HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY WEEKEND - I’M GONNA SPEND SATURDAY WITH MY ANNUAL VIEWING OF THE MOVIE “1776″.  I THINK I WAS ONE OF 5 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAT ACTUALLY SAW IT IN THE THEATRE WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN 1972.  BIG FLOP, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME.  I’LL BE POSTINGN MORE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, SO I HOPE YOU’LL CHECK BACK.  AND TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU BELOW THE BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES.  THE JACKSON FIVE AS YOU NEVER HEARD THEM BEFORE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

AND GOD BLESS OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - OUR TRUE HEROS.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES - 7/4

1958 – KIRK PENGILLY (INXS)

1955 – JOHN WAITE

1951 – RALPH JOHNSON (EARTH WIND & FIRE)

1948 – JEREMY SPENCER (FLEETWOOD MAC)

1943 – AL “BLIND OWL” WILSON (CANNED HEAT)

1943 – DAVE ROWBERRY (ANIMALS)

1938 – BILL WITHERS

1911 – MITCH MILLER (SING ALONG WITH MITCH)

2003 - BARRY WHITE

1997 - CHARLES KURALT (CBS SUNDAY MORNING)

1995 - EVA GABOR (GREEN ACRES)

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES - 7/5

1950 – MICHAEL MONARCH (STEPPENWOLF)

1950 – HUEY LEWIS

1944 – ROBBIE ROBERTSON (THE BAND)

1928 – WARREN OATES WOULD HAVE BEEN 81

2004 - SYREETA WRIGHT (WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN)

2002 - KATY JURADO (HIGH NOON)

2002 - TED WILLIAMS (RED SOX GREAT)

1967 - BEN ALEXANDER (DRAGNET)

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THE JACKSON FIVE AS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD THEM BEFORE

YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD “I WANT YOU BACK” A THOUSAND TIMES,

I KNOW I HAVE.  BUT HAVE YOU EVER HEARD IT WITHOUT THE BACKGROUND?  JUST MICHAEL IN THE STUDIO SINGING LEAD WHILE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC TRACK THROUGH HIS HEADPHONES.  CLICK IN THE LINK BELOW FOR AN AMAZING

TRACK THAT PUTS YOU IN THE MOTOWN STUDIO RECORDING BOOTH WITH MICHAEL JACKSON. 

I’VE LEFT THE MUSICAL INTRO INTACT BUT ONCE MICHAEL STARTS SINGING ITS JUST HIS VOCAL.

I BET YOU’LL LISTEN TO THIS MORE THAN ONCE.

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THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.  I’LL HAVE MORE RECORDINGS OF MICHAEL IN THE STUDIO TO POST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK - AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

APPRECIATE IT.

I’M OFF THE AIR TODAY, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN I WON’T BE CHECKING IN WITH NEW INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.  TODAY I FOUND A COUPLE OF PICTURES WITH THE TWO GREATEST DANCERS OF THEIR GENERATION.  MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE FRED ASTAIRE, BUT I NEVER REALIZED HE AND MICHAEL JACKSON HAD MET A COUPLE OF TIMES - AND I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT FRED THOUGHT OF MICHAEL.  SO SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE VIDEO AND YOU’LL  SEE A COUPLE OF QUOTES AND PICTURES I FOUND. VERY KOOL.

SOMEONE PUT TOGETHER OF FRED “DANCING” TO ‘BILLIE JEAN’

NOT PERFECT BUT THE IDEA IS INTERESTING - AND YOU GOTTA GIVE THE UNKNOWN HOME EDITOR AN “A” FOR EFFORT.

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MICHAEL AND FRED IN 1979

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HERE THEY ARE IN 1984

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 FRED ASTARE ON MICHAEL JACKSON (THE HIGHEST PRAISE ONE COULD GET)

“Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That’s the greatest dancer of the century”. - Fred Astaire

“I didn’t want to leave this world without knowing who my descendant was. Thank you Michael!”- Fred Astaire (shortly before his death)

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THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT MY BLOG TODAY - AND DON’T FORGET MY SATURDAY MORNING SHOW

THE 70′S WITH STEVE GODDARD FROM 7-10AM!

APPRECIATE IT.

WITH A LOT OF FOLKS TRAVELING THIS 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, A LUCKY FEW WILL

PROBABLY HAVE THIS ATTENDENT ON THEIR FLIGHT.  LIKE THIS PASSANGER IN THE

VIDEO SAYS “I DON’T LIKE RAP BUT THIS IS PRETTY GOOD”  AMEN TO THAT - THIS GUY

IS REALLY GOOD.

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HERE’S HIS COMPLETE PRESENTATION

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES - 7/2

1949 – JOEY PUETA (AMBROSIA)

1950 – JOHNNY COLLA (HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS)

1949 – ROY BITTAN (E STREET BAND)

1939 – PAUL WILLIAMS (TEMPTATIONS) WOULD HAVE BEEN 70

1937 – RICHARD PETTY

1932 – SAMMY TURNER (LAVENDER BLUE)

1922 – DAN ROWAN (ROWEN & MARTIN) WOULD HAVE BEEN 87

1916 – KEN CURTIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 93

2002 – BEVERLY SILLS

1997 – JIMMY STEWART

1995 – GALE GORDON (OUR MISS BROOKS/HERE’S LUCY)

1993 – DON DRYSDALE (DODGER PITCHING GREAT)

1993 – FRED GWYNNE (HERMAN MUNSTER/CAR 54)

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HERE’S MICHAEL JACKSON IN REHEARSAL FOR HIS THIS IS IT TOUR - JUST TWO NIGHTS BEFORE HE DIED.  AMAZING.

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NEW FAMILY PICTURES IN THE GALLERY - CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LATEST

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THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TODAY.  IF YOU’RE GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING TIME.  TAKE IT EASY - I WANT YOU BACK SAFE AND SOUND ON MONDAY.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW MICHAEL JACKSON DO THE MOONWALK, IT WAS ON THE MOTOWN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL.  IT ONLY LASTED FOR 2 AND A HALF SECONDS, BUT ITS IMPACT ON DANCE IS IMMEASURABLE.  HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT ICONIC MOMENT - AND SOME VERY ORDINARY PEOPLE TRYING THE STEP WITH VARYING RESULTS.

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HERE’S A COPY OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S WILL , COMPLETE WITH HAND WRITTEN NOTATIONS.  CLICK HERE TO SEE IT.

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE MICHAEL’S SECOND CHOICE FOR GUARDIAN OF HIS CHILDREN - IT CAUGHT ME COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES - 7/1

1975 – LIV TYLER

1960 – EVELYN “CHAMPAGNE” KING

1952 – DAN  AYKROYD

1951 – FRED SCHNEIDER (B-52’S)

1945 – DEDDIE HARRY (BLONDIE)

1939 – DELANEY BRAMLETT (DELANEY & BONNIE)

1934 – JAMIE FARR (M*A*S*H)

1932 – BOBBY DAY (ROCKIN’ ROBIN)

1931 – LESLIE CARON (GIGI)

1931 – TAB HUNTER

1916 – OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND (GONE WITH THE WIND)

2004 – MARLON BRANDO

2000 – WALTER MATTHAU

1997 – ROBERT MITCHUM

1995 – WOLFMAN JACK

1991 – MICHAEL LANDON

THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY - APPRECIATE IT.

MORE WOMEN DRIVERS? YOU GOT IT.  A NEEDED LAUGH AFTER SUCH A HEAVY WEEK.

I CLOSE OUT JUNE WITH A VIDEO THAT WILL CRACK YOU UP - AND I BET YOU’LL

BE SINGING “THE HAMSTER DANCE” FOR THE REST OF THE DAY”!

WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS COMPILATION - UNBELIEVEABLE!

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/30

1943 – FLORENCE BALLARD (SUPREMES) WOULD HAVE BEEN 66

1946 – BILLY BROWN (RAY GOODMAN & BROWN)

1949 – ANDREW SCOTT (THE SWEET)

1953 – HAL LINDES (DIRE STRAITS)

1956 – ADRIAN WRIGHT (HUMAN LEAGUE)

1961 – LAWRENCE FISHBURNE

2003 – BUDDY HACKETT (COMEDIAN)

1993 – GEORGE “SPANKY”McFARLAND (ACTOR – OUR GANG

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AFTER 43 YEARS I FINALLY GOT IT

I’M NOT TRYING TO SHOW OFF,  JUST REALLY I EXCITED I GOT IT

SO WHAT IS IT?  TAKE A LOOK - CLICK HERE

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY.  HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SUMMER SPLASH.

BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY - KIDS TOO. ITS GONNA BE A BLAST!

REMEMBER THE “THRILLER” DANCE PERFORMED BY THE PRISONERS IN THE PHILLIPINES?

RIGHT AFTER THEY HEARD THE NEWS OF MICHAELS DEATH, THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR TRIBUTE.

VERY HEARTFELT.

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JUST IN CASE YOU FORGET WHAT THE FIRST ONE LOOKED LIKE:

1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice - AMAZING.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/29

1929 – JOHNNY ACE WOULD HAVE BEEN 80

1936 – LEONARD LEE (SHIRLEY & LEE)

1936 – HARMON KILLEBREW (TWINS BASEBALL GREAT)

1944 – GARY BUSEY

1945 – JOHNNY RICHARDSON (JOHNNIE & JOE)

1948 – IAN PAICE (DEEP PURPLE)

1948 – BILL KIRCHEN (COMMANDER CODY/LOST PLANET AIRMEN)

1953 – COLIN HAY (MEN AT WORK)

1953 – BILLY HINSCHE (DINO DESI & BILLY)

2003 - KATHERINE HEPBURN

2002 – ROSEMARY CLOONEY

1995 – LANA TURNER

1978 – BOB CRANE (HOGAN’S HEROS)

1969 – SHORTY LONG (HERE COMES THE JUDGE)

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY - HARD TO BELIEVE JULY IS ALMOST HERE.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/27

1927 – BOB KEESHAN (CAPTAIN KANGAROO) WOULD HAVE BEEN 82

1942 – FRANK MILLS (MUSIC BOX DANCER)

1944 – BRUCE JOHNSTON (BEACH BOYS)

1959 – TRICIA YEARWOOD

1959 – LORRIE MORGAN

1975 – TOBY MAGUIRE

2002 – JOHN ENTWISTLE (THE WHO)

2001 – JACK LEMMON

BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/28

1943 – BOBBY HARRISON (PROCOL HARUM)

1945 – DAVE KNIGHTS (PROCOL HARUM)

1946 – GILDA RADNER WOULD HAVE BEEN 63

1948 – KATHY BATES

1975 - ROD SERLING (TWILIGHT ZONE)

1975 - FRANK SUTTON  (GOMER PYLE-SGT. CARTER)

TODAY A FEW PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON.

ENOUGH WILL COME OUT ABOUT THE SORDID SIDE OF MICHAELS LIFE AND DEATH - SOME IS ALREADY

LEAKING OUT TODAY.  THAT’S NOT MY INTEREST.  MINE IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE

THE MUSIC.  I’VE MET ENOUGH PERFORMERS THROUGH THE YEARS TO KNOW THEY’RE JUST PEOPLE,

AND ONLY ONE OCCASION WAS I STUMPED FOR SOMETHING TO SAY.  THAT WAS WITH (OF ALL PEOPLE)

BOB HOPE, WHO I FIGURED HAD BEEN ASKED ABOUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN AND THEN SOME.

SOMEHOW I AWKWARDLY STRUGGLED THROUGH THE INTERVIEW AND AT THAT MOMENT VOWED NOT

TO BE IN AWE OF ANYONE.  I CAN ADMORE THEIR TALENT, BUT THE PERSON IS A HUMAN BRING - NOT A

STAR - WHICH BY DEFINITION IS A BIG BALL OF GAS.  I THINK ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THEY ARE A STAR

FITS THAT DEFINITION.

HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I DID APPRECIATE MICAHEL JACKSON’S UNIQUE TALENT.  I WAS A VERY YOUNG

DJ IN MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA WHEN “I WANT YOU BACK” CAME OUT.  I THOUGHT AT THE TIME IT WAS ONE

OF THE BEST RECORDS OF ITS TIME…STILL DO.  IT REALLY CUT THROUGH MOST OF WHAT WAS OUT THEN.

I ALWAYS TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE MUSIC CHANGES AND NOT THE PERSONAL CHANGES MICHAEL

WAS GOING THROUGH.  THERE ARE MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS I DON’T CARE FOR.  “BEN”  AND “I’LL BE THERE

COME  TO MIND.  THERE ARE OTHERS, BUT I DON’T HAVE TO LIKE EVERYTHING A PERSON DOES TO APPRECIATE

THEIR TALENT.  HECK, ELVIS IS STILL MY ALL TIME FAVORITE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RECORDS HE MADE

THAT WERE JUST HORRIBLE…A LOT.  BUT THAT DOESN’T OVERSHADOW THE ONES I LOVE.  AND TALK ABOUT A

TRAIN WRECK OF A PERSONAL LIFE! AGAIN , I CONCENTRATE ON THE MUSIC.  WE ALL HAVE OUR LIKES AND

DISLIKES, AND THERE ARE ENOUGH SONGS TO GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE.

I MENTION ELVIS, BECAUSE AS I WAS ON THE AIR YESTERDAY WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON DIES,I WAS ON THE AIR

THE DAY ELVIS DIED TOO.

THERE WERE SIMULARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS.

THERE WERE EARLY REPORTS OF THEIR DEATHS BEFORE

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, AND I HELD OFF SAYTING THEY WERE DEAD UNTIL THAT WORD CAME DOWN.  I’D RATHER

GET IT RIGHT THAN GET IT FIRST.

THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATLY OUTPOURING FROM THE PUBLIC AND GATHERINGS AT GRACELAND IN 1977 AND THE UCLA

HOSPITAL AND MICHAELS HOME IN 2009.

THERE WAS SHOCK IN BOTH CASES ON HOW TWO MEN COULD DIE AT SUCH EARLY AGES OF A HEART ATTACK - AND KEEP IN

MIND AS HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE, MICHAEL WAS 8 YEARS OLDER AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH THAN ELVIS WAS AT HIS.

THERE WAS NOT THE INSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ELVIS THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY WITH MICHAEL, AND I CAN

HONESTLY SAY I BELIEVE THE GRIEF WAS DEEPER AND MORE FAR REACHING WITH ELVIS THAN MICHAEL.

STILL IT WAS AN AMAZING OUTPOURING THAT CONTINUES TO FLOW AND I THANKEVERYONE WHO CALLED WITH THEIR

STORIES YESTERDAY.

ONE THAT STICKS OUT WAS A LADY FROM MESA WHO HAD A COUPLE VISITING FROM ENGLAND WHO HAD TICKETS TO

SEE MICHAEL ON HIS UPCOMING EUROPEAN TOUR, SO SAD, AND LEFT TO WONDER WHAT THAT SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN.

MICHAEL JACKSON TOTALLY BLEW MY MIND A COUPLLE MORE TIMES AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT OF THE JACKSON FIVE.

HIS APPEARANCE ON THE MOTOWN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL LIP-SINGING TO “BILLIE JEAN” AND DOING THE

MOON WALK WAS (AT THAT TIME) ASTOUNDING!  WE’VE SEEN A LOT MORE SINCE THAT MOMENT, BUT PUT INTO THAT

CONTEXT, IT WAS STUNNUNG.  EVEN FRED ASTAIRE ACKNOWLEDGED MICHAELS DANCING, AND YOU’LL NEVER TOP THAT

ENDORSEMENT ANYWHERE ANYTIME.

THE LAST TIME I TOOK NOTICE WAS WITH THE THRILLER VIDEO, WHICH EVEN TO THIS DAY I SEE ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

NOT BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN, BUT AYDIN AND BRENNA, OUR 5 YEAR OLD NEICE AND NEPHEW, JUST LOVE IT.  THEY’VE

WATCHED IT ALMOST EVERY FRIDAY SINCE I FIRST SHOED IT TO THEM A YEAR AGO (AND EXPLAINED IN ADVANCE THAT

THE MONSTERS WERE JUST PROPLE IN HALOWEEN COSTUMES - THEY GOT IT - AND THEY STILL LOVE IT)

SO WHAT DID MICAHEL JACKSON CONTRIBUTE TO MUSIC HISTORY? HERE’S MY TAKE.

ELVIS WAS OF OF THE FOUNDING BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCK AND ROLL.

THE BEATLES GAVE US BACK SOME OF OUR OWN ROOTS MUSIC, COVERING A LOT OF BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC EARLY ON.

TO ME, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN MORE OF A POP BAND THAN A ROCK & ROLL BAND.

MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A PURE POP ARTIST, WHO EXPANDED THE MUSIC WITH HIS MUSICAL INNOVATION (EVERYONE

THOUGHT HE WAS NUTS WHEN HE ASKED EDDIE VAN HALEN TO PLAY A SCREAMING GUITAR SOLO IN “BEAT IT” - AGAIN

PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TIME) AND THE TIMING WAS RIGHT FOR HIS MUSIC VIDEOS WITH THE ASCENTION OF

MTV TO GIVE THEM EXPOSURE AND THE LONG FORM “THRILLER”, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

IT’S SAD TO THINK OF THE PERSONAL PROBLEMS, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY MY FOCUS IS ON THE MUSIC.  FOR ITS TIME

IT WAS FRESH, SOMETIMES DARING, AND, PARDON THE PUN, YOU COULDN’T BEAT IT!

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HERE’S AN AUDIO CLIP OF MICHAEL AT AGE 11, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAME TO MOTOWN.

CLICK ON THE AUDIO ICON BELOW.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/26

1919 – JAY SILVERHEELS (TONTO) WOULD HAVE BEEN 90

1940 – BILLY DAVIS JR (5^TH DIMENSION)

1942 – LARRY TAYLOR (CANNED HEAT)

1943 – JEAN KNIGHT (MR BIG STUFF)

1943 – GEORGIE FAME

1951 – RINDY ROSS (QUARTERFLASH)

1957 – PATTY SMYTH (SCANDAL)

1993 - ROY CAMPANELLA (BASEBALL GREAT)

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THANKS FOR LIIKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY - HOPE YOU’LL JOIN ME TOMORROW MORNING FROM

7-10AM FOR MY SATURDAY MORNING SHOW “THE 70′S WITH STEVE GODDARD”

APPRECIATE IT     

MICHAEL JACKSON DIED TODAYAT 2:26pm.

HE WAS BROUGHT TO UCLA MEDICAL CENTER IN LOS ANGELES AT 12:32 THIS AFTERNOON IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST AND WAS NOT BREATHING.

MICHAEL JACKSON WAS 50 YEARS OLD.

THIS VIDEO IS FROM THE JACKSON 5′S TV SPECIAL ‘GOIN’ BACK TO INDIANA”

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THIS  IS MICHAEL AT HIS PEAK.

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THE INFAMOUS PEPSI COMMERCIALS

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DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET ONE OF THESE, BUT I’D SURE LIKE TO KNOW WHERE…

AND HOW MUCH.  THE MOST AMAZINF TABLE I’VE EVER SEEN.  SOMETHING TELLS ME

YOU PROBABLY WON’T EVEN FIND IT AT IKEA!  TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT DOES.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -6/25

1935 – EDDIE FLOYD (KNOCK ON WOOD)

1940 – CLINT WARWICK (MOODY BLUES)

1945 – CARLY SIMON

1949 – JIMMIE WALKER (DY-NO MITE)

1952 – BRIAN MacLEOD (CHILLIWACK)

1954 – DAVID PAICH (TOTO)

1963 – GEORGE MICHAEL

1987 - BOUDLEAUX BRYANT (SONGWRITER)

1976 - JOHNNY MERCER (SONGWRITER)

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THE DISNEY FOLKS TOOK SOME PICTURES WHILE WE WERE THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THE “BROADCAST” PICTURES” ARE NOW POSTED - CLICK HERE TO SEE  THE LAST OF THEM.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY - APPRECIATE IT!

HERE’S A ONE IN A MILLION SHOT - FORWARD ROLL AND NOTHING BUT NET - THIS KID SHOULD HAVE PLAYED THE LOTTERY THE DAY HE MADE THIS SHOT - OR AT LEAST TOLD HIS PARENTS TO PLAY - LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURE -6/24

1942 – MICK FLEETWOOD

1942 – MICHELE LEE

1944 – JEFF BECK

1944 – CHRIS WOOD (TRAFFIC)

1947 – PETER WELLER (ROBOCOP)

1948 – PATRICK MORZA (YES)

1949 – JOHN ILLSLEY (DIRE STRAITS)

1957 – ASTRO [TERRENCE WILSON] (UB40)

1959 – ANDY McCLUSKY (OMD)

1970 – GLENN MEDEIROS)

1997 – BRIAN KEITH

1987 – JACKIE GLEASON

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TODAY - MORE NEW PICTURES UP TOMORROW - HOPE YOU’LL TAKE A LOOK.

APPRECIATE IT.