Posts Tagged ‘Memphis’
January 1, 2022
VIDEO
“New Years Resolution,” written by Stax Records staffers Randle Catron , Willie Dean “Deanie” Parker Catron , and Mary Frierson , recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967.
Related:
Stax Museum website
“Rudyard Kipling’s Little-Known Poem on New Year’s Resolutions,” Ellen C. Caldwell, JSTOR Daily
______________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-xYO
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Tags:Carla Thomas , holiday songs , holidays , Memphis , Memphis Soul , music , New Year , New Year's Eve , New Year’s Resolutions , New Years Resolution , Otis Redding , R&B , Resolutions , Soul Music , Stax Records , Stax Volt , weekend music Posted in holidays , music | Leave a Comment »
January 1, 2021
VIDEO
“New Years Resolution,” written by Stax Records staffers Randle Catron , Willie Dean “Deanie” Parker Catron , and Mary Frierson , recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967.
Related:
Stax Museum website
“Rudyard Kipling’s Little-Known Poem on New Year’s Resolutions,” Ellen C. Caldwell, JSTOR Daily
______________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-vV0
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Tags:Carla Thomas , holiday songs , holidays , Memphis , Memphis Soul , music , New Year , New Year's Eve , New Year’s Resolutions , New Years Resolution , Otis Redding , R&B , Resolutions , Soul Music , Stax Records , Stax Volt Posted in holidays , music | Leave a Comment »
January 1, 2020
VIDEO
“New Years Resolution,” written by Stax Records staffers Randle Catron , Willie Dean “Deanie” Parker Catron , and Mary Frierson , recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967.
Related:
Stax Museum website
“Rudyard Kipling’s Little-Known Poem on New Year’s Resolutions,” Ellen C. Caldwell, JSTOR Daily
______________
Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-u4b
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Tags:Carla Thomas , holiday songs , holidays , Memphis , Memphis Soul , music , New Year , New Year's Eve , New Year’s Resolutions , New Years Resolution , Otis Redding , R&B , Resolutions , Soul Music , Stax Records , Stax Volt Posted in holidays , music | Leave a Comment »
April 18, 2019
VIDEO
The dirt-poor city of Memphis is giving tax breaks to Graceland.
“So why, you might ask, is a city that regularly ranks among the nation’s poorest giving several hundred million dollars in tax breaks to a long-dead rock star’s house museum where the cheapest ticket costs $41?”
— “This Has to Be One of the Most Ridiculous Corporate Welfare Deals in Quite Some Time,” Henry Grabar, Slate
Video : “Money Honey,” written by Jesse Stone , recorded by Elvis Presley , 1956.
_____________
Short link : https://wp.me/p6sb6-t39
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Tags:cities , Corporate tax breaks , corporate welfare , economic development , Elvis , Elvis Presley Enterprises , Graceland , Henry Grabar , Memphis , public subsidies , tourism , tourist attractions Posted in government | Leave a Comment »
December 31, 2017
VIDEO
“New Years Resolution,” written by Stax Records staffers Randle Catron , Willie Dean “Deanie” Parker Catron , and Mary Frierson , recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967.
Related:
Stax Museum website
“Rudyard Kipling’s Little-Known Poem on New Year’s Resolutions,” Ellen C. Caldwell, JSTOR Daily
______________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-qvo
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Tags:Carla Thomas , holiday songs , holidays , Memphis , Memphis Soul , music , New Year , New Year's Eve , New Year's Resolutions , New Years Resolution , Otis Redding , R&B , Resolutions , Soul Music , Stax Records , Stax Volt Posted in music | Leave a Comment »
April 16, 2016
VIDEO
“No Tears,” by the Tonettes. Recorded for Volt in 1962. Several members also recorded as the Dixie Belles and the Charmels. Not to be confused with the Jamaican Ska group of the same name.
_____________
Short link : http://wp.me/p6sb6-niB
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Tags:girl groups , Memphis , music , No Tears , R&B , Rhythm and Blues , Stax Volt , Tonettes Posted in music | Leave a Comment »
December 17, 2015
VIDEO
“All I Want For Christmas Is You;” recorded by Carla Thomas in 1963, written by A.C. “Moolah” Williams , disc-jockey at Memphis radio station WDIA . It was relased as the flip side of “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas.”
_____________
Short link : http://wp.me/p6sb6-mEq
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Tags:All I Want for Christmas Is You , Carla Thomas , Christmas , Christmas music , holiday music , holidays , Memphis , music , R&B , Soul Music , Xmas Posted in holidays , music | Leave a Comment »
December 31, 2014
VIDEO
“New Years Resolution,” written by Stax Records staffers Randle Catron , Willie Dean “Deanie” Parker Catron , and Mary Frierson , recorded by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967.
Related:
Stax Museum website
______________
Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-kHT
Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Yahoo Buzz | Newsvine
Tags:Carla Thomas , holiday songs , holidays , Memphis , Memphis Soul , music , New Year , New Year's Eve , New Year's Resolutions , New Years Resolution , Otis Redding , R&B , Resolutions , Soul Music , Stax Records , Stax Volt Posted in holidays , music | Leave a Comment »
February 24, 2011
A pizza a day keeps the Reaper away, at least in Memphis. That’s where Domino’s delivery driver Susan Guy noticed that 82-year-old Jean Wilson hadn’t ordered her daily Large-Thin-Crust-Pepperoni-With-2-Diet-Cokes in three whole days . Horrified, Ms. Guy alerted the authorities, who found the elderly pizza fan collapsed on the floor, and rushed her a hot, Double Cheese — um, no, rushed her to the hospital, where she’s doing fine . Except for the food.
Yet more proof the US doesn’t need your so-called “health care reform.” The private sector is doing just fine. Call 911 — thirty minutes, or it’s free.
(more…)
Tags:ambulances , Domino's Pizza , elder care , emergency care , emergency response , EMTs , fast food , health care , Jean Wilson , live-saving , Memphis , pizza , Susan Guy Posted in food , health care , junk food , news | 1 Comment »