Archive for January 6th, 2023

FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

seat-belt
DON’T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT!

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MEMBER OF THE MODERNAIRES HAS DIED

Alan Copeland - Photograph Signed | Autographs & Manuscripts | HistoryForSale Item 309422

Alan Copeland | The Panamerican School of Music
Alan Robert Copeland (October 6, 1926 – December 28, 2022)

(Hollywood Reporter) – Alan Copeland, the songwriter, Grammy-
winning arranger and ultra-smooth vocalist known for his many
years with The Modernaires and performances on Your Hit Parade
and The Red Skelton Hour, died December 28 in an assisted living
facility in Sonora, California. He was 96.

As recently as this fall, Copeland was still singing and playing
keyboards in a quartet called
Now You Hazz Jazz.

THE ALAN COPELAND SINGERS COOL COUNTRY VINYL LP ABC RECORDS VERY GOOD CONDITION | eBay

The Alan Copeland Singers - If Love Comes With It (Vinyl, US, 1969) For Sale | Discogs

So It Goes! Singles of the '50s - The Modernaires | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic

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OLDEST LIVING PERSON IN THE U.S. IS DEAD

  110 years young | News, Sports, Jobs - Messenger News  
    
  10 Oldest Living People in the United States (Updated 2021) - Oldest.org  
    
    
   

Bessie Hendricks was the oldest living person in the US and
fourth in the world, according to
Gerontology Research Group

before she
passed away at Shady Oaks Care Center in Lake
City, Iowa, Tuesday
at age 115.

Hendricks was born in that city on Nov. 7, 1907, and she grew
up on a farm. She later went on to raise five children, two of
whom she outlived.


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GAME SHOW PREMIERED ON THIS DAY

On This Day, January 6th
The original presenter of the game show was Chuck Woolery who later worked on shows like Love Connection among
many others. Woolery had help from his lovely assistant
Susan Stafford (above).

Wheel of Fortune, one of the the longest-running syndicated
game show in American television, premieres on NBC on
January 6, 1975. Created by television legend Merv Griffin and
hosted since the early 1980s by Pat Sajak and Vanna White,
(below). Wheel is one of the most popular television shows
in the world.

Photo: huffingtonpost

Wheel of Fortune - More Than Just a Game - AppWalkthrough.com

How To Become A Contestant On Wheel Of Fortune - CINEMABLEND

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THE 47th STATE ON THIS DAY IN 1912

New Mexico timeline | Timetoast timelines
On January 6, 1912, New Mexico was admitted into
the United States as the 47th state.

Spanish explorers passed through the area that would
become New Mexico in the early 16th century, they
encountered the well-preserved remains of a 13th-
century Pueblo civilization. Exaggerated rumors about
the hidden riches of these Pueblo cities encouraged the
first full-scale Spanish expedition into New Mexico, led
by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. Instead of
encountering the long-departed Pueblo people, the
Spanish explorers met other Indigenous groups, like
the Apaches, who were fiercely resistant to the early
Spanish missions and ranches in the area.

Statehood during Western Expansion 1876 - 1912 timeline | Timetoast timelines

Francisco Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
(1510 – 22 September 1554)

New Mexico - joined the United States as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. The capital is Santa ...

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