Burt Bacharach, Sorry To See You Go…

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Enchanted Seashells

Today would have been my mom’s birthday and I heard that Burt Bacharach died. He was one of my mom’s favorite artists.

While we were baking together or cleaning the house, wearing the apron I still have hanging up in the kitchen, she’d sing along with an album or the radio, which REALLY REALLY embarrassed me — I thought she was so annoying, but I miss hearing her voice now. She could carry a tune and I cannot, even though I had voice lessons…oh well, not one my skills, I guess.

So much awesome music like “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “Alfie.

Rest in peace, Burt.

Here are some of my mom’s favorites:

One of my favorite singers, Cilla Black and one of Burt Bacharach’s best-loved songs, too.

Migraine Melody : Begin The Beguine

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Enchanted Seashells

I couldn’t even watch TV yesterday when I suffered with that migraine (glad to say it disappeared as mysteriously as it arrived) but all I could do was lie in darkness and listen to music.

One of my all time favorite tunes is “Begin the Beguine”.

The beguine is a ballroom dance similar to the foxtrot, based on a dance from Martinique and St. Lucia. It was popular in the 1930s.

Ella, Frank, Sammy, and Artie Shaw; I love all of these versions, and this dance sequence is to DIE FOR.

Isn’t that Fats Waller?

And Artie Shaw, I could listen to this all day…

Search for a rainbow

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Enchanted Seashells

We’re lucky here in SoCal to have had a couple days of cleansing rain and it’s supposed to continue all day, but there was a break in the storm so I took the opportunity to go for a walk in search of a rainbow.

I didn’t see one, but I’m not disappointed because the sky and the clouds were magnificent.