I PROMISE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS!

GIMME JUST 40 SECONDS AND I’LL PROVE IT.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -7/9

1976 – FRED SAVAGE (THE WONDER YEARS)

1959 – JIM KERR (SIMPLE MINDS)

1957 – KELLY McGILLIS (TOP GUN-WITNESS)

1956 – TOM HANKS

1956 – MARC ALMONF (SOFT CELL)

1954 – DEBBIE SLEDGE (SISTER SLEDGE)

1940 – JOHN SALVITO (DUPREES)

1929 – LEE HAZELWOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN 80

1927 – ED AMES (MINGO-DANIEL BOONE)

2002 – ROD STEIGER

1981 – ALLEN LUDEN (‘PASSWOOD’ HOST)

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HERE’S ANOTHER MICHAEL JACKSON TRACK !

MICHAEL IN THE MOTOWN STUDIO WITH HIS BROTHERS SINGING “THE LOVE YOU SAVE” BUT WITH THE MUSIC TRACK MOSTLY MIXED OUT!  PRETTY AMAZING STUFF.  CLICK ON THE AUDIO ICON BELOW AND TAKE A LISTEN

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING.  HOPE YOU’RE MAKING PLANS TO JOIN US FOR SUMMER SPLASH 2009 - AND BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY - WE’LL HAVE EVENTS FOR EVERYONE.

APPRECIATE IT.

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WITH HOT HOT TEMPS THE NORM NOW, KOOL OFF WITH THIS!

STUPID DRIVERS ON ICE - THIS’LL MAKE YOUR DAY - AND YOU’LL FEEL A CHILL - TAKE A LOOK.

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -7/8

1961 – GRAHAM JONES (HAIRCUT 100)

1958 – CARLOS CAVAZO (QUIET RIOT)

1958 – KEVIN BACON

1951 – ANDY FLETCHER (DEPECHE MODE)

1944 – JAIMOE ‘JOHNNY’ JOHANSON (ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND)

1942 – CHUCK NEGRON (THREE DOG NIGHT)

1935 – STEVE LAWRENCE

1994 – DICK SARGENT (DARREN ON ‘BEWITCHED’)

1991 – JAMES FRANCISCUS (MR NOVAK)

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MICHAEL JACKSON - ODD FACTS! 

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

– Michael Jackson signed his will on 7/7/02.
– Michael Jackson’s memorial was on 7/7/09 … exactly 7 years after the will was signed.
– Michael Jackson’s two biggest hits — “Black & White” and “Billie Jean” — were each #1 for 7 weeks.
– Michael Jackson’s three biggest albums — “Thriller,” “Bad” and “Dangerous” — each produced 7 top 40 hits.
– Michael Jackson was the 7th of 9 children.
– Michael Jackson was born in 1958 … 19 + 58 = 77
– Michael Jackson died on the 25th … 2 + 5 = 7
– Michael Jackson has 7 letters in his first and last name.

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR CHECKING IN ON LINE AND ON THE AIR.

WHEVER YOU’RE LISTENING, I APPRECIATE IT!

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BEFORE I GET TO THE VIDEO OF THE DAY

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE TICKET TO THIS MORNING’S MEMORIAL SERVICE

FOR MICHAEL JACKSON LOOKS LIKE.  THE TICKET IS NO GOOD WITHOUT THE WRISTBAND, AND PRICES HAVE

REACHED $10,000 AND ABOVE ON EBAY FOR THESE “FREE” TICKETS.

THAT’S HOW SICK WE ARE AS A SOCIETY.

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I AM A JEEP DRIVER.  WE HAVE 2 IN OUR FAMILY.

THIS IS NOT ME OR ANY OF MY FRIENDS IN THE VIDEO.

JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR! (BUT IT IS FUNNY -

WHAT A DUNDERHEAD)

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES -7/7

1954 – CORBIN BERNSEN

1949 – LARRY RHEINHARDT (IRON BUTTERFLY)

1945 – JAMES RODFORD (KINKS)

1940  - RINGO STARR

1932 – TED CASSIDY (LURCH) WOULD HAVE BEEN 77

1927 – DOC SEVERINSON (TONIGHT SHOW BANDLEADER)

1990 – BILL CULLEN (GAME SHOW HOST)

1983 – GEORGE CUKOR (LEGENDARY DIRECTOR)

1967 – VIVIAN LEIGH (SCARLETT – GONE WITH THE WIND)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINGO! YOU’RE STILL FAB AT 69!

69?  THAT’S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.  NOTICE A VERY YOUNG PRE STAR-WARS CARRIE FISHER IN THE VIDEO)

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I AM INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE JACKSON FIVE, BUT NOT THE SPECTACLE

OF THE PAST 10 DAYS.  WITH THAT IN MIND, HERE’S ANOTHER PEEK INSIDE THE MOTOWN RECORDING

STUDIO THAT PRODUCED SO MANY OF THEIR HITS.  HERE’ S “ABC” - NO MUSIC - JUST THE VOCALS MICHAEL AND HIS BROTHERS LAID DOWN ON THAT UNFORGETTABLE TRACK.  CLICK ON THE AUDIO ICON TO HEAR IT.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY - APPRECIATE IT -

AND I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU:

Steve.Goddard@koolradio.com

ANYTIME.

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COMBINES A COUPLE OF THINGS I LOVE - LUCY AND VINTAGECARS.

EVEN OF YOU’VE SEEN ALL THE “I LOVE LUCY” SHOWS”, I BET YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS!  AND WHAT A RACKET THE TOP MAKES WHEN IT’S PUTTING ITSELF IN PLACE!

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BIRTHDAYS AND DEPARTURES - 7/6

1959 – JOHN KEEBLE (SPANDAU BALLET)

1952 – JESSE HARMS (REO SPEEDWAGON)

1946 – GEORGE W. BUSH

1946 – SLYVESTER STALLONE

1945 – BURT WARD (TV’S ROBIN)

1937 – GENE CHANDLER (DUKE OF EARL)

2003 - BUDDY EBSON (JED CLAMPETT/BARNABY JONES)

1998 - ROY ROGERS

1979 - VAN McCOY (THE HISTLE)

1971 - LOUIS “SATCHMO” ARMSTRONG

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THIS IS THE MOST SENSABLE ARTICLE I’VE SEEN ON MICHAEL JACKSON.

IT’S GROUNDED IN REALITY WHICH IS SOMETHING THE VAST MAJORITY

OF POP “STARS” HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED.

IT WAS WRITTEN BY CRAVEN LOVELACE (CLICK ON HIS NAME FOR THE LINK TO HIS WEBSITE)

AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS:

Steve.Goddard@koolradio.com

Here are some things Michael Jackson wasn’t: Michael Jackson wasn’t God. He wasn’t Jesus or Buddha. He wasn’t your father, brother or uncle. He wasn’t even the Beatles or Elvis Presley.

And here are some things Michael Jackson was:

Michael Jackson was talented. He was popular. He was influential. He wrote and recorded several great songs and was a master showman.

He was also an addict. He was the guy who dangled a baby over a balcony. He was, if not a full-bore pedophile, at least a man who, by his own admission, slept with other parents’ children. He was an African-American so brimming with racial self-loathing that he bid his once-gorgeous face be carved into a grotesque visage which made Heath Ledger’s Joker look like Robert Redford’s Sundance Kid.

He was the suit who opened the Beatles’ vaults and invited every well-monied huckster of tennis shoes and cell phones inside to plunder their oeuvre. He was a dilettante who never encountered a whim he wasn’t willing to spend bundles to indulge, and who died $400 million in debt.

In the wake of Jackson’s (at the time of this writing, still mysterious) death, a lot of grief has been vented over television and in online tweets and status updates. When a beloved pop star dies too early, such emotion is understandable, especially as so much of it comes from folks who were still tots when Jackson released his classic “Thriller” in 1982. For them, Jackson is a nostalgic figure who evokes golden memories of their childhood.

But as the mourning has broken, clouds of misinformation and exaggerated bushwa regarding Jackson’s influence on popular music have billowed forth. We’ve discussed the myths surrounding the so-called “king of pop” in this space before, but it’s worth repeating in the wake of so many bad facts flung carelessly by unreliable sources: Michael Jackson didn’t invent the moonwalk. (Nor was he taught the dance by Paula Abdul!) Jackson was not the first black artist to have a promo clip played on MTV. And other musicians had made “movie-like” music videos before “Thriller.”

Worse still are the ridiculous claims that Jackson was a pop music “game changer” in the manner of Elvis or the Beatles. Speaking strictly in terms of his music, Jackson never broke new ground like Elvis during the ’50s, when he pureed blues, country, pop and gospel.

“Thriller”’s much-vaunted marriage of R&B, pop and rock was at best a response to — and at worst, a rip-off of — trends started by other musicians like Smokey Robinson, Prince and even the Beegees.

Michael Jackson wasn’t God. But he was worshipped as such by a culture which mistakes sales success for genius, and popularity for greatness. Not only does this deification do a lamentable disservice to less popular but more impactful artists like Willie Dixon and the Velvet Underground, who actually reshaped the sound of American popular music for decades to follow, but it was also terribly cruel to Jackson himself.

If he hadn’t been treated like a divine being by so many of the lackeys, sycophants and parasites who comprised his posse, Michael Jackson might still be with us today, healthier and happier than he ever was, and unruined by the awful process by which we make our pop stars God.

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THE MUSICAL BIG BANG HAPPENED 55 YEARS AGO TODAY AS ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDS HIS FIRST SINGLE FOR SUN RECORDS.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT…..AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN TO THIS DAY.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING IN AND LISTENING TODAY! I’LL HAVE MORE MICHAEL JACKSON “IN THE STUDIO” FOR YOU TOMORROW.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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