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The Coachmen's Turntable 04/30/2018

4/30/2018

HI EVERYONE!!

HOME AT LAST!

You might notice the van is riding a bit lower now.
It's called "THE SHOPPING EFFECT"!
(thanks Joan)

Honestly we are not quite home yet. We're in Paducca KY as this release hits cybre space. We should be home late in the afternoon on Monday. Reports are that there is "NO SNOW" in our front yard. I suspect the pond/lake in the backyard is still frozen though. Makes no difference, I plan to put my warm fuzzy slippers on, drink a hot toddy and join everyone else waiting for summer to appear! Hopefully it won't be to long a wait!!!

Oh yeah . . . a big WELCOME BACK to "Gulliver" (Dale Sievert) who just returned from South Africa. I received a email from him promising a blizzard of pictures for his next post. Oh well, what's one more blizzard before summer! We tough northerners can handle any blizzard! Hey Joan! Want to go to the Dairy Queen???

OK! now down to today's business.

Turntable . . . "Donna" Richie Valens (You're welcome Pete) Fifties at their best!!  flipSide . . . Great 60's hits and oh . . there's that curious Bluebird again. Check it out! The Club PUB . Technology! Good or Bad? Food for thought.

Well, that's a wrap!
Till Next week / be safe and I'll see you on the Turntable!
Harv

thecoachmensclubhouse.com

"Donna" is a song written by Ritchie Valens,[1] featuring the 50s progression.[2] The song was released in 1958on Del-Fi Records.[3] It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single. It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig.

"('Till) I Kissed You" is a song written by Don Everly of The Everly Brothers. It was released as a single in 1959 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Chet Atkins played guitar on this record[2] and Jerry Allisonplayed drums.[3]

"I'm Gonna Get Married" is a 1959 R&B/pop hit written by Harold Logan and Lloyd Price [1]and recorded by Lloyd Price. The single was his follow-up to "Personality" and, like that entry, "I'm Gonna Get Married" went to number one on the Billboard R&B chart, where it stayed for three consecutive weeks. The single was the last of his four number ones, as well as his fifth Top 40 single, peaking at number three for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.[2]

He was signed to Bigtop Records late in the 1950s, and his releases featured production from Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.[1] He scored several hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 and 1960; the biggest were "Lavender-Blue", a #3 chart record on the Billboard Hot 100, and originally a hit for Sammy Kaye in 1949, and "Always", a #1 hit for Vincent Lopez in 1926.[2] Later in the 1960s Turner recorded for Motown Records.[1]

Till Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 04/23/2018

4/23/2018

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

But do we have to go home to this???

Joan and I are looking at our last week in Florida. We start for home on Sunday morning April 29th. We should be "skating" into Minnesota sometime on Monday the 30th. OK "skating" might be a bit extreme but you guys know better than I what the conditions are up there! Just look at Sharon's post on PICTURESQUE! . . . feeding deer in the middle of a blizzard on April 18???? What the heck! You are ALL correct . . . we should just stay down here. JL offered to put us up in his garage for a couple of weeks if we wanted to stay. If that garage had heating and air conditioning I might have taken him up on it. Thanks Jerry, that was a kind offer!

OK! now down to today's business.

Turntable . . . "Oh Boy!" Fifties at it's best!!  flipSide . . . Johnny Cash mixes it up behind bars. Oh, and thank you Dick for your contribution!  PICTURESQUE!  Sharon shares with us a picture very near and dear to her heart! Thanks Sharon, you're doing a great job! Finally, Sharon returns in The Club PUB for her final installment of "Making Maple Syrup". Lot's of work Sharon, but certainly worth the effort.

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

"All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley, published by Elvis Presley Music, and composed by Otis Blackwell. The single topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks.[1] It also topped the Billboard R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to do so, and peaked at No. 1 on the country chart as well.[1] It is certified 2X Platinum by the RIAA. It was ranked #352 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"Come Go with Me" is a song written by C. E. Quick (a.k.a. Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group The Del-Vikings [1] The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings in 1956 and was released on Fee Bee Records. Norman Wright was the lead vocalist on this song. When the group signed with Dot Records in 1957, the song became a hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and becoming the group's highest-charting song.

"Oh, Boy!" is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty. It was originally recorded by Sonny West in the late 1950s but did not achieve commercial success. It was later recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets between June 29 and July 1, 1957, at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, with Holly singing lead vocals and the Picks providing backing vocals. The song peaked at number 10 on the US charts, and number 3 on the UK charts in early 1958.

"Here Comes Summer" was a 1958 song, which was written and performed by Jerry Keller.[1] The song was released on Kapp Records in the United States and London Records in the United Kingdom.
In 1959 it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 14,[2][3] while spending one week at No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart

Till Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 04/16/2018

4/16/2018

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Good Morning Everyone
INTRODUCING!
"The Club PUB"
The Coachmen Club Newspaper

This week we are retiring "Sucks News" and replacing it with our own Club Newspaper. We're now ALL"reporters". You are welcome to submit articles you feel might help entertain or enlighten our club members. Have a story you wish to tell? We welcome those with open arms. Send the article to me with your pictures. It will be laid out and a draft will be sent for your approval before it's published. Really simple.

In this first edition I have chosen to publish the personal profile of Skip Wallen - directly from Wikipedia. Read it and get to know Skip a bit better. (I wanted to start with MY profile but . . oh yeah . . I don't have one)

What about Sucks News? Well, it will still be accessible on the site. When you hover over "The Club PUB" a link to Sucks News will appear. Click on it to find all past articles. As of this time there are no plans to publish further articles on Sucks News.

Don't expect a Club PUB article every week. Articles will be published as they are received . . "or until I run out of ideas".

By the way, you might have noticed that "The Club PUB" is a play on words. The banner used here reminded me of The Courthouse Pub where we frequently meet in Manitowoc.

The Turntable today features "Sleepwalk" by Santo and Johnny, The flipSide includes Johnny Cash "One on the right is on the left". Remember that song? Talk about building your own car!!! Oh . . . there is also a very crafty test on the flip - Can you pass??  (Cryptic message to Dick Neuses . . . Don't worry Dick . . . I won't tell them who's test this is)   And now, welcome to the first post on "The Club Pub".   A PROFILE - Skip Wallen

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

"Why" is a hit song recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959 that went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart published on the week of December 28, 1959, for the week ending of January 2, 1960,[1] making it the last No. 1 single of the 1950s, and the first No. 1 single of the 1960s at the same time. It also became the first No. 1 single of the 1960s on the Cashbox magazine charts. The song was written by Avalon's manager and record producer Robert "Bob" Marcucci and Peter De Angelis. It was Avalon's second and final No. 1 hit.[2]

"Sleep Walk" is an instrumental song written, recorded, and released in 1959 by brothers Santo & JohnnyFarina, with their uncle Mike Dee playing the drums.[2] Prominently featuring steel guitar, the song was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New York City. "Sleep Walk" entered Billboard's Top 40 on August 17, 1959. It rose to the number 1 position for the last two weeks in September[3] and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk" also reached number 4 on the R&B chart.[4] It was the last instrumental to hit number one in the 1950s and earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.[5]

"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952.[1] First recorded by Little Willie Littlefield the same year, the song later became a #1 hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison in 1959. "Kansas City" became one of Leiber and Stoller's "most recorded tunes, with more than three hundred versions,"[2] with several appearing in the R&B and pop record charts.

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.
He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. This was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee.

Till Next Week

Harv

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Coachmen's Turntable 04/09/2018

4/9/2018

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Good Morning Everyone!
1968 Mustang bullitt

Bullitt is a 1968 American thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel, Mute Witness, by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike.

Thought I'd start out here today. Sucks News features the top 10 "car chase scenes" ever produced. I'm sure most of you are familiar with "this" chase scene. If not, you might want to rent the movie. It's a good one!!!  (Available on Amazon Prime streaming for those of you who do that)

Nothing exciting going on here is Florida. Just the same boring 80's day after day. Of course I can see the great white north is still . . . well . . . white! Why don't you take a break and come down for a visit! It would do you good.

The Turntable features Elvis - "Don't" Backed by "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" (really cool) - and - your favorite "It's all in the Game". On The flipSide it all Beach Boys. Skip is back on Skip's Corner with story about an encounter with an Eagle that had washed up on an Alaskan beach many years ago and was literally freezing to death. I'm guessing Skip was late 20's / early 30's at the time. He saved that Eagles life! . . . Finally, Strap in for Sucks News - today featuring the top 10 chase scenes ever filmed.  Really!

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

"Don't" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was Presley's eleventh number-one hit in the United States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1958.[3]

"All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by Boudleaux Bryant of the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant,[2] and published in 1958. The song is ranked No. 141 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is in AABA form.[3]

"It's All in the Game" was a 1958 hit for Tommy Edwards. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition titled "Melody in A Major," written by Charles G. Dawes, later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. It is the only No. 1 single in the U.S. to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President[1] or a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

"To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was To Love Him."[3] It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member,[2]the Teddy Bears. Their recording spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1958,[4]

Till Next Week

Harv

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The Coachmen's Turntable 04/02/2018

4/2/2018

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GOOD MORNING !

Changing Seasons

I've been watching the weather in Minnesota and Wisconsin and see that winter does not want to let go. Spring is coming but it is taking it's time. Seems to me that this picture "sort of" captures that concept. Very pretty picture but it's hard to guess the season.

Warm weather in florida has been elusive too. My son Jeff and his family, after a week visit, returned home on Friday. Back to MN . . . maybe that's why I'm focused on the weather. We had a great time and warm days while they were here.

Gotta get going . . . Tee time at Truman Executive course! . . . (well someone has to do it!!!)

The Turntable begins with Ricky Nelson & The Pony Tails. . .   On The flipSide . . . Jay and the Americans and The Beach Boys! Interesting piece on Sucks News. The rarest and most expensive cars in the world. Finally Skip is putting the finishing touches on his next major release. Wow! It's about his interaction with eagles in Alaska.

A Belated "Happy Easter" to you all. Hope you didn't eat too many Peeps!

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

"Poor Little Fool" is a rock and roll song written by Sharon Sheeley and first recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1958.The song was recorded by Ricky Nelson on April 17, 1958,[2] and released on Imperial Records through its catalog number: 5528. It was the first number-one song on Billboard magazine's then-new Hot 100 chart, replacing the magazine's Jockeys and Top 100 charts.

"Tom Dooley" is a North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, allegedly by Tom Dula. The song is best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. This version was a multi-format hit, which reached #1 in Billboard and the Billboard R&B listing, and appeared in the Cashbox Country Music Top 20.

"Hard Headed Woman" is a rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Presley's publishing company, in 1958. The song was released as a single in both 78 RPM[1] and 45 RPM formats. In 1958 it went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and went to number two for two weeks on the R&B chart.[2] It became the first rock and roll single to earn the RIAA designation of Gold Record.

"Born Too Late" is a song written by Charles Strouse and Fred Tobias and performed by The Poni-Tails. The song reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B chart in 1958.[1]

Till Next Week

Harv

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