Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones on What Would Have Been His 79th Birthday Today

Brian Jones born February 28, 1942.

Bob Stroud is doing a tribute to Brian Jones and his impact on the Rolling Stones today on his Rock and Roll Roots Show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  It is on from 9 to noon today and will rebroadcast tonight from 9 pm to midnight.

It streams, so give a listen.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Vesuvius is a volcano and if you climb to the top you will see the creator [crater] smoking.

Music Deaths: Jim Weatherly Wrote 'Midnight Train to Georgia and Others

 JIM WEATHERLY,  77

Died 3 February 2021

Singer / songwriter / composer.  Wrote song "Midnight Train to Georgia," a hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips.  

From Mississippi.  Played quarterback for Ole Miss.  

Had a #11 hit on the Pop charts in 1974 with "The Need to Be"

Wrote these hits for Gladys Knight & the Pips:

"Midnight Train to Georgia"   (#1-1973)

"Neither One of Us"   (#2-1973)

"Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"  (#3-1974)

Music Deaths: Hilton Valentine of the Animals

HILTON VALENTINE, 77

Died 29 January 2021

Guitarist with the Animals who had the 1964 hit with "The House of the Rising Sun."

Noted for his wild style of guitar playing which got him a spot on the Animals.  It was his intro you heard on "The House of the Rising Sun."

Played with the Animals until 1966

"The House of the Rising Sun"  (#1-1964)

"I'm Crying"  (#19-1964)

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"  (#15-1965)

"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"  (#13-1965)

"It's My Life"  (#23-1965) 

"Don't Bring Me Down"  (#12-1966)

Music Deaths: Grady Gaines, Saxophonist

GRADY GAINES, 86

Died 29 January 2021

Saxophonist.  Played for Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Curtis Mayfield.

Also backed Dee Clark, Little Willie John, James Brown, Jackie Wilson and Joe Tex.   His band was called the Texas Upsetters.

If you like the sax, you've got to go to You Tube and check him out.

Music Deaths: James Lee Purify of Duo James & Bobby Purify

JAMES LEE PURIFY, 75

Died 22 January 2021

Half of the R&B singing duo James & Bobby Purify.  Had a big hit in 1966 with "I'm Your Puppet."

James Lee Purify teamed up with his cousin Robert Lee Dickey in Florida in 1966 and had immediate success with "I'm Your Puppet" which hit #6 that year.

Among their other big hits:

"Shake a Tail Feather"  (#25 in 1967)

"Let Love Come Between Us"  (#23-1967)

WLS Top Ten for Week of February 22, 1971: 'If You Could Read My Mind'

The Top Ten songs in Chicago on the WLS powerhouse AM 890 radio.  That's right, fifty years ago.

1.  MAMA'S  PEARL--  Jackson Five

2.  IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND--  Gordon Lightfoot

3.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed

4.  HAVE YOU SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

5.  SWEET MARY--  Wadsworth Mansion

6.  (THEME FROM)  LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini

7.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmonds

8.  PROUD MARY--  Ike & Tine Turner

9.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family

10.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones

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DEBUTS

28.  JUST MY IMAGINATIOM--  Temptations

29.  HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT--  Sammi Smith

30.  LOVES, LINES, ANGLES & RHYMES--  Fifth Dimension

HBD:  WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "It's Just A Thought, But I Noticed Somethin' Strange."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain"

Music Deaths: Winfield Parker R&B

WINFIELD PARKER, 78

Died 18 January 2021

R&B / Gospel  singer / saxophonist

He was a staple of the soul/gospel circuit for six decades.  Still very popular in Britain in their Northern Soul sound.  I'd never heard of him before and that is too bad as he was a great singer.  He never had a Pop Top 100.

I have been listening to his songs on You Tube.  Wow!!

Some to check out:

"Shake That Thing"

"SOS"

"Mr. Clean"

"Just the Same"

"Sweet Little Girl"

"I Love You Just the Same"

"Starvin' "

Past Movie Scratches: Hitman's-- Red-- Titanic-- Gun-- Soldier-- Red

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020.

7.   THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD--  1-4--  And they don't much even like each other, but learn to get along.  I'm surprised that this much swearing is allowed on TV.

8.  RED 2--  1-6--   Retired Extremely Dangerous.  Old farts show their stuff.  Pretty hokey.

9.  TITANIC--  1-6--  The epic flying scene as they approach that berg.  "You jump.  I jump."

10.  TOP GUN--  1-11--  "You've Lost That Loving Feeling.  "I feel the need...for SPEED."  Sorry about that, Goose."

11.  CAPTAIN AMERICA:  THE WINTER SOLDIER--  1-11--  Have shield will travel.  Old friend.  New outlook.

12.  RED--  1-11--  Retired Extremely Dangerous in case you're wondering.  Nothing to do with Communists. They may be very old, but as you can see, still very capable of mayhem.  She's along for the ride.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  New York is behind Greenwich time because America was not discovered until much later.

Past Movie Scratches: Godfather-- Dark-- Spiderman-- Despicable-- Cobra-- XXX

These are movies I saw on TV in 2020.

1.  GODFATHER II--  1-1--  Freddo wants respect.  Dad gets payback in Sicily.  Michael gets back at enemies again.  All that and the Cuban Revolution.

2.  THE DARK NIGHT--  1-1--   "Let me get this straight."  "You complete me."  "I am an agent of chaos."

3.  SPIDERMAN:  HOMECOMING--  1-2--  Learning how to operate the new Spidey suit and then there was his girlfriend's dad.

4.  DESPICABLE ME 2--  1-2--  Gru falls for Lucy and those meanie purple minions.

5.  G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA--  1-4--  Real high tech weapons.  "It's all up to the Joes now."  Rekindling the old romance.

6.  XXX:  RETURN OF XANADU CAGE--  1-4--  Big action and even bigger wise crackin'.  The bullet countdown.

Sure Saw a Lot of TV Movies in 2020 For Some Reason.  --RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  The Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are connected by the Sewage Canal.

Music Deaths: Tom Stevens of the Long Ryders

TOM STEVENS, 64

Died  24 January 2021

Bass player with the Long Ryders.

Classified as an alternative country, Paisley Underground band.  I's also put them as Americana.  Performed principally between 1982 and 1987.

Their sound is described as being reminiscent of the Rubber Soul Beatles, electric Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield and the Flying Burrito Brothers, only with a harder edge.

I must admit, I'd never heard of them, but have now been listening to them a lot recently on You Tube.

Give them a listen.

WLS Top Ten for Week of February 15, 1971: 'Amos Moses'

Right now, I am sitting here listening to Mardi Gras music and haven't my own little party since they canceled the one in New Orleans because of you-know-what.

These songs were on the WLS 890 AM chart Top Ten from fifty years ago this week.  That would make it 1971.

1.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five

2.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmond Brothers

3.  IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND--   Gordon Lightfoot

4.  BORN TO WANDER--  Rare Earth

5.  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

6.  WATCHING SCOTTY GROW--  Bobby Goldsboro

7.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed   Country Rappin'?

8.  SWEET MARY--  Wadsworth Mansion    Was this a smoking song?

9.  (THEME FROM) LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini

10.  I HEAR YOU KNOCKING--  Dave Edmunds

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DEBUTS

27.  COUNTRY ROAD--  James Taylor

28.  TEMPTATION EYES--  Grass Roots

29.  BLUE MONEY--  Van Morrison

30.  ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley

WLS HIT PARADE BOUND:    TONGUE IN CHEEK--  Sugarloaf

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Just Like An Old Time Movie 'Bout A Ghost From A Wishing Well."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"If You Could Read My Mind"

North Carolina-Duke Basketball Game Saturday: The Battle of the One-And-Doners

A couple weeks ago I watched the much ballyhooed North Carolina-Duke basketball game.  And even Dick Vitale was not calling it because of the two very mundane basketball programs that were facing each other.  He called the next game. 

The announcers kept referring to the numerous mistakes the two teams were making on the floor and saying that in the past they wouldn't have been making those mistakes.  And the REASON for all the mistakes was that both teams are made of of mostly all freshman in their starting lineups.  In the past, there might have been one of what Dick Vitale called Diaper Dans (for dandies), but now in this era of one-and-doners, not so much.

Unfortunately, high school grads have to sit out a year before going to the NBA and the big name schools get their services for a year before they vault to the big bucks.

It was an exciting game, nonetheless featuring two of what used to be my favorite big-time college hoops teams.  But, not anymore.  I actually find myself pulling against both teams.  I do not like one-and-doners.

I also do not like what their respective colleges have done in regards to their Confederate heritage, particularly what UNC did to Silent Sam.  Imagine destroying college property with no repercussions. 

There is another one-and-doner school as well that I know of and it is Kentucky,  I've never been a Kentucky fan.

And how about their records right now:

Duke  8-8

UNC  12-7

Kentucky 6-13

Very mundane records for storied teams.  I don't care how talented freshman are, when they play a team of upper classmen who are talented and have been playing together for several years, they are going to beat that freshman team.

The NBA Needs to Do Something About One-and-Doners and Colleges As Well.  --RoadFedUp

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  England is located on the coast of Great britain not far from the sea, which makes for good fishing.

Music Deaths: Jimmie Rodgers, Had 1957 Hit with 'Honeycomb'

JIMMIE RODGERS, 87

Died 18 January 2021

Pop singer who had 1957 hit with "Honeycomb."

Had a big run of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s.  

Big hits:

"Honeycomb"  (#1-1957)

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"  (#7-1957)

"Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again"  (#7-1958)

"Secretly"  (#3-1958)

"Make Me A Miracle"  (#16-1958)

"Are You Really Mine"  (10-1958)

Go to You Tube Jimmie Rodgers "The Greatest Collection" to get a listen.

WLS Top 30 for Week of February 8, 1971-- Part 5: 'Your Song'

*  means the song was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high it got on Billboard's Hot 100 National Charts.

10.  YOUR SONG--  Elton John   #8   His first big hit.

9.  *HAVE YOU SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival    #10     My favorite all-time band.

8.  REMEMBER ME--  Diana Ross     #16

7.  I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW--  Elvis Presley    #21

6.  I HEAR YOU KNOCKING--  Dave Edmunds    #4

5.  *IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND--  Gordon Lightfoot    #5

4.  *WATCHING SCOTTY GROW--  Bobby Goldsboro      #11      That's my boy.  What a good Daddy.

3.  *MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five    #2

2.  BORN TO WANDER--  Rare Earth     #17

1.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmond Brothers    #1

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What A Tale My Thoughts Could Tell Just Like An Old Time Movie."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"If You Could Read My Mind"

Beach Music Top Five Songs for February 13, 2021

These were the Top Five Beach Music on the WVCO Surf, 94.9 FM.

1.  BUZZIN' & SWINGIN'--  Jim Quick & Coastline

2.  BLOWING ME UP--  Jim Quick & Coastline

3.  COOLING OUT--  Band of Oz

4.  DRIFTERS MEDLEY--c  Entertainers

5.  SOMETHING SAID LOVE--  Cat 5

Just the thing to get your mind off all this blooming cold and snow.

Hey, Canadians, keep Your Weather There.  Don't Send It to Us.  --RoadDog

WLS Top 30 for Week of February 8, 2021-- Part 4: 'Love the One You're With'

15.   GROOVE ME--  King Floyd     #6        Aw.  Sookie, Sookie, What You talking 'Bout Willis?  Move over Marvin Gaye.  Plenty of "Sexual Healing" here.  From New Orleans.

14.  (THEME FROM) LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini    #1      That instantly identifiable piano intro.  Born in Cleveland.

13.  LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH--  Stephen Stills        #14     Backing vocals by Rita Coolidge, David Crosby, Graham Nash and John Sebastian.  His biggest solo hit.

12.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed     #8     Why did he have to trap alligators with just one hand?  Some of the coolest words in a song ever written.  What you might call Swamp Rap.  The Snowman speaks.  Where's Fred.

11.  WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN--  Runt       #20      But, we all know it's Todd Rundgren out on his own for a first effort.  Another song I heard a whole lot on my trip to Florida for Spring Break 1971 from NIU.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Lived a Man Called Doc Milsap And His Pretty Wife Hannah."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Amos Moses"

WLS Top 30 for Week of February 8, 2021-- Part 3: 'Knock Three Times'

*  Means the song was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard National Hot 100 Charts.

20.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE LOVED--   Partridge Family       #6    Some of the comments said that David Cassidy really hated this song.  I thought it was okay.  The "Partridge Family" TV show ran from 1970 to 1974 and was based on the music group Cowsills.

19.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn      #1       How many times do you hit the pipe?  Kind of but can't help to move to this song.  This is sure a funny way to conduct your love affair.  One comment said that Tony Orlando looked like a Puerto Rican Freddie Mercury in the video.  I don't know.

18.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones      #2      His biggest hit.     Okay ladies, hold onto your undergarments.  This song and several others on this countdown sure remind me of my trip with Tom Smith in his Volkswagen Beetle to Florida for Spring Break this year.

17.  IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN--  Gladys Knight & the Pips     #9      R&B family group from Atlanta.    One powerful and gifted voice here.

16.  SWEET MARY--  Wadsworth Mansion       #7      Great little pop song.  One person commented that this was the first song he recorded on his cassette player.  Was this a marijuana thing?  This was their only ever Top 100 song so a true One-Hit Wonder in the truest form of the name.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well, She's All You'd Ever Want."   Answer below.  --RoadDog

"She's a Lady"

Music Deaths: Sammy Nestico and Randy Parton

SAMMY NESTICO, 96

Died 17 January 2021

Jazz composer and arranger (Jazz / film / television).  Long tern collaborator with Count Basie.

RANDY PARTON, 61

Died 21 January 2021

Country singer and brother of Dolly Parton.

Back to the Seventies on the Radio: 1972 and 1974 and a Beach Shot

Bill St. James is back to 1972 on his Time Warp Show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.  Right now, he is playing Alice Cooper's "School's Out" which inspired the name of our last boat, "School's Out..." which then had "Forever" after we retired.

It goes to 10 am, CST and streams.

Then, at 9 am, WXRT is doing 1974 on their Saturday Morning Flashback.  It goes to noon CST and streams as well.

This has been an exceedingly crummy winter so far this new year with lots of snow with no chance of melting as we've only had a few days in the 30s since Jan 1 and since last Friday, Feb.5, no temps higher than the mid teens.  That's why giving WVCO, the Surf's Beach Music Countdown today from 9 to 11 am, EST will help get me in the proper beach mode.

Good Listenin' on the Radio.  --RoadBrrrr

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Persian cats is the chief industry of Persia, hence the word "purr."

WLS Top 30 Songs for Week of February 8, 1971-- Part 2: 'Mr. Bojangles'

Fifty years ago in Chicago on the Big 890 AM.  *  means the song was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

25.  ME AND BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin     #1    The 26-year-o;d white girl could sure sing the Blues with the best of them.  Her only song to crack the Top 40.  This song was first done by Roger Miller in 1969. Check her out in the Dick Cavett show video doing "To Love Somebody."  

24.  PROUD MARY--  Ike & Tina Turner      #4    Their biggest hit while together.    That John Fogerty song and those wonderful back-up singers, the Ikettes.  How did those dresses stay up?

23.  HANG ON TO YOUR LIFE--  Guess Who     #43     Not one of their better known songs, but this one sure does rock the house.  A real good opening riff.

22.  MR. BOJAMGLES--  Nitty Gritt Dirt Band     #9    After twenty years, he was still grieving.    The song's writer, Jerry Jeff Walker just died recently.  One person's comment said that he got banned from playing the jukebox...after he played this 26 times in a row.

21.  1900 YESTERDAY--  Liz Damon's Orient Express    #33     I don't remember it at all.   Soft Rock band from Hawaii.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Never Ever Do Anything Nice And Easy."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Proud Mary"

WLD Top 30 for Week of February 8, 1971-- Part 1: 'Lonely Days'

Fifty years ago in Chicago.   * means it was rising on the charts.  The number after the artist refers how high it got in the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

HITBOUND:   *ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley     #10    Very folky.  Did Lawrence Welk really call this a gospel song?  "Subversive to American Youth."  You got to be tokin' me.  One Hit Wonders.

30.  LONELY DAYS--  Bee Gees      #3    Always love those tempo shifts.   Maurice and Robin were twins.   Three brothers.

29.  IMMIGRANT SONG--  Led Zeppelin       #16    Love those illusions to the ancient world.  They only had one song that went Top Ten.  Guess which one.

28.  WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE--  McGuinness Flint        #47     You probably had forgotten about this little nugget.  I sure had.  But glad to find it again.  A very unique sound.  A mandolin?  A kazoo?   Technically, not even One Hit Wonders.   This was their only song to crack the Hot 100.

27.  LET YOUR LOVE GO--  Bread     #28      For those of you who think the group was all schmaltz.  Schmaltz this!!  At just 2:23, way too short.  Could have used more.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Come From The Land of The Ice And Snow."  Answer below (and it is not Spring Grove right now, even though that is what we really, really have).  --RoadDog

"Immigrant Song"

Music Deaths: Phil Spector

PHIL SPECTOR. 81

Died 16 January 2021

Influential producer and songwriter.

Great with music, not so much as a human being.  The famed "Wall of Sound."

Huge impact on the music industry.    His holiday "A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector" is still a favorite of mine.

Music Deaths: Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert and Appice

TIM BOGERT, 76

Died 13 January 2021

Rock bassist.  Played with Jeff Beck, Vanilla Fudge and Cactus.

Known for his powerful vocal ability and fast runs, fluid agility and sound on his Fender bass guitar.  

Worked often with drummer Carmine Appice and the duo performed together with the groups Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert and Appice.  (Jeff Beck)

Vanilla Fudge, of course, had those psychedelic remakes of songs and nobody could Rock better than Cactus, which unfortunately was not as well known.  I played their first album, Cactus, a whole lot.

Music Deaths: Ed Bruce, Wrote the Song 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys'

ED BRUCE, 81

Died 8 January 2021

Country singer/songwriter and actor.

Cowrote the song  "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" with his then-wife Patsy Bruce and had a Top 20 Country song with it, but Willie and Waylon took it to #1 when they recorded it.  One of the great country songs of all time.  Kind of covers it all, doesn't it?

Also wrote the #4 song "The Man That Turned My Mama On" for Tanya Tucker.

Also did voice overs for radio and TV.  Was a costar on the reboot of the old "Maverick" TV series "Brett Maverick."

Who to Back in the 'Big Game' or Is It the Souper Bowl?

**  Well, tomorrow, it is here and again, Da Bears aren't in it.  But, as usual, we don't know who our quarterback will be next year.  You want to see something sad, look up how many qbs have started for Da Bears during the Favre/Rodgers era at Green Bay.  Now that is sad.  (Answer below)

**  I hate the 5:30 start.  Should start at 3.  Come on, it gets dark real fast these early days of February.

**  Bet, Bet, Bet Your Money on all those sporting aps.  Win millions of dollars.  Yep, right.

**  Who to back?  Who to back?  When neither Da Bears or Da Packers are not in it.  Yep, I do back both teams and am a Packer fan unless they play Da Bears.

**  I am more of an NFC fan and do like the Buccaneers as my third favorite NFC team, but I have a problem.  I am not a New England Patriot fan, ergo, Tom Brady and he is the Tampa Bay QB.  Though, I must admit he is one of if not THE greatest NFL quarterbacks ever.  Just look at how badly he beat Aaron in the NFC Championship game.

**  But, Kansas City is a Midwest team and I back most Midwest teams.  And then, there is the young quarterback Patrick Mahomes.  But, he is becoming as ubiquitous as Ditka and Jordan were in their heyday in commercials.

**  And to think Da Bears could have had him, but went with Trubisky.  And they could have had Watson as well, but you know who they went with.

Reckon I will eat some soup at the Legion for the Souper Bowl and then go home and pull for the Chiefs before they have to change their name.

Oh Well.  RoadChallenged

ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION

Favre--  22 Bears QBs, Rodgers--  13 Bears QBs

2020 Was a Weird Year

Definitely a different year for us.

**  We didn't even play one game of NTN (Buzztime) at a bar.  Granted, every year this number has been declining, but even then.

**  We stayed in a motel only twice.  Both times were in DeKalb, Illinois, where we had gone to see NIU basketball games.   Usually we stay in motels at least 35-40 times a year.  Both motel stays were before the you-know-what hit.

**  The furthest we drove from home was 60 miles the two times we went to DeKalb for the basketball games, and, of course, both times were before the you-know-what.  After the you-know-what, the farthest I went was 25 miles to Algonquin, which I did three times for Civil War Round Table discussion group meetings.

Usually, we have at least two 1000+ mile trips along with a lot of ones around 100 to 300 miles.

**  I only saw 14 movies at the movie theaters for the year, the last one on February 28.  Usually I see 50 to 70 movies a year in the theater.

Fun and Games With You-Know-What.  --RoadStayAtHome

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Among the islands of the West Indies are the Pyjamas, noted for their toilet sponges.

WLS Top Ten Songs for Week of February 1, 1971: 'One Bad Apple'

These were the Top Ten songs in Chicago for this week 50 years ago.  Also included are the week's debuts.

1.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmond Brothers

2.  I HEAR YOU KNOCKING--  Dave Edmunds

3.  BORN TO WANDER--   Rare Earth

4.  REMEMBER ME--  Diana Ross

5.  YOUR SONG--  Elton John

6.  LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH--  Stephen Stills

7.  IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN--  Gladys Knight & the Pips

8.  I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW--   Elvis Presley

9.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five

10.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn

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DEBUTS

28.  LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini

29.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones

30.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--

HIT PARADE BOUND  

HANG ON TO YOUR LIFE--  Guess Who

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "It's A Little Bit Funny, This Feeling Inside."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Your Song"

Okay, It's Groundhog Day, Again. Did Our Local Varmint, Woodstock Willie, See His Shadow?

It is now 7:36 am on February 2, 2021.  As the old tale goes, if a groundhog sees his (or her) shadow at sunrise, there will be six more weeks of mean old winter.

Sunrise here in Spring Grove, Illinois, was at 7:06.  I am looking at the window here deep in the basement of Key North and, there can be no shadows for Woodstock Willie if they have the same clouds we have (and Woodstock, where the famous movie was filmed) is just 18 miles away.

So, it is going to be an easy winter from here on out, or so they say.

And, it needs to be.  After a fairly easy November and December, January was a real bear.  We received a lot of snow on several different occasions and very little of it has melted because of cold temperatures and a lack of sunlight.  That snow is really piled up.  Just this past week, we received about 5 inches on Tuesday and another 9 inches Saturday-Sunday.

And, starting this Friday and going through to Thursday, Feb. 11 our forecasts call for cold, real cold.  Highs for those days:  15, 12, 3, 8, 10, 12, 14.  Lows for those days:  1, -5, -6, -1, -4, -2 and 1.

It is time for those Canadians to quit sending us their weather!!!!!  Build that northern border wall!!!

By the way, that "other" original groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did see his shadow.  But that's Pennsylvania.

Are You Sure Woodstock Willie Didn't See His Shadow?   --RoadCold