Wed05222013

Bites and Pieces

Welcome ‘Autumn’

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‘The last leaf clings to the vine’, a line from the song popularized in the 60’s by The Cascades, a group whom I heard was a vic­tim of airplane crashed then. We haven’t heard from them since then. Thanks to modern technol­ogy, I was able to ‘google’ their name and ‘viola’ I have a story to write about the ‘fall season’ which was known to us as the Autumn Season. The Cascades was the group who sang ‘The Last Leaf’ and ‘Shy Girl’, remember these songs? The group disbanded in 1975, John Gummoe, the com­poser of the group continued to compose and record his songs. He was behind the success of ‘The Very Best of The Cascades’, including several remixed of songs done for RCA Victor that were never released. It would be interesting to get this CD copies at John Gummoe website. Check it out!

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