TOP SUMMER CLASSIC MUSIC VIDEOS!
June 19, 2008
Michael Jackson, B.J. Thomas, The Angels, Beach Boys, Shangri-las, Drifters, the Tokens, Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Lovin’ Spoonful, Rascals, Otis Redding, Dion, Del Shannon, Alan Jackson, Brian Hyland, the Who, Captain and Tennile and more!
I remember going to Coney Island beach as a kid, not for the sun or the sand but to hear thousands of portable radios all tuned to WABC. I wasn’t reading Billboard or Cashbox at the time, but I could tell how popular a song was by the thousands of voices that were singing along.
Here are my favorite summer oldies with the original clips in no particular order.
“Summer In The City” by The Lovin’ Spoonfull” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4mD4nh21q0&feature=related
“Under The Boardwalk” by The Drifters
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Here’s Janis Ian and “Society’s Child” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_rYLoIR08
Here’s Tony Powers and “Don’t Nobody Move This Is A Heist” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8GtVwBQWtc
Brian Hyland and “Sealed With A Kiss” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIkUiD8N81k
B.J.Thomas and “Rock Roll Lullaby” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvdAQl4OBA&feature=related
“Crystal Blue Persuasion” by Tommy James and the Shondells http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8inV7hZErM
“Farewell M Summer Love” by Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFoLya5qt1w
“Touch The One You love” by Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-Wu4L-mVQ
Keith and “98.6″ from, “Where The Action Is” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYmF_CA8Zh0
Rupert Holmes and “The Great Escape…The Pina Coolada Song” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl0xLTXxOhM
The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z8XZQE_DrQ
The Passions “Just To Be With You” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhuwHUD2OZM
Freddy Cannon “Palisades Park” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj4LfHGyIoE&feature=related
Dion and “Runaround Sue” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49klxPex-k
Gary “US” Bonds “A Quarter to Three” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdrMIqqdcnw&feature=related
Del Shannon “Runaway” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw&feature=related
“Turning Japanese” by The Vapors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb5Ii0iIcXo&feature=related
“Summertime blues” by the Who http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d5i5_the-who-summertime-blues-1975_music
Here’s Alan Jackson’s version of the Eddie Cochran classic http://www.veoh.com/videos/v12085749r7ypww5R?c=Alan-Jackson-Music-Videos
#1 HIT by Pat Boone, “Love Letters In The Sand” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaneTY1CVM
Don McLean and “American Pie” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlzfpwJZuc
Katerina and the Waves with, “Walkin’ On Sunshine” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eONhto0x_nI&feature=related
“Beach Baby” by First Class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1m5ieCWCK8
Theme from Summer Place by Percy Faith http://www.noolmusic.com/videos/theme_from_a_summer_place_1960.php“
“(Remember) Walking in the Rain” and the Shangri-las. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8_38U3xLU
“Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain and Tennile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38oelOufDc
“In the Summertime” Mungo Jerry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdyrRlYR2E
The Tokens and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwy5uqemp6c
A Tribute to Wayne Shorter’s, “Footprints” by EL Amin Nazir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LxND-0ImLg&feature=email
“Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay” from Otis Redding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrXc68gNjQ
Brian Hyland and “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” http://www.ilike.com/artist/Brian+Hyland/track/Itsy+Bitsy+Teenie+Weenie+Yellow+Polka+Dot+Bikini
“Short Shorts” by the Royal Teens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcO-zKCiDlI
“The Boys Of Summer” by Don Henley http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvy7h_don-henleythe-boys-of-summer_music
“Groovin’ by The Rascals
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“Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxjqi_the-beach-boys-good-vibrations_music
The Motels and “Suddenly Last Summer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ox-lGm-wA
“Summer Nights” from “Grease” John Travolta and Olivia Newton John http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1a455_summer-nights-grease_family
The Go-Gos and “Vacation”
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zdce_the-gogos-vacation_music
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IF YOU CRAVE THE TOP SUMMER MUSIC VIDEOS FOR 2009! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/the-top-summer-videos-of-2009/ Kelly, Beyonce, Daughtry, Jordin, Taylor, Lady GaGa, Kanye, Kings Of Leon, Green Day, Katy, ” I love all the music that sweeps across the beach like a tidal wave of sound!
THE TOP, THE BEST, AND THE GREATEST PATRIOTIC MUSIC VIDEOS!https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/the-top-the-best-and-the-greatest-patriotic-music-videos/ Includes Elvis, Lee Greenwood, Toby Keith, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Fess Parker, James Brown, Johnny Horton, Springsteen, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Neil Diamond, The Marine Corp Band, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Copyright 2008 by Artie Wayne
Special thanks to Spectropopper Paul Payton for turning me onto the “Lollipop” Clip http://paulpayton.com/
“The Top Dog has the world on a string!”
This afternoon Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave birth to a healthy set of twins which they’ve named Barack and John. Just as they’ve gone around the world bringing peace and prosperity to third world countries it looks like they’ve decided to finally do something for America and bring our political parties together!
If “Vogue on the outside, vague on the inside” self-proclaimed star of MTV’s, “The Hills”, Heidi Montag can get John McCain to publicly thank her for her endorsement and if Barack Obama can admit he and Scarlett Johanson text each other regularly for advice, why can’t Brad and Angelina, the new mother Teresa, make a political endorsement in their own way?
As millions of new voters embrace the sogan, “Stand Up And Be Counted Or Turn Around And Be Mounted!”, let our Hollywood role models put a face on our future. And when it’s time to vote …remember don’t let the facts get in the way!
Copyright 2008 by Artie Wayne
HERE IS MY COLLECTION OF PATRIOTIC MUSIC VIDEOS, WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE #1 PAGE IN GOOGLE SEARCH TERMS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS! INCLUDES ELVIS, RAY CHARLES, TOBY KEITH, JOHNNY HORTON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JAMES BROWN, WHITNEY HOUSTON, AND A DOZEN MORE!
Here’s ELVIS PRESLEY and his classic”AMERICAN TRILOGY”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7XM6NZorU
Put on your coonskin cap and get ready to sing along to “DAVY CROCKETT” by FESS PARKER.
Now here’s TRADE MARTIN and “AMERICAN WARRIOR” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts-CBnZvk0Y
Here’s JOHNNY HORTON and, “BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS”.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRK3DNoa_Q
Now here’s PAUL EVANS, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA” http://www.paulevans.com
Here’s TONY POWERS AND “9/11 IN MEMORIAM” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDp2yBxVrIA&feature=related
And now for Ray Charles and, “America The Beautiful”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CILIBlQ2D0Q&feature=related
Now for a less traditional version by JIMI HENDRIX “LIVE” AT WOODSTOCK! http://www.veoh.com/videos/v753124YDzmtwwA
JAMES BROWN and, “LIVING IN AMERICA”.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND “BORN IN THE U.S.A.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-cRDyFKSD4&feature=related
RITA MORENO from, “WEST SIDE STORY”…”AMERICA”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QS7wWzwak4
JIMMY CAGNEY and, “I’M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY”. http://video.aol.com/video-detail/james-cagney-yankee-doodle-dandy-1942/579192495
AND WE WOULDN”T HAVE FREEDOM WITHOUT OUR BOYS!
MARINES AND “FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpUcRVzV1s
AIR FORCE: “WILD BLUE YONDER” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GScL1CDobTA&feature=related
Now for the ARMY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L1iyOWwmDQ&feature=related
And The Navy, “ANCHORS AWAY” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMTXZd9BlYE
Now here is “UNITED WE STAND” by the Joel Diamond Experience featuring Benny Mardones and Teresa James
AND TO ALL THE TROOPS WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY TO KEEP US SAFE AND STRONG…THANK YOU from ARTIE WAYNE ON THE WEB Now taps being played at the Arlington cemetery. http://sroblog.com/2010/05/28/taps-buglers-at-arlington-national-cemetery-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sroblog+%28Snow+Report+Blog%29
HERE’S LEE GREENWOOD AND “GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.”
FINALLY HERE IS WHITNEY HOUSTON AND “THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER”
I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A POEM BY HUNTER GEORGE…
THE VIEW FROM MY PORCH BY
HUNTER GEORGE
June 7, 2012
Sitting on my porch has always been a comfort to me. I have been fortunate to have front porches in most of the places I have lived. There is a special peace that comes from sitting on your front porch in your favorite rocker of an evening, being carressed by a warm breeze, listening to crickets and watching lightning bugs flash their lights as they float across the lawn. It gives a person opportunity to think and delve into the mysteries of life.
Tonight I puzzled on why so many people forgot about D Day, which happened 68 years ago, on June 6, 1944. A few people as well as I, posted things on Facebook, but I was amazed at the lack of response from my friends to what I posted. Anyone who watched the movie “Saving Private Ryan” got what I think was a tiny taste of the terror of war. I tried to picture in my mind being on a landing craft as the gate fell and you just start running into Hell on Earth. You run on fear and guts. You are in red water and stepping in guts, and you make it to something that protects you, or maybe you find you’re laying in the sand with no legs…….or if you are lucky there is suddenly silence and the blackness of death.
In 1995 I wrote a poem after watching programs on D-Day and the end of World War II. I hope you like it.
REFLECTIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS
All material is copyrighted 1995-2012 Henry H. George
Fifty years of silence, beginning to fade.
They speak for those who cannot speak from the grave.
I see them on programs about D-Day, VE-Day and VJ-Day.
They try to speak of the unspeakable
That they have lived with for fifty years or more,
And as they try to talk now, for the first time,
They falter, their voices fall silent;
as tears fall down emotion wracked faces
For comrades they saw die those long years ago.
I was just a child when they went off to war.
They finally came home and started families,
Friends and neighbors who are with us today.
But I, like they, wonder about families never started
Who might have been my friends today
They say they are not heroes, and maybe that is true,
But I bow to them all in homage,
Both the living and the dead,
As wrapped in fear and terror, they fought
That I would be free.
I have been honored to kneel at the wall
And touch the name of a childhood friend;
And though not knowing any of those asleep
For half a century or more,
Stood among the thousands in the Cambridge-American
Cemetery in England, tears filling my eyes
For those who had fallen for me.
I always knew if I ever got the chance,
I would go where they are
To honor them and say a prayer
That could not be said as a child.
To those of you who yet live, I hope you will understand
That just as you can’t find the words to speak
Of what you lived through,
I will never find the words to express my feelings
Of thankfulness and respect for you.
It is here in my heart and in tears
On a far away grave.
Copyright 1995 Hunter George https://www.facebook.com/#!/hhuntergeorge
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Special thanks to Patti Dahlstrom for her help in putting this tribute together. http://pattidahlstrom.com
Copyright 2012 by Artie Wayne
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Up until now the greatest danger Obama Faces is Obama himself. If he chooses Hillary as his running mate he’ll also have to worry about his health and well being. At even the slightest sign of a cold we all know that Hillary would hand Barack a Kleenex, but try to assume Presidential power.
As an African-American, I’m proud to see someone who looks like me get as far as he has. His speech writing and oratory skills are brilliant and I can’t wait to hear how he plans to accomplish everything he promises…before the election.
As a sometime advertising copywriter myself, I know the power of words and how they can manipulate the perception of the masses. Even John McCain has changed the theme of his campaign from “Experience” to “Change” because the buzzword works. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
I’d like Barack to go to Iraq, without McCain leading him by the hand, and come back with an honest report to the American people.
And as far as the recent rise of “Monkey Barellism” in politics goes, we all have skeletons in our closets and have had associations that can be considered dubious at best. It’s how quickly we resolve and distance ourselves from them that builds our character and credibility.
I haven’t made my mind up on who I want to vote for yet, but I do know I don’t want a President who’s either too fast or too slow on the nuclear trigger.
Copyright 2008 by Artie Wayne
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BO DIDDLEY R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
June 3, 2008
BO DIDDLEY 12/30/26
“I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.” Bo Diddley
When I was trying to break into the music business, one of the first Rock and Roll stars I met was Bo Diddley. It was backstage in a rehearsal room at an Alan Freed show in 1959. I would’ve been happy with an autograph and a few words of encouragement, but Bo put himself out there.
When I asked him how does he get “his sound”, he actually took a few minutes to show me. He took my acoustic guitar and re-tuned it to an open e chord and handed it back to me. I tried to play the usual way with the fingering I learned, but it sounded horrible.
He smiled and took the guitar and played his signature, “Hey Bo Diddley” riff playing the open E chord, then barring the 5th fret when he wanted to change the chord to A. He was about to show me how it sounded on his electric guitar and his little rehearsal amp when Jackie Wilson and Jimmy Clanton came in with Bobby Darin wanting to use the phonograph to play an acetate of his next single, “Dream Lover”.
The stage manager announced that the next show was in a half hour and all guests would have to leave. Bo never finished my lesson and I never saw him again but I’ll never forget the kindness he showed me.
To quote Alan O’Day and Johnny Stevenson’s song,
“If you believe in forever, life is just a one night stand
If there’s a Rock and Roll Heaven, you know they’ve got a hell of a band!”
Bo Diddley R.I.P. Rock In Perpetuity
Respectfully, Artie Wayne http://artiewayne.com
Click on to see a short but electrifying clip of Bo in his prime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBAJXyF1HVc
Photo of Bo Diddley courtesy of Bobby Lloyd Hicks whose story performing with Bo appears among the comments below
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From my forthcoming book, “I Did It For A Song”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne
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MONKEY BARRELISM SCANDAL ROCKS CAPITOL HILL!!
June 2, 2008
When one monkey tries to make it out of a barrel full of other monkeys, there are always those monkeys who will try to pull him back down. That’s “Monkey Barrelism” !
Racism, Sexism, and Ageism are certainly issues in the race to the White House, but “Monkey Barrelism” is the most dangerous threat to our political system and to the American way of life.
Now that a delusional white priest who claims to be an Obama supporter has joined in the fray Obama’s ex-pastor, the not-so- Reverend Wright started, we all can talk openly about “Monkey Barrelism” without being considered racists.
These men have their own agendas and are basking in all the attention the media is giving them. Unfortunately there are many people out there who believe words that are repeated in the media over and over again are the undisputed truth.
The democratic primaries have gone on for so long, the candidates themselves are getting tired of their own bullshit, which is why they’re making so many gaffes in their speeches. They all speak without thinking and have to issue daily apologies. They should apologize to the public for their pandering rhetoric and endless sound bytes that are supposedly “taken out of context”…but are remembered far longer than any apology they might make.
I wonder if the October surprise is going to be the “outing” of Obama, finally putting the gay rumors to rest. Will it be the “Water boarding” of McCain to see if the guy can really take it, or could it possibly be Hillary announcing that she’s replacing Judge Judy on her TV Show, while Judy is offered the Vice-Presidential spot on both the Republican and Democratic ticket.
Before the general election we have time to stop “Monkey Barrelism” before it rears its ugly head again. In November I want to respect the candidate that I’ll back and not just wind up voting for the lesser of two assholes running.
One monkey don’t stop the show…but two or three can slow it down!
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