DAY 88 - COUNTING DOWN TO THE 50TH

Good Morning, Class of '64

Starry, Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh

“I never really thought about how when 

I look at the moon it's the same moon 

as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and 

George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.”
  Susan Beth Pfeffer

   Life As We Knew It

“I just want you to know that I love you 

with everything I am—a million times a million 

and to the moon and back.”
Laura Miller

 My Butterfly 

“Tell me the story..
About how the sun loved the moon so much..
That she died every night..
Just to let him breathe...”
  Hanako Ishii

Blue Night Moon - Ashleigh Dyan Bayer

Moon

 Elinor Wylie

 
Once upon a time I heard
That the flying moon was a Phoenix bird;
Thus she sails through windy skies,
Thus in the willow's arms she lies;
Turn to the East or turn to the West
In many trees she makes her nest.
When she's but a pearly thread
Look among birch leaves overhead;
When she dies in yellow smoke
Look in a thunder-smitten oak;
But in May when the moon is full,
Bright as water and white as wool,
Look for her where she loves to be,
Asleep in a high magnolia tree.

Moonlight Sonata - Mark Keathley -  http://www.thomaskinkadememphis.com/about_mark_keathley.html

Over the mountains it late arrives,

In crescent, half or full,

Darkened or shining on our lives

As when we were in school.

Old moon, the companion of our nights,

You followed to our door

Then watched as we turned out the lights

 And dreamed then dreamed some more

Of future days and the brilliant things

We'd do when time was ours.

Life sometimes hums, sometimes it sings,

Sunshine follows showers

Old Moon, remain firmly in your space

Doing what old moons do.

We'll be accepting of our place

And thankful for it, too.

One Hit Wonders of 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1960s_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States

 

You're the Reason
Number four on the Country singles chart
and number eleven on the Pop singles chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_the_Reason
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Edwards
Bobby Edwards - 1961

(You're the reason I don't sleep at night)
I just lay here at night
Toss and I turn
Loving you so
How my heart yearns
You're the reason I don't sleep at night
(Don't sleep at night)

 

 

Those Oldies But Goodies
(Remind Me of You)
The group's first and biggest hit.
It was #9 on the Pop chart and #28 on R&B.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Caesar_%26_the_Romans
Little Caesar & The Romans - 1961

Those oldies but goodies reminds me of you.
The songs of the past bring back memories of you.
Forever they will haunt me, but what can I do.

 

Please Love Me Forever
Number 12 on the Billboard pop chart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Jean_and_the_Roommates
Cathy Jean and the Roommates - 1961

Please love me forever
Don't forget me ever
Just listen to my plea
Please don't stop loving me

You're in my dreams nightly
Don't take my love lightly
Begging on bended knee

Please don't stop loving me

 There's A Moon Out Tonight - 1961
record hit the charts in the first week of 1961, 
and stayed there for 14 weeks. 
When it stopped climbing the charts, 
it had peaked at #3.
The group named themselves 
after the 1957 Lincoln Capri.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Capris 
The Capris

There's a (moon out tonight) 
whoa-oh-oh ooh
Let's go strollin'
There's a (girl in my heart) 
whoa-oh-oh ooh
Whose heart I've stolen
There's a moon out tonight 
(whoa-oh-oh ooh)
Let's go strollin' through the park 
(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

 A Little Bit of Soap

The song has been a bigger hit outside the US.

Reached #12 in the US.

The Jarmels - 1961

A little bit of soap
Will wash away your lipstick on my face
But a little bit of soap
Will never, never, never ever erase
The pain in my heart and my eyes
As I go through the lonely years
A little bit of soap
Will never wash away my tears

Hello, Walls
Reached #1 on the country chart and #12 pop.
Introduced Willie Nelson, who wrote the song,
to a national audience. The record spent
23 weeks on the chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Walls
Faron Young - 1961

Hello walls (hello hello) 
how things go for you today
Don't you miss her 
since she upped and walked away
 
And I'll bet you dread to spend 
another lonely night with me
But lonely walls I'll keep you company
 
Hello window (hello hello) 
well I see that you're still here
Aren't you lonely 
since our darling disappeared
 
Well look here is that a teardrop 
in the corner of your pane
Now don't you try to tell me that it's rain

She went away and left us 
all alone the way she planned
Yes we'll have to learn to get along
 without her if we can

Hello ceiling (hello hello) 
I'm gonna stare at you a while
You know I can't sleep 
so won't you bear with me awhile

We must all stick together 
or else I'll lose my mind
I've got a feeling she'll be gone
 a long long time 
(hello hello)

“The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to.”
Carl Sandburg

A Moonlight Lane - John Atkinson Grimshaw

 

White in the Moon the Long Road Lies
 

A. E. Housman
 

White in the moon the long road lies,
The moon stands blank above;
White in the moon the long road lies
That leads me from my love.
 

Still hangs the hedge without a gust,
Still, still the shadows stay:
My feet upon the moonlit dust
Pursue the ceaseless way.
 

The world is round, so travellers tell,
And straight though reach the track,
Trudge on, trudge on, 'twill all be well,
The way will guide one back.
 

But ere the circle homeward hies
Far, far must it remove:
White in the moon the long road lies
That leads me from my love.

Starry Night Over the Rhone - Vincent Van Gogh