JIMMY CASTOR R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
January 21, 2012
“Finally September arrives, and I enter the High School of Music and Art, with an attitude that could only be described as “Bronx Bravado,” with a little nerd thrown in. I admit I’m not very intimidating, with my big horn — rimmed glasses, neatly pressed striped cotton shirt, “good pants” and my shiny book bag, but I’m a tiger on the inside… at least in my own mirror!
I get to ride a bus and a subway to and from school everyday, then climb one of the highest hills in Manhattan to the top of St. Nicholas Terrace in Harlem, where the High School of Music and Art proudly stands.
I guess I always knew that a brush with a star could bring instant neighborhood fame. I am sorta looked up to because I went to Sunday school with James Merchant, who sings with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (“Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”).
After attending my first day of classes, I become aware real fast that I’m no longer in the ethnic majority. I also realize quickly, how financially-challenged I am, compared to my more affluent Jewish classmates. While they make fun of the meals served in the lunch room, I really enjoy them. They are more diverse and tastier than what I’m used to and I can’t wait for lunch period to come around!
Every day something really cool in the cafeteria happens about ten minutes before the bell rings for the next class. A group of five African-American and Hispanic guys sing doo-wop songs that sound as good as the records! “In The Still Of The Night,” “Gloria,” and “Speedo.”
Occasionally, one of the upper classmen, Jimmy Castor, who co-wrote “I Promise To Remember” for Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, sings lead with the group. Jimmy is drooled over by the girls and admired by the guys — a position I wanted to be in. I know that I’ve come to the right place. I can barely keep up with the other kids — who actually learned something in their old neighborhood schools. I get by with a B — average that at least keeps me from being thrown out of this sanctuary!”
“! was a freshman and Jimmy Castor was a senior and we never spoke a word to each other, but to be around him from time to time, made me feel like one of the guys.”
for the next 50 years, I followed his career and was proud to say I went to school him, then FACEBOOK came along, which I call the “Great Equalizer”. I sent him a friend request along with a paragraph about our shared history, and he confirmed me. I’ll never know if he ever really remembered me, but I’ll never forget him and his eternal funkiness!.
Jimmy Castor R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
Respectfully, Artie Wayne
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69 SIZZLING SUMMER VIDEOS!
July 2, 2008
A topless Marissa Miller enjoys 69 sizzling summer videos at the beach!
Bo Diddley, Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, Rascals, Drifters, Lovin’Spoonful, Sly and the Family Stone, Katerina and the Waves, Tokens, Brian Hyland, UNEDITED “I KISSED A GIRL!”, New Kids On The Block, Kid Rock, UNCENSORED Mariah, Usher, David Cooke, NEW TITLES EVERY FRIDAY! Leona Lewis, Duffy, Maroon 5, Rhianna, Elvis, Lee Greenwood, Toby Keith, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Fess Parker, James Brown, Johnny Horton, Springsteen!
We all are happy that you’re with us celebrating the beginning of the third year at Artie Wayne On The Web! I’m happy to say we’ve had almost 700,000 visitors to the site. For the next three weeks while I’m editing my book I’ve got a few summer videos for you to enjoy.
TOP SUMMER CLASSIC OLDIE VIDEOS! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/top-summer-classic-oldie-videos/ includes Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, Rascals, Drifters, Lovin’Spoonful, Sly and the Family Stone, Katerina and the Waves, Tokens, Brian Hyland, Shangri-las, Alan Jackson and MORE!
ARTIE”S NEW HOT SUMMER MUSIC VIDEOS! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/arties-hot-summer-music-videos/ No Rap, No Crap, Good Songs Are Back! UNEDITED “I KISSED A GIRL!”, New Kids On The Block, Kid Rock, UNCENSORED Mariah, Usher, David Cooke, NEW TITLES EVERY FRIDAY! Leona Lewis, Duffy, Maroon 5, Rhianna. and MORE!
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!
HAVE A HAPPY SUMMER FROM ARTIE WAYNE ON THE WEB!
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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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