Time For A Cartoon!

From Warner Brothers in 1941, we present, as part of WB's Looney Tunes series, "The Haunted Mouse."  With story by Michael Maltese, animation by Sid Sutherland, and music by Carl Stalling, this cartoon was produced by Leon Schlesinger and supervised (directed) by Tex Avery.

Sylvia Robinson, Female Half Of R&B Duo Best Remembered For "Love Is Strange," Record Producer, R. I. P.

Sylvia Robinson, a singer, songwriter, and record producer best remembered by aficionados of early rock 'n' roll music as the female half of the rhythm and blues duo Mickey and Sylvia, who had a big hit in 1957, "Love Is Strange," passed away on Thursday at the New Jersey Institute of Neuroscience at Edison from congestive heart failure at age 75.


Born Sylvia Vanderpool in New York City, she and singer-guitarist Mickey Baker had a series of successful R & B recordings, with the big success being "Love Is Strange," which climbed to #1 on the R & B charts and crossed over into the pop charts as well.


The duo broke up in 1962 when Mr. Baker (who's still with us today; he'll be 86 years old in October) moved to Paris.


Rest in peace, Sylvia.

MLB Divisional Playoffs: Rays Silence Rangers Bats In Blowout

The Major League Baseball divisional playoffs commenced on Friday with the opening games of the two American League divisional playoff series.


At Arlington, Texas:


Matt Moore pitched seven innings of two-hit shutout ball, while Kelly Shoppach belted a pair of home runs as the Tampa Bay Rays demolished the Texas Rangers, 9-0 on the road in the opening game of their ALDS best-of-five series.


The opening game of the other American League divisional playoff series, between the visiting Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees, was suspended in the second inning due to rain with the score deadlocked at one run apiece.  The game is scheduled to be resumed on Saturday.

Time For A Cartoon

From 1949, here's a Paramount Screen Song cartoon, "The Ski's The Limit."  This one, produced by Famous Studios in New York City and released by Paramount Pictures, features the song "I Miss My Swiss, My Swiss Misses Me," written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel Baer.

You'll have to click on the link below since whoever uploaded this cartoon to YouTube disabled the embedding process. 

Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/nBlVRvCVb9I

Personnel:

Direction:  Isidore (I.) Sparber

Animation: Dave Tendlar
                    Tom Golden

Story: Bill Turner
            Larry Riley

Narration:  Jackson Beck

Scenics: Robert Connavale

Music:  Winston Sharples

Time For Another Waltz

From 1953, here's Whoopee John Wilfahrt and his orchestra with "Banjo Lullaby."  The Whoopee John Trio will handle the vocal here.

More Fun With Whoopee John

Here's a 1957 Decca Records release of the "St. Paul Waltz" by Whoopee John Wilfahrt and his orchestra.

Doesn't The Brain Have A Polka Of His Own?

Here's a 1957 Decca Records release of "Pinky's Polka," performed by Whoopee John Wilfahrt and his orchestra.

Enjoy!