John Handy III

Heard some of his music today, at 12.30, before heading into work at HWPL. One cut was from his album In the Vernacular.

One hit wonders of the '50s & '60s.

Farmingdale Library called asking for two songs: Let me go lover! and I'll Always Love You. The second song is in sheet music; the first in this book.

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Songs:
Alley cat song -- Angel of the morning -- Apache -- Theme from Baby, the rain must fall -- The birds and the bees -- Bobby's girl -- Book of love -- Chantilly lace -- The deck of cards -- Dominique -- Eve of destruction -- Grazing in the grass -- Guitar boogie shuffle -- Happy, happy birthday baby -- Harper Valley P.T.A. -- I like it like that -- Israelites -- Leader of the laundromat -- Let me go lover! -- Love (can make you happy) -- May the bird of paradise fly up your nose -- More -- More today than yesterday -- Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye -- On top of spaghetti -- Pipeline -- Pretty little angel eyes -- Sea of love -- Silhouettes -- Stay -- Stranger on the shore -- Sukiyaki -- Tie me kangaroo down sport -- Who put the bomp (in the bomp ba bomp ba bomp) -- The worst that could happen.

Storied Trove of 1930s Jazz Is Acquired by Museum

The Andy Goldsworthy Project

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Read about a fresco he painted, Madonna della Misericordia, in the Chapel of the Vespucci, in Ognissanti, in which Amerigo is present, in The mysterious history of Columbus : an exploration of the man, the myth, the legacy , by John Noble Wilford.

 

 Amerigo is second from left.

Los Tigres del Norte

Interesting article about this Norteño band in the 24 May issue of  The New Yorker, by Alec Wilkinson. He makes the point that Norteño music has its roots in polka, brought to northern Mexico by Czechs and Germans at the end of the XXIXth century who arrived to work in iron and copper mines. "The Mexican version is more exuberant than the European one, and has more flourishes. The Mexicans play it so it sounds like music from a warm region instead of a cold one."



La Puerta Negra