In Memoriam

[vgerdes]

Alan Bergman, Oscar-Winning ‘The Way We Were’ Songwriter, Dies at 99​

RIP to a man with a unique gift for lyrical poetry.

 

[Simone411]

My aunt played Connie Frances on the record player while sitting on the front porch - summer breezes and drinking cokes.

My mom did, too. I've mentioned this before but would like to share it again. Back in the late 50's and 60's, my dad's brother (my uncle) worked for a juke box company in Columbus, Ohio. He distributed all the latest hits on those juke boxes whenever the other hit records went down on the billboards.

My dad would receive a box of records (14-inch X 14-inch) about every 4 or 5 months from him after my uncle removed the older 45's. Some of those 45's had "Disc Jockey Record. Not for sale." I inherited all those records, and included in those records are Chubby Checker, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dionne Warwick The Shirelles, Lloyd Price, Check Berry, Patsy Cline and Connie Francis.

I can't begin to list all the artists, but my mom would pull out all the Connie Francis records and put them in a special place where she wouldn't have to search for them.

RIP, Connie Francis. You're a legend and your music will live on.