05/15/13 - NNHS Newsletter - As Time Goes By

“Now is the only time there is. Make your now
wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay.
Your life will have been magnificently lived
and invested, and when you die you will have
made a difference.”

- Mark Victor Hansen

Herman Hupfeld wrote "As Time Goes By" for the 1931 Broadway musical Everybody's Welcome. In the original show, it was sung by Frances Williams. It was recorded that year by several artists, including Rudy Vallee.

The song was re-introduced in 1942 in the film Casablanca, sung by Dooley Wilson accompanied by pianist Elliot Carpenter^[1] and heard throughout the film as a leitmotif.^[2] Wilson was unable to record a single of the song at the time due to a musicians' strike, leading the studio to re-issue Vallee's 1931 recording and giving Vallee a number one hit in 1942.^[3]

The song's famous opening line, "You must remember this...", is actually the start of the song's chorus as it was originally written and performed. Wilson did not sing the preceding verse in Casablanca, however, and most subsequent recordings have followed the film's lead in omitting it, leading to its being virtually unknown to most listeners.

In addition to the American Film Institute including it as number two in their list of the 100 best songs in film,^[4] National Public Radio included it in their NPR 100, the 1999 list of the most important American musical works of the 20th century as compiled by their music editors.^[5]...

ALERT:

    From Peyton Clark ('68) of NC - 05/14/13 - "Watch out for phony email":
 

Hi Carol, I got an email from a classmate of mine claiming to be traveling in the Philippines. It says he was robbed and needs money because the authorities are doing nothing to help. I should send him a return email and he will tell me how to send him money. I know this is a scam, but it got through my spam filter because the scammer is using the real email address of my classmate. I thought it might be good to advise the NNHS community just in case others from 1968 or other classes are getting these too. The authorities advise that if you think it might be legitimate, you can always call the person to see if he's really out of the country. An email in this case would not be secure, because that's what the scammer wants. Of course, this time the joke's on the scammer, because as the saying goes, I'm so broke I can't even pay attention. Peyton    YOWZERS! Thanks for the heads-up, Peyton!

NEWS FLASH:

          From My #6 Son, Dale Harty, (Hillsboro HS, IL / American School, IL - '02) of MA - 05/14/13:

Diana's (Lyons Harty - Portsmouth HS, NH / Eastlake HS, CA - '05) of MA) actually, really most sincerely in labor this time! Woohoo! Sometime this week there will totally be a new baby Harty.    SUPER-DE-DUPER!  Hey, wait a minute! That little baby girl was "posta" stay put until June 1! Oh, well...    "Nevermind!"    Thank you, Dale! Love and kisses to all!