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Re: long title
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.38.28
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2000, at 16:44:35
In Reply To: Re: long title posted by Dave G. on Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at 09:58:27:

> > > What's the longest song title?
> > > I'll vote for "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?" It was sung by Fred Astaire and Jane Powell in the movie "Royal Wedding."
> > >
> > > In the country field, I vote for "I've Got Tears in My Ears from Lying On My Back in My Bed While I Cry Over You."
> > >
> > > I wonder what's the longest movie title?
> > > Book title?
> > > Howard
> >
> > Lest us not forget Pink Floyd's "Several Species Of Small, Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict", or something very close to that.
> >
> > Would the longest movie title be "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain"? (Or something very close to that.) -No, I didn't see it.
> >
> > Jeff
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> I believe that the longest song title is "I'm A Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank On The Streets Of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beato Beato Flat On My Seato Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943.
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> Dave G.

And I thought I knew everything Hoagy wrote!
It's hard to believe that could come from the same brain that wrote "Stardust." But then he wrote "Buttermilk Skies," too.
Howard