And once there was talent

layoutshooter · Jan 26, 2013

Chet Atkins, Les Paul "Birth Of The Blues" - YouTube

Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man 1961 - YouTube

Red Skelton And John Wayne - YouTube

Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton - YouTube

BIG BAD JOHN ~ Jimmy Dean 1961 - YouTube

Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown - YouTube

Gordon Lightfoot Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - YouTube

(my brother unloaded the good ship "Edmund Fitzgerald" when we both worked at Great Lakes Steel)

The Seekers - I'll never find another you (1968) - YouTube

(been singing this to my bride for almost 40 years)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5ELE9N70U

(lovely counter point!) (Louis and Barbara, wow!)

Louis Armstrong - When the Saints Go Marching In, 1961 - YouTube

(and then there was Louis!) (no racial crap here)

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Seventy Six Trombones - YouTube

(the "ultimate scoundrel" Mr. Preston)

Buffalo Bills from 'The Music Man' - 1962 - YouTube

(and then there was harmony)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzP7ecGQiw

(OMG!)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4y4tb_acker-bilk-stranger-on-the-shore_music#.UQSo5b_EbIc

(smooth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jfn3aKbCYs

( Had my own "Glenn Miller" moment with this one in basic training)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpQytAWi8HI

(the "Original" Glenn Miller time)
And once there was talent.

Ragman · Jan 30, 2013

And once there was talent.

Patty Andrews 1918 - 2013 R.I.P

Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 - Yahoo! Music

layoutshooter · Jan 30, 2013

Ragman said:
And once there was talent.

Patty Andrews 1918 - 2013 R.I.P

Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 - Yahoo! Music

The last of them.

cheri1122 · Jan 30, 2013

And there still is....

Shy Boy and his Friend Shock the Audience with The Prayer - Unbelievable - YouTube

Only Boys Aloud - The Welsh choir's Britain's Got Talent 2012 audition - UK version - YouTube

britains got talent 2012 Bianca Ryan - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going [AGT 06] - YouTube

Ronan Parke - Britain's Got Talent 2011 Audition - International Version - YouTube

Anna Graceman, 11 ~ America's Got Talent 2011, Atlanta Auditions - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Z0RwaIec

You just gotta know where to look, lol.

cheri1122 · Jan 30, 2013

I think the last one doesn't work - and it's the best! [I even bought the CD, and I haven't paid for music in a lot of years, lol.]

Australia's Got Talent 2011 - Chooka - YouTube

If I played piano, this kid would make me want to just quit, ya know...

skyraider · Feb 6, 2013

layoutshooter said:
Chet Atkins, Les Paul "Birth Of The Blues" - YouTube

Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man 1961 - YouTube

Red Skelton And John Wayne - YouTube

Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton - YouTube

BIG BAD JOHN ~ Jimmy Dean 1961 - YouTube

Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown - YouTube

Gordon Lightfoot Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - YouTube

(my brother unloaded the good ship "Edmund Fitzgerald" when we both worked at Great Lakes Steel)

The Seekers - I'll never find another you (1968) - YouTube

(been singing this to my bride for almost 40 years)

Barbra Streisand - Hello Dolly! (with Louis Armstrong and the 'Hello Dolly!' movie cast) - YouTube

(lovely counter point!) (Louis and Barbara, wow!)

Louis Armstrong - When the Saints Go Marching In, 1961 - YouTube

(and then there was Louis!) (no racial crap here)

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Seventy Six Trombones - YouTube

(the "ultimate scoundrel" Mr. Preston)

Buffalo Bills from 'The Music Man' - 1962 - YouTube

(and then there was harmony)

Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Lionel Hampton - YouTube

(OMG!)

Acker Bilk - "Stranger On The Shore" - Video Dailymotion

(smooth)

Strangeloves "I Want Candy" 45rpm - YouTube

( Had my own "Glenn Miller" moment with this one in basic training)

St. Louis Blues March - Glenn Miller - YouTube

(the "Original" Glenn Miller time)
And once there was talent.