Gone With or Without fanfare

[Rita Hayworth]

Thanks Lynn for posting it today ... appreciate it very much.

[Lzcutter]

TCM has scrapped their original schedule for Dec. 29th and will pay tribute during the day to Joan Fontaine and in the evening to Peter O'Toole. The films the online schedule has not been updated but here are the two announcements:

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/9 ... 12-29.html

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/9 ... 12-29.html

Fontaine's tribute includes: Blonde Cheat, The Women, Born to Be Bad, Ivanhoe, The Constant Nymph, Suspicion and Rebecca.

O'Toole's tribute includes Live from the TCM Film Festival: Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and My Favorite Year

Here is Joan Fontaine's TCM Remebers: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/9386 ... mbers.html

and here is Peter O'Toole's: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/9386 ... mbers.html

[CineMaven]

I'm happy to read that TCM will revamp their schedule to air films done by Eleanor Parker, Audrey Totter, Peter O'Toole and Joan Fontaine. I don't mind saying, my friends, my mind is reeling at these losses. Somehow ninety-something is starting to sound too soon.

[JackFavell]

Woke slowly this morning... in that fog of half sleep I was dreaming. I heard something....couldn't make it out at first. I strained to hear it, really reached for the sound to come to me. Then it came gradually closer...as my head started to clear I heard a man's voice singing in the echoey distance

As I walk along the Bois Boulogne
With an independent air
You can hear the girls declare
"He must be a Millionaire."
You can hear them sigh and wish to die,
You can see them wink the other eye
At the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo.

I've still got Peter O'Toole's voice in my head now. It was uncanny.

[Lzcutter]

This time it's not a hoax.

Country king Ray Price has died after a long illness.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Ray Price, one of country music's most beloved voices, died at home Monday afternoon at the age of 87, his family said. Price had been hospitalized in Texas recently, and had been fighting a battle against pancreatic cancer since late last year. On Thursday, the singer entered hospice care, leaving a message to fans: "I am at peace. I love Jesus. I'm going to be just fine. Don't worry about me. I'll see you again one day."

Country radio veteran Bill Mack, who has been acting as a spokesman for the family in recent days, relayed on Facebook that Price's wife Janie called him to confirm the singer had died. "Ray Price left for heaven at 4:43 PM Central Time," he writes. "He went in perfect peace."

Earlier, on Sunday, multiple news sources posted that Price had died, with many splashing the headline across home pages and social media. The story snowballed after Price's son, Cliff, wrote on Facebook that he had "heard" his father had passed. Later, he took the post down and said he had been "deceived by some cruel people."

Price's musical career spanned some 65 years, and his recordings stand among the most versatile in the format's history -- ranging from honky-tonk to western swing to a more lush sound in the 1960s that brought him some of the biggest hits of his career.

He was born January 12, 1926 in Perryville, Texas. Upon turning 18, Price enlisted in the Marines, where he stayed for two years. He began performing on Abilene radio station KRBC in 1948, and moved on to the Big D Jamboree in Dallas the next year.

The singer would move to Nashville not too long after signing a contract with Columbia Records. His first five releases failed to dent the charts, but he would make his debut in 1952 with "Talk to Your Heart," which would climb all the way to No. 3 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs. Upon his move to Music City, Price lived with Hank Williams for a time between his marriages to Audrey and Billie Jean.

Scoring a second hit with "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," Price's star was on the rise. He formed his band, the Cherokee Cowboys, in 1953. The names of the future artists that would be included in the lineup reads like a who's who, including Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Darrell McCall, and Johnny Paycheck. It was at this point, that Price began to develop a signature sound – with the 4/4 shuffle being an integral trademark. Some of his biggest hits of the era included "City Lights," "Crazy Arms," and 1959's "Heartaches By The Number," a Harlan Howard-written gem that many consider to be the best country record of that era.

As the 1960s dawned, Price continued to dominate the charts with singles such as "Pride," "Walk Me to the Door," and "Burning Memories." He also was the first artist to record "Make the World Go Away," earning a No. 2 hit with the song two years before Eddy Arnold recorded his version. Though the hits continued for Price, he was feeling somewhat restless musically. He hadn't had a number one hit since 1959, and artists such as Arnold were enjoying success with a more lush style -- known as "The Nashville Sound."

So, Price began to tinker with his sound. The first major example of this was his recording of "Danny Boy" in 1967. Though some critics took aim at the heavy use of strings, the record hit the top ten -- and earned him his second biggest ranking on the Hot 100 at No. 60. The next few years saw him continue to refine that sound, with records such as "I'm Still Not Over You" and "She Wears My Ring" being among his biggest chart hits of the latter part of the decade.

For more of the obit: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/c ... ies-666069

[RedRiver]

Amazing. I remember Mr. Price's work in the 1960s. The Kristoferson tune, "Heartache by the Numbers," "Make the World Go Away." But I must say, I didn't know he was so popular before my time. Before reading this obituary, I would have said he was a well known singer, with a few hits. I gather he was much more than that!

[Rita Hayworth]

Ray Price is one of my favorite Country Singer and he will be solely missed by all ... Sigh! ... I even have some of his recordings too.

[ChiO]

This news will likely mean something to MrsL, JF and Red, and perhaps to others who listened to WLS-AM in the '70s.

The King of the Chicago Deejays, Good O'l Uncle Lar, Larry "Superjock" Lujack has died at 73. He wasn't like any of the other jocks at that time - grumpy, sarcastic, critical and hilarious.

Remembrances of friends, colleagues and rivals are here.

Here's a funky TV clip of an interview from 1972 with the WLS jocks, and it's clear that Good Ol' Uncle Lar was different. R.I.P.

[JackFavell]

Oh, no! The voice of my childhood.

He and Bob Sirott were on all the time. They seemed like the voice of fun.

Rest in Peace.

[RedRiver]

When I moved to Chicago in 1977, EVERYBODY listened to Larry Lujack. I didn't hear his show a lot. But I heard people talke about it!

[Nick]

It's been a bad year for classic opera singers this year. First, it was Rise Stevens, then it was Deanna Durbin. And now, Hungarian Martha Eggerth has died too at the age of 101 (1912-2013). Some of you might recognize her in Gene Kelly & Judy Garland's 1942 movie For Me and My Gal. Others might recall her in Presenting Lily Mars (1943), also starring Judy Garland.

[JackFavell]

I'm so sorry to hear about Marta Eggerth, but apparently she lived a very full life, living to one hundred and was still singing and performing, right up until her passing om December 26th. Such a great beauty, and a talent to match.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Lovely image, Jackie!

[Nick]

Juanita Moore from Imitation of Life (1959) has passed away at 99.
James Avery from Fresh Prince in Bel Air has also passed away at 65.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Here's a link to the short article I posted about Miss Moore on the Sue Sue thread: http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/vie ... 41#p142641