Adrian "Addie" Joss (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire nine-year baseball career for the Cleveland Bluebirds/Naps (1902–1910). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.
He was born in the unincorporated community of Woodland in Dodge County, Wisconsin, where his father was a cheesemaker. Joss was a star athlete at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. As a minor league ball player for the Toledo Mud Hens of the Western Association, Joss pitched and won the offseason (and unofficial) 1901 Wisconsin state championship game for Racine against Kenosha, who fielded Major League hurler Rube Waddell as a 'ringer'.
Joss was an immediate success as a rookie with the Cleveland Bluebirds in 1902, compiling a 17–13 record and 2.77 ERA. He continued to improve over the ensuing decade, posting four 20-win seasons and six sub-2.00 ERAs by 1910. He tied for the league lead with 27 victories in 1907, including wins in his first ten starts. His best season was 1908 when he was 24–11 with a 1.16 ERA and nine shutouts.
George Thomas "Tom" Seaver (born November 17, 1944), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage ever recorded (98.84%), and has the only plaque at Cooperstown wearing a New York Mets hat. As of 2010, Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges (played for the Mets in 1962-63) are the only Met players to have their jersey numbers retired by the team (Gil Hodges' number was retired as a manager even though he also played for the Mets).
He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, and three NL Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher. Seaver is the Mets' all-time leader in wins, and is considered by many baseball experts as one of the best starting pitchers in the history of baseball.
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes.
Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 Major League Baseball records during his career. He still holds several records as of 2012, including the highest career batting average (.366 or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with 11 (or 12, depending on source). He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985 (4,189 or 4,191, depending on source), most career runs (2,245 or 2,246 depending on source) until 2001, most career games played (3,035) and at bats (11,429 or 11,434 depending on source) until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases (892) until 1977. He committed 271 errors in his career, the most by any American League outfielder.
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.
Mathewson was born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania and began playing semi-professional baseball when he was 14 years old. He began playing in the minor leagues in 1899 and had a pitching record of 20 wins and two losses. He began an unsuccessful tenure with the New York Giants the next season and was sent back to the minors. Mathewson would eventually return to the Giants and go on to win 373 games in his career, which is a National League record. In the 1905 World Series, Mathewson pitched three shutouts in the Giants victory. Throughout his career, Mathewson would not pitch on Sundays due to his Christian beliefs. The pitcher also played professional football for the Pittsburgh Stars for a short period of time before quitting. Mathewson served in World War I and died in Saranac Lake, New York in 1925.
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox (1939–1942 and 1946–1960). Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. A nineteen-time All-Star, he had a career batting average of .344, with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Williams recorded a hit 34 percent of the time; he reached base an astounding 48 percent of the time.
Williams was the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941). Williams holds the highest career batting average of anyone with 500 or more home runs. His career year was 1941, when he hit .406 with 37 HR, 120 RBI, and 135 runs scored. His .551 on base percentage set a record that stood for 61 years. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper" and, because of his hitting prowess, "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Williams's career was twice interrupted by service as a U.S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber pilot. An avid sport fisherman, he hosted a television program about fishing, and he was inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame.
We ain't a-gonna wash
We ain't a-gonna wash
We ain't a-gonna wash for a week
Oh! my goodness gracious and golly gee!
I never thought you'd get around to kissin' me
But your sweet red lips just kissed my cheek
Now I ain't a-gonna wash for a week, a-no no
I ain't a-gonna wash for a week
I got a kiss from you and it's my lucky day
Soap and water in it gonna wash it away
I'm gonna keep your lipstick on my cheek
And I ain't agonna wash for a week, a-no no
I ain't a-gonna wash for a week
Oh-oh, I don't know when you'll do it again
So I'm gonna savour what I got
Oh I promise you till then
I'm gonna protect that beautiful spot
You can call me cookie, but nevertheless
I ain't a-gonna wash away a single caress
You can tell me what's a little old kiss on the cheek?
But I ain't agonna wash for a week, a-no no
I ain't a-gonna wash for a week
We ain't a-gonna wash
We ain't a-gonna wash
We ain't a-gonna wash for a week
Oh-oh, I don't know when you'll do it again
So I'm gonna savour what I got
Oh I promise you till then
I'm gonna protect that beautiful spot
You can call me cookie, but nevertheless
I ain't a-gonna wash away a single caress
You can tell me what's a little old kiss on the cheek?
But I ain't a-gonna wash for a week, a-no no
I ain't a-gonna wash for a week
We ain't a-gonna wash
We ain't a-gonna wash
My father looked at me one day, said Son, it's plain to see
That you're getting older and should have a talk with me
You'll soon be going on lots of dates as to a man you grow
And theres one important thing every boy should know
And that is Girls, girls, girls were made to love
Girls, girls, girls were made to love
That's why some have eyes of blue
That's why some stand five foot two cause girls, girls, girls were made to love One day soon you'll have a date and you'll take her home that night
Then you'll find you'll wonder Would a kiss be right? The more you look, the more you'll find those doubts will fill your head
But think real hard and you might recall what your old Dad said
He said that Girls, girls, girls were made to love
Girls, girls, girls were made to love
That's why ya watch em walk down the street
That's why their kisses taste awful sweet cause girls, girls, girls were made to love Then you'll meet that special girl who'll sweep your offa your feet
You'll want to say you love her but you'll find it hard to speak
This is a time when you'll find it's better left unsaid
Just tell er like I've told your Mom, with a kiss instead Girls, girls, girls were made to love
Girls, girls, girls were made to love
That's why ya watch em walk down the street
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
Every night when I go to sleep
I just wait for you
Don't need to count sheep
Without a horse, without a gun
You rob my heart and away you run
For you're the bandit, the bandit
The bandit of my dreams
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
How I wish I could hold you near
But you steal a kiss then you disappear
I open my arms and close my eyes
You catch my poor lips by surprise
For you're the bandit, the bandit
The bandit of my dreams
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
One of these nights
I'll capture you and your charms
And sentence you to life imprisonment in my arms
Why don't you just surrender tonight
And give up your love to me without a fight
Why sneak around for goodness sake
Now don't you know I'm yours to take
For you bandit, my bandit
Sweet bandit of my dreams
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
So why don't you just surrender tonight
And give up your love to me without a fight
Why sneak around for goodness sake
Now don't you know I'm yours to take
For you bandit, my bandit
Sweet bandit of my dreams
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
(Da da da da dat boom boom
Bandit of my dreams)
I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door 2: 05
Eddie Hodges
(Aaron Schroeder, Sid Wayne)
Cacence Records Single #1397
Pop Chart #12 June 19, 1961
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
Intro Sounds: knocking on door, ringing on bell, tapping on window
I'm gonna knock on your door
Ring on your bell
Tap on your window, too
If you don't come out tonight, when the moon is bright
I'm gonna knock and ring and tap until you do
I'm gonna knock on your door (how-how)
Call out your name (how-how)
Wake up the town, you'll see (how-how)
I'm gonna hoo-hoot and howl like the lovesick owl
Until you say you're gonna come out with me
Hey little girl (how-how) this ain't no time to sleep
Let's count kisses 'stead of countin' sheep
How (how-how) how can I hold ya near
With you up there and me down here?
I'm gonna knock on your door
Ring on your bell, tap on your window, too
If you don't come out tonight when the moon is bright
I'm gonna knock and ring and tap until you do
(Instrumental and guitar & piano)
Hey little girl (hey little girl)
This ain't no time to sleep (how-how)
Let's count kisses 'stead of countin' sheep (how-how)
How (how-how) how can I hold ya near (how-how)
With you up there and me down here?
I'm gonna knock on your door
Ring on your bell, tap on your window, too
If you don't come out tonight, when the moon is bright
I'm gonna knock and ring and tap until you do
I'm gonna knock and ring and tap
And knock and ring and tap
And knock and ring and tap
And knock and ring until you do.