You might know him as Sheriff Andy Taylor or lawyer Ben Matlock, and he was also a movie actor and a gospel singer. But our family mostly knows him as the narrator of the “punkin story.” He was a Christian, and now he’s gone to be with the Lord. We can still enjoy his talent in the many acting roles and other ways the Lord blessed us through Andy Griffith.
– ANDY GRIFFITH- What it Was, Was Football (audio clip- mp3 file)
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I’m in the process of making a collection of songs based on the psalms as a playlist on my iTunes. Here’s what I have so far:
Psalm 5 Chuck Girard, Voice of the Wind
A Mighty Fortress (Psalm 46) Covenant Life Church
The Law of the Lord Is Perfect Ed Gungor, Shouts of Joy
Praise to the Lord the Almighty (Psalm 103 & 150) Fernando Ortega
The King of Love My Shepherd Is Fernando Ortega
Create In Me a Clean Heart Keith Green
The Lord Is My Shepherd (23rd Psalm) Keith Green
How Majestic Is Your Name (Psalm 8 ) Kristin Chenoweth
While the Nations Rage (Psalm 2) Rich Mullins
Psalm 3 Salvador, Into Motion
Psalm 6 Sons of Korah, Light of Life
Praise the Lord Sovereign Grace Music
Psalm 4 Waterworks, An Order for Compline
The Lord’s My Shepherd Wintley Phipps
My Soul Finds Rest (Psalm 62) Aaron Keyes, Not Guilty Anymore
God Be Merciful (Psalm 51) Indelible Grace Music
Suggestions? I would really like to find a good, singable version of Psalm 1, since I have Psalms 2-8, but not the first one. I know a song from childhood that’s based on Psalm 1, but I haven’t found a recorded version that I like.
Please add your suggestions for recorded versions of the Psalms in almost any musical style. I do like for the words to be understandable, and for the tune to be musical and easy to sing along with.
On July 4, 1970 Casey Kasem hosted “American Top 40” on radio for the first time. I cannot tell a lie; in high school I spent every Sunday afternoon listening to Casey Kasem count down the top 40 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart each week.
The first #1 song on American Top 40’s inaugural 1970 broadcast was “Mama Told Me Not to Come” by Three Dog Night.
Directors: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Writers: Adolph Green and Betty Comden
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen
Z-Baby says: Some of it is funny, and some of it is boring. (Donald O’Connor’s solo, Make Em Laugh, was the part that made Z-baby laugh the most.)
Semicolon Mom says: I thought all the singing and dancing was fascinating. The story was thin and hokey, but story is not the main point of the movie. In fact, the movie within the movie practically screamed that the point of the musical, at least to the producers and directors of Singin’ in the Rain, is to shoehorn in all the song and dance numbers you can and work the plot around the dancing. Dialog is optional.
Ha! IMDB says, “The script was written after the songs, and so the writers had to generate a plot into which the songs would fit.”
We enjoyed listening to Z-baby chuckling at the movie almost as much as we enjoyed the movie itself.
In 1943, Bing Crosby has another hit Christmas song with “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” written by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram. The soldiers fighting the war all over the world and their families at home listened to this song and “White Christmas” and longed for the end of the war with all the troops safely at home.
The hit song of 1942 is Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, sung by Bing Crosby in the movie Holiday Inn. Crosby first sang the song on Christmas Day, 1941 on an NBC radio show. But the song took off in late 1942, and it’s credited as the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.
In 1938 Kate Smith sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” and makes the song a classic expression of American patriotism.
Also in 1938, a young Mary Martin captivates theatergoers with her rendition of “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” in Cole Porter’s Leave It to Me. In the 1946 movie, Night and Day, Mary Martin reprised the song playing herself in the movie with Cary Grant as Cole Porter.
Top Hits of 1938:
“A Gypsy Told Me” by Ted Weems And His Orchestra With Perry Como
“A-Tisket, A-Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
“Begin the Beguine” by Artie Shaw
“Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” by The Andrews Sisters
“Cry, Baby, Cry” by Larry Clinton
“Don’t Be That Way” by Benny Goodman
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” by Bing Crosby
“Music, Maestro, Please” by Tommy Dorsey
“My Reverie” by Larry Clinton
“Roll ‘Em Pete’ by Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson
“Thanks for the Memory” recorded by Bob Hope And Shirley Ross
“Ti-Pi-Tin” by Horace Heidt
“Walking In The Kings Highway” by The Carter Family
German film star Marlene Dietrich, who now lives in Hollywood, has created a new fashion trend with her costume in the movie, Morocco—men’s clothing for women. In the movie she wears a man’s top hat and tails, and she often appears in public in men’s suit clothes, carrying a cane and smoking a cigarette. The Dietrich look, called “Dietrickery”, has caught on, especially among the rich and famous.
In March, the movie King Kong has actress Fay Wray playing opposite a giant gorilla, Knig Kong, who dangles her from the top of the Empire State Building.
In November, the new film version of Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women starring the fresh new actress Katharine Hepburn is released. Hepburn plays Jo, the tomboy protagonist of the novel.
Hit records of 1933:
“Sophisticated Lady” by Duke Ellington.
“Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?” by Eddy Duchin.
“We’re in the Money” by Dick Powell.
“Just An Echo In the Valley” by Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee.
“Lazy Bones” by Ted Lewis Band; also version by Don Redman’s Band.
“Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing” by Ben Bernie.
“Night and Day” by Eddy Duchin.
“Shadow Waltz” by Bing Crosby.
“You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me” by Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians.
“Stormy Weather” by Ethel Waters
Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic is exhibited for the first time at The Art Institute of Chicago and awarded a prize of 300 dollars. The painting may be the most recognizable American painting ever produced.
Listen to an NPR story on the history of the painting, American Gothic:
Hit songs of 1930:
I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
Body and Soul lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; and music by Johnny Green.
Georgia on my Mind by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). The song was first recorded on September 15, 1930 in New York by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke on muted cornet and Hoagy Carmichael on vocals.
Here’s an old film of Gershwin playing I Got Rhythm:
The 1928 Olympics are held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Only one U.S. athlete wins an individual event gold medal, Ray Barbuti in the 400-meter run.
In November 1928, the first animated cartoon with sound, Steamboat Willie, opens in New York City, and a star is born—Mickey Mouse. Mickey is the joint creation of U.S. animators Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Also in November, French composer Joseph Ravel’s Bolero, based on a Spanish folk song, premieres in Paris.
And in December George Gershwin’s An American in Paris opens in New York City, with Gershwin himself playing the piano.