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PAT BOONE IS CELEBRATING 80 YEARS

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Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone was one of the highest charting singers
in the late 1950s and early 1960s. According to Billboard magazine, 
Boone was the second biggest charting artist
behind only Elvis
Presley
. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and
has appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films.

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FIRST APPEARANCE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The Dave Clark Five made a total 18 appearances on The Ed Sullivan
Show
,
the most of any British Invasion group.

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The Dave Clark Five with Ed Sullivan

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VOICE ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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  Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Blanc, known as "The Man of 1000 Voices", was born in San Francisco,
California, and later moved to Portland, Oregon where he attended
Lincoln High School. He began his radio career at age 19 on the KGW
program The Hoot Owls in 1927. This is where his ability to produce
voices for a large number of characters was first noticed. Blanc also
worked for KEX radio in Portland with his own show in 1933.  

Mel Blanc later moved to Los Angeles and joined Warner-Bros- owned
KFWB radio in Hollywood where he soon became the voices of various
Warner-Bros cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and
Porky Pig, just to name a few.

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CLINT WALKER IS 87 TODAY

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Clint Walker (Norman Eugene Walker)

Walker is a retired actor best known for his cowboy role as Cheyenne
Bodie in the ABC television western series, Cheyenne (1955-1963). 

He worked as a doorman and club bouncer before finding success in
Hollywood.
 

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LISA WHELCHEL IS 51 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Lisa Diane Whelchel

Whelchel is best known for portraying Blair Warner on The Facts of Life
which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1988. She was a Mousekeeter on The
New Mickey Mouse Club. Her Christian album “All Because of You” earned
her a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Inspirational Performance. She
was a contestant on the twenty-fifth season of Survivor and came in 2nd
place.

 


“All Because of You” (1984)

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