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I love this vintage ad for Kraft cheese, with its gloriously awful food styling!
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Added: 27th August 2007
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Posted By: Teresa |
 
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DID WE REALLY LOOK LIKE THAT WHEN WE DANCED??
One of the longest lasting of the teen idols of the early 60's, Bobby Vee got his lucky break when he and and his band the Shadows filled in for the late Buddy Holly at a 1959 Mason City, Iowa, concert a few days after Holly was killed in a plane crash. His 1961 summer release Take Good Care of My Baby went to #1 on the Billboard U.S. He went on to record a string of international hits in the 1960s, including Devil or Angel, Rubber Ball (1961), More Than I Can Say (1961), Run To Him (1961), The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1963), and Come Back When You Grow Up (1967). Bobby Vee currently performs at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri. He performs in the "Original Stars of American Bandstand" show along with Fabian, Chris Montez, Brian Hyland, and the Chiffons. His sons Tommy and Jeff both perform in the show with him. When I look at him now I realize how very young he was at the time.
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Added: 31st October 2007
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Probably my favorite sports story is the day a midget, Eddie Gaedel, batted in a major league game. The date was August 19, 1951. The lacklustre St. Louis Browns were hosting the Detroit Tigers in a Sunday doubleheader. Browns' owner Bill Veeck promised that anyone who bought a ticket would see a memorable sight. He was right. Gaedel, all 3'7" of him, took part in a brewery promotion between games. Gaedel, clad it a batboy's uniform bearing the number 1/8 and carrying a toy bat, made baseball history in the first inning of the second game when he batted for outfielder Frank Saucier. Jim Cain, the Detroit pitcher, nearly doubled over in laughter at the sight of Gaedel and walked him on four pitches--all of them high. Once Gaedel trotted down to first base he was replaced by pinch runner Jim Delsing. Gaedel's picture appeared in virtually every newspaper in North America the next day. That same day American League president Will Harridge banned midgets from baseball. Most of the players involved in the stunt relished their connection to it. Jim Delsing said, 'A lot of guys have hit 50 home runs in a season, but I'm the only guy who ever ran for a midget.'
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Added: 22nd November 2007
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A great classic from 1963. Check out those bathing suits!
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Added: 18th May 2008
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Ann Meyers made sports history in 1979 when she inked a deal with the Indiana Pacers, becoming the first female NBA player. She didn't last long. She was cut before the regular season started. Her signing was widely considered to be a publicity stunt. Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics commented, 'I know Annie, and she's a nice girl, but this is reminiscent of Bill Veeck signing that midget.'
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Added: 13th September 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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This wild program lasted all of 1974, right into 1975, it's narrated by Burgess Meredith as you can see. The beginning reminds me of another series.
Can ya guess?
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Added: 11th July 2009
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Do you remember this top-selling song?
Hard to forget.
This on stage performance is from Burt Sugarman's Midnight Special. Most rock 'n' roll / pop bands of the day played on the late-night Friday show.
As you can hear, this song sounds different live than it does on the successful 45 single. Vocalist Bruce Blackman was known to be an expert in the studio, and with recording the song, Blackman tweaked his vocals masterfully in the studio.
"Moonlight Feels Right" came off as a definite memorable hit that would last for years after. Co-founder Bo Wagner is truly magic hitting the keys on that wild marimba instrument. Hard to imagine the song without the superb solo.
The recorded history behind "Moonlight Feels Right" goes something like this. Sometime during the summer of 1975, a New York based recording company agreed to release the one song upon hearing it. They believed it was a hit. "Moonlight Feels Right" was brought out September of that year, but it never got noticed by disc jockeys and was quickly forgotten about. Original band members went their seperated ways during this time, while guitarist Johnny Walker still accompanied himself with Bo and Bruce.
Then, something good finally happened for the remaining band members. A disc jockey in Birmingham, Alabama picked up the tune on his show, which got a lot of feedback from the stations listeners. Soon afterwards, the revived record got played nationwide and eventually went international. The summer of 1976, "Moonlight feels Right" could be heard almost anywhere a radio played. It was the right song at the time of its re-release.
With this success, Starbuck went on the road touring with newly added musicians. Starbuck opened for Hall & Oates, Boston, KC & the Sunshine Band, Seals & Croft, ELO, from the years 1976 to 1980. Starbuck also appeared on television programs, Merv Griffin, Solid Gold, Dinah Shore, American Bandstand, and The Peter Marshall Show. Another single was released in 1977, "Everybody Be Dancin'" which also went on the record charts.
However, Starbuck's subsequent singles that were released failed to capture the distinctive pop sound of "Moonlight Feels Right."
The band members have mostly remained in Atlanta to this day.
Song composer Blackman is now known for being associated with an on-line retail service, as well as having his own production and publishing corporation.
He has also worked on movie soundtracks, and his daughters career. "Moonlight Feels Right" has since become a staple of nostalgia radio stations.
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Added: 29th July 2009
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Posted By: Electricland |
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In 1973, Jack Palance was given the lead role in Dan Curtis's "Dracula". Curtis was known as being involved with the vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows." Jack Palance disliked the role of Count Dracula, this was once he got his teeth in the well-produced made-for-television film.
Over years, he would be often asked about portraying the vampire, but declined.
This early 70s version of the well-known Halloween tale was not broadcast til four months after the fact from its original October broadcast date. Dracula had been sidetracked by the vice-presidential nomination of Gerald Ford. This was due to the infamous mess that had been created at the time in the White House. The remake was finally shown mid-winter of 1974. For kids, this was one memorable vampire not to be forgotten.*E*
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Added: 1st August 2009
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Posted By: Electricland |
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"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is unmistakably one of the coolest songs ever wrote or recorded from Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher fame. If you listen to the lyrical content you will find it is all about opposing a gun. Nancy is completely recognisable, but sadly she was the most popular in the mid-1960s only. Frank Sinatra's daughter recorded numerous songs that she positively made "all her own." Nancy also appeared in numerous films, eight in total.
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" was released a few times over the years with various singers overseas. This classic Sinatra version was one of two sent on the charts in 1966. The first recorded version was with Sonny Bono's wife, Cher. Recently times, Nancy Sinatra has sort of kept out of the public eye with live performances, this which has been indeed a misfortune for her audiences round the world. Without question, Nancy has always been popular internationally.
Others may argue that she has remained prominent in the nostalgia charts, which may be very true with this haunting Sonny Bono song.
Nancy Sinatra has released new recordings due to her ongoing world-wide popularity in recent years.
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Added: 1st August 2009
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Posted By: Electricland |
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On CBS Saturday mornings, 'The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show' entertained television viewers for one year, beginning in the fall of 1974. It was filmed in Canada and shown across North America. The thirty-minute Saturday program used some of the perfomers from 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' The Hudson Brothers were also known to have had their own evening sixty-minute variety show on the same network that same year. The successful 1960s/70s brotherly group had a number of singles that got them airplay on AM radio. There was an association with Elton John's Bernie Taupin who produced some of their songs that helped. The 1974 summer evening variety show 'The Hudson Brothers Show' on the CBS network was shown for about five weeks only. This Razzle Dazzle theme has got to be one of the longest show introductions ever! In the United Kingdom, the brothers appeared on a variety show in 1978 called 'Bonkers!' The British program was actually aired for a few years in syndication over there. This other variety program was also shown for American audiences for a time.
These 1970s TV programs gave them opportunities 'behind the scenes' years after.*E*
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Added: 6th August 2009
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