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Found a new musical artist you love ? Have a favorite you song you want to share with us? Seen a live performance? Heard some music news?

Anything music we want to hear all about it !

Happy Birthday, Dolly ! 🎶🎂

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her decades-long career in country music. Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1946 (age 78 years), Pittman Center, TN

-----Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...

YouTube

Dolly Parton - Jolene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0eeS...

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUS...

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2Tg...

Dolly Parton FULL Thanksgiving Halftime Show--- 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFE6S...

In Japan, a small number of individuals, working groups, and large collectives who act as "Preservers of Intangible Cultural Properties" in both the performing arts and in traditional crafts are recognized by the government and by the people as "Living National Cultural Treasures".

If we had that here, Dolly would surely be recognized as such.

As we travel around the US we see pockets of groups which offer performing arts for themselves and, at times, the public. When we see such things, i wish exactly what you do, James--that we recognized such endeavors.

I'm grateful that individuals and groups continue these traditions/arts, so we can learn from them. The last we saw was more specific, tribal (Caddo) dancing. The joy on the faces of the participants was neat to see because they were dancing for other tribe members.

We've seen the same with clog dancers, btw.

I want to add that we are fortunate to live in times when we can see traditional crafts online, sometimes to purchase, even. Just the other day, while following up on a Detroit mystery i read (August Snow--Stephen Mack Jones), i found this website--https://www.pewabic.org/--about what the Pewabic Pottery company is doing to share their skills. Loved this!

Way off the music topic but my enthusiasm overtook my decorum, so to speak.

James wrote: "In Japan, a small number of individuals, working groups, and large collectives who act as "Preservers of Intangible Cultural Properties" in both the performing arts and in traditional crafts are re..."

I agree. That is so cool that Japan does that. I think it fits with their admiration of the elderly.

As to Ms. Dolly, she always seems to have a wonderful upbeat personality. I especially admired her when she donated $1 million dollars to help fund the covid vax research. A much better use then flying into space for 2 minutes.

Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine research
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/f...

Happy Birthday, Neil Diamond !

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, including "Sweet Caroline". He has also acted in films, making his screen debut in the 1980 musical drama film The Jazz Singer.

Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Di...



-----YouTube
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhFn...

Alias Reader wrote: "Happy Birthday, Neil Diamond !

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling..."

Another one of my favorites!

In remembrance of Chopin.
Happy Birthday ! 🎵🎂🎹



----Wikipedia
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Born: March 1, 1810, Żelazowa Wola, Poland
Died: October 17, 1849 (age 39 years), Paris, France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A...

Classic FM info and video
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/c...

YouTube music
The Best of Chopin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn09U...

While finding the Chopin reminder, i see there were two posts about Neil Diamond, which i never saw. Odd.

Am i the only one who spent her teens mispronouncing his name? My husband, who corrected me, still teases me about it when we hear his name.

madrano wrote: "While finding the Chopin reminder, i see there were two posts about Neil Diamond, which i never saw. Odd.

Am i the only one who spent her teens mispronouncing his name? My husband, who corrected m..."

Neil Diamond or Chopin ? I'm guessing Chopin. (Show pan) is how I say it. However, being a New Yorker I am the last person to ask how to correctly pronounce anything. ;)

LOL, i can see the confusion. I meant Chopin, which i pronounced like chopping, "choppin'". Of course, yours is the proper way.

madrano wrote: "While finding the Chopin reminder, i see there were two posts about Neil Diamond, which i never saw. Odd.

Am i the only one who spent her teens mispronouncing his name? My husband, who corrected m..."

My mother took me to piano lessons when I was four, so I think I always pronounced his name correctly but only because I was involved with music so early in life.

I heard once that you should never make fun of someone who mispronounces a word. It means they learned it from reading !

Excellent, Alias.

We only had a radio for music in our house, no instruments or records. While i'm sure my mom listened to the radio when we were at school, i only recall hearing it when our tv broke.

From the play Camelot

It's May !

YouTube
Julie Andrews Sings "The Lusty Month of May"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyj...


GUENEVERE:
Tra la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes
Blissfully astray.
Tra la! It's here!
That shocking time of year
When tons of wicked little thoughts
Merrily appear!
It's May! It's May!
That gorgeous holiday
When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad
Will be a cad!
It's mad! It's gay!
A libelous display!
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes,
Ev'ryone breaks.
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May!

Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?
Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la! That dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la!

GUENEVERE & CHORUS:
Tra la la la la [etc.]

GUENEVERE:
Tra la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
That darling month when ev'ryone throws
Self-control away.
It's time to do
A wretched thing or two,
And try to make each precious day
One you'll always rue!
It's May! It's May!
The month of "yes you may,"
The time for ev'ry frivolous whim,
Proper or "im."
It's wild! It's gay!
A blot in ev'ry way.
The birds and bees with all of their vast
Amorous past
Gaze at the human race aghast,
The lusty month of May.

CHORUS:
Tra la! It's May!
The lusty month of May!
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes
Blissfully astray.
Tra la! It's here!
That shocking time of year
When tons of wicked little thoughts
Merrily appear.
It's May! It's May!
The month of great dismay.

GUENEVERE:
When all the world is brimming with fun,
Wholesome or "un."

GUENEVERE & CHORUS:
It's mad! It's gay!
A libelous display!
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes,
Ev'ryone breaks.
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May!

For years my husband & i sang this song together throughout May. We loved the filmed version of Camelot, with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.

Thanks for the lyrics & video.

Deb, my 6th grade class put on the play Camelot. ;)

I would love to see a Broadway production of the play.

Alias Reader wrote: "Deb, my 6th grade class put on the play Camelot. ;)

I would love to see a Broadway production of the play."

Cool! Were you in the play? Dan and our children were in a community theater production. Kids were woodland animals, which, frankly, i do not recall from the film. lol

I was just one of the background maidens.

Cool. Did you like being on stage? My threesome loved it. Even when we moved to South Dakota, they signed up for The Music Man. Me? Keep me offstage, please!

No. I was very shy as a kid.

Ditto. Kudos for you, though, in being part of the play.

madrano wrote: "For years my husband & i sang this song together throughout May. We loved the filmed version of Camelot, with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.

Thanks for the lyrics & video."
Camelot is one of my favorite movies! I could watch that over again!

Alias Reader wrote: "No. I was very shy as a kid."

I still am. I get physically ill before a concert just as I did as a kid. I can barely swallow, let alone eat. I love to sing, but I absolutely do not like to be the center of attention, and not just on stage. I like to blend in and be sort of invisible.

Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: "No. I was very shy as a kid."

I still am. I get physically ill before a concert just as I did as a kid. I can barely swallow, let alone eat. I love to sing, but I absolutely d..."

Performing on stage is a whole other level.

However, in just day to day activities, I realized most people aren't paying any attention to you, only themselves. Once you realize that, a lot of pressure is off.

Then, if you are a women, you basically become invisable after 40.

Alias Reader wrote: "However, in just day to day activities, I realized most people aren't paying any attention to you, only themselves. Once you realize that, a lot of pressure is off..."

I wish we could learn this much earlier in life.

Alias Reader wrote: "Then, if you are a women, you basically become invisable after 40..."

I don't go out much but i haven't felt this way very often, thankfully. Or maybe it's just that it's been going on all my life, so i no longer notice? This could be true, as i'm not an assertive person. Possibly, it has to do with where we've lived? Not sure.

Alias Reader wrote: "Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: "No. I was very shy as a kid."

I still am. I get physically ill before a concert just as I did as a kid. I can barely swallow, l..."

We are so heavily made up and costumed in opera, that I don't know why I worry, but I do. Many in the audience are just waiting for the soprano's highest notes, and when she sings her aria, all eyes are on her, something that makes me dreadfully uncomfortable. I would be so much further advanced in my career if I could have conquered my stage fright. And, if I were independently wealthy, I would have almost certainly become a hermit, living in a meadow, surrounded by woodland, reading and writing.

I don't go out much, either, Madrano. It just doesn't interest me, other than taking the kiddies where they want and need to go.

I hear that, Kiki.

David Sanborn, a famous saxophonist passed away a couple days ago. I became aware of his passing from a posting by a YouTuber I subscribe to, Jazz Video Guy.

Here's the video he posted of Sanborn putting a smooth jazz/big band take on Burt Bacharach's Wives and Lovers with George Duke. Read the video description for more info on Sanborn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9oy4...

Excellent video ! Thanks for sharing that, Dru.

Dru, i noticed his passing as well. Somehow i didn't think of him as being that old. Musicians must have a knack for erasing the years.

Thank you for the video.

Happy Birthday to Tom Jones ! 🎵


---Wikipedia
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".
Born: June 7, 1940 (age 84 years), Treforest, Pontypridd, United Kingdom

Here is one of my favorite songs that he sings

Tom Jones - (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (The Dusty Springfield Show, 5th Sep 1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDVM...

A belated birthday wish to him!

In remembrance of Judy Garland on her birthday.




Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She attained international stardom and critical acclaim: as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles; as a recording artist; and on the concert stage. Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1922, Grand Rapids, MN
Died: June 22, 1969 (age 47 years), Cadogan Lane, London, United Kingdom
Wiki bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Ga...


Judy Garland Somewhere Over The Rainbow 1939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4...

Judy Garland - Judy At The Palace Medley (The Judy Garland Show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFAVU...

Gone too soon. Happy Birthday, Judy!

Kiki (Formerly TheGirlByTheSeaOfCortez) wrote: "Gone too soon. Happy Birthday, Judy!"

Ditto!

Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. Wikipedia
Born: June 18, 1942 (age 82 years), Walton, Liverpool, United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mc...


Paul McCartney - Hey Jude Live at Hyde Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRnFH...

Paul McCartney Live - Let It Be - Good Evening New York City Tour (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6T5C...

Tue, Jun 25, 2024
June 25 is a day someone may want to hold your hand and ask you to please, please be true because they love you yeah, yeah, yeah. Global Beatles Day or GBD commemorates The Beatles music and their shake-up of the music world.

YouTube
Beatles greatest hits
The Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uQuX...

I've not heard of this celebration of Beatledom. Cool. This year we have Sirius (?) radio, where they have a Beatles channel. Not all Beatles--All the Time, though. Some other recordings of their songs are included. Not a fan of that.

Ringo Forever!

madrano wrote:

"Ringo Forever!.."

Paul was my favorite. Those big brown eyes. 💘

Good reason.

madrano wrote: "Good reason."

He's old enough to be my grandpapa, but I think he was a doll, judging by the photos and how he looks now.

Ray Charles - America The Beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYH8...

Thank you. Wonderful photography to illustrate the lyrics.

madrano wrote: "Thank you. Wonderful photography to illustrate the lyrics."

Yes. I liked the photos, too.

I liked the photos - and the song - and I recognized more in the photos than I thought I would.

Thank you for posting, Alias.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I have to give a birthday nod to Claude DeBussy as he wrote the wonderful Clair de Lune. 🎂



Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born: August 22, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died: March 25, 1918 (age 55 years), Paris, France

Wiki bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_...

YouTube
Pascal Rogé — “Clair de Lune”, Claude Debussy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c977Q...

Today is the birth date of Art Farmer (1928-1999), jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, band leader, and selected as a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts "Jazz Master". His warm, expressive, and vibrant style is utterly unique among his contemporaries.

Petite Belle [Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall, 1964] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nock1...

James wrote: "Today is the birth date of Art Farmer (1928-1999), jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer, band leader, and selected as a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts "Jazz Master". His warm, expressiv..."

I'm not familiar with Farmer. That said, I enjoyed the video very much.

Thanks for sharing that, James !