STAN FREBERG HERE...Elton John Could Write A Song For You!
Stan Freberg here. Elton John's original manuscript for one of the top-selling songs of all time, "Goodbye, England's Rose", has just sold for 442,000 bucks, pencil scribblings and all. I have an idea... [:60 SPOT BREAK]
Freberg here. Since Elton John just borrowed the original song he'd written for Marilyn Monroe, "Candle In The Wind", and put in new lyrics for Princess Diana--"Goodbye, England's Rose"--maybe we haven't seen the end of Elton's windfall.
Every now and then at some airport shop, I see a newspaper headline, and a sign saying "YOUR NAME IN HERE." Could it be just a question of time before we see "Goodbye, England's Rose" hawked with "Your name or a loved one's in here"?
"Elton John or his staff of lookalikes will change the Marilyn Monroe lyrics still one more time!"
"Goodbye, Pittsburgh's Rose"? "Goodbye, Cleveland's Cornflower"? Just a thought.
Stan Freberg here. Copyright (C)1998, Stan Freberg/Freberg, Ltd. (but not very) Distributed by Dick Brescia Associates and Radio Spirits, Inc.