From the “Be Careful What You Ask For” Department…

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Sorry I’m late. I did everything backwards today: got all my errands ran, then ate lunch. Talk about being discombobulated! In a way, I guess that’s good, given this month’s mischief. This is a request, and it goes to prove that you should be careful of what you ask for. A couple of months ago, @LindaOH asked me for a “boogie” countdown. I guess she assumed everything would be R&B or disco. Um…no. So, what I’ve done this month is split the countdown in half: the even numbered days will be things that I personally think Linda would like. They’ll be in alphabetical order. On the odd-numbered days (I reserve them for myself because I am odd ), we’ll have what I came up with for “boogie” songs. You’ll see an obvious difference. So Linda will have 15 good days this month and 15 days of “eek, that stinks!” And to start it off…gee, I don’t know, the Davis Sisters were “country,” but this has a muted country feel to it…maybe a holiday present. The Davis Sisters were not sisters, just high school friends. They had one massive hit, “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know.” While it was on the charts, Betty Jack Davis was killed in a car wreck in Cincinnati, caused by an Air Force sergeant who told police he’d fallen asleep. Skeeter Davis (nee Mary Frances Penick) survived the wreck and had a long career, including her 1962 crossover hit “The End of the World.” At any rate, here’s their holiday song, “Christmas Boogie.”