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Marcie Blane sings Bobby's Girl--a hit from October 1962 that was still on the charts in 1963!
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Added: 6th August 2009
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Back there in 1963, the top background vocalist came out onto the radio from Nebraska. Formally known as Jackie Ward, she had the opportunity to record something wonderful. Fact: Wrote by Perry Botkin, Jr and Gil Garfield, both studio production workers. The one 1963 gem was actually suggested to be produced in a much more faster sound'n pace. Why? This was to make the singer sound very youth-like to the youthful buying public. Robin was just 21 at the time, but an experianced singer when she agreed to be the voice behind the memorable moments she experienced. It's great, and it did change her life from then on. She was so good with the singing, the "top-guys"- those behind the scene, they decided to release the gem with herself on it. Originally, this was not suppose to happen. But all liked what they heard. Fact: Robin is actually the name of the singer's daugher.
When it was released on the radio, the gem sold over a million in no time.
Robin was later known to be the best session singer in the industry. How good is best? She has now a huge backlist of work, including working with Streisand, and Sonny and Cher, even Sinatra. An estimate of 800 gems she recorded for movies, commercials, and tele programs. I'd say, that's pretty good. Batman, Maude were a part of her work. And remember those commercials for Rice-a-Roni? The jingles were Robin. Her voice is heard in many television themes too.
Remember The Partridge Family albums? She was heard on the albums, whereas Shirley Jones was lowered to a volume that was very surprising.
A very busy Robin certainly did well for herself, just with entertaining us with her wonderful voice. Robin retired from the session business in the very late 1970s. All in all, she really did something special with herself.
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Added: 13th September 2009
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A great new friend of yours, The Abominable Snowman. Well, I think you're in need of a mascot. I nominate the Abominable Snowman. Do you think not?
Perhaps a bit upset that he has been kinda forgotten about, ever since Marx made it in the early 1960s, 1963 to be exact! This kind of toy would be bought regularly.Did you have one? The popularity of toys like this was high for this time period.
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Added: 26th September 2009
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Canada's first pioneer sports broadcaster was diminutive Foster Hewitt. His first hockey broadcast was an amateur game between Toronto and Kitchener in 1923--which he did from the penalty box. He became the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night In Canada when its radio broadcasts began in 1931. For the next 40 years Hewitt's familiar voice was the most famous in Canada. He regularly began his broadcasts with the phrase, 'Hello, Canada...and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland.' Hewitt smoothly made the transition to television in 1952--and his TV broadcasts were still simulcast on radio until 1963. That year his son Bill took over the TV broadcasts; Foster continued hockey broadcasts on the radio until 1970. Hewitt was lured out of retirement to call the historic Canada-Russia series in 1972. He was given the Order of Canada that same year. Hewitt died in 1985 at the age of 82.
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Added: 7th January 2010
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Skeeter Davis 1963 This song hit the pop Chart #7 2nd after her first hit Its The end of the world
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Added: 9th March 2010
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American postal addresses used to be the essence of simplicity: street address, city, and state. In 1946 numbers were added to the addresses of large cities to designate delivery zones. For example, an address might include 'Minneapolis 16, Minnesota'--meaning the mail was going to delivery zone #16 in that city. By the early 1960s a more general system was needed. On July 1, 1963 non-mandatory five-digit ZIP codes were announced for the whole country. ZIP is an acronym for 'Zone Improvement Plan.' The numerals in the ZIP codes progressively got larger as the addresses moved westward. ZIP codes became mandatory for second-class and third-class mail in 1967. Robert Moon, an employee of the post office, is considered the father of the ZIP code. He submitted his proposal in 1944 while working as a postal inspector. In 1983, large delivery centres had an additional four digits preceded by a hyphen added to their ZIP codes.
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Added: 15th March 2010
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Curious what this is? The cool logo looks the same, but it's a different group, isn't it? Yes and no. You see, there were some changes that had to be placed in order for it to sell.
Debuted in 1964 for two years only, leaving quite the impact on our youths, with quite a bit of unknown history behind it.
But hold on for a minute! Explain! Well, it seems like low-leveled comedy for something that would go on, eventually leaving an impact years after. Did you know it was intended to be a possible cell-toon than what it turned out to become. That does seem unsuitable for what would bring a lot of happiness onto the plugged set. How would've that played out? Totally different, and not long lasting. Does anything like that last?
So, it's from the first month of 1963, unseen for years until recently. Actually, there was another version made in January of '64 with a few perfecting differences. Wanna guess? Easy, eh. It didn't get a "boo" as it was all redone as the 2nd story in the first year with the new changes.
This is a very prominent example to what you would call a "throw back" - a "pitch presentation", but with only about thirteen minutes or so for showcasing. Does this way still exist today? Perhaps?
So as explained, it was redone, just not necessarily the same way, but as something more familiar as what we have come to know. Like something from a childish nightmare.
Example, when it was brought back there were many differences made in the interior of the home. It was requiring more bizarre and old artifacts to give it that shoddy real estate rejection appearance. But still not patterned right, you noticed the big fatherly giant wasn't given any stuffy padding, which made him appear overly thin. As well, in the stomped encounter, he looked curiously odd, considering who he represented from years past in a long string of b&w frights. Later, a few additions were placed that made him more reminiscent.
As well, the young boy was a lot meaner. In the following year, there would be a complete change to the character. He was by no means the happiest kid on the block.
You may notice a strange sheen coming from the their faces, except on Marilyn. This was intended for the spot then.
Did you know that the "normal" Pat appeared from the fourteenth to seventieth story. She really made it look believeable as her dates would distant themselves quick from the gothic house.
Did you know that there was also a Doris Day cutting of sound thrown in from the flick "The Thrill of it All". It just didn't fit. Later, the change-over was so much better for the times with something more beachy. Everything we became accustomed to, eventually it all worked well to a tee.
But, one of the drawbacks towards it was that the spooky Miss Marshall was switched over due to being too close of a resembalance to the other family living in a house then. Recall? What would that be? Too much in common with the other strange household was quickly resolved.
Also, Happy, (is that his real name?) was too much of a pest. He needed to be given new lines.
Unfotunately, the little guy was given the axe.
It was still being repaired as Miss Bev Owen was only in thirteen of the spoofed stories til Pat moved in. Another axe dropped.
Later, from 1988 to 1991, there was an updated version that used most of the original macabresque furniture and other familiar additions from the past version.
By the way, no matter how funny it was, the filmed version from 1966 lacked a sufficient gross to get other series to be made into theatrical films. This included a movie with Don Addams "Smart" character. Ever seen the early eighties feature with him? It had a sexy title. It was made for cinema release, but it looked completely different from previous years.
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Added: 26th June 2010
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Patricia Neal, who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84.
Neal had lung cancer and died at her home in Martha's Vineyard.
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Added: 9th August 2010
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As seen on the cover of a July 1963 Seventeen magazine, a summer sundress with a triangle scarf and a plastic bangle bracelet were de rigueur in the 1960s! Who didn't own dozens of those bracelets in every color of the rainbow?
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Added: 8th October 2010
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