Stephen Pearcy, Jon Bon Jovi, Bobby Blotzer

Phyllis Hyman & Rick James

George Harrison, Pete Best, Paul McCartney, John Lennon

Lloyd Bridges, Micky Dolenz, Robert Plant

Mother’s Finest

Jose Feliciano

Mel Tillis

Roland Orzalbal & Curt Smith

Stryper

Jim Kelly & Bruce Lee

Ernest Thomas, Danielle Spencer, Haywood Nelson, Ace Frehley

Phil Collins & Chaka Khan

Raheim, Melle Mel, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Grandmaster Flash, Warren Cuccurullo, Kidd Creole, Nick Rhodes, Scorpio

B.B. King

King Ad Rock, Rick Rubin

Debby Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Tessa Ferrer, Dustin Ferrer, Gabrielle Ferrer, Jordan Ferrer

Kid, Chris Rock, Play, Paradise Gray (X Clan)

MickyDolenz said:

Kid, Chris Rock, Play, Paradise Gray (X Clan)

WHOA!!!! Never seen Kid before with a "low" fade. Chris Rock in his "Pookie" days....lawd, the memories.

Then And Now Part 1

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Sally Field

Tommy Lee Jones

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"Karen's magical God-given voice gave the world a sound that will always be remembered."Herb Alpert

In 1980, she married real estate developer Thomas J. Burris. However, the unhappy marriage really only lasted a year before they separated. (Karen was to sign the divorce papers the day she died).

Was Named Druumer Of The Year. "I always said that Karen was a good drummer," Hal Blaine told Modern Drummer in 1983. "I knew she could play right away when she'd sit down at my drums on sessions. She played on a lot of the album cuts, and she played when they performed live, as well.

So it is then that we must consider her skills behind the drum kit, and the fact is, they were considerable. As a teenager, Karen was strongly influenced by Dave Brubeck Quartet drummer Joe Morello. With only a few years of experience under her belt, she taught herself the odd-time patterns of Brubeck's faves such as Take Five and It's A Raggy Waltz.

“I love Donna Summer,” she told producer Phil Ramone upon arrival at his New York City studios. Summer’s “Hot Stuff” was her favorite song at the time. “I’d give anything if we could do a song like that!”

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Alice Cooper and Stevie Wonder

Groucho Marx

Hellen Reddy

Elton John

Liza Minelli

Ali

Miss Piggy

Grover

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Johnny Depp

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Ross and Dillon

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Emma Stone

Tara Reid

Zac Efron

Elizabeth Banks

Anthony Weiner

James Franco

Rachel Maddow

Hillary Clinton

Renee Zellweger

Mila Kunis

Channing Tatum

Glenn Beck

Oprah

Claire Danes

Jeremy Lin

Sean Penn

Zachary Quinto

Owen Wilson

Farrah Fawcett

Bill Clinton

Lindsey Lohan

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King Creole Carolyn Jones & Elvis Presley

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King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart and Walter Matthau. Produced by Hal B. Wallis and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins, the film is about a nineteen-year-old who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women.

Hal Wallis (September 14, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best remembered for producing Casablanca (1942), and other films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Bette Davis and Errol Flynn. Later, for a long period, he was connected with Paramount Pictures and oversaw films featuring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne.

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Wallis selected Michael Curtiz, a noted director of the Hollywood studio system whose works included The Adventures of Robin Hood, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Casablanca. Curtiz decided to shoot the film in black and white for dramatic ambiance and to give the streets a film noir appearance. He also selected an experienced cast to support Presley, including Walther Matthau and Carolyn Jones, as well as Dolores Hart, Presley's co-star in the 1957 film Loving You. Curtiz instructed a "taken aback" Presley to lose fifteen pounds and shave his sideburns for the role, both of which Presley did.

Before filming began, Curtiz was convinced that Presley would be a "conceited boy", but after a few weeks of working together, he described Presley as a "lovely boy" who would go on to be a "wonderful actor". Presley, after seeing an early copy of the finished film, thanked Curtiz for giving him the opportunity to show his potential as an actor; Twelve days after the completion of King Creole, Presley was officially inducted into the U.S. Army.

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Carolyn Jones has the distinction of giving the shortest film performance ever nominated for an Academy Award, for her six-minute role in Bachelor Party (1957). She also appeared in The Tender Trap with Frank Sinatra, and The Seven Year Itch with Marilyn Monroe. Real Name Carolyn Baker

The film was released by Paramount Pictures on July 2, 1958, to both critical and commercial success. The critics were unanimous in their praise of Presley's performance. King Creole peaked at number five on the Variety box office earnings charts.

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(New York Times, Howard Thompson) As the lad himself might say, cut my legs off and call me Shorty! Elvis Presley can act…Acting is his assignment in this shrewdly upholstered showcase, and he does it.

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Musicians:
Guitar : Scotty Moore
Guitar : Elvis Presley
Bass : Bill Black
Bass / Tuba : Ray Siegal
Bass / Guitar : Neal Mathews
Drums : D.J. Fontana
Bongo's : Gordon Stoker
Cymbals : Hoyt Hawkins
Piano : Dudley Brooks
Clarinet : Mahlon Clark
Trumpet : Teddy Bruckner
Saxophone : Justin Gordon
Trombone : Elmer Schneider

Backup Vocals: The Jordanaires : Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Hugh Jarrett
Kitty White (Crawfish)

Dudley Brooks (December 22, 1913–July 17,1989) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. Brooks was born in Los Angeles, California. While under contract to Paramount Studios, Brooks spent considerable time working as a session piano player at the Radio Recorders studio in Los Angeles. For many years, Radio Recorders was one of the best known recording studios in the country and hosted performers such as Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Elvis Presley. Presley was also under contract to Paramount Studios where he was filming movies to include King Creole and Blue Hawaii. Paramount, to ensure Presley's recordings and movies stayed on schedule, regularly provided studio musicians to Radio Recorders. As a result, Brooks developed a professional relationship with Presley that spanned decades. Together, they collaborated on many albums and movies

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Presley later indicated that of all the characters he portrayed throughout his acting career, the role of Danny Fisher in King Creole was his favorite. To make the film, Presley was granted a 60-day deferment from January to March 1958 for beginning his military service. Location shooting in New Orleans was delayed several times by crowds of fans attracted by the stars, particularly Presley.

Then And Now Part 2

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The Rat Pack was a group of actors originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later variation of the group, after Bogart's death, that called itself "the Summit" or "the Clan," featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop; they appeared together on stage and in films in the early 1960s, including the movies Ocean's 11, Sergeants 3, and Robin and the 7 Hoods (in the last film, Bing Crosby replaced Lawford). Sinatra, Martin, and Davis were regarded as the group's lead members.

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The original rebel-rousers: Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop clown around on the set of Ocean's Eleven in 1960

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Clowning around: Davis Jr breaks into peals of laughter while Sinatra and Martin struggle to keep a straight face in 1970

Height of fame: Sinatra heading toward the Cal Neva Lodge by private plane

Always on the hunt for a good time: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra can't help themselves as they try to perform with Johnny Carson at a benefit concert in St. Louis, Missouri on June 20, 1965

Under the spotlight: Sammy Davis Jn entertains the crowds at the Sands

Campaign trail: Sinatra, Lawford with his wife Pat, Kennedy's sister, and actor Tony Curtis at the 1960 Democratic National Convention

Candid portrait: This shot of Sinatra at the Cal Neva Lodge in 1962

Smokin' hot: This intimate shot captures Sinatra and Martin as they unwind in the NBC studios in 1962

A rare quiet moment: Frank Sinatra catches a quiet moment in 1960

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Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1960s

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage at the Copa Room in the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was Dean Martin's opening night January 22, 1964

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Thx for the Rat Pack pics Joe!!!

missfee said:

Thx for the Rat Pack pics Joe!!!

My pleasure More to come.

Elvis and Us first opened to the public in October 2010 and since then has welcomed tens of thousands of fans from all over the world all eager to find out more about the influence Elvis Presley had on the young Beatles.

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