Saturday NIne

 Saturday 9: I Fall in Love Too Easily (1945)

(The year I was born!☺)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it HERE.

1) In this song, Dinah Shore admits that her impetuous romances don't work out. Do you consider yourself impulsive?

Nope, I'm one of those people who have to have a plan, a 'what-if' plan, a current plan, a future plan. . . that's me!

2) The songwriting team of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne composed this in a single evening. Since the song is rather short Sammy considered adding another verse, but Jule thought better of it, saying, "No. That's it." Are you more like Sammy and keep revising, tinkering and tweaking? Or, like Jule, do you find it easy to leave well enough alone?

I wish I could leave well enough alone, seems I'm always tinkering, changing, or re-doing something!

3) The song was introduced in Anchors Aweigh, a movie about two sailors who find love during a two-day leave in New York. Have you ever enjoyed a romance while on holiday?

Only with Mr D.  I had just turned 16 when we met, I knew he was the only one for me.

4) Though Frank Sinatra sang the song in the movie, Dinah's version was also popular. Her record sales in the 1940s were boosted by concerts, radio appearances and performances for the troops. What singer who is no longer with us do you wish you could have seen in concert?

I've always loved Glen Miller's music; I think it would have been great to see him in person and dance the night away.

5) Dinah was shy with new people, but discovered as a high school cheerleader that she was good in front of a crowd. Give us one of your high school cheers.

Everywhere we go-o

People want to know-o

Who we are

So we tell them.

We are the Bulldogs, mighty, mighty Bulldogs!

6) She loved golf and was so good at it, she became the first woman admitted as a member to the prestigious Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. What's your best sport?

 I'm not much of a sportsman; I did play softball in Junior High.  I am an avid board game player, I guess if you wanted to you could consider that a sport☺☺☺

When grandson Blake was in the 6th grade he came to our house each day after school.  He would stay with us until his mom picked him up when she got off work.  Blake and I played scramble every afternoon, we had so much fun.  Today we often reminisce on those happy days.♥

Love You Blake!

7) Dinah found her greatest success in television. She was so popular for so long that she was able to afford a luxury home, built to her specifications, in Palm Springs. Leonardo DiCaprio now owns it. Do you know who lived in your home before you moved in?

We bought this home brand spankin' new.  We're the only ones who have lived here.

8) In 1945, when this song was popular, Abbott and Costello appeared in the movie The Naughty Nineties, which featured their famous "Who's On First" routine. Do you know it?

I sure do know it, and I still find it funny.

You can watch it HERE.

9) Random question – Fill in the blank: After all these years, I still ____________.

Remember the first time I saw Mr D.  It was in May 1961. By December of 1962 we were married and the rest is history.  Good history I might add. ♥

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Well, as my favorite cowboy used to say:

I'll see you again if the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise♥

Blessings to All

Until Next Time

Post Script:

Who's my favorite cowboy?

ROY ROGERS, of course.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather

Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again
Some trails are happy ones
Others are blue
It's the way you ride the trail that counts
Here's a happy one for you

Happy trails to you, until we meet again
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather
Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again

Happy trails to you, it's great to say "hello"
And to share with you the trail we've come to know
It started on the day that we met Jesus
He came into our hearts and then he freed us
For a life that's true, a happy trail to you