Santa Baby

“Santa Baby” Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, For me. I’ve been an awful good girl, Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight. Santa baby, 54 convertible too, Light blue. I’ll wait up for you dear, Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight. Think of all the fun I’ve missed, Think [...]

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La Vie En Rose

Originally uploaded by The Rambling Rountrees Next Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 my favorite movie comes out on DVD. When this movie came out this summer, I searched extensively for a location to view this film. I found a theater almost 2 hours away that was showing this film. I had a perect evening with my [...]

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No, No Regrets!

Well, last evening I had the sheer pleasure of enjoying the Film “La Vie En Rose”, the story of the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf. I have waited many months for the arrival of this tribute; however, I had not known the impact of this film of me. I was absolutely whowed with [...]

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Ah! Si Vous Connaissiez….

My love for vintage music has taken me to France and Italy and back many times over. I have found that over the past 5 or 6 years I have truly enjoyed listening to the chansons of France. The great Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier have seduced me into a world that no longer [...]

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La Vie En Rose…..the movie

WOW, I found out today that La Vie En Rose comes out on June 8th, that just so happens to be my birthday! Marion Cotillard, from the movie “A Good Year”, play the part of Edith Piaf. Piaf is one of my all time favorite artists. Check out the this link. Piaf lived an extremely [...]

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A Tribute to the “Caramel Colored Lady”

Well my husband sent me some early Birthday gifts this week from Amazon.com……music! He knows I have a love of vintage music. Josephine Baker, Al Jolson, and Edith Piaf are among of my favorites. Here is a clip I found on Youtube recently that does a great job playing tribute to Josephine Baker. Enjoy!

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“Besame Besame Mucho….Love me forever and make all my dreams come true”

I have always loved Vintage Music….the 20′s, 30′s 40′s and some 50′s. Josephine Baker is no exception….I came across her beloved music a while back, and she changed my life. Her background brings tears to my eyes when I heard of her humble beginnings. In fact this site tells her story. Another female singer was [...]

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