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This is the memoir of legendary American actress Marla Gibbs and in the book talks about her upbringing in Chicago, the passing of her father as a teenager, living in Detriot, her marriage to Jordan Gibbs which they would have 3 children which in divorce, going to Los Angeles where she worked for United Airlines as well as the Bank of America, started acting in the theatre, did movies including Sweet Jesus Preacherman and Black Belt Jones, achieving great success on TV first as Florence Johnson on the American TV comedy show The Jeffersons from 1975-85 and from 1985-90 227 playing Mary Jenkins which she was also the executive producer, purchased a theatre in Leimert park, her health scare in the 2000's, working with Sherman Hemsley, Isabell Sandford, Regina King, Norman Lear and many others. It's FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Marla is still around which very recently was given an Honorary Day by the ci...

This is from the Telegraph August 30th 1968 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Johnny (John) Farnham at number 1 with the double sided I Don't Want To Love You which was a cover of the Everly Brothers song and Jamie written by Hans Poulsen, Mama Cass at number 2 with Dream A Little Dream of Me, The Irish Rovers at number 3 with the double sided The Orange and the Green/Whiskey On A Sunday and The Cowsills at number 4 with Indian Lake. Besides from Johnny Farnham the Australian acts in the charts that week were The Easybeats at number 9 with Land of Make Believe/Good Times, The Virgil Brothers at number 12 with Temptation 'Bout To Get Me, the Bee Gees at 32 with Kitty Can/ I've Gotta Get A Message To You and Cam-Pact at number 38 with I'm Your Puppet and also among their disc jockeys was Graham Roberts who played the 40 music on 4BH Monday To Saturday from Midnight To Dawn.

Just 2 weeks I saw on Facebook about the passing of one the legendary icons of Australian entertainment Johnny Young which I was sad to hear that and when you think of the name most of people would know Young Talent Time as well as those who grew up in the 60's and early 70's an singer with hit records including Step Back, Cara Lyn, Kiss Me Now, Let It Be and Craise Finton Kirk as well as writing hits for Russell Morris, Ross D Wylie and Ronnie Burns and also for those in Perth Club Seventeen and the national music show the Go Show. Johnny was born Johnny Benjamin De Jong in Rotterdam Netherlands March 12th 1947 and came to Australia in 1953 where he and his family settled in Perth Western Australia. He sang on saturdays on the saturday morning radio show Rumpus Room and was a trainee disc jockey as well as singing around the local dances after leaving school. He sang with the Nomads which later changed to the Strangers(Perth) and hosted the music show Club Seventeen on Chann...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema to see the documentary about Australian singer Tina Arena called Unravel Me and in it she talks about her life including her starting singing at a young age, doing Young Talent Time, going through the transition after Young Talent Time, starting recording, achieving success with hits I Need Your Body and Strong As Steel, going to greater success with the albums Don't Ask and Burn in the 90's as well as the issues she was going through as well as living in France and it has interviews with her sisters Nancy and Silvana, Johnny Young in one of his last interviews as he just passed away 2 weeks ago, Ronan Keating, John Watson, The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC interviews and amazing stories which Tina tells it very honestly and it also very entertaining which it is well worth watching. It was directed by Adrian Russell Willis and the executive producer was Mark Fennessey and ...

This is the biography of iconic American singer Roy Orbison written by Australian music writer Jeff Apter and in the book talks about Roy's upbringing in Vernon, Fort Worth and Wink Texas, getting an guitar on his 6th birthday, played in the Wink Westerners and the Teen Kings, began recording for Sun Records which he had the 1 hit Ooby Dooby, recorded for RCA, doing songwriting which he had success, his first marriage to Claudette which they would have 3 sons, began recording for Monument Records which he would achieve great success with such classics including Only The Lonely, Blue ANgel, Running Scared, Crying, Dream Baby, In Dreams and Pretty Woman, touring the world including Australia and England, the tragic loss of Claudette in 1966 and 2 of his sons in a fire in 1968, his 2nd marriage to Barbara which they had 2 sons, his ups and downs, working with the Travelling Wilburys and many others. It is FANTASTIC as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well ...

Last night I went to QPAC Concert to see the Britsh rock tribute show the Dire Straits Experience which has Chris White who worked with them on tour from 1985-95 as well as playing on one album On Every Street in 1991 and it was my first time seeing them live. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to South Bank, went to the Southbank Beer Garden where I had steak, chips and salad for dinner, went to NZ Natural Ice Shop, ate Tim Tam Sundae and walk to QPAC. Saw Rosmarie from work,drank Coke with No Sugar and went inside which it was packed. The show started after 8pm with the Dire Staits Experience coming on stage and they only did the one set as they performed some of the classic Dire Straits hits including Money For Nothing which they started off the show with, Walk of Life, So Far Away as well as other songs including Romeo and Juliet, On Every Street, Brothers In Arms, Your Latest Trick, In The Gallery and many others as well as very little talk during the show. The show finishe...