Little Richard

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/little-richard-incendiary-spirit-of-early-rock-and-roll-dies-at-87/2020/05/09/4c0b038a-9201-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

 

A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!

 

Interesting trivia item from the Post’s obituary: In 1992, he recorded a children’s album, “Shake It All About,” which included a freewheeling version of “The Hokey Pokey” and other kindergarten classics.

 

Favorite songs:

Rip It Up 

Tutti Frutti

Good Golly Miss Molly

Long Tall Sally

Lucille

Keep A Knockin’

Jenny, Jenny

Slippin’ And Slidin’

Great Gosh A’Mighty

The Girl Can’t Help It

LP #32 Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down The Wind (1976)

The two familiar tracks here are “That’ll Be The Day” and “Crazy”, but even better are Ronstadt’s outstanding versions of lesser-known songs, most notably including three by Karla Bonoff and one by Warren Zevon.

 

Favorite tracks:

 

Someone To Lay Down Beside Me 

Hasten Down The Wind

The Tattler

Lose Again

Give One Heart

Try Me Again

Notable Quotes #9

Headline in this morning’s Washington Post (print edition only, unfortunately): “Norwegian Cruise Line warns it may not be able to stay afloat”

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/05/norwegian-cruise-going-concern-coronavirus/

Lyric Of The Day #12 (May 6, 2020)

Spent all afternoon sanitizing my hand sanitizer

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH6wxVujq0w

 

And it’s for a good cause, too!

Shuffle #132 (May 3, 2020)

Step Off – Kacey Musgraves

Galileo – Indigo Girls

Credit – Meghan Trainor

Living For The City – Stevie Wonder

Manic Monday – The Bangles

Smackwater Jack – Carole King

I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – Patti Austin

Fall On Me – R.E.M.

If I Were Smart – Shelby Lynne