Aye, matey...once in a blue moon, something catches my red eyes, that trigger the brain to function...yet again...a posting in Facebook...about a poster...yup, one of them thangs that is made to announce upcoming shows...that had a concert brewing...the city was not on it...so, this must have been a local jobbie...who knows where...but, at an auditorium...the 3 acts were: Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, and Dodie Stevens...
OK, kids, this will take ya'll back some...like in the 50's or 60's...Bobby Rydell was the headliner...with loads of hits, no better than my fav of his, 'Volare'...Chubby Checker is the dude with the dance songs, ah, recall 'The Twist'?...sure, that was the guy...and what about Dodie Stevens?...
She was a teenybopper at the time, that her hit was on the radio, daddio....'Pink Shoe Laces'...what I did not know, was that she is from San Diego!...and still with us...well, not us, but with the living...aw, c'mon you know what I mean...I think it got to number 3 on the charts...and if you listen in to the XM 50's, it will pop up...
The song was a hit for her, when, get this, she was 13!...her real name is Geraldine Ann Pasquale...actually recorded a song when she was 8!...her name at that time?...Geri Pace...ah, what?...one of them record moguls, of Crystalette Records, Carl Burns, saw her...recorded her...and renamed her 'Dodie Stevens', and voila!...'Pink Shoe Laces'...
She continued in the biz...releasing other not so famous songs...and actually used a diff name, again...Geraldine Stevens...but, the intriguing thang, is that she sang with Sergio Mendez and Brasil 77, and was a backup singer for many, ie, Loretta Lynn, Frankie Avalon, and ....Boz Scaggs!...but, for the most part, like 12 years, was backup for Mac Davis...
She done?...nope, then got on the 50's revival shows...using Geri Stevens...toured with Fabian (Turn Me Loose)...and now teaches singing and stage performing...here in SD...and now you know...
Oh my...
My dislike for trump has been well documented, throughout my blog posts...but, along comes another forever, that just absolutely galls me...a Wisconsin Senator, Ron Johnson...yup, a staunch follower of donny....and posted and was actually videoed saying this about the attempted Capitol Coup..."This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me"....accused the Demos of doctoring the film that showed it in...for better words...action...wonder where this piece of _____ was hiding when the mob was in the Senate chambers?...I see his approval rating back home in Wisconsin is at 28%...
The NBA...the vocal dude out of Golden St...who is not afraid of stating his position on things...Draymond Green...said that there is a 'double standard' in the league's handling of players...citing the owners as the culprits...with 2 players being held out of games, until they are traded...the owners decision, not the players...and if, the players want to do that, the owners go ballistic...anyhoo, stay close to the Blake Griffin story...I think he may be heading to the Lakers...just a hunch, with the Brow out...
This cold snap all across the USA...oh my...ice, snow and freezing temps...power outages...horrible!...
The PGA goes on down the coast line to LA to play their next T...at Riviera...where, our former Vik, Pat Fitzimons won...a gaggle of years back...all the big guns will be there...weird that they skipped the Pebble Beach one...why?...the weather?...the ams and the celebs?...enquiring minds want to know...
What is going on in the show 'The Bachelor'?...the host is leaving, after many many seasons...something about how he questioned a black contestant?...and the gal from Salem, didn't get the rose, and has been eliminated...hmmm, it's not a contest, is it?...do you actually win?...
Well, I shot a 64 yesterday...of course, we only played 14 holes...as the numbers of hackers (golfers) was off the charts out at Singing Hills...4 groups on some holes...egads...what was it, a holiday?...right, Prez Day minus one...
Got this head cover for my driver....
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