A TRIBUTE TO ALAN DALE <br /> Prince Of Baritones <br /> (1925 – 2002) <br /> <br />Long, long, ago, as the story goes, <br />A cherry tree had grown next to an <br />apple tree! <br />And underneath them a boy had met <br />his bride to be! <br />As he looked into her blue eyes, the <br />breeze began to blow, <br />And blossoms fell on their heads gently <br />so! <br />And as he held her tight, the branches of <br />both the trees got intertwined! <br />And ever since then it has been said, <br />On a full moon night, when young lovers <br />meet, <br />Under that Cherry and Apple blossom tree, <br />One can hear Alan Dale the crooner’s voice, <br />singing, “ Cherry pink and apple blossom <br />white”, - <br />Echoing through the moonlight night! <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> 19 Aug 09 <br /> <br />*Alan Dale, the Prince of Baritone of the <br />1950s, became popular for two of his all time <br />hits of 1955; ‘Sweet and Gentle’ and <br />‘Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White’! <br />The last three lines of his famous song, has <br />been modified by me as way of a compliment! <br />Born in Brooklyn, NY, his parents had migrated <br />from Italy. He had featured in TV reality shows & <br />movies with Bill Hailey and his Comets! After a Mafia <br />attack in 1958, his career went gradually on a back <br />slide! But his evergreen song survies! <br />** ALL COPYRIGHTS RESERVED BY RAJ NANDY**<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tribute-to-alan-dale-prince-of-baritone/
