Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
BONUS - Butterfly - Mariah Carey |
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_%28Mariah_Carey_song%29:
"Butterfly" is a song written and produced by American singer
Mariah
Carey and
Walter Afanasieff for Carey's seventh album,
Butterfly (1997). It is a ballad combining elements of
pop and
gospel,
but Carey had originally conceived it as a
house
record with
David
Morales titled "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)". After realizing how personal
the lyrics were and how they could be applied to Butterfly, she wrote
"Butterfly" with Afanasieff.[1]
On the song's lyrics, Carey comments "It was '97 and I was leaving my marriage
[to Tommy Mottola] which encompassed my life. I was writing the song 'Butterfly'
wishing that that's what he would say to me."[2] It was released as the album's second single in 1997. It did not appear on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart because it was not issued as a commercial single in the United States; Billboard magazine rules at the time stipulated that a commercial release was required for a song to enter the Hot 100. It was a moderate success on charts that airplay-only singles were allowed to enter, such as the Rhythmic Airplay Chart, Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and Top 40 Mainstream charts, and it reached number 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart. "Butterfly" was not a substantial hit outside the U.S.: it reached number 22 in the UK after 5 years of 12 consecutive Top-10 singles and number 27 in Australia, failing to match the success of "Honey", the album's first single. In France and Germany the single did not reach the top forty. "Butterfly" was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which it lost to Sarah McLachlan's "Building a Mystery". In honor of Mariah's 20th Anniversary in music, "Butterfly" was chosen as her #1 song by fans. |
THIS WEEK'S
BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today to
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Happy
Birthday tomorrow to
Happy Birthday this week to:
05 - George Pipkin ('57)
AND
06 - Nancy McCormick Nicholson ('57)
AND
07 - Ellen Anas Smith ('57)
AND
08 -
09 - Norma Wilson Mitchell ('57)
AND
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
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100 YEARS AGO TODAY:
October 03, 1919 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque became the first Latin player to appear in a World Series. |
THIS DAY IN WWII:
October 03,
1941 - Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and
they "would never rise again." October 03, 1942 - Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It was the first man-made object to reach space.
October 03, 1942 - The Office of Economic Stabilization
was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also
authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries and farm prices.
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THIS DAY IN 1969:
October 03, 1969 - Rower and sportscaster
Garry Herbert was born Garry Gerard Paul Herbert in
Lewisham,
Greater London,
England. October 03, 1969 - Singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer Gwen Stefani was born Gwen Renée Stefani in Fullerton, California. October 03, 1969 - Singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer Tetsuya (テツヤ) was born in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. October 03, 1968 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Skip James (b. Nehemiah Curtis James on 09 June1902 in Bentonia, Mississippi) died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 67. |
From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 10/02/15:
“One place where we
best seek to be filled with light and truth is in our own homes…Families
are the Lord’s workshop on earth.”
-
Cheryl A. Esplin |
Thanks so
much, Susan!
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Thank
you, Joan!
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From My Cousin, Cheryl White Wilson
(James Blair HS / John Marshall HS - '64) of VA - 10/01/18:
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LOVELY!
Thank you, Cheryl!
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From Alice Menin Daniels ('62) of Northern VA -
10/02/18:
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“Love is an award you win by losing—or giving it away. Trophies collect
dust, but love is the ultimate prize.” - Jarod Kintz(b. 05 Mar 1982) |
From www.ajokeaday.com - 10/02/18:
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Butterfly Written by Mariah Carey (b. 27 Mar 1970), Walter Afanasieff (b. 10 Feb 1958), and Dan Shea
Recorded by Mariah Carey
(b. 27 Mar 1970), 1997
"Butterfly" midi courtesy of
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Animated Red Flames courtesy of
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John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05 (replaced 02/23/09) Animated
Laughing Kitty courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 10/08/07 Jeffrey Holman's Image "A Drop in the Bucket" courtesy of https://tearsfromalonelygod.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-drop-in-the-bucket/ - 05/23/16 |