I remember growing up in Corpus Christi Texas watching my favorite news program, KIII TV Channel 3 News with Anchor icon Joe Gazin, Sportscaster Dan McReynolds and Weatherman Tom Nix. These guys all had the coolest 70s hairdo that transitioned right in to the 80s.
I’ll never forget Tom Nix’s “Barney” cartoon character that he would show wearing the appropriate outfit that would best fit the weather for the following day. If “Barney” was wearing shorts, I knew I was wearing shorts.
The most memorable moments on KIII for me was watching the end of the news program where they did this cheesy music video featuring many Corpus Christi residents holding up their index finger in the "we're number one" salute to the slightly altered lyrics “we’re still having fun, and we’re still the one!”
"Still the One" is a song co-written by founding member John Hall, of the 70s band Orleans, and Hall’s wife, Johanna Hall. It was released in 1976.
The lyrics of the song are of a husband describing his feelings for his wife whom he has a long lasting relationship with and all the reasons why she is "Still the One" for whom he has feelings.
John Hall explained that the song came to be written because a friend of theirs was going through a divorce and asked Johanna (Hall's wife and lyricist) to write a song about a married couple staying together. So she did, and she handed John the finished lyric on the back of an envelope and said, 'Do you think you can do anything with this?'
John wrote the music in ten minutes. Now that’s talent!
Another tidbit. Did you know that John Hall is currently the U.S Representative for New York's 19th congressional district, serving from 2007 to 2011? Now you do.
To my wife Vikki! You’re “Still the One” after 19 years!
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