[78-L] Jimmy Boyd Obit

[Andrea Walsh]

I always liked "I've Got Those Wake Up 7:30 Wash Your Ears They're Dirty Eat
Your Eggs And Oatmeal Rush To School Blues".   Rip, Mr. Boyd.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:48 AM, <soundthink at aol.com> wrote:

> Very strange. I was just reading about Boyd in Hecky Krasnow's daughter's
> book about his years as the head of Columbia's kiddie record division. She
> had a crush on him and said that he was forced to wear his little cowboy
> outfit to school every day to remind people of who he was. The most
> incredible story in the book is about George Kleinsinger's walk-up New York
> apartment (the elevator rarely worked) which resembled a jungle, complete
> with tropical plants, snakes, birds, and native insects.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 2:26 am
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jimmz Boyd Obit
>
>
>
> rshirer at neb.rr.com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Just saw this on the NYT website.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/arts/10boyd.html
> >
> > The Mommy Santa Claus record is truly one of the most annoying and
> cloying of
> the Christmas novelty songs. (I actually like "I want a Hippopotamus for
> Christmas".)
> > Cheers,
> > Bob Shirer
> > _______________________________________________
> I was 12 at the time and understood the meaning of the lyric, even
> though the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston didn't! And they're
> supposed to be the purveyors of wisdom.
>
>      Julian Vein
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>