One of the best scenes from Holiday Inn. Firecrackers and fancy footwork from the great Fred Astaire

I look forward to "Holiday Inn" every year, just to watch this incredible dance!  There will never be another dancer like Fred Astaire.  There will also never be another talent like James Cagney!  Those days are gone forever. 

Found this wild novelty record from the 60s earlier. Ed Labunski was a singer-songwriter and more notably a jingle writer, who brought you the famous "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" jingle as well as "This Bud's for you" for Budweiser and "Celebrate the Moments in Your Life" for General Foods International Coffee. "Nikita the K" is a double joke - a reference to former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and legendary American DJ Murray the K. I don't think Labunski ever did any other records beyond this one, and he died in a car accident in 1980 at the age of 43.

Lovers Rock reggae ( Does She Love Me, A Lovers Question - Lloyd Charmers )

Sort of similar to what I last posted. From the comic genius of Dickie Goodman (of "Flying Saucer" fame), this time using snippets from commercials instead of songs.

Too early for snow

Here's a fun one from Jan and Dean from 1964. This is sort of a followup to the famous "Little Old Lady From Pasadena". Here we have a group of little old ladies who do normal old lady things during the week but enjoy auto racing on the weekends. This was from the Little Old Lady From Pasadena album and was the flip side to the single "Ride the Wild Surf". Despite being a B side it still peaked at #77 in the US, so it must have been somewhat popular.

A little bit different.

Followed by ---

Rick...
...you mean they actually get paid money for singing this, the cucumber and pickle song..after the first couple of repeats i had to come away, well you wouldn't forget the words,...would have driven me crazy..

Jackie, --- It's just one of those fun things. They either catch on, or they don't.  Would you like some more of them         

Or just some oldies but goodies?

Rick, NO THANK YOU..lets just stick with the sane ones..

An oldie most of us know, and remember well.

Cucumber is my favorite.   Love the lyrics . . .  easy to dance to!

Moving along from cukecumbers and pickles. An old popular fun song -

Moving along a step further - another fun song.

Oh yes, i remember Lonnie Donegan and this song, and also My Old Mans a Dustman..

Teresa Brewer - nowhere on my list of favorites.  I couldn't stand her voice, or any of her recordings.  I also don't like chewing gum!    (I think I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?) 

Oh gosh, that song gave me nightmares. I kid you not. I stopped chewing gum. The nightmares stopped.

A great rendition of "Memory" from Cats featuring the great Hank Marvin on guitar. This song appeared on The Shadows' 1986 album Moonlight Shadows, and I'm assuming this video was recorded around that time as well.

Michael - "Memory" from the musical Cats, is such a beautiful song.  The lyrics are especially meaningful to those of us who have lived a long long time. 
Here they are, by the original Broadway cast.  Betty Buckley singing.   

Ohh, yes, Marilyne.  Awesome lyrics. When I saw "Cats" live onstage, I was only listening to the music, and watching the stage action, so the lyrics didn't really soak in.  My daughter and I went to see the movie "Cats" and though it was not as great as had been bally-hooed, the music and lyrics did keep my interest.  And when "Memory" came on, I sat there crying, thinking of my loss of barely one year at the time. Thank you, Marilyne, for posting the lyrics. That first phrase "I must think of a new life", oh, doesn't that just sum everything up, as relates to our losses, age, infirmities. 

I still think this is one of the best performances of that song. This is from the 1998 film version of the musical.

Michael, I liked that clip from the movie.  I saw the Broadway cast in San Francisco on their first tour, so I wanted to post that one.  I prefer to post songs that include lyrics, when it's one that has something meaningful to say.

Tome - glad you liked it, and that you've seen both the stage and movie productions.  I agree . . .  when I hear or see the lyrics to "Memories", its definitely an emotional moment.  Hard to hold back the tears.     

Three more recent birthdays of older musicians and/or singers:
Carly Simon is now 80!  Ringo Starr, 83, and Steve Lawrence, 88!   

Carly Simon is one of my favorites, so I plan to return later with a video of one of her songs.
Hoping others here will post something featuring music from any of those three entertainers?   
Steve Lawrence and his wife Edie Gorme, were very popular in the late  1950's.    We had an album called "Steve and Edie", that we liked.  It's probably still down in the basement?       

Marilyne, I think I have that Album too.  Loved hearing them sing duets, but both had lovely voices on their own.

Speaking of Ringo, here's one of my favorites of his solo stuff. This was released in November of 1974 and was a big hit both in the US and Canada, but was not released in the UK at all for whatever reason.

Another good one from Ringo. This one was a hit on both sides of the pond.

Carly Simon's biggest hit, You're So Vain.  People are still wondering and speculating, as to who she was singing about?  She wrote the lyrics herself, and she's still not saying who the guy is or was that she had in mind when she wrote the song?  The consensus of opinion points to Mick Jagger?

That was her biggest hit. This was her second biggest hit, from the 1977 movie The Spy Who Loved Me.