Archive for May, 2011

REMEMBER ~ ‘’NELLYBELLE’’ ?

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The original “Nellybelle” (above) from The Roy Rogers Show on NBC-TV from 1951
to 1957. It  was first displayed at the Roy Rogers- Dale Evans Museum which moved
from California to Missouri in 2003, and closed in late 2009. The World War ll  Willys
(CJ-2A) Jeep was sold at auction in New York on July 14, 2010 for $116,500, to a
private museum. 

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Pat Brady behind the wheel of “NELLYBELLE’’

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Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Pat Brady

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STEVIE WONDER IS 61 TODAY

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Stevie Wonder, blind from birth, is a singer-songwriter, musician, and
record producer, who signed with Motown Records’ Tamla label at the
age of eleven. He continues to perform and record for Motown to this
day. Among Wonder’s best known works are singles such as 1972’s 
“Superstition” and “I Just Called to Say I love You”(1984). 

 

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FIRST U.S. AIRMALE STAMPS ISSUED ON THIS DATE IN 1918

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       PostOffice!

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RITCHIE VALENS ~ (May 13, 1941 – FEB. 3, 1959)

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1958

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BURT BACHARACH IS 82 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Burt F. Bacharach is a pianist, composer and music producer. He is known
for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the
1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced
specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick.

 

Released in April of 1964, "Walk on By" became a landmark  single,
reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one hit
Cashbox’s R&B chart. 

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