today in history:
1943 - STEVE MILLER WAS BORN!
his songs take me all the way back to the 5th grade.
stuck on the devil's elbow chairlift, snowflake thermals peaking from the ripped knees of my acid washed jeans, kristina and i singing Swingtown at the top of our lungs.
i'm truly surprised we never got whitewashed.
keep on rockin' me, steve.
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1958 - the record charts were dominated by a folk song for the first time ever: the kingston trio's rendition of Tom Dooley.
who's tom dooley, you ask?
allow me to enlighten you:
Tom Dula (pronounced Dooley), a Civil War veteran, was well known for his "active lifestyle" with the women of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
One of Dula's lovers was Laura Foster, whom he awakened one morning out of the blue, telling her he planned to marry her that same day. She gathered her best clothes and her father's horse and left.
She disappeared. After a prolonged search, her body was found.
Tom was tracked down in Tennessee, arrested and eventually found guilty for the murder of Ms. Foster.
Motive? A web of romantic intrigue, jealousy, and spite that emerged between Dula, Ann Melton (a married woman with whom Dula was also involved) and Pauline Foster, yet another Dula lover.
He was sentenced to death and hanged in Statesville, North Carolina.
nothing makes for good song lyrics like a womanizing murderer!
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1991 - "come on, come on! feel it, feel it!"
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch hit number one in the U.S. with Good Vibrations.
oy vay...
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thank GOD it's friday.
which brings me around to telling you about the four fabulous ladies in the photo:
-they are a quartet from cleveland, ohio
-they seem very happy, but not cause it's friday. oh noooo. cause This Gang Is Female!
-check them out here: http://www.tgifquartet.com/