By Jack Mariano This week’s subject of Tuesday Tune Trivia is Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943)who is an American singer-songwriter and producer. He is best known for such recordings as “Mandy“, “Can’t Smile Without You“, and “Copacabana (At the Copa)“. According to my favorite information site, Wikipedia, the crooner had a nice run of [...]
Barry Manilow, Jack Mariano, Tuesday Tune TriviaGiven our society’s crazy celebrity-laced, emotion-based, 7/24 talking head news cycle culture, a writer, even one of my un-considerable talent and ability, can consider himself on solid ground when readers both appreciate and loathe the prose (and sometimes tripe!) the writer publishes each day. So it was with these two comments. One was received early [...]
Chuck Vail, Comment Of The day, Octorara, Parkesburg, Tim AlexanderI can’t possibly be the only father today thinking about how blessed he is for having the wonderful children and grandchildren in my life I do. I was (and am), at best, an average father. Not enough money when my kids were young. Too many hours spent in the office tending my clients and career. [...]
Father's Day, Parkesburg