November 20th – Bo Diddley appears on TV – “Hey Bo Diddley!”

In 1955 the legendary #BoDiddley, who influenced all the great rock and pop names of the 50’s and 60’s appeared on TV for the first time #singing;#feelgood

20-11 Bo Diddley picture

Hey Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley done had a farm,
On that farm he had some women,
Women here, women there,
Women, women, women everywhere.
But one little girl lived on a hill,
She rustled and tustled like Buffalo Bill,
One day she decided she’d go for a ride,
With a pistol and a sword by her side.She rolled right up to my front door,
Knocked an’ knocked ’til her fist got sore,
When she turned and walked away,
All I could hear my baby say:

Hey Bo Diddley, Oh Bo Diddley,
Hey Bo Diddley, Oh Bo Diddley.

Saw my baby run across the field,
Slippin’ and slidin’ like an automobile,
Hollerin’, my baby got towed away,
Slipped on from me like a Cadillac-8.

Hey Bo Diddley, Oh Bo Diddley,
Hey Bo Diddley, Oh Bo Diddley.

20-11 Bo Diddley Hey Bo Diddley

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November 19th – Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address – “Abraham, Martin and John”

In 1863, Abraham #Lincoln delivered the #GettysburgAddress, expounding the principles of human equality.  Here is a #MarvinGaye song that mentions him #singing;#feelgood

19-11 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham, Martin and John

Has anyone here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
Oh, he freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.HmmmHas anyone here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
You know, he freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

Oh yeah

Has anyone here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

[Insrumental]

Has anyone here seen my friend Bobby?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
You know, he freed a lot of people
but the good, they die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

Oh, I just looked around and they were gone, oh yes.

19-11 Marvin Gaye Abraham Martin & John

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November 18th – Billy Joel has first No. 1 album – “My life”

In 1978, #BillyJoel had his first No. 1 album with #52ndStreet.  Here’s my favourite one from that disc #MyLife #singing;#feelgood

18-11 Billy Joel album cover

My Life

Got a call from an old friend
We used to be real close
Said he couldn’t go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life and leave me aloneI never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my timeThey will tell you you can’t sleep alone
In a strange place
Then they’ll tell you you can’t sleep
With somebody else
Ah, but sooner or later you sleep
In your own space
Either way it’s okay
You wake up with yourself

I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone

18-11 Billy Joel My Life

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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

17-11 Elizabeth 1 portrait

Don’t stop me now

Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it’s turning inside out Yeah!
I’m floating around in ecstasy
So don’t stop me now don’t stop me
‘Cause I’m having a good time having a good timeI’m a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I’m a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I’m gonna go go go
There’s no stopping meI’m burning through the sky yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That’s why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I’m trav’ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of youDon’t stop me now
I’m having such a good time
I’m having a ball
Don’t stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call

Don’t stop me now (’cause I’m having a good time)
Don’t stop me now (yes I’m having a good time)
I don’t want to stop at all… yeah!

I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite I’m out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I’m burning through the sky Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That’s why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I’m trav’ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me
Hey hey hey!

Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me
Ooh ooh ooh (I like it)

Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me
Have a good time, good time

Don’t stop me
Don’t stop me

Ooh ooh alright

Ooh I’m burning through the sky yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That’s why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I’m trav’ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don’t stop me now
I’m having such a good time
I’m having a ball
Don’t stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call

Don’t stop me now (’cause I’m having a good time)
Don’t stop me now (yes I’m having a good time)
I don’t wanna stop at all

La la la la laaaa
La la la la
La la laa laa laa laaa
La la laa la la la la la laaa hey!!….

17-11 Queen Dont stop me now

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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

16-11 Sound of Music poster

Do, re, mi

Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A B C
When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
Let’s see if I can make it easier

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do, oh oh oh

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do

Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So and so on
Are only the tools we use to build a song
Once you have these notes in your heads
You can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up
Like this

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Can you do that?
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Now, put it all together

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Good
But it doesn’t mean anything
So we put in words
One word for every note, like this

When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Together
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti

When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Fa
La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do
So Do

16-11 Sound of Music Do re mi

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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

15-11 Love me tender film poster

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 true,
all my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin’ I love you,
and I always will.Love me tender,
love me long,
take me to your heart.
For it’s there that I belong,
and we’ll never part.

Love me tender,
love me dear,
tell me you are mine.
I’ll be yours through all the years,
till the end of time.

(When at last my dreams come true
Darling this I know
Happiness will follow you
Everywhere you go).Then you and I would simply fly away

15-11 Elvis Love me tender

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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

14-11 Moby Dick

Men of Harlech

Wele goelcerth wen yn fflamio
A thafodau tân yn bloeddio
Ar i’r dewrion ddod i daro,
Unwaith eto’n un:
Gan fanllefau’r tywysogion,
Llais gelynion, trwst arfogion,
A charlamiad y marchogion,
Craig ar graig a gryn
Arfon byth ni orfydd,
Cenir yn dragywydd;
Cymru fydd fel Cymru fu,
Yn glodfawr ymysg gwledydd;
‘Ngwyn oleuni’r goelcerth acw,
Tros wefusau Cymro’n marw,
Annibyniaeth sydd yn galw,
Am ei dewraf ddyn.Ni chaiff gelyn ladd ac ymlid
Harlech! Harlech! cwyd i’w herlid
Y mae Rhoddwr mawr ein Rhyddid
Yn rhoi nerth i ni.
Wele Gymru a’i byddinoedd
Yn ymdywallt o’r mynyddoedd!
Rhuthrant fel rhaeadrau dyfroedd,
Llamant fel y lli!
Llwyddiant i’n marchogion
Rwystro gledd yr estron!
Gwybod yn ei galon gaiff,
Fel bratha cleddyf Brython;
Y cledd yn erbyn cledd a chwery,
Dur yn erbyn dur a dery,
Wele faner Gwalia’i fyny,
Rhyddid aiff â hi!Harlech, raise thy banners o’er us
See the foe array’d before us
Men of Meirion shout the chorus
Cambria live for aye!
Should until the cry is sounding
To our land’s remotest bounding
And Eryri is resounding
Cambria live for aye!
Heroes, soldiers, rally
On the foe we’ll sally
We will chase the hostile race
From stream and hill and valley
Conquest’s banner proudly bearing
We’ll exult in their despairing
Victory the shout declaring
Cambria live for aye!

Swords are reddening, life-blood poureth
Loud the din of battle roareth
Louder still the war-cry soareth
Cambria live for aye!
Spears and arrows swift are glancing
Trumpets sounding, charges prancing
Serried ranks with shouts advancing
Cambria live for aye!
Fierce his spirit rages
Who with foe engages
Hand to hand for Fatherland
With honour held for ages.
Wild the conflict, see they’re reeling
Vengeance now the sword is dealing
Victory is thunder pealing
Cambria live for aye!

14-11 Welsh trad Men of Harlech

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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

13-11 Sleepy Lagoon image

By the sleepy lagoon

13-11 Coates By the sleepy lagoon

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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

12-11 Books

For whom the bell tolls

I stumble in the night
Never really knew what it would’ve been like
You’re no longer there to
Break my fall
The heartache over you
I gave it everything but I couldn’t get through
I never saw the signs
You’re the last to know when love is blindAll the tears and the turbulent years
When I would not wait for no one
I didn’t stop, take a look at myself
And see me losing you[CHORUS]
When the lonely heart breaks
It’s the one that forsakes
It’s the dream that we stole
And I’m missing you more
And the fire that will roar
There’s a hole in my soul
For you it’s goodbye
And for me it’s to cry
For whom the bell tolls

Seen you in a magazine
A picture at a party
Where you shouldn’t have been
Hangin’ on the arm of someone else
I’m still in love with you
Won’t you come back to your little boy blue
I’ve come to feel inside
This precious love was never mine
Now I know but a little too late
That I could not live without you
In the dark of the broad daylight
I promise I’ll be there

[CHORUS]

I never knew there’d be times like this
When I couldn’t reach out to no one
Am I never gonna find someone
That knows me like you do
Are you leaving me a helpless child
When it took so long to save me
Fight the devil and the deep blue sea
I’ll follow you anywhere
I promise I’ll be there

[REPEAT CHORUS/FADE]

12-11 Bee Gees For whom the bell tolls

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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

11-11 Poppies

I feel for you

Chaka, Chaka, Chaka
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka KhanChaka Khan
Let me rock you
Let me rock you
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
That’s all I wanna do
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
Let me rock you
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
‘Cause I feel for you
Chaka Khan
Won’t you tell me
What you wanna do
Do you feel for me
The way I feel for you
Chaka Khan
Let me tell you what I wanna do
I wanna love you
Wanna hug you
Wanna squeeze you too
Let me take you in my arms
Let me fill you with my charms
Chaka
‘Cause you know that I’m the one
To keep you warm, Chaka
I’ll make it more than just a physical dream
I wanna rock you, Chaka, baby
‘Cuz you make me wanna scream
Let me rock you
Rock youBaby, baby when I look at you
I get a warm feelin’ inside
There’s something ’bout the things you do
That keeps me satisfied

I wouldn’t lie to you, baby
It’s mainly a physical thing
This feeling that I got for you, baby
Makes me wanna sing

I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you

Chaka Khan,
Let me rock you
Let me rock you
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
That’s all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
‘Cause I feel for you
Feel for you

Baby, baby when I lay with you
There’s no place I’d rather be
Can’t believe, can’t believe it’s true
The things that you do to me

I wouldn’t lie to you, baby
I’m physically attracted to you
This feeling that I got for you, baby
There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do

I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you

I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I,I, I think I love you

Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
Let me rock you
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
That’s all I wanna do
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
Let me rock you
Chaka Khan
Let me rock you
‘Cause I feel for you
Chaka Khan
Feel for you

I feel it too
(Feel for you)
I, I feel for you
(Feel for you)

I feel for you
‘Cause I love you

11-11 Chaka Khan I feel for you

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