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THE TOP SONG ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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"Tammy", written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. debuted in the romantic
comedy film Tammy and the Bachelor. It was nominated for the 1957 Academy
Award
for Best Original Song.

The most popular version, by Debbie Reynolds, peaked at #1 on all the charts:
the Disk Jockey chart, and the Best Seller chart.

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Debbie Reynolds became 81 on April 1

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery is 83 today

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ACTRESS JULIE HARRIS HAS DIED AT 87

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   Julia Ann "Julie" Harris (December 2, 1925 – August 24, 2013)

NEW YORK (AP) –  Julie Harris, one of Broadway’s most honored
performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles
in "I Am a Camera" to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in "The Belle
of Amherst," died Saturday. 

Harris died at her West Chatham, Mass. home of congestive heart
failure, according actress and family friend Francesca James.

Harris won a record five Tony Awards for best actress in a play,
displaying a virtuosity that enabled her to portray an astonishing
gallery of women during a theater career that spanned almost 60
years and included such plays as "The Member of the Wedding"
(1950), "The Lark" (1955), "Forty Carats" (1968) and "The Last
of Mrs. Lincoln" (1972).
 
Television viewers knew Harris as the free-spirited Lilimae Clements
on the prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing." In the movies, she
was James Dean’s romantic co-star in "East of Eden" (1955), and
had rolls in such films as "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962), and
"The Haunting" (1963).  

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ONE OF THE LAST OF ITS KIND IN OREGON

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The 99W Drive-In outside Portland, Oregon in Newberg has been a family run business for three generations.

The 99W Drive-In Theatre opened originally in 1953.  It is one of only four drive-ins
left in operation in Oregon and the last one in the Portland area. The state once had
a total of 73.  

By December 31, the majority of American drive-in theaters must upgrade to digital
projectors or face closure. The switch to the new system costs roughly $80,000.

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For more info visit…ProjectDrive-In.com

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VERA MILES IS 84 TODAY

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Vera Miles (Vera June Ralston)

Miles.worked with director Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane,
the concerned sister of Janet Leigh’s character in the 1960 classic thriller
Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel, Psycho II. Other films include
The Wrong Man (1956), The Searchers, (1956) and The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance
(1962).
  

Before fame, Vera Miles was crowned Miss Kansas in 1948 and was the
third runner-up in the Miss America pageant in 1951.

 

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Vera Miles in a scene from Psycho

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