[78-L] Help NPR pick 50 TOP Voices

[David Lennick]

Still a funny record..to anyone who was around, that is..

Ol' dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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.
>>>