{"id":6338,"date":"2024-05-30T23:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6338"},"modified":"2025-02-05T21:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:04:26","slug":"margret-ann-peterson-the-most-happy-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6338","title":{"rendered":"MARGARET ANN PETERSON & THE MOST HAPPY SOUND"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I really struggle to write this blahg.\"Scott<\/a>\u00a0 I was hoping all month long that I’d find something that would inspire me.\u00a0 Hasn’t happened yet…well at least not much.\u00a0 I have continued to purchase more Warner Archive movies and I know I have to add those to a pile of movies I have to review.\u00a0 I just haven’t been motivated to do that yet.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The only real accomplishment this past month is that I’ve started editing my first novel “False Ducks” which I wrote about 25 years ago.\u00a0 I’m not looking to publish it for the public but I’m going to use Amazon to have one paperback copy for myself.\u00a0 It’s been a little difficult editing the book because some of the humour in it\u00a0 is no longer relevant or appropriate.\u00a0 I like to think I’ve grown since then and so I’ve tried to adjust it today’s market even though it’s just going to be for me.\u00a0 You can learn more about the book at http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/false\/<\/a> and can read samples at http:\/\/www.falseducks.com\/false\/falsies.html<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s funny that I wrote the book when I was at home with my son Noah from 1994-1998 and yet my daughter Abbie born in 1998, is the one that did a mock up cover for me a number of years later.\u00a0 Here’s what it looks like:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I think I’m going to keep it as the actual cover because it’s an unfinished piece of work and “False Ducks” is an unpublished piece of work…but it’s funny.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 When I started avoiding topics for this blahg, not once was I inspired by a previous blahg other than those movie reviews, HAVE YOU WATCHED ANY GOOD MOVIES LATELY?<\/a> and SCOTT, YOUR CORDIAL MOVIE REVIEWER<\/a>, which I mean to get back to.\u00a0 No, it wasn’t until last night that I finally found some true inspirations and it hearkens back to my very first blahg, THE BLAHG & THE MOST HAPPY SOUND<\/a> which I published in November of 2011.\u00a0 It was an introduction to my new blahg and a write up on the band, “Margaret Ann & the Ja-Da Quartet” and their one and only full length LP.\u00a0 Here’s what the cover looks like:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here’s what I said about this group in my first blahg:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The group consists of Margaret Ann Peterson, her brother Jim on tenor Banjo, Gordon Ellinger on drums, and Don Royer on piano.<\/strong> Margaret was the youngest at 19 and the oldest was Gordon at 23.<\/strong> They all hailed from Greeley, Colorado, did some shows in Florida and New York and eventually appeared on Arthur Godfrey\u2019s Talent Scout program.<\/strong> They also appeared on the Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (April 16, 1959), the Perry Como TV Show (February 21, 1959 & March 9, 1960) and the Garry Moore Show (April 7, 1959).<\/strong> I have yet to find any video of them when they were still the Ja-Da Quartet but\u2026ah I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n

As I listened closely I immediately recognized the voice of Margaret Ann!<\/strong> If you\u2019re a fan of the Andy Griffith Show then you will recognize Margaret Ann playing the character of Charlene Darling, the golden voice of that mountain clan The Darlings.<\/strong> Only then, she was being billed as Maggie Peterson.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Last night Margaret Ann Peterson became my inspiration for this blahg.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Let me explain a minute, how I got here.\u00a0 I have always been a fan of the aforementioned “Andy Griffith Show.”\u00a0 There was a spin-off series called “Mayberry R.F.D.” that had a single season release in 2018:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I had, for several years since that release lamented the fact that the other seasons had not been released.\u00a0 Last month I discovered that a Complete Series set was issued in June of last year:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s a great series featuring support cast members like Aunt Bea, Goober Pyle, Howard Sprague, and Emmett Clark from the original “Andy Griffith Show” series along with Ken Berry as Sam Jones who holds it all together.\u00a0 Andy Griffith also makes a couple of appearances.\u00a0 It’s nice to see these characters continuing in some wholesome stories.\u00a0 Well, now I’m in the third season and there was an episode last night where Margaret Ann Peterson guest-starred as “Edna” who worked at the diner.\u00a0 I was happy to see her again in Mayberry and I immediately had to look her up and see what she’s been up to.\u00a0 Sad news, she died in 2022.\u00a0 I had started my blahg series wih Margaret Ann and I felt I had to come back to her.\u00a0 This blahg will be a bit of a tribute to her.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Let’s start with the music.\u00a0 In fact, I think I just want to focus on her music.\u00a0 She didn’t do much acting but her singing on “The Most Happy Sound” and as Charlene Darling on “The Andy Griffith Show” was exceptional.\u00a0 In my first blahg, I posted a couple of YouTube videos which were songs from the album.\u00a0 When I reviewed that blahg, I noticed the YouTube links are no longer active.\u00a0 The two songs were “CRAZY WORDS” and \u201cMY CUTEY\u2019S DUE AT TWO TO TWO TODAY.\u201d\u00a0 Here they are uploaded for your listening pleasure\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“CRAZY WORDS”<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\nhttp:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/audiofiles\/CrazyWordsMA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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\u201cMY CUTEY\u2019S DUE AT TWO TO TWO TODAY\u201d\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong><\/h3>\nhttp:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/audiofiles\/TwototwoMP.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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A couple of other YouTube links highlighting Margaret Ann’s singing on “The Andy Griffith Show” are still active in that blahg so I’ll present them again.\u00a0 Here are “Salty Dog” and “There Is A Time”:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n