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Well, listeners, it looks as though this is flower day on WA2K. <smile>

An answer to edgar's rose by Connie Smith. (whoever she is)

The orchid is a flower that blooms so tenderly to thrill the fairest lady of the land
If placed beside a blushing rose the rose cannot compare
But how was such as I to understand
I overlooked an orchid while searching for a rose
The orchid that I overlooked was you
The rose that I was searching for has proved to be untrue
The orchid now I find my dear was you
[ steel ]
The rose has lost its color but the orchid is the same
And I'm alone to face these lonely years
I didn't see the orchid I was searching for a rose
And now I pay the price with bitter tears
I overlooked an orchid...

ROSE, ROSE I LOVE YOU
Frankie Laine

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future?, now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say

All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes
Fragrant and slender 'neath tropical skies
I must cross the seas again and never see you more
'way back to my home on a distant shore

(All my life I shall remember)
(Oriental music and you in my arms)
(Perfumed flowers in your tresses)
(Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms)

Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay
Kiss me farewell now, there's nothin' to say
East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart
I must leave you now but I leave my heart

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future?, now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

(Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay)

How about a variation on a theme, folks:

I was thinking of Flower Drum Song, but decided this was better:


On Broadway - George Benson

They say the neon lights are bright on broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

They say the women treat you fine on broadway
But lookin' at them just gives me the blues
'cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that I won't last too long on broadway
I'll catch a grey hound bus for home they all say
But they're dead wrong I know they are
'cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on broadway

Hey, where is everyone?

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

Letty, a song i've never heard, but since you asked,

It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop,
But there a guy sat, two stools away,
And you could tell the bartender knew him
And that he'd been there some other day.
And while I sipped my libation,
I overheard his conversation...

"Re---member
How I'd walk in,
What excitement there would be?
Never less than twenty people,
I had lots of friends, you see.

"I gave the party, I was the host.
Everyone loved me,
I was the most.

"Champagne and plenty of it,
Real imported caviar,
And the hat check girl got fifty
Just for lighting my cigar.

"I kept 'em laughin', jokes by the yard.
Everyone loved me,
I was a card.

"And I had a girl,
A beautiful girl,
Her whole world, I think, consisted of mink
And diamonds and pearls.

"Because she was mine,
I'd glitter and shine,
And life was a ball, and wasn't it all
So cozy 'n fine?

"But nothing lasts forever,
And the deepest well runs dry.
Just 'cause I've stopped rolling sevens
Doesn't mean I have to cry.

"I'll take that nightcap,
One more won't show.
And incidentally...maybe you know...

Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

"Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

Good morning. Well, not so good here - It's raining ----and it's not raining violets.

Today's birthday celeb:

Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 - October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, to mother Laudene Holt Miller and father Jean Miller, Roger, the youngest of three boys, was sent to live with his uncle and aunt, Elmer and Armelia Miller, in Erick, Oklahoma, when his father died while Roger was just one year old.

Roger had a lonely and unhappy childhood. Heavily influenced by the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights and the Light Crust Doughboys on Fort Worth radio, he desperately wanted to be a singer-songwriter. When he was 17 he stole a guitar, but turned himself in and chose to join the army rather than go to jail. He later quipped "My education was Korea, Clash of 52."

On leaving the army he went to Nashville, to work on his music career. In 1959 he wrote his first number one song, "Billy Bayou" recorded by Jim Reeves.

Although conventionally grouped with "Country" singers, Miller's unique style defied easy classification. He had a string of pop hits in the 1960s, and also his own TV show for a few years. Many of his recordings were humorous, novelty songs with whimsical lyrics, coupled with vocalese riffs filled with nonsense syllables. Others were sincere ballads, which also caught the public's fancy, none more so than his signature song, "King of the Road", about a presumed "hobo" who relishes his life and freedom, riding the rails.

In addition to 11 Grammy Awards, Roger Miller won Broadway's Tony award for writing the score for the musical Big River.

He was voted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995. In Erick, Oklahoma where he grew up, a thoroughfare was renamed "Roger Miller Boulevard."

Roger Miller died of lung and throat cancer. He was a lifelong cigarette smoker. In a TV interview once, he explained that he composed his songs from "bits and pieces" of ideas he wrote on scraps of paper. When asked what he did with the unused bits and pieces, he half-joked, "I smoke 'em!" One of his songs, "A Man Can't Quit", centered around his addiction to cigarettes.

The chorus of one of his songs, "England Swings," was used for the 1998 BBC radio program, 15 Minutes of Misery.

He was married to Mary Arnold, who herself was a musician, a member of country-rock band, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition.

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Notable songs
"King of the Road"
"Chug-a-Lug"
"Little Green Apples"
"Dang Me"
"England Swings"
"Engine Engine Number Nine"
"In the Summer Time"
"Do-Wacka-Do"
"Kansas City Star"
"You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd"
"Whistle Stop" (featured in Walt Disney's Robin Hood and later altered and used for the infamous Hampster Dance website)
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Awards
1964 - Grammy Award: Best Country Song: "Dang Me"
1964 - Grammy Award: Best New Country and Western Artist
1964 - Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Recording, Single: "Dang Me"
1964 - Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Performance, Male: "Dang Me"
1964 - Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Album: "Dang Me"/"Chug-a-Lug"
1965 - Jukebox Artist of the Year
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Country Song: "King of the Road"
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: "King of the Road"
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Recording, Single: "King of the Road"
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: "King of the Road"
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Contemporary (Rock 'N Roll), Single: "King of the Road"
1965 - Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Album: "The Return of Roger Miller"
1965 - Academy of Country and Western Music: "Best Songwriter"
1965 - Academy of Country and Western Music: "Man of the Year"
1985 - Tony Award : Best Score: "Big River"
1988 - Academy of Country Music: Pioneer Award
1995 - Country Music Hall of Fame
1997 - Grammy Hall of Fame Song : "Dang Me"
1998 - Grammy Hall of Fame Song : "King Of The Road"



River in the Rain from Big River sung (in lovely harmony) by Jim and Huck Finn:

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away somewhere
River i love you, don't you care

If you're on the run winding someplace
Just trying to find the sun
Whether the sunshine, whether the rain
River i love you just the same

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand
And your muddy bubbles roll across my floor
Carrying away the things i treasure
Hell, that ain't no way to measure
Why i love you more than i did the day before

River in the rain
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away somewhere
River i love you, don't you care

But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand
And your muddy bubbles roll across my floor
Carrying away the things i treasure
Hell, that ain't no way to measure
Why i love you more, than l did the day before

River in the rain,
Sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me
River i've never seen the sea

and Raggedyaggie's favorite:

Worlds Apart

JIM:
I see the same stars through my window
That you see through yours
But we're worlds apart
Worlds apart
And I see the same skies through brown eyes
That you see through blue
But we're worlds apart, worlds apart
Just like the earth, just like the sun
Two worlds together are better than one
I see the sun rise in your eyes
That you see in mine
But we're worlds apart, worlds apart

HUCK:
I see the same stars through my window
That you see through yours
But we're worlds apart, worlds apart

BOTH:
And you see the same skies through brown eyes
That I see through blue
But we're worlds apart, worlds apart
Just like the earth, just like the sun
Two worlds together are better than one
I see the friendship in you eyes
That you see in mine
But we're worlds apart, worlds apart
Together, but worlds apart
And a mockingbird sings in an ol' yonder tree
Twaddle-ee ah dee dee dah dee dee dee

Ah, the flower children, dys. That one we all understand, honey.

Wow! Mr. Turtle. A fantastic connection. Thanks, buddy.

Folks, how can a turtle be so prolific? <smile>

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

That wasn't really a pop song but a popular song in McTag's homeland :wink:

This song by Peter, Paul & Mary was popular as well, to a minority at least :wink:


Every flower's reachin' for the sun
Every petal opens when the day has just begun
Even in the city where they grow up through the street
Every blossom needs the sunshine to makes it's life complete.
Some are torn out by the roots and cast aside
And some might be arranged for a bride
A flower's just a seed when it's young
And every flower's reaching for the sun.

Some are bent by fears they cannot see
And some are touched by love and set free
A flower's just a seed when it's young
And every flower's reaching, every flower's reaching
Every flower's reaching for the sun.

Ah, there's our Raggedy, folks. Thanks, PA for the celeb info about Roger.

Pity, listeners, that the man had to go the hard way. Maybe his head would have been better in a noose.

Inspiration:


The Judas Tree

Come meet me underneath the Judas Tree,
far from the voices, the oh so distant
voices who talk in shadows while the Eagle
descends over the Land Between
Two Rivers while all moves in blood

blood the color of the sky
blood the color of the sun
blood the color of the waters
blood the color of the earth

blood the color of the flowers

of the Judas tree where last we met
within the Garden, when I betrayed
your voice, when thirty pieces
of silver and a final kiss where lain
beside my feet while my eyes wept in blood

blood the color of the sky
blood the color of the sun
blood the color of the waters
blood the color of the earth

blood the color of the flowers

of the Judas Tree that grows in the Land of Two Faces,
where none can agree if the setting of the sun
means that it is now rising, where the Lion rests
uneasy before the words of the Prophet, and where
upon the soil that is soaked in lamentations and blood

you will come to meet me underneath the long shadows of the Judas Tree

As there appears to be a pronounced flower feel in cyber radio-land, here's a slight variation on the theme:

Down By The Sally Gardens - William Butler Yeats.

It was down by the Sally Gardens,
my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens
with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish,
and with her did not agree.

In a field down by the river,
my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder,
she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy ,
as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish,
and now am full of tears.

Down by the Sally Gardens,
my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens
with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy,
as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish,
and with her did not agree.

Walter, Welcome back. I missed your brae songs. <smiles>, and I don't recall that one by Peter, Paul, and Mary. I liked them, though.

Where is McTag?

I think Francis may have been pissed off by my Le Brat dedication.(the magazines got all wet)

Ah, come on, Europe. Let's play.

and there's our Imur. Thank God, listeners, that we know an Irishman who knows Yeats.

You crept in on little cat feet, buddy.

McTag is on a family meeting in Essex, and Francis surely busy.

So, here's some French, by Petula Clark to the music of Sidney Bechet



Petite Fleur


J'ai caché mieux que partout ailleurs
Au jardin de mon cœur une petit fleur
Cette fleur plus jolie qu'un bouquet
Elle garde en secret tous mes rêves d'enfant
L'amour de mes parents et tous ces clairs matins
Faits d'heureux souvenirs lointains
Quand la vie par moments me trahit
Tu restes mon bonheur, petite fleur.

Sur mes vingt ans
Je m'arrête un moment
Pour respirer
Ce parfum que j'ai tant aimé
Dans mon cœur, tu fleuriras toujours
Au grand jardin d'amour, petite fleur.

Thank you, Walter, for the news of McTag.

WOW. You and Pet speak great French for a German and an American.

I think most of us Americans understood "the small flower".

Don't you "allez-vous", Walter.

Time for a station break:

This is cyberspace, WA2K radio.

Julius La Rosa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Julius La Rosa (born January 2, 1930) was a pop singer, specializing in traditional pop music.

He was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. After finishing high school, he joined the United States Navy, and sang in the Navy Band. He was heard by Arthur Godfrey, at the time the dominant TV and radio personality in America and also a Naval Reserve Office. Godfrey had La Rosa flown to New York to appear on his TV show and told the young sailor that whenever he left the Navy, he had a job singing for Godfrey on his radio and television programs. Discharged on a Friday from the Navy, he went to Godfrey on the following Monday, and a week later he appeared on Godfrey's variety show.

His tenure on Arthur Godfrey and his Friends lasted from November 19, 1951 to October 19, 1953. He was one of a number of regulars on the show, including Frank Parker, announcer Tony Marvin, Haleloke, The McGuire Sisters, Marion Marlowe and Godfrey's bandleader, Archie Bleyer. He also worked on other Godfrey shows during the week, and other engagements on weekends. Like the other "Little Godfreys," Godfrey discouraged La Rosa from hiring a manager or booking agent, preferring to have his staff coordinate and negotiate on La Rosa's behalf.

When Bleyer formed Cadence Records in 1952, the first performer signed was La Rosa. Cadence's first single, which was also La Rosa's first recording, was "Anywhere I Wander." It reached the top 30 on the charts, and his next recording, "My Lady Loves To Dance," was a moderate success, but La Rosa hit gold with his third recording, "Eh, Cumpari" in 1953. It hit #1 on the Cash Box chart and #2 on the Billboard chart, and La Rosa got an award as the best new male vocalist of 1953. He became the beloved "son" in the Godfrey family.

La Rosa's popularity grew exponentially, and his ego grew to some extent as well. Godfrey, too, underwent changes. In mid-1953 he underwent an early hip replacement and when he returned to the show, he began to exhibit some erratic behavior. La Rosa was, like other "Little Godfreys," as the cast was known, required to take ballet lessons by Godfrey, supposedly so they could move with more polish onstage. A family emergency forced La Rosa to miss a lesson. Godfrey responded by posting a memo informing him he wouldn't be needed on the show since he missed the ballet class. La Rosa, upset, tried to talk to Godfrey who ignored him. He then hired his own manager and agent.

Godfrey was enraged at what he felt was disloyalty. After consulting with CBS Chairman William Paley and President Frank Stanton, they suggested he release La Rosa on the air. On the morning of October 19, after La Rosa had finished singing "Manhattan" on Arthur Godfrey Time, Godfrey fired him on the air, announcing, "that was Julie's swan song with us." Unaware the firing was coming, La Rosa tearfully met with Godfrey after the broadcast and thanked him.

La Rosa's firing caused an immediate public furor. As his loyal audience became more upset, Godfrey complicated matters with a press conference where he claimed La Rosa had lost the "humility" he had when he first hired him and in fact had requested he be released, a detail that would become a bone of contention between the two, La Rosa flatly denying he had asked to leave. Rumors also circulated that La Rosa had incurred Godfrey's wrath because of jealousy: he was dating Dorothy McGuire (of the McGuire Sisters) and Godfrey was fond of her.

The firing did not hurt La Rosa, however: right afterwards, "Eh, Cumpari" became a major hit, followed by "Domani." Ed Sullivan immediately signed La Rosa for appearances on his CBS Toast of the Town TV variety show. The controversy and subsequent firings of other "Little Godfreys" damaged Godfrey's career though he remained a regular TV personality until 1959 and stage on radio until 1972.

La Rosa, who worked in musical comedy and clubs, eventually moved on to a long-time disk jockey position at New York's WNEW and continued to sing and occasionally record.

In 1980 Godfrey's advisors tried to put together a reunion show of the old Godfrey cast that would feature Godfrey's public reconciliation with La Rosa. La Rosa, who had met Godfrey cordially on the streets of Manhattan some years earlier, agreed to the idea. But at a preliminary meeting Godfrey revisited his claim La Rosa had requested to be released from the show. When La Rosa flatly denied that, Godfrey exploded and the meeting ended. The reunion never took place.

La Rosa has continued to work clubs and record albums that show his greater maturity and skills as a jazz vocalist, talents honed over half a century.

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

Artist: Julius LaRosa
Song: Domani


Maybe you'll fall in love with me domani
Maybe tomorrow night the sun will shine
I'll change my name from Johnny to Giavonni
If you will say domani, you'll be mine

Come to me, Senorina from Italy,
Hear my plea and I'll hire the hall
All your uncles and aunts and ma and pa and your paisani
They all agree that we should wed domani

interlude

You are so super duper bravissimo
Don't say no or my poor heart you'll break
'Cause your uncles and aunts and your ma and pa and your paisani
They all agree that we should wed, domani

http://www.getlyrics.com/lyrics.php/Julius+LaRosa/SHOW+LYRICS/Domani

Cuba Gooding, Jr.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York) is an African-American actor. He is the son of Cuba Gooding, Sr., lead singer of soul group The Main Ingredient, and older brother of actor Omar Gooding.

His family moved to Los Angeles after The Main Ingredient had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972 by Gooding, Sr. Unfortunately, the elder Gooding abandoned his family two years later. The subsequently tumultuous nature of Gooding Jr.'s upbringing did not deter him from achievement: During his teens, he attended four different high schools but managed to become class president of three of them.

He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. is married to schoolteacher Sara Kapfer, with whom he has two children.

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

Le Brat is not pissed off.
Actually, he is touched by the "Small flower".
Thanks, Walter.

Well, listeners. Here is our bio Bob back and with very interesting background material. I read a lot of Isaac Asimov sci-fi stories, but can't remember a one at the moment, Boston.

Was Cuba Gooding in the movie "A Murder of Crows"? Need to check that out.

Thanks, buddy.

Francis can't see it, folks, but I am making a moue at him because he knows full well that "wee flower" is NOT the song that I meant.

Speaking of brats. One must have tried to vandalize our studio, but was relegated to a restricted place, thanks to our moderators and CEO's.

Well, we do have most of our countries represented here on our radio, so .....

In the next segment, we will refute Celine Dion. <smile>