The Phases of Elvis
When looking back on the career of Elvis Presley, it’s not hard to break it down into six stages. The Beginning. (1954-1955) Elvis was first discovered by Sam Phillips of Sun Records and for the first months of his career he performed throughout the south. The Hits. (1956-1958) Once Elvis fell under the management of [...]
Smile, It’s Candid Camera
Allen Funt was born on September 16, 1914. Beginning in the 1940′s and until the 1980s as a regular show or in a series of specials, his famous show, Candid Camera was produced. Funt came up with his idea of recording ordinary people in unusual situations in the 1940s and began on radio as Candid [...]
Favorite Songs
My favorite songs. Colour My World – Chicago This is a favorite of many since during the 70s and even today many proms have used this as their theme, and weddings and the song for the first dance. It’s a great song alone, but it’s often played by the group as part of James Pankow’s [...]
Music Through the Decades
On the morning of July 9, 2010, Lady Gaga performed on the Concert Summer Series on NBC to their biggest crowd ever. Each generation/decade has had a musical artist that has in their own way defined the decade. Is the decade of 2010 Lady Gaga’s? So far it would seem that way. Here is my [...]
It Started with a Shark
It was in June of 1975 that the summer movies changed, forever. That was the year that Jaws was released and became the first Summer Blockbuster. I was finishing my Junior year at High School and was one of the thousands (who knows it may have been millions) who had read the book by Peter [...]
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