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:-) :-)Hi all Music Lovers

Greetings from a wet, misty and miserable South Wales!

Indiana Wants Me..........Canadian Singer / Songwriter- R. Dean Taylor

Hi Mike.:-)

I'd never heard that song- so intrigued, I Googled it and listened to it on YouTube :-) .

Origin of the Song C/P from Wikipedia

Former broadcast executive and music historian Rick Busciglio tells the story of the song's inception as related to him by Van Heusen:

"In 1979, I was working with songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen on a TV special with Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope that was never produced.
Jimmy told me that one day (circa 1942) he and his lyricist Johnny Burke were working at 20th Century-Fox composing for a film. While Burke was out of their writer's bungalow, Phil Silvers, the comedian, a friend to both, entered and suggested to Jimmy that they write a song for Johnny's wife, Bessie, who was soon to celebrate a birthday. Silvers provided the lyrics, later revised by Van Heusen and Burke.
At the party they sang "Bessie... with the laughing face." It was such a hit that they used it at other female birthday events.

When they sang it as "Nancy... with the laughing face" at little Nancy Sinatra's birthday party, Frank broke down and cried thinking that it was written specially for his daughter - the trio wisely didn't correct him. Jimmy assigned his royalties to Nancy after Frank recorded it for Columbia."

Nancy with the laughing face .... Frank Sinatra

Hello anyone looking in on the Alphabetical Songs Thread :-)

As I'm in Welsh mode following the Wales v South Africa Rugby Match this evening-

<3 MYFANWY <3

This most beautiful of Welsh songs is a firm favourite with Welsh Male Voice Choirs.
Composed by Joseph Parry and first published in 1875. Parry wrote the music to lyrics written by Richard Davies ('Mynyddog'; 1833–77)

The lyrics in both Welsh and the English translation can be read on Wikipedia and can be listened to on YouTube.

Hi Mike :-)
Lucky You seeing Gene Pitney!

LOVE IS ALL AROUND..........WET WET WET

Evening All ! ( don't now why I said ALL ... no-one else joins in with us Jemima)

Saw Gene Pitney at Blackpool in 1968



Knowing me, knowing you ........ Abba

Good Morning from a very wet Wales :-) :-)

JUST ONE SMILE...........GENE PITNEY

I loved Gene Pitney.
I had wanted to go to see his concert when he came to Wales, but didn't. Then he died in a hotel in Cardiff halfway through his tour on April 5th 2006! Very Sad! :-( :-(

I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett


Jemima we are like ships in the night ( or morning)
I'm here alone again on the late shift

Good Morning :-)

Hole In My Shoe..........Traffic

Just as well you are back again Mike or I'd be alone on this thread! :-D

How are you today? :-)

Glad All Over............Dave Clark Five

I'm back again .......


Footloose

Good Evening everyone :-)

- probably just you Mike ! :-D or perhaps Tiamo, Haribo or Staffs Col! :-)

The beautiful-

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You..........Bryan Adams

Sountrack from Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

Daniel ... Elton John

Can't Take My Eyes Off You........... Andy Williams

Ben . . . Michael Jackson

Hello on this rainy cold evening :-)

All Cried Out............ Alison (Alf) Moyet

Good Evening from a South Wales experiencing Gale Force Winds and RAIN! :-|

There aren't many good Z songs (in my opinion anyway! :-D)
This isn't a good one either :-D :-D :-D

Zerox..........Adam & The Ants

Yes Sir, that's my baby - Eddie Cantor

Xanadu..........Rush

(Not the Olivia Newton John version)

We will rock you .......... Queen