#OnThisDay in 1936, #JackKeller, American songwriter, and record producer ("Run To Him"; "Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart"; theme to Bewitched), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2005).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️

somebody in the past day or 2 either posted or boosted with this link about chocolate and I opened it in a new tab and just got around to reading it. If it was you or you know who it was, please comment and I'll boost their post. But I just wanted to say that it reminded me of a "Cherry Chocolate Sweet Mead" recipe from Jack Keller that I made once that was one of the best wines I ever made.

In his recipe, he mentioned to rack the wine several times and then after bottling let it age about 12 months. I think it was about 2 years total from starting the process until recommended drinking time. I made a 1 gallon batch which is about 5 bottles of wine. I tried 4 of them at different times before the required aging time. Every one was bitter and terrible. Then the 5th bottle was opened about a month after the 2 year mark. It was so sweet and great that I felt so stupid for not listening about waiting.

Anyway, here's the link I mentioned: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chocolate-flavor-microbes-ferment-cocoa

and as for Jack Keller's recipes for mead, they are somewhere out there in winemaking forums. Unfortunately Jack passed away in 2020 and his website is no longer active. Some people were able to find and backup some of his recipes. If you're interested in winemaking/mead and experimenting with different things, then I recommend looking him up and trying out some of them. His site was definitely a go-to for me when I was heavy into it back around 2006-2011. I probably made 8-10 of his recipes and most turned out really well.


here is a pdf with many of his recipes: https://swguildpa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jack-Keller-Complete-Requested-Recipes-Collection.pdf

#wine #winemaking #mead #jackkeller #chocolate

"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by #JackKeller and #HowardGreenfield that was a No. 1 hit for #ConnieFrancis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", was the first German single recorded and released by Connie Francis, and it reached No. 1 on the single chart in 1960 in West Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5imvoRZ7E

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#HowardGreenfield #JackKeller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_X5uzUPEgY

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song written by #JackKeller and #DianeHildebrand that was a hit single for #BobbySherman in 1970. The song was first released by #MamaCassElliot on July 5, 1969, on her album #BubblegumLemonadeAndSomethingForMama. Bobby Sherman's version was released as a single in January 1970, and appeared on the album Here Comes Bobby, which was released in March of the same year. Sherman's version spent 14 weeks on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqty94GA9-g

"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" is a song written by #HowardGreenfield and #JackKeller which was a No. 1 hit for #ConnieFrancis in 1960.
https://youtu.be/Gf7oOugV4EE

"Venus in Blue Jeans" is a 1962 song written by #HowardGreenfield and #JackKeller. It was recorded that year by #JimmyClanton and reached No. 7 on the #BillboardCharts, and No. 5 on the #CHUMChart in Canada. The song was also recorded that year by #MarkWynter who released the song in the UK where it reached No. 4.
https://youtu.be/_13davmxPb4

"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by #JackKeller and #HowardGreenfield that was a No. 1 hit for #ConnieFrancis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", was the first German single recorded and released by Connie Francis, and it reached No. 1 on the single chart in 1960 in West Germany.
https://youtu.be/ECOthzFvUXY