What is St. Patrick’s Day without traditional Irish songs? If you don’t know of them personally, you have probably heard them being sung this time of year. Irish folk music continues to fascinate us, as it has basically kept most of the components that made it unique when Irish immigrants came to this country and ...
Conway Twitty is a country music legend. Conway Twitty was born Sept 1, 1933 in a small town called Friar Point in Mississippi. Conway Twitty’s name at birth was Harold Lloyd Jenkins. When Conway Twitty was ten his family moved to Helena, Arkansas, while living there he put together his first band “The Phillips County ...
Deep Dish:Danny Boy’s in Rocky River If you’re craving a Chicago-style deep dish pie with thick, buttery crust, tons of rich marinara sauce, lots of ooey-gooey melted mozzarella cheese and piles of spicy pepperoni and zesty Italian sausage, Danny Boy’s Pizza in Rocky River (there are also locations in Canton, Chesterland and Sandusky) is the ...
While there are many songs about drinking, not all popular Irish songs are about drinking. In this associated content article, here are some fun facts and song histories for some popular Irish songs not about drinking. Can you guess what they are? Hint: They were all used in an episode of “The Simpsons” TV show ...
One of the greatest of all singers, who can croon just as believably about yearning for a certain love and the love of the no-good night life, was Ray Price. This blue-eyed Cherokee Cowboy had many songs go to the top over his long career. Born in 1926, he first recorded “Your Wedding Corsage” and ...
We are lucky this year to have St. Patrick’s Day arriving on a Saturday. Chances are you may find yourself celebrating the Irish holiday in your favorite bar, tavern or saloon. If want to kick-start the party, try out these 20 questions of Irish trivia. Topics run the gamut from history to pop culture and ...
These Top Ten Songs by Andy Williams helped to take a young man, with an easy going manner and a lot of very nice sweaters to stardom. On the other hand, the unbelievably soothing, gentle and loving voice of Andy Williams took some well written and lyrically efficient songs and put them on a list ...
Since I grew up in a double Irish household (emigrees on both sides of my family had traveled to the US to escape the Great Potato Famine), we were taught many, many tunes that originated in the Emerald Isle. When I was a child, my parents watched The Lawrence Welk show faithfully. Every St. Patrick’s ...
