Archive for July, 2013

EDD ‘’KOOKIE’’ BYRNES IS 80 TODAY

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Edd Byrnes (Edward Byrne Breitenberger)

Byrnes is known for his starring role in the ABC television series 77 Sunset
Strip
(1958-1964). He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as television
teen-dance show host, Vince Fontaine, and a single-charted recording artist
with "Kookie, Kookie — Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie Stevens).

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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1956 publicity photo

When Decca Records offered 9 year old Brenda Lee a recording 
contract, her first record was "Jambayala" backed with "Bigelow
6–200".

lee-03...Brenda Lee for Beverly Keel. (Handout email) 2/15/2008
Brenda Mae Tarpley will be 69 in December

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Ed Donahue

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Seventh Grade in
Austria

The Last Stand European Premiere London: Outside Arrivals

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is 66 today

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CARTOON PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Walt Disney proudly holds the Oscar for “Flowers and Trees”

“Flowers and Trees” was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and the first 
cartoon short to use Technicolor.

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BROTHER OF RACING LEGEND HAS DIED

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Randy Earnhardt and Taylor Earnhardt-Putnam

INDIANAPOLIS – Randy Earnhardt, one of four brothers of seven-time Cup
champion Dale Earnhardt Sr., has died. He was 60.

His nephew, Dale Earnhardt Jr., said in September that Randy had recently
been diagnosed with cancer.

His niece, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted Sunday morning asking people to
pray for the Earnhardt family following Randy Earnhardt’s death.

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From Left: Dale Earnhardt Sr. and son Dale jr.

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