October 2, 2009 Chautauqua

From the Editor's Computer

Last month a cousin sent me a link to an online jukebox and I have been having fun getting reacquainted with some great oldies from my childhood years.


These tunes, from the early 1950s, include:

• Hernando’s Hideaway (Archie Bleyer)
• Shake Rattle and Roll (Bill Haley & The Comets)
• Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts)
• Dear Hearts and Gentle People (Bing Crosby)
• That’s Amore (Dean Martin)
• A Guy is a Guy and Secret Love (Doris Day)
• The Old Master Painter (Dick Haymes)
• I Get So Lonely (Four Knights)
• Rose, Rose I Love You and Cry of the Wild Goose (Frankie Laine)
• Jambalaya (Jo Stafford)
• Pretend (Nate King Cole)
• Changing Partners and Mockin’ Bird Hill (Patti Page)
• Slow Poke (Pee Wee King)
• Papa Loves Mambo (Perry Como)
• Botch-a-me (Rosemary Clooney)
• Stranger in Paradise (Tony Bennett)(br>

Before I go any further, I must point out that I personally was not a child in 50s...I’m not that old, no matter what my sister may say!


While I did not grow up during the era when these songs were big hits, I was introduced to them by my parents and grandparents and they are a pleasant part of my childhood memories.


Maybe it’s time you took a trip down a musical memory lane.


Beth

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