Wednesday, September 18, 2024

unknown singer dead at 77

By N.S.

https://frontpagenewspaper.com/2024/09/soul-rb-artist-dead-at-77/



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Anonymous said...

But he's black,so media gets their collective bullhorns out. Maze is a another "legend" who doesn't need mentioning.

--GRA

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 7:23:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...

It is a little unnerving when a career that began in 1977 is described as having spanned "five decades." Am I that old? Anyway, I do remember the band name "Maze," but don't recall ever hearing their music- and I WAS following pop music at that time.

OK, I looked it up and it's another "rap is 50 years old" scam: the band had songs on the charts from 1978 to 1990, which sure ain't five decades! Not only that, the songs were only on the R&B charts- not a single one made the top 40. And not only THAT, even on the R&B charts, they only had one hit, charting at 14, the rest were WAY down the scale!

In other words, like the supposed popularity of rap, total BS!

-RM

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 9:44:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...

B-B-BING CROSBY'S WIDOW,KATHRYN,PASSES FROM "THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT,TO THE GOLD OF THE DAY",AT AGE 90.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Murder,” and “Operation Mad Ball” before marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90.

She died of natural causes Friday night at her home in the Northern California city of Hillsborough, a family spokesperson said Saturday.

Appearing under her stage name of Kathryn Grant, she appeared opposite Tony Curtis in “Mister Cory” in 1957 and Victor Mature in “The Big Circus” in 1959. She made five movies with film noir director Phil Karlson, including “Tight Spot” and “The Phenix City Story,” both in 1955.

Her other leading men included Jack Lemmon in “Operation Mad Ball,” James Darren in “The Brothers Rico,” and James Stewart in “Anatomy of a Murder,” directed by Otto Preminger.

Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on Nov. 25, 1933, in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in fine arts. She came to Hollywood and began her movie career in 1953.

She met Bing Crosby while doing interviews for a column she wrote about Hollywood for her hometown newspaper. They were married in 1957, when she was 23 and he was 54.


She curtailed her acting career after the wedding, although she appeared often with Crosby and their three children on his Christmas television specials and in Minute Maid orange juice commercials. She became a registered nurse in 1963.

In the 1970s, she hosted a morning talk show on KPIX-TV in Northern California.

After Crosby’s death at age 74 in 1977, from a heart attack after golfing in Spain, she appeared in stage productions of “Same Time, Next Year” and “Charley’s Aunt.” She co-starred with John Davidson and Andrea McArdle in the 1996 Broadway revival of “State Fair.”

For 16 years ending in 2001, she hosted the Crosby National golf tournament in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.

GRA:"Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day" was der Bingle's theme song,by the way.

--GRA

Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 10:39:00 PM EDT

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