May 19th..."Happy Birthday Mr. President"

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 117. This time we examine the year 1962 as Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday Mr. President” at a fundraiser for John F. Kennedy

 

 Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

 

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDi4sO7wqMk

https://www.biography.com/news/marilyn-monroe-happy-birthday-mr-president-jfk

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=happy+birthday+mr+president+marilyn+monroe&ia=web

https://www.rd.com/article/marilyn-monroe-happy-birthday-dress/

Marilyn Monroe's confidante reveals full story behind 'Happy Birthday Mr President'

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/03/happy-birthday-mr-president-the-story-of-marilyn-monroe-and-that-dress

https://www.womansday.com/relationships/a60346/true-story-marilyn-monroe-john-f-kennedy-affair/

https://people.com/politics/marilyn-monroe-affair-john-f-kennedy-robert-f-kennedy/

 

Photo: 

https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTYyNDM5NDUyOTA3MTUyNzYx/_marilyn-monroe-singing-happy-birthday-at-the-democratic-rally-for-president-john-f-kennedys-birthday-photo-by-yale-joel_life-magazine_the-life-picture-collection_getty-images.jpg