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Some people like to rock, some people like to roll
But movin' and a-groovin's gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a `coon
But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight


I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

Honky-Tonky' Joe is knockin' at the door
Bring him in an' fill `im up an' sit `im on the floor
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

The meat is on the stove, the bread's a-gettin' hot
Everybody run, they got the `possum in the pot
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

Let's have a party tonight
Let's have a party tonight
FADE
We're gonna have a party tonight

Jack Lord
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John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 - January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, made his career as a screen and Broadway theatre actor who is mostly known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic films, among them Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper.

Early in his career, he met his wife, Marie, who gave up her own career to support him.

Jack Lord was the first actor to play the character of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, Dr. No. However, the film producers disallowed Lord from reprising the role in later films, since they felt that having the same actor playing Leiter would upstage the dominance of Sean Connery as the leading man.

Lord's several Broadway credits include a performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lord gained additional publicity for his paintings, one of which was formerly housed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jack Lord died of congestive heart failure at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii in January of 1998, at the age of seventy-seven.

The producers of the 2000 Norm MacDonald comedy Screwed payed homage to Lord by making Danny DeVito's character the zealous president of the "Jack Lord Fan Club". The film's focus on this topic included scenes from Hawaii Five-O being watched (and spoken word for word) by DeVito.

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

Del Shannon
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Del Shannon (December 30, 1934-February 8, 1990) (born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan) was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" (1961) which introduced the "musitron", an early form of the synthesizer played by "Runaway" co-writer and keyboard player Max Crook.

Shannon followed up with "Hats Off to Larry", another big hit, and the less popular "So Long, Baby", another song of breakup bitterness. "Little Town Flirt", released in 1962 reached #12 in 1963 as did the album of the same name. After these hits, Shannon was unable to keep his momentum in the US, but became a sensation in England. In 1963, he became the first American artist to record a cover version of a Beatles song with "From Me to You".

Shannon returned to the charts in 1964 with "Handy Man"," Do You Wanna Dance", "Keep Searchin'", and "Stranger in Town" (1965), with the latter two songs themed about flight from pursuit in a dangerous world. In the late 1960s after a dry spell of hits, he turned to production. In 1969 he discovered a group called Smith and arranged their hit "Baby It's You". He then produced his friend Brian Hyland's million seller "Gypsy Woman" in 1970.

In the 1970s, Shannon's career slowed down greatly; the hates and fears he had turned into art in his earlier songs were turning into full-blown mental illness, and he was self-medicating with alcohol. He finally put the bottle down in 1978, and he was able to return to mainstream audiences with "Sea of Love" in the early 1980s from the album "Drop Down And Get Me" produced by Tom Petty.

On February 8, 1990, while working on a comeback album with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, Shannon fatally shot himself in the head with a .22 calibre rifle. His wife thought his death might have been related to his recent use of the prescription drug Prozac. The album was released after his death and titled "Rock On".

Shannon is a member of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame..

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


The Night has a thousand eyes :: Del Shannon

They say that your a runaround lover,
But you say it isn't so,
But if you put me down for another,
I'll know believe me, i'll know.

Because the night has a thousand eyes,
And a thousand eyes can't help but see,
If you are true to me,
So remember when you tell those little white lies,
That the night has a thousand eyes.

You say that your at home when you call me,
And how much you really care,
So you keep telling me that your lonely,
I'll know if someone is there.
Because the night has a thousand eyes,
And a thousand eyes can't help but see,
If you are true to me,
So remember when you tell those little white lies,
That the night has a thousand eyes.

One of these days your gonna be sorry,
Because your game, i'm gonna play,
And you'll find out with out really trying,
Each time that my kiss has strayed.

Because the night has a thousand eyes,
And a thousand eyes can't help but see,
If you are true to me,
So remember when you tell those little white lies,
That the night has a thousand eyes.

So remember when you tell those little white lies,
That the night has a thousand eyes....

Russ Tamblyn
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Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor and former dancer.

His first movie appearance was in 1948 in The Boy With Green Hair. In 1954 he was one of the singing and dancing brothers -- 'Gideon' -- in the film of the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for which his abilities as a champion gymnast and acrobat were well suited. His further musical roles included the movies Tom Thumb, Hit the Deck and West Side Story where he played Riff, the leader of the Jets.

He appeared in the movie Peyton Place in 1957, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1962 he appeared in the cinerama movie How the West Was Won. In 1963 he appeared in The Long Ships.

More recently he has appeared in television series such as Nash Bridges, Twin Peaks (in which he played an eccentric psychiatrist), and the Babylon 5 episode A Distant Star in which he played 'Captain Jack Maynard'.

His daughter is Amber Tamblyn with whom he has appeared in "Rebellious" and "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard", and in cameo roles in a few episodes of Joan of Arcadia. His brother, Larry Tamblyn, was the drummer with 1960s band The Standells.


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

Fred Ward
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Frederick Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American actor born in San Diego, California. He is of Scottish-Irish and Native American descent.


Biography

Ward studied acting at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio.

He then went to Europe, where he dubbed Italian movies, and appeared in two movies by director Roberto Rossellini.

He then returned to the United States getting his first big film break alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He was also notable as a violent National Guardsman in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort (1981).

Other notable film roles include astronaut Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff (1983), the overbearing father in Secret Admirer (1985), the title role in the action movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (his breaktrough role in America) (1985), the writer Henry Miller in Philip Kaufman's Henry & June (1990), and the covert security chief in Robert Altman's Hollywood satire The Player.

He gained many fans in Tremors (1989) (his worldwide breakthrough).

Before acting Ward spent three years in the United States Air Force. He was also a boxer, and worked as a lumberjack in Alaska.

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

Davy Jones
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Davy Jones, an actor and singer, was born David Thomas Jones on December 30, 1945 in Manchester, England. His father had hopes for him as a jockey, but Jones was more interested in being in show business, and as a teenager he appeared on British soap operas, including Coronation Street. He appeared to great acclaim in the musical Oliver! as the Artful Dodger, playing the role both in London and on Broadway, where he was nominated for a Tony Award. (When the film of the musical was made in 1968, Jones was at the height of his TV success and too heavily committed to take the part.) He then toured in another musical adaptation of a Charles Dickens classic, Pickwick, and did some American television as well as recording three singles.

Jones' next step was eerily prefigured. As part of the "Oliver" cast, Jones had appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on the same night the Beatles made their American TV debut on the Sullivan stage. Coincidentally, his great fame was to come from a band that would mirror the Beatles: the Monkees.

From 1965 to 1970 Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a TV show of the same name. He sang lead vocals on many of the group's songs, including one of their biggest hits, "Daydream Believer." After the show went off the air and the group disbanded, he continued to perform solo, later joining with fellow-Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as a short-lived group. He has since performed with his former bandmates in reunion tours and has appeared in several productions of Oliver! as Fagin. He has also continued to race horses with some success in his native England.

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


Daydream Believer :: Monkees

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o'clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be.
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

[Instrumental interlude]

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
[Repeat and fade]

Sorry to be late to the party, listeners. I was feeling a little downhearted, but someone whom I admire, gave me a real smile.

Hey, Mr. Turtle. Great to see you back. I voted for George Washington although his money ain't worth much.

Walter and McTag. Thanks for being on our radio today. Love the songs, as did all our listeners.

Hey, Bio Bob. I think we all need to do a run through all of your background check. <smile>

Back later, listeners, with some songs of my own for our audience.

still waiting for a Janis Ian tune.

You "Fly too high" on "Days like these"...

Hey, dys, where you had yo head, man? I done it already yet, but here it is again:


Come to my door, baby,
face is clean and shining black as night.
My mother went to answer, you know,
and you looked so fine.
Now I can understand your tears and your shame.
She called you "boy" instead of your name.
When she wouldn't let you inside.
When she turned and said
"But honey, he's not our kind."

She said I can't see you any more, baby.
Can't see you anymore.

Walk me down to school, baby.
Everybody's acting deaf and blind.
Until they turn and say
why don't you stick to your own kind.

(Not sure about the rest of this verse. It sounds to me like)
My teachers all laugh, they smirk and stare.
Cutting deep down in our affair.
Preachers of equality. They say "Believe us"
but why won't they just let us be?

They say I can't see you anymore, baby.
Can't see you anymore.

One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening,
Gonna raise my head up high.
One of these days I'm gonna raise my glistening wings and fly.
But that day will have to wait for awhile.
Baby, I'm only society's child.
When we're older things may change.
But for now this is the way they must remain.

I say I can't see you any more, baby.
Can't see you anymore.
No, I don't wanna see you any more, baby

Ain't that Janis. Hmmmm, maybe that was Janus. <smile>

Well, Francis, here's a response for you and dys:

Aerosmith
» The Other Side

Mm mm mm, mm mm mm, mm mm mm,
mm mm mm mm mm, Yeah
Come on.

[Chorus:]
Lovin' you has go to be (take me to the other side)
Like the devil and the deep blue sea (take me to the other side)
Forget about your foolish pride (take me to the other side)
Oh take me to the other side (take me to the other side)

My mamma told me there'd be days like "dys"
And man she wasn't foolin'
'Cause I just can't believe the way you kiss
Uh uh huh
You opened up your mouth with baited breath
You said you'd never leave me.
You love me, you hate me, I tried to take the loss
You're cryin' me a river but I got to get across

[Chorus]

I'm lookin' for another kind of love
Oh Lordy, how I need it.
The kind that likes to leap without a shove
Oh, honey, best believe it.
To save a lot of time and foolish pride I'll say what's on my mind, girl
You loved me, you hate me, you cut me down to size.
You blinded me with love and yeah it opened up my eyes

Lovin' you has got to be (take me to the other side)
like the devil and the deep blue sea (take me to the other side)
My conscience got to be my guide (take me to the other side)
Oh honey take me, take, take, take, take, take

Take me to the other side
I'm lookin' for another kind of love
Oh Lordy, how I need it.
The kind that likes to leap without a shove
Honey, best you believe it.
Now I ain't one for sayin' long goodbyes.
I hope all is forgiven
You loved me, you hate me, I used to be your lover
You know you had it comin' girl so take me to the other side
Take me to the other side, take me to the other side

Lovin' you has got to be (take me to the other side)
like the devil and the deep blue sea (take me to the other side)
My conscience got to be my guide (take me to the other side)
Oh honey take me to the other side

[Chorus]

yes lettybetty, I have bean remiss today, probably an age thing.

Dys, you be funny. Now here is some good, but serious news, folks:

African-American Critics Honor 'Crash' Fri Dec 30, 1:01 PM ET



NEW YORK - "Crash," the Los Angeles ensemble drama about the prejudices of intersecting characters, has been selected as the top film of the year by the African-American Film Critics Association.


Besides "Crash," the AAFCA chose nine other movies as the top films of the year: "The Constant Gardener," "Good Night, Good Luck," "Brokeback Mountain," "Syriana," "Walk the Line," "Hustle & Flow," "Capote," "Batman Begins" and "North Country."

"The films selected for 2005 boldly reflect a bridge towards tolerance," AAFCA President Gil Robertson IV said in a statement this week.

Last year, "Ray" was selected by the AAFCA as 2004's best film. The association was founded in 2003.

The AAFCA chose as Terrence Howard as best actor for his performance in "Hustle & Flow." Felicity Huffman earned the best-actress recognition for her gender-bending role in "Transamerica."

"Although our organization pays special attention to work by artists of African descent, in the end, merit carries the day and Ms. Huffman is undeniably amazing in this role," Robertson said.

John Singleton, the producer of "Hustle & Flow," was given the achievement honor. Singleton's other films include 2000's "Shaft," "Rosewood" and "Boyz n the Hood."

Bob, I was familiar with several of your notables, but I thought I would select Kipling.

Listeners, the following poem caused his works to be banned:

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Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.

Take up the White Man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
To seek another's profit
And work another's gain.

Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
(The end for others sought)
Watch sloth and heathen folly
Bring all your hope to nought.

Take up the White Man's burden--
No iron rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go, make them with your living
And mark them with your dead.

Take up the White Man's burden,
And reap his old reward--
The blame of those ye better
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought ye us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloak your weariness.
By all ye will or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent sullen peoples
Shall weigh your God and you.

Take up the White Man's burden!
Have done with childish days--
The lightly-proffered laurel,
The easy ungrudged praise:
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers.

Just as many of Mark Twain's works were viewed with scorn later, so were Kipling's. It is almost impossible for us to realize that in the light of the setting event, both were really making a giant comment against racism

It has occurred to me, listeners, that our Raggedy wasn't with us today.

So as her proxy, I will do one picture, then say goodnight:



Ain't he cute, Raggedy?

Goodnight, my friends.

From Letty with love

Sakura

Sakura sakura
Yayoi no sora wa
Miwatasu kagiri
Kasumi ka kumo ka
Nioi zo izuru
Izaya izaya
Mi ni yu kan
Saita sakura
Mina mi te modoro
Yoshino wa sakura
Tatsuta wa momiji
Karasaki no matsu
Tokiwa tokiwa
Iza yukan


English lyrics:

Sakura, sakura,
Tender blossom born of spring
Sired by winter's gentle snow
Once again you bless my eyes
Would love thus return to me
Sakura, sakura, Would love thus return to me

Thank you for that Japanese blast Edgar! Here's a number one hit from 1963 which I recall only as an oldie. It was a hit called Domique by the singing nun. Keep in mind, this was 20 years before she did herself in with her lesbian lover, also an ex-nun:

Dominic....anic, anic
Il parcourt l'Europe a pied,
Scandinavie au Provence
Dans la sainte pauvrete.
which translate to:
Dominic....anic, anic
He travels all around Europe on foot,
Scandinavia to Provence (France)
In saintly poverty

Alternate Version -- Lyrics from "The Singing Nun" (Movie lyrics) sung by Debbie Reynolds
Dominique, nique, nique I will tell of Dominique
His goodness to acclaim
And I pray the song I sing
Will some simple pleasure bring
That the world shall know his name!

I will tell of Dominique as I sing this little song
And when I sing the chorus all the world will sing along!

Dominique, nique, nique it was good Saint Dominique
He lived for you and me
From his labors long ago
Came a better world I know! And his love shall always be!

"Though I'm poor", said Dominique as he spoke unto the Lord,
"I will be your humble servent and your love is my reward"!

Dominique, nique, nique I will follow Dominique
His burdens will I share
For his courage will I pray
His teachings to obey! His words shall be my prayer!

By the kindness of his heart and the labor of his hand
He brought love and understanding as he wandered through the land!

Dominique, nique, nique I will tell of Dominique
His goodness to acclaim
And I pray the song I sing
Will some simple pleasure bring! All the world shall know his name!

Dominique the mighty warrior was a soldier of ther Lord
His armor was devotion and the Gospel was his sword!

Dominique, nique, nique it was good Saint Dominique
He lived for you and me
From his labors long ago
Came a better world I know! And his love shall always be!

Through the blazing heat of summer and the chill of winter snow
I will follow Dominique! In his footsteps I will go!

Dominique, nique, nique I will follow Dominique
His burdens will I share
For his courage will I pray
His teachings to obey! His words shall be my prayer!

Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakimoto

Ue o muite arukoo Looking up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears can't fall
Omoidasu haru no hi Remembering happy spring days
Hitoribotchi no yoru Tonight I'm all alone
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Nijinda hoshi o kazoete And count the stars with tearful eyes
Omoidasu natsu no hi Remembering happy summer days
Hitoribotchi no yoru Tonight I'm all alone
Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni Happiness lies above the sky
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears can't fall
Nakinagara aruku My heart is filled with sorrow *
Hitoribotchi no yoru For tonight I'm all alone
(whistling) (whistling)
Omoidasu aki no hi Remembering those happy autumn days
Hitoribotchi no yoru But tonight I'm all alone
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears won't fall
Nakinagara aruku Though my heart is filled with sorrow *
Hitoribotchi no yoru For tonight I'm all alone
(whistling)