Happy Birthday

[maggiebee]

Happy Birthday to Pat Boone who is 89 today. Loved him in my teenage years.

[LadyCG]

Jason Donovan is 55 today. I loved him as a teenager.

My husband is 47 today and I love him most of the time :)

[LadyCG]

It was nice talking to you too

;-)

[DTCwordfan]

Who is Pat Boone - is this where the expression 'the Booney Lands' comes from?

[nero2024]

couldn't stand him, too oily

[pastafreak]

I didn't realise he was still alive...my elder sister liked him. He was too 'clean cut' for me.

[pastafreak]

Here you go DT...

[naomi24]

His daughter, Debby, sang one of the most beautiful songs ever written (in my opinion). ‘You Light up
My Life’. Sorry I can’t post a link - but if someone else can it’s well worth a listen.

[Ellipsis]

[JimF]

Here's the original:

[ynnafymmi]

The only good song he did was"Speedy Gonzales",i think,mind you i cant remember him doing any other songs.Was he a one-hit wonder?

[naomi24]

Thank you, ellipsis. One of my all time favourites.

[pastafreak]

ynnafymmi...the one I posted was big in the States.

[Patsy33]

I vaguely remember him. Didn't he sing Moon River? Good age..

[hellywelly4]

No he didn’t sing Moon River as far as I know. One of the first records I bought in 1957 was Love Letters in the Sand. Never liked Speedy Gonzales.

[maggiebee]

Pat Boone and Elvis Presley were the two biggest selling Rock 'n' Roll artists of the 1950s. From 1955 to 1959, Boone had 41 hit records on the pop charts to Elvis's 40. But while the two teen pop idols battled it out on the music charts, they actually admired each other's music and developed a lasting friendship.

[Patsy33]

Hellywelly, just found this. Moon River..
https://youtu.be/bLz-_X2SLzQ