DAY 115 - COUNTING DOWN TO THE 50TH

Good Morning, Class of '64

Whimsical Town - Pristine Cartera Turkus

April 18, 1964
Saturday
http://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/04/18/recording-around-the-beatles/ 
 http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/04/17/3060546/fifty-years-ago-today-april-18.html?sp=/99/178/

Brian Epstein had negotiated a one-hour 
television special starring The Beatles, 
to be made by London-based ITV 
company Rediffusion. To be titled 
Around The Beatles, the show was 
filmed on 28 April 1964, but rehearsals 
and recording began on this day.

Mystery Fire Razes School At Notasulga (Georgia)
A mysterious pre-dawn fire destroyed the 
recently desegregated Macon County High School
 at Notasulga. State fire marshals 
were called in to investigate the blaze. 
Local officials refused to speculate 
on whether the fire was the work of arsonists.

Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/04/17/3060546/fifty-years-ago-today-april-18.html?sp=/99/178/#storylink=cpy

Karla Gerard

• Rama Lama Ding Dong
• Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow   
• Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)

How would you describe these songs? Would you use the word "silly" or would you use "whimsical"? Would another word describe them better?

Silly or whimsical, they're part of our musical history. We might not have understood the reason for the made up words, other than the fun of it, but we liked them. We listened to them, purchased them and put them on the charts. 

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whimsical 

WHIMSICAL

1. spontaneously fanciful or playful

2. given to whims; capricious

3. quaint, unusual, or fantastic

: unusual in a playful or amusing way : not serious

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silly
SILLY
: having or showing a lack of thought, understanding, or good judgment : foolish or stupid
: not practical or sensible
: not serious, meaningful, or important
 1. weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish.
2. absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical.

Whimsical Town - Cynthia Snyder

Rama Lama Ding Dong

Recorded in 1957 and released in 1958. 
Did not become popular until 1961.
A disc jockey in New York City began to play it.
 Eventually became popular throughout the US,
 peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
On July 2, 2013, British newspaper The Sun 
used the headline "Ramadan A Ding Dong" 
after Channel 4 broadcast a controversial 
Muslim call to prayer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edsels 
The Edsels - 1957

Clowns - Yuri Matsik

Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
Novelty nonsensical doo-wop song 
by The Rivingtons. 
Peaked at number 48 
on the Billboard Hot 100, 
and number 35 on the Cashbox charts.
The Beach Boys covered the song
  for their first live album in 1964.
The Rivingtons - 1962

Colorful Marilyn Monroe - Alessandra Pautasso

Who Put The Bomp 
(In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
 An ironic, lightly self-mocking song
about the lyrics songwriters use in songs.
Debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 on August 7, 1961,
and remained for twelve weeks, peaking at # 7
Barry Mann - 1961

Why, sometimes I've believed 
as many as six impossible 
things before breakfast.
  Lewis Carroll
 

Breezy Biking - Carolee Clark

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Good Morning, Class of '64

SOUTH BEACH BATHERS - JOHN SLOAN - 1908

Live in the sunshine, 
swim the sea, 
drink the wild air.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A HOLIDAY - EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST

At the Sea-Side

Robert Louis Stevenson

 When I was down beside the sea
  A wooden spade they gave to me
     To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up,
   Till it could come no more.

SUMMER PLEASURES - EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST

 Sea Cruise
A top-20 hit for Frankie Ford in 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Cruise
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1080

THE BATHERS - PABLO PICASSO

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
First released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland
Hyland's version hit #1 
on the Billboard Hot 100 
on August 8, 1960 and also made 
the top 10 in other countries.
The song prompted a sudden takeoff
in bikini sales - credited as being
one of the earliest contributors
to the acceptance of the bikini.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Teenie_Weenie_Yellow_Polka_Dot_Bikini

Three Bathers - Shirl Goedike

Ebb Tide

The build up of the song is to illustrate

 the ocean waves coming in and out,

 to and from the shores, 

due to the Ebb Tides.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebb_Tide_%28song%29

ebb tide  (ĕb) 

The period between high tide 

and low tide during which water 

flows away from the shore. 

Also called falling tide.

 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ebb+tide

Ebb Tide - Lenny Welch - 1964 

Ebb Tide 

 

First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore
Then rolls out to sea
And the sea is very still once more

 

So I rush to your side
Like the oncoming tide
With one burning thought
Will your arms open wide 

 

At last we're face to face
And as we kiss through an embrace
I can tell, I can feel
You are love, your are real
Really mine in the rain
In the dark, in the sun

 

Like the tide at its ebb
I'm at peace in the web of your arms
Ebb tide!!!!

Ebb Tide - Juan S. Archuleta - http://artatarchuleta.com/seatreesvineyard-courtyard.html

Knitting Girl by the Sea - Bernard Blommers

Sea Longing 

Sara Teasdale

on 
Poem of The Day

(audio)

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Sea+Longing/HActu?src=5

A thousand miles beyond this sun-steeped wall
Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand,
The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land
With the old murmur, long and musical;
The windy waves mount up and curve and fall,
And round the rocks the foam blows up like snow,--
Tho' I am inland far, I hear and know, 

For I was born the sea's eternal thrall.
I would that I were there and over me
The cold insistence of the tide would roll,
Quenching this burning thing men call the soul,--
Then with the ebbing I should drift and be
Less than the smallest shell along the shoal,
Less than the sea-gulls calling to the sea. 

A Family Outing - Carl Eugene Murlett

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GOOD MORNING, CLASS OF '64

THE PROGRESS OF SPRING - CHARLES DANIEL WARD - 1905

 Spring Song (by Nash)

by Ogden Nash

Listen, buds, it’s March twenty-first;
Don’t you know enough to burst?
Come on, birds, unlock your throats!
Come on, gardeners, shed your coats!
Come on zephyrs, come on flowers,
Come on grass, and violet showers!
And come on, lambs, in frisking flocks!
Salute the vernal equinox!
Twang the cheerful lute and zither!
Spring is absolutely hither!
Yester eve was dark despair,
With winter, winter, everywhere;
Today, upon the other hand,
“Tis spring throughout this happy land.
Oh, such is Nature’s chiaroscuro,
According to the Weather Bureau.

Then giddy-ap, Napoleon! Giddy-ap, Gideon!
The sun has crossed the right meridian!
What though the blasts of Winter sting?
Officially, at least, it’s Spring,
And be it far from our desire
To make the Weather Man a liar!

So, blossom, ye parks, with cozy benches,
Occupied by blushing wenches!
Pipe, ye frogs, while swains are sighing,
And furnaces unwept are dying!
Crow, ye cocks, a little bit louder!
Mount, ye sales of paint and powder!
Croon, ye crooner, yet more croonishly!
Shine, ye moon, a lot more moonishly!
And oh ye brooklets, burst your channels!
And oh ye camphor, greet ye flannels!
And bloom, ye clothesline, bloom with wash,
Where erstwhile trudged the grim galosh!
Ye transit lines, abet our follies
By turning loose your open trolleys!
And ye, ye waking hibernators,
Drain anti-freeze from your radiators!
While ye, ye otherwise useless dove,
Remember, please, to rhyme with love.

Then giddy-ap, Napoleon! Giddy-ap, Gideon!
The sun has crossed the right meridian!
What though the blasts of Winter sting?
Officially, at least, it’s Spring!

 

 

 

Can you yodel?

There's more to it than
Yodel Lady Who,
Which is about all I can do!

 Can you

 yodeleedaladyoooo?

 

Little Daughter:

 Yodeleedaladiyodeleedaladiodeladiooooo

 

Young Father: 

Where did you learn to do that?

Little Daughter: 

Grandpa taught me!

   SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL

Reached number 44 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

He learned to yodel by imitating Hank Snow

and other American (hillbilly) country music stars.

He listened to country music as he milked cows.

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

 She Taught Me to Yodel - Frank Ifeld - 1962

Lonesome Blue Yodel

Hanks idol was country music star, Jimmie Rodgers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Snow

Lonesome Blue Yodel - Hank Snow

  

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.
Emily Dickinson