When people hear the 1963 hit song “Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa” by Gene Pitney, they generally fall into two camps. Those who are wondering where was he, if he was 24 hours from Tulsa or those who wonder what Tulsa is like. Of course in the song he never makes it to Tulsa. Listen …
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North by Northwest
Watching a rerun of the Hitchcock classic “North by Northwest” starring Cary Grant reminded of the lyrics from “I’m gonna shake out all that snow. Riding years ago, through the South Dakota roads.“ from the song “Shaking Out the Snow”* by Nanci Griffith the American singer and songwriter. Those of you familiar with the song …
“Well if you ever plan to motor west” – Route 66.
“Just take my way that’s the highway that’s the best” Bobby Troup 1946. Each of us will have their own favourite version of this song, but the original lyrics were written 80 years ago, when Booby Troup got the idea for the song on a “cross-country” drive from Pennsylvania to California. That route actually took …
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Rīga, mana Rīga, tevi mīlu es
“Riga, my Riga, I love you”, is a popular Latvian song written based upon the poetry of Aleksandrs Čaks, a famous Latvian poet. Čaks was born in Riga and much of his poetry was written about the wonderful city of Riga and its people. There is a street named after him. Arturs Maskats composed the …