Not at all coincidentally, the JUDY section of this puzzle was by far the hardest section of this otherwise easy puzzle. All the other songs in this puzzle are familiar to me. John Fred & His Playboy Band!?!?! This is literally the first I am hearing of that band's name (I actually know the song, as I listened almost exclusively to oldies stations when I was in high school). I had the IN DISGUISE part and could remember only Elvis's "DEVIL IN DISGUISE," which obviously wouldn't fit. Well you can't deny that " JUDY IN DISGUISE" was a "hit" in its day, as it went to #1, but wow, has any #1 song sunk so far, so completely out of public consciousness as that 55-year-old song. I've gotten so many different kinds of feedback: short notes, long stories, occasional scoldings- what's clear is how much you all care, and how much you value not just crosswords but *community,* especially in These Challenging Times™. It takes a lot of time and effort to maintain this blog, and all forms of support, financial and moral, are deeply, genuinely validating. When I tell you your support means a lot to me, that's not just a perfunctory platitude. Your letters and cards and messages this week have been nothing short of energizing. Maybe the blog is educational, hopefully it's entertaining. It was stunning to me that anyone showed up to listen, and it remains stunning that there are so many people who share my irrationally emotional attachment to the act of putting letters in boxes every day. I'm truly just some guy with a laptop and free blogging software who started yelling about crossword puzzles one day in 2006 and then, well, just never shut up. I'm not an objective explainer of things. I love that you all are able to see past my political outspokenness and personal idiosyncrasies and (I'm told) occasional "grouchiness" because you recognize that at the heart of this whole blogging endeavor is a sincere love for crosswords and the wide, weird world of people who solve them. I'm genuinely thrilled to be a part of so many people's regular solving routines. I'm proud of having made it 15 years, and (brain willing) I'm looking forward to 15 more. It has been a real joy hearing from so many of you this week. *** HELLO, READERS AND FELLOW SOLVERS IN SYNDICATIONLAND!***- Today is the last day of my annual one-week appeal for financial support. (Fred thought the lyrics were "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" when he first heard that song.) // The other members of the Playboy Band did not like the unusual slow abrupt ending with Fred intoning the final line, "I guess I'll just take your glasses." (wikipedia) Its title is a play on, and a mondegreen of, the Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ". The song features strings, brass, a sitar, piano, bass, guitar, drums, breathing sounds, and dissonant string sounds. The song was jointly written and composed by Fred and bandmate Andrew Bernard. " Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) " is a song that was a hit for the Louisiana -based John Fred & His Playboy Band in late 1967. Word of the Day: "JUDY IN DISGUISE" ( 93A).
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