[78-L] Help NPR pick 50 TOP Voices

[Royal Pemberton]

And spoofed on the flip side of the 1968 'Senator Bobby' single of 'Wild
thing'.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> Ev Dirksen was the GOP minority leader in the Senate who helped pass LBJ's
> civil rights bill in 1964.  A great old-style orator,  an oversized
> personality,  and a real statesman.
>
> Taylor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken "Silver Showcase"" <kenreg at tds.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Help NPR pick 50 TOP Voices
>
>
> > Michael Biel wrote:
> >> What are you guys bitching about?  Leonard Cohen is on the list and
> >> Everett McKinley Dirksen is not.
> >>
> >
> > I've got the Everett Dirksen Christmas album.  Really.  (Sorry, its an
> > LP and not a 78.)  Just the thought of such a think is frightening.  I
> > grabbed it for free from the radio station I used to work at when they
> > dumped their albums.  Fortunately he recites the lyrics over a musical
> > bed.  If he had actually tried to sing, well, words can't express the
> > horror.
> >
> > A pot of marigolds to anyone who remembers who Dirksen was.  (And 2 pots
> > to anyone who gets the marigold connection.)
> >
> > -- Ken R.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>