I have a warm and wonderful memory of seeing Frankie Laine!    Way back in Spring of 1952, I went to my Senior Prom, and afterwards a large group of us drove into Los Angeles, to see Frankie Laine, at the Cocoanut Grove, in the Ambassador Hotel.  When we got there, the room was already filled with people there to see Frankie's late show, so we were standing in the back.     
He came out, saw all of us, and invited us to come down in front, and sit in a wide circle around the dance floor.  We girls were all in pastel formal gowns, and our dates were wearing white dinner jackets.  He did his regular show, singing all of his hits.  He was so gracious and welcoming!  When the show was over, he had us all get up and dance, while he sang, "Dream a Little Dream of Me".    It was a night I will never forget, and I can still  recall the look of the room, and what a happy time it was that night .

Here is a website describing what the Cocoanut Grove looked like back then.  *Spectacular* is the word!
Many years later, in the late 60's, that was the hotel ballroom, where Robert Kennedy, was assassinated.      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_(Ambassador_Hotel)

Frankie Laine singing at the age of 92, he died a year later aged 93 in 2007...

Another Fav from The Sons Of The Pioneers.  From MY YEAR.  There are later recordings of this by them. But I think this is more fitting because this is SENIORS & Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjaKvqo0wvw

This just popped into my head when I was writing something else.  It kept repeating, --- so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sca0HD0OVq0

Heard this classic on the radio on the way home from work tonight. This was written and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker, but this one is the one most people remember (though Sammy Davis, Jr. also did a popular version of it). This is the song that ultimately put this band on the map. It peaked at #9 and was the band's only top 10 hit on the pop chart (they had a long string of top 10 hits on the country charts in the 1980s).

    Oldiesmann,
When I tried to post in a similar format as yours above the Youtube Image did not show up  (Text above the Youtube entry). It did show up when I clicked "PREVIEW",but when I click "Post" it is not there. Any ideas?  I did use the Youtube icon from the Posting Bar above the Post Box.  If I just use the Youtube Icon with no other writing it worked. Probably a format error on my part but nothing comes to mind.  Does the Youtube post entry have to be outside any other Tags?

It appears putting it within other formatting tags might cause problems. Maybe try putting it outside other tags instead.

I just started reading another Western, so.....

I enjoyed the old photos and the comments below are poignant:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKeDcF1v_Y4

Mars - I enjoyed looking at the montage of old cowboy photos.   Maybe some of my Nevada ancestors are in those pictures!  A good fictional book about cowboys, is "Lonesome Dove", by Larry McMurtry.  Also made into an award winning movie. (Or maybe it was a TV series?).   

Here are two of Roy and Dales.

https://tinyurl.com/2j73vy3w

This seocnd one my cousin and I sang from Ontario,Canada to New Brunswick Canada.

Not once we were told to be quiet.

https://tinyurl.com/3sxftj2c

A great song from talented Scottish singer-songwriter/guitarist Mark Knopfler. He's probably best known as the lead singer of 80s rock band Dire Straits but has had an extensive solo career as well.

Good listening while you surf.

Think you've heard it all?  ---  Something different

Something REALLY DIFFERENT

Quote from: Marilyne on March 09, 2022, 11:53:05 AMI have a warm and wonderful memory of seeing Frankie Laine!    Way back in Spring of 1952, I went to my Senior Prom, and afterwards a large group of us drove into Los Angeles, to see Frankie Laine, at the Cocoanut Grove, in the Ambassador Hotel.

Great reminder.  After one of our Proms about six of us went to the Big City to the Copacabana where Jimmy Durante was the feature. I never understood it but we were given a table right up front. A good time was had by all. I'm guessing that someone working there had kids about the same age and understood what a big deal this was.

Rick - Growing up in a suburb of a large metropolitan city, provided lots of activities for children and teenagers, in the 1940's and 50's.  Most of us worked part time as teens, so we usually could pool our money to take a bus or streetcar into LA, Hollywood, or the beach, etc.  One of our favorites, was taking the bus into Hollywood, and standing in line at NBC or CBS, for free tickets to radio shows, like Burns and Allen, Great Gildersleeve, etc. I don't remember going to the broadcast of a television show?  By the time TV came along, we were more interested in going to the Hollywood Palladium at night, and dancing to the music of the Big Bands.   

Probably the most well-known rendition of the theme from the 1960 film Exodus. Ferrante & Teicher were one of the most prolific acts of the easy listening genre, recording dozens of albums from the 1950s through the 1970s, with a few more appearing in the 1980s. This was their biggest hit, peaking at #2 in the US in 1960. Neither one is with us anymore - Arthur Ferrante died at the age of 88 in 2009 and Louis Teicher died three weeks shy of his 84th birthday in 2008.

Another rendition of Exodus...

It is a very moving piece of music as is the movie for which it was written. Ernest Gold wrote the score for Exodus winning him the 1961 Grammy Awards for both the Best Soundtrack Album and Song of the Year.

Weather here this morning. Not old, but appropriate. Catchy little tune.

In tune with the season ---

For the more sober ---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaof2qsAyiw

And for those that don't care for Bag Pipes

There's something out there for everyone.

Rick, love the bagpipes ,thank you.

The bagpipes just blew Shan off the computer desk. Apparently he does not share my love of bagpipe music.

There Ought to Be a Moonlight Savings Time!

Every Year when we "Spring Forward",  I post this old Guy Lombardo video from 1931.  Hard to hear the lyrics, but fun to listen to the bouncy music while you enjoy all the authentic old photos of people posing with the Man in the Moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYH1kLyH6OY

Never saw or heard of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADD7hqnmO4E

Happy St Patrick's Day! 
Two Irish music videos for you all to enjoy.  The first is traditional Irish Music showing beautiful scenes in Ireland.  The second is Irish step dancing.  I love to watch both of them.  Even the fast step dancing is relaxing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8tRK40IXW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4jOBOfrkY

Marilyne, enjoyed them both....thank you!

A great version of the traditional "Whiskey in the Jar". This has been recorded by lots of different artists over the years, including Metallica (strange but true)