The Eureka Blues Weekend, May 29 - June 1, features a tribute to Arkansas native Louis Jordan. The four-day musical extravaganza features 70 performances at 15 different venues. Headliners include Koko Taylor, Michael Burks and Deborah Coleman.
Frank Sinatra was, along with Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Ray Charles and Elvis Presley, our greatest pop singer: alternately romantic and cynical, tenderly sensitive and ring-a-ding-ding. But he could act up a storm at times too, and his dramatic prime came in the years including and following his Oscar-winning turn as Maggio in 'lt;i'gt;From Here to Eternity'lt;/i'gt;.
The Lee-Davis runners and jumpers swept the Capital District boys and girls track and field meets last night at Sports Backers Stadium. Montasia Golden, a freshman, led the girls teams with four first-place finishes. On the track, she won the 100-meter dash (12.55), the 200-meter dash (25.91) and the 400-meter dash (1:00.39). In the field, she captured first place in the triple jump with a hop,
DEAR JERRY Last month, as you know, Paul Davis died.Among Paul's memorable hits, quot I Go Crazy'' will always be the one he is best known for.The writer of his obituary noted that quot I Go Crazy'' set the record for most number of consecutive weeks on Billboard's charts, which was 40.
As Bono once observed, Frank Sinatra didn't care much for rock music. But the U2 frontman spoke for many baby-boomer pop stars when he added, "The feeling is not mutual. Rock 'n' roll people love Frank because Frank has got what we want: swagger and attitude."
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