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The Seekers were a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians that was formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were a highly popular band during the 1960s. Their best-known configuration was: * Judith Durham: vocals, piano, tambourine * Athol Guy: double bass, vocals * Keith Potger: twelve-string guitar, banjo, vocals * Bruce Woodley: guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals They had nine hits in Britain and Australia in the 1960s: "I'll Never Find Another You", "A World of Our Own", "The Carnival Is Over" (which The Seekers have sung at various closing ceremonies in Australia, including Expo '88 and the Paralympics and still stands as the 30th Best Selling Song in the United Kingdom), "Someday One Day", "Walk With Me", "Morningtown Ride", "Georgy Girl" (the title song of the film of the same name), "When Will the Good Apples Fall" and "Emerald City". Bruce Woodley's and Dobe Newton's song "I Am Australian", which has been recorded by The Seekers, and by singer Judith Durham with Russell Hitchcock and Mandawuy Yunupingu, has become an unofficial Australian anthem. To date The Seekers have sold over 50 million records.

"Get Together", also known as "Let's Get Together", is a song written in the early 1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers (aka Dino Valenti). The song was originally recorded as "Let's Get Together" by The Kingston Trio and released on June 1, 1964, on their album Back in Town. While it was not released as a single, this version was the first to bring the song to the attention of the general public. The Kingston Trio often performed it live. A version of the song first broke into the top forty in 1965, when We Five, produced by Kingston Trio manager Frank Werber, released "Let's Get Together" as the follow-up to their top ten hit "You Were on My Mind". While it did not achieve the same level of success as the other, "Let's Get Together" provided the group with a second top forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when it peaked at number thirty-one. It would be their last. Jefferson Airplane recorded a version which was released on August 15, 1966, on their debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. In 1966, Chet Powers, in an effort to raise money for his legal defense on drug charges, sold the rights to the song to Frank Werber. Judy Collins performed the song live at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival, and her version was included on a later album compiling highlights of various Newport Festivals. From 1967-1969, "Get Together" was a staple in Joni Mitchell's shows, often playing the song as an encore. Reclusive singer-songwriter Nick Drake recorded "Get Together" at his home in England in early 1967, before releasing his debut album. Though some of these home recordings have been released on various rarities box sets, his version of this song has not yet been released. In 1967, The Youngbloods released their version of the song under the title "Get Together". It became a minor Hot 100 hit for them, peaking at number sixty-two. However, renewed interest in the Youngbloods' version came when it was used in a television public service announcement as a call for brotherhood by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Youngbloods' version, the most-remembered today, was re-released in 1969, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100" [Wikipedia] Love is but the song we sing, And fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry Know the dove is on the wing And you need not know why C'mon people now, Smile on your brother Ev'rybody get together Try and love one another right now Some will come and some will go We shall surely pass When the one that left us here Returns for us at last We are but a moments sunlight Fading in the grass [-] If you hear the song I sing, You must understand You hold the key to love and fear All in your trembling hand Just one key unlocks them both It's there at your command [-]

Video from the midnight special 1973

Today is the 146th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assasination by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, and the 150th anniversary of the end of the battle at Fort Sumter. April 9th was the 146th anniversary of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

I reuploaded this song from my old youtube account to this one. Hope you enjoy. I could'nt find an album version of this song on youtube so here it is. Subscribe and check out my channel for other videos including top 10 lists from the 60s and 70s.

From the album 'The Black Balloon'.

From the album 'The Black Balloon'.

"I wrote this (in the summer of 1970) when I was 18 years old. This was the first song that made me think I might actually make a living as a songwriter. I still find it a special piece to perform." (Dan Fogelberg) "To The Morning" the first song on Dan Fogelbergs first album "Home Free" (released 1972), began with strings, sustaining a hauntingly beautiful chord which faded into the song "To The Morning"; a song of hope invoking the day with the lyric, "There is really nothing left to say but 'come on, morning.'" "Birds", the last song on "Love In Time" , his last studio album (released 2009), ends with the lyric, "It's over," and a similar sustained chord, fading to end the album. Long time fans, upon hearing the final chord of "Birds", have said they expected to hear "To The Morning" begin to play. And so the ending meets the beginning, "In a spiral never-ending". To all loyal Danfan, lets hear it from Dan one more time, because It's not over, it continue "To The Morning", where the ending meets the beginning, it's a Full Circle in a spiral never ever ending, let it shine, ever on.... To The Morning (Lyrics) Watching the sun...watching it come Watching it come up over the rooftops Cloudy and warm...maybe a storm You can never quite tell from the morning (Chorus) And it's going to be a day There is really no way to say no to the morning Yes it's going to be a day There is really nothing left to say but come on morning Waiting for mail Maybe a tale from an old friend or even a lover Sometimes there's none But we have fun thinking of all who might have written (Chorus) And maybe there are seasons And maybe they change And maybe to love is not so strange The sounds of the day Now they hurry away Now they are gone until tomorrow When day will break and you will wake And you will rake your hands across your eyes and realize That it's going to be a day There is really no way to say no to the morning Yes it's going to be a day There is really nothing left to say but come on morning And maybe there are seasons and maybe they change And maybe to love is not so strange

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Enjoy! :D//YeiPower Lyrics: The last that ever she saw him Carried away by a moonlight shadow He passed on worried and warning Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Lost in a riddle that saturday night Far away on the other side. He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight And she couldn't find how to push through The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side. He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push through I stay I pray I see you in heaven far away I stay I pray I see you in heaven far away Four AM in the morning Carried away by a moonlight shadow I watched your vision forming Carried away by a moonlight shadow Star was light in a silvery night Far away on the other side Will you come to talk to me this night But she couldn't find how to push through I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day. Four AM in the morning... I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away. I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day Far away on the other side. Caught in the middle of a hundred and five The night was heavy but the air was alive She couldn't find how to push through Carried away by a moonlight shadow Carried away by a moonlight shadow Far away on the other side.

Money for nothing dire straits Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do it You play the guitar on the mtv That aint workin thats the way you do it Money for nothin and chicks for free Now that aint workin thats the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour tvs See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup Yeah buddy thats his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot hes a millionaire We gotta install microwave ovesns Custom kitchens deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour tvs I shoulda learned to play the guitar I shoulda learned to play them drums Look at that mama, she got it stickin in the camera Man we could have some fun And hes up there, whats that? hawaiian noises? Bangin on the bongoes like a chimpanzee That aint workin thats the way you do it Get your money for nothin get your chicks for free We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour tvs, lord Now that aint workin thats the way you do it You play the guitar on the mtv That aint workin thats the way you do it Money for nothin and your chicks for free Money for nothin and chicks for free

TALKING HEADS once in a lifetime

Bob Seger - Turn the Page

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Well I used to wake the mornin' ... before the rooster crowed Searchin' for soda bottles to get myself some dough Brought 'em down to the corner ... down to the country store Cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Leow Old Curt was a black man with white curly hair When he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care He used to own an old Dobro ... used to play it across his knees I'd give old Curt my money ... he'd play all day for me Play me a song Curtis Leow ... Curtis Leow Well I got your drinking money ... tune up your Dobro People said he was useless ... them people all were fools 'Cause Curtis Leow was the finest picker to ever play the blues He looked to be sixty ... and maybe I was ten Mama used to whup me but I'd go see him again I'd clap my hands, stomp my feets, try to stay in time He'd play me a song or two then take another drink of wine Play me a song Curtis Leow ... Curtis Leow Well I got your drinking money ... tune up your Dobro People said he was useless ... them people all were fools 'Cause Curtis Leow was the finest picker to ever play the blues Yesssir On the day old Curtis died nobody came to pray Ol' preacher said some words and they chunked him in the clay Well he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues And on the day he lost his life that's all he had to lose Play me a song Curtis Leow ... hey Curtis Leow I wish that you was here so everyone would know People said you were useless ... them people all are fools 'Cause Curtis you're the finest picker to ever play the blues