Name that Tune

Today we had an activity where I played a small clip of older songs that the residents grew up with and had them try and remember the name of the song, or who it was by.

They did a fantastic job and it was amazing to see their faces light up as they heard those old familiar songs. Songs I'm sure had them remembering where they were when they listened to those songs, or how different the world is now.  Some of the songs were difficult for the residents to recall, but one of them suggested I play the best songs from WWII and once I put those on everyone was calling out titles and singing along with the music.

At the end I took requests. One of our residents, Harold, told me that his favorite song was "At Last". It was his girlfriend's favorite song before he went off to serve in the pacific. She listened to it everyday while he was gone, and waited for him to return. When he did, he made her his bride. (so cute, right?!)

I played "At Last" for him only to find out that the version I know, isn't the right version at all. The Etta James version, the only one I knew existed was not the original of that song.

So after some research I found the original. Have a listen and enjoy the beautiful weather outside today.


This one's for Harold.