[GreenKeys] TTY machine in music

[Charles Ring]

On 3/3/2014 1535, Bill Strangfeld wrote:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essex says Marines at LeJeune, not 
> Navy --
>
> Founding members Walter Vickers (guitar) and Rodney Taylor (drums) 
> were members or the United States Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, 
> Japan.   After being transferred to Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, 
> they enlisted fellow Marines Billy Hill and Rudolph Johnson as group 
> members.  Next they added a female lead singer, Anita Humes, another 
> Marine.
>
> According to 
> http://semperfisabrina.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/easier-said-than-done-anita-humes-and-the-essex-1963-rb-and-the-marine-connection/ 
> it was Essex NJ, not the Essex CV-9
>
> But it's still a song that brings a smile.
>

I thought she was a club singer who the Marines liked and recruited for 
the song.


-- 
*Charles Ring W3NU*
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