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SHOW CANCELLED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

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Guest Rose Kennedy and Dinah Shore from Dinah’s Place


Dinah’s Place
ran on NBC-TV from 1970 to 1974. The show featured
famous guest stars and experts on nutrition, exercise and homemaking.

Despite the fact the show was among the most popular programs in the
morning lineup of NBC, it left the air after Shore was sent a telegram 
informing her the show was being cancelled, because it broke up a
“game show programming block”. Thus NBC’S 35-year association  
with Dinah Shore ended.

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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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The instrumental "Sleep Walk" was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan,
New York City, New York. It entered Billboard‘s Top 40 on August 17, 1959
and rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September (the 21st
and the 28th) and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk"
also reached number four on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to
hit number one in the 1950s and earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.

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TV SERIES ACTOR HAS DIED AT 80

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PONCIE PONCE LTR

Poncie Ponce (
Ponciano Hernandez) (April 10, 1933 – July 19, 2013)

Actor, musician and stand-up comedian Poncie Ponce was born in Maui, Hawaii 
and moved to Los Angeles, where from 1959–1963, he played the role of cab 
driver Kazuo Kim in the Warner Bros. detective series, Hawaiian Eye on the 
ABC television. It was the first network series to be set in the 50th state. He
also appeared opposite Elvis Presley in Speedway (1968),


     

              


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‘’RECORD FOUND FREE OF OBSCENITIES’’

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Shortly after it’s release in 1963, rumors began circulating alleging the lyrics
of the song “Louie, Louie” were laced with a profane depiction of sexuality
between a sailor and his girl. The groups singer Jack Ely had just had his
braces tightened, thus muffling some of the words, making them sound
unintelligible. The song was banned on many radio stations across the
country, but a lengthy investigation by the FBI concluded they were
“unable to interpret any of the wording in the record.”

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Portland, Oregon garage band The Kingsmen from left: Don
Gallucci, Jack Ely, Lynn Easton, Mike Mitchell, and Bob Nordby 

 

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Longtime members of The Kingsmen are Dick Peterson (left) and Michael
Mitchell

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

Note from PDX Retro: Mick Jagger was born in 1943

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Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is 70 today

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