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Each month, we have a guest co-host and guess who the guest co-host is this month?
You guessed it (I hope): ME!
My theme for today is: Songs mentioning the Moon, or about the Moon. This is my way of celebrating the 51st anniversary of the July 20, 1969 moon landing.
Blue Moon is a 1961 classic by the doo-wop group The Marcels. But what I didn't know is that this song was actually written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934.
Here's a recording of the song from December, 1934. Since 1934, this song has been covered perhaps hundreds of times.
Everyone's Gone to the Moon, a 1965 release by Jonathan King, was the song playing on WABC radio (which I was listening to) around 5:20 pm on November 9, 1965, just before the Great Blackout of 1965 hit the Northeast United States. I can't help but remember the blackout when I hear this song.
I absolutely love this song: Man on the Moon - R.E.M. I was never a huge Andy Kaufman fan, but this was one heck of a tribute.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, originally a Jimmy Webb song, has been covered several times. I chose this version by Linda Ronstadt. Linda's voice has been stilled by a rare condition called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - in fact recently, a woman in my area of New York State died from this condition. At this time there is no cure.
When many of us think of the Moon, we think of Pink Floyd's iconic album Dark Side of the Moon. Although none of the songs on the album were named after the Moon, I will close with the ending of the album - Brain Damage/Eclipse and these words:
"There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark"
Yes, it's a lunar wrap.
Hi Alana - love the Jonathan King one ... 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon' ... but interesting to know it was originally written back in the 1930s ... stay safe - Hilary
ReplyDelete...Alana, you went to the moon and back with these. The Marcels are always a favorite, Chick Bullock is a new one for me and so is Jonathan King, but I remember the blackout of November 9, 1965. I was in college in Alfred, NY! Thanks for this wonderful playlist.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the history lesson on Blue Moon. Now, it seems that I remember it was also recorded by one of the big bands of the 40's. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the Linda Ronstadt song. She is one of my two all time favorite female vocalists, the other being Trisha Yearwood. Ronstadt's voice is so clean and clear. What a tragedy that it has been silenced by disease. Have a blessed week.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the vintage tunes you brought to the dance floor. This was a fun theme. So far everyone is finding ways to minimize repeated songs which usually proves to be challenging no matter what the theme. I thought Linda Ronstadt ha Parkinson's Disease and that's the reason she no longer sings/purrforms. It's sad no matter what the cause. Unfortunately as we age it seems illnesses of some sort plague our bodies. Pink Floyd is an iconic group but I don't know a lot about their mewsic. Stay safe, be well, and have a boogietastic week, dear friend!
Great topic, Alana, I loved putting my playlist together. And I love your song choices.
ReplyDeleteGood list here! It's a real shame about Linda Ronstadt, who had one of the prettiest voices around, but she left a huge catalog of her singing, not just rock and country but Big Band and Latin music as well. I forgot all about Jonathan King's song, which is a real beauty...
ReplyDeleteGreat list and I see that everyone is pickinig one of favorite songs- R.E.M.'s Man on the Moon.
ReplyDeleteFabulous mewsic, Alana and such a great Theme. We didn't know the first three songs, but REM and Pink Floyd absolutely magnificent. Now let's dance into the New Moon tonight with some Musical Pawkisses from me to you🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteGreat theme! We had fun picking our songs :)
ReplyDeleteAthena and Marie
I SO look forward to these posts!
ReplyDeleteOnly a couple of these were strangers to me. I would add Bad Moon Rising by my personal favourite, CCR! ;)
And, yet- no 'Moon River'. Sniff, sniff~
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