Archive for May, 2012

ACTRESS JOAN COLLINS IS 79 TODAY

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Joan Henrietta Collins is an English actress, author and columnist.  After
making her stage debut in A Doll’s House at the age of 9, she was trained
as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. At the age
of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood to begin a film career.

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on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989.

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FAMOUS OUTLAWS KILLED ON THIS DAY IN 1934

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             Bonnie Elizabeth Parker                       Clyde Chestnut Barrow   
           (Oct. 1, 1910-May 23, 1934)                 (Mar. 24, 1909-May 23, 1934) 
                   
        

The well-known criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow traveled the Central  
U.S.with their gang the “Barrow Gang” during the Great Depression. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. The couple themselves were eventually ambushed and killed on a rural
road in Louisiana by law officers. Their exploits became a major part of American
pop folklore with the
1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye
Dunaway.


   

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The the ambush site was located on a desolate road, deep in the Louisiana woods

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The Bonnie and Clyde 1934 Ford V8 Deluxe Sedan after the ambush


 

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The Bonnie and Clyde Death Car on display at a museum in Nevada

 

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SOLO ALBUM DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1970

McCaartney album

McCartney, the debut solo album by Paul McCartney, started a three-week
run at the top of the Billboard Hot 200 on May 23, 1970. Apart from Linda
McCartney
‘s vocal contributions, McCartney performed and recorded the
entire album solo which features loosely arranged and, in some cases,
unfinished home recordings.The album was reissued in June 2011 as
part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection.

From the album McCartney (side one, cut #2)

 

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Paul will be 70 on June 18th

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A KEX RADIO PROMOTION FROM 1956

KEX Cake Mix promo Set 1956

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KEYBOARD MASTER TURNED 78 TODAY

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Peter Nero
(born Bernard Nierow) recorded his first album in 1961,
and won a Grammy Award that year for "Best New Artist." Since then,
he has received another Grammy, ten additional nominations and
released 67 albums. When Nero was with RCA Records he produced
23 albums in eight years. He later moved to Columbia Records where
the outcome was the million-selling single and album, Summer of ‘42. 

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