Groovy Friday – Ten Little Indians…and More!
It’s Friday! Let’s take the nasty taste of last week’s prank out of your mouth with some spicy Bollywood fare. This is from the film “Gumnaam." If Wikipedia is to be believed (and we...
Author: André Dupuy
Andre Dupuy is the youngest of five children, a fourth-generation Californian and he knows how to drive a Model-T Ford.
Groovy Friday – Meiä Veera
It's Friday! Meet Erkki Liikanen (pronounced Ree-kee Lik-on,) Finland’s greatest musician, here performing his biggest hit, Meiä Veera (My Cauliflower.) Discovered while eating a herring sundae...
Groovy Friday – Seventh Son
It’s Friday! Who is this loser, dancing around in a Snuggie and waving some kind of third world fly-swatter? Damn hippie! But wait. Don’t let looks deceive you. That’s Georgie Fame and...
Groovy Friday – It doesn’t pay for itself
It’s Friday! And now, a word from our sponsors. Enjoy your weekend. Be sure to dress comfortably... ...stay cool... and have a beer on me. Have a groovy Friday!
Groovy Friday – Let’s live!
It’s Friday! Here’s a classic piece of Broadway groovy. I’m not going into the history of the 1960 musical “Bye, Bye Birdie.” I’m assuming a degree of familiarity with the material. This...
Groovy Friday – Bon Jour Bucharest!
It’s Friday! Not much dancing this week, but groovy just the same. There’s precious little about Nancy Holloway on the internet. An American, born and raised in Cleveland, she found her...
Groovy Friday – Triple Your Pleasure
It’s Friday! Meet The Kim Sisters. Actually, only two are sisters. The third is their cousin. Close enough. Their story is fascinating, but I’ll just hit the high spots here. They sang American...
Groovy Friday – Let’s take a ride!
It’s Friday! Here’s Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. If you’re not familiar with the enormous influence Herb Alpert had on the music industry in the latter half of the twentieth...
Groovy Friday – Fire in Rio with Sacha Distel
C’est Vendredi! Sacha Distel wants to be your valentine and who are you to say no? Just look at him. Il est tres beau, non? The man was romantically involved with Brigitte Bardot for a couple of...
Groovy Friday: Tennessee Groovy Ford
It’s Friday with Cousin Ernie! I love Ernie Ford. His bass/baritone voice is so sleek. Absolutely unmistakable. Here he is performing his signature song “Sixteen Tons.” But wait! ...