Saturday 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: Paper Doll (1943)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) The song is about a fellow who is exasperated by men flirting with his girl. Do you have a jealous streak?
Oh sure.

2) He's blue after a quarrel with Sue. Did you exchange harsh words with anyone recently?
No,

3) "Paper Doll" was #1 for 12 weeks in 1943-44, sold 11 million copies and remains one of the best-selling singles of all time. Had you heard it before today?
Yes.  My father had a huge collection of records of the 30s and 40s and this is a very familiar recording.

4) As kids, the Mills Brothers worked on their harmonies in front of their father's Piqua, OH, barbershop, much to the delight of passers by. Do you often encounter street musicians in your neighborhood?
The only musicians in my neighborhood are my son and his friends.  Actually there are probably street musicians somewhere in town, but mostly you hear them at the park

5) The Mills Brothers were a long way from that street corner when, in 1936, they became the first African Americans to perform for the British Royal Family. It's about 4,000 miles from Piqua to London. What's the farthest you've ever been from home?
About 9,250 miles to Perth, Australia

6) In the early 1930s, the Mills Brothers not only performed songs on radio, they sang jingles for Standard Oil and Crisco. What commercial can you recall having seen (or heard) lately?
The Jardiance commercial.

7) In 1943, when "Paper Doll" was popular, WWII was raging and the US Mint began producing steel pennies because copper was needed for ammunition. Do you have any pennies in your pocket or wallet right now? 
No.

8) Also in 1943, a bottle of Coke was a nickel. When did you most recently have a soft drink? What was it?
I can't remember.  I almost never drink soft drinks, but when I do it's diet Coke.

9) Random question: Have you learned more from your successes, or your failures?
Definitely the failures!

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

I decorated this today.
I think it's so cool.

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