Sadly many of the artists of the golden oldies era have passed away. Yesterday we heard of the passing of Johnny Tillotson at age 86. Most of his hits including Poetry in Motion and Talk Back Trembling Hits charted in the early 1960s. Leave it to me to find a connection to Bob Dylan as Johnny covered Blowin' in the Wind.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
April Fools Day With Bob Dylan
Mike Riccio, the moderator of the Oldies Message Board compiled a list of the Top 20 "Fool" songs based on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 lists through 1990:
1. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," Connie Francis (1960)
2. "Poor Little Fool," Ricky Nelson (1958)
3. "What a Fool Believes," Doobie Brothers (1979)
4. "Foolish Beat," Debbie Gibson (1988)
5. "Chain of Fools," Aretha Franklin (1968)
6. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," Elvin Bishop (1976)
7. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," the Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon (1956)
8. "Fool #1," Brenda Lee (1961)
9. "(Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I," Elvis Presley (1959)
10. "Everybody Plays the Fool," Main Ingredient (1972)
11. "The Fool," Sanford Clark (1956)
12. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," Diana Ross (1981)
13. "Foolish Little Girl," the Shirelles (1963)
14. "She's a Fool," Lesley Gore (1963)
15. "The Fool on the Hill," Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1968)
16. "(Fool) If You Think It's Over," Chris Rea (1978)
17. "Nobody's Fool," Kenny Loggins (1988)
18. "Kissing a Fool," George Michael (1988)
19. "What Kind of Fool," Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (1981)
20. "Fools Rush In," Rick Nelson (1963)
Bob Dylan covered Elvis Presly's (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I on the Basement Tapes.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Lee and I Saw Hell's Kitchen on Broadway
We enjoyed the music and the dancing in the show. Afterward, we stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, but as usual, it was very busy. Instead we ate dinner at Applebees.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
NYC Casey Stengel Chapter of SABR meeting in Midtown Manhattan
- The Pulse of New York Baseball: Present and Past featuring:
- Laura Albanese - writer for Long Island Newsday
- Billy Altman official scorer and former baseball beat writer for the Village Voice
- Anthony McCarron is a freelance writer who has appeared in Baseball Digest and MLB.com. and others
- Met Stories I Only Tell My Friends and Other First-Hand Baseball Stories
- Art Shamsky - Member of the 1969 Mets
- Matthew Silverman - author of several baseball books
- Marty Appel - another author of baseball books who was also an executive with the Yankees
Friday, March 28, 2025
Happy 37th Birthday Lee
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour Resumed in Tulsa Last Night
Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Theater March 25, 2025 |
1. | All Along the Watchtower (Bob on guitar and baby grand piano) |
2. | It Ain't Me, Babe (Bob on guitar and baby grand piano) |
3. | I Contain Multitudes (Bob on baby grand piano) |
4. | False Prophet (Bob on baby grand piano) |
5. | When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on baby grand piano and harp, Tony on standup bass) |
6. | Black Rider (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
7. | My Own Version Of You (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
8. | To Be Alone With You (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass, Bob Britt on acoustic guitar) |
15 minute break | |
9. | Crossing the Rubicon (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
10. | Desolation Row (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
11. | Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
12. | Watching the River Flow (Bob on baby grand piano) |
13. | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob on baby grand piano, Tony on standup bass) |
14. | I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You (Bob on baby grand piano and harp, Tony on standup bass) |
15. | Mother of Muses (Bob on baby grand piano and brief harp at very beginning, Tony on standup bass) |
band introductions | |
16. | Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Bob on baby grand piano) |
17. | Every Grain of Sand (Bob on baby grand piano and harp) |
Thanks to Anne Margaret Daniel, Susan & Al and Jayne Watson for the phone calls
and Dan Krass, Rechi van Lehen and Bill Goodwin for the emails.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Country Crossover