Jo Welch
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Jo Welch
@jo42.bsky.social
Cryptic crossword setter, music, reading and puzzles fan from Stockport
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Token 1: Ella Fitzgerald A Ship Without A Sail, a Rodgers and Hart rarity

“All alone, all at sea …”

and

“I’m on the ocean,
Guided by just
A lonely heart”

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A Ship Without A Sail - Ella Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Michael C.
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December 7, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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Token 2 Cry Me A River,
by Julie London

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Cry Me A River
YouTube video by Julie London - Topic
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December 7, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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Token 1, Ella Fitzgerald’s superb scat begins The Duke Ellington Songbook in Rockin’ in Rhythm

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Rockin' In Rhythm
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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November 30, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Token 2: Ella Fitzgerald’s incomparable Let’s Face The Music and Dance

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Let's Face The Music And Dance
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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November 23, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Token 1: Don’t Leave Me This Way, The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris

It always got me dancing back in my student days, and still can.

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The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris) [Official Video]
YouTube video by London Records
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November 23, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’.
November 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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Token 2: Runaway, Del Shannon

“I’m a walkin’ in the rain …”

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Del Shannon - Runaway
YouTube video by folkman 123
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October 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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Token 1: This Could Be The Start of Something Big, by Ella Fitzgerald.

“You’re walking along a street …”

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This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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October 19, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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Token 2: Johnny Mathis, Misty (words by Johnny Burke, music by Erroll Garner)

“Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play ….”

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Johnny Mathis - Misty (Audio)
YouTube video by JohnnyMathisVEVO
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September 7, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Token 1: Ella Fitzgerald, live in Rome, These Foolish Things

“A tinkling piano in the next apartment,
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant,
A fairground’s painted swings,
These foolish things remind me of you”

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These Foolish Things (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958)
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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September 7, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Token 2: Ella Fitzgerald sings Blues in the Night

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Blues In The Night
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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August 31, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Token 1: Ella Fitzgerald singing I Got Rhythm from the Gershwin Songbook.

Ira Gershwin said “I never knew how good our songs were, until Ella sang them.”

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I Got Rhythm
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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August 31, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Token 2: It’s A Lovely Day Today by Ella Fitzgerald, a song I nearly always sing on bright sunny day

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It's A Lovely Day Today - Ella Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Paolo Barbato
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August 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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Token 1: Mr Blue Sky by ELO

“Sun is shining in the sky …”

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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (Official Video)
YouTube video by ELOVEVO
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August 24, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Token 2: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger now he’s dead

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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)
YouTube video by Queen Official
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August 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Sorry about the typo, it should be AN arrow
Token 1: How Do You Do What You Do To Me? By Gerry and the Pacemakers

"You give me a feeling in my heart
Like and arrow passing through it
Suppose that you think you’re very smart,
But won’t you tell me how do you do it?”

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Gerry and the Pacemakers - How do you do it (HQ Audio)
YouTube video by Zvezdata66
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August 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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Token 2: Set Fire to the Rain
Adele, live at the Albert Hall

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Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)
Buy/Listen 25: http://smarturl.it/25Album?IQid=yt Buy/Listen 21: http://smarturl.it/Adele21Album?IQid=yt Buy/Listen 19: http://smarturl.it/19Album?IQid=yt ...
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August 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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Token 1: That Old Black Magic
by Ella Fitzgerald, live in Rome

I should stay away
But what can I do?
I hear your name,
And I’m aflame,
Aflame with such a burning desire,
That only a kiss can put out the fire

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That Old Black Magic (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThat Old Black Magic (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958) · Ella FitzgeraldElla In Rome - The Birthday Co...
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August 3, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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Token 1: Sonny Rollins’ iconic The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

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Sonny Rollins "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" (1956)
Track from Sonny Rollins' 1956 album release "Tenor Madness". Penned by Rodgers and Hart. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", a tune from the 1935 musica...
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July 27, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Token 2: Ella Fitzgerald Anything Goes

“The world has gone mad today,
And good’s bad today,
And black’s white today,
And day’s night today…”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqww...
Anything Goes
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupAnything Goes · Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Div...
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July 27, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Token 1: It’s A Lovely Day Today by Ella Fitzgerald, such a happy song it always makes me smile

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It's A Lovely Day Today - Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin SongbookLabel: VerveYear: 1958I do not own this song!
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July 13, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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Token 2: Manic Monday by the Bangles, a song I’m enjoying performing with my friends in our choir.

“Wish it were Sunday,
Cos that’s my fun day,
My I don’t have to run day,
It’s just another manic Monday.”

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The Bangles - Manic Monday (Official Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)
All rights belong to their respective owners. Digitally remastered and AI Full HD 1080 Upscaled. Follow The Bangles: Facebook: https://TheBangles.lnk.to/foll...
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July 13, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Token 1, Ella Fitzgerald’s superb rendition of Blue Skies, from the Irving Berlin songbook

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Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Skies
Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Skies. Late Fifties. This is like Coltrane singing: Ella had a 'horn-like' improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing, ...
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June 29, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Token 2: Ella Fitzgerald live with the Tee Carson trio in Germany, with a striking version of Summertime

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Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968)
Ella Fitzgerald & the Tee Carson trio - Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin).Tee Carson, piano; Keter Betts, bass; Joe Harris, drums.The firs...
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July 6, 2024 at 10:13 AM