Archive for April 28th, 2013

DUANE EDDY WITH THE VENTURES

ventures album
1998

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Members of the New Depths recording session with Duane Eddy (seated-center).

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FOUNDER OF THE 99 CENT STORE IS DEAD

99 cent stores

DAVE GOLD 

              Dave Gold
(June 5, 1932 – April 22, 2013)

Los Angeles (Fox News) – Dave Gold, founder of the 99 Cents Only
Stores, might have loved a good bargain. But he died filthy rich.

Gold, who popularized the 99-cent store concept with a string of
more than 300 shops that eventually extended from California to
Texas, reportedly died on Monday, April 22 of an apparent heart
attack. He was 80 years old. 

when Gold opened his first 99 Cents Only Store in Los Angeles in
1982, the concept was reserved for expired or broken products.
“A retail graveyard,” is how The Times referred to such shops
before Gold popularized the concept.

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BEST SELLER ON THIS DAY IN 1958

 DAVID-SEVILLE auto
David Seville

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"Witch Doctor" was written and recorded by David Seville
(
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.). He later created his little friends
The Chipmunks (also Bagasarian) using the same recording
technique. 

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY ~

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Sandy Kozel

jay_leno yng

leno today

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno turned 63 today

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ANN-MARGRET IS 72 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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annmargretnow

Ann-Margret Olsson is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963),
Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge
(1971), and Tommy (1975). She has won five Golden Globe Awards
and has had two Academy Award nominations.  

 

 ann and elvis
Elvis Presley and Ann Margret in a scene from “Viva Las Vegas”

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