119: Pop, Protests. and a Playground: Never Stop Singing

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Denise Lewis Patrick, you’ve done it again! In the second Melody book, our main girl takes on a number of new challenges. In addition to becoming a backup singer, Melody has decided to renovate a community park and participate in a boycott. We follow Melody and her family through the summer of 1964 and consider how her story sheds new light on a key moment in American history. We also learn that this backup vocalist has amazing main-character energy.

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0:00.0	So, I'm going to tell you a short list of things and I want you to tell me what you think they all have in common.
0:06.0	Okay, I got it. Listening.
0:08.0	Melody Ellison.
0:10.0	The USS Nautilus.
0:12.0	Joe Jamageo.
0:14.0	Tina Knowles.
0:15.0	Oprah Winfrey.
0:16.0	And Marilyn Monroe.
0:18.0	Like, what would you suspect that these people have in common?
0:22.0	They've all appeared in a Billie Jean song.
0:25.0	We didn't start the fire.
0:26.0	That's a very good guess.
0:28.0	What would it help you to know that Melody is a capricorn?
0:32.0	Whoa, they all have the same birthday.
0:34.0	They all either have the same birthday or celebrated a huge life event in January 1954.
0:40.0	USS Nautilus is launched.
0:42.0	Joe Jamageo.
0:43.0	Wedz, Marilyn Monroe.
0:45.0	Tina Knowles is born in Texas.
0:47.0	She's born three days after Melody, which I think is not a coincidence.
0:52.0	Oprah's two years later.
0:53.0	I love that.
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