The excellent actress and singer who portrayed Dorothy in the remake of "The Wizard of Oz" and starred in the 1954 version of "A Star is Born" died of a drug overdose at the age of 47.
Elizabeth Montgomery is the daughter of Robert Montgomery but has gone on to achieve success in show business in her own right. She is the star of Screen Gems' top-rated "Bewitched" comedy series. In "Bewitched", Elizabeth plays the role of Samantha, a young witch who has magical powers which constantly amaze her mortal husband, Darrin. In this role, Elizabeth has been nominated for a TV Emmy five times. Elizabeth was born in Los Angeles on April 15. She attended Westlake School for ...
Comedian, philosopher, actor, Mr. Conductor. Had the first HBO Special which contained a warning about offensive language. Had the list of the seven words you can't say on television. Keep stickin' it to 'em, George.
"Let's Stay Together" and "I'm So in Love With You" are among his hits. May he have many more (birthdays and hits). I saw him on the Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame broadcast several years ago. In the same segment were also Teddy Pendergrass, Chuck Jackson, Ben E. King and Brian McKnight. It was Al who brought down the house. Green started singing professionally at age 9, when he and his brothers formed a gospel quartet, the Greene Brothers, in their hometown of Forest City, Arkansas. (Gre...
Cheetah, the chimpanzee which co-starred in many Tarzan movies of the thirties and forties celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday with sugar-free cake. Because he has diabetes.
Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today, hey Father, father, we don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today, oh Picket lines - sister - and picket signs - sister Don't punish me - sister - with brutality - sister Talk to me - sister - so you ...
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A line from the body of terpfan's new article here Link "consumers seem determined to move less" started me thinking: (I hate that. lol) Ever since the fifties, we've been hearing how "labor saving devices" would make our lives easier. "You won't have to work so hard. Machines will do it for you." The dream of fully automated/computerized homes (which are starting to become a reality), cars that drive themselves, etc have had a lot of people thinking, "Won't that be great?" Now a lot of...
Born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in London in 1939, The White Lady of Soul was immersed in the arts from a young age. Her father loved classical music and jazz, beating out rhythms on the back of her hand, encouraging the young Dusty to guess the musical piece. She was surrounded with jazz and blues and Dusty was bought up listening to a wide range of music. Gershwin, Rogers and Hart, Rogers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller, among others...
Who doesn't love Peanuts ? "You blockhead!" "Good grief." "Stupid beagle." I remember Sherman, Violet and Patty. (Not Peppermint Patty). I don't include Pig Pen because he appeared a lot more recently than the other three. I remember when they were drawn differently. They looked younger. Snoopy's imitation of a vulture. Of course the World War I flying ace vs. the Red Baron. Woodstock. Snoopy stealing Linus' blanket and Linus going cold turkey. Lucy pulling the ...
Here are three examples: This is what really gets me about the first one. Millsap also stated that not all the dogs died instantly, one of the dogs ran a short distance after being shot and another dog's head was stomped on, by Millsap, when it didn't die. Link The second one is the worst. Link In the third one, which happened not far from where I live, the cops pulled over a car in a case of mistaken identity. The dog was wagging its tail. The PIG claimed it was act...
Sometimes you have to look behind the scenes to find the true facts. Sometimes it takes a scan of the credits to get past the bright, stra-time glare of the marquee lights shinning on the performers in order to discover the unsung heroes who played equally pivotal roles in creating the music. Sometimes even that does not help, particularly in the world of early blues when floating pools of session players often anonymously gave each label's artists an identifiying sonic stamp and the accurac...
ALAN FREED, the disc jockey credited with naming rock & roll, was born Albert James Freed on December 15, 1921, near Johnstown, PA. In 1933 the Freed family moved to Salem, Ohio. In high school Freed formed a band known as the Sultans of Swing, in which he played trombone. In 1942 Freed landed his first broadcasting job, at WKST (New Castle, PA). He took a sportscasting position at WKBN (Youngstown, OH) the following year. In 1945 he moved to WAKR (Akron, OH) and became a local favorit...
The great soul singer died of a heart attack at age 64. Hits such as In the Midnight Hour & Land of 1,000 Dances. With so many great musicians and singers dying, who's going to prevent crap like rap from taking over?
Dec. 9, 1934 - Jan. 15, 1998 If the harmonica is to blues what the saxaphone is to jazz, then Junior Wells is a post-bebop legend and one of the better players of the blues. He was along with James Cotton the last of a generation that grew out of Chicago in the late 40s and early 50s, when the blues scene featured such notables as John Lee Williamson and Rice Miller, Little Walter and Walter Horton. Junior was 19 years old when he replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters' band in 1952. Wells ...