Obituary: Ralph JonesFOR MANY of us rock'n'roll only happened yesterday. It is a shock to learn that one of its early practitioners, Ralph Jones from Bill Haley's Comets, has died in his 80th year.Leigh, Spencer
on the passing of several magicians, John Gambling, Ralph W. Read, Rudolf Rieth, Cecil Lyle, Cortini, Wilba, Dante, Reinhard Rohnstein, John Olms, Richard Röhl, Ingo, Balton, Dorini, Victor Farelli1956 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 1) ...
In 1962, Melba Montgomery was signed by United Artists Records and teamed with Jones for a series of landmark duets. The honky-tonk king had previously recorded duets with Virginia Spurlock, Jeanette Hicks, Brenda Carter and Margie Singleton. But Montgomery’s drawling, soulful, Southern-accented...
Jimmy Johnson, guitarist, producer and Muscle Shoals co-founder Al Embry, manager and agent (Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones) Jeff Fenholt, musician, actor (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Christian evangelist Daniel Johnston, singer, songwriter (“Walking the Cow“) and visual artist Eddie Money, roc...
DESMOND LLEWELYN was an actor for over 60 years, but will forever be remembered for just one role, that of "Q", inventor of countless gadgets for the spy James Bond. With an air of impatient but kindly acumen, he would introduce Bond to a batch of innocent-looking but lethal high-tech...
Suresh Angadi Union Minister of State for Railways Dean Jones Former Australian Cricketer S P Balasubrahmanyam Indian musician, singer and music director Sekhar Basu Padmashri awardee, veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Jaswant Singh Former Union Minister Dr...
One of those strikeout victims was Mack Jones, who said later that Perry fanned him on “one of the best spitballs I’ve ever seen.” Perry struck out Braves pitcher Ken Johnson to end the sixth inning, and Braves coach Jo-Jo White detected “a spot of slick-um” on the ball. “...
“eager,” and when asked what song he’s most proud of he named one that didn’t exist. How his five favorite records, he said, wereTheBest of Spike Jones, Leona Anderson’sMusic to Suffer By,The Four Freshmen Live, Johnny Hodges With Wild Bill Davis, and Primus. His favorite ...
belied the fact that Vader was a true composite character: Created by George Lucas, imagined by Ralph McQuarrie (the artist who gave us that mask), costumed in motorcycle leathers by John Mollo, with scuba-mask breathing added by sound designer Ben Burtt, and voiced by James Earl Jones. (...