Archive for March 31st, 2011

NETWORK TV DEBUT OF BRENDA LEE, ON THIS DATE IN 1955


Note: Brenda Lee was 11 years old when she made this appearance
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CHUCK BERRY HIT RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1958



Johnny B. Goode is one of Chuck Berry’s most famous recordings. It
is also one of the most recognizable songs in music history.

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Chuck Berry today

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SHIRLEY JONES, BIRTHDAY 77 TODAY

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Shirley Mae Jones  is a singer and actress of stage, film and television. She
starred in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955),
Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). Shirley won the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for playing a prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She
is probably best known as Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children
in the ABC-TV sitcom  series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), co-starring
her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

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Shirley Jones with Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry

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Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family

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SOLDIER BOY, RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1962

This song became the group’s biggest hit, reaching #1, selling over
a million copies and earning a Gold Record.

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