A rose for your lovely Ming.....
Posted on 03/03/2003 6:13:12 AM PST by Mama_Bear
I am indebted to you for assisting in the reconstruction of my Profile Page that mysteriously developed 'sinkholes' full of red 'x's!!
Someone had pulled out the subsurface without telling me.
To the new photographs, I added text and a graphic or two.
A rose for your lovely Ming.....
My goodness! So, I guess our current 42 degrees would feel like a heat wave about now? LOL.
Awwww......thank you! And, you are very welcome for the assist with your PROFILE PAGE. I am happy that I could help slay the dreaded red x's. :-)
ABSOLUTELY!
I do hope they will not mistake our Fred Mertz for a whale, since he, too, is rather bloated from the shore leave.
All is well - for the moment, at least - - -
By your leave, Sir, I will go below decks to fix the short-sheets on my bunk.
I was not amused, and the culprit vil pay...:))
Because of your enthusism and joy, echoing ours, this scene is posted especially for you, bearing up in liberal D.C. Land...:))
'Tis a great day to Support our Troops and our nation's leaders with prayers and words of encouragement. May God bless and protect each one.
Pipster, great letters today. Thank You for your never-ending support. Now it's time to step forward and take a bow...
Hank Ballard, singer and writer of 'The Twist,' diesExcerpt:
LOS ANGELES - Singer and songwriter Hank Ballard, whose hit "The Twist" ushered a nationwide 1960s dance craze, has died.
Ballard, who was suffering from throat cancer, died Sunday at his home, friends said.
Friend and caretaker Anna L. Ayala remembers him for his spirit. "He was just a very good man and loved by so many people," she said.
Ayala said Ballard's birth records indicate he was born in 1927, but biographical information on the Internet and Rock and Roll encyclopedias lists his birth date as 1936.
Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. He was discovered in the early 1950s by writer-producer Johnny Otis. He was lead singer for the Royals, which changed its name to the Midnighters and was signed by Federal Records.
In 1958, Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist," but it was released on the "B" side of a record.
One year later, Chubby Checker debuted his own version of "The Twist" on Dick Clark's Philadelphia television show. It soon topped the charts, eventually selling over a million copies.
The song launched a dance craze that prompted the creation of other Twist songs, including "Twist and Shout" by the Isley Brothers and "Twistin' the Night Away" by Sam Cooke.
Peppermint Lounge, a defunct club in New York, became the center of the Twist dance craze in the early 1960s.
Ballard's songs were sometimes banned from 1950s radio for their sexually suggestive lyrics.
By the early 1960s, he'd charted 22 singles on the rhythm and blues charts, including "Work with Me Annie" - the biggest R&B hit of 1954, selling more than 1 million copies. The song was part of a well-known trilogy of risque rhythm and blues numbers that included "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fannie."
Ballard and the Midnighters didn't suffer from Checker's version of "The Twist." By the mid 1960s, the group had three simultaneous hits in the pop top 40: "Finger Poppin' Time," "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go," and their original version of "The Twist."
"He was an all-around entertainer. He was dynamite on stage," said friend and business associate Chuck Rubin.
Click here for the entire article.
Rest in peace, Hank Ballard ...
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
From STARWISE:
"Sure would appreciate your help with prayers .. my 84 yr. old Mom had to go to the ER this afternoon .. I'm in FL .. she's in MA .. with feelings of faintness .. and they're not sure what's going on. I'm very worried. My nephew was at her bedside and I spoke to him there .. they're now talking about a CAT scan .. he's indicating she's doing some hallucinating .. which does not sound good and still feeling faint. My heart is heavy .. God be with her and thank you. ;-)"
Very good letters, Pippin. Sadly, your reasonable arguments would likely fall on deaf ears to irrational people like Saddam, or liberals for that matter.
Lord, we lift up the precious mother of STARWISE to You, the Great Physician.
Hold her, her children and family and friends in Your hands, and send the Holy Spirit to comfort them in the trials ahead.
Thank You, Father, for hearing all prayers, and for the unlimited love and grace you give us.
Amen.
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