Saturday 9

 

A Summer Song

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Saturday 9: A Summer Song (1964)
   

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

  

 

1) Are you enjoying winter? Or do you daydream about summer? 

I was not made for winter.  I am sort of hibernating this week. I work from home, so I don’t have a pressing reason to go out.

 

2) In this week's song, trees sway in the breeze. Is it windy where you are today?

No.  But last week we had a high wind warning, the wind was howling.

3) There's rain outside their window. Have you more recently seen rain or snow?

It snowed on Sunday.

4) This week's artists are the duo Chad and Jeremy. As a teen, Chad Stuart was very versatile in the arts. While he enjoyed drawing, he showed real promise in music and won a scholarship to London's Central School of Speech and Drama. When you were a teenager, what were your best classes?  

English and Social Studies/history. Not coincidentally my college major and minor.

5) Between 1965 and 1966, Chad and Jeremy played British pop stars on a variety of American TV shows, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, and Batman. Which of those series do you remember?

All of them.  My best friend used to come to my house to watch Batman because I had a color tv and she didn’t.

 

6) While those TV appearances were good for the duo's record sales, they sowed the seeds of dissent between the friends. Jeremy Clyde realized he enjoyed acting far more than music and began threatening to leave the act. Chad finally got tired of dissuading him. Between Jeremy's dramatic aspirations and contract disputes, they broke up. Later they both admitted they regretted the split, but as Chad said, "we were just kids." Is there an old friend you've drifted away from but miss?

My college roommate.  

7) In 1964, when "A Summer Song" was popular, the #1 movie in the country was Mary Poppins. Have you seen it?

I can actually recite dialogue along with the characters …

It was the first movie I saw in a movie theater.  It was 1964 and I was 4 years old.  My parents bought the soundtrack album and I played it over and over …

8) One of the biggest news stories of 1964 was Elizabeth Taylor's wedding to Richard Burton. The bride wore yellow, with yellow and white flowers in her hair. The groom wore a dark suit, red tie and yellow boutonniere. What did you wear last time you got dressed up?

Last July, my daughter’s wedding.

9) Random question: When you're in the backseat, do you wear a seatbelt?

  

I’m a lawyer who works in the insurance industry.  What do you think I do?

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