"The Happy Wanderer" Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians

[Digfive3]

me=myself, no interesting videos.

[Digfive3]

mrkranen=my dad

robert=my grandpa

leonard=my great grandpa

[richgscott0809]

great video

[yolo22]

this song makes me happy

[centralparocker]

Makes me want to go to the Alps and wait for the Tour de France come flying by.....

[GooglFascists]

Hey those guys singing, Leonard & Robert Kranendonk, are

Father & Son! Is that cool or what?

No wonder you can tell they love each other.

Leonard, (Dad) lived to age 99 and was still singing, and

Robert is doing good at 82- OUTSTANDING!

[GooglFascists]

Those 2 guys definitely have something going on.

You can see it even if it IS black & white.

Sorry for the teasing but this is great music that

boosts morale & lifts the spirit.

Man do we EVER need songs & singers like

these today! Loved this song since I first heard

it back in '54. (It sounded great thru the radio

speaker of a '49 Packard).

[BlakiepooTube]

haha people acted weird in those days

[mrkranen]

@BlakiepooTube Hey now. G

[mcgarig1]

@BlakiepooTube

People "in those days" were "people as they are in these days", but these days people are afraid of the truth, about themselves and everyone else. In "those days" we insisted on the truth, in everything, and if anything wasn't true it showed itself for the lie that it was.

We say people acted weird in those days but it is us in these days, who are really weird because we are so afraid and afar from the truth. In those days a father would say "I love my fellow man" to anyone

[BlakiepooTube]

@mcgarig1 you took my comment waaaaaaaaaay too seriously.  Just saying the way they act and look at each other in this one video is weird compared to nowadays. It wasn't a judgement of all people from then, it wasn't even a very serious comment. Nothing to do with truth, phoniness, loving fellow man or saying anyone is better than anyone else. Lighten-up and laugh!

[PaulFung826]

Happy Wanderer is used as former RHKPF & nowadays HKPF passing out parade music.

[mrkranen]

@PaulFung826 Had to look that one up. Interesting. G

[MrShadowxtreme]

I love this song! i play it on me sax all the time

[mrkranen]

@MrShadowxtreme Keep saxin. G

[tl9mile]

As Mr. Waring told me, they, "became famous because we took everything twice as fast as everyone else..." and, having played and sung some of those arrangements when I toured with him I can attest to the speed on almost everything - blinding! Leonard and Robert sound great here.

[mrkranen]

@tl9mile Good to have you stop by. Gary

[mrkranen]

@binstence - Thanks binstence. I like it alot too. G

[MachinaWeapon]

I don't think I ever had more fun in any music class than when we learned this song.

[rockgor]

Fred Warring and his group made lots of great recordings. I don't

think this is one of them though. The tempo is much to

fast.

[mrkranen]

@rockgor Look at the beginning of the video, and you'll notice Fred Waring is starting off the tempo. And yes, there is a recording of it, which may be slower, but this was done live. Gary

[T800System]

This version was used in Schindler's List. Am I right?

[mrkranen]

@T800System _ I don't think so, but maybe the song was in the movie that sounded similar. Don't think it was though.

[Houdini774]

I feel all happy now.

[petefergie]

Lovely voices!

[sixtiesbooks]

i was taught this song as a boy in public school by an old man music teacher pounding away on a piano, and what do you know the song is still with me nearly 50 years later

[mrkranen]

@sixtiesbooks Sort of catchy isn't it? Thanks for the comments. gary

[Mllelaurel]

This is wonderful!

How about some of Robert Kranendonk's recent church solos?

[Mllelaurel]

Two of the most wonderful voices ever!! Thank you for posting this.

[mrkranen]

Mllelaurel, is this my cousin? Do you mind if I put your name as a tag to your uncle and grandpa?

[Mllelaurel]

Yes! This is indeed your cousin, and of course you can tag.

[mrkranen]

I have to check if any of them were taped in recent years regarding the church solos. At least I have the memories and my favorite one he always impressed me with was, "Eye on the Sparrow"