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That's a good sign ain't it Edgar?

to quote Iron Butterfly:

Listen to the clock beat as it ticks out time away,
And listen to the birds' laughter as they live for today,
And listen to the heart beat as it beats our lives away.

These are the things that we hear in our world,
and these are the things that we hear in the time of our lives,
in the time of our lives.

and now for the January 9 Celebrity Birthday WA2K feature:

1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader (Ripion, WI; died 1947)
1878 John B. Watson, behavioral psychologist (Greenville, SC; died 1958)
1901 Chic Young, cartoonist and creator of Blondie (Chicago, IL; died 1973)
1902 Sir Rudolph Bing, impresario (Vienna, Austria; died 1997)
1908 Simone de Beauvoir, novelist/essayist (France; died 1986)
1913 Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States (Yorba Linda, CA; died 1994)
1928 Judith Krantz, novelist (New York, NY)
1935 Bob Denver, actor (New Rochelle, NY)
1941 Joan Baez, singer and political activist (Staten Island, NY)
1942 Susannah York, actress (London, England)
1951 Crystal Gayle, country singer (Paintsville, KY)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ms. Baez:



and Many, Many More.

Listeners, while edgar's and Panz's hearts still beat, and while McTag rushes to his pharmacy, here is an item of interest for you lovers of the creatures of the deep:


Hurricanes May Have Spared Manatees

Sat Jan 8, 6:33 PM ET Science - AP



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The fury of four hurricanes in Florida may have spared the state's endangered manatee population from further decline.





Related Links
• 2004 Manatee Mortality (FWRI)



The annual report by the state Fish and Wildlife Research Institute shows deaths statewide fell to 276 in 2004 from 370 recorded in 2003.


"One theory is the four hurricanes that affected the state this year means we had less boating activity," said Tom Pitchford, a biologist with the research institute. "Fewer boats on the water means fewer manatees struck."


The total manatee death rate spiked in 2003 because of an aquatic phenomenon called a red tide event. It's caused by an unpredictable algae bloom that can sicken and kill sea life when it is ingested.


In 2003, the red tide event killed about 96 manatees. Otherwise, the 2003 death rate would have been closer to the total in 2004.


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Information from: The Palm Beach Post, http://www.pbpost.com

I heart manatees.

Leave it to our Raggedy to do the timely thing, listeners.

Fantastic picture of Joan Baez, Aggie, and a heart felt remembrance of Iron Butterfly.

In searching through the archives last evening, I was astounded to discover that there are three Jimmie(Jimmy) Rogers(Rodgers) people.
Now, I am not certain which one was buffeted about by the LA police.

More later, as I need to get the Sunday paper for obvious reasons.

Tucumcari
Jimmie Rodgers Roulette R-4191
(Olofson-McIntyre) Mappa Mus. Corp. ASCAP


Twelve more miles to Tucumcari
I've been hurrying there
To the gal I'm gonna marry
With the yellowest hair

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
Ten more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Eight more miles to Tucumcari
It's the fourth of July
Been three years in January
Since I kissed her goodbye

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
Six more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Four more miles to Tucumcari
Not much further to go
Got no time to waste or tarry
She'll be waitin' I know

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
Two more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Here I am in Tucumcari
Found my yellow-haired gal
Just in time to see her marry
With my very best pal

{Left right march along
Guess I better be gone} (I better be gone)
A thousand miles from Tucumcari
I'll be rambling on
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I'll be rambling on)

A hundred miles from Tucumcari
Down in Santa Fe
Fell in love with a girl named Mary
Gee I'm happy today

{No more marching now
Found my honeycomb} (found my honeycomb)
I've forgotten Tucumcari
No more reason to roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari)
I've forgotten Tucumcari
No more reason to roooaaaammmmm

and the lady Diane asked me to post this one:

Twilight On the Trail

When it's twilight on the trail,
And I jog along,
The world is like a dream
And the ripple of the stream is my song . . .

When it's twilight on the trail,
And I rest once more,
My ceiling is the sky
And the grass on which I lie is my floor . . .

Never ever have a nickel in my jeans,
Never ever have a debt to pay,
Still I understand what real contentment means,
Guess I was born that way . . .

When it's twilight on the trail,
And my voice is still,
Please plant this heart of mine
Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . .

( Underneath the lonesome pine on the hill . . . )
When it's twilight on the trail . . .

~ from the 1936 Paramount film
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
Music by Louis Alter
with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell, 1936
Famous Music

The Jimmy Rogers beaten by a cop was the one who sang Honeycomb and the song dys posted. I will be back to post my favorite recording by this artist.

The World I Used to Know sung by Jimmy Rogers
(Not for sure - Rod McKuen may have written it)

Someday an old familiar rain
Will come along and know my name
And then my shelter will be gone
And I'll have to move along

But till I do
I'll stay awhile
And track the hidden country of your smile

Someday the man I used to be
Will come along and call on me
And then because I'm just a man
You'll find my feet are made of sand

But till that time
I'll tell you lies
And chart the hidden bound'ries of your eyes

Someday the world I used to know
Will come along and bid me go
Then I'll be leavin' you behind
For love is just a state of mind

But till that day
I'll be your man
And love away your troubles if I can

And till that day
I'll be your man
And love away your troubles if I can

Edgar: That's one of the Rogers' songs I was trying to remember. thank you. I'm not sure, but I think he had both an opening and closing song on his TV show. Anyhow, the one you posted is one of them.

"Jimmie Rodgers' first big hit came in the Summer of 1957 when he covered a song that had been done by Bob Merrill in 1954 titled Honeycomb. It was a smash hit, topping the pop chart for four weeks and making Jimmie a bonafide star. In the next year he followed it with several more top ten hits: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (which had been a 1951 hit for the Weavers), Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again, Secretly, and Are You Really Mine. Rodgers continued to put hits in the top forty on the Roulette label into 1960. In 1959 he hosted his own network variety show on NBC. From 1962 to 1966 he recorded on Dot and then moved to the A&M label. Rodgers also appeared in some movies, including Back Door To Hell and The Little Shepherd From Kingdom Come.

On December 20, 1967 Rodgers was assaulted on the San Diego Freeway. He was beaten severely and suffered a fractured skull. The exact reasons for this beating remain a mystery, although there has been speculation about the reasons for it. Jimmie took off for a time but returned to performing the following year. The last of his twenty-five top 100 singles was Child Of Clay in late 1967. He put albums such as his Windmills Of Your Mind on the albums chart as late as 1969. "


Edited to add this link which tells what happened:

http://across.co.nz/JimmieRodgers.htm

Wow! Thanks everyone. The songs are terrific, and I had thought that Rodgers died as a result of that beating.

Dys, you tell the lady that Twilight on the Trail always made me cry. I have forgotten the movie from whence it came. How Green was my Valley?

My dad sang a song called Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, and I need to locate those lyrics.

Bad news today, WA2K.

U.S. forces mistakenly dropped a 500 pound bomb on a house outside the northern city of Mosul early Saturday morning. At least five Iraquis were killed.

The military released a statement saying the wrong house had been bombed and expressed regret. Regret?

Lena Horne
If you haven't listened to Lena Horne live, you haven't heard her at her best.

Many years ago, my best friend was given two tickets to Lena Horne's last tour show in San Francisco. The seats were in the center of the front row.

Lena was dressed in a tight jersey-style white gown which showed off her magnificent body in her old age. Her skin glowed with sweat that poured down her cleavage.

During her last song, Lena sat on the edge of the stage right in front of my friend and I and she sang to us. Shivers went up and down my spine as she held her left hand out to us, blowing a kiss.

What a magnificent woman!

BBB

Duh, dys cited the movie. Sheeeeze, Letty. Pay attention.

In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine,
In the pale moonlight,
Our hearts entwined,
She carved her name,
And I carved mine.

Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue,
Like the pines, I am lonesome for you.

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
On the trail of the lonesome pine.
(from memory so as to redeem myself)

Artist/Band: Fogerty John
Lyrics for Song: Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Lyrics for Album: The Blue Ridge Rangers
When I was young and in my prime (in my prime!),
I left my home in caroline.
Now all I do is sit and pine, for all those folks I left behind.

I got the blue ridge mountain blues, and I sat right here to say,
"my grip is packed to travel, and (I'm back to ramble,) should be and I'm scratching gravel)
To my blue ridge far away."

I'm goin' to stay right by my pa, I'm goin' to do right by my ma,
I'll hang around the cabin door, no work or worry anymore.

I got the blue ridge mountain blues, goin' to see my old oak tree,
Gonna hunt the possum where the corn cob blossom,
In my blue ridge far away.
Woo!

I see a haze of snowy white, I see a window with light,
I seem to hear them both sigh, "where is my wand'rin boy tonight? "

I got the blue ridge mountain blues, and I stay right here to say,
"every day I'm countin' 'til I climb that mountain,
In my blue ridge far away."


Album Lyrics: The Blue Ridge Rangers [1994]

Fogerty John
"The Blue Ridge Rangers"

Hey, WA2K. Damned if I don't know the lyrics to "Where is my wand'rin boy Tonight."

Here's a song Gene Autry introduced in a movie. Anybody recognize it?

I found my thrill
On blueberry hill
On blueberry hill
When I found you
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody ...

....for all of those vows you made,
Were never to be.

Though you are gone,
You're part of me still.
For you were my thrill,
On Blueberry hill.

Gene Autry, edgar. That is a big surprise. What movie?

I forgot the movie name.

"Blueberry Hill" was written in 1940 by pop song writer and band leader Vincent Rose for a movie called "The Singing Hill." Surprise!! Are you sitting down? It is apparently a western. Blueberry Hill was apparently written for Gene Autrey. ASCAP awarded Vincent Rose al posthumous award for the most performed song from a movie. Sure it made Fats career, and we applaud him. But there wouldn;t have been any blueberries if it were not for Vincent Rose, who earlier teamed up with Al Jolson to write "Avalon". Give credit where credit is due!

Gene Autry in The Singing Hill in 1941, but I didn't see that one. (lol)

And don't forget the line:

The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill
And lingered until my dreams came true

Fats Dominoe sang it that way. (lol)