Since today is food day, I probably should talk about noodles or some such, but Nilsson also does this song, which is about food, so I’m sharing this, instead of noodles.

Makeba — who came to be known as Mama Africa — is no longer with us, but she left a legacy that may never be equaled.

Gypsy Rose Lee was a child performer in the days of vaudeville. She moved from vaudeville to burlesque, where she became famous as a classy stripper; it was said she put the tease in striptease. After the death of her mother — the Stage Mother…