Eddie-Christmas Song is one of my all-time favorites. Sometimes, in a quiet dining room setting, I play it in July, just to do those great changes. Diki, heard Ella do Valentine live in 1962 and went right home and learned it, with Ray Brown's help. Now, I'll play it several times a year as a silent dedication to "you guys". And, if the alternative was digging ditches in the Florida sun, I'd "out Buffet" you in a heartbeat. Mac, hadn't thought about it for years, but My Ding-a-ling was one I did and had lots of fun with, believe it or not (Gotta love the "duckwalk dude"). And, I've been playing Nature Boy since 1961. My first exposure was a top 40 AM pop record recorded about then...the guy who did Splish Splash...Bobby Darin. Previously, the version I liked was an obscure George Benson recording. Like the one you referenced a lot better. Don, I now do a country parody called "Bald Heads Shining In the Rain". I like to do it, but it's a little too close to home when it comes to the hair department.

And, Chas, as always, when it comes to music and individual tastes, "we're joined at the hip".


Russ (closet Stooooopid song freak) Lay


BALD HEADS SHINING IN THE RAIN
(Funk Version)
(Written for a regular namend Bob)


In The Twilight Glow I see it
Bob's bald head shining in the rain
(Bob stands, removes his hat and bows)
He'll never need another haircut
And he'll never use Brylcream again


Someday, when we meet up yonder
We'll take off those ballcaps and then
We'll look like twin Uell Brenners
(Russ and Bob take off caps and bow)
Twin bald heads shining in the rain
And we'll never go to the barbershop again.

(Chas, PLEASE don't shoot me on my next trip to Atlanta. At least I do it with a "Miles" arrangement and feel(LOL))!



[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 08-06-2009).]