... arrangement soared to stratospheric heights of harmony. They were the most sought after entertainment for weddings, conventions, proms, and country club socials, but they had bigger plans that included a zoom into the big-time entertainment world of Ed Sullivan or the Perry Como Show. But the musical taste of the country was changing and their kind of music didn't jive with the new wave of rock 'n' roll that was sweeping teenage Americans off their feet and into record stores. Well, Forever Plaid landed ...
... . (If nothing else, this allows you to take advantage of the sales. Did you ever think what great gifts you could give to people if they would only wait until December 27?) 8. Play a Christmas album loud enough to embarrass someone. (It doesn't matter which: Perry Como, the Chipmunks, or a concert choir.) 9. You shall visit one shut-in during the season and invite one lonely person into your home. Hospitality is part of the season. There was no room at the inn. Too often we have a mandatory guest list of ...
... of all thoughtful Christian people should begin. We should begin our prayers of thanksgiving by asking God to enable our love for one another to grow more and more. As I prepared this sermon, I had my radio on and the disk jockey played Perry Como’s old recording of "What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love." Never has a more prophetic statement been made in song or sermon. A casual scanning of today’s newspaper reveals continuing tension between the United States and Iran, politicians bickering ...
... blow my eye out. I remember the first Christmas we had a television set. As I remember, the picture was always "snowy"—fuzzy figures in black and white on simple stage sets. Someone who remembers those days with me will remember the performer—it might have been Perry Como—but whoever it was, I remember one of those early TV personalities used to close his show singing a somewhat schmaltzy chorus which still speaks a word of truth. I've tried to research it and the best I can find is that it was a song ...
... he wanted to find the meaning in his life. Love. Love. Love. The Gospel in a word is LOVE. LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL AND MIND. Godly love is not some warm, topsy-turvy, spine-tingling feeling talked about in songs by the likes of Perry Como, Madonna and Ashley Simpson. Godly love is a deep, abiding, life-shaping, everlasting devotion. Do you love the Lord? People who love the Lord, “have no other gods before Him.” If you love God, then God is a priority. Joshua said it well in the Old Testament ...
Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now.
