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September 7

witch cartoon

I am looking for an american witch cartoon, it was not Tales from the cryptkeeper but still very simlar... and it was certainly not Sabrina or anything related to her, this cartoon / animated series / film / movie... had many witches or one or two, dressed like the classic ones. in black clothes.. it wasn't very old. and also featured girl or girls and normal kids too... some part of it featuring the witch/witches flying around on brooms. it was american, I'm certain about that. and the animation style was similar to the Tales of the Cryptkeeper so it may have been made in 1985-2001. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.30.205.162 (talk) 01:41, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I have no idea, but you may have better luck if you can include more details. Was this an ongoing series or some kind of special? Do you recall anything about the plot or any character names? Really, if you can recall any kind of unique detail, Google can often help you out. Does this or anything on this list look familiar? Matt Deres (talk) 12:29, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

It sounds like you are talking about The Witches. IMdB link here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100944/ Is that right?.--ɱ (talk) 21:32, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Lullaby of Broadway

Could someone tell me what year Bing Crosby released Lullaby of Broadway? The solo version, not the duet with Jolson. I've searched online, but I keep finding references to 1987, when The Radio Years compilations were released, but there should be some kind of date from the 1950s. If it wasn't officially released before 1987 (which seems unlikely, but possible), I'd like to know when it was recorded, even if you can only narrow down the year. Thanks! Matt Deres (talk) 15:49, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

It's listed here as appearing on a 7-disc set issued by Mosaic Records in 2009, entitled Bing Crosby: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56). The accompanying text says that all the tracks in the set were recorded on tape for his daily CBS radio show between 1954-56 with Crosby accompanied by Buddy Cole's jazz quartet. No clue as to whether it was issued as a single back then, or whether it's the right recording, but it fits your timeframe. - Karenjc 18:28, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I can see from this site that he broadcast this song on the Ford Road Show on 15 September 1957. I don't know whether it had been a single before then, I suspect it was, so I shall keep looking. But it's a start. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:47, 7 September 2013 (UTC) He wasn't the vocalist on the 1935 recording with the Dorsey Brothers Band, that was Bob Eberly. Found that in "Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits" via Google Books. --TammyMoet (talk) 19:00, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Wow, well done; an actual date! I also suspect that that's not the original date, though, if only because the Radio Recordings says they're from 1954-1956 and they include this tune. Allmusic is frustratingly hard to use, but it seems pretty clear that the earliest recorded release is the 1987 Radio Years. I suppose it's possible that it was just included in the 1954-1956 set as an extra and your 1957 date is correct. Thank you for the detective work; please let me know if you dig up anything further. Matt Deres (talk) 13:14, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Woo I found this which gives a 1934 recording date! --TammyMoet (talk) 16:59, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I must say that's a bit of a surprise to me; I had no idea he'd recorded it that early, though it's not a shock to me that there would be multiple versions. The 1:58 runtime is extremely short; his version from the CBS Radio Recordings is almost a minute longer at 2:45. Thank you again for your work! Matt Deres (talk) 21:01, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I did it, Matt, because I used to have a couple of reference works which gave every song recorded and released up until the mid-1950s. I used to devour them eagerly when I was a teenager some 20 years later, and knew such a recording existed in the 1930s because of that. Several years and house moves later, I've lost them. I'm sure it would have been in one of those books! --TammyMoet (talk) 11:23, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the Ballad of Jimi Hendrix - Was that tune based on one of his songs? (What was its title?)

The tune before the two-word lyric line could be based on one of Jimi's songs, is it? I'm not as familiar with Jimi's discography as I am with Michael Jackson's, and they sure did base their "ballad" of MJ off of one of his songs! So if their Ballad of Jimi was based on one of Jimi's, what was its title? Thanks. --2602:30A:2EE6:8600:46D:1BA7:F0D6:CE6F (talk) 18:11, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

"Purple Haze". Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:15, 7 September 2013 (UTC)