“Wouldn’t it be great if Elvis was still alive and all his impersonators were dead?” – George Carlin Elvis would have been 78 on January 8, 2013. He died in Memphis on August 16, 1977. He was only 42 years old. It’s hard to believe that the little boy who won a talent contest at ...
Jim Brown may be the greatest athlete in American history, but in 1956 he was slighted in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. Besides being the greatest football player of all time (sorry Jerry Rice), he excelled in many sports. Brown is a member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, was the 2nd leading scorer ...
Before there was Elvis or Ricky Nelson there was teenage heartthrob Pat Boone. Born Charles Eugene Boone in 1934 in Jacksonville, Florida, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of two. He is a direct descendant of frontiersman Daniel Boone. He is also cousin to “Have Gun Will Travel” star Richard Boone as well ...
As hard as it must be for baby boomers to accept, this year marks the 50th anniversary of one the greatest seasons in baseball history, Mickey Mantle and his Triple Crown year. In 1956, Mickey Mantle had a baseball season that has been matched by precious few players, as his unlimited potential finally broke through ...
Antoine Domino was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1928. There he became influenced by the music of Fats Waller and Albert Ammonds. Fats” signed with the Imperial Records label in 1949 where he got immediate attention with his first single, “The Fat Man.” This song reportedly sold a million copies. However, that would be ...