Elvis Staffer Charlie Hodge Aides King On Tour
Huntsville audience saw Charlie Hodge, a longtime Elvis Presley associate, share duties from scarf handing to rhythm guitar during Elvis's tours. The piece notes Hodge’s close ties to Presley, his Army connections, and life on the Memphis estate, alongside press access friction at the Huntsville show and contrasting acts Suzy Quatro and Alice Cooper.
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Lee Sentell
Elvis Presley
Charlie Hodge
Decatur
Presley
Charlie
Memphis
Elvis
Hodge
Huntsville
George Hodge
Tennessee
Alabama
Jimmy Wakely
Las Vegas
the North Atlantic
Lucy Ball declines Broadway style TV offers in 1976 plans
Lucille Ball, turning 65, rejects a Broadway style weekly show and CBS offered TV series. She plans specials for 75 76 season and a possible two hour TV movie while pursuing touring properties away from Broadway.
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Hollywood
CBS
Lucille Ball
Lucy
Broadway
Wildcat
New York
Cashbox Week Top Records Survey Highlights
Nationwide survey shows top sellers including Ace with How Long and Shining Star by Earth Wind and Fire. Freddy Fender’s Before the Next Teardrop Falls climbs charts, John Denver’s Thank God I’m a Country Boy debuts strongly, and America’s Jackie Blue remains popular. Also charting are Ozark Mountain Daredevils Bad Time, Grand Funk Only Yesterday, Carpenters When Will I Be Loved, Linda Ronstadt Old Days, and Chicago Old Days in rotation.
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Cashbox Magazine
Ace “Shining Star
Earth, Wind and Fire
Freddy Fender
John Denver
Golden Hair
Amer
Jackie Blue
Ozark Mountain
Grand Funk
Carpenters
Linda Ronstadt
Chicago
Texas Trilogy to Open Houston Ballet Bicentennial Season
The Houston Ballet will open its 1975-76 season at Jesse H. Jones Hall with a Texas trilogy of ballets commemorating the Bicentennial. Opening night features Allen's Landing Moonscape and Galveston Suite, with Allen's Landing depicting Houston's founding and premiering at season end.
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Houston
Houston Ballet
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Allen's Landing
Galveston
Publishers Weekly picks pages for fiction and nonfiction
The list highlights fiction titles including The Moneychangers The Dreadful Lemon Sky The Promise of Joy Shardik and Centennial by Michener MacDonald and Drury. nonfiction The Bermuda Triangle Here at the New Yorker The Ascent of Man Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week Helter Skelter. plus a stage note on Moons cape premier with James Clouser Fisher Hood Zarek and Jan Stockman Simonds.
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Michener
MacDonald
Drury
Shardik
Adams
Bermuda Triangle
James Clouser
Fisher Tull
Houston
Dorothy Hood
Sonja Zarek
Jan Stockman Simonds
Michael Horvit
Miss Zarek
Prairie at Coliseum Promoter Books Pure Prairie League
Decatur promoter Steve Davis schedules Pure Prairie League for next Sunday at the Madison County Coliseum with Cowboy. The concert begins at 8 p.m. and follows a well received act at the Decatur Armory.
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Decatur
Steve Davis
Madison County Coliseum
Cowboy
Decatur Armory
Comedy on Screen in 1975 A Bumper Year for Laughs
Vincent Canby surveys 1975 comedies from Young Frankenstein to The Holy Grail and The Pink Panther. He notes the mix of edgy humor and broad appeal, praising Monty Python and Hal Ashby, while predicting that the year will be rich in daring, high-spirited films.
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Nanette Fabray
Ranald McDougall
Nanette
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Jamie
Capitol
Senate
Ralph Edwards
China State Prison
California
Ray Horl
Valerie Harper
New York
Mel Brooks
Frankstein
Brooks
Hal Ashby
Lynn Redgrave
Monty Python's
Flying Circus
Monty Python
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones
Python Company
Woody Allen
Mike Nichols
Fortune
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers
Inspector Clouseau
Edwards-Sellers
Hollywood Stars Talk Mumps and Yuletide Plans
Marilyn Beck reports Bobby Goldsboro recovering from mumps and aiming for a June 4 Las Vegas Thunderbird opening. He is writing a Christmas TV special about Snuffy the Elf and producing a 14 song album for holiday release while plans for kids’ gatherings unfold. Don Rickles recalls Navy duty near the Philippines and a PT boat, entertaining troops and a sharp command to keep firing.
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Bobby Goldsboro
Las Vegas Thunderbird Hotel
Bobby
Snuffy
Goldsboro
Elf
Filmation
Don Rickles
Buddy Bob Newhart
Rickles
Bob
Don
Navy
Special Services
Philippines
Sheila Levine film adaptation review by a harsh critic
A film version of Gail Parent and Kenny Solms adaptation stars Jeannie Berlin as Sheila Levine. The reviewer savages the comedy as a tired Jewish joke, noting Sheila's naive dumbness and lack of intelligence or taste.
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N. Y
New York
Gail Parent
Sheila Levine
Sheila
Harrisburg
Jeannie Berlink
Miss Parent
Kenny Solms
Mr. Right
Miss Berlin
Sideny J. Furie
Messalina
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