Lorraine Barry Tops Lineup At Showboat Showbar Lounge
The Showboat Showbar Lounge headlines Lorraine Barry and her Quartet with a versatile act and strong stage presence. The Jokers join for the final two days of a six week run along with Kenny Vernon and The Skylighters. Rusty Isabell appears at the Chamberlin with Gerry Gerardo and his guitar as host Johnny Paul keeps audience engaged.
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Lorraine Barry
Miss Barry
Jokers
Kenny Vernon
Skylighters
Rusty Isabell
Chamberlin
Gerry Gerardo
Johnny Paul
Letters Demand Boy Talk In Place Of Girl Talk Show
Henry G. Pitt, president of ABC Films TV, is receiving numerous letters from male viewers urging a counterpart to Girl Talk. They want a program with men using the same chat format featuring male celebrities.
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New York
UPI
Henry G. Pitt
ABC Films TV
Girl Talk
The Great Infidel and The Familiar Faces reviewed
A critical note on The Great Infidel by Joseph Jay Deiss praising its portrayal of Frederick II as a renaissance lawmaker and avant-garde thinker. The review also covers America and Russia by American Heritage and The Familiar Faces by David Garnett, noting Garnett’s lack of personal context among famous literary names.
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Joseph Jay Deiss
Random House
Frederick II
Europe
Hadrian
Rome
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Florence
Frederick
Sicily
America
Russia
American Heritage
Simon and Schuster
American Heritage Magazine
United States
John Quincy Adams
Alexander I
California
New York
North American
Alaska
David Garnett
Harcourt, Brace & World
London
New Stateman
Clive Bell
Bloomsbury
Lytton Strachey
Virginia Woolf
Garnett
Welk Loses Jazz Festival Chance Says He Would Disgrace Them
Laurence Welk rejects invites to swing jazz festivals calling modern jazz a low mood scene. He prefers classical music and says his ABC show survives by playing music people want to hear. He notes 5000 letters weekly guide his selections and remains a TV powerhouse despite critics.
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Vernon Scott Hollywood
UPI
Lawrence Welk
Squaresville
Welk
Lawrence
Jimmy Hoffa
Newport
Nevada
Lawrence Baby
ABC
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George Tapps
Peetee
Billy Eckstine
Press Inter
Guys N’ Dolls
Flamingo Estates
Fremont Carnival Room
Frankie Brent
the Newton Brothers
the Fables
Larry
NEW Frontier Hotel
Belle Earth
Em Grable
Dailey
Alan Gale
Lola Fish
Jack de Lon
Stoners
Sammy Lewis
Ed Greenberg
Roy Wilson
Bill Reddie and His Orchestra
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