Sumday

It’s the weekend. In Flagstaff that usually means rain. Not disappointed today. After several light storms, we got 3/100 of an inch. Still really dry here, but not complaining.

A friend on Facebook found a PPM You-Tube site. Some of the same stuff I have been listening to, but one was amazing. Pete Seeger and PPM doing his song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”. I’d seen it before on a PBS fund raising show, but hearing it again shows Pete still astounding audiences. Folk Music needs to make a comeback.

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Random Facts…

25% of your bones are located in your feet.
Female canaries cannot sing.

Odd Crazy Stuff …

The Bay City Rollers: Came up with their name by sticking a pin in a map of the world. It landed on Bay City, Michigan.

Buffalo Springfield: Members of the group were stumped for a name. A member of the band was looking out their manager’s window at a construction site in Hollywood, when he spotted a steamroller with the brand name “Buffalo Springfield.”

Iron Maiden: A medieval torture device.

Jethro Tull: Named after the 18th century British inventor of the seed drill.

Pink Floyd: An amalgam of two American blues artists, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

September Month Long Observances

Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…

Before They Were Famous…

According to allmovie.com, Kathy Bates has worked in the gift shop at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and as a singing waitress at a Catskill resort.

Warren Beatty reportedly worked as a rat catcher before hitting it big.

Halle Berry worked at Higbee's Department store in the children's department.

At age 14, country star Clint Black delivered newspapers in Houston.


Week of 20 Sep…

Build A Better Image Week
Deaf Awareness Week
Nat’l Clean Hands Week
Nat’l Keep Children Creative Week
Nat’l Singles Week

20 Sep Observances…

263 days so far this year…102 days remain in 2009
Women’s Friendship Day
*South Ossetia Independence Day—1991 From the Georgia.
*Laos Thanksgiving Day


BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…
…ARTS…
1878..... Upton Sinclair novelist (Jungle)
1885..... Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1928..... Dr Joyce Brothers NYC, pop psychiatrist
1929..... Anne Meara Bkln NY comedian/actress
1934..... Sophia Loren Rome, actress
1957..... Fran Drescher NYC, actress

…ATHLETICS…
1917..... Arnold "Red" Auerbach NBA coach

…POLITICS/Business…
357 -BC..... Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor

…SCIENCE/Religion…



Events on this day…

622..... Mohammad's Hijra—He and followers emigrate to Medina.

1805..... Today through October 9th, Lewis and Clark meet with theNez Perce in the Weippe prairie, east of Weippe, Idaho
1859..... Patent granted on the electric range
1877..... Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1884..... Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP

1948..... One of the most popular singing groups of the 1950s got their professional start on this day. The Four Freshmen did their first gig in Fort Wayne, Indiana
1962.... Black student James Meredith is barred from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by the segregationist Governor Ross R. Barnett.
1973..... Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1985..... Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest

Holy Mackerel…
1946..... The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera.

These songs were all #1 sometime between 1940-2009. Put them in order. Name the artist.
1. Gold Digger
2. Don't Worry, Be Happy
3. Oh, Pretty Woman
4. The Yellow Rose of Texas
5. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
6. Fame
7. Gangsta's Paradise
8. Till the End of Time
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Here are the artists
David Bowie Perry Como Coolio featuring L.V. Connie Francis
Bobby McFerrin Mitch Miller Roy Orbison Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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Answers:
1945 Till the End of Time Perry Como
1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
1960 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Connie Francis
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
1975 Fame David Bowie
1988 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
1995 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio featuring L.V.
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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