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Petition: Induct Clay Cole into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Clay Cole was a true pioneer of the rock and roll era. Even for those not fortunate enough to live in an area where his 1960s TV show aired, there’s no denying that Clay was one of those notable...
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The Beach Boys Perform Three Songs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Awesome performances by The Beach Boys on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (May 7, 2012). The Boys sang “In My Room,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and their brand-new single, “That’s Why God Made the Radio.” The...
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Laura’s Oldies Connection on Tumblr
NEW! For music, TV, movies and vintage ads from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, check out my new blog on Tumblr. Laura’s Oldies Connection.
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The Beach Boys on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, David Marks, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston) appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, June 6, 2012. The ‘Boys sang their new single “That’s Why...
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Jimmy O’Neill, TV host of ‘Shindig!’, has died
Jimmy O’Neill, host of the ABC-TV music show “Shindig” that featured nearly every big-name music act of the ’60s including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beach Boys, the Byrds...
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The Beatles Get Grammys Special on CBS
CBS wants to hold a Beatles special. The network will air a two-hour program about the Fab Four, “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles,” that will feature contemporary...
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Discuss: Has Archie Comics Gone Too Far?
The following is from another one of my blogs (Laura Pinto, Writer and Author). This post can be read in its entirety by clicking on the link below the text. I would love to hear your opinion—what do...
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Casey Kasem, Radio Icon, Dies at 82
The honeyed voice that urged America to reach for the stars for decades has been silenced. Casey Kasem, the legendary radio DJ whose syndicated radio show was the most popular radio program in...
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The Beatles’‘All You Need Is Love': A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown
From RollingStone.com: On June 1st, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, boosting the sales of vintage military uniforms and further cementing their status as the biggest...
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Fifty Years Later, Archie’s (Still) Here!
On September 14, 1968, The Archie Show made its Saturday-morning debut on CBS-TV—and life as we know it instantly changed for the better. This may sound like an exaggeration, but look at the facts:...
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