Google, Blogger, and YouTube

I'm was happy to see Google merge with Blogger and now with YouTube. The latter merger reminds me of those days just a few years ago when high-tech companies were growing and merging like crazy. Let's hope that the Google acquisitions only improve over time.

If you are not already familiar with YouTube, you owe it to yourself to spend some time exploring this amazing site. You can view zillions of videos, most made by amateurs. Many will make you laugh like crazy!

I also found quite a few clips featuring the big bands on the YouTube site. I've posted one with Ray Eberle and Pat Friday singing "At Last" with Glenn Miller and two with Glenn Miller with the Nicholas Brothers and one with Duke Ellington paying tribute to sculptor Joan Miro. They are right below this entry.

Note that the actress/singer in the "At Last" video is Lynn Bari. Pat Friday actually sang the female lyric. Lynn Bari's vocal was dubbed by Pat. It was recorded in 1942 for the film "Orchestra Wives" starring Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, George Montgomery, Ann Sheridan, Cesar Romero, and a young Jackie Gleason playing Miller's bass player.

Etta James recording of "At Last" was featured in "Rain Man" in 1988 and dozens of other movies and TV shows throughout the next 15 years. Etta James actually recorded her hit version of "At Last" in her first album for Chess Records in 1960.

George Spink
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