Archive for August 4th, 2011

NUMBER ONE RECORD ON THIS DATE IN 1973

Morning after album

“The Morning After” was the first successful recording for singer
Maureen McGovern. The original version of the song was the love
theme from the film The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

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Maureen Therese McGovern Turned 62  July 27th.

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‘’GREASE’’ ACTRESS IS DEAD AT 63

annette in grease
Annette as “Cha Cha”

annette charles

(Fox news) LOS ANGELES – TMZ has reported today that "Grease" actress
Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha in the iconic film, has died in Los Angeles.
 
Charles passed away Wednesday night at age 63 from complications from cancer.

She had acted in several minor TV roles before she played Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio, the girlfriend of the leader of the Scorpions gang, in the 1978 movie.

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TIMI YURO REMEMBERED ~

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timi yoro later
                        ( August 4, 1940 – March 30, 2004)

Timi Yuro (born Rosemary Timothy Yuro) was a popular soul and R&B singer
who ws considered to be one of the first blue-eyed soul stylists of the rock era.

 


“Hurt” reached the #4 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
in 1961.

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JERRY LEWIS IS NO LONGER WITH MDA!

jerry lewis telethon 2010

(AP) -Comedian Jerry Lewis is no longer serving as the Muscular Dystrophy
Association’s national chairman and won’t be appearing on this year’s Labor Day
telethon, according to an announcement made Wednesday night by the nonprofit
agency.

Lewis, 85, has been the MDA’s national chairman since the early 1950s and has
hosted the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon since 1966.

He announced in May that he was retiring as host of the telethon that has become synonymous with his name. But Lewis added that he planned to make his final appearance on this year’s Sept. 4, show and planned on continuing to serve as
MDA’s national chairman.

MDA Chairman of the Board R. Rodney Howell said in a statement that Lewis
"will not be appearing on the telethon" and "we will not be replacing him as MDA
national chairman." The statement did not provide any further explanation for
the moves.

Lewis has in recent years battled a debilitating back condition, heart issues
and the crippling lung disease pulmonary fibrosis.

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REMEMBERING LOUIS ARMSTRONG

louis armstrong young 
louis armstrong main    
                     (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)

Louis Armstrong nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was a legendary jazz 
trumpeter and singer.

 

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