James A. Temple wrote:
> back in 1943. Though I couldn't read at age three, I could
> distinguish the record by the color of the label. My mom would allow
> me to climb onto a stool as she stood by me and search for the record.
> I'm sure she
> knew how I recognized it but other folks were incredulous that (as
> they thought) I could read at that age.
>
> But, oh my, how I loved the song. I hadn't thought about it for a
> half century or so but discovered it again as I was perusing
> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1940s just a moment ago. After downloading
> and saving it, I clicked on "play" and...the years fell away as the
> beautiful song, punctuated by the crazy sounds that made a three-year
old
> laugh, made an old man do the same. The song? "Cocktails for Two".
The
> artist?
> Spike Jones.
>
> Isn't it strange how something so silly can stay with a person for an
> entire lifetime?
>
Have you ever seen the movie clip? The band sways from side to side whike
singing, and Spike ends up being seasick. I just searced for it on
YouTube,
but only found af newer film version, which is good to, but quite
different.
Per V.
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