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You've still got it Billy.

Delightful

@Clintfromtheshire Spelt chump.

@Doctorfreek Mate, I was just referring to the days of rock 'n roll, not the present time. Regards.

How good is that!

Allen Ginsberg was a man with clear, transcendental visions and an ability to express them in ways that struck chords with all those not constrained by rigid, mainstream thought processes. He was a sweet, gentle person, with a great love for his fellow man. I am 71 and lived during his, and Jack ...

Thanks again to you and your nan for this wonderful footage of a great, lost talent. It must also be a rare bit of film showing Australia's own Norman Erskine. Isn't it wonderful to see tham having so much fun.

Thanks for the upload. I've never seen that before. Wonderful. Ricky was a natural-born jazz singer and a wonderfully warm personality. If he'd stayed at that weight he might still be blessing us with his inimitable performances.

A great jazz vocalist - one of the very best - who died way too young. A genuinely nice bloke too. Vale Ricky. And how about that great Aussie orchestra!

@Broblem12 This is a special, tender song, for parents and grandparents. I am 70. I refer to those days as "gentler times". In my late teens I started collecting all of her LPs, prompted by her electric rendition of Water Boy in the second double LP by Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959). I w...

@Amtrakify He's not that old! He was born on that date in 1945.

@Raughwe Hi.

I'm 70, so tend to be biased towards good, 'old' music. Lots of good modern music though. Neglecting perennials like Carlos Santana then these make good, modern music, just from Australia alone: Human Nature (wonderful harmonists), Paul Kelly (the people's poet), Cat Empire, The Wai...

@MTondeleo

I was listening to Cecilia's Sacrificium as I checked my mail this morning.

Just for the record, my all-time favourite female singer, although not to be compared to the opera divas, is Mahalia Jackson.

Her Lord's Prayer at the '58 Newport Jazz Festival is a monumental performance.