What a song -- what a gathering of people who gave us this song to sing. And today, again, like last year, and the year before and now -- right this minute -- this is a song that expresses what many of us feel.
What a day when this legendary song by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie was recorded. I always wanted to be in the back row singing along jubilently with the rest of the chorus. Produced by the great Quincy Jones it is a treasure to so many people. I still believe each of us can make a difference, however small it may seem, by being kind and compassionate, helping one another, even when it's just one person at a time. I'm reminded of the boy scout who carried the little old lady's groceries as he helped her cross a busy street. Just one person helping another person.
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HOW I GOT HERE
I'm a writer, writing things that haven't brought me fame, but continue to involve me, inspire me to find an audience.
I started out as a modern dancer, contemporary, but balletic. I didn't want to be a swan, or a barefoot dancer. I wanted to dance to the music that thrilled me as a child, and made me want to be a dancer.
I began writing in the truck my first husband, Mark Ryder and I bought, in order to carry our set, props, and costumes for a long one-night-stands tour -- eighty-eighty performances in eighty-eight cities.
We were performing "Romeo and Juliet" nightly, but our marriage was breaking up. Every day while our stage manager drove us two-hundred miles or so to the next booking, I'd type a detailed description of last night -- what we did well, what we argued about, and a travelogue about the town, and comments from the people at the nightly party.
Recovering from the trip and the divorce, I sent my "car book" to a friend who said -- "Em, it's great, but ..." And that became rewrites, and another book. Then, my marriage to actor John Cullum, and then a play that got produced, and another book, big hopes because a famous agent loved it. The title and concept changed five times -- now it's been published, finally, as "Somebody, Woman of the Century." You can buy it, or read about it and my other five novels on Emily Frankel.com
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What a day when this legendary song by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie was recorded. I always wanted to be in the back row singing along jubilently with the rest of the chorus. Produced by the great Quincy Jones it is a treasure to so many people. I still believe each of us can make a difference, however small it may seem, by being kind and compassionate, helping one another, even when it's just one person at a time. I'm reminded of the boy scout who carried the little old lady's groceries as he helped her cross a busy street. Just one person helping another person.
Wishing you two a healthy Happy Prosperous 2018. Yep Michael was a talented one for sure. And I never did believe all the horrible things about him xx
I remember when this song came out ... 1985 my last year of High School & my first year of College ... Ahhh the memories!
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