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Too much junk/toys to mention, ever changing due to too getting bored too quickly. I need a 10 step program!
Want to call? I'm in the book. Want to argue....First explain the square root of negative one....lol
I enjoyed the video-When did they stop smoking on T.V. talk shows?
are we going to have an ELVIS week? or a BEATLES week?
You should see my Elvis collection, and not just of him singing Bee Gees songs. I always regreted a last minute decision not to go see Elvis in 1977 in Rapid City SD, a few weeks before he died.
As to the smoking on TV talk shows, not sure, Johnny Carson was smoking fairly late (often off camera, but you could see the smoke after commercial breaks, or wafting up from behind the desk), but I don't think even to this day that their is any law against it, just a general shift in opinion not to do it.
I guess the following video may come as a shock to the young folks, but The Flinstones used to advertise cigarettes, as did almost everyone, even Ronald Reagan. I'm sure many remember Andy Griffith smoking on occasion, Jim Rockford, many others. It was in the 80's where it became the bad guy smoking more than the good guy.
Funny stuff. Interesting about the Mills Brothers, I didn't know there was talk of them producing an album, but they had known The Mills Brothers since they were little boys, and there are photos of them all together, dressed up to perform, on documentaries, taken in the late 1950's, or early 60's. They always said they would have been some kind of comedians if they hadn't been musicians. Sometimes after singing a serious love song, they would take a bow, then proceed to crash into each other and fall on the floor while trying to leave the stage. Here's them singing on TV in 1960, well before the Beatles were created. This 1st video buffers slow, so I suggest hitting the "Pause" button right after it starts and give it a few moments to "load up" some buffer.
They were regular hosts of an Australian TV show from 1960-1962, and appeared on many others, and some of their songs, like "Three Kisses of Love", sounded exactly like the Beatles sound, BEFORE the Beatles were a group. Unfortunatly, I can't find a video of it, but most people who hear it guess it's the Beatles. But their younger ages and being stuck in Australia meant they didn't "break out" worldwide until after the Beatles, and later, many thought their sound was copying the Beatles, but they had developed it independently of, and prior to, The Beatles.
Bobby Darin and Wayne Newton saw them on TV when they were on an Australian tour in the early 60's, met with Barry, and brought back some of his songs. Jimmy Boyd, of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" fame, was the 1st to record one of Barry's songs in America, in 1962 or 1963 (with "That's What I'll Give to You"), and Wayne Newton followed soon thereafter with "They'll Never Know".
I found a photo of The Mills Brothers with The Bee Gees in this version of "Turn Around, Look at Me".
While browsing through the myriad of links on Youtube (gotta love that site, seems like you can find almost anything on any subject), I found this British documentary that talks about the London Underground Club scene where all the musicians hung out together, how John Lennon got Maurice Gibb started drinking, Maurice's marriage to Lulu ("To Sir With Love"), and much more. Interesting clips of the Psychedelic Period.
Funny stuff. Interesting about the Mills Brothers, I didn't know there was talk of them producing an album, but they had known The Mills Brothers since they were little boys, and there are photos of them all together, dressed up to perform, on documentaries, taken in the late 1950's, or early 60's. They always said they would have been some kind of comedians if they hadn't been musicians. Sometimes after singing a serious love song, they would take a bow, then proceed to crash into each other and fall on the floor while trying to leave the stage. Here's them singing on TV in 1960, well before the Beatles were created. This 1st video buffers slow, so I suggest hitting the "Pause" button right after it starts and give it a few moments to "load up" some buffer.
They were regular hosts of an Australian TV show from 1960-1962, and appeared on many others, and some of their songs, like "Three Kisses of Love", sounded exactly like the Beatles sound, BEFORE the Beatles were a group. Unfortunatly, I can't find a video of it, but most people who hear it guess it's the Beatles. But their younger ages and being stuck in Australia meant they didn't "break out" worldwide until after the Beatles, and later, many thought their sound was copying the Beatles, but they had developed it independently of, and prior to, The Beatles.
Bobby Darin and Wayne Newton saw them on TV when they were on an Australian tour in the early 60's, met with Barry, and brought back some of his songs. Jimmy Boyd, of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" fame, was the 1st to record one of Barry's songs in America, in 1962 or 1963 (with "That's What I'll Give to You"), and Wayne Newton followed soon thereafter with "They'll Never Know".
I found a photo of The Mills Brothers with The Bee Gees in this version of "Turn Around, Look at Me".
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