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   The Real Neil on Spotify

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     Intro
     

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     Beginning to Breathe Again
     

     Neil Sedaka

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   Time Out For Smokey Robinson & The Miracles on Spotify

   Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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     Doggone Right
     

     Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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     Baby, Baby Don't Cry
     

     Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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Happy Birthday BOBBY VINTON , AL GREEN

 Very nice, orchestral version of the Brian Hyland song, Sealed with a Kiss circa 1972- Bobby Vinton courtesy NostalgiaClassical youtube (top rated)



 

 Another gem , Mr. Lonely, written during the Korean War years but meant a lot to soldiers in the following Vietnam war - Live performance from Shindig, 1964 - top rated youtube thanks rainbow Happy Birthday BOBBY VINTON Bobby Vinton is 78  Today. Visit him @ http://www.bobbyvinton.com Al Green was 67 on April 13 . Happy Burtday to Al!



 


 Send this one out to my sister Joan, wherever she is... she liked this one and Al Green music thanks deeteedub

More ANNETTE - First flame, Paul Anka, Sunday TV Tribute

 New York YORK, April 9 (UPI) -- U.S. actor and singer Frankie Avalon says it makes him smile to know his late friend and co-star Annette Funicello is at peace after years of suffering.

Funicello, 70, died Monday due to complications from multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for decades. Avalon, who starred with Funicello in a string of iconic beach party films, said he first became aware she had the disease when they were working on their 1987 reunion film, "Back to the Beach," but her condition only got worse from there. "For at least the past six, seven years, she was without communication. It was a terrible existence," Avalon told TV's "Inside Edition." "It makes me smile to know that she's up there dancing and singing and having a good time."

 Annette's first crush, Paul Anka talked of annette on Dennis Miller radio show Tuesday while promoting his new album and bio. Said Annette was the wonderful , natural person as show was on film but they were very young at the time and not ready for marriage, Neil Sedaka also spoke well of Annette o rita Cosby show

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NEW From Annette's old flame, Paul Anka LP 'Duets' and Bio

Find My Way Back To Your Heart – Duets album free download | Paul Anka

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To mark the forthcoming release of Paul Anka's Duets album Paul has made an exclusive free download of Find My Way Back To Your Heart, which features on
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 TV Network | A Tribute to Annette Funicello metvnetwork.com Sunday, April 14, beginning at 1 PM, tune in for A Tribute to Annette Funicello. Me-TV remembers the late actress with two hours of 'Make Room for Daddy' episodes guest starring Funicello as Gina Minelli, an Italian foreign exchange

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April’s Fundraiser... Feature Your Book,Business, Product or Event forThe Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases http://AnnetteConnection.com/

JONATHAN WINTERS Remembered with Jack Paar, Dean Martin and Johnny Carson

The Great Comic and Philosopher, Jonathan Winters, has joined Annette, Margaret and those before them in the Great Beyond.

Winters took improvisation to knew heights and was always a treat to see as you never knew what would come out of his mouth. No two shows were alike. His performances on even the talk shows were priceless, as below...The man who was the main inspiration for Robin Williams, Jim Carrey  and so many others will long be remembered, many have called him the greatest comedian - at least of the improvisational kind .MORE   http://tv.yahoo.com/news/groundbreaking-improv-comic-jonathan-winters-dies-165302142.html

...and here's the one mentioned in above Yahoo news - Winters on Jack Paar, 1964. You can really see where Robin Williams got a lot of his style...




... JW as Maude Frickert with DEAN MARTIN...


....and we turn the tables, instead of JOHNNY CARSON interviewing JW, JW Roasts Johnny!

Phil Spector Case Reexamined in TV Movie - did Spector's eccentric past hurt him?

Phil Spector goes before the masses in a tv special tonite, the first time we can all get a better glimpse into the famous trial that would finally end in a 19 year 2nd degree sentence for the music genius producer ..Hear Spector's wife's take. PICTURED  Al Pacino as Phil Spector.  ://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/21/rachelle-spector-phil-spector-hbo-movie-proves-innocence_n_2924416.html 

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 Al Pacino as Phil Spector. It may have been a case of the biggest mismatch with Spector trying to play psychiatrist for a possibly suicidal Lana Clarkson when Spector was a longtime patient himself - perhaps a case of two people being in the wrong place ,ie together. Perhaps a case for a lesser,say manslaughter verdict. You be the judge tonite SHO 9 pm. More @ http://oldiescountry.com http://ow.ly/i/1KttT http://ow.ly/i/1KtvB.    


ote similarity in the Robert Blake trial and even Natalie Wood case; some say Blake and Robert Wagner may have been more guilty but got off,  Perhaps Spector's off  eccentric past cost him  in the eyes of MOST of the jury.  In light of this, we think that Tv / movies can sometimes serve a positive thing by bringing forth. Such controversaries before the biblical (even if there is some 'optic fiction ' in this movie.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL SEDAKA - CLASSIC SCOPATONE VIDEO

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NEIL SEDAKA Going Strong at 74

We go from the classic Scopotone (first ever video?)  above (1962) to a recent appearance (2012) on the Mike Huckabee show where Neil Sedaka showcases his latest project, cover versions of his early hits with lyrics changed for kids (eg  'Waking Up is Hard to Do, Lunch Will Keep Us Together,' etc.)  Hear 'Lunch will Keep Us together' along with the original, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.'   Here Neil's funny story about growing up wanting to be a rock and roll singer and what he did with his 45s. We've seen Sedaka dozens of times over the years and it is one of the few  events we still look forward to - when Sedaka comes to town. Catch him if he comes to your area. In the meantime check out his website, http://neilsedaka.com/   Last year Sedaka was in town, when Dad was still with us and a couple generations enjoyed him and his protege doing a concert of Neil Sedaka songs! (Sorry we don't remember the name of the protege).



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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL SEDAKA - CLASSIC SCOPATONE VIDEO

Rod Serling, Twilight Zone -YOU CAN GO HOME - 'Walking Distance' Episode

Twilight Zone, Walking Distance

Bought that Blue Ray Collection of all the Twilight Zone episodes

and as I  slowly watch them,  savoring one episode at a time,

I'm amazed as each 'new' one  seems to be better than the last.

Just had to note the one I just watched, 'Walking Distance' (season 1, #5)...

It's about Martin Sloan, 36,  (Gig Young) who, while dropping off his car for

a lube at a remote  service station, is told that the next town is within

'walking distance,' and he proceeds to take a walk back in time, to

'Homewood.'  There he finds nothing has changed since his youth  and even

sees himself  25 years his junior, riding on the merry go round.  He

nearly kills his junior, chasing him around the moving carousel, amidst the

bobbing plastic horses and animals .

He goes back to see his parents, who , naturally , are dumfounded and

throwhim out of the same house in which he was raised.

He even goes back to the old malt shop where he gets his favoorite

chocolate soda, still only 10c, to his disbelief.

Before long , on his walk back to get his car,  he stopped again at the malt

shop, where the price for his chocolate soda has risen to  35c.  The original

owner of the shop he learns  has passed and the new, young soda jerk also

barely recalls the old  merry  go round being torn down.

'You can't go back home' they say, but Richard Slone did, if only for a short

time. It  was on one hand a thrilling experience , but confusing and hurtful

to see his time has passed.

The episode of 'Walking Distance' ends with Slone reminding us to enjoy our

quickly fleeting youth,  as it only comes once.

Very Chilling to this nostalgist. Just watching this episode of  'Walking

Distance,' I feel like I almost time travelled , myself, for a

little while - and enjoyed it. I've actually had some real life experiences

goingback to places I haven't been since my youth that have also remained

similar, like my boyhood home, on - not Homewood- but Hillwood.  There's

nothing like the Twilight Zone series;

never was and probably never will be. Glad we have these 50 or so episodes

to enjoy... now available on Blue Ray (This was noot intended to be a

commerical but merely to share the joy I continue to get from watching

each 'new' episode.

Here, you can watch it yourself for just $1.99!

Somethings today ARE better... like being

able to instantaneously watch an old movie or TV program...Ha! Enjoy!

Twighlight Zone, Walking Distance

P.S.   Another side benefit of watching these shows is seeing all the vintage

classic cars we love, circa 1959-1964, and other period pieces. And, then

there's the commentary on the updated discs from some of the many actors

who would later go on to greater  fame.

Twilight Zone Blue Ray