Any October Songs?

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 Oct 24 - 06:18 AM

18 October 1851 Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was first published (as The Whale), in London. When a movie version was produced in 1956, A L Lloyd briefly acted and sang in it as a shanteyman.

THE HUMPBACK WHALE   - Nic Jones       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lg47v1RrW0
LAST GREAT AMERICAN WHALE  - Lou Reed       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbBB8QEbUtg
SAVE THE WHALES   - Country Joe McDonald       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjbQqXyvyw
THE GREENLAND WHALE FISHERIES  Many recordings on YouTube       https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+GREENLAND+WHALE
CALL ME THE WHALE     Many recordings on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=CALL+ME+THE+WHALE+(Paul+Kaplan)
Mudcat Lyrics, CALL ME THE WHALE(Paul Kaplan)    /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9427
PADDY AND THE WHALE   - A L Lloyd       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVq0l3In6BY
WHALE SONG   - Partridge Family      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDmwxs7RouQ
THE WHALE   - The Beggars       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cgoE9IgTSE
THE LAST OF THE GREAT WHALES  aka THE LAST LEVIATHAN   -Many recordings on YouTube       https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Last+of+the+Great+Whales+(The+Last+Leviathan)
Lyrics for The Last of the Great Whales (The Last Leviathan) from Henry’s Songbook http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/l/lastlevi.html


Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick - Paul Clayton     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwGD61Z_ZQ
Adam Miller Presents: Whaling and Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv5z5BreCok
Numerous whaling songs on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whaling+songs
Full album of 17 songs on LP Leviathan! Ballads & Songs of the Whaling Trade https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcDvNkmgZk5Epdf-DwJ3DORkikAEwd9fA
Mudcat Thread, Shore Whaling Songs     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=66804

A L Lloyd performs Blood Red Roses as the lead Shantyman in the 1956 movie of Moby Dick     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l226lDgP65w
“The 1956 film Moby Dick, directed by John Huston, featured Lloyd singing a sea shanty as the Pequod first sets sail. There is also a brief visual clip of him.” from the Wikipedia article AL Lloyd.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._L._Lloyd#:~:text=Lloyd,-Article&text=Albert%20Lancaster%20Lloyd%20(29%20February,of%20the%20195

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Oct 24 - 06:02 AM

19 October 1989 The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
Guildford Four, article from This Day In History https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guildford-four-are-cleared

THE GUILFORD FOUR  - Andy White       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-cdYuiCwaU
THE GUILFORD FOUR   - The Wolfe Tones       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tmEnQ5hXTY

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 20 Oct 24 - 08:49 AM

20 October 1827 Naval Battle of Navarino (off the Peloponnese coast): English, Russian, French combined fleet beat a Turkish and Egyptian force, paving the way for Greek independence
Battle of Navarino, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Navarino

THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO   - Graham and Eileen Pratt from Bandcamp       https://grahamandeileenpratt.bandcamp.com/track/the-battle-of-navarino

BATTLE OF NAVARIN   Broadsheet lyrics from National Library of Scotland       https://digital.nls.uk/english-ballads/archive/74892088#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1808%2C-1%2C6115%2C3409
The Battle of Navarino and an interesting find, article from Royal Museums Greenwich https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/battle-navarino-interesting-find

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 21 Oct 24 - 08:35 AM

21 October 1970 Bernadette Devlin was released from prison having served four months of her six month sentence for riotous behaviour.
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, article from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey

SONG FOR BERNADETTE  - Invisible Guerrillas   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGJ7RhFz4oA    

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Oct 24 - 06:14 AM

22October 1934 Charles (“Pretty Boy”) Floyd was fatally shot in a field near East Liverpool, Ohio, by FBI agents.
Pretty Boy Floyd, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd

PRETTY BOY FLOYD   - Woody Guthrie       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YKUJZI5Bg
 
Pretty Boy Floyd   - The Byrds       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MwplKjk_O0
Pretty Boy Floyd   -   Roger McGuinn     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Cd8W30OrA
Pretty Boy Floyd - Ramblin' Jack Elliott     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_4opvUS4
Pretty Boy Floyd - Cisco Houston    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_x9dJbmRNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1q_4opvUS4
Further archived Wikipedia information about the Woody Guthrie song     https://web.archive.org/web/20121202033412/http://www.folkarchive.de/pretty.html

Subject: RE: Any October Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 22 Oct 24 - 04:16 PM

22 October 1910 Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) was convicted of poisoning his wife.
Hawley Harvey Crippen, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen

THE BALLAD OF DOCTOR CRIPPEN   - Jerry Desmonde       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeE5s28SN7s
DOCTOR CRIPPEN   - Martin Howley   https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/doctor_crippen_mhowley.htm    
DOCTOR CRIPPEN’S SONG   - Stephen Daltry       https://soundcloud.com/stephendaltry/dr-crippens-song< /a>

AIN’T IT A SHAME    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SseQ9wQWyss&list=RDSseQ9wQWyss&start_radio=1