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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For    U2    1/07/99
The Only Flame In Town   Elvis Costello   1/07/00
My Kind Of Lover    Billy Squier   1/07/01
Minnie The Moocher    Cab Calloway    1/07/02
Cab Driver      The Mills Brothers     1/07/03
Danke Schoen    Wayne Newton      1/07/04
99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)   Brian McComas  1/07/05
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1998 Legendary Nashville producer Owen Bradley dies at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. He is 82. Among the artists Bradley, known as the architect of the Nashville sound, had produced are Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, Brenda Lee, Bill Anderson, Jack Greene, Kitty Wells, and Webb Pierce.
1994 Nirvana plays the Seattle Arena. It is the band's last U.S. show.
1964 Long John Baldry forms Hoochie Coochie Men.
1948 Kenny Loggins is born in Everett, Wash. He has a No. 1 hit in 1984 with the title song from the film "Footloose.''
1942 Paul Revere of the Raiders is born in Boise, Idaho.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Everyone}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} A little while back one of our family sent out some songs from another list I am on of unusual songs. They gave me an idea to use these songs on the day of rest mostly in part to not being able to find the lyrics on line to many of the songs. These songs will be coming in as Looney Tunes Sunday and mixed in with my usual Day Of Rest Songs.  There's tons of these songs some which have been used but we have only sent by the original artist, so they might show up here. Plus some of the artists may show up more then once. Homer and Jethro, Ray Stevens, Weird Al have tons of these, unusual, quirky just plain funny novelty songs. If any of you have any suggestions on something you would like featured just send it in and if you can with the MP3 in case it's one I don't have. Today's MP3 will go out a little later today, it's time to unchristmatize the house, take all the decorations down and clean. I've been at it since 9 AM this morning ugh. <g>


I want to thank D56Dopey - Debi for the great tags I'll be using. She did a wonderful job!


I also want to thank Tomd1685- Tom, THEONEBUFF- Hil and Griffn655 - Jim for sending most of the MP3's for this thusfar.


First up is the very multi-talented Barry Mann with a song called Warpaint, the Barry Mann/Howie Greenfield classic was also recorded by the British group the Brooks Brothers.  Everly Links At least I know Anovich knows this artist and relax Alan I hope to use him again on a non day of rest <G>

Barry Mann (born Barry Iberman on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music.

With his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. His first hit as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song for The Diamonds in 1959. Mann had co-written the song with Gerry Goffin. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters, they were married in 1961. Through the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Mann came up with songs such as "Sometimes When We Touch" and movie scores such as that for I Never Sang for My Father. Weil co-wrote "He's So Shy" with Tom Snow for The Pointer Sisters and worked on projects with Lionel Richie.

In 1961, they wrote and Mann sung a novelty song that made the Top 10 with "Who Put The Bomp", which parodied the nonsense words that were used in songs at that time.

In 1987, he was inducted with his wife into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Songwriters Hall of Fame



Barry Mann - Inside the Brill Building



Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

"Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
"He's Sure the Boy I Love" - The Crystals
"On Broadway" - The Drifters
"Magic Town" - The Vogues
"Uptown" - The Crystals
"Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - Eydie Gorme
"Only in America" - Jay and the Americans
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals
"(You're My) Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
"Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - The Righteous Brothers
"Shape of Things to Come" - Max Frost and the Troopers
"I Just Can't Help Believin'" - B. J. Thomas
"I'm Gonna Be Strong" - Gene Pitney and Cyndi Lauper
"Make Your Own Kind of Music" - "Mama" Cass Elliot
"Don't Know Much" - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt