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The Coachmen's Turntable 02/26/2018

2/26/2018

Good Morning!

Hey Pete! Congratulations on the win! It must have been exciting for you and Donna to watch Brianna Decker, #14, play, and win, the Gold Medal with her teammates against Canada. Really an exciting contest. Very close game end to end!

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 22: Players of Team USA celebrate winning the gold medal after penalty-shot shootout following the Women's Ice Hockey Gold Medal game final between USA and Canada on day thirteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 22, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Jean Catuffe

For the first time in a generation, Team USA has won gold in Olympic women's hockey.
Adding another instant classic to their storied rivalry, the United States and Canada played to the bitter end in Wednesday's finale at Pyeongchang. Appropriately, the game went to overtime and then a shootout, where Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the gold medal-clinching goal in the sixth round.

The Turntable begins with The Olympics song "Western Movies" . . Remember Bobby Vinton? He was still popular in the early sixties. Check him out on today's flipSide! . . . Skip is back with great memories of Alaska entitled "Dance of the Halibut Spirit" This is the third installment of a four part series bringing back his early life in Alaska. Don't miss Skip's Corner!

That's a wrap!
Till Next week / be safe and I'll see you on the Turntable!
Harv
thecoachmensclubhouse.com

The Olympics are an American doo-wop group, formed in 1957 by lead singer Walter Ward (August 28, 1940 – December 11, 2006). They recorded "Western Movies" (Demon Records) in the summer of 1958. Co-written by Fred Smith and Cliff Goldsmith, "Western Movies" made it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song reflected the nation's preoccupation with western themed movies and television programs.

"A Teenager's Romance" is a song written by David Gillam and performed by Ricky Nelson.[1] The song reached #2 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957.[2] The song was ranked #25 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1957.[3] The song's A-side, "I'm Walkin'", reached #4 on the Billboard chart and #10 on the R&B chart.[4]

"You Send Me" is a song by American singer Sam Cooke, released on September 7, 1957 by Keen Records. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall, the song was the A-side to "Summertime". The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive commercial success, becoming a number one hit on both Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart and the Billboard Hot 100.

"Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957,[1] recorded in May 1957 at Don Costa studio in New York City. Reportedly inspired by a high school friend of Anka's named Diana Ayoub,[2] The original Paul Anka 1957 recording reached number one on the Billboard "Best Sellers In Stores" chart (although it climbed no higher than number 2 on Billboard′s composite "Top 100" chart) and has reportedly sold over nine million copies.[6]

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Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 02/19/2018

2/19/2018

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Good Morning!

This is the "Only Way" you'd get me on skies at the top of a big hill!

Harv's Qualifying run at Pyeongchang

Am I the only one who sees risk in this sport?

I've been watching the Winter Olympics non-stop since they started . . . was it 120 weeks ago? I am not a sportsman and I'm getting tired of watching everyone going RAH! RAH! and freezing their butts off in Korea. Although when I tell Joan I'm watching "Olympic Sports" on TV she lets me drink beer. I think it comes from her dad drinking beer while watching baseball on TV all those years ago. That's how he got his beer. I'm not even sure he liked baseball that much. I'm pretty sure he liked beer! Me too. Apparently enough to watch the Olympics!

While I'm at it I should add I AM NOT A FISHERMAN EITHER!!!  (Ken S. . . take note).

Actually this is ALL a bunch of BS! (Except for for the fishing part )

Wait a minute!! "Hey Ken . . . is there BEER involved in that fishing thing"???

Jerry Lee and Little Richard . . . what more could you ask for - On The Turntable. Early 60's (after graduation) Roy Orbison and The Beach Boys continued to be popular - on The flipSide.  Skip resumes his early Alaska life on Skip's Corner with Part 2 of his 4 part series. And Finally . . . some "sappy" pictures from Sharon - on PICTURESQUE!

That's a wrap!
Till Next week / be safe and I'll see you on the Turntable!
Harv
thecoachmensclubhouse.com

 Oh Yeah! don't forget . . . It's President's Day!

"Howdy, I'm George"

"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records [2] and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone. The song is in AABA form.[3] The song sold one million copies in its first 10 days of release in the United States and sold over five million copies, making it both one of the best-selling singles in the United States, as well as one of the world's best-selling singles of all time.

"Breathless" is a song composed by Otis Blackwell and third record by Jerry Lee Lewis, whose version was released in February 1958 (see 1958 in music) on Sun Records and spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100chart, peaking at #7 in April 1958.[1] The song also reached #4 on the country chart, #3 on the R&B chart, and #8 in the UK.[2]

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka's version was recorded in August 1958 and released as a single by ABC-Paramount in 1959 as catalog number 4510040. It was arranged and conducted by Don Costa. The B-side was "Don't Ever Leave Me".[1] "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" became very successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Here's Little Richard is the debut album from Little Richard, released on March 1957. He had scored six Top 40 hits the previous year, some of which were included on this recording. It was his highest charting album, at 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album contained two of Richard's biggest hits, "Long Tall Sally", which reached No. 6, and "Jenny, Jenny", which reached No. 10 in the in the U.S. Pop chart.

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Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 02/12/2018

2/12/2018

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Happy Valentine's Day

Being a cheapskate on Valentines day doesn't always end well!

I, for one, have always had a problem with Cupid! I would seriously like to meet the guy that dreamt that one up! (Or maybe not)! I'm just sayin, "who believes you fall in love after being shot in the heart with an arrow"? I don't think you would find one person, living in Sherwood Forest, who believes that works! Nevertheless, this little guy shows up each year on February 14th acting like he has a real job. I just don't buy it!

I guess the only thing we can do is not make the mistake that stupid guy in the cartoon did. Buy your wife candy and flowers and say something nice to her! After all, it's Valentine's Day.

Appropriately, the Turntable begins with Connie Francis song "Stupid Cupid" Remember the Beach Boys? They are on today's flipSide! Skip Wallen is back with great memories of Alaska entitled "Dance of the Halibut Spirit" This is the first of a four part series bringing back his early life in Alaska. Don't miss Skip's Corner!

That's a wrap!
Till Next week / be safe and I'll see you on the Turntable!
Harv
thecoachmensclubhouse.com

"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka which became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958. Francis cut "Stupid Cupid" on 18 June 1958 at Metropolitan Studio (NYC); LeRoy Holmes conducted the orchestra while Morty Kraft produced the session. Stupid Cupid" hit for Francis reaching the Top 15 that August 1958 with a Billboard Hot 100 peak of #14. Francis would have to wait until 1959 to make her return to the Top 10 with "My Happiness".

"Ginger Bread" is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr. and Hank Hunter and performed by Frankie Avalon. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Top 100, #10 on the R&B chart, and #30 in the UK in 1958.[1]

Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles.

"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, making it the band's highest charting single. It remains their most popular song, according to Last.fm song rankings.[1][2]

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Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 02/05/2018

2/5/2018

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SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

Eagles win 41 to 33

EAGLES

PATRIOTS

This was a well fought game! The Eagles won - they worked hard for it!
CONGRATULATIONS!

Good Morning Everyone!
Well, February is off to a very frosty start. As I write this edition it is Sunday morning. Temp outside is 5 below zero and about an inch of new snow as a hyper gathering of folks from out of town prepare to attend the Super Bowl. I hope they realize how dangerous these temperatures can be. Security will slow the progress of entering the stadium so some will be in line attempting to clear security for a long time.

Do you believe they have Blackhawk Helicopters patrolling the US Bank Stadium and Mall of America? Both are currently "No fly Zones". Thousands of police on the street and on the roads. Good Grief! Even the National Guard is present, loaded rifles strung around their necks and ready for action. Sound a bit like some foreign countries we sometimes visit?

It is rumoured that Jennifer Lopez rented a large home on Lake Minnetonka paying $250,000 for "one nite"! One of our friends know a couple of guys who have an apartment in downtown Minneapolis and rented it for 5 days for $14,000. Tickets for "good seating" sell for north of $15,000 per person. Fifteen hundred private jets are coming in this weekend from all over the world.

I'm reminded that "All good things come to an end" . . . If this is a "good thing" then it can't end soon enough for me!!!

That's a wrap!
Till Next week / be safe and I'll see you on the Turntable!
Harv
thecoachmensclubhouse.com

"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list.[1] This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.[2]

Dion and the Belmonts were a leading American vocal group of the late 1950s. All of its members were from the Bronx, New York City. In late 1957 Dion DiMucci joined The Belmonts with singers Carlo Mastrangelo, Fred Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo to form the group.

"Bird Dog" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant and recorded by the Everly Brothers [1] released in 1958 and was a #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart.[2] The song also hit number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on the R&B charts.[3]

"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers

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Harv

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