Friday, February 22, 2008

AN IMPORTANT NEIL SIMON ANNIVERSARY

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Loving Neil Simon's comedies are one thing. But loving Neil Simon and the characters that he created for the stage because you studied c...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

A DAY IN THE RECORDING STUDIO

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John Nugent and I went into Smooth Sounds studios on Sunday, February 17th at noon and amazingly recorded sixteen of the scheduled seventeen...
Friday, February 15, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAROLD ARLEN

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Today would have been the birthday of one of the greatest composers in the world. His name was Harold Arlen. The titles "Blues In The N...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

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Yes indeed, today is Valentine's Day-- the great day of love!Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving o...
Monday, February 04, 2008

ON THIS DATE WE LOST TWO MUSICAL LEGENDS

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On this date in 1983--Twenty-Five years ago we lost the amazing and truly gifted Karen Carpenter. Her lyrical voice, her amazing voice made...
Sunday, February 03, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN NUGENT

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Today is the 35th birthday of my new collaborator John D. Nugent. How do you describe a most amaing gift? What sheer chance the two of us sh...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAL PRINCE, EDDIE CANTOR AND MARIO LANZA

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*Today is the birthday of three great showmen: Mr. Eddie Cantor, Hal Prince and the late great and amazing Mario Lanza. I had an associatio...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

A TRIP TO THE "NEW" GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY

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Dr. Krupp Griffith J. ...

A TRIP TO THE

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

FROM WAY OUT OF THE PAST

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SURPRISE SURPRISE Today from out of the bluest of the blue, I received a telephone call from a gentleman that I had not seen or talked ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

CONGRATS TO JOHNNY DEPP AND STEVEN SCHWARTZ AND WE WILL BE RECORDING SOON

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Congrats to Johnny Depp on his Oscar nomination for best actor on "SWEENEY TODD" --it really was an amazing adaptation of Stephen ...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

CATALINA TRIP AND A RECORDING

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Well, it's been awhile since I've written here. It's been a very busy month with a new district manager coming in at work and so...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOUPY SALES

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Today is the 82nd birthday of a television legend- Mr. Soupy Sales. Of course, my connection with him goes back to those glorious days when ...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

CELEBRATION OF A NEW YEAR AND MEMORIES OF AN OLD HOLLYWOOD RESTARAUNT

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Well, indeed the new year has arrived and all hopes are in place that this year -- my 60th new year-- will be better than 2007. The last yea...
Friday, December 28, 2007

THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR APPROACHES

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It's been awhile since I've written something here, but my days as retail manager have been long and hard. Christmas 2007 was a bit ...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

A BIRTHDAY FOR BEETHOVEN AND SIR NOEL

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Well, friends, today is the birthday of Ludwig Van Beethoven, the master composer. What an amazing life. Here was a master: a man who's ...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

MARGARET HAMILTON'S BIRTHDAY

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The lyrics to that wonderful song "Young At Heart" has a line which reads "And if you should survive to one hundred and five....
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Saturday, December 01, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY MARTIN,WOODY ALLEN, BETTE MIDLER AND CYRIL RICHARD

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Happy Birthday to Woody Allen who turns Seventy Two this day, Bette Midler who turns Sixty-two this day and to the memory of Mary Martin who...
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Friday, November 30, 2007

THE STRIKE IS OVER AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK TWAIN

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Three cheers! The Broadway Strike is over! The longest strike in Broadway history is over--thank God. Broadway lost two million dollars a da...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

THE GRINCH WINS

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YES! THE GRINCH HAS WON-- GOD BLESS HIM! The Grinches of Broadway actually decided NOT to appeal the Federal Judge's ruling. So now all ...
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