Mary, of Peter, Paul, and Mary. (Note: her birthday might be November 9; I’ve found it on both days on various internet sites).

PP&M songs that I have singing call versions of:

• This Land Is Your Land Grenn 12233 Johnny Davis
• Don’t Think Twice (It’s All Right) Four Bar B 6120 Mike Sikorsky
• Leaving on a Jet Plane River Boat 214 Larry Marchese
• Early Morning Rain Royal 330 Tony Oxendine, Jerry Story

Relevant Records

• Leaving on a Jet Plane (River Boat 214)
• This Land Is Your Land (Grenn 12233)

I can’t think of any appropriate songs, but maybe we should bring bittersweet chocolate with almonds for the dancers.

Good day to do the “bear thing” (rub back to back like bears scratching on trees) to “Bear Necessities”. But I don’t have that record, so I guess I’ll use my MIDI version of Teddy Bears’ Picnic for patter.

Johnny Rivers had hits in the 60’s and 70’s.

Secret Agent Man is the only one of Johnny’s hits that I know has a singing call version.

Relevant Records

• Secret Agent Man (Lou Mac 213)

Al Hirt was a famous trumpeter; he died in 1999.

Tempos Tantrum on Aussie Tempos 1011 is a version of Java, one of Al Hirt’s hits.

Relevant Records

• Tempos Tantrum (Aussie Tempos A1011)

The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed when the last spike was driven at Craigellachie in British Columbia. The 2,980-mile transcontinental railroad started in Montreal, Quebec, running between Montreal and Port Moody, B.C.

Sounds like a good excuse for doing train songs. Here are some of mine:

• Night Train To Memphis Kalox 1294 Harper Smith
• Chattanooga Choo Choo Blue Star 2403 Ben Goldberg
• Transportation Medley ESP 902 Steve Kopman
• Baby Likes to Rock It ESP 197 Elmer Sheffield Jr.
• Freight Train Cascade 1007 Bill Peterson
• Long Train Running Royal 228 Tony Oxendine
• Wabash Cannon Ball Longhorn 1032 Harold Bausch
• This Train River Boat 230 Larry Marchese
• All Aboard Chaparral 314 Gary Shoemake

Relevant Records

• This Train (River Boat 230)
• Wabash Cannon Ball (Longhorn 1032)
• Night Train To Memphis (Kalox 1294)
• Freight Train (Cascade 1007)
• All Aboard (Chaparral 314)
• Chattanooga Choo Choo (Blue Star 2403)
• Long Train Running (Royal 228)
• Baby Likes to Rock It (ESP 197)

The cigarette manufacturing machine was patented by Albert H. Hook of New York City. He probably had no idea how appropriate his name was for such an invention…

Good day to bring out “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette”

Seems appropriate for this week that we’re probably all playing our Halloween-oriented records anyway. I can’t think of any special songs, but it’s something to mention as you play Monster Mash and Monster’s Holiday.