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February 8, 2023

Biography,
Music

billy squier, rock singer, songwriter, 1980s music, hit songs, late 1980s, everybody wants you, my kinda lover, in the dark, rock me tonite, the stroke, most sampled song, interviews

Everybody Wants You, Billy Squier

Vintage music videos from 80's American rock icon and boomer rock music favorite Billy Squier (The Stroke, My Kinda Lover, Everybody Wants You, Rock Me Tonite, and In the Dark).…

January 29, 2023

thuryle krezter, american artist, illustrator, poet, poem, miss movie, miss vaudeville, illustration, 1917, motion picture magazine, colorized illustration, pen and ink drawing, contour drawing, stippling technique, romantic doodles

Who WAS Artist Thuryle Kretzer?

Budding artist Thuryle Kretzer contributed illustrations and occasionally poetry, to Motion Picture Magazine between 1915-1917. (Thuryle Kretzer Miss Movie & Miss Vaudeville Illustration & Poem 1917 [colorized]) One of the…

January 22, 2023

jim croce, 1968, american singer, songwriter, folk musician, rock songs, you don't mess around with jim, operator, that's not the way it feels, one less set of footsteps, i got a name, bad, bad leroy brown, married ingrid croce, father of aj croce, son adrian croce

Jim Croce's Legacy of Songs

Celebrating Jim Croce's brief life and career as a singer-songwriter - You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), One Less Set of Footsteps, I Got A…

December 29, 2022

Biography,
Music

ian tyson 2010s, canadian singer, folk songwriter, country music, cowboy musician, 1960s hit songs, four strong winds, someday soon, early morning rain, you were on my mind, 1970s hit singles, cowboy pride, fifty years ago, lights of laramie, octogenarian, senior citizen,

Cowboy Ian Tyson's Four Strong Winds

Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson's journey to becoming a folk-country-cowboy troubadour began on Vancouver Island, where he learned to play polo & ride horses bareback. Tyson's story, hits and some lesser-known…

December 28, 2022

Biography,
Music

george michael, british singer, pop songwriter, 1980s vocal groups, wham, hit pop songs, wake me up before you go go, last christmas, jesus to a child, faith, anselmo feleppa, died christmas day, december 2016 death

George Michael's Last Christmas

George Michael first rose to fame during the 1980's with pop group Wham!, performing peppy duets like the monster hit single Wake Me Up Before You Go Go with singing partner…

December 6, 2022

kirstie alley, american actress, tv shows, sitcoms, cheers, veronicas closet, fat actress, reality show star, dancing with the stars, kirstie alleys big life, the masked singer, jenny craig spokeswoman, weight loss, married parker stevenson, james wilder girlfriend, friends john travolta

The Ups and Downs of Kirstie Alley's Big Life

Cheers alum (1987-1993) and Jenny Craig spokesperson Alley making a red carpet appearance at the 1994 Emmy Awards. Alley was tabloid fodder for the last two decades of her life…

November 27, 2022

Biography,
TV

stephanie zimbalist, american actress, pierce brosnan, irish american actor, 1980s tv shows, remington steele,

Boomer TV Trivia: Remington Steele

Q1. Which two of the four main cast members/characters from Season 1 of Remington Steele did not return for subsequent seasons, and why? Q2. Did the characters of Laura Holt…

October 29, 2022

Biography,
Music

jerry lee lewis, 1950s, american musician, rock and roll hall of fame, singer, songwriter, pianist, great balls of fire, whole lotta shakin goin on, the killer, million dollar quartet,

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis Is at Peace

"The Killer", rock and roll pianist and singer Jerry Lee Lewis, is no longer the Last Man Standing, as his 2006 hit record proclaimed. Lewis was as well known for…

October 23, 2022

cinelandia, spanish language magazine, movie fan magazine, editor lucio villegas, kavelita illustration, film directors, rupert hughes, joseph degrasse, alan crosland, william beaudine, j stuart blackton, reginald barker, allan dwan, marshall neilan

Cinelandia - Lucio Villegas and Kavelita

Editor Lucio A. Villegas, prominent film directors such as A. Stuart Blackton, and occasional illustrations from the artist billed as "Kavelita", contributed to the early success of the Spanish-language Hollywood…

September 16, 2022

mark miller, 1959, american actor, screenwriter, 1950s television series, zane grey theater, guest star, younger, westerns,

The Inner Flame of Mark Miller

Actor, playwright and screenwriter Mark Miller (nee Claude Herbert Miller Jr.) died September 9, 2022 at the age of 97. (Mark Miller & Don Knotts 1961 The Andy Griffith Show Photo:…