FATS DOMINO Celebrates 85 – One of handful of True Rock and Roll Pioneers
Sharing the birthdate with Johnny Cash and Mitch Ryder is the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and pioneer, FATS DOMINO FATS DOMINO was rock and roll before there was Rock and Roll. Many have called his 1949 piece, ‘The Fat Man’. the first rock and roll record,...JACK BENNY 39 and HOLDING – Now COUPON KING
WELL, It was a spendid Valentines Week for JB – who just happens to celebrate his 39th birthday every year on February 14 – – in Heavenly Hills , CA, where he reaquaints with many of his old friends (you can still visit...
Memories of the Catskills – Borscht Belt Humor
With a new Broadway play about the old Borscht Belt, we thought it a good time to look hack at where Jews used to take their vacations before the advent of jets and international travel… there was Grossingers, Kutchers and several other resorts where the folks...
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS – Carole King, Gene Pitney, Don Everly
(Don, on right, with brother Phil) EverlyDon Everly with brother Phil doing Crying in the Rain, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin Donnie Brooks doing his big hit, Mission Bell from Hollywood A Go Go, 1965. Brooks...
BUY OLDIES MUSIC, MOVIES, MEMORIES – Get Them Here!
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- New Years Oldies Music Party, Fresh Start Resolutions, Overcoming (Dec.) Grief, Aging w/Willie Nelson, 91No better music to start off the year than with Oldies and Doowop! And now, you can have a ready-made singalong party concert better-than-karaoke program, courtesy of Oldies Country. The idea came about since there aren’t alot of doowop afficionados on the west coast, thus ‘the Wrong Coast Doowop Spectacular’ so for those of you […]
- Willie Nelson Words to Live by at 91Willie Nelson, at 91, Says He Doesn’t ‘Have Any Reason to Worry About Dying’ By Erin Doyle, 1 day ago 11-2-2 He may be 91, but Willie Nelson says he isn’t concerned about his mortality. The country singer shared his thoughts about dying in an interview with AP News on Friday, November 1. “Well, I’m 91 plus, so, you […]
- Jim Croce 50 Years Later – What a StoryAJ Croce singing Jim Croce’s ‘Leroy Brown’ at 50 th Year Tour Celebration San Jose 10-24 Something remarkable happened last night. I saw Jim Croce perform live (or does I?) What happened? Did I just see Jim Croce or or what tonight? Here it is 2024 , I think, and Jim Croce I thought passed in […]
- Not -so -forgotten Lou Alpert, Lani Hall wow local throngWhat a fantastic show. Herb Alpert may have long been forgotten by most people but a Full House of some 500 loyalists showed up on thurs night at Leshser theater in Walnut Creek to give him several standing ovations along with his wife Lani Hall. I hadn’t seen or even heard about the old Tijuana […]
- Memories-Do You Remember?Subject: Old Pictures from Time Passed ENJOY SOME OLD MEMORIES I’ve done this dozen of times My mother worked in a factory that made these… The ice cream guy on the 3 wheeled bike and cooler wore one of these. For MY LONE RANGER cap guns […]
