by NRB | 2 Feb 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Here is a further list of YouTube selections I play fairly often, sometimes when I hear of the deaths of the artists or I am reminded of them for one reason or another: ‘Blueberry Hill’ by Fats Domino. I once had an EP – that is, an extended-play 45-rpm record with...
by NRB | 21 Aug 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I remember some years ago seeing a snatch of John Denver in concert. At the end of a song he opened his arms and said to the adoring audience, ‘He sings, he plays, he dances.’ He performed a few steps. ‘But can he juggle?’ Someone offstage threw him three balls and he...
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