Singer, songwriter and radio and television personality Buddy Starcher died Friday (Nov. 2) at a nursing home in Harrisonburg, Va. He was 95. Starcher had two national country hits, both with his own compositions: "IÆll Still Write Your Name in the Sand," which went to No. 8 in 1949 on the 4 Star label, and "History Repeats Itself," which rose to No. 2 in 1966 on Boone Records. The latter compared the similarities between the deaths of presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
Full obit at: http://www.country.com/news/display/1450597.jhtml
(You may recognize History Repeats Itself for its inclusion on WFMU's The Happy Listener's Guide To Mind Control collection. History Repeats Itself: The original conspiracy single that reached number 39 on the pop charts in April of 1966. Buddy's basic format of patriotic background music with a sincerely demented spoken message was copied by many hyperpatriotic white rappers in the years to come... )
With benefit concerts scheduled last night and tonight to defray his medical expenses, Dobro player Gene Wooten, 49, died in Centennial Medical Center early yesterday morning from complications related to lung cancer.
American Life Turns Into Bad Jerry Bruckheimer Movie
President Urges Calm, Restraint Among Nation's Ballad Singers
Bush Sr. Apologizes To Son For Funding Bin Laden In '80s
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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:36:35 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <brcleve@mindspring.com>
Subject: (exotica) A MANHATTAN MELODY!
For those in New York City and the Tri-State Area this Thanksgiving --
The World Famous Pontani Sisters Present...
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Join us for an evening of non-stop entertainment as the crown jewels of NYC
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From the smooth crooning tunes of Murray Hill, to the high flying Wau Wau
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Please join us for a night of celebrating what makes New York the best city
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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:36:38 -0500
From: <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Babik Reinhardt, Panama Francis [anti-obit] Bruce Lee
Jazz guitarist Babik Reinhardt passes away
PARIS: Jazz guitarist Babik Reinhardt, son of the late jazz guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, died Monday at the age of 57, his record company announced.
Reinhardt died in Cannes on the French riviera after suffering a heart attack, the company said.
The guitarist and composer, born June 8, 1944 in Paris, was first taught how to play the piano by his father, the gypsy guitarist Django, but his mother Naguine showed him the basics of guitar playing.
It was the guitar that then became the instrument of his choice, though he spent most of his life in the shadow of his father, who died when Babik was nine years old.
"His compositions contained as much nostalgia and expressions of warmth like a beautiful autumn afternoon in the Fontainebleau forest," a statement from the Paris-based RDC record label said, referring to the town south of Paris near to where his father and mother are buried.
Babik Reinhardt carried on the swing jazz tradition his father made famous. He participated in numerous homages to him, playing last year in the Django Reinhardt Festival at the Birdland jazz club in New York.
His albums with the RDC label include Nuances, Vibration and A Night in Conover.
HOLLYWOOD, California (Reuters) -- More than 28 years after Bruce Lee's death, computer technology will resurrect the kung-fu icon to star in the chopsocky actioner "Dragon Warrior," the first time a dead actor will be re-created in a major movie role, according to a report in Daily Variety.
The $50 million picture's South Korean financier, ShinCine Communications, acquired rights to Lee's likeness from Concord Moon, which represents the Bruce Lee estate and is overseen by Lee's widow, Linda Lee Cadwell, and his daughter, Shannon Lee.
Now in its third draft by Korean and Japanese writers, "Dragon" will be translated and further refined for an English-language production.
The project has already spent four years in development and will be the first that ShinCine has produced for the American marketplace, said company head Chul Shin.
Shannon Lee said the family agreed to do this project, "because we believe in ShinCine's and Mr. Shin's enthusiasm and commitment to making a first-rate film."
Bruce Lee was a veteran of Hong Kong cinema when he first reached mainstream American audiences in 1966 as Kato in the television series "The Green Hornet." He starred in films such as "Fist of Fury," "Way of the Dragon" and "Enter the Dragon." He died at 32 of a brain edema.
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- David "Panama" Francis, whose drumming was featured both in top Harlem nightclubs and legendary rock songs, died Tuesday after a stroke. He was 82.
Francis' career spanned seven decades. He first reached fame in the late 1930s playing with the Savoy Sultans -- described by Dizzy Gillespie as "the swingingest band there ever was" -- at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.
The Sultans re-emerged four decades later under Francis' leadership and drumming expertise. The Sultans were awarded The Best Big Band by the New York Jazz Society in 1980 and received Grammy nominations for two of their six albums.
When pop became a viable genre in the 1950s, Francis' services were in demand and he became one of the top studio drummers of the era.
His stickwork can be heard accompanying Buddy Holly ("Peggy Sue"), The Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk Like a Man"), The Platters ("Only You," "The Great Pretender," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "My Prayer"), Bobby Darin ("Splish Splash") and Neil Sedaka ("Calendar Girl").
Francis' rhythm-and-blues recordings include "Prisoner of Love" for James Brown, "What a Difference a Day Makes" for Dinah Washington, "Drown in My Own Tears" for Ray Charles, and "Jim Dandy" for Laverne Baker.
Francis' autobiography, "David Gets His Drum," was published in 1999.
