Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Charles Hamm


First historian of American popular music -- via the New York Times.

Freddy Ferrera

Baritone with Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Del Satins -- via voy.com.Brooklyn Bridge's biggest hit was theri cover of Jimmy Webb's "The Worst That Could Happen"; the Del Satins sang backup for Dion on "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer."



Sue Lloyd

Actress in film and television -- via the Guardian.

Jerzy Bielecki

War hero -- via the Washington Post. He smuggled a Jewish girl he fell in love with, Cyla Cybulska, out of Auschwitz. They separated and lost track of each other, and built new lives. Reuniting after 39 years, they remained great friends.

Harold Davison

Music impresario -- via the BBC.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011

John-Alex Mason

Bluesman -- via the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Peter J. Hammond

Actor and director -- via the Telegraph.

Paul Leka

Songwriter, arranger and producer -- via the New York Times. He wrote "Gren Tambourine" and co-wrote "Na Na Hey Hey"!

Winstone Zulu

AIDS activist -- via pulitzercenter.org.

Barbara Kent aka Barbara Cloutman

Actress -- via the New York Times. One of the last surviving stars of the Silent Era.

A delicate business: feature story on morticians

An interesting feature story on the challenges of being a mortician -- via the Twin Falls, Id. Times-News.

Margaret Draper

Actress -- via welovesoaps.net.

Andrea Zanzotto

Poet -- via AP News.

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Actor -- via pik.tv.

George Chaloupka

Expert on aboriginal rock art -- via the Australian.

Bob Brunning

Bassist, teacher and writer -- via dead-celeb.com. Bob was the first bassist for Fleetwood Mac -- for a few weeks only, however; John McVie quit John Mayall and joined the outfit, replacing Bob. However, Bob recorded "Long Grey Mare" with the group. Later, he worked with Savoy Brown --

Friday, October 21, 2011

Earl Gilliam

Blues pianist -- via the Houston Chronicle.

Piri Thomas

Writer and poet -- via the New York Times.

Barry Feinstein

Great rock photographer -- via the New York Times.

Edgar Villchur

Master innovator of high-fidelity sound -- via the New York Times. He invented many improvements to the transmission of recorded playback, including the hi-fi speaker, the dome tweeter and turntable rumble reduction.

Ray Aranha

Playwright, director and actor -- via legacy.com.