FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Music From Florida ~ 20 September 2025

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Tunes For Our Troops

~ Music From Florida ~

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Tunes For The Troops
 

 


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Creed ~ One Last Breath	Matchbox Twenty ~ Push
Aaron Tippin ~ Where The Stars & Stripes & the Eagle Fly	Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ What’s Your Name Little Girl
Molly Hatchet ~ Flirtin’ With Disaster	Gloria Estefan ~ Conga
Tom Petty ~ Free Falling	Ray Charles ~ Hit The Road Jack
Allman Brothers ~ Ramblin’ Man	Pitbull ~ Fireball

[PROCON]

IT'S FRIDAY!!

LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH

TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!

LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!

[Fiji Hill]

It's Almost Tomorrow--The Dream Weavers (1955)

This tune, by a group from Gainesville, Fla. was a local hit in Florida in 1955 before breaking out nationally.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Tunes For Our Troops: Music From Florida ~

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[Fiji Hill]

Anita Bryant was an Okie, but for many years, she was the voice of the Florida citrus industry. This is one of my favorite songs of the 1960s.

One of the Lucky Ones--Anita Bryant (1960)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hi, Kathy!

WOW! You’ve outdone yourself with this post! Amazing! Great tune selections. :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

VRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I like it...great tune, Fiji. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

****Liberty Call****

[Fiji Hill]

It Should Have Been Me--Ray Charles (1954)

[Fiji Hill]

Good evening, Kathy!

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s really pretty. I’ve never heard it before.

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy, great music tonight as usual!

[decal]

Not exactly rockin’ but definitely Floridian.

The English composer Frederick Delius was the manager of an orange grove for a while in his early 20s. He wrote this after going back to Europe.

“Florida Suite”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdY-ztFNJI

[Songcraft]

"Tallahassee Lassie" - Freddy Cannon

[Fiji Hill]

This song has been on my personal Top 10--a list of my favorite songs of all time. The vocal refrain is by James Melton of Ocala, Fla.

Blue Is the Night--Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra (1930)

[Songcraft]

"It's A Small World After All"

(Well, somebody had to do it!)     😎

[VanShuyten]

How about some Miami funk? Vicki Sue Robinson, “Turn the Beat Around (1976 Disco Purrfection Version)

https://youtu.be/EywVxrIFQCc

Although I also like Gloria Estefan’s cover.

https://youtu.be/I5TkwJ8C-FY

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Diana...glad you are enjoying.

[decal]

May all the conch shells in Key West, well, I don’t know what, but may they do something humiliating to you ;)