In G- H-I we found that the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME LINK NEEDED AN UPDATE... and we added THE GLARK GABLE FOUNDATION site! GRAMMY ORG also needed an update...
TO CELEBRATE : ERSEL HICKEY!
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, Clark Cable, Grammy, or Ersel Hickey!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
D-E-F LINKS CHECKED and TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
Just completed checking all our side bar links under the D - E - F group and they are all working fine!
REVISITED!
Bobby Denton in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame...
Jackie DeShannon in the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame...
And to celebrate : TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD!
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON Bobby Denton, Jackie De Shannon, or TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD!
REVISITED!
Bobby Denton in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame...
Jackie DeShannon in the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame...
And to celebrate : TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD!
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON Bobby Denton, Jackie De Shannon, or TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD!
Thursday, February 20, 2014
JOE VALINO - DECLARATION OF LOVE
WES BRYAN and JOE VALINO were the first two artists signed to UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE - WES BRYAN - DECEMBER 9, 1957
GOOGLE BOOKS WES BRYAN - BILLBOARD MAGAZINE PROMO PHOTO AND RECORD DISTRIBUTOR INFO showing Wes Bryan and Joe Valino...
Goes right to the UNITED ARTISTS PROMO of HOLLYWOOD'S LATEST DISCOVERY!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO OLD FRIENDS AND NEW! A COUPLE MESSAGES TO FANS and COMMENTERS!
WE GOT A FEW COMMENTS THAT WE THOUGHT WE'D RESPOND TO HERE!
To Celine who wrote to us about maybe getting married at the Elvis Chapel in Vegas... We've never been there but it seems to us that you could have a lot of fun creating your own
ELVIS PRESLEY THEMED WEDDING! We wish you the best!
To Denice who wrote to us about also trying to locate my old friend DON DARCEL,
we'll get in touch if and when we find Don... He is missed as well as missing in action!
and thanks for letting us know that Wes Bryan was "Big in Fort Lee."
To Bonnie; You and Charlie are well remembered as fun making friends
at Elvis' house parties in Los Angeles, California!
To Arne, our champion Wes Bryan - YouTube video poster from Sweden.
We haven't forgotten about you!
Half the United States may as well be Sweden this winter!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
DOWN TIME OR TAKE YOU ALONG IN OUR TECH PROCESS? ENJOY OUR OLDER POSTS AND LINKS IN THE MEAN TIME?
Christine here. As some of you who also read my blog CHRISTINE TRZYNA- WRITERLY LIFE know, I've removed my personal blog from the Internet, don't know for how long, but at least until I've got the stuff you don't see fixed.
WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC blog also needs work on its innards.
So we planned down time for this blog too... But well, my personal blog and this blog are of a different nature. My personal blog is more like a literary diary. This one has value as a memoir and music history publication and we receive thousands of hits every month on older posts because it's still useful and interesting "as is," so I'm going to try to attend to technology issues, etc, and take you along in the process...
(I know this can be deadly BORING for the reader... what a decision!)
We feel responsible for keeping links and videos as fresh as possible and since we've been blogging since 2007 a lot of things have changed. Many out of our control, some frustrating, all which need attention ; We used to post a technology update PAGE and one day it just went POOF!
Just the other day I checked on all the links in our extensive list on the side bar under A-B-C and found four that need replacement along with corresponding posts which takes an hour or two - so you have some idea of what's ahead. We take pride in knowing that anyone interested in our subject can link to other writers, other sites.
Please be patient!
There will be musical intermissions!
THANKS FOR READING WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC blog also needs work on its innards.
So we planned down time for this blog too... But well, my personal blog and this blog are of a different nature. My personal blog is more like a literary diary. This one has value as a memoir and music history publication and we receive thousands of hits every month on older posts because it's still useful and interesting "as is," so I'm going to try to attend to technology issues, etc, and take you along in the process...
(I know this can be deadly BORING for the reader... what a decision!)
We feel responsible for keeping links and videos as fresh as possible and since we've been blogging since 2007 a lot of things have changed. Many out of our control, some frustrating, all which need attention ; We used to post a technology update PAGE and one day it just went POOF!
Just the other day I checked on all the links in our extensive list on the side bar under A-B-C and found four that need replacement along with corresponding posts which takes an hour or two - so you have some idea of what's ahead. We take pride in knowing that anyone interested in our subject can link to other writers, other sites.
Please be patient!
There will be musical intermissions!
THANKS FOR READING WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
WES BRYAN - OLD NEWS CLIPPING - THE NEXT JAMES DEAN
This image of me was in the Salt Lake Tribune Review in 1957. When Buddy Knox and I went on tour, we hit every state but Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah!
It captures me in my "Next James Dean" phase when I was signed to United Artists. The full article explains that I have been signed at United Artist with two contracts; one for their new music label and the other as an actor.
Although I threw myself into my music career wholeheartedly, I hadn't completely given up on acting when I moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960's.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON FRIENDSHIP
"If friendship is your weakest point, then you are the strongest person in the world." - Abraham Lincoln
Monday, February 3, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - RITCHIE VALENS - and LINK TO RITCHIE VALENS OFFICIAL
FROM OUR ARCHIVES OCTOBER 6, 2007 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED!
RITCHIE VALENS died in that plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.
Alan Freed, a pioneer in Rock and Roll, who held big stage shows in New York City where many of my peers performed, got ahold of Richie Valens and asked him to appear. Ritchie was just a kid with a chaperone, but we all wanted to meet him and considered him part of our Rock and Roll family. I was there when Ritchie performed in New York, and he was a total pro at 17. Everyone wanted to meet him. We didn't care that he was Mexican-American, not at all. Among us he was one of the firsts who came out of California - Los Angeles - The San Fernando Valley - a place that would become more important to many of us as the years went on! We might have been more curious about him on that basis! We were a lot of Southern boys there in the Big Apple!
Ritchie had the hit "Donna,"a soft ballad, in 1958, and there's been a movie made about his life, "La Bamba."
NEW LINK RITCHIE VALENS OFFICIAL
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NEW VIDEO!
Alan Freed, a pioneer in Rock and Roll, who held big stage shows in New York City where many of my peers performed, got ahold of Richie Valens and asked him to appear. Ritchie was just a kid with a chaperone, but we all wanted to meet him and considered him part of our Rock and Roll family. I was there when Ritchie performed in New York, and he was a total pro at 17. Everyone wanted to meet him. We didn't care that he was Mexican-American, not at all. Among us he was one of the firsts who came out of California - Los Angeles - The San Fernando Valley - a place that would become more important to many of us as the years went on! We might have been more curious about him on that basis! We were a lot of Southern boys there in the Big Apple!
Ritchie had the hit "Donna,"a soft ballad, in 1958, and there's been a movie made about his life, "La Bamba."
NEW LINK RITCHIE VALENS OFFICIAL
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NEW VIDEO!
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - BUDDY KNOX AND BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS AND ME (part one)
FROM OUR ARCHIVES OCTOBER 6, 2007 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED!
Many of you have heard the song called "American Pie," also known as The Day The Music Died song, performed and written by singer-songwriter Don Mclean. The lyrics which are a bit of a puzzle to the uninitiated are meant to honor three early Rock n' Rollers whose influence was profound, and who were killed in a small plane crash over Mason City, Iowa.
On February 3, 1959, Buddy Knox and I were traveling on tour. After a late night we got up and went to breakfast. I ran to get the newspaper and was shocked to see the headline. Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson also known as JP), and Ritchie Valens had been killed in a plane crash. The three men had been trying to make time on their own road tour. Buddy Knox ran for the men's room and threw up his breakfast.
Buddy Knox and Buddy Holly had been good friends in New York and the had Texas roots and musical influences in common. Buddy Knox had sent the song "That'll Be The Day" over to Buddy Holly rather than record it himself, and was happy when Buddy Holly had a hit with it.
I'd met Buddy Knox and some of the other Crickets in New York City. I thought of Buddy Holly as a zany guy. On this tour he had left the Crickets behind.
Friends, there's no way we can honor all three Rock n Rollers on just one blog entry, so we're going to post separately, one for Buddy Holly, one for JP, and one for Ritchie. Stick with us! We're having a great time posting our blog, we're excited about it, and we know those of you who aren't familiar with my era are getting a real lesson - we hope a fun one - out of it.
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Many of you have heard the song called "American Pie," also known as The Day The Music Died song, performed and written by singer-songwriter Don Mclean. The lyrics which are a bit of a puzzle to the uninitiated are meant to honor three early Rock n' Rollers whose influence was profound, and who were killed in a small plane crash over Mason City, Iowa.
On February 3, 1959, Buddy Knox and I were traveling on tour. After a late night we got up and went to breakfast. I ran to get the newspaper and was shocked to see the headline. Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson also known as JP), and Ritchie Valens had been killed in a plane crash. The three men had been trying to make time on their own road tour. Buddy Knox ran for the men's room and threw up his breakfast.
Buddy Knox and Buddy Holly had been good friends in New York and the had Texas roots and musical influences in common. Buddy Knox had sent the song "That'll Be The Day" over to Buddy Holly rather than record it himself, and was happy when Buddy Holly had a hit with it.
I'd met Buddy Knox and some of the other Crickets in New York City. I thought of Buddy Holly as a zany guy. On this tour he had left the Crickets behind.
Friends, there's no way we can honor all three Rock n Rollers on just one blog entry, so we're going to post separately, one for Buddy Holly, one for JP, and one for Ritchie. Stick with us! We're having a great time posting our blog, we're excited about it, and we know those of you who aren't familiar with my era are getting a real lesson - we hope a fun one - out of it.
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