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November 17th – First Elizabethan age begins – “Don’t stop me now”

In 1558, #QueenElizabeth 1st came to the throne.  Here is a song by #Queen, Don’t stop me now, because of the drive she bought to #England at that time #singing;#feelgood Don’t stop me now Tonight I’m gonna have myself a

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November 16th – Sound of Music premieres – “Do, re, mi”

In 1959, the #SoundOfMusic premiered on #Broadway.  So Lets start at the very beginning with Doe a deer#singing;#feelgood Do, re, mi Let’s start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with A

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November 15th – Elvis’ movie debut – “Love me tender”

In 1956, #Elvis made his movie debut with Love me Tender #singing;#feelgood Love me tender Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go. You have made my life complete, and I love you so.Love me tender, love me

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November 14th – Moby Dick published – “Men of Harlech!”

In 1851, #MobyDick by Herman Melville was published.  It is a novel about a #whale – and here is a song from #Wales ! #singing;#feelgood Men of Harlech Wele goelcerth wen yn fflamio A thafodau tân yn bloeddio Ar i’r

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November 13th – Robert Louis Stevenson – “By the sleepy lagoon”

In 1850, #RobertLouisStevenson was born, the author of #TreasureIsland.  Here is the theme tune to #DesertIslandDiscs for you to hum along to. #singing;#feelgood By the sleepy lagoon Click image above to buy song  from Amazon Click image above to buy

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November 12th – Founder of Readers Digest born – “For whom the bell tolls”

In 1889, the founder of #ReadersDigest was born.  He published hundreds of abridged books and I bet one of them was this one by #Hemingway#singing;#feelgood For whom the bell tolls I stumble in the night Never really knew what it

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November 11th – WW1 ends – “I feel for you”

In 1918, #WW1 ended with the signing of the #armistice.  As suggested by a follower of Today I’m Singing, the title of #ChakaKhan s #1 from 1984 seems appropriate#singing;#feelgood I feel for you Chaka, Chaka, Chaka Chaka Khan Chaka Khan

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November 10th – Windscreen wiper patented – “It’s raining men”

In 1903, the #WindscreenWiper was patented in the US.  It wouldn’t do much good if it was raining men though!  Here are the #WeatherGirls #singing;#feelgood It’s raining men Humidity is rising Barometer’s getting low According to our sources The street’s

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November 9th – Author Stieg Larsson dies – “Millennium”

In 2004, #StiegLarsson, author of the #Millennium trilogy died.  Here is #RobbieWilliams with his take on the same theme  #singing;#feelgood Millennium We’ve got stars directing our fate and we’re praying it’s not too late MillenniumSome say that we are players

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November 8th – X-rays discovered – “Dry Bones”

In 1895, #Xrays were discovered by the German physicist Roentgen.  Here’s a song about what he saw! #singing;#feelgood Dry Bones Ezekiel connected dem dry bones Ezekiel connected dem dry bones Ezekiel connected dem dry bones Now I hear the word

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