorced his first wife and married a Hawaiian.

In the 1960s, various roles in films and television brought him to the attention of William Dozier, who cast him as Batman in the 1960s hit television series. West has said he was also invited to play James Bond after Sean Connery decided to give up the role, and that he was almost part of the three big B's of the 1960s: Bond, Batman, and The Beatles. The Batman show was internationally successful as light camp entertainment, running from 1966 to 1968 and even producing a feature film.

After the show ended, West was typecast as Batman and had trouble playing other roles; audiences identified him as Batman and no one else. Even his convincing lead performance as cynical tough guy Johnny Cain in the 1969 film The Girl Who Knew Too Much did not erode his Batman image.

He never stopped working after Batman and during the 1970s and 1980s appeared in a range of B-grade films and non-aired TV pilots, including The Happy Hooker goes to Hollywood about the famed call girl, Xaviera Hollander.

During the 1990s he achieved partial cult status, appearing as himself in such films as The Size of Watermelons and Drop Dead Gorgeous. West has has also lent his voice to several animated television series, including The Simpsons and the animated Batman television series. In 1991 he starred in the pilot episode for Lookwell!, in which he portrayed a washed-up TV action hero who falsely believes he can solve crimes in real life. The pilot, written by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, has accrued a reputation for being one of the funniest potential series not to be picked up by a network. It was later broadcast on the Trio channel.

West had a cameo appearance on the Fox animated version of Batman, Batman: The Animated Series. In the episode "Beware the Gray Ghost", West voices The Gray Ghost, a tribute to early superhero characters like The Shadow and the Crimson Avenger, and an early childhood inspiration to Bruce Wayne.

West makes semi-regular appearances on the animated series Family Guy, on which he plays Adam West, the near-lunatic mayor of fictional Quahog, Rhode Island (though "Mayor Adam West" was not originally intended to be voiced by the real Adam West.)

Adam West also appears on Nickelodeon's animated series The Fairly OddParents, with the same personality as Family Guy portrayed. A few episodes make fun of his role as Batman by casting him as Adam West, the superhero Catman and major Hollywood star. He also voiced cartoon roles on Kim Possible as Timothy North, a washed-up actor who believes he is the superhero he portrayed on televsion, The Fearless Feret. He also stared on the Cartoon Network series Johnny Bravo.

He is also a canny investor who has appeared on FOXs Cashin' In show about the stock market and investments in general. (Wayne Rogers is another investing actor who has appeared on the show).

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

Ferdinand Porsche

born Sept. 3, 1875, Maffersdorf, Austria
died Jan. 30, 1951, Stuttgart, Germany
Austrian automotive engineer who designed the popular Volkswagen car.

Porsche became general director of the Austro-Daimler Company in 1916 and in 1923 moved to the Daimler Company in Stuttgart. He left in 1931 and formed his own firm to design sports and racing cars. Porsche became deeply involved in Hitler's project for a "people's car" and with his son Ferdinand, known as Ferry, was responsible for the initial design of the Volkswagen in 1934. During World War II the Porsches designed military vehicles, notably the Tiger tank. After the war the elder Porsche was imprisoned by the French for a time. In 1950 the Porsche sports car was introduced.

Porsche history (use timeline on the left site!)

Frances Farmer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Born September 19, 1913
Seattle, Washington
Died August 1, 1970
Indianapolis, Indiana

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 - August 1, 1970) was an American film actress.

In 1931, Farmer won an essay contest for a controversial work titled "God Dies", and in 1935 won a trip to the Soviet Union while working for a leftist newspaper. These deeds led to accusations that she was both an atheist and a Communist, but her first interest had always been acting, which she studied at the University of Washington.

She moved to Hollywood in 1935, where her striking good looks and distinctive voice led her to a 7-year contract with Paramount Studios. After receiving top billing in two well-received 1936 Paramount "B" films, she was cast opposite Bing Crosby the same year in Rhythm On The Range. In 1936 she gave her most acclaimed performance when she was loaned to Samuel Goldwyn to appear in Come and Get It, based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Her portrayals of both the mother and daughter were well received by critics and public alike, and many critics wrote of her potential to become a major star. She married her first husband, actor Leif Erickson, the same year.

Farmer was not entirely satisfied with her career progression. Her aspiration was to be a great actress and she felt stifled by Paramount's tendency to cast her in films that depended on her looks more than her talent, and her naturally outspoken demeanor became uncooperative and contemptuous. In an age when the studios dictated every facet of a star's life, Farmer rebelled against the studio's control and off-screen resisted every attempt that was made to glamourize her life.

With the intention of solidifying her reputation as a serious actress, she left Hollywood in 1937, first to do summer stock on the East Coast, and, after she was seen there by Harold Clurman and Clifford Odets, to join the Group Theater and to appear in the Clifford Odets play Golden Boy. She embarked on an affair with Odets but he was married to the actress Luise Rainer and offered Farmer no commitment. This relationship ended with Farmer feeling betrayed that he had used her drawing power to further the success of his play, and she returned to Hollywood, somewhat chastened and willing to continue her movie career, though still on her terms. She arranged a special deal with Paramount where she agreed to stay in Los Angeles for three months out of every year to make motion pictures, freeing up the remainder of each year for her theater activities. Unfortunately her two subsequent appearances on Broadway each had short runs, and she found herself back in Los Angeles, frequently being loaned out by Paramount to other studios for starring roles, while at her home studio she was consigned to costarring appearances.

More insecure than her abrasive and self-assured persona indicated, she was also battling alcoholism and a driving offence set in motion a chain of events that led to her downfall, with Farmer seemingly determined to destroy herself. In October 1942 she was arrested for driving with her headlights on bright during the wartime dimout zone that affected the whole west coast. The police who arrested her suspected her of being drunk and she was jailed overnight. She was fined $500.00, of which she immediately paid $250.00, and was put on probation. When the remainder of her fine was not paid, a bench warrant was issued for her arrest in January 1943. She was found at the Knickerbocker Hotel, where she did not surrender peacefully. At her hearing the next morning, she behaved erratically, berating the judge, demanding an attorney, and ultimately throwing an inkwell at the judge. He immediately sentenced her to 180 days in jail. Through the efforts of her sister-in-law (who was a deputy sheriff in Los Angeles at the time), Farmer was quickly transferred to the psychiatric ward of L.A.'s General Hospital.

After she was found mentally incompetent, she was sent to a private sanitarium where she received insulin shock therapy. After nine months at this institution, she was released into her mother's care, and went to live with her. Three subsequent stays in a state mental institution followed, the longest from April 1946 to March 1950. At the state institution she was subjected to electro-convulsive shock treatment (ECT). In 1950, her parents made a request that the state review her case, declare her competent and parole her. Farmer stated in her autobiography that they had done so in order to have her take care of them in their old age. At this time she believed that she could be institutionalized again on her mother's instruction, as had happened in the past. Later she ascertained and secured competency for herself.

In 1954, after a brief second marriage, she moved to Eureka, California where she worked anonymously for almost three years as a secretary/bookkeeper at a photo studio. In 1957 she was finally recognized by a radio promoter and talent agent, who arranged for her to move to San Francisco to work as a receptionist in a hotel where he had planned for a reporter to recognize her and write an article about her. This led to a renewed interest in her and a couple of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show where Sullivan treated her with dignity. This was followed by an appearance on the TV show This Is Your Life, where Farmer was questioned about her alcohol abuse and mental illness. Farmer stated that she did not believe that she had ever been mentally ill, and even at the time had not believed it, but that "if a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one". Reviewers of the program described her responses as highly intelligent, and also noted her brusque but forthcoming reactions to some of the more personal questions and suggested that on occasions she seemed to be on the verge of losing her patience. She appeared in several live television dramas and one mediocre film that exploited her famous name, but Hollywood quickly lost interest in her.

Farmer finally found security in Indianapolis where in 1958 she was given her own afternoon show Frances Farmer Presents but by 1964, her alcoholism had made her unreliable and she was fired.

During this time she made friends who treated her as family, something she claimed never to have experienced before, and she lived the remaining few years of her life in contented obscurity before her death from esophageal cancer in 1970 at the age of 56.

Frances Farmer is interred in the Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fishers, Indiana.

Her autobiography Will There Really Be A Morning was published posthumously and previously unknown details of Farmer's hellish life became public for the first time. Although Farmer had worked on it until her illness overwhelmed her, much of it was written by a friend, Jean Ratcliffe. Jessica Lange played Farmer in the 1982 feature film "Frances" and was Oscar-nominated for her role. Lange has maintained her compassion and empathy for Farmer's plight and in interviews remains an ardent supporter. Susan Blakely also portrayed Farmer, with Lee Grant as Farmer's mother Lillian, in a television production which used the title of the autobiography.


Arguments against widely reported aspects of Farmer's medical treatment

In the years since Farmer's death, her treatment in institutions has been the subject of serious discussion and wild speculation, such as the sensationalized chapter relating to her breakdown, in Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger. Her own ghostwritten autobiography published after her death described the brutality of her incarceration, and claimed that she had been raped, beaten, doused in freezing baths, and forced by a warder to eat her own feces. The book's author, Farmer's friend Jean Ratcliffe, admitted that she had written the book specifically with the view to creating a saleable and filmable property. Ratcliffe later admitted that she had deliberately exaggerated Farmer's torment, and that much of the finished work was not contributed by Farmer.

A further biography Shadowland by William Arnold, published in 1978, asserted for the first time that Farmer had been the subject of a transorbital lobotomy. This statement was widely accepted as factual, and scenes of Farmer being subjected to the procedure were used to shocking effect in the film Frances. Arnold stated several years later that his intention had not been to create a true biography of Farmer, and that much of his story had been "fictionalized". Debunkers of this aspect of Farmer's representation have stated that complete medical records for Western State Hospital, where Farmer was a patient, detail all lobotomies that were performed during her time there. Considered a ground-breaking medical procedure at the time, the hospital did not attempt to conceal their work, and on the contrary kept extensive records. Although hundreds of patients received the procedure, there has been no evidence presented to support the claim that Farmer was among them; in fact, Farmer's own medical records show that she was never operated on for any reason while she was institutionalized. Former staff members, including all lobotomy ward nurses who were on duty during Frances' years at Western State and who were still alive years later, confirmed in 1983 interviews with Seattle newspapers that Farmer did not receive a lobotomy.

Associates who knew Farmer during her later years in Indianapolis have described her as a woman capable of unreasonable or temperamental behavior, who could sometimes be confrontational and difficult. They describe emotional outbursts similar to those attributed to Farmer during her Hollywood years. They also describe a woman who was able to establish a comfortable lifestyle and a successful career, (albeit hampered by alcoholism), in which she was required to display creativity and intelligence, and to communicate and interact effectively with a variety of people, especially during her 6 year role as a television presenter. These comments do not support the biographical description of her as a "lobotomized zombie".

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

Brook Benton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Brook Benton, real name Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931-April 9, 1988), was a soul singer perhaps most widely known for "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Fools Rush In" and "This Time of the Year".

Brook Benton was a very popular soul singer in the early 60's and sold many, many records for the Mercury label. He had a voice that had a very wide appeal and was also a talented songwriter.

Born in Camden, South Carolina in 1931, he became a gospel singer at a young age. While still a child he worked delivering milk in the morning and joined the Camden Jubilee Singers.

He enjoyed writing songs and in 1948, at age 17, journeyed to New York City to try to sell some of them. With his gospel singing background, it was not long before he drifted in and out of gospel groups such as Bill Langford's Spiritual Singers, the Langfordaires, the Golden Gate Quartet, and the Jerusalem Stars. Brook returned to South Carolina and drove a truck for a while while continuing his music career. He joined an R&B singing group, the Sandmen, and once again went north in search of a big break.

Brook found steady work making hundreds of demo records for such established singers as Nat "King" Cole, Clyde McPhatter, and Roy Hamilton. He co-wrote a number of songs with Clyde Otis. He first recorded under his own name for the Okeh label in 1953. Brook signed as a solo act with Epic and had his first minor hit with A Million Miles From Nowhere on Vik. He went on to Mercury along with Clyde Otis and arranger Belford Hendricks, and it was at Mercury that he would meet with his greatest success.

In 1959 he broke through with two hits, "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly." The former reached number 3 on the pop charts and the latter number 12, and those were the first of 23 top forty hits that Brook Benton would record, either as a solo or a duet, from 1959 to 1964.

Brook had a certain warmth in his voice that attracted a wide variety of listeners. He sang ballads that led to comparisons between Brook and such established performers as Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole, and Tony Bennett. He had another top ten hit with So Many Ways, then was teamed with another emerging Mercury star, [[[Dinah Washington]]. In 1960 this duo put two songs in the top ten, Baby [You've Got What It Takes] and A Rockin' Good Way [To Mess Around And Fall In Love]. Dinah was married seven times before she died from an overdose of alcohol and pills in 1963 at age 39.

Brook Benton was a talented songwriter. He had written his first two hits himself, "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly." In addition, some of his other compositions would become top ten pop hits for other artists, including the Diamonds' "The Stroll," Nat Cole's "Looking Back," and Clyde McPhatter's "A Lover's Question."

In the early 60's the hits that he recorded kept coming. These included a string of top ten pop hits such as "Kiddio," "The Boll Weevil Song," and "Hotel Happiness." He was prolific in issuing records that sold, one of which was "Shadrack." This record had originally been written in 1931 as "Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo" and was based on a story in the Old Testament. "The Boll Weevil Song" was Brook's only successful novelty song, and his highest charting song ever as it held the number two slot for three weeks in the summer of 1961. It tells the story of a pest to cotton farmers in the South that is constantly "looking for a home."

His string of successful hits began to slow down somewhat in about 1963, although he still managed to reach the top forty with records such as "I Got What I Wanted" and "Two Tickets To Paradise," and "Going Going Gone" in 1964 for Mercury. The arrival of the Beatles marked a change in taste by the record buying public. Brook began to go from label to label, recording for RCA, Reprise, and Cotillion.

He managed to come back with one more top ten song in 1970 on the Cotillion label, "Rainy Night In Georgia," which had been written by Tony Jo White [who had a top ten hit of his own the previous year with "Polk Salad Annie"]. Brook Benton remained popular as a performer, particularly in Great Britain, into the 80's. He died in New York City in 1988 of complications from spinal meningitis.

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

Rainy Night in Georgia
Brook Benton

(Words and Music by Tony Joe White)

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

instrumental interlude

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the
world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin' etc. to end

Cass Elliot
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"Mama" Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 - July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer who performed with The Mamas & the Papas. She then went onto a successful solo career, releasing nine albums. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she spent most of her childhood both in Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.


Mama Cass

Elliot was widely considered the most charismatic member of the Mamas & the Papas due to her sense of humor and optimism, in part because of her large size and weight. She was one of the most beloved members of the group and, because of her distinctive voice, was a large factor in their success. She is best remembered for her vocals on the group's Billboard hits California Dreamin, Monday, Monday, and Words of Love, as well as her first hit as an independent act, Dream a Little Dream.

Cass was in love with fellow Mamas & Papas band member Denny Doherty. His affair with other married band member, Michelle Phillips, was one of the causes of the break-up of the band. Elliot resented Michelle's perceived betrayal of their friendship and helped to support the band's decision to fire Michelle in June 1966, when it became clear that John Phillips could no longer work with her. The band quickly replaced Michelle with Jill Gibson, girlfriend to their producer Lou Adler. However, by late August of 1966, Michelle was let back into the group, while Gibson received a lump sum for her efforts. Jill would later admit to feeling betrayed by the band.

Cass gave birth to a daughter named Owen Vanessa Elliot on April 26, 1967 without naming the father.


Cass flies Solo

Elliot guest starred three times on Julie Andrews's 1973 television series, The Julie Andrews Hour. Cass's voice blended surprisingly well with Andrews's, given their stylistic differences, and they created a pleasing onscreen chemistry.

Elliot was a close friend and neighbor of coffee heiress Abigail Folger, who was a victim of the Charles Manson murders. She was also close to actress Sharon Tate, writer Wojciech Frykowski, and international hairdresser Jay Sebring, all victims of the Manson madness in the summer of 1969. Singer and performer Sammy Davis, Jr. was also a good friend of Elliot and this group, and Davis has been quoted as saying that they had all been together days before the tragedy, and were it not for he and Cass each flying off to other gigs that week, they too could have been victims of the Manson Family.

After the breakup of The Mamas & the Papas in July 1968, Elliot went on to have a successful solo career, even headlining briefly in Las Vegas, for the whopping contract at that time of USD$40,000 per week. Though her Vegas gig ended badly, she was a regular on TV talk shows and variety shows in the 70s. Her most successful recording during this period was Dream a Little Dream of Me from her solo album of the same name, released by Dunhill Records. At the height of her career in 1974, having just finished performing at the London Palladium theatre, she died of a heart attack. The coroner surmised her heart had weakened to the point of failure due to Elliot's weight and the effects of several crash diets over the years.

Elliot was married twice. In 1963 she married James Hendricks; they divorced in 1968 (Hendricks had been a member of "Cass Elliot and the Big Three," later named "The Mugwumps"). In 1971 she married Baron Donald von Wiedenman, a journalist.

Myths

An urban legend holds that Elliot died while choking on a sandwich, sometimes stated as a "ham sandwich". Shortly after her death, but before her autopsy, The Times published an article that quoted her doctor as speculating that she "probably... died as a result of choking on a sandwich while lying in bed". However, the coroner found no food in her trachea, and reported the cause of death as heart failure. Nevertheless, the rumor spread, with the popular imagination adding that the sandwich contained ham. Another version of the story holds that the doctor found a sandwich or partially eaten sandwich in her room, causing him to speculate about the cause of death. Apparently, that version of the story has no corroboration either.

Another popular myth circulated about Elliot. While the Mamas & the Papas were touring as The Magic Circle (their name before changing it to The Mamas & the Papas), Elliot begged friend Denny Doherty to let her join the band. Though she had a great voice, the band's leader, John Phillips, didn't feel her voice blended well with the band's other female vocalist, his wife, Michelle Phillips. But Elliot followed the band wherever they appeared, even to an engagement to the Virgin Islands. Here, she was finally accepted into the band. The myth purports that while on the islands, a piece of copper tubing fell on her head and miraculously changed her voice. Though untrue, the myth has been repeated by such music professionals as Casey Kasem. Elliot was hit on the head with a copper pipe during a nightclub renovation, but it had no effect on her voice. The myth was apparently started by band member John Phillips as a justification for letting her into the band after initially refusing to allow her to join. He tells the story himself on the PBS special California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas and the Papas, insisting it's true.

Both rumours were mentioned in the Filmfour-produced film Beautiful Thing, of which Mama Cass' music is a big feature.

The E! True Hollywood Story biography about Elliot reports (and revives) the rumor that singer/songwriter John Lennon of The Beatles may have been the father of Elliot's daughter, Owen.

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


DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

(Kahn-Schwandt-Andre)

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singin' in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me

Say nighty-night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

------ piano ------

Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Thanks, Bob and Walter for the background on the celebs and the porsche.

Back later, folks, as Miss Letty is feeling a bit under the weather.

Thank you for the try, Miss Letty.

Thank you, Walter. That's the one...

As Miss Letty seems to be slightly incapacitated (get well soon, old girl), I thought I would fill in for a bit, and bring a much needed injection of sophistication to the show.

So....sit back, sip at your brandy and listen to the melodious tones of Lonnie Donegan, singing......"My old man's a Dustman" (Garbage man to those Colonials among us).

<Places needle on vinyl.........SCREEEEEEEP!> Ooh, sorry.....try again.







"Now heres a little story,
to tell it is a must
about an unsung hero,
that moves away the dust

Some people make a fortune
others earn a mint
my old man dont earn much
in fact, he's flippin' skint!

My old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans hat
he wears cor-blimey trousers
and he lives in a council flat
he looks a proper 'nana in his great big hobnail boots
he has such a job to pull 'em up that he calls 'em daisy roots

Some folks give tips at Christmas
And some of them forget
so when he picks their bins up
he spills some on the step
now one old man got nasty
and to the council wrote
next time my old man went round there
he punched him up the throat!

My old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans hat
he wears cor-blimey trousers
and he lives in a council flat


Though my old mans a dustman
hes got a heart of gold
he got married recently
though he's 86 years old
we said 'here, hang on dad.. youre getting past your prime!'
he said 'when you get my age it helps to pass the time!'

My old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans hat
he wears cor-blimey trousers
and he lives in a council flat


Now one day whilst in a hurry
he missed a ladies bin
he hadnt gone but a few yards, when she chased after him
"What game do you think your playing?!"
She cried right from the heart
"you've missed me! am i too late?"

"NAH, JUMP UP ON THE CART!"

Oh,My old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans hat
he wears cor-blimey trousers
and he lives in a council flat.

He found a tigers head one day
nailed to a piece of wood
the tiger looked quite miserable
As I suppose he should!
just then from out the window
a voice began to wail... it said
'Oy, wheres me tigers 'ead?'

"FOUR FOOT FROM HIS TAIL!"

Oh, my old mans a dustman
he wears a dustmans hat
he wears cor-blimey trousers
and he lives in a council flat

next time you see a dustman
looking all pale and sad
dont kick him in the dustbin
it might be my old dad...!


(Translation......proper 'nana', pronounced narna, means a bit of a pillock, wazzock, or twit....whichever you prefer)

This song, of course, leads to questioning his Lordship:

Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight ?



While that song already had been broadcasted here, I'll present my favourite of Lonnie Donnegan's (p)top tunes:



Now, this here's the story about the Rock Island line
Now, the Rock Island line is a railroad line
And it runs down into New Orleasn
And just outside of New Orleans is a big toll gate
And all the trains that go through the toll gate
Why, they gotta pay the man some money
Less of course, they got certain things on board
Then they okay, then they don't ever have to pay the man nothin'
And right now, we see a train
She's comin' on down the line
And when she got up here to the toll gate
The-a depot, he shout down to the driver
He want to know what he got on board
So he say a
What you got on board there, boy
And the driver, he sing right on back
Down to the depot agent
Tell him what he got on board
The got a way of singing

I got sheep, I got cows
I got horses, I got pigs
I got all livestock
I got all livestock
I got all livestock

And the man say, well, he say
Your alright there, boy
You don't have to pay me nothin'
Just get 'em on through
So the train go through the toll gate
And as it go through
It got up a little bit of steam
And a, a little bit of speed
And when he sees me
On the other side of the toll gate
They, the driver shout back
Down the line to the man
'Course you don't hear what he say now
But home down the Rock Island line

I fooled you, I fooled you
I got pig iron, I got pig iron
I got all pig iron

He said, tell you where I'm goin', boy
Goin' down the Rock Island line, yes, yes
She's a mighty good road
Oh well, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
Is a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line
Well, I may be right
I may be wrong
I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Ya,the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
she's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

A B C, W X Y Z
Cat's in the cupboard
But he don't see me

Now, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

Hallaluah, I'm safe from sin
The good Lord's comin'
For to see me again

Keep it goin'

And the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

The Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

Hope you're soon back to feeling your best, dear Letty.

Well, listeners. Miss Letty ate and took a siesta and had a good laugh. Amazing what that can do for a colonial. <smile>

Thanks, Brit, for that dustman song, and nice to see you back, 'ellpus. Someone in our audience once said that he couldn't play his cd's, cause the needle kept sliding off.

Ah, our Walter has brought the trains back into our studio. Love it!

Well, my goodness. Francis won the question of the day, and McTag didn't even send him a prize. At least he received two songs as an award.


Schooldays over, come on then John

Time to be getting your pit boots on
On with your sack and your moleskin trousers
Time you were on your way
Time you were learning the pitman's job
And earning a pitman's pay.

Come on then Jim, it's time to go
Time you were working down below
Time to be handling a pick and shovel
You start at the pits today
Time to be learning the collier's job
And earning a collier's pay.

Come on then Dai, it's nearly light
Time you were off to the anthracite
The morning mist is on the valley
It's time you were on your way
Time you were learning the miner's job
And earning a miner's pay

Repeat First Verse

Sorry, 'ellpus, that you didn't get to finish school, old boy. <smile>

You know, folks. Yitwail hasn't been seen around, lately. I hope he went to the Cream concert. If so, I hope he enjoys because........................

Thought for Today: ``If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul.'' - Logan Pearsall Smith, Anglo-American author (1865-1946).



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