Colloquies

'Ferdinand''s world' - Ferdinand is a boy like all boys no - that''s nonsense! Every child is different. There are naughty funny crazy wild happy lazy and curious children and very quiet children who do not say much. Follow Ferdinand''s happy whereabouts in the author Ellen Heiberg''s colloquial text and catchy tunes on the CD at the back of the book recorded by a number of obvious singers and musicians. Jarl Egeberg has contributed to it all with beautiful pictures of Ferdinand and his friends. The CD is arranged and produced by Ivan Pedersen.

The Mamas and The Papas' hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin ' was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous. Simon and Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon's jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge - aka Feelin' Groovy - uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis, born Mary Frances Penick, was the survivor of a car crash that killed her singing partner Betty Jack Davis. They had enjoyed some success as The Davis Sisters but The End Of The World was the biggest hit of Skeeter's subsequent solo career. In My Room saw The Beach Boys moving indoors from all that sun and sand and recording one of their most reflective and lovely songs. Meanwhile the British invasion was threatening the pop status quo in America and Can't Buy Me Love , from the film Hard Day's Night, gave The Beatles yet another number one in the US charts. Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits contains these five decade-defining hits, newly arranged for SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano