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Growing up in the '50s and '60s, I was exposed to such a wide variety of music, from hokey hillbilly to the classics, country to hard rock, waltz to opera. Although I personally do not play any musical instrument and can't sing a note outside of the shower, many of these oldies have stayed with me over the years. Some of these tunes, although performed/written by artists who were respected then and now, were just plain silly, and meant to be. But sometimes you get to singing or humming them to yourself, knowing people may cross the street to avoid you or police officers with bullhorns will order you to come out with your hands raised if they hear you.....

So, with apologies and thanks to Ronda for somewhat plagiarizing her song blogs, here is what I would like from you.

A song title, the name of the performing artist and a link to a video performance if possible...

I will start it out with the one I woke up thinking about this morning.....

Roger Miller, 'Kansas City Star"..............

By RoeDapple

July 5, 2009

Stop Me If You've Heard This One

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5 July 2009
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWaAyP…
5 July 2009
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Valkyrie_of_Reason (Kathy Getto) says…

Thanks, Roe, I needed an outlet for the song in my head this morning! I sang this to my grandson last evening, and woke up humming it!

Perry Como (I remember being very much in love with him)
“Catch A Falling Star”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ8RUE…
5 July 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Frank Sinatra's My Way, it boosts my spirits.
Anyone remember the Dean Martin show, or Sonny and Cher?
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tangential_reasoners_anonymous (Anonymous) says…

“Hello Darkness, my old friend…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHGSa…

[Simon and Garfunkel]
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Charlie Ryan.

The original “Hot Rod Lincoln”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MS9fk…

The original, for-freaking real “Hot Rod Lincoln”:

http://www.hot-rod-lincoln.com/

I been lookin' for a Model A coupe but none of my Buds will sell me one because they know the first thing I'm going to do with it is cut the frame in half at the firewall, so that I can add in about 18”, they know I wil throw away the original fenders and replace them with '32 units, that I will pitch those spindly 19” wires and replace them with 16” Daytons and that the '48 Lincoln V-12 that awaits somewhere in the back of one of the garages will be brought to life in my very own Hot Rod Lincoln.

Oh, yeah.

And Appleton headlights and spots.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

damn Marion, now I feel violated. :p
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Darius Rucker - Don't Think I Don't Think About It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7ot4…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

All good 'memory' tunes!

'Hot Rod Lincoln' is another of those I can't stop playing in my head when I think about it. Ah, well, at least that got 'KC Star' out of my head,Thanks Marion!

If I run across anything on that wish list I'll pm you.

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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Grace Slick and The Jefferson Airplane.

“White Rabbit”

Grace later said that she was on acid when this early video was done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xI4J…
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Let It Slide Right Off Your Shoulders, I heard it in the movie Meet The Robinsons. I don't know who sang it. Sing it when you are tempted to get angry about something you can't do anything about.
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

This it Irish?

Rob Thomas,'Let It Roll Right Off Your Shoulders'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCdfZ…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Having a brother in the entertainment business, this one comes to mind with him….

Mac Davis, 'Lord It's Hard To Be Humble'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itb6uN…

Now I'll be singing that for the rest of the afternoon………
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Roe, I was looking for Name That Tune and found this, you have to check it out, you hum a song into the mic and it is recorded and then others try to guess what song you are humming. Or you can listen to others and guess.

http://www.namemytune.com/nmt.asp
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oldvet (Anonymous) says…

'19'… by Waycross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qal8l…

there are a number of youtube versions, but I think this one is the best…
5 July 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Oh, and Roe, that is exactly what I was looking for. You are like the Hermione of blogs. Thanks!
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beatrice (Anonymous) says…

St. Vincent, “Paris is Burning.”

Just saw her (Annie Clark) with her band at a tiny venue here in Phoenix. Gosh she is talented, and knows how to shred. This is what I'm listening to these days. (Hope we aren't just naming the oldies here, because good stuff keeps being made.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-24m-…

Marion, based on your plans it seems to me that you should just buy a whole different car to begin with.

5 July 2009
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Originally supposed to be 'The Oldie You Can't Get Off Your Mind', but any tune that has that effect on you will do.

Thank you for contributing, bea!

Roger Miller had a lot of them that hit me that way……

“Dang Me”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qcDO…

“King of the Road”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhApYx…

to name a couple……..
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beatrice (Anonymous) says…

Okay RoeD, I can play the oldie game. This one isn't as old as Roger Miller, but you just might like it anyway — and I've never been able to get this song out of my head!

Johnny Winter, Ain't Nothing to Me (1973) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ub2x9…
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Okay, have a gander at this
Hank Williams,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sETQvt…
Sorry, I'm going to go and cry now.
And, I hate watered down beer.
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Well, there ya go, bea! Nearly 40 year old tune, that ought to qualify as an oldie! and you can't seem to get out of it's grip, so you're in the program!

Couple of more by Roger Miller (The more I look the more I find!)

“My Uncle”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbJs_V…

“do wacka do”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6vsvU…

Don't recall following his music as a youngster, but they all come back as I find them…………
5 July 2009
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

excellent choice Irish!
5 July 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Some sort of special meaning for me:

The Beatles.

Ballad of John And Yoko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yBZZT…
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

I have my boxes wired through a mixer board into a 1970s Zenith console stereo.

Old bugger has 60 rms watts per channel, most of which I rarely use but can you imagine?

Potentially shattering, as it were!
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

If you have a picture window, tape it up! Volume could put it in the street!

More Miller!

“chug-a-lug”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNWlM…

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jehovah_bob (Anonymous) says…

Marion,

You've got it all wrong, Grace Slick was on acid when she did this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGGck…

And my submission, Woody Guthrie — House of the Rising Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POQJUv…
5 July 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

(Voce Rod Serling)

Imagine if you will, a nine-year-old boy who had just finished construction of his high-tech “transistorised” regenerative radio reciever.

Tuning the airwaves and getting the regen set he finds the first music he hears on his project and is transfixed.

This boy had saved his allowance for weeks to buy the parts for the radio and his Dad had cut the white pine and the plywood on which the breadboard chassis would be constructed and had taken him to the old McGee Radio to buy the parts.

To this day the boy may cry at the rememberance.

Or not.

The first music

“Wonderland By Night”

Bert Kaempfert, 1960.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbWp7d…

Which led in later years, in another life; almost in another world to this; in which the boy can't quite decide if “Wonderland By Night is about Vienna or Moscow:

Moscow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7032cV…

Vienna:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONboK…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Wow j_bob, wasn't aware Guthrie was the original on 'House', but there it is!

Another Roger M. “Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI-8hs…
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

(Voce Humprhey Bogart)

“Any good shyster will tell you to never ask a question to which you do not already know the answer, Sister”

“Rocky” led to this:

Warren Zevon.

“Jungle Work”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJGFJf…
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

Lovesick Blues. My fav is by Arlo, but here's Hank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i…

I wanted to do Troubled Mind of Mine by Arlo, but it's just not out there.
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Yeah, but this one will stay with you all day too…….

Arlo, “Alice's Restaurant”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0Q…
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

And then it got all mixed up:

Anton Karas.

“Third Man Theme”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te9fqm…
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

(Voce myself)

Yeah but a better version is to be found here:

Anton Karas live, 1982:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZHq2…

Then there was this:

Warren Zevon.

“Mohammed's Radio”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chaY9C…

Goodnight, Leah!

“See you in the next life!

Wake me up for meals!”

Which led to this and out:

Warren Zevon.

“Lawyers, Guns and Money”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN…

6 July 2009
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

Marion cheated. The Massacre is 18:33 plus load time. He didn't listen.
Shame on you. Off to the group W bench but not til we get some 8 x 10 glossies with the circles and arrows.
:)
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myvotecounts (Anonymous) says…

This song stays with me after I hear it. I catch myself trying to sing along, and I don't even know French.

Dominique, by the Singing Nun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZupHl…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Woke up this morning with Roger Miller still in my head. Found this one last night, a version I hadn't heard, still trying to figure it out…..

“Got 2 Again (Reversed?)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rIiw…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Haven't heard “Dominique” for a long time! But it always reminded me of the flying nun, so now I'm remembering Sally Field…..

http://www.autographdealer.com/images…
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Morning has Broken, Cat Stevens, originally released in 1971.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3s…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Definitely an early morning, stuck in your head kind of tune Alia!

Ballad singers will do that to ya…….

Harry Chapin,”Cats In The Cradle” is like that………..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH46Sm…
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…

A very young looking, dynamic trio

The Supremes singing, “Stop, In the Name of Love”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yLMp…
6 July 2009
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

The recent holiday has me thinking of this song and this young man. The talent of the Supremes and Jimi were instrumental in removing color as a judgement tool for me. I still think 'conspiracy theory' on his death. (J. Edgar?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bGUe…

And he was left-handed, always a plus in my book!

6 July 2009
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Doesn't he make it look easy?

My younger brother could play that years ago almost–—only almost as well……….
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…

Don't jump on him too quickly, Roe. I plan on doing an interactive game with him soon…Should I get you my list? ;)

He is dynamic to be sure!
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Roe, I'm a lefty also (in multiple meanings of the word!)
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Cat's in the cradle, has such a great message about parenting and investing in people,not stuff! It has a reap what you sow message.
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Ronda, looking forward to your next game!
Alia, got my mind out of the gutter just in time to get your meaning of 'lefty'!
And yes, 'Cat's in the cradle' was an influence on my parenting years……

Alia, I once had a prospective employer act horrified when he saw me using my left hand! Didn't get the job either! Was that my tiny little taste of discrimination? I was stunned, why would that make a difference? Oh, yeah………..ignorance……..
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

President Obama is left handed. He is a great president and I know, I just know that his ability and willingness to communicate with other countries is going to pay off big time.
Do commercial jingles count? If so, then the Free Credit Report tune. Any of them.
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

I knew that Irish,so haven't given up on him yet!

;-)

For you…………

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksXMV…
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Roe,

I worked at Hallmark one summer and worked in the ribbon converting department where ribbon was wound onto plastic spools. If a person was left-handed, you couldn't work in bows however as all the equipment as set up for a left handed person.

Six of 8 of our last presidents (well, actually including Obama, I believe), were left handed. John McCain was left handed as well. I'm going to write a blog about left-handedness sometime. Lots of interesting facts and myths about us left handed folks.

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schula (Anonymous) says…

This is the song I can't get out of my head once I have heard it: Keep Your Hands to Yourself by the Georgia Satellites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ur45…

I don't even like the song
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

There are several websites for left-handed products out there, however except for a few left-handed rifles/shotguns I am adapted to a right-handed world. As you know, we lefties have conquered the world of righties, could they live in our world?

;-)

http://www.mtv.com/videos/behemoth/22…

Whoa! I'm not sure I could handle all that!
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Love it, schula, good one! The fact that you don't like it but can't shake it makes it a top contender for you!
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Roe,

I agree about adapting to a right-handed world. I never thought it would be worth the hassle to reverse the clickers on a computer mouse to make it left-handed and can only open a combination lock with my right hand. My older brother is also left-handed but caught a baseball and threw right-handed because left-handed gloves were hard to come by in western Kansas in the 50's and 60's. He writes and eats left handed however. Most items are made to be used with either hand. My brother and dad (who was right handed) hunted together and I'm sure shared guns so I guess my brother adapted to that as well. Soup ladles used to right handed and as well as most scissors. My third grade teacher told my parents the reason I was left handed was because I was copying my older brother,heaven forbid she would have considered that genetics might have played a role. :~)
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

http://www.beinglefthanded.com/index….

a good starting point…………
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…

Thanks, Roe, for the link.
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myvotecounts (Anonymous) says…

Every Fall, when I walk or drive by the Campanile and see the gorgeous colors of the leaves, the line from the song Forever Autumn goes through my head. Not a silly song, but a very memorable line:

“Through Autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way….”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCdlX…
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Aw, time for some hard-drivin' Rock'n Roll!:

The Rainmakers and my homie, Bob Walkenhorst:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqfkk_…

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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

And then there is this, which reminds me of my big banger of which I have not yet written but you should know that its engine is the equivalent of about nine Asianmobile engines.

Over 100 cubic inches per cyliinder and there are a lot of cylinders.

Listen for the slight backfires on startup and the over-run:

“Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang”

Paul Muriat, 1969:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBoS1f…
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…

Back in the day I used to love this song. Think it would work for President Obama?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zb7-I…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Good one Irish, here's one I get to remembering now and then….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sPvj…
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passionatelibra (Anonymous) says…

I Love To Singa - Cab Calloway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8UPWP…
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Romans832 (Anonymous) says…

These are two of my favorite golden oldies. I didn't link to YouTube, but your original performance is probably even better!

Little Boxes
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/malvina/m…

High Hopes
http://www.smart-central.com/highhope…
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Aisling (Anonymous) says…

Goin Fishin' or Cakewalk into Town by Taj Mahal and MacArthur Park nooooo it's in my head now noooooo make it stop. Sorry, can't do the magic blue line to link to it.
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rcrum (Anonymous) says…

OK, Roe!

I couldn't resist. Here's a favorite of mine.

David Allen Coe : “The Ride”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUemP8…
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RoeDapple (Anonymous) says…

Hey, rc, thanks for dropping by!