You Asked for It!! (Part 1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (71693)
United States
February 28, 2025 10:33am CST
Oh, so you missed music while I was out toodling about in Florida, huh? You wanted music, huh?
Remember, YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!!!
Welcome to 1955.
The year Elvis broke out (darn those pimples…oh, wrong “breaking out” 
) also had pop (annoying pop, think Pat Boone) and doo-wop and country and whatever one of the songs on the list is classified as. (I call it “good,” because that’s what Duke Ellington famously said was one of two classifications of music…the other being “bad.”)
All of this was 70 years ago. What a long, strange trip it’s been (as the Grateful Dead later said).
My parents actually had a Christmas “sing along with Mitch” album, so your teaser is Mitch Miller with his 1955 hit “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”
) also had pop (annoying pop, think Pat Boone) and doo-wop and country and whatever one of the songs on the list is classified as. (I call it “good,” because that’s what Duke Ellington famously said was one of two classifications of music…the other being “bad.”)
All of this was 70 years ago. What a long, strange trip it’s been (as the Grateful Dead later said).
My parents actually had a Christmas “sing along with Mitch” album, so your teaser is Mitch Miller with his 1955 hit “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”Your browser isn’t supported anymore. Update it to get the best YouTube experience and our latest features. Learn moreRemind me later
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@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
14h
Oh, no, I wasn’t even born then. That’s a video screen grab. Back in the old days, myLot would use the video still (what you see on YouTube) automatically for the discussion photo, but YouTube’s algorithm doesn’t allow that anymore, so I have to do a screen grab.
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@lilacskies (6710)
• United States
14h
@FourWalls Oh, I see. I thought you were in the picture and you wanted to share that. Haha
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@Orson_Kart (7077)
• United Kingdom
3h
I love that song! 
It reminds me of the fight scene in Giant.
It reminds me of the fight scene in Giant.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
3h
Well, then, we’ll make you an honorary Texan! 
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@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
11h
According to her website she is still active. She’s 81. Good for her!!!
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@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
5h
Seems like it’s been around forever (well, it has been…since at least 1850).
@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
14h
I like it, too. Elvis later did a medley of this with “The Eyes of Texas” and I love that version so much.
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@LooeyVille (39)
• United States
13h
He's before my time (I was born in 1965) but naturally I know who he is.
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@FourWalls (71693)
• United States
11h
Oh, you should enjoy the 1965 countdown then. 
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