I was working around Casa De Ruby over the weekend and had my television on in the background.  I was amazed to hear the song Rocket Man by the character of Stewie Griffin on the show Family Guy.  Even more amazing to me was that they were doing a parody of a version of the song that was done by William Shatner in the mid 1970′s.  I freely admit that I absolutely LOVE campy music videos.  Unfortunately, the Family Guy version has been removed from YouTube, but let’s take a quick peek at the version done by Shatner -

As I mentioned earlier, I love campy music.  Shatner has done some other musical work.  Two songs – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Mr. Tambourine Man – were chosen by Rhino Records for their collection called Golden Throats.  For you Star Trek fans out there, Golden Throats includes two songs by Shatner’s tag team partner, Mr. Spock, aka Leonard Nimoy.

Well, the end of 2009 is close at hand and I am feeling somewhat nostalgic today.  Whenever I get in one of these moods, I like to dig out this classic song.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages, here is some solid gold from 1959 – Bobby Darin and his Grammy award winning version of Mack The Knife.

I’ve heard other versions by Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, but Darin’s is the definitive version.

Happy New Year and may 2010 be a safe and healthy year for everyone!