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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Gene Autry, legendary cow-boy.
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Gene Autry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gene Autry
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Gene Autry circa 1940s
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Background information
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Birth name
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Orvon Grover Autry
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Also known as
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The Singing Cowboy
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Born
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September 29, 1907
Tioga, Texas, U.S. |
Died
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October 2, 1998 (aged 91)
Studio City, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s)
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Musician, actor
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Instruments
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Guitar, vocals
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Years active
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1931–64
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Website
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Orvon Grover Autry[1] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), better known as Gene Autry, was an American
performer who gained fame as asinging cowboy on the radio,
in movies,
and on television for more than three decades beginning
in the early 1930s. Autry was also owner of a television station, several radio
stations in Southern California, and the Los
Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major
League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.
From 1934 to 1953,
Autry appeared in 93 films and 91 episodes of The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s
and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and
true—and profoundly touched the lives of millions of Americans.[2] Autry was also one of the most important figures in the
history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the
genre's development after Jimmie
Rodgers.[2] His singing cowboy movies were the first vehicle to carry
country music to a national audience.[2] In addition to his signature song, "Back in the Saddle
Again", Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, "Here Comes Santa
Claus", which he wrote, "Frosty the Snowman",
and his biggest hit, "Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
Autry is a member of
both the Country Music
Hall of Fame and Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars
in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.[3] The town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma was named in his honor.[4]
Ruby Murray & Irish ballads.
Ruby Murray ~ Let Him Go,
Let Him Tarry
Ruby Murray - When Irish
Eyes Are Smiling {with Lyrics}
Ruby Murray - Galway Bay
From
Wikipedia
Child star[edit]
Ruby
Florence Murray was born on the Donegall Road in
south Belfast, Northern Ireland.[4] Her voice's distinctive sound was partly the result of an
operation on her throat in early childhood.[5] She toured as
a child singer and first appeared ontelevision at
the age of 12, having been spotted by producer Richard Afton.[1] Owing
to laws governing children performing, Murray had to delay her start in the
entertainment industry.[1] She
returned to Belfast and full-time education until she was 14.
Chart success[edit]
Again
spotted by Afton, Murray was signed to Columbia and her first single, "Heartbeat", reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in
December 1954.[3] Afton
had offered her the position of resident singer on the BBC's Quite
Contrary televisionshow, to replace Joan Regan.[6] "Softly, Softly",
her second single, reached number one in
early 1955.[3] That
same year Murray set a pop-chart record by having five hits in the Top Twenty
in one week, a feat unmatched for many years.[1][2]
The
1950s was a busy period for Murray, during which she had her own television
show, starred at the London Palladiumwith Norman Wisdom, appeared in a Royal Command Performance (1955),[7] and toured the
world.[1] In a
period of 52 weeks, starting in 1955, Murray constantly had at least one single
in the UK charts —
this at a time when only a Top 20 was listed.
Murray
appeared with Frankie Howerd and Dennis Price, in her only film role, as "Ruby" in a 1956
farce, A Touch
of the Sun.[1] A
couple of hits followed later in the decade; "Goodbye Jimmy,
Goodbye", a No. 10 hit in 1959, was her final appearance in the charts.[1] EMI put together a compilation album of
her hits on CD in
1989, including songs that regularly featured in her act;
"Mr. Wonderful",
"Scarlet
Ribbons" and "It's the Irish in Me".[1] They
updated this with the release of EMI
Presents The Magic Of Ruby Murray in
1997 and a triple album, Anthology
— The Golden Anniversary Collection, in 2005, the 50th anniversary of her
peak successes on the charts.[1]
The
name "Ruby Murray" lives on in rhyming slang, quite often in Only Fools And Horses, as the
rhyme for "curry".[8]
A play
about Murray's life, Ruby,
written by the Belfast playwright Marie Jones, opened at the Group Theatre in Belfast
in April 2000.[1]
Personal life[edit]
In
1957, while working in Blackpool, Murray met Bernie Burgess, a member of a
successful Television and Recording Vocal Quartet The 4 Jones Boys. Shortly
afterwards she left Northern Ireland to marry him and live with him in England.[1] Burgess
contrary to press reports didn't become her manager, his role was that of a
supporting husband. The couple included a song and dance segment in Ruby's act
during the 1960s. After their marriage failed in 1974, she was granted a
divorce in 1976. She married an old friend, Ray Lamar, in 1993 and lived in Torquay, Devon.
She had two children from her marriage to Burgess.[1]
Although
her days as a major star gradually diminished, Murray continued performing
until close to the end of her life. She died of liver cancer,
aged 61, in December 1996 in Torquay after a long struggle with alcoholism.[1]
Spending
her last couple of years in Aspreys Nursing Home, she often delighted her
carers with a song and was visited by her special friend, Max Bygraves.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
3 excellent videos on sri lanka
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Geo on You Tube
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