Ella Mae Morse...
Ella Mae is a blast from my past, in that she was a favorite of both the Ol' Man and my Mom. I was raised on a virtual smorgasbord of Big Band music, Barrel House, and classical. My folks were nothing, if not eclectic. It's too bad I couldn't convince the Ol' Man that rock 'n' roll was worthy of his attention... but Hey! We all have our flaws.
It's one of the wonders of Our Modern Age that a great part of Ella Mae's oeuvre is available today on the Tube o' You. And I'm FOREVER grateful for that.
Ella Mae is a blast from my past, in that she was a favorite of both the Ol' Man and my Mom. I was raised on a virtual smorgasbord of Big Band music, Barrel House, and classical. My folks were nothing, if not eclectic. It's too bad I couldn't convince the Ol' Man that rock 'n' roll was worthy of his attention... but Hey! We all have our flaws.
It's one of the wonders of Our Modern Age that a great part of Ella Mae's oeuvre is available today on the Tube o' You. And I'm FOREVER grateful for that.
I like Ella Mae - which is a name we considered when I was pregnant with Jes.
ReplyDeleteIn about 1972 on a road trip with my dad, I was playing my Ballad of Calico album - music written by Michael Murphy and sung by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (you can look that up on Wiki if ya want). My dad said he was tired of listening to my "rock-n-roll" music and made me remove my 8-track. Years later, when Kenny Rogers was so popular in the C&W genre as was Michael Murphy, I pointed out to Dad that my Ballad of Calico was actually more country than rock. I think he would have been against any of MY music just on general principle.
I think he would have been against any of MY music just on general principle.
DeleteThat was MY father, in spades.
I've heard that song before (nice), but confess I never heard of Ella Mae. I'll be checking out more of her stuff on youtube.
ReplyDeleteElla Mae was pretty big back in the '50s. Well, in my parents' house, anyhoo.
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