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Showing posts with label Irving Berlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irving Berlin. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2009
Yet another brilliant haiku of mine
This one salutes the Aldridge Sisters and Otwell Twins singing Irving Berlin....
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Salute to Irving Berlin
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Salute to Irving Berlin
This week is a salute to master songwriter and lyricst Irving Berlin, taped and first aired in 1978...here are some of the highlights from the show.
The band opens things up with "Alexander's Ragtime Band".
Guy & Ralna with the number "Remember".
Cissy King dancing with Lawrence to the tune of "Always".
Next up is Joe Feeney singing "A Pretty Girl" which is another Berlin classic.
Here's the Maestro's special musical guest, saxophonist Marshall Royal from the Count Basie Orchestra playing one of his two sax solos.
Gail, Sandi and Mary Lou all around the Baldwin playing and singing "I Love A Piano".
Other numbers include Anacani's "How Deep Is The Ocean", instrumentals such as "Marie" with Don Staples at the solo trombone, a medley of songs from "Annie Oakley", Arthur Duncan tapping to "Blue Skies", Tom Netherton singing "What'll I Do", Ken Delo singing "Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning", Cissy & Bobby dancing to "Let's Face The Music And Dance" and Norma Zimmer closing the show with "God Bless America".
It's just your typical salute to Irving Berlin show, great numbers performed real well by great singers and musicians.
The band opens things up with "Alexander's Ragtime Band".
Guy & Ralna with the number "Remember".
Cissy King dancing with Lawrence to the tune of "Always".
Next up is Joe Feeney singing "A Pretty Girl" which is another Berlin classic.
Here's the Maestro's special musical guest, saxophonist Marshall Royal from the Count Basie Orchestra playing one of his two sax solos.
Gail, Sandi and Mary Lou all around the Baldwin playing and singing "I Love A Piano".
Other numbers include Anacani's "How Deep Is The Ocean", instrumentals such as "Marie" with Don Staples at the solo trombone, a medley of songs from "Annie Oakley", Arthur Duncan tapping to "Blue Skies", Tom Netherton singing "What'll I Do", Ken Delo singing "Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning", Cissy & Bobby dancing to "Let's Face The Music And Dance" and Norma Zimmer closing the show with "God Bless America".It's just your typical salute to Irving Berlin show, great numbers performed real well by great singers and musicians.
And this week, in the hot seat is Ken Delo where this time around he talked about his family and as part of the team of Delo and Daly, became big stars in Australia in that country's early years of television. Their show paved the way for future popular Down Under programs such as Four Corners, Number 96, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Neighbours along with Home and Away just to name a few.
Not bad for a kid from sixty miles to the north in Detroit!
Until next week, keep a song in your heart and to be Australian, "Good day' mate!"
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Salute to Irving Berlin
This week's show is a salute to Irving Berlin which first aired on April 14, 1973....here are a few highlights!
Norma Zimmer and Jimmy Roberts singing "Remember?"
Norma Zimmer and Jimmy Roberts singing "Remember?"
We also have Tanya Falan in the solo spot with "Say It Isn't So"
And here's Bobby & Cissy dancing to "Let's Face The Music And Dance"
Next is Anacani with "It's a Lovely Day Today"....
....and for some great dance music, here's Myron Floren at the PAN accordian with Neil Levang on guitar with "You're Just In Love".
And as for next week....good news! It will be a brand-spanking-new episode titled "Songs of the South" with Ava Barber being the featured interview.
Can't wait to see that one....so until then, keep a song in your heart!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Happy Mothers Day and Irving Berlin
Here's Cissy & Bobby facing reality by "Facing The Music and Dance!" from 1973's Salute To Irving Berlin!
First off......I like to wish all the mothers out there, including my own, a very Happy Mothers' Day today....and here in Toledo, the weather is very nice here as well!
This week's episode is a musical salute to Irving Berlin, I did a recap of that episode just a year ago when it first aired....you can read more about it by clicking on this link: SALUTE TO IRVING BERLIN
Monday, May 15, 2006
Salute to Irving Berlin
Here's a nice shot of Mr. Welk dancing with Cissy King from last Saturday's Irving Berlin episode.
Speaking of that episode, originally aired in the spring of 1973....the Maestro and his musical family pays an hour-long tribute to the Great American Songwriter Irving Berlin, whom at that time would turn 85 on May 11th. It was a fun episode, Guy & Ralna with a nice rendition of "Easter Parade"...I assume that in '73....Easter Sunday was not too far away.
A bunch of Berlin standards were sung....the show opened with "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Say It Isn't So" sung by Tanya, "I Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" by the orchestra and "Lets Go Face The Music And Dance" danced by Cissy and Bobby just to name a few....and of course, the big finale with Norma Zimmer and the chorus singing "God Bless America".
In Mary Lou Metzger's interview segment, she talked to Cissy King and it was a lively and fun chat....very reflective of Cissy's personality. She mostly touched up on how she started dancing at age three, competing in ballroom dance competitions, how she got started on the Welk show and her activities afterwards such as being a choreographer for the Six Flags stage shows and her involvement in teaching up and comers to dance.
I was suprised that there was no mention of her involvement in the Broadway play "Always Patsy", that would have been an exciting topic to cover, but I guess they were short on time.
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