October 14, 2010, first blog post.
WELCOME,THIS IS THE DEBUT OF A BLOG THAT, I HOPE, WILL REVIVE
FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST.
IT’S THE PLACE FOR OLD MOVIES,PICS,ADS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT
SUITS A PASSION FOR THE PAST. SO, BOOKMARK AND CHECK BACK
OFTEN.
CARLATA BRADLEY
Paul Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey. he is 84 today.
John Lennon was an English musician and activist. He gained
global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist
of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney
remains the most successful in history.
1964
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells) is an English
actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous
accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades,
including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award,
three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden
Globe wards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has
been honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the
AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022.
1955
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October
2, 1998)
Gene Autry, perhaps the greatest singing cowboy of all time,
was born on September 29, 1907, in Tioga, Texas.
While still a boy, Autry moved with his family to a ranch in
Oklahoma where he learned to play the guitar and sing.
The young Autry was quickly attracted to a new style of music
that was becoming popular at the time, which combined the
traditional cowboy music popular in Texas and Oklahoma and
the folk songs, ballads, and hymns of southern-style country
music.
Known as country-western, the new sound was popularized by musicians from the East Coast and the South who had never
been near a horse and couldn’t tell a stirrup from a lariat.
Donning cowboy hats and boots and affecting what they thought
were western drawls, hundreds of these newly minted “cowboys”
were soon crooning popular western ballads like “Tumbling
Tumble Weeds” all around the nation.
