Archive for July 30th, 2011

PAUL ANKA ~ 70 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Paul Anka today

Paul Albert Anka was a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hits like
“Diana”(1957), “Lonely Boy”(1959) and “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”
(1959). He wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
and one of singer Tom Jones’ biggest hits, “She’s a lady”(1971) and the
English lyrics for Frank Sinatra’s signature song, “My Way”(1969).

 


Inspired by a high school friend, Diana reached number one
on the Billboard "Best Sellers In Stores" chart in 1957 and has
reportedly sold over 9 million copies.

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FIRST OSCAR WINNING CARTOON ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Flowers and Trees
is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It
was released to theaters by United Artists on July 30, 1932. The short was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full Technicolor process. Flowers
and Trees
was a commercial and critical success, winning the first Academy Award
for Animated Short Subjects.

 

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EDD KOOKIE BYRNES TURNED 78 TODAY

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Actor Edd Byrnes is best known for his starring role in the ABC television
detective series 77 Sunset Strip (1958 to 1964). He was also in the 1978
film Grease. Edd Byrnes ranked #5 in TV Guide’s list of “TV’s 25 Greatest
Teen Idols” (January 23, 2005). Byrnes wrote an autobiography in 1996
entitled “Kookie No More”.

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Edd Byrnes as Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III

 

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