Stand by Me (was Freaks and Geeks)

[kempermentor]

> Susan:
> For those of us old, old, Harry Potter for Grownups fans, let me 
> recommend mymusicmaker.com....it has music from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 
> 60s, and 70s...you can pick songs and add them to a cd for a charge...
> 
> I ordered a cd with songs from my childhood (50s in the U.S.)...
> beep beep (the little nash rambler song), yakety yak, the little blue 
> man, the witch doctor, the purple people eater, the itsy bitsy teeny 
> weeny yellow polka dot bikini, tell laura I love her, teen angel, 
> calendar girl, and more totally silly stuff...
> 
> My kids just love them.....
> 
> So, I've totally dated myself, who else remembers these songs?


Kemper now:
While I wasn't around when those songs were hits, I was around for the
movie, 'Stand by Me'.  It's a great coming-of-age movie, which I
recommend to all.  

The soundtrack, which I had on cassette and was stolen out of my '74
Plymouth Valiant parked at my high school as I marched around a field
playing Shehrazad (sp?), contained some fun but apparently 'silly old
songs': Yakety Yak, Lollipop, Great Balls of Fire, Everyday, Mr. Lee
(Mr. Lee, Hey!, Mr. Lee), and of course Stand by Me... though I would
not label that one as 'silly'.

Kemper