Archive for June, 2011

RECORD ENTERED THE CHARTS ON THIS DATE IN 1958

Bobby Darin

Recorded performance from The Dick Clark Show on ABC

splish splash 45 

This song was a career booster for Bobby Darin, showing up at
the No. 3 position on the pop singles charts.

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FOR A KODAK MOMENT IN 1949

KODAK 1949

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VIOLIN SELLS FOR $16 MILLION AT AUCTION

Lady-Blunt-Stradivarius-Violin

TOKYO (AP) – A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius
violin for $16 million at a London auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief.
The nonprofit Nippon Foundation said Tuesday the proceeds from selling the nearly
300-year-old violin known as the Lady Blunt will go to relief projects in northern Japan.
The group’s music affiliate owned the violin made in 1721 and hardly used. The new owner was not identified.

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MEREDITH BAXTER IS ONLY 64 TODAY!

meredith baser then

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Meredith Baxter, also known for some years as Meredith Baxter-Birney, is 
a actress and producer. She is known for her roles in Family on ABC-TV,
1976-1980, and the NBC-TV sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989). Baxter got
her first big break on television in 1972 as one of the stars of Bridget
Loves Bernie,
a CBS-TV sitcom.   

bridget loves bernie

family ties DVD

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NW 10th BETWEEN BURNSIDE & COUCH ~ 1921

nw-10th-between-couch-burnside-1921

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