I have never forgotten that this was my FAVORITE song in first grade. We lived in Martinsville, VA. When the music teacher came to our room each week, I always hoped we'd get to sing this one. She never let me down. 🙂 At the end of the year she gave me a copy of her song book. Others in there were: How Much is that Doggie in the Window, We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing, This Old Man ( Knick-Knack-Paddywhack)...such fun. Sweet times. Little brother David and I would get wild and rock out listening to Snoopy vs. the Red Baron on our little 45 record, then we'd listen to Peter and the Wolf until the wolf's voice came growling in, and that would send us screaming away in fear to find Mom.
Hey those guys singing, Leonard & Robert Kranendonk, are Father & Son! Is that cool or what? No wonder you can tell they love each other. Leonard, (Dad) lived to age 99 and was still singing, and Robert is doing good at 82- OUTSTANDING!
May 23 rd every morning in primary school, and we did explore beneath God’s clear blue sky ! Adeau until we travel again! Merci bercoup Always and Forever.
Those 2 guys definitely have something going on. You can see it even if it IS black & white. Sorry for the teasing but this is great music that boosts morale & lifts the spirit. Man do we EVER need songs & singers like these today! Loved this song since I first heard it back in '54. (It sounded great thru the radio speaker of a '49 Packard).
In 1956, I caddied for Fred Waring and his music director at Grandview Golf Course in York, Pa. Fred owned 3 golf courses, including Grandview, Waring's in Harrisburg, Pa. and Shawnee on the Delaware. He had 10 woods in his bag. (a 1 through 10 wood set) and his first iron was an 8 iron. I was paid for the day as a golf course employee and Fred gave me a $10 tip for caddying 18 holes double. This was a lot of money then, as greens fees were about $1 for 18 holes. He was a nice to a 16 year old who really didn't know of his fame at that time. I think he shot in the 90s, but don't remember, maybe in the high 80s. HIs sister ran the Grandview and Waring's golf courses, her name was Helen Waring Martin
I met Leonard and Elsie when my family joined Palmdale Presbyterian church, the church my mother chose after attending a service where Robert and Leonard did a duet (it may have been The Publican?) Leonard was a great inspiration and something of a mentor to me. I am now the director of music at Palmdale, and today ran across a RU-vid of a Pennsylvanians broadcast debuting the songs from the Disney Alice in Wonderland, where it appears that Leonard is playing the 7 of Clubs! That sent me looking for this wonderful clip again. Thank you for sharing this.
I knew Leonard and Elsie too. My husband was a Pennsylvanian with Leonard, and we used to visit them in Florida a couple times a year. Leonard was one of the best singers of his era. Laurel Masse of Manhattan Transfer is their granddaughter.
Loved Leonard singing this on our 50th Anniversary Tour - he "brought down the house" - and first, it was "banter" with Fred Waring including Fred calling him an "old crow" and then we heard Benny in the balcony, with the crow call - laughs all the way and the song just jumped! We loved it.
My husband was a Pennsylvanian. Waring now and then before a show said, "We'll cut the show a bit tonight," and that meant they were going to sing everything faster.
Season 2, episode 19 - 'The Happy Wanderer' Episode where Tony's high school friend that now runs a sporting goods store gets in over his head with gambling debt. Played at closing credits.
I have to check if any of them were taped in recent years regarding the church solos. At least I have the memories and my favorite one he always impressed me with was, "Eye on the Sparrow"
@rockgor Look at the beginning of the video, and you'll notice Fred Waring is starting off the tempo. And yes, there is a recording of it, which may be slower, but this was done live. Gary
@BlakiepooTube People "in those days" were "people as they are in these days", but these days people are afraid of the truth, about themselves and everyone else. In "those days" we insisted on the truth, in everything, and if anything wasn't true it showed itself for the lie that it was. We say people acted weird in those days but it is us in these days, who are really weird because we are so afraid and afar from the truth. In those days a father would say "I love my fellow man" to anyone
