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Come Softly To Me

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Come Softly To Me. I remember this song from junior high school. I was walking down the hall and could hear a small group singing it acapello. It sounded very nice and I wished that I could sing like that. Strange what memories we associate with music. I have 2 good eyes now, having my 2nd catarac surgery Tuesday, and thought I would play a song. I did it very simply since that was how it was recorded. I could imagine it being done with big string sounds and orchestra sounds, but thought I would go the simple route using some sounds I haven’t used before. “Come Softly to Me” is a popular song recorded by The Fleetwoods, composed of Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, and Gary Troxel, the three of whom also wrote it in 1959.… Read the rest

A Walk In The Black Forest

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A Walk In The Black Forest is a fun song. I remember it well when I was in College. I had fun playing it and putting the video together. I hope it makes you want to walk or at least tap your foot. Horst Jankowski composed A Walk In The Black Forest in 1965. It was an Instrumental. The original German title is ‘Eine Schwartzwaldfahrt’, though nothing appears to have been released before the Mercury record with that title.… Read the rest

Wings of a Dove

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Wings of a Dove. Good song for the times we are living in! I saw this on Brandy’s list for 1961 songs. I was 17 and remember it. Nice upbeat tune. After playing for a half an hour, my fingers switched to a swing 4 beat version. It was fun to do. I can hear the wonderful fills and runs the accomplished players would do, but I am lucky to make my 76 year old fingers move at all! I had a lot of fun working this out.This is my 76 year old lady swing! LOL Couldn’t find any neat graphics, so it is basically music. “Wings of a Dove’ is a country song written by Bob Ferguson in 1958. “Wings of a Dove” was most popular when it was recorded by Ferlin Husky in 1960. The Ferlin Husky recording went to number one on the country charts for 10 nonconsecutive weeks.… Read the rest

A Lover’s Concerto

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A Lover’s Concerto. Just playing songs and listening to the wonderful sounds of the Roland. Got stuck on A Lover’s Concerto. Such a pretty piece. I decided to make a video where I could spend a few minutes away from the world using the pretty Roland sounds. Sorta a spur of the moment video. “A Lover’s Concerto” is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by the Toys.… Read the rest

Addams Family Theme

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Happy Halloween! I decided to do one more Halloween video, after all what else does a lone, single lady do on Halloween? I had so much fun with this one. Sorry, it went long. At 76, I can never remember if I did it 4 or 5 times! LOL The sound is a little crazy and the Roland is being pushed a bit into overdrive on purpose. So much fun. I hope you enjoy! The theme for the 1964 TV series The Addams Family was written and arranged by longtime Hollywood film and television composer Vic Mizzy. Thank You to the artists at Pixabay for the graphics and musicians at Freesound for the background effects. So much fun.… Read the rest

Twilight Time

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Twilight Time. Another favorite of mine. Such a pretty song. I decided to go with accordion for this song. After I finished it, I thought I could hear pretty voices singing behind the lead and even a tenor sax filling in. So I decided to make a second part. Invited my twin sister back to play second. LOL The biggest problem is the lead player constantly ad libs, adds notes, measures and rests. She is old and can’t remember how she practiced it! That really makes it difficult for the second player. She did her best under the circumstances. LOL “Twilight Time” is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram and music by the Three Suns. Les Brown’s version of “Twilight Time” was recorded in November 1944 and released in early 1945 as the B-side of “Sentimental Journey,” the first recording of that song.… Read the rest

Tennessee Waltz

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Tennessee Waltz for my friend Jeanie. She requested it a long time ago but I hadn’t played it since she wanted me to sing it. HUM Surprisingly for such a simple song it has a bit more range in it than I have. I gave it a try and I realize that I am not a singer, but will entertain when I can. So for the sake of entertaining my friend, I did Tennessee Waltz for her. It is a very pretty song and very sad! “Tennessee Waltz” is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording – as “The Tennessee Waltz” – by Patti Page.… Read the rest

Purple People Eater

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The Purple People Eater – One more Halloween Sing Along. I always liked this song and loved to sing it back in the day. It was a lot of fun to sing today. Many words, but I got most of them in. Hope you enjoy it and sing along. “The Purple People Eater” is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14… Read the rest

I Only Have Eyes for You

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I Only Have Eyes For You is a favorite and several of the eye songs I pulled out to go with my cataract surgery. It went well and I am amazed that my tennis shoes are white, my Corel dishes are white and I can’t believer how white my hair is!!! I can’t wait to get the other eye done. My eye was a little gritty the first day, but since then is great. I gave thought to how I could illustrate the song, but couldn’t come up with anything interesting. Then I thought the only people that ever had eyes for me were my wonderful dogs. We had over 14 dogs in the early ’80s since our shelter was very, very high kill. I did their website and worked for them one summer. I could not stand to watch dog after dog being taken to the back room to be put to sleep. I had many more that we were able to get to rescue. My last little girl, Sweetie, who was 20 years old died a few months ago along with Nikki. So I adopted Chloe from the shelter so Peanut would have a buddy to play with. Almost all the dogs in the video are gone. Great memories for me. “I Only Have Eyes for You” is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written for the film Dames in 1934.… Read the rest

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

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Another interesting, old song from the ’60’s when I was growing up. Easy to hum and easy to dance to. Thank You to the very talented artists at pixaby for the wonderful free graphics. They make the presentation very nice. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli.… Read the rest

Newfangled (Nowomodny) Oberek

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Newfangled (Nowomodny) Oberek was fun to play. Everyone liked the Oberek we played before, so I looked up some new ones. My partner was almost late to the video making, but she just made it! I am working on getting the acoustic and Roland accordions to sound good together. Trying different ways of recording, etc. Still haven’t gotten there, but improving. Some unusual sounds as the reverb clashes with itself in some of the fast parts. I hope you enjoy our effort. Thanks to the Pixabay artists for sharing their graphics for free. They really help make the videos fun to watch.… Read the rest