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Virginia John, you made the same mistake that I did in confusing Michener with Uris. It was Uris who wrote Exodus.

Back later, listeners.

I confess...I have never made it all the way through any of Michener's books.

I am always fascinated in the beginning, but they do seem to get bogged down in details.

Loved the first few chapters of "Caribbean," though. Wish I had stopped there.

If he wrote "The Source"...that was some good reading

Leonardo Da Vinci's workshop, which was located in the Santissima Annunziata convent, in Florence, was discovered last month. It still had several of Da Vinci's frescoes on the walls. Some believe that Lisa Gherardini, the woman who was most likely the model for his painting, the Mona Lisa, worshipped at the convent

I've been following that story too, Dys.

If I may backtrack a few threads:

Here's a quote at Amazon from the Philadelphia Inquirer about The Source:
"In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.
"A sweeping chronology filled with excitement."

I read The Source when it first came out. I wouldn't mind reading it again.

And now for the February 4 Birthday Celebs:

1902 Charles Lindbergh, aviator and first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (Detroit, MI; died 1974)
1913 Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (Tuskegee, AL)
1921 Betty Frieden, feminist writer and founder of NOW (Peoria, IL)
1923 Conrad Bain, actor (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)
1936 Gary Conway, actor (Boston, MA)
1945 David Brenner, comedian (Philadelphia, PA)
1947 Dan Quayle, former vice president of the United States and Indiana senator (Indianapolis, IN)
1948 Alice Cooper, singer/songwriter (Detroit, MI)
1952 Lisa Eichhorn, actress (Reading, PA)
1959 Lawrence Taylor, football player (Williamsburg, VA)
1962 Clint Black, country singer/songwriter (Katy, TX)

We're on the same page raggedy

Anybody know how Rosa's lawsuit against the rapper came out?

Thanks for the timely updates, all.

Raggedy, I knew The Source concerned Jewish history, and I think that is why I confused Michener with Uris.

Dys, Leonardo will never fade into obscurity except for a chosen few.

True story:

Our friend wanted his apartment painted and he got an estimate from the "painter in residence". When the painter gave our friend the estimate, he looked at the figure and exclaimed:

My God. I could get Leonardo Da Vinci to do it for that, man.

Upon which the painter replied:

Well, if he can do it for less, he won't make no money.

Our friend than said, " I was just kiddin'. When can you start?"

Upon which the painter replied.
You get Leonard to do it, cause I ain't.



As most of us know, this is Black History Month and when Panz asked about Rosa's suit against a rapper, I found there was something else that I didn't know. (surprised?)

Explain, Panz.

and another thing listeners:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/boxing/10816097.htm

Schmeling paid for Joe Louis' funeral and helped him out when he had no money.

Ossie Davis also died today in Miami. Remarkable man

Supreme Court allows Rosa Parks to sue OutKast

Monday, December 8, 2003 Posted: 10:33 AM EST (1533 GMT)


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused Monday to intervene in a lawsuit over the hit song "Rosa Parks" by the Grammy-winning musical group OutKast.

The action, taken without comment from the justices, means the 90-year-old civil rights figure can go ahead with her lawsuit against the band.

The 1998 song is about the entertainment industry and its lyrics do not refer to Parks by name. The chorus of the song goes, "Ah-ha, hush that fuss. Everybody move to the back of the bus."

Parks claimed that OutKast violated her publicity and trademark rights and defamed her. She lost her first round in federal court, but a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, reinstated part of the lawsuit earlier this year.

The case will now return to a lower federal court judge.

Parks wants all references to her removed from future versions of the record.

OutKast has argued that the song is neither false advertising nor a violation of Parks' publicity rights and is protected by the First Amendment.

Parks made history in December 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. Her arrest triggered a 381-day boycott of the bus system by blacks and led to court rulings desegregating public transportation nationwide.

Thanks, Panz, for that info. Never heard of OutKast, however, but here is an appropriate theme in line with the responses of WA2K radio:

Theme from Exodus
1960/1961


This land is mine, God gave this land to me
This brave and ancient land to me
And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plain
Then I see a land where children can run free.
So take my hand and walk this land with me
And walk this lovely land with me
Though I am just a man, when you are by my side
With the help of God, I know I can be strong.

[brief instrumental interlude]

Though I am just a man, when you are by my side
With the help of God, I know I can be strong

To make this land our home
If I must fight, I'll fight to make this land our own
Until I die, this land is mine.
Music written for 1960 film "Exodus" by Ernest Gold, who won an Oscar for the score. Words added in 1961 by Pat "White Bucks" Boone as "This Land Is Mine." Various versions charted in 1961 by Ferrante and Teicher and Montavani.

Hmm, Pan. I don't pretend to be a lawyer; I just pretend to be a bare-footed redneck from the red clay country of Virginia without too much book-learning. Ms Parks could and should lose her case (based on the info you have provided). I can't see what argument she has going for her.

Just wondering, Miss Letty, whether any of your listeners remember the song "The Day That The Rains Came Down" which was a hit here in the 50s.

I can't remember all the words, but it starts

The day that the rains came down
Mother Earth
Smiled again....

Thanks again for your wonderful show, and greetings to all my friends everywhere from Old England.

Greetings to you and Merry old England, McTag. Perhaps one of our listeners will recall your song. If so, we'll see that you and England hear it today.

It seems that my sister did indeed recall the terrible Piedmont crash in the late sixties, because one of my brother-in-law's friends was killed in that horror, and Virginia John was correct. Only one man survived. I do wonder where he is today and how he feels about being the sole survivor.

Our Panz is burning some CD's for Valentine's Day, and perhaps he will play one later for our listening audience.

Good Morning WA2K listeners.

McTag, I remember dancing many a waltz to Jane Morgan's "Fascination". She had a lovely voice.

The "Day the Rains Came" can be found on her CD: "Fascination: The Jane Morgan Collection."

This is for you, McTag:

The Day that the Rains Came Down
Words & Music by Pierre Delanoe & Gilbert Becaud; English lyrics by Carl Sigman
Recorded by Jane Morgan, 1958

E7 A D9 A
The day that the rains came down, Mother Earth smiled again;

A AM7 Bm7-5 E7 F#m Bm D9 E7
Now the lilacs could bloom; now the fields could grow greener.

(N.C.) A D9 A
The day that the rains came down, buds were born, love was born

A AM7 Bm7-5 E7 F#m F#m7 Bm
As the young buds will grow, so our young love will grow -

D9 E7 A
Love, sweet love.


Bridge:

Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7
A robin sang a song of love,

A F#m A F#m
A willow tree reached up to the heavens

Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7
As if to thank the sky above

A D9 A D9 A
For all that rain, that wel - come rain;

Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7
We looked across the mea - dow - land

A F#m A F#m
And seemed to sense a kind of a miracle

Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7
Much too deep to un - der - stand -

A F#m D9 E7
And there we were, so much in love.


(N.C.) A D9 A
The day that the rains came down, mountain streams swelled with pride.

A AM7 Bm7-5 E7 F#m Bm D9 E7
Gone the dry river bed; gone the dust from the val - ley.

(N.C.) A D9 A
The day that the rains came down, buds were born, love was born;

A AM7 Bm7-5 E7 F#m F#m7 Bm
As the young buds will grow, so our young love will grow -

D9 E7 A F#m D9 E7 A
Love, sweet love, rain sweet rain.

You can hear a sample at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000151D/104-1196658-7976719?v=glance

and the Birthday Celebrities for today:

1788 Sir Robert Peel, English statesman (Lancashire, England; died 1850)
1900 Adlai Stevenson, Illinois governor, presidential candidate, and UN representative (Los Angeles, CA; died 1965)
1906 John Carradine, actor (New York, NY; died 1988)
1919 Red Buttons, actor (New York, NY)
1934 Hank Aaron, baseball player (Mobile, AL)
1941 David Selby, actor (Morgantown, WV)
1942 Stephen J. Cannell, author and TV writer (Los Angeles, CA)
Roger Staubach, football quarterback (Cincinnati, OH)
1948 Christopher Guest, comedian and writer (New York, NY)
Barbara Hershey, actress (Los Angeles, CA)
1962 Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress (Los Angeles, CA)
1964 Laura Linney, actress (New York, NY)
1969 Bobby Brown, singer (Boston, MA)

Raggedy, Thanks for the "Rain" lyrics and once again the celebs update.

Still think of the movie Beaches with Bette Middler and Barbara Hershey, and, of course, The Natural. I believe that I read somewhere that The Natural would have done much better at the box office had it not been in competition with ET.

Still one of my favorite songs:

THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (Bette Midler)

It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way,
you always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name -- for so long,
a beautiful smile to hide the pain.

CHORUS:
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it,
I would be nothing with out you.

(CHORUS)

Fly, fly, fly away,
you let me fly so high.
Oh, fly, fly,
so high against the sky, so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you,
the wind beneath my wings.

Ah, a French song originally. That explains quite a lot about it.
Thank you, Raggedy, for supplying all that information; even the chords, too!

Quite a few French songs have translated successfully into English and been a hit in the US and the UK: a good example is "She", famously recorded in English as well as French by Charles Aznavour.

"She may be the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I'm alive..."

and for McTag:



Wooden Heart zurück zur Auswahl

Can't you see
I love you
Please don't break my heart in two
It's not hard to do
'Cause I don't have a wooden heart

And if you say goodbye
Then I know that I would cry
Surely I would die
'Cause I don't have a wooden heart

There's no strings upon this love of mine
It was always you from the start
Treat me nice
Treat me good
Treat me like you really should
I'm not made of wood
And I don't have a wooden heart

Muss I denn, muss I denn
Zum Städtele hinaus
Städtele hinaus
Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier?

Muss I denn, muss I denn
Zum Städtele hinaus
Städtele hinaus
Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier?

There's no strings upon this heart of mine
It was always you from the start
Sei mir gut
Sei mir gut
Sei mir wie du wirklich sollst
Wie du wirklich sollst
'Cause I don't have a wooden heart


Listeners, occasionally, we have to have a little gentle teasing here on our cyber radio.