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Friday, July 15, 2011

SINK THE BISMARCK ~ sung by Johnny Horton

A legend ship of the 2nd World War,
the Brits, took her down.  A little bit of history

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John (1961)

 Just a reminder of big bad John..

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Imus had Tribeca on this morning and they sang this, but as good as they are, Adele has the voice for this song! Her album is sweeping the country ....                                                             

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011

ELLA MAE MORSE ~ SHOO SHOO BABY ~ 1943

Music that kept everyone up, in spite of the war. Keeping up spirits! Patriotism was necessary to be able to handle the loss of your loved one , and they were gone for years....4 and more....the suffering was incredible.

ELLA MAE MORSE MISTER FIVE BY FIVE 1942

The boys were being drafted and volunteering for the service....when this song was played, and boy could they "cut a rug" as they danced with Ella Mae Morse.....memories of the war years, will be coming in my next book , almost ready to be publised.

Ella Mae Morse - The Blacksmith Blues (1952)



what a great jitterbug number, we loved it....just a hello to one of the old songs and old singers. a good song to learn how to jitterbug, cause the beat is slow enough and you can heel toe to it, until you get it...