"Popcorn" is a different song entirely. One of the people involved in that song I posted also wrote "Popcorn".

Speaking of Allan Sherman, he wrote a followup to that Camp Grenada song.

And yet another great performance from Tuva Semmingsen, this time featuring members of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation's big band ("DR Big Band"), with a nice soprano sax solo.

Michael:  That was great . . . a totally different and enjoyable  version of,  "As Time Goes By".    The soprano sax solo was excellent!   While I was watching the video, I noticed that CC was written at the bottom.  I clicked on it, and up came the lyrics to the song.  I'm wondering if that feature is on many other YouTube videos?

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That plays over the ending credits of Elf as I recall. Leon played the snowman in the stop-motion Frosty special in the 60s or 70s. He was a true talent.

Interesting history on that song.  It was written way back in 1944, but didn't become a #1 hit,  until  1949.  I remember when it was popular, and at that time, nobody thought anything bad about it.  It wasn't controversial then, like it is now.  That was 73 years ago, and we were all pretty innocent back then.

Happy Birthday Michael!
This is a big one for you! Hope you go out tonight and celebrate!

FOR MICHAEL, although we may be a day early....Now you are starting to catch up with us...

Still hard to believe I'm almost 40 (still have almost 9 hours to go where I'm at). Thanks for the birthday wishes though

I heard an ad on the radio earlier for Ollie's (American discount store) that used this tune ("Ollie days are here again") and it's been stuck in my head all day.

Stan Freberg did a hilarious version of that...

Another funny version of "Yankee Doodle", this time by Spike Jones and his orchestra, with a guest appearance by Billy Barty doing his best James Cagney impersonation.

Here's the original version from the movie, "Yankee Doodle Dandy", starring James Cagney.   Playing tomorrow on Turner Classic Movies.  Worth watching!

Unfortunately our cable lineup doesn't include TCM, but I can rent that through various sources (Amazon, Row8, Vudu, etc.) so I may do that if I'm not too tired tomorrow night (going to see the local pops orchestra followed by a fireworks show)

From 1954. The origins of the humorous "Be kind to your web-footed friends" lyrics set to Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever". This was also recorded by Homer & Jethro the same year.

RIP Larry Storch. 6 months to the day before his 100th birthday.

That's a great album.

Owen Mac " Play Me The Waltz Of The Angels " beautifully sung by the young boy...

A great song from a somewhat forgotten singer. This melody was written as "Adieu mein kleine Gardeoffizer" ("Adieu my little guard officer") for a 1930 German-language film called "Das Lied ist aus". The English version was written for an operetta that was adapted from a 1930 German operetta titled Im_weißen_Rößl (known as "The White Horse Inn" in English), though the operetta was completely unrelated to the film in which the song originated. From what I understand this sort of became Josef Locke's signature song.

Here is an old ballad from the 1940's, popular during the War years.  Now that I'm older I can relate to the lyrics.
"Time Waits For No One",  sung by Helen Forrest.  Sounds a little scratchy, because it was recorded in 1944.  That was a long time ago.       

From 1949, one of the many English songs set to the tune of the classic Italian song "O Sole Mio".

Michael - That was very nice.   Dean Martin, also recorded a song to the melody of,  "O Solo Mio",  called,  "There's No Tomorrow".   It was a top of the charts hit song in the 1950's. 

I think Elvis had the most success with a song set to that melody - "It's Now or Never", which hit #1 in both the US and the UK in 1960.

A little over 60 years ago, a man named Acker Bilk made history when he became the first British artist to hit #1 on the chart in the US - nearly two years before The Beatles first hit #1. Still a great piece to this day.

Acker Bilk - I remember that song in particular. It has a place in my history. I also like his playing. Can recognize his playing when I hear it on the radio . Also, my instrument of choice when I was a teen menace was the clarinet. I played one, but never excelled enough to continue.