Friday, January 4, 2013

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

No, don't panic! My post today is not going to find me going on and on and on about my 'love' of The Buckinghams (not really, at all). Remember them? "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", "Kind of a Drag", Hey Baby( They're Playing Our Song)", "Don't You Care", "Susan". These are just a few of their hits. What am I doing? I said it would not be about these guys from Chicago. Now, here's the true story. Mercy Hospital is where yours truly took his first breaths. I actually still have a plaque around someplace with my itty bitty footprints embedded at the top, along with a picture of the hospital. 
In fact, I do believe the Press Herald's big headline that July day was BIRDMAN LIVES!
Mercy!
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17 comments:

  1. LowellJanuary 4, 2013 at 6:45 AM

    That's where you were born, heh? It's quite amazing that a building that old is still standing! Heh, heh!

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  2. Yogi♪♪♪January 4, 2013 at 7:05 AM

    I'm sure its a major tourist destination.

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  3. Tanya BreeseJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    haha "birdman lives" :D

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  4. ButchJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:33 AM

    Funny...thought is was an asylum at first???? Glad you made it into this world.

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  5. brattcatJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:35 AM

    now i'll be humming buckingham music all day. today isn't your birthday, is it?

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  6. Lori SkoogJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    I know all of those songs! Sounds like you are tuned in to music. Nice shot.

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  7. TexWisGirlJanuary 4, 2013 at 10:58 AM

    ha ha!

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  8. SharonJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Such humble beginnings for such a famous man!

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  9. Leslie D.January 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    A tantalizing glimpse into the origins of Mr. Mystery!

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  10. Folkways Note BookJanuary 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM

    And after a long life has become a photo journalist of the highest rank. At least that is what you said, off the record, to your local newspaper. -- barbara

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  11. RedPatJanuary 4, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    No plaque at the hospital?! Congrats on your 4 years, Birdman.

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  12. JackJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:55 PM

    That merits a plaque. The National Register of Hysteric Places.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    Just think, it could have been Kind of a Drag.

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  14. Library JewelJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:57 PM

    I drove my kids by the hospital where I was born recently, but no song has come to mind! It is always comforting to reminisce.

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  15. Bob CroweJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:46 PM

    I didn't know they were from Chicago. Maybe they were named after the fountain.

    The hospital where I was born, around 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, was torn down long ago. There's a high rise apartment building there now.

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  16. RandyJanuary 4, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    Nice shot. Hospitals used to look so stately.

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  17. PerthDailyPhotoJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Hahaha!

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