• This song was written by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and is titled “Hodie Christus.”

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  • Today eight Pelicans were released to the seashore from an animal rehab center. How do I know this, you ask? I know this because I was there. It was my first pelican related event.

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  • Tres Mas

    Here are three more songsThey aren’t very longCorrect me if I’m wrongBut the last one needs a gong They were added on to the previous post, if they sound familiar. This song has been downloaded more times than any other from this site:

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  • Name That Film

    This song is from an Academy Award winning film. I’m pretty sure. In any event, I have been working on it all day and it’s time to get it out into the world. It was written over 100 years ago by Scott Joplin. He was born on November 24, 1868 and he passed away on

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  • The Hits Are Back

    And here are some thoughts I thought worth sharing:– Did you know that before I became a vegetarian I was in “Burgers and Acquisitions?” – Do you like ambience? Take an ambien.– I am a guitar player, which means I often fret.– Even thugs sometimes need hugs. – Nipples always come in pairs. You can’t

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  • One More Time

    Continuing along with our study of early 70’s music, here is one I’m sure you’ve heard before. This took a long time for me to transcribe into mp3 format because the sheet music was wrong in a few sections. It turned out to be a great learning experience because I was able to figure out

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  • Name That Tune

    If you were around in the 1970’s you might remember that this song was played non-stop on the radio. Back in those days we had four ways to listen to music: A Turntable, an AM/FM Radio, an 8-track player, or a cassette player. This song got lots of airplay back then. Like so many songs

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  • First, good morning: And then, good night.

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  • Bach is Back

    Coming in at number 49 in our countdown of The “Hits of the 60’s” (1760’s, that is) is Air on the G String from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For more on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String

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  • Number 47

    Here is song number forty-seven from the Big Book of Classical Music. It is an excerpt from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): For more about the composer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2(Mahler)

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  • once more with feeling

    A while back I posted a song called On Green Dolphin Street. That version wasn’t, how should I put this, very good? It had no right being out in the world. So I re-did it just for you. You know who you are. That reminds me of the time someone asked me if I was

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  • Number 40

    Song Number 40 in our summer countdown of classical music is in the books. This is an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz. According to https://petipasociety.com/the-sleeping-beauty: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz was the first collaboration of Marius Petipa and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Although Tchaikovsky’s first ballet Swan Lake had not been the success he had hoped for, it did

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  • Here is a song you’re sure to rememberIt came out 3 months before SeptemberWay back in Nineteen Sixty-SevenMy cousin Fred was just eleven The Beatles were hot and could do no wrongThey let us all grow our hair longThey changed the world, you know the restI think I like this song the best

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  • Some people say “I’m a dog person.” Others say “I’m a cat person.” Well I am an animal person. I love them all! But is there anything more beautiful than a cat? I think not.

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  • Grim Grinning Ghosts

    Hello my faithful readers. I hope you are all well.Here is a work in progress of a song we all know and love.

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  • Moustache Trivia

    Question: What do you call a moustache worn by someone with a runny nose? Answer: A Flu Manchu

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  • Dry Humor

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  • Chez Fancy

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  • Magical Mathematics

    Everyone knows that 3 x 7 is 21, but how many people know what 333 x 777 is, without using a calculator? (It is 258,741 by the way.)  If you double that number you get 517,482. Do you notice anything similar about those two numbers? They have the same digits. And I have yet to

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