Parker to Attend National Speech Convention
Shawnee College student Shane Parker from Karnak will represent colleges and universities in Illinois and surrounding states at the National Speech Association convention in San Francisco this month. He is national vice president of Phi Rho Pi forensics, a nonvoting student member of Shawnee College Board of Trustees, and will also represent area high schools in workshops.
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National Speech Association
San Francisco
Shane Parker
Karnak
Phi Rho Pi Forensics Society
Ilinois
Parker
Shawnee College Board of Trustees
Rock year in review 1976 mixed signs of change
Abe Peck surveys 1976 rock noting rising record sales amid waning stadium revenues and no clear watershed album. He highlights disco soul funk jazz crossovers and acts like Frampton Bowie Hall & Oates Dylan Wonder Seger Skynyrd and Patti Smith, with top albums and the year’s concert flow.
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Philly
Elton John
Led Zeppelin
Winge
Bob Dylan
Jefferson Starship
Abe Peck
Rolling Stone
Peter Frampton
Ste. John
Bostee
Thin Lizzy
Bob Seger
Boz Scagge
Dixie
Lynyrd Skynyrd
New York
Patti Smith
Hall & Oates
Jackson Browne
Judy Collins
Joan Baez
Phil Lynott
Horses
Radio Ethiopia
Arista
Steely Dan
ABC
Walter Becker
Donald Fagan
Silver Bullet
Capitol
Seger
Herrin Town Hall hosts Friday and Saturday music nights
Herrin Town Hall opens Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 30 p m with bands playing until 11 45 p m A special Thursday dance runs 7 to 11 45 p m featuring Prana West Frankfort Youth Center operates 7 30 to 9 30 p m on Tuesdays for seventh and eighth graders.
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Herrin Town
Prana
West Frankfort
Starbuck tells how marginal rock tale became a hit
Starbuck recounts the 8000 mile promo trek for Moonlight Feels Right. Bo Wagner and Bruce Blackman describe songwriting poverty, radio promotion in Birmingham, and a breakthrough after DJ Michael St. John added the song to his spring playlist. The band built a seven member lineup and released a debut album on Private Stock.
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Starbuck
Michael St. John
Birmingham
Bo Wagner
Bruce Blackman
Blackman
Pine Bluff
Ark
Greenville
Miss
Atlanta
Bill Lowry
Lowry
Sevenman
Private Stock
Wagner
San Francisco
Burt Lancaster
Jimmy Cobb
Cobb
Sloan Hayes
Darryl Katz
David Shaver
Kenny Chrysler
Tonight the Night tops Cashbox weekly best sellers list
The Cashbox nationwide survey places Tonight's The Night by Rod Stewart first among top pop records. Leo Sayer's You Make Me Feel Like Dancing is second, with The Rubberband Man by Spinners third and You Don't Have To Be a Star by McCoo & Davis fourth. The country Western chart lists Thinking of a Rendezvous by Johnny Duncan as number one and Good Woman Blues by Mel Tillis second.
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Stevie Wonder
Steve
Peter Frampton
Frampton
A&m
Rod Stewart
Warner Bros
David Bowie
RCA
Bowie
Parliament
Mothership Connection
Casablanca
Cotton
Harlem
Mars
Thin Lizzy
Johnny the Fob
Mercy
Cashbox Magazine
Leo Sayer
The
Johnny Duncan
Mel Tillis
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Scaggs
Steve Miller
Boston
Epic
Tom Scholz
Horatio Alger
Donna Summer
Oasis
Rock Superstar
Mary Campbell
Lieves
Chrysler
Dayton
Dnd
Mouseketeers
Lawrence Welk
Liberace
Jimmy Seals
Seals and Crofts
Mystics
Michael Murnhey
Carbondale
Mardale Shopping Center
Santa Claus
Holland
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Yule Tomten
Pere Noel
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Mexico
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Santa
Norman Rockwell
Charles Dickens
Thomas Nast
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Franz Gruber
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Blitzen
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Bob Cratchit
Jacob Marley
Balthazar
Amahle
Tiny Tim
Oies
Winnie the Pooh
Rumplestiltskin
WEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Southern
Answers
Spinners
McCoo & Davis
Bee Gees
Burton Cum
Mings
Muskrat Love
Tennille
the Lovin
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Dan & Coley
Don Williams
Billy Crash Craddock
Dickey Lee
Crystal Gale
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