Stark Whiteman - Graduation Day

[nonniec55]

I would also know where it can be purchased one way or the other

[MiRoux444]

Where can I purchase a copy of this song? Anyone know?

Thanks.

[9thWardJukebox]

@MiRoux444 All I can tell you is do NOT BUY "NEW ORLEANS SENIOR PROM". It is listed as the last song but the song does not appear on the CD.

[alainaj110806]

Thank you so much!!!! I have an Uncle who listened to WTIX faithfully!!! This song has been in my family for 45+ years and played (when we could find the tape or record) for every graduate! He would sing and my aunts would do backup!! What wonderful, wonderful memories. And when you listen to it, you think if you could have only realized it then but those were the best times of your life!!

[billymac50]

yea you right! 

[billymac50]

yea you right, Dawlin

[kajunbama]

Thx I finally I found this song!!!

[galaxies352]

One of my all time favorites.... This song nails it !!!!!

[9thWardJukebox]

@NAPOLIXI You're welcome. There is nothing like this song to get you to connect to those days.

[KajunKels]

Can you please tell me where I might be able to get a copy or download the MP3 for this? PLEASE HELP!

[keschmalz]

Thank you nint ward jukebox

[CyberBishop]

WTIX will be playing this on a daily basis next week.. Great song! Thanks for uploading this!

[jasonlava]

@CyberBishop TIX is the bomb!

[9thWardJukebox]

@jasonlava Tix use to be the "Atomic Bomb". To me, it's been reduced to a cherry bomb.

[horseshoefarm3]

Glad you posted this song as my copy got broken when I moved.

[9thWardJukebox]

@horseshoefarm3 This song will give me goose bumps up until the day I die. Glad you found it.

[IamOlivia1]

A New Orlean's Tradition

[PattySays1960]

Thank you !!!! I've been trying to find this song! I can remember this played at the end of every school year before summer... and I can remember how it made me feel... happy and a little sad at the same time. :)

[9thWardJukebox]

@PattySays1960 You are very welcome! The song did it's job mixing both emotions, (sadness and happiness) perfectly.

[mitchwall52]

to me this is the best graduation day song just biased i guess because i was raised close to new orleans.

[9thWardJukebox]

@mitchwall52 I'm with you. It has such a simple yet rich sentimental sound of that era. Happy that you enjoyed it!

[SirBasildeBrush]

Very nice tune.

[9thWardJukebox]

@SirBasildeBrush Glad you enjoyed it.

[Banderuola66]

Great Oldie. First time I hear it.

Thank you for posting and thanks to my brother

who shared it with me.

[9thWardJukebox]

@Banderuola66 Cool.....apparently this tune is making it's way around the world. Glad that this little local New Orleans gem is getting such wide exposure. Thank you and your brother!

[LaVerne37]

Just send this gem to Italy, Sweden, England and Queens, NY! Again, many thanks for posting!

Wayne in Texas.

[9thWardJukebox]

@LaVerne37 Views have gone up on this tune. Thanks....this tune deserves it!

[LaVerne37]

This is one of the rarest postings on Youtube! Can't wait to send it to my OLD college roomate now in Washington DC!!! He knows every word!

MANY MANY THANKS FOR POSTING!!!

FIVE BIG TEXAS STARS!!!!! :)))))

[9thWardJukebox]

@LaVerne37 You're very welcome. This song still can't help but remind you of a "simpler time".

[Banderuola66]

@LaVerne37 Thank you my little Brother. This is really sooooo great.

I love it !!!!!!

[memeofthree]

would love to buy this record. it is so awsome....:)

[memeofthree]

where can this be purchased?? we have looked for this forever...

[9thWardJukebox]

@memeofthree For whatever reason, I never received any notification of your comments. I don't know if this song is even in print. A quick "Google' came up with nothing. It appears to be out of print.

[Wallace2976]

I have been looking for this song online forever. Thanks for posting, I can't wait to tell all my friends.

[9thWardJukebox]

You're welcome.

[renecrod3]

Awesome , it is not Graduation Day without this song on WTIX.

[9thWardJukebox]

Well, I miss the old interference buzz during this song when my old GE radio dial was pointed to the "Mighty 690, TIXY in Dixie. Now I just play the MP3 on my computer and have my wife go "buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" until the song ends. I hate it when she starts turning "blue".

[mitchwall52]

best graduation song ever too bad it didn't ever really go national.

[9thWardJukebox]

There is no song that originated from New Orleans that tugs at the heartstrings of the locals as much as this one. Even though still played today around graduation time, you can sense that the impact of this song is being lost on the last few graduation classes.

I have heard other graduation songs back from that era that never made it nationally and I suspect, those folks in those local markets are as touched by "their" graduation song as we are "ours".

[erinmc821]

thanks for sharing.. im from nola.. i love the jokers... my dad introduced me to them.... this is one of my favorites!!

[9thWardJukebox]

You're welcome. It's so sad that we have lost so many (Stark & Roland...among other locals) so soon. Thankfully, their sound will be around forever.