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Dub Taylor
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Dub Taylor (February 26, 1907 - October 3, 1994) was a prolific American character actor who worked extensively in Westerns.

Taylor was born Walter Clarence Taylor III in Richmond, Virginia, in 1907. His name was usually shortened to "W" by his friends, and "Dub" was derived from that. His family moved to Augusta, Georgia, when he was five years old and lived in that city until he was thirteen. During that time he befriended Ty Cobb's son and namesake, Ty Cobb, Jr.[1]

A vaudeville performer, Taylor made his film debut in 1938, playing cheerful ex-football captain Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You. The following year, Taylor appeared in The Taming of the West, in which he originated the character of "Cannonball," a role he continued to play for the next ten years, in over fifty films. "Cannonball" was a comic sidekick to "Wild Bill" Saunders (played by Bill Elliott), a pairing that continued through 13 features, during which Elliott's character became Wild Bill Hickok. During this period, a productive relationship with Tex Ritter as Elliott's co-hero began with King of Dodge City (1941). That partnership lasted through ten films, but Taylor left after the first one, carrying his "Cannonball" character over to a new series with Russell "Lucky" Hayden. ("Wild Bill" brought in Frank Mitchell to play a very different character, also named "Cannonball," in the remainder of his shows with Tex Ritter.) Taylor moved again to a series of films starring Charles Starrett, who eventually became "The Durango Kid", once again, playing his sidekick, "Cannonball". These films had been produced at Columbia, Capra's studio, and had a certain quality of production that seemed to be lacking at the Monogram lot, where Taylor brought his "Cannonball" character in 1947. There he joined up with Jimmy Wakely for a concluding run of 16 films (in two years). These final episodes may have been unpleasant experiences for Taylor, as he never wanted to talk about them thereafter. After 1949, Taylor turned away from "Cannonball," and went on to a busy and varied career, but for many growing up in this period, this character is the one they call to mind when they remember Dub Taylor.

His acting roles, even during his "Cannonball" period, were not confined to these films. He had bit parts in a number of classic films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), A Star Is Born (the 1954 version), and Them! (1954), along with dozens of television roles. He joined Sam Peckinpah's famous stock company in 1965's Major Dundee as a professional horse thief, and appeared subsequently in that director's The Wild Bunch (1969), as a prohibitionist minister who gets his flock shot up by the title outlaws in the film's infamous opening scene, Junior Bonner (1972), The Getaway (1972), and Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973), as an aging, eccentric outlaw friend of Billy's.

Despite his extensive career as a character actor in a wide array of varying roles, Taylor's niche seemed to be in Westerns, having appeared in dozens of them over his career.

He is probably best remembered for his trademark bowler hat, which he wore in most of his appearances. He was also known for his wild gray hair, an unshaven bristly face, squinty eyes, and his raspy voice and cackle. He put that voice to use, alongside fellow Western veterans like Jeanette Nolan and Pat Buttram, in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers, as Digger the mole.

Taylor later appeared playing a cartoonish villain in a series of Western-themed "Hubba Bubba" bubble gum commercials in the early 1980s.

Arguably, his most memorable role was playing the father of Michael J. Pollard's C.W. Moss in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). He continued a prolific career as a character and bit actor until his death of heart failure in October 1994. His last appearance was in the movie Maverick.

His son, Buck Taylor is also an actor.

In early 2006, filmmaker Mark Stokes began directing a feature length documentary on the life of Dub Taylor, "That Guy: The Legacy of Dub Taylor," [2] which has recieved support from the Taylor Family and many of Dub's previous co-workers, including Bill Cosby, Peter Fonda, Dixie Carter, Don Collier, Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, as well as many others. The project is scheduled to have it's World Premiere at Taylor's Childhood Hometown of Augusta on April 14, 2007. The project is from Executive Producers Stokes and James Kicklighter from JamesWorks Entertainment and Professor Pauper Productions.

Tony Randall
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Born February 26, 1920
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Died May 17, 2004
New York City, New York

Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 - May 17, 2004) was an American comic actor.





Early life

He was born as Arthur Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the only child of Mogscha Rosenberg, an art and antiques dealer, and his wife, Julia Finston.


Show business

He was first attracted to show business when a ballet company played in Tulsa. He attended Northwestern University for a year before traveling to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He studied under Sanford Meisner and choreographer Martha Graham around 1935. Under the name Anthony Randall, he acted in radio soap operas and worked onstage opposite stars Jane Cowl in George Bernard Shaw's Candida and Ethel Barrymore in Emlyn Williams's The Corn Is Green. Tony then served for four years with the United States Army Signal Corps in World War II, refusing an entertainment assignment with Special Services. Then he worked at the Olney Theatre in Montgomery County, Maryland before heading back to New York City.

A noted raconteur, Randall co-wrote (with Mike Mindlin) a collection of amusing and sometimes racy show business anecdotes called Which Reminds Me.



Acting career

Randall began his career on the stage, appearing in minor roles on Broadway, and supporting roles on tours. His first major role in a Broadway hit was in Inherit the Wind in 1955. In 1958 he played the leading role in the musical comedy Oh, Captain!, taking on a role originated on film by Alec Guinness. Oh, Captain! was a critical failure, but a personal success for Randall, who received glowing notices for his legendary dance turn with prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova.

He is perhaps best known for his work on television. His breakthrough role was as gym teacher Harvey Weskit in Mr. Peepers from 1952-1955. After a long hiatus from the medium, he returned in 1970 as fussbudget Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, opposite Jack Klugman, a role he would keep for five years. Subsequently, he starred in The Tony Randall Show and Love, Sidney. In the TV movie that served as the latter show's pilot, Sidney Shorr was written as a gay man, but his character was neutered in the show. Disappointed by this turn of events and the series' lack of acceptance, Randall stayed away from television thereafter.

Randall's film roles included Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), Let's Make Love (1960), Boys' Night Out (1962), The King of Comedy (1983), and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).

He also played the title role(s) in the cult classic The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

He appeared in Pillow Talk (1959), the first of three movies in which Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Randall all starred, and, by all accounts, ended up with the best lines ('It takes an early bird to take a worm like me'; on the crying Doris Day: 'I never knew a woman such a size had so much water in her', etc). The other two are Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers. Elements from the plots of these films, particularly Pillow Talk, were parodied in the 2003 comedy Down With Love, with Renée Zellweger in the Doris Day role, Ewan McGregor in the Rock Hudson, and David Hyde Pierce as the Tony Randall character. Randall's final role was a cameo in this film.

In 1991, he founded the National Actors Theatre (ultimately housed at Pace University in New York City) where he gave his final stage performance in Luigi Pirandello's "Right You Are." Periodically, he performed in stage revivals of The Odd Couple with Jack Klugman including a stint in London in 1996.

He was a frequent and popular guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and often spoke of his love of opera, claiming it was due in no small part to the salaciousness of many of the plotlines. He also admitted to (actually bragged about) sneaking tape recorders into operas to make his own private bootleg recordings. He would often chide Johnny Carson for his chain-smoking, and was generally fastidious and fussy, much like his Felix Unger characterization. He seemed to have a wealth of facts and trivia at his disposal, and he told Carson that the secret was simply "to retain everything you were supposed to have learned in elementary school."

In keeping with his penchant for both championing and mocking the culture that he loved, during the Big Band Era revival in the mid-1960s he produced a record album of 1930s songs, Vo Vo De Oh Doe, inspired by (and covering) The New Vaudeville Band's one-hit wonder, "Winchester Cathedral." He mimicked (and somewhat exaggerated) the vibrato style of Carmen Lombardo, and the two of them once sang a duet of Lombardo's signature song "Boo Hoo (You've Got Me Crying for You)" on the Carson show.


Marriages

He was married to Florence Gibbs from 1942 until her death from cancer in 1992 and then, from November 17, 1995 until his death, to Heather Harlan, with whom he had two children, Julia Laurette Randall (b. 1997) and Jefferson Salvini Randall (b. 1998). To say the least, Randall became a father late in life but Heather talked of how he adored his children and how loving he was with them. She said he faced death bravely, but his greatest sorrow was leaving them behind.


Death

At the age of 84 Tony Randall died in his sleep of complications from pneumonia, which he contracted following bypass surgery in December 2003. He is interred at the Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Awards

He was nominated for five Golden Globe awards and two Emmys, winning one Emmy in 1975 for his work on the sitcom The Odd Couple.
In 1993, Mr. Randall received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York."
Received an honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, from Pace University in 2003.

Miscellany


In 1974, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman appeared in television spots endorsing a Yahtzee spinoff, Challenge Yahtzee. Although not identified as Felix and Oscar, the impression they left was clearly that of those two characters, especially as the TV spots were filmed on the same set as The Odd Couple.
In 1984, Randall endorsed the game Word Quest where the objective was to guess the proper definition of a given word.
He starred as nearly all of the leading characters in the 1963 film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. The film received an Oscar for William Tuttle's makeup artistry, but many believe Randall never received proper acknowledgement for his versatile performances in the film, which required him to provide several different voices and portray a variety of characters.
Randall, along with John Goodman and Drew Barrymore was one of the first guests on the debut episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on September 13, 1993. He would also appear in Conan's 5th Anniversary Special with the character PimpBot 5000.
Was one of the earliest advocates against smoking, and often would chide celebrities in person on the air for the habit.
Randall is mentioned in "Maximum Homerdrive", an episode of The Simpsons, for being one of the two men to ever finish Sirloin A Lot, a 16-pound steak. He is also mentioned in the "Lisa the Beauty Queen" episode, in which Bob Hope introduces Little Miss Springfield (Lisa) to an audience at Fort Springfield, and before they rush the stage a la Apocalypse Now, enraged reservists are heard to say "Little Miss Springfield?! First Tony Randall cancels, and now this!"
In September 2003, Randall joked that if President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney should come to his funeral, they were to be turned away. [1]
Bikini Kill have a song based on him, also named "Tony Randall".
Tony Randall named Felix Unger's TV children after himself (Leonard) and his sister (Edna).
In 2005, Jack Klugman published Tony And Me: A Story of Friendship, a book about his long friendship with Randall, of their long working relationship and how good Randall had been to Klugman after his cancer operation.
A fine game player, Randall appeared frequently on What's My Line?, Password, The Hollywood Squares, and The $10,000 Pyramid. He also sent up his somewhat pompous image with a single appearance as a "contestant" on The Gong Show in 1977.

Betty Hutton
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Betty Hutton, (born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is a former American actor and singer.

Raised by a single mother, Hutton (along with her sister, Marion Hutton) started singing in the family's speakeasy at age 3. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move, and eventually they moved to Detroit. When interviewed as an established star appearing at the premiere of Let's Dance (1950), her mother (arriving with her, and following a police escort) commented "This time the police were in front of us." Hutton sang in several local bands as a teenager, and at one point visited New York City hoping to perform on Broadway, where she was rejected.

A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entry into entertainment. In 1939 she appeared in several musical shorts for Warner Bros., and appeared on Broadway in Panama Hattie and Two for the Show, both produced by Buddy DeSylva.

When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Pictures, Hutton was signed to starring role in The Fleet's In in 1942. She made 14 films in 11 years during the 1940s and early 1950s, including Annie Get Your Gun for MGM, which hired Hutton to replace an exhausted Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. The film and the leading role, retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the biggest critical praise going to Betty, but Hutton, like her closest movie musical rival -- Garland -- was earning a reputation for being extremely difficult.

In 1942, she signed with Capitol Records, one of the first artists to do so, but was unhappy with their management, and then signed with RCA Victor. Her time as a Hollywood star came to an end due to contract disagreements with Paramount following The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Somebody Loves Me (1952), a biopic of singer Blossom Seeley.

Hutton worked in radio, appeared in Las Vegas and in nightclubs, then tried her luck on the new medium of television. An original musical TV "spectacular" written especially for Hutton, Satin 'n Spurs (1954), was an enormous flop with the public and critics. Desilu took a chance on Betty and in 1959 gave her a sitcom The Betty Hutton Show, which quickly faded. Her last TV outing was a brief guest appearance in 1975 on Baretta.

In 1967, she was signed to star in two low-budget Westerns for Paramount, but was fired shortly after the projects began. Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol and substance abuse, eventually attempting suicide after losing her singing voice in 1970, and having a nervous breakdown. She divorced her husband jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli and declared herself bankrupt. However, after regaining control of her life through a church, she converted to Roman Catholicism and went on to teach acting and to cook at a rectory in Rhode Island.

She replaced Dorothy Loudon as the evil Miss Hannigan in Annie on Broadway for a limited run in 1980. Her last known performance in any medium was on Jukebox Saturday Night, which aired on PBS in 1983. She was interviewed by Robert Osborne for TCM's "Private Screenings" in April 2000. Married four times with three daughters, as of 2006, Hutton resides near Palm Springs, California.

Fats Domino
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Background information

Birth name Antoine Dominique Domino
Also known as Fats
Born February 26, 1928
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Genre(s) R&B, Rock and Roll
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Piano
Years active 1949-1985
Label(s) Imperial, ABC, Mercury, Broadmoor, Reprise, Sonet, Warner Bros. Records, Toot Toot

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. He was the best-selling African-American singer of the 1950s and early 1960s. Domino is also a pianist with an individualistic bluesy style showing stride and boogie-woogie influences. His congenial personality and rich accent have added to his appeal.




Biography

Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" (1949, Imperial Records), credited by some as being the first rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing wah-wah vocalizing over a fat back beat. The record, a reworking of "Junker's Blues" by Champion Jack Dupree, was a massive hit, selling over a million copies and peaking at #2 on the Billboard R&B Charts. It has been estimated that Domino has sold in excess of 110 million records.

Domino then released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonist Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp who was also Domino's trusted bandleader. Domino finally crossed into the pop mainstream with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955) which hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone characteristically hit #1 with a milder cover of the song that received wider radio airplay in a segregated era. Domino would eventually release 37 Top 40 singles, including "Whole Lotta Loving", "Blue Monday".

His 1956 uptempo version of the old song "Blueberry Hill", reached #2 in the Top 40, was #1 on the R&B charts for 11 weeks, and was his biggest hit. The song had earlier been recorded by Gene Autry, and Louis Armstrong among many others.

Fats appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock![1] and The Girl Can't Help It.[2] On 18 December 1957, Domino's hit "The Big Beat" was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.

Domino continued to have a steady series of hits for Imperial through early 1962, including the 1960 "Walkin' to New Orleans written by Bobby Charles. Twenty-two of his Imperial singles were double-sided hits -- that is, both the A-side and the B-side of the single charted (i.e., 44 songs). After he moved to ABC-Paramount in 1963, however, Domino's chart career was drastically curtailed. He managed one top 40 hit for ABC (1963's "Red Sails In The Sunset"), but by the end of 1964 the British Invasion had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino's chart run was over.

Despite the lack of chart success, Domino continued to record steadily until about 1970, and sporadically after that. He also continued as a popular live act for several decades. He was furthermore acknowledged as an important influence on the music of the sixties and seventies by some of the top artists of that era; Beatles song "Lady Madonna" was reportedly written by Paul McCartney in an emulation of Domino's style. Domino did manage to return to the "Hot 100" charts one last time in 1968. Ironically, it was with a cover of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna", which appeared at exactly #100 for two consecutive weeks.

In the 1980s, Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, having a comfortable income from royalties and a dislike for touring, and claiming he could not get any food that he liked anyplace else. His induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an invitation to perform at the White House failed to get Domino to make an exception to this policy. He lived in a mansion in a predominantly working-class Lower 9th Ward neighborhood, where he was a familiar sight in his bright pink Cadillac. He makes yearly appearances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and other local events. Domino was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #25 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3].


When Hurricane Katrina was approaching New Orleans in August 2005, Domino chose to stay at home with his family, due to his wife's poor health. His house, located in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, was in an area that was heavily flooded. He was thought to be dead, with someone spray-painting a message on his home, "RIP Fats. You will be missed," which was shown in news photos. On September 1, Domino's agent Al Embry announced that he had not heard from the musician since before the hurricane had struck.

Later that day, CNN reported that Domino was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. His daughter, gospel singer Karen Domino White, identified him from a photo shown on CNN. The Domino family was then taken to a Baton Rouge shelter, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell, the starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University football team, and Fats' granddaughter's boyfriend. He let the Dominos stay in his apartment. The Washington Post reported that that on Friday, September 2, the Dominos had left Russell's apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. "We've lost everything," Domino said, according to the Post story.[4]

By January 2006, work to gut and repair Domino's Lower 9th Ward home and office had begun.

Domino was the first artist to be announced as scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival, although he was too ill to perform and was only able to offer the audience an on-stage greeting. Domino also released an album Alive and Kickin' in early 2006 to benefit the Tipitina Foundation, which supports indigent local musicians. The title song was recorded after Katrina, but most of the cuts were from unreleased sessions in the 1990s.


Business

His career has been produced and managed since the 1980s by multimedia entertainment purveyor and music producer Robert G. Vernon. During Vernon's tenure, Domino's earnings have increased 500%.

Since 1995, Vernon and Domino have been partners (with many other companies, such as Dick Clark Productions) in the Bobkat Music Trust. Bobkat Music is an entertainment group that manages the careers (some posthumous) of Fats Domino, Randy Pringle (writer), and others.


Trivia

In 1999, National Public Radio included Ain't That A Shame in the "NPR 100," in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.
The singer Chubby Checker's stage name was a play on Fats', although Checker is not particularly chubby. Another play is the name of the gospel music group Fetz Domino, which means in mixed German and Latin "Groove for the Lord". Domino was so well known in the 1950s-60s that the American humor magazine Mad, ran a cartoon spread that included fictitious artists with similar name variations, such as "Pudgy Parcheesi". 50s blues singer Skinny Dynamo had a brief career.
In the popular 1970s sitcom "Happy Days", set in the 1950s, lead character Richie Cunningham, played by Ron Howard, would often sing "I found my thrill..." (the first line of Domino's "Blueberry Hill") in reference to pretty girls he dated or wanted to date.
Domino had 66 U.S. Hot 100 chart hits, the second-most by any artist who never had a #1 hit. (James Brown had 99.)
The fictional girl band in the television series Rock Follies threatened to revolt if they had to sing "Blueberry Hill" one more time.
Domino has always had strong links to The Beatles, who recorded a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" in Germany, two years after Fats' version on Imperial Records. When they auditioned for Decca, one of their songs was another standard in Domino's repertory: "The Sheik of Araby".
In his song, "I Want to Walk You Home", Domino used the words "I want to hold your hand" which may have inspired Lennon and McCartney when writing their song of the same title. In 1968, the Beatles modelled their song, "Lady Madonna", on Fats Domino's style, combining it with a nod to Humphrey Lyttelton's 1956 hit "Bad Penny Blues", a record which Joe Meek had engineered. They also played some hits of the 1950s and early 1960s, including Domino's "Kansas City", during the Get Back album sessions.
Domino returned the compliment in 1970 by covering not only "Lady Madonna", but two other Beatles songs, for his Reprise LP Fats is Back. Since then, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney have recorded Fats Domino songs.

Michael Bolton
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Background information

Birth name Michael Bolotin
Born February 26, 1953
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Genre(s) Pop
Pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 1968-present
Associated
acts Blackjack
Website MichaelBolton.com

Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin on February 26, 1953) is an American pop, rock and adult contemporary singer-songwriter and tenor known for his soft rock ballads and powerful singing voice.

His achievements include selling 53 million albums, eight top ten albums, nine number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammys.



Background

Bolton was born in 1953 to a Jewish family in New Haven, Connecticut. Bolton found his biggest success in the mid-eighties and early nineties as a singer in the contemporary/easy listening genre. Unbeknownst to many, however, Bolton received his first record label contract at the age of 15. His band once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. He began recording as Michael Bolton in 1983, after gaining his first major hit as a songwriter, cowriting "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" for Laura Branigan, previously best-known for singing the disco-pop classic "Gloria". Narrowly missing the pop Top 10, Branigan took the song to number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. The two sought to work with each other again, and their next of several associations was when Bolton co-wrote "I Found Someone" for Branigan in 1985. Her version was only a minor hit, but two years later, Cher resurrected the song, and with it her own singing career. Bolton cowrote several other songs for both singers.

Ironically, one of the prolific songwriter's first major successes as a singer was with his interpretation of someone else's composition, the Otis Redding classic, "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay." Always interested in soul and Motown classics, that song's success encouraged him to tackle the standard "Georgia On My Mind," with which he had another hit. Most of Bolton's recordings are original material, however, and he has also written songs for such artists as Barbra Streisand, KISS, Kenny Rogers, Kenny G, Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle. Bolton's early songwriting collaborators included Doug James and Mark Mangold, and as his fame grew he began to cowrite with higher-profile writers such as BabyFace, Diane Warren, and Bob Dylan. As a singer, he has performed with Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Zucchero, Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Ray Charles, Percy Sledge, Wynonna Judd, and BB King.

Bolton is the father of three daughters (Isa, Holly and Taryn) born during his 1975-1990 marriage to Maureen McGuire. Between 1993 and 1995, he dated Knots Landing actress Nicollette Sheridan after his marriage to McGuire fizzled and hers with actor Harry Hamlin did as well. In 2006, it was noted that he and Nicollete were back together after he accompanied her to the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards in January. In late February it was announced that Bolton and actress Sheridan were engaged after she proposed in the Bahamas.

In 1993, he established the Michael Bolton Foundation (now the Michael Bolton Charities) to assist women and children at risk from the effects of poverty and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The foundation has provided over $3.7 million in funding to local and national charities.

Bolton also serves as the honorary chairman of Prevent Child Abuse America, the national chairman for This Close for Cancer Research, and a board member for the National Mentoring Partnership and the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.

In March 2003, Bolton joined with Lifetime Television, Verizon Wireless, and many others to lobby on behalf of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, urging legislation to provide more assistance for victims of domestic violence, such as affordable housing options.

Bolton has received the Lewis Hine Award from the National Child Labor Committee, the Martin Luther King Award from the Congress of Racial Equality, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce also recognized Bolton with a star on the "Walk of Fame" for his musical and charitable contributions.

Just in case you weren't feeling old enough today, just read this.
Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a
list to try to give the Faculty a sense of the mindset of this
year's incoming freshman.

Here is this year's list:



The people who are starting college this fall across the nation
were born in 1985.

They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era
and probably did not know he had ever been shot.

They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

There has been only one Pope in their lifetime.

They were 8 when the Soviet Union broke apart
and do not remember the Cold War.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Tianamen Square means nothing to them.


Bottle caps have always been
screw off and plastic.


Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.

The statement "You sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
They have never owned a record player.


They have likely never played Pac Man
and have never heard of Pong.


They may have never heard of an 8 track.
The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.

They have always had an answering machine.

Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor
have they seen a black and white TV. They have always had cable.

There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA was.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.



They don't know what a cloth baby diaper is, or know about the
"Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up" commercial.


Feeling old Yet? There's more:


They were born the year that the
Walkman were introduced by Sony.


Roller skating has always meant inline for them.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.



Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They have never seen Larry Bird play.


The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as
WW I, WW II and the Civil War.

They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
(The correct answer, by the way, is Ork)

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.


They never heard:
"Where's the beef?",
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or
"De plane, de plane!"

They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. was.

Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are bands, not places.

There has always been MTV.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Hawkman, welcome back to WA2K radio, Boston. We always learn something from your bio's, buddy.

Well, folks, there are a couple of things that I don't know from Bob's list. One is Pong and the other is Larry Bird. Thanks, again Bob and we are glad that all is well with you and your lady Nair.

Until our Raggedy gets here, there are a couple of poems that I would like for our listeners to here inspired by the notables:

Buffalo Bill's defunct

Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death

-- E. E. Cummings

Poems of Victor Hugo

THE GRAVE AND THE ROSE
VICTOR HUGO.

The Grave said to the Rose,
'What of the dews of dawn,
Love's flower, what end is theirs?'
'And what of spirits flown,
The souls whereon doth close
The tomb's mouth unawares?'
The Rose said to the Grave.

The Rose said, 'In the shade
From the dawn's tears is made
A perfume faint and strange,
Amber and honey sweet.'
'And all the spirits fleet
Do suffer a sky-change,
More strangely than the dew,
To God's own angels new,'
The Grave said to the Rose.


THE GENESIS OF BUTTERFLIES
VICTOR HUGO.

The dawn is smiling on the dew that covers
The tearful roses; lo, the little lovers
That kiss the buds, and all the flutterings
In jasmine bloom, and privet, of white wings,
That go and come, and fly, and peep and hide,
With muffled music, murmured far and wide!
Ah, Spring time, when we think of all the lays
That dreamy lovers send to dreamy mays,
Of the fond hearts within a billet bound,
Of all the soft silk paper that pens wound,
The messages of love that mortals write
Filled with intoxication of delight,
Written in April, and before the May time
Shredded and flown, play things for the wind's play-time,
We dream that all white butterflies above,
Who seek through clouds or waters souls to love,
And leave their lady mistress in despair,
To flit to flowers, as kinder and more fair,
Are but torn love-letters, that through the skies
Flutter, and float, and change to Butterflies.

On this day in 1998 - A Texas jury rejected an $11 million lawsuit by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey for price drop after on-air comment about mad-cow disease. (Oprah gained 64 lbs the following week in celebration)

UhOh, dys, I'm afraid Letty remembers that one, folks

Firewater


throw your caution to the wind, boys
coins are falling from the trees
and moderation is a sin, boys
whats a little hoof & mouth disease?
and nothing you can teach her
about a double feature
let the blood and whiskey flow
because tonight you are a player
tomorrows never there
in the dog & pony show
so take your whistles to the wolves, girls
they've all got pistols in their paws
but dont you go a runnin till they shoot, girls
cause every contract has a hidden clause
so ride on while you're able
find us in the stable
honey you just never know
every wheel's a spinner
and everyone a winner
in the dog & pony show
so come out in and grab a table
its your lucky day
all the drinks are on the house
until we hoist your bones away
dont tip the waitress
she looks famous
back on the rodeo
and welcome to the notorious and legendary
dog & pony show
put em with the other stiffs, boys
take the pennies from his eyes
and seal the deal with a kiss, boys
cause suits and coffins come in every size
dressed up and they'll show ya
how far they can throw ya
funny how the money goes
well you took em to the cleaners
with all the other dreamers
at the dog & pony show

Good afternoon. Picture time.

William Frawley, Madeleine Carroll, Dub Taylor; Jackie Gleason, Tony Randall; Betty Hutton, Fats Domino; Johnny Cash and Michael Bolton

Well, there's our Raggedy, folks. Love her collages of the celebs, and we may know most of them, PA, but for some reason I searched our archives for Michael Bolton songs because someone, somewhere said that they did not like him. Never heard him sing, but here is one from his Vintage album that I know.


Artist: Michael Bolton
Song: When i fall in love
Album: Vintage


When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love has ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
It's when I fall in love with you

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
It's when I fall in love with you

The Big Beat
Fats Domino



Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat,
Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat,
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
You got to move when you hear this beat
Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat

Big beay keeps you rockin' in your seat,
Ol' grandpa just make it 80 years old
Maim and scream, puff and rock'n roll.
The big beat get in your soul
Make you jump, and make you roll.
Ol' grandpa just make it 80 years old.

Peg-leg Joe just throw his crutches away.
Big beat makes you act this way.
C'mon gang lets swing the swing
The big beat makes you act this queer
Peg-leg Joe just throw his crutches away.

Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat,
Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat,
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
You got to move when you hear this beat
Big beat keeps you rockin' in your seat

Jerry Lee Lewis - Ivory Tears

When lonliness lays her hurting hands on me,
There's a place I always can go
I'll pour out my soul, to my old piano
And I let those old ivories cry for me

Ivory tears, ivory tears,
my old piano cries for me,
Ivory tears, ivory tears,
dripping from every melody

Some lonely people, they turn to the jukebox,
Others turn to whiskey and wine
But, when it's crying time for me,
well, I turn to my ol' piano
And I let those old ivories cry for me

Ivory tears, ivory tears,
my old piano, it's crying, crying
Ivory tears, ivory tears,
dripping from every melody

edgar, Love old Fats. I think he may have a charmed life, Texas. Your IvoryTears by Jerry Lee Lewis reminds me of this one.

Dedicated to my oldest sister, my son, and my daughter.

Artist/Band: Nelson Willie
Lyrics for Song: Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
Lyrics for Album: Live at Billy Bob's Texas

In the twilight glow, I see her
Blue eyes cryin' in the Rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet a-gain

Love is like a dying ember;
Only memories re- main.
And thru the ages I'll re-member
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain.

Someday when we meet up yonder,
We'll stroll hand in hand a- gain.
And in a land that knows no parting,
Blue eyes crying in the rain.

You know, folks, creative people need a keeper, but somehow, when times are at the worst, they seem to come on back, especially Willie and Fats and Jerry Lee. Of course, Little Richard has taken to doing commercials, but he is still funny and talented.

The End
Earl Grant

[Words and Music by Sid Jacobson and Jimmy Krondes]

At the end of a rainbow, you'll find a pot of gold
At the end of a story, you'll find it's all been told
But our love has a treasure our hearts always spend
And it has a story without any end

At the end of a river, the water stops its flow
At the end of a highway, there's no place you can go
But just tell me you love and you are only mine
And our love will go on 'til the end of time

At the end of a river, the water stops its flow
At the end of a highway, there's no place you can go
But just tell me you love and you are only mine
And our love will go on 'til the e-end of time

'Til the end of time

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
The Impalas

[Words and Music by Harry Giosasi and Artie Zwirn]

Sorry, sorry
Oh, so sorry
Uh-oh

I ran all the way home
Just to say I'm sorry (sorry)
What can I say
I ran all the way
Yay, yay, yay

I ran all the way home
Just to say I'm sorry (sorry)
Please let me stay
I ran all the way
Yay, yay, yay

And now I'm sorry, sorry, sorry
I didn't mean to make you cry
Let's make amends
After all, we're more than friends
Yay, yay, yay

I ran all the way home
Just to say I'm sorry (sorry)
What can I say
I ran all the way
Yay, yay, yay

Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me
Woody Herman

[Music and Lyrics by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell]

Do nothin' till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seams of anyone's dream
Is over my head
Do nothin' till you hear from me
At least consider our romance
If you should take the word of others you've heard
I haven't a chance
True I've been seen with someon new
But does that mean that I'm untrue
when we're apart the words in my heart
Reveal how I feel about you
some kiss may cloud my memory
And other arms may hold a thrill
But please do nothin' till you hear it from me
And you never will

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

edgar, thanks for the lyrics and memories, Texas. Somehow, folks, this song arose in my mind as I noticed that the rains have finally come to our part of the world. Heard from a good friend of our wee cyber station, and we may have an announcement to make later on.

Interesting song, done by many:

Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today;
Can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey
Can't walk you out in the morning dew today!

Thought I heard a young girl cry mama,
Thought I heard a young girl cry today-
You didn't hear no young girl crying mama,
You didn't hear no young girl cry today!

Thought I heard a young man cry mama-
Thought I heard a young man cry today-
You didn't hear no young man crying mama
You didn't hear no young man cry today!