
Tweet If there is one thing I like it's a song that can make me weep. It happens quite regularly if I'm honest – generally when I'm alone and out of sight of humanity. The funny thing is that, despite my love all things Christmas not that many tunes from that particular canon is able to summon precipitation from the eye region. That was until I happened upon Ray Conniff's faultless self-titled Christmas album from way back in 1959. Now here was [...]
Now I love indie pop as much as the next person but sometimes you just can't beat a bit of Ray Conniff. Here he is on the David Frost Show in 1973 with 's Wonderful . And do you know what - he's right! Ray Conniff - 's Wonderful mp3

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There is no denying that some of this is a little bit surreal. Hearing Dylan tackling the first verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)" certainly is a mind-bender.
This coming weekend one of the many famous Man City fans... No, the other one. Not him either... ...now you are just taking the piss. I mean the boxing one: Ricky Hatton (nickname: The Hitman) will be fighting Manny Pacquiao (nickname: Pacman) in Las Vegas . [...]

Well I was saving this one for a rainy day, but I guess today is truly as good as any other day. R.I.P. Isaac Hayes 1942-2008 Chef's gone! Well, technically Chef has been 'gone' for a while , but unless you were living in a cave, or a Scientology Testing Center yesterday, the great Issac Hayes passed away. Scientology jokes aside, the man's contribution to funk and soul plays second fiddle only to James Brown. While he left behind a string of classics, here's his most infamous [...]

Hugo Montenegro "Montenegro began to branch out after the Hang 'Em High album, recording a diverse array of albums, ranging from show tunes to electronic experiments. Throughout the late '60s and '70s, he continued to score films, including Lady in Cement, The Undefeated, The Wrecking Crew, Tomorrow, and The Ambushers, among many others. He continued composing and recording until his death in 1981." (Oh, and he wrote the theme song for I Dream Of Jeannie ) (allmusic.com) Hugo Montenegro - MacArthur Park [...]