OldiesCountry» phil everly http://oldiescountry.com Fifties-era Culture and Beyond, Then and Now - Time Travel Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 RAY STEVENS – Entertainer Extraordinaire New Website – Great Music, Comedy http://oldiescountry.com/ray-stevens-entertainer-extraordinaire-new-website-great-music-comedy/ http://oldiescountry.com/ray-stevens-entertainer-extraordinaire-new-website-great-music-comedy/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:08:57 +0000 admin http://oldiescountry.com/?p=210 Oldies Country>oldiesfifties,nostalgia,deals
ML code: See and hear one of the great entertainers from the 50s and 60s, still going strong – Ray Stevens, renassiance man. He sings great – all styles from rock and roll to country: Remember Ahab the Arab, Guitarzan, Everything is Beautiful? There are lots more than that. It’s a mix of comedy, [...]
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See and hear one of the great entertainers from the 50s and 60s, still going strong – Ray Stevens, renassiance man. He sings great – all styles from rock and roll to country: Remember Ahab the Arab, Guitarzan, Everything is Beautiful? There are lots more than that. It’s a mix of comedy, novelty and great rock and roll and country with a little pollitical humor thrown in. Ray is a unique genius talent ENTERTAINER EXTRARDINAIRE, unlke anyone else you have ever seen.So come along, for lless than $5 a month
click above banner to join the fun. In Episode 1 See buddy Phil Everly in a skit where Phil plays Ray’s manager


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Play Unchained Melody -Roy Orbison By: Roger Friedman //   Saturday January 30, 2010 The great Roy Orbison finally got his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Friday. It was about time! Thanks to the persistence of his widow, the intrepid and beautiful Barbara, Orbison has lived on well after his death at age [...]
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Play Unchained Melody -Roy Orbison

By: Roger Friedman //   Saturday January 30, 2010

The great Roy Orbison finally got his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Friday. It was about time!

Thanks to the persistence of his widow, the intrepid and beautiful Barbara, Orbison has lived on well after his death at age 52 in 1989.

orbison walk of fame 300x200 Roy Orbison Gets His Hollywood StarThe star was unveiled on Vine Street, right in front of the Capitol Records tower, and right next to Garth Brooks. Not bad.

With “Pretty Woman” playing in the background, Barbara and sons Alex and Roy Jr., and Roy’s son Wesley, received the proclamation from the city of Hollywood. Dan Aykroyd (who was there with gorgeous wife Donna Dixon) and T Bone Burnett each spoke about their love of Roy — who didn’t love Roy Orbison, that’s the question!

And Barbara Orbison, in accepting the citation, turned around from the mic and thanked the community of friends who’ve grown around her since Roy’s death: Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh and his wife Marjorie, Olivia Harrison, Barbara Bach Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Phil Everly, Chris Isaak, Jonathan Clyde from the Beatles’ Apple Records, and so on.

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