A musical journey to Southern Mongolia.
Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Kurt Sanderling.

PEAKED AT # 6 IN 1960.
LYRICS:
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you,rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to youhoo-ah-ooh-ooh.I'm like a - rubber ball, baby that's all that I am to you (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)Just a rubber ball 'cuz you think you can be true to two (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy).You bounce my heart around (You don't even put her down)And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you.If you - stretch my love 'til it's thin enough to tear I'll just stretch my arms to reach you anywhere And like a -Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you(Instrumental)You bounce my heart around (You don't even put her down)And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you Hoo-ah-ooh-ooh.Bouncy, bouncy ... bouncy, bouncy bouncy, bouncy... bouncy, bouncyEee-ah-eee-eee; I'm like a - rubber band when on my shoulder you do tap (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy).Just a rubber band because my heart-strings,they just snap (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)You go and: squeeze me 'til I'm all aflame(She calls you by some other guy's name)But like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to yourubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to your ubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you rubber ball, etc ... Fade out (repeated 7 times).

This classic from the 50's performed on a TV Show "Verão Total", directly from Alcácer do Sal, Portugal.

A classic from doowop music performed live at RTP1 Channel Show Verão total in Porto de Mós, a Portuguese Medieval Village.

"Mama, He's Making Eyes At Me" Written by Con Conrad in 1921.
Sung by Claudia Faria on a Portuguese TV Channel Oct-2009

A revival performance at RTP1 TV Show "Portugal no Coração" on October 13 of 2009.This is a 1962 song written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller. It was recorded in the 1962 by Jimmy Clanton, peaking at #7 on the Billboard charts. It appeared on the Chum Charts in Toronto on September 3, 1962 at position #46. It stayed on the Chum Chart for 11 weeks peaking at #5 on October 1 1962. The song was also performed by Mark Wynter, reaching #4 on the UK charts.

Cliff Richard and Abbey Osmond sing "All I ask of you from "Phantom of the Opera".
Cliff Richard did a video of this with Sarah Brightman which became a Worldwide hit, we have this video on our site too.

All I Ask Of You Lyrics

No more talk of darkness,
forget these wide-eyed fears;
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
my words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,
let daylight dry your tears;
I'm here, with you, beside you,
to guard you and to guide you.

Say you'll love me ev'ry waking moment;
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.

Let me be your shelter,
let me be your light;
you're safe, no one will find you,
your fears are far behind you.

All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me.


Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you want me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
that's all I ask of you.

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.

Say you love me ...

You know I do.

Love me, that's all I ask of you ...

Love me, that's all I ask of you.

This is not the original lyrics of Sukiyaki but it is the original music, these lyrics were written by the group "A Taste of Honey"

The original "Sukiyaki" is the only song sung in Japanese that ever hit number one on the US pop charts, a 1963 number one hit in the USA.

Kyu Sakamoto the original singer died in the crash of Japan Airlines Boeing 747, Flight 123 that broke up in flight due to a structural failure on August 12, 1985.

We have a video on our site of the original "Sukiyaki" with Kyu Sakamoto

Be Bop Baby - Ricky Nelson. Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 -- December 31, 1985), better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor. He placed fifty-three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973, including nineteen top-ten hits, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and, in 1952, appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons. In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and recorded a number one album, Ricky. In 1958, Nelson recorded his first number one single, "Poor Little Fool", and, in 1959, received a Golden Globe Most Promising Male Newcomer nomination after starring in the western film, Rio Bravo. A few films followed, and, when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs.Nelson and Sharon Kristin Harmon were married on April 20, 1963, and divorced in December 1982. They had four children: Tracy Kristine, twin sons Gunnar Eric and Matthew Gray, and Sam Hilliard. On February 14, 1981, a son was born to Nelson and Georgeann Crewe. A blood test in 1985 confirmed Nelson was the child's father. Nelson was engaged to Helen Blair at the time of his death in an airplane crash on December 31, 1985.

Helmut Lotti - "Return to Sender"
Recorded in a Night Club in Brussels 2004.

A Tribute to Elvis Presley
Lyrics:
I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack.
Bright and early next morning, he brought my letter back.
She wrote upon it: Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone.
We had a quarrel, a lover's spat, I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back. So then I dropped it in the mailbox and sent it special D. Bright and early next morning it came right back to me.
She wrote upon it, return to sender, address unknown. No such person, no such zone.
This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand and if it comes back the very next day, then I'll understand The writing on it, return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone.
Return to sender. Return to sender. Return to sender. Return to sender

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou. .with lyrics.

This was one of many battles between the Republic of Novgorod and Sweden, all fought over Novgorod's monopoly on the Northern European trade routes to the Silk Road to China, India, the fur trade, and the mineral wealth of the Ural  Mountains, diamonds and other precious stones. All trade goods from these routes going to Northern Europe came through Novgorod. The merchants and the city of Novgorod in general became very wealthy from this trade. Sweden wanted to add land to it's domains and obtain the riches from this trade. Sweden had to capture Russia's access to the Baltic, The Republic of Novgorod the Great to obtain their goal.

Frisians Gotlanders and Swedes, had enjoyed trade relations and had started settling near Novgorod before the Viking Age began. They were the ones who originally founded what would become Novgorod. Merchants from Gotland had their own trading house, Gutagård, and the St. Olaf church in Novgorod. But there were also isolated Scandinavian raids on Novgorod territory. Eiríkr Hákonarson raided Ladoga in 997, followed by his brother Sveinn Hákonarson in 1015. After Yaroslav I's marriage to Ingegerd of Sweden in 1019, Ladoga was made a vassal sub-principality of Kiev, under Jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson, father of King Stenkil of Sweden and there were no more raids. There were many dynastic marriages between Kievian and Scandinavian royal families.

According to the First Novgorod Chronicle, in 1142 Swedish ships attacked Novgorod merchant ships in the Baltic Sea. It is the first known case of hostilities between Sweden and Novgorod. In 1164, a strong Swedish fleet approached Ladoga but was soundly defeated with most of its ships captured by Novgorod.

Novgorodians and their Karelian allies launched a series pirate raids against mainland Sweden in retaliation.
 
In 1300 Sweden built the castle of Landskrona at the mouth of Neva River, a total threat to Novgorod trade. A Novgorod fleet sailed and attacked the castle from the river with rockets obtained from the Mongols and set the castle on fire, then landed scaled the walls took the castle and finished burning Landskrona castle to the ground.

The Neva Fight
The Swedes came with an army, which included Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and other adventurers seeking booty. The Swedes also came with their prince and bishops and they camped on the Neva River wanting to take Novgorod and the vassal city of Pskov.

The 18 year old prince of Novgorod, Alexander Nevski with his men at arms and the Novgorod militia, met the Swedish invaders on the shores of the Neva River, attacked at daybreak and won the battle.

The war was principally a territorial conflict, initially between the Serb forces mostly organized in the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) on the one side, and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) which was largely composed of Bosniaks, and the Croat forces in the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) on the other side. The Croats also aimed at securing parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as Croatian. The Serb and Croat political leadership agreed on a partition of Bosnia with the Kara?or?evo and Graz agreements, resulting in the Croat forces turning against the ARBiH and the Croat-Bosniak war. The war was characterized by bitter fighting, indiscriminate shelling of cities and towns, ethnic cleansing and systematic mass rape, mostly led by Serb and, to a lesser extent, Croat forces. Events such as the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre would become iconic of the conflict.

The war was brought to an end after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris on 14 December 1995. Peace negotiations were held in Dayton, Ohio, and were finalized on 21 December 1995. The accords are now known as the Dayton Agreement. A 1995 report by the Central Intelligence Agency found that Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for 90% of the war crimes committed during the conflict. As of early 2008, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia had convicted 45 Serbs, 12 Croats and 4 Bosniaks of war crimes in connection with the war in Bosnia. The most recent figures suggest that around 100,000 people were killed during the war. In addition, an estimated total of 20,000 to 50,000 women were raped, and over 2.2 million people were displaced, making it the most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of World War II.

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The Battle of the Bulge started on December 16th 1944.
Hitler had convinced himself that the alliance between Britain, France and America in the western sector of Europe was not strong and that a major attack and defeat would break up the alliance. Therefore, he ordered a massive attack against what were primarily American forces. The attack is strictly known as the Ardennes Offensive but because the initial attack by the Germans created a bulge in the Allied front line, it has become more commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Hitler’s plan was to launch a massive attack using three armies on the Allies which would, in his mind, destabilize their accord and also take the huge port of Antwerp through which a great deal of supplies was reaching the Allies.

Hitler believed that his forces would be able to surround and cut off Canada’s First Army, America’s First and Ninth Armies and Britain’s Second Army. On paper, it was a seemingly absurd plan – especially as Germany had been in retreat since D-Day, her military was depleted of supplies and was facing the awesome might of the Allies. However, Hitler, as commander-in-chief of the military, decreed that the attack should take place.

The battle started with a two hour bombardment of the Allies lines that was followed by a huge armored attack with the majority of the German armored might based at the Schnee Eifel. The Germans experienced great success to start with. Why was this?

The weather was also in Hitler’s favour. Low cloud and fog meant that the superior air force of the Allies could not be used – especially the tank-busting Typhoons of the RAF or Mustang fighters from the USAAF which would have been used against the German tanks. Though the weather was typical for the Ardennes in winter, the ground was hard enough for military vehicles to cross and this suited the armored attack Hitler envisaged.

However, the success of the Germans lasted just two days. Despite punching a bulge into the Allies front line, the Germans could not capitalise on this. The Germans had based their attack on a massive armoured onslaught. However, such an attack required fuel to maintain it and the Germans simply did not possess such quantities of fuel.

By December 22nd, the weather started to clear, thus allowing the Allies to bring their air power into force and on the following day, the Americans started a counter-attack against the Germans.

On Christmas Eve, the Allies experienced the first ever attack by jet bombers. Sixteen German Me-262’s attacked rail yards in an attempt to upset the ability of the Allies to supply themselves. However, without fuel for their armoured vehicles, any success in the air was meaningless.

The Germans had advanced 60 miles in two days but from December 18th on, they were in a position of stalemate. The fighting was ferocious. The New Year’s period was a time of particularly intensive fighting as the Germans attempted to start a second front in Holland. This time in the Ardennes coincided with a period of intense cold and rain and the soldiers on the ground faced very difficult conditions. Trench foot was a common problem for infantrymen, as was exposure.

By mid-January 1945, the effect of lack of fuel was becoming evident as the Germans had to simply abandon their vehicles. The 1st SS Panzer Division, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Joachim Peiper, had to make their way back to Germany on foot. This was the unit that was responsible for the Malmédy Massacre.

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest battle fought by the Americans in World War Two. 600,000 American troops were involved in the battle. The Americans lost 81,000 men while the Germans lost 100,000 killed, wounded and captured.

Cliff Richard - Angel, first made popular by Elvis Presley