{"id":11111,"date":"2019-12-24T22:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T05:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11111"},"modified":"2019-12-24T22:44:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T05:44:28","slug":"happy-holidays-w-vintage-johnny-flamingo-christmas-psa-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=11111","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays w\/ vintage Johnny Flamingo Christmas PSA song"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s that time of the year again. <\/p>\n

We’re celebrating the holidays – Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Festivus and all the other assorted December festivities as we come to the close of 2019, while preparing ourselves for the new year.<\/p>\n

For many of us, it’s also a special time to remember lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

With all the holiday music being played this time of the year, we thought we’d use this time to share a somewhat obscure holiday song written and sang by Johnny Flamingo<\/strong>, aka Melvin Broxton<\/strong>, a dear friend of LOUIE songwriter Richard Berry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We’re also using this opportunity to share a discovered a previously unreleased photo of Johnny Flamingo taken by our friend Paula Berry-Wiwuga<\/strong>, who actually met Richard via Johnny.<\/p>\n

This song is called “Drive Slow,” which was originally released in December 1963 as a 45 single on the Whirlybird Records \u200elabel.<\/p>\n

It’s also a timeless public service announcement well worth sharing – PLEASE don’t drink and drive!<\/strong><\/p>\n