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The story behind the jazz legend’s final hit and, quite simply, one of the most beautiful songs ever written. The legendary New Orleans singer and trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong had been making records since 1923, but in 1967 he released “What A Wonderful World,” which would become the biggest-selling song of his long and storied career. Though renowned as one of the pioneers of Dixieland-style jazz in the 1920s, Armstrong was no stranger to the pop charts in the 1960s, having topped Billboard’s Hot 100 with the Grammy-winning single, “Hello Dolly,” in 1964. But “What A Wonderful World” was very...

I know it's off music day. Just thinking to get us out of the politics.

Sometime in the 1970s or early 1980s Peter Jones discovered a collection of century-old letters in his parents' attic in Bethesda, Maryland. The letters had been sent by his great-great-great grandfather, Byran Hunt, to his son, Jones' great-great grandfather, John Hunt,[a] who had emigrated from Kilkelly, County Mayo, to the United States in 1855 and worked on the railroad. As Byran was illiterate, the letters were dictated to the local schoolmaster, Pat McNamara (d. 1902), who often wrote letters on behalf of his neighbors who were unable to read and write. Covering the years 1858 to 1893, the Hunt letters...

The Last Cowboy Song

This video is for the 'Economics Music Video Contest' sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. These are students at Washington and Lee University working under Dr. Tim Diette.

A song to the Leaker-in-Chief from America's friends, based on the immortal song of Ben E. King, "Stand by Me." Produced by Latma, Israel's premiere satire group

It appears as though VP nominee Sarah Palin is a hit with one Pennsylvania man. Pat Garrett is such a big fan of Palin, he wrote a song about her. Fox's Gerald Kolpan introduces us to the man who's singing about a "Moose Shooting Mama. Video at link Lyrics at: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1513867/Moose-Shootin-Mama-Lyrics-by-Pat-Garrett

DETROIT (AP) — It has been described in many ways: Haunting. Comforting. Powerful. Educational. But one thing is certain. Gordon Lightfoot's song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," has kept alive the memory of 29 men who lost their lives on Nov. 10, 1975 when the ore carrier plunged to the bottom of Lake Superior during a nasty storm. "In large measure, his song is the reason we remember the Edmund Fitzgerald," said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse. "That single ballad has made such a powerful contribution to the legend of the Great Lakes." Three decades after the tragedy, the Fitzgerald...

Ladies and gentlemen, the website is up and can now take orders. THE BALLAD OF MIKE MORAN is an inspirational song honoring Mike, his heroic brother John who gave his life doing his duty, and all the others who gave their lives in the cowardly terrorist attack on our nation. And, it is an in your face expression to Osama bin Laden, whose head we will have on a plate, as he is told ---- "kiss my royal Irish ass!" A segment of the song in MP3 will be on the website as soon as possible. ***** ORDER THE SONG ...

Canada--Famed Canadian balladeer, Gordon Lightfoot, whose epic ballad The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald chronicled the last minutes of an otherwise obscure, industrial maritime disaster, has weighed in again with another blow-by-blow account of a more recent near tragedy. "When I saw the Norwegian Dawn's harrowing story on C-Span, I had to act," said Lightfoot. “The thing practically wrote itself.” Some say that Lightfoot’s deft touch with haunting, almost ethereal lyrics makes his new ballad, The List of the Norwegian Dawn, a potentially instant hit. “I can hear the song in my head already,” said one fan of Lightfoot. “This...

BALLAD OF DAN RATHER (Sung to the tune from the Beverly Hillbillies) Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Dan, The documents were fake and he didn't give a damn; He put 'em on the air, an' he thought he'd done the job, But up from the web come a howlin' mob. Blogs, that is. Web logs. Checkin' facts. Well, the first thing you know ol' Dan's a-runnin' fast; Made a false report an' it bit him in the ass; He said 'dog-gonnit, I done thought I'd get away!' But it turned out to be his a-reckonin'...

FReepers, please call in to talk shows on St. Patrick's Day and have them play the song that honors Mike Moran, the memory of FReeper John Moran, and all those brave people who gave their lives trying to save others. DOWNLOAD HERE.Enjoy it! We Irish will sing it with pride. Osama bin Laden, you can kiss my royal Irish ass!