Does anyone remember if the folksinger Burl Ives ever sang a couple of songs at an ACS school assembly, sometime between 1960-61?
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Saigon Kid John Turner Wants To Know …Does anyone remember if the folksinger Burl Ives ever sang a couple of songs at an ACS school assembly, sometime between 1960-61? 5 comments to Saigon Kid John Turner Wants To Know …Leave a Reply to Admin Cancel reply |
John – Did we have assemblies at ACS? I don’t remember any, myself, while I was there 1959 to 1961. Of course the Ba Muoi Ba may have caused memory problems for me – LOL – or, I may have been distracted by French girls at the Cercle Sportif too – LOL – 🙂
Bob
I remember there were assemblies. I wasn’t under the influence of Ba Muoi Bas, but I don’t remember much of what they were about. I know there were a few times that different classes had to put on skits or sing (to the horror of us all). Sandy
Do not remember any U.S, singers that came to ACS, John. Those were my years also.
I wonder about Ives coming to Saigon in 1961. He had just released “The Versatile Burl Ives!” in 1961, and his hit “A Little Bitty Tear” became one of Ives’ highest-charting hits in February 1962.
I remember that Raymond Burr came to Saigon, The picture was in the Ghecko yearbook. I think he was visiting injured troops in the area in January 1964. When I looked up his scheduled tours of military bases, I discovered that he visited troops in Japan, Korea, Philippines, etc, but I wasn’t able to find a formal date when he was in Viet Nam.
From available information on the Internet, tour dates, performance dates, etc., there is nothing indicating Burl Ives ever visited Viet-nam.
Bob