That is "Rowdy Yates" on the cover, who was played by (gasp) Clint Eastwood. I had a major league crush on him at the time. Although I was not too fond of westerns, I made an exception and watched Rawhide, because I loved to see Clint.
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Ragman
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Sun 10 Nov, 2013 09:30 am
@Phoenix32890,
I sure do. That was a must-watch show in our family (I was the youngest). That show Adventures of Batman and Addams Family. Oh yes and young Charles Bronson was the cook in Wagon Train. I think he was called 'Mushy'.
Back to the music: 'Don't It Make You Want to Go Home' by Joe South
Oops! Bronson wasn't in Wagon Train ,....but he was Danny 'Tunnel King' in Great Escape.
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edgarblythe
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Sun 10 Nov, 2013 10:01 am
Bronson guested on lots of TV shows. The first series in which he was a regular, to my best recollection, he played a crime photographer. Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, his series was Man With a Camera.
Burl Ives was both a singer and an actor. He had an unusual, unmistakable voice. I liked him the best as "Big Daddy" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. That film was considered pretty racy in its day.
YES! Ives and Theodore Bikel wre on heavy rotation at my parents house.
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Phoenix32890
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Tue 12 Nov, 2013 05:26 pm
Buddy Holly, considered one of the brightest lights in rock n' roll, was killed in a plane crash coming back from a show.
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Phoenix32890
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Tue 12 Nov, 2013 05:30 pm
The Big Bopper was killed in the same plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens
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Phoenix32890
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Tue 12 Nov, 2013 05:33 pm
Here's a song by the third singer who was killed in that terrible plane crash. One wonders about how their careers would have developed if they had lived.
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Phoenix32890
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Tue 12 Nov, 2013 05:57 pm
Fascinating. Never realized that Don McLean's American Pie was a reference to the three singers that were killed in a plane crash.I just remember that at over 8 minutes, it was considered one of the longest pop songs, which usually lasted around four minutes.
It was said that the "Carol" in Neil Sedaka's song was Carol King, whom he had dated. I went, at the same time, to the same high school as Neil. I remember a skinny little kid, who used to play the piano at the assemblies.
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panzade
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Tue 12 Nov, 2013 07:14 pm
@Phoenix32890,
The day the music died..and Waylon Jennings was spared.
Quote:
Holly decided to charter a plane when they stopped for their performance in the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, to reach their next venue in Moorhead, Minnesota. Carroll Anderson, owner of the Surf Ballroom, chartered the plane from the Dwyer Flying Service. Richardson, (The Big Bopper)who was affected by the flu, swapped places with Waylon Jennings, taking the latter's place on the plane, while Tommy Allsup lost his place to Ritchie Valens on a coin toss. Dion DiMucci (of Dion and the Belmonts fame) decided not to board the plane for the $36 fee.
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mesquite
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Wed 13 Nov, 2013 12:15 am
@Phoenix32890,
This song was recorded a few weeks after the crash.
Tommy Dee - Three Stars
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Ragman
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Wed 13 Nov, 2013 04:56 pm
'A Thousand Stars' by Kathy Young & the Innocents
Kathy recorded this when she was 15 yrs of age.
