Song Lyrics Appearing First as Poems

[David Bergdahl]

Bob [Elliott] and Ray [Goulding] did this on the radio in 1950s--notably on
the NBC Monitor program on weekends.
-db

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Paul <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:

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> Anyone else remember Steve Allan on the Tonight Show reading lyrics as
> classical poetry?  "Sh-boom" sticks in my head.
> Phil Ochs did 'the Highwayman".
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