Archive for July, 2011

THE STARLITERS TV DEBUT

 

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Now joined by original member, Dave Brigati, and singer, Bobby Valli,Frankie
Valli’s brother, Joey Dee and the Starliters continue to tour all over the US
and Canada.

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NUMBER ONE AT THIS TIME IN 1966

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“Hanky Panky” was at the top position for two weeks.

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Tommy James today

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DISNEYLAND DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Disneyland Park was unveiled during a special televised press 
event on ABC-TV. 

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DONALD SUTHERLAND IS 77 TODAY

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donald_sutherland today

Donald McNichol Sutherland is a actor with a film career spanning nearly 
50 years. Some of Sutherland’s more notable movie roles included offbeat
warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, in 1967, and Mash and
Kelly’s Heroes both in 1970. He was also in the popular film Invasion of
the Body Snatchers
(1978). Donald Sutherland is the father of actor
Kiefer Sutherland.

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Donald Sutherland in Dirty Dozen

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Sutherland as seen in JFK

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Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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JAMES FRANCIS CAGNEY

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james cagney

                    (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

James Francis Cagney, Jr. was a film actor  who, although he won acclaim
and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for
playing "tough guys.” In 1999, the American Film Institute  ranked him
eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. Cagney’s seventh film,
The Public Enemy (1931), became one of the most influential gangster
movies of the period, making him one of Warner’s and Hollywood’s biggest
stars. In 1938, Cagney received his first Academy Award for Best Actor
nomination for Angels with Dirty Faces , before winning in 1942 for his
memorable portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.  

Famous scene from The Public Enemy, 1931

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